Table of Contents

 
 
UNITED STATES SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from            to
Commission file number 001-32373
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
(Exact name of registration as specified in its charter)
     
Nevada   27-0099920
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South   89109
Las Vegas, Nevada   (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)    
(702) 414-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
     Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant’s classes of common stock, as of November 2, 2009.
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
     
Class   Outstanding as of November 2, 2009
     
Common Stock ($0.001 par value)   660,309,999 shares
 
 

 


 

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
Table of Contents
             
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
  Financial Statements (unaudited)        
 
      3  
 
      4  
 
      5  
 
      6  
 
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements     7  
  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     32  
  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk     51  
  Controls and Procedures     52  
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
 
  Legal Proceedings     52  
  Risk Factors     52  
  Other Matters     53  
  Exhibits     54  
        55  
  EX-10.1
  EX-10.2
  EX-10.3
  EX-10.4
  EX-10.5
  EX-10.6
  EX-10.7
  EX-10.8
  EX-10.9
  EX-10.10
  EX-10.11
  EX-31.1
  EX-31.2
  EX-32.1
  EX-32.2

2


Table of Contents

ITEM 1 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
    (In thousands, except share data)  
    (Unaudited)  
ASSETS
Current assets:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 3,091,845     $ 3,038,163  
Restricted cash
    229,091       194,816  
Accounts receivable, net
    375,201       384,819  
Inventories
    26,153       28,837  
Deferred income taxes, net
    23,005       22,971  
Prepaid expenses and other
    32,962       71,670  
 
           
Total current assets
    3,778,257       3,741,276  
Property and equipment, net
    12,956,106       11,868,228  
Deferred financing costs, net
    175,865       158,776  
Deferred income taxes, net
    24,443       44,189  
Leasehold interests in land, net
    1,107,830       1,099,938  
Other assets, net
    230,557       231,706  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 18,273,058     $ 17,144,113  
 
           
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 78,672     $ 71,035  
Construction payables
    784,421       736,713  
Accrued interest payable
    11,831       14,750  
Other accrued liabilities
    690,751       593,295  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    159,921       114,623  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    1,725,596       1,530,416  
Other long-term liabilities
    76,878       61,677  
Deferred proceeds from sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo
    243,928       243,928  
Deferred gain on sale of The Grand Canal Shoppes
    55,138       57,736  
Deferred rent from mall transactions
    149,498       150,771  
Long-term debt
    11,604,476       10,356,115  
 
           
Total liabilities
    13,855,514       12,400,643  
 
           
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, issued to Principal Stockholder’s family, 5,250,000 shares issued and outstanding, after allocation of fair value of attached warrants, aggregate redemption/liquidation value of $577,500 (Note 4)
    387,697       318,289  
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
               
Equity:
               
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 4,089,999 and 5,196,300 shares issued and outstanding with warrants to purchase up to 68,166,786 and 86,605,173 shares of common stock
    234,607       298,066  
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized, 660,309,999 and 641,839,018 shares issued and outstanding
    660       642  
Treasury stock, at cost, 2,253 shares
    (13 )      
Capital in excess of par value
    3,185,414       3,090,292  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    25,992       17,554  
Retained earnings
    587,747       1,015,554  
 
           
Total Las Vegas Sands Corp. stockholders’ equity
    4,034,407       4,422,108  
Noncontrolling interest
    (4,560 )     3,073  
 
           
Total equity
    4,029,847       4,425,181  
 
           
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 18,273,058     $ 17,144,113  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

3


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (In thousands, except share and per share data)  
    (Unaudited)  
Revenues:
                               
Casino
  $ 908,255     $ 805,258     $ 2,504,233     $ 2,404,973  
Rooms
    155,673       188,794       492,030       575,172  
Food and beverage
    74,457       91,025       248,852       272,315  
Convention, retail and other
    95,604       123,233       304,976       290,791  
 
                       
 
    1,233,989       1,208,310       3,550,091       3,543,251  
Less-promotional allowances
    (92,845 )     (102,876 )     (271,185 )     (246,680 )
 
                       
Net revenues
    1,141,144       1,105,434       3,278,906       3,296,571  
 
                       
Operating expenses:
                               
Casino
    598,934       580,755       1,680,307       1,639,849  
Rooms
    28,096       36,436       93,387       116,663  
Food and beverage
    37,384       46,035       124,845       136,578  
Convention, retail and other
    56,349       69,013       178,826       164,622  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    29,272       8,859       70,989       22,960  
General and administrative
    127,189       130,192       372,292       421,051  
Corporate expense
    17,519       23,390       105,250       82,529  
Rental expense
    6,691       8,437       22,497       25,573  
Pre-opening expense
    28,855       40,777       115,619       105,470  
Development expense
    80       1,153       344       11,504  
Depreciation and amortization
    148,677       132,239       431,559       364,753  
Impairment loss
                151,175        
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
    (284 )     (47 )     4,500       6,977  
 
                       
 
    1,078,762       1,077,239       3,351,590       3,098,529  
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
    62,382       28,195       (72,684 )     198,042  
Other income (expense):
                               
Interest income
    1,599       3,215       9,840       11,813  
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    (88,514 )     (90,535 )     (224,503 )     (293,709 )
Other income (expense)
    (1,564 )     7,209       (6,534 )     11,624  
Loss on modification or early retirement of debt
    (204 )           (204 )     (4,022 )
 
                       
Loss before income taxes
    (26,301 )     (51,916 )     (294,085 )     (76,252 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (54,316 )     19,425       (641 )     19,533  
 
                       
Net loss
    (80,617 )     (32,491 )     (294,726 )     (56,719 )
Noncontrolling interest
    4,111       283       7,674       4,481  
 
                       
Net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
    (76,506 )     (32,208 )     (287,052 )     (52,238 )
Preferred stock dividends
    (23,350 )           (69,676 )      
Accretion to redemption value of preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
    (23,136 )           (69,408 )      
 
                       
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
  $ (122,992 )   $ (32,208 )   $ (426,136 )   $ (52,238 )
 
                       
Basic and diluted loss per share
  $ (0.19 )   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.65 )   $ (0.15 )
 
                       
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
    660,245,590       355,393,259       655,687,503       355,344,306  
 
                       
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

4


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity and Comprehensive Loss
                                                                 
    Las Vegas Sands Corp. Stockholders’ Equity              
                                    Accumulated                    
                                    Other                    
                            Capital in     Comprehensive                    
    Preferred     Common     Treasury     Excess of     Income     Retained     Noncontrolling        
    Stock     Stock     Stock     Par Value     (Loss)     Earnings     Interest     Total  
    (In thousands)  
    (Unaudited)  
Balance at January 1, 2008
  $     $ 355     $     $ 1,064,878     $ (2,493 )   $ 1,197,534     $ 4,926     $ 2,265,200  
Net loss
                                  (163,558 )     (4,767 )     (168,325 )
Currency translation adjustment
                            20,047                   20,047  
 
                                                             
Total comprehensive loss
                                                            (148,278 )
Exercise of stock options
          1             6,833                         6,834  
Tax benefit from stock-based compensation
                      1,117                         1,117  
Stock-based compensation
                      59,643                         59,643  
Issuance of preferred and common stock and warrants, net of transaction costs
    298,066       200             1,482,907                         1,781,173  
Extinguishment of convertible senior notes
          86             474,914                         475,000  
Contribution from noncontrolling interest
                                        2,914       2,914  
Accumulated but undeclared dividend requirement on preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
                                  (6,854 )           (6,854 )
Accretion to redemption value of preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
                                  (11,568 )           (11,568 )
 
                                               
Balance at December 31, 2008
    298,066       642             3,090,292       17,554       1,015,554       3,073       4,425,181  
Net loss
                                  (287,052 )     (7,674 )     (294,726 )
Currency translation adjustment
                            8,438                   8,438  
 
                                                             
Total comprehensive loss
                                                            (286,288 )
Tax shortfall from stock-based compensation
                      (4,275 )                       (4,275 )
Stock-based compensation
                      35,475                         35,475  
Purchase of treasury stock
                (13 )                             (13 )
Warrants exercised and settled with preferred stock
    (63,459 )     18             63,441                          
Contribution from noncontrolling interest
                                        41       41  
Deemed contribution from Principal Stockholder
                      481                         481  
Dividends declared, net of amounts previously accrued
                                  (64,493 )           (64,493 )
Accumulated but undeclared dividend requirement on preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
                                  (6,854 )           (6,854 )
Accretion to redemption value of preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
                                  (69,408 )           (69,408 )
 
                                               
Balance at September 30, 2009
  $ 234,607     $ 660     $ (13 )   $ 3,185,414     $ 25,992     $ 587,747     $ (4,560 )   $ 4,029,847  
 
                                               
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

5


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                 
    Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
    (Unaudited)  
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net loss
  $ (294,726 )   $ (56,719 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash generated from operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    431,559       364,753  
Amortization of leasehold interests in land included in rental expense
    19,621       19,982  
Amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount
    21,794       24,236  
Amortization of deferred gain and rent
    (3,871 )     (3,792 )
Deferred rent from mall transactions
          48,843  
Loss on modification or early retirement of debt
    204       4,022  
Impairment and loss on disposal of assets
    155,675       6,977  
Stock-based compensation expense
    32,914       39,219  
Provision for doubtful accounts
    70,989       22,960  
Foreign exchange gain
    (238 )     (20,432 )
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
          (1,626 )
Deferred income taxes
    15,438       (47,629 )
Non-cash contribution from Principal Stockholder included in corporate expense
    481        
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (60,810 )     (168,161 )
Inventories
    2,685       (7,339 )
Prepaid expenses and other
    40,201       (63,783 )
Leasehold interests in land
    (16,094 )     (19,060 )
Accounts payable
    7,483       (2,883 )
Accrued interest payable
    (2,881 )     1,802  
Other accrued liabilities
    111,995       75,773  
 
           
Net cash generated from operating activities
    532,419       217,143  
 
           
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Capital expenditures
    (1,539,078 )     (2,908,396 )
Change in restricted cash
    (35,394 )     174,297  
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
    3,894        
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (1,570,578 )     (2,734,099 )
 
           
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
          6,833  
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
          1,626  
Proceeds from convertible senior notes from related party
          475,000  
Dividends paid to preferred stockholders
    (71,347 )      
Purchase of treasury stock
    (13 )      
Proceeds from long-term debt (Note 3)
    1,434,874       4,002,320  
Repayments on long-term debt (Note 3)
    (227,325 )     (1,713,098 )
Proceeds from the sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo
          243,928  
Contribution from noncontrolling interest
    41        
Payments of deferred financing costs
    (44,759 )     (92,547 )
 
           
Net cash generated from financing activities
    1,091,471       2,924,062  
 
           
Effect of exchange rate on cash
    370       11,719  
 
           
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
    53,682       418,825  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    3,038,163       857,150  
 
           
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 3,091,845     $ 1,275,975  
 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
               
Cash payments for interest, net of amounts capitalized
  $ 205,167     $ 267,633  
 
           
Cash payments for taxes, net of refunds
  $ (69,604 )   $ 290  
 
           
Changes in construction payables
  $ 47,708     $ 116,301  
 
           
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
               
Capitalized stock-based compensation costs
  $ 2,561     $ 4,194  
 
           
Property and equipment acquired under capital lease
  $ 25,567     $  
 
           
Accumulated but undeclared dividend requirement on preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
  $ 6,854     $  
 
           
Accretion to redemption value of preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
  $ 69,408     $  
 
           
Warrants exercised and settled through tendering of preferred stock
  $ 63,459     $  
 
           
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

6


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OF COMPANY
Overview
     The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation (“LVSC”), and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) for the year ended December 31, 2008. The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LVS.”
     The year-end balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. In the opinion of management, all adjustments and normal recurring accruals considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim period have been included. The Company evaluated events and transactions, including the estimates used to prepare the condensed consolidated financial statements, through November 6, 2009, the date the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009, was issued. The interim results reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are not necessarily indicative of expected results for the full year.
Operations
Las Vegas
     The Company owns and operates The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino (“The Venetian Las Vegas”), a Renaissance Venice-themed resort; The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino (“The Palazzo”), a resort featuring modern European ambience and design reminiscent of affluent Italian living; and an expo and convention center of approximately 1.2 million square feet (the “Sands Expo Center”). These Las Vegas properties, situated on or near the Las Vegas Strip, form an integrated resort with approximately 7,100 suites; approximately 225,000 square feet of gaming space; a meeting and conference facility of approximately 1.1 million square feet; an enclosed retail, dining and entertainment complex located within The Venetian Las Vegas of approximately 440,000 net leasable square feet (“The Grand Canal Shoppes”), which was sold to GGP Limited Partnership (“GGP”) in 2004; and an enclosed retail and dining complex located within The Palazzo of approximately 400,000 net leasable square feet (“The Shoppes at The Palazzo”), which was sold to GGP in February 2008. See “— Note 2 — Property and Equipment, Net” regarding the sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo.
Pennsylvania
     The Company is in the process of developing Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (the “Sands Bethlehem”), a gaming, hotel, retail and dining complex located on the site of the historic Bethlehem Steel Works in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Sands Bethlehem is also expected to be home to the National Museum of Industrial History, an arts and cultural center, and the broadcast home of the local PBS affiliate. The Company owns 86% of the economic interest of the gaming, hotel and entertainment portion of the property through its ownership interest in Sands Bethworks Gaming LLC and more than 35% of the economic interest of the retail portion of the property through its ownership interest in Sands Bethworks Retail, LLC.
     On May 22, 2009, the Company opened the casino component of Sands Bethlehem, featuring 3,000 slot machines and several food and beverage offerings, as well as the parking garage and surface parking. Construction activities on the remaining components, which include a 300-room hotel, an approximate 200,000-square-foot retail facility, a 50,000-square-foot multipurpose event center and a variety of additional dining options, have been suspended temporarily and are intended to recommence when capital markets and general economic conditions improve. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has capitalized construction costs of $622.1 million for this project (including $60.2 million in outstanding construction payables). The Company expects to spend approximately $80 million on additional costs to prepare the remaining portion of the site for delay, furniture, fixtures and equipment (“FF&E”) and other costs, and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above. The impact of the suspension on the estimated overall cost of the project’s remaining components is currently not determinable with certainty.

7


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Macau
     The Company owns and operates the Sands Macao, the first Las Vegas-style casino in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Macau”), pursuant to a 20-year gaming subconcession. The Sands Macao offers approximately 229,000 square feet of gaming space and a 289-suite hotel tower, as well as several restaurants, VIP facilities, a theater and other high-end services and amenities.
     The Company also owns and operates The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel (“The Venetian Macao”), which anchors the Cotai Strip tm , the Company’s master-planned development of integrated resort properties in Macau. With a theme similar to that of The Venetian Las Vegas, The Venetian Macao includes a 39-floor luxury hotel with over 2,900 suites; approximately 550,000 square feet of gaming space; a 15,000-seat arena; retail and dining space of approximately 1.0 million square feet; and a convention center and meeting room complex of approximately 1.2 million square feet.
     In August 2008, the Company opened the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip tm (the “Four Seasons Macao”), which is located adjacent and connected to The Venetian Macao. Four Seasons Macao is an integrated resort that features 360 rooms and suites managed and operated by Four Seasons Hotels Inc.; 19 Paiza mansions; approximately 70,000 square feet of gaming space; retail space of approximately 211,000 square feet, which is connected to the mall at The Venetian Macao; several food and beverage offerings; and conference, banquet and other facilities operated by the Company. The property will also feature the Four Seasons Apartments Macao, Cotai Strip tm (the “Four Seasons Apartments”), an apart-hotel tower that consists of approximately 1.0 million square feet of Four Seasons-serviced and -branded luxury apart-hotel units and common areas, which the Company expects to complete the structural work of the tower in the fourth quarter of 2009 and subsequently monetize through various potential methods. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has capitalized construction costs of $1.03 billion for the entire project (including $74.0 million in outstanding construction payables). The Company expects to spend approximately $200 million on additional costs to complete the Four Seasons Apartments, including FF&E, pre-opening costs and additional land premiums, and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above.
Development Projects
     Given the challenging conditions in the capital markets and the global economy and their impact on the Company’s ongoing operations, the Company revised its development plan to suspend portions of its development projects and focus its development efforts on those projects with the highest rates of expected return on invested capital. Should general economic conditions fail to improve, if the Company is unable to obtain sufficient funding such that completion of its suspended projects is not probable, or should management decide to abandon certain projects, all or a portion of the Company’s investment to date on its suspended projects could be lost and would result in an impairment charge. In addition, the Company may be subject to penalties under the termination clauses in its construction contracts or under its management contracts with certain hotel management companies.
United States Development Project
St. Regis Residences
     The Company had been constructing a St. Regis-branded high-rise residential condominium tower, the St. Regis Residences at The Venetian Palazzo (the “St. Regis Residences”), located on the Las Vegas Strip between The Palazzo and The Venetian Las Vegas. As part of the Company’s revised development plan, it has suspended construction activities for the project due to reduced demand for Las Vegas Strip condominiums and the overall decline in general economic conditions. The Company intends to recommence construction when these conditions improve and expects that it will take approximately 18 months thereafter to complete construction of the project. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has capitalized construction costs of $182.3 million for this project (including $7.5 million in outstanding construction payables). The Company expects to spend approximately $10 million on additional costs to prepare the site for delay and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above. The impact of the suspension on the estimated overall cost of the project is currently not determinable with certainty.
Macau Development Projects
     The Company submitted plans to the Macau government for its other Cotai Strip developments, which represent three integrated resort developments, in addition to The Venetian Macao and Four Seasons Macao, on an area of approximately 200 acres (which are referred to as parcels 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8). Subject to the approval from the Macau government, the developments are expected to include hotels, exhibition and conference facilities, gaming areas, showrooms, shopping malls, spas, restaurants, entertainment facilities and other amenities. The Company had commenced construction or pre-construction on these developments and plans to own and operate the related gaming areas under the Company’s Macau gaming subconcession.

8


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
     As part of its revised development plan, the Company is sequencing the construction of its integrated resort development on parcels 5 and 6 due to difficulties in the capital markets and the overall decline in general economic conditions. Upon completion of phases I and II of the project, the integrated resort is expected to feature approximately 6,000 hotel rooms, approximately 300,000 square feet of gaming space, approximately 1.2 million square feet of retail, entertainment and dining facilities, exhibition and conference facilities and a multipurpose theater. Phase I of the project is expected to include two hotel towers with approximately 3,700 hotel rooms to be managed by Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited (“Shangri-La”) under its Shangri-La and Traders brands and Sheraton International Inc. and Sheraton Overseas Management Co. (collectively “Starwood”) under its Sheraton brand, as well as completion of the structural work of an adjacent hotel tower with approximately 2,300 rooms to be managed by Starwood under its Sheraton brand. Phase I will also include the gaming space and a partial opening of the retail and exhibition and conference facilities. The total cost to complete phase I is expected to be approximately $2.0 billion. Phase II of the project includes completion of the Sheraton hotel tower as well as the remaining retail facilities. The total cost to complete phase II is expected to be approximately $190 million. Phase III of the project is expected to include a fourth hotel and mixed-use tower to be managed by Starwood under its St. Regis brand. The total cost to complete phase III is expected to be approximately $450 million. The Company plans to recommence construction of phases I and II with supplemental financing that the Company is currently in discussions to obtain, together with a portion of the proceeds from the potential sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations. The Company expects that if and when financing is obtained, it will take approximately 18 months to complete construction of phase I, another six months thereafter to complete the adjacent Sheraton tower in phase II and an additional 24 months thereafter to complete the remaining retail facilities in phase II. The Company intends to commence construction of phase III of the project as demand and market conditions warrant it. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has capitalized construction costs of $1.73 billion for the entire project (including $153.3 million in outstanding construction payables). The Company’s management agreement with Starwood imposes certain construction deadlines and opening obligations on the Company, and certain past and/or anticipated delays, as described above, may represent a default under the agreement, allow Starwood to terminate its agreement and/or may subject the Company to penalties.
     The Company had commenced pre-construction on parcels 7, 8 and 3 and has capitalized construction costs of $116.1 million for parcels 7 and 8 and $35.7 million for parcel 3 as of September 30, 2009. The Company intends to commence construction after the integrated resort on parcels 5 and 6 is complete, necessary government approvals are obtained, regional and global economic conditions improve, future demand warrants it and additional financing is obtained.
     The impact of the delayed construction on the Company’s previously estimated cost to complete its Cotai Strip developments is currently not determinable with certainty. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has capitalized an aggregate of $5.80 billion in costs for its Cotai Strip developments, including The Venetian Macao and Four Seasons Macao, as well as the Company’s investments in transportation infrastructure, including its passenger ferry service operations. The Company will need to arrange additional financing to fund the balance of its Cotai Strip developments and there is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain any of the additional financing required.
     The Company has received a land concession from the Macau government to build on parcels 1, 2 and 3, including the sites on which The Venetian Macao (parcel 1) and Four Seasons Macao (parcel 2) are located. The Company does not own these land sites in Macau; however, the land concession, which has an initial term of 25 years and is renewable at the Company’s option in accordance with Macau law, grants the Company exclusive use of the land. As specified in the land concession, the Company is required to pay premiums for each parcel, which are either payable in a single lump sum upon acceptance of the land concession by the Macau government or in seven semi-annual installments (provided that the outstanding balance is due upon the completion of the corresponding integrated resort), as well as annual rent for the term of the land concession. In October 2008, the Macau government amended the Company’s land concession to allow the Company to subdivide parcel 2 into four separate units under Macau’s horizontal property regime, consisting of retail, hotel/casino, Four Seasons Apartments and parking areas. Subsequent to September 30, 2009, the Company received a draft of the land concession agreement from the Macau government for parcels 5 and 6, and expects to formalize the agreement following the usual Macau land grant process. The land premium is currently expected to be approximately 1.9 billion patacas (approximately $238 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009).
     The Company does not yet have all of the necessary Macau government approvals to develop its planned Cotai Strip developments on parcels 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The Company has received a land concession for parcel 3 and a draft of the land concession agreement for parcels 5 and 6, as previously noted, but has yet to be granted land concessions for parcels 5, 6, 7 and 8. Once the land concession for parcels 5 and 6 has been finalized, the Company will negotiate the land concession for parcels 7 and 8. Based on historical experience with the Macau government with respect to the Company’s land concessions for the Sands Macao and parcels 1, 2 and 3, management believes that the land concessions for parcels 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be granted; however, if the Company does not obtain these land concessions, the Company could forfeit all or a substantial part of its $1.84 billion in capitalized costs, as of September 30, 2009, related to its developments on parcels 5, 6, 7 and 8.

9


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
     Under the Company’s land concession relating to parcel 3, the Company was required to complete the corresponding development by August 2011. The Macau government has agreed to provide the Company with an extension to complete the development of parcel 3 by April 2013. The Company believes that if it is not able to complete the development by the deadline, it will be able to obtain another extension from the Macau government; however, no assurances can be given that an extension will be granted. If the Company is unable to meet the August 2013 deadline and that deadline is not extended, it could lose its land concession for parcel 3, which would prohibit the Company from operating any facilities developed under the land concession for parcel 3. As a result, the Company could forfeit all or a substantial portion of its $35.7 million in capitalized costs, as of September 30, 2009, related to its development on parcel 3.
Singapore Development Project
     The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Marina Bay Sands Pte. Ltd. (“MBS”), entered into a development agreement (the “Development Agreement”) with the Singapore Tourism Board (the “STB”) to build and operate an integrated resort called Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Marina Bay Sands is expected to include three 55-story hotel towers (totaling approximately 2,600 rooms and suites), a casino, an enclosed retail, dining and entertainment complex of approximately 800,000 net leasable square feet, a convention center and meeting room complex of approximately 1.3 million square feet, theaters and a landmark iconic structure at the bay-front promenade that will contain an art/science museum. The Company is continuing to finalize various design aspects of the integrated resort and is in the process of finalizing cost estimates for the project. As of September 30, 2009, the Company has capitalized 4.92 billion Singapore dollars (“SGD,” approximately $3.47 billion at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) in costs for this project, including the land premium and SGD 639.1 million (approximately $450.5 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) in outstanding construction payables. The Company expects to spend approximately SGD 3.8 billion (approximately $2.7 billion at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) through 2011 on additional costs to complete the construction of the integrated resort, FF&E, pre-opening and other costs, and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above, of which approximately SGD 760 million (approximately $536 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) is expected to be spent in 2009. As the Company has obtained Singapore-denominated financing and primarily pays its costs in Singapore dollars, its exposure to foreign exchange gains and losses is expected to be minimal. Based on its current development plan, the Company is targeting to open a majority of the project in the first quarter of 2010.
Hengqin Island Development Project
     The Company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent with the Zhuhai Municipal People’s Government of China to work together to create a master plan for, and develop, a leisure and convention destination resort on Hengqin Island, which is located within mainland China, approximately one mile from the Cotai Strip. In January 2007, the Company was informed that the Zhuhai government established a Project Coordination Committee to act as a government liaison empowered to work directly with the Company to advance the development of the project. Under its revised development plan, the Company has suspended the project indefinitely.
Other Development Projects
     When the current economic environment and access to capital improve, the Company may continue exploring the possibility of developing and operating additional properties, including integrated resorts, in additional Asian and U.S. jurisdictions, and in Europe.
Development Financing Strategy
     Through September 30, 2009, the Company has funded its development projects primarily through borrowings under its U.S., Macau and Singapore credit facilities, operating cash flows, proceeds from the Company’s recent equity offerings and proceeds from the disposition of non-core assets.
     The U.S. credit facility and FF&E facility require the Company’s Las Vegas operations to comply with certain financial covenants at the end of each quarter, including maintaining a maximum leverage ratio of net debt, as defined, to trailing twelve-month adjusted earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, as defined (“Adjusted EBITDA”). The maximum leverage ratio is 6.5x for the quarterly periods ending September 30 and December 31, 2009, and decreases by 0.5x every subsequent two quarterly periods until it decreases to, and remains at, 5.0x for all quarterly periods thereafter through maturity (commencing with the quarterly period ending March 31, 2011). The Macau credit facility, as amended in August 2009, requires the Company’s Macau operations to comply with similar financial covenants, including maintaining a maximum leverage ratio of debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The maximum leverage ratio is 4.5x for the quarterly periods ending September 30 and December 31, 2009, and decreases by 0.5x every subsequent two quarterly periods until it decreases to, and remains at, 3.0x for all quarterly periods thereafter through maturity (commencing with the quarterly period ending March 31, 2011). If the Company is unable to maintain compliance with the financial

10


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
covenants under these credit facilities, the Company would be in default under the respective credit facilities. A default under the U.S. credit facilities would trigger a cross-default under the Company’s airplane financings, which, if the respective lenders chose to accelerate the indebtedness outstanding under these agreements, would result in a default under the Company’s senior notes. A default under the Macau credit facility would trigger a cross-default under the Company’s ferry financing. A default under the Macau credit facility or the ferry financing would trigger a cross-default under the Company’s exchangeable bonds (as described below). Any defaults or cross-defaults under these agreements would allow the lenders, in each case, to exercise their rights and remedies as defined under their respective agreements. If the lenders were to exercise their rights to accelerate the due dates of the indebtedness outstanding, there can be no assurance that the Company would be able to repay or refinance any amounts that may become accelerated under such agreements, which could force the Company to restructure or alter its operations or debt obligations.
     The Company completed a $475.0 million convertible senior notes offering and a $2.1 billion common and preferred stock and warrants offering in 2008. On September 4, 2009, the Company completed a $600.0 million exchangeable bond offering (see “— Note 3 — Long-term Debt — Macau Related Debt — Exchangeable Bonds”). A portion of the proceeds from these offerings was used in the U.S. to exercise the EBITDA true-up provision (as defined below) during the quarterly periods ended March 31 and September 30, 2009, and additional proceeds were contributed to Las Vegas Sands, LLC (“LVSLLC”) to reduce its net debt in order to maintain compliance with the maximum leverage ratio for the quarterly periods during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Additional portions of the proceeds were used in Macau to exercise the EBITDA true-up provision during the quarterly periods ended December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009, and cash on hand was used to pay down $125.0 million of indebtedness under the Macau credit facility in March 2009 in order to maintain compliance with the maximum leverage ratio for the quarterly periods during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
     In order to fund the Company’s revised development plan as discussed above and comply with the maximum leverage ratio covenants of its U.S. and Macau credit facilities for the remaining quarterly period in 2009 and beyond, the Company will utilize cash on hand, cash flow from operations and available borrowings under its credit facilities. The Company will also need to execute some, or a combination, of the following measures: (i) achieve increased levels of Adjusted EBITDA at its U.S. and Macau properties, primarily through aggressive cost-cutting measures and implementation of efficiency initiatives; (ii) obtain additional debt and/or equity financing through the sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations, the latter of which is allowed for under the Macau borrowings, as amended, but may require consent from regulatory authorities; or (iii) elect to contribute up to $50 million and $20 million of cash on hand to the Las Vegas and Macau operations, respectively, on a bi-quarterly basis (such contributions having the effect of increasing Adjusted EBITDA by the corresponding amount during the applicable quarter for purposes of calculating compliance with the maximum leverage ratio (the “EBITDA true-up”)). If the aforementioned measures are not sufficient to fund the Company’s revised development plan and maintain compliance with its financial covenants, the Company may also need to execute some, or a combination, of the following measures: (i) further decrease the rate of spending on its global development projects; (ii) obtain additional financing at the parent company or Macau level, the proceeds of which could be used to reduce or repay debt in Las Vegas and/or Macau; (iii) elect to delay payment of dividends on its preferred stock; or (iv) seek a waiver or amendment under the U.S. credit facility; however, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain such waiver or amendment. Management believes that successful execution of some combination of the above measures will be sufficient for the Company to fund its commitments and maintain compliance with its financial covenants.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
     In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued authoritative guidance for fair value measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements, which applies under other authoritative guidance that require or permit fair value measurement; however, it does not require any new fair value measurements. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. In January 2008, the FASB deferred the effective date for one year for certain non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The adoption of the guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. See “— Note 7 — Fair Value Measurements” for required disclosure.
     In December 2007, the FASB issued revised authoritative guidance for business combinations, which requires an acquirer to recognize the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, to be measured at their fair values as of that date, with limited exceptions. The guidance applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2008. The application of the guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

11


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
     In December 2007, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for noncontrolling interests, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. Specifically, this guidance requires the recognition of a noncontrolling interest (previously referred to as minority interest) as equity in the consolidated financial statements and separate from the parent’s equity. The amount of net income or loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest is included in consolidated net income on the face of the income statement. The guidance clarifies that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial interest. In addition, this guidance requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is deconsolidated and requires expanded disclosures regarding the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. As required upon the application of this guidance, the prior period noncontrolling interest amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation; however, such amounts have not changed.
     In March 2008, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for derivative and hedging activities, which requires enhanced disclosures about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities, thereby improving the transparency of financial reporting. The objective of the guidance is to provide users of financial statements with: an enhanced understanding of how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. The guidance also requires several additional quantitative disclosures in the financial statements. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The application of the guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
     In April 2008, the FASB supplemented its authoritative guidance for intangible assets, which amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under previously issued guidance. The intent of this guidance is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under previously issued guidance and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under the new guidance. The guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The application of the guidance did not have an effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
     In April 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for interim disclosures about fair value of financial instruments, which requires quarterly disclosures of the fair value of all financial instruments that are not reflected at fair value in the financial statements, as well as additional disclosures about the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value. Prior to the issuance of this guidance, such disclosures, including quantitative and qualitative information about fair value estimates, were only required on an annual basis. This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The application of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s disclosures. See “— Note 3 — Long-term Debt — Fair Value of Long-term Debt” for required disclosures.
     In May 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for subsequent events, which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. This guidance is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. The application of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, result of operations or cash flows. See “— Overview” for required disclosures.
     In June 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance for variable interest entities (“VIE”), which changes the approach to determining the primary beneficiary of a VIE and requires companies to more frequently assess whether they must consolidate VIEs. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company does not expect the application of this guidance will have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE 2 — PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
     Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Land and improvements
  $ 353,801     $ 341,927  
Building and improvements
    6,842,633       6,309,494  
Furniture, fixtures, equipment and leasehold improvements
    1,688,022       1,547,261  
Transportation
    403,137       322,194  
Construction in progress
    5,186,588       4,438,216  
 
           
 
    14,474,181       12,959,092  
Less — accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (1,518,075 )     (1,090,864 )
 
           
 
  $ 12,956,106     $ 11,868,228  
 
           

12


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
     Construction in progress consists of the following (in thousands):
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Marina Bay Sands
  $ 2,589,580     $ 1,422,795  
Other Macau Development Projects (principally Cotai Strip parcels 5 and 6)
    1,923,301       1,917,547  
Four Seasons Macao
    364,005       255,373  
Sands Bethlehem
    90,893       413,563  
The Palazzo and The Shoppes at The Palazzo
    16,589       166,450  
Other
    202,220       262,488  
 
           
 
  $ 5,186,588     $ 4,438,216  
 
           
     As of September 30, 2009, the Company has received proceeds of $295.4 million from the sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo; however, the final purchase price will be determined in accordance with the agreement (the “Agreement”) between Venetian Casino Resort, LLC (“VCR”) and GGP based on net operating income (“NOI”) of The Shoppes at The Palazzo calculated 30 months after the closing date of the sale, as defined under the Agreement and subject to certain later audit adjustments. In April 2009, GGP and its subsidiary that owns The Shoppes at The Palazzo filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the “Chapter 11 Cases”). Additionally, given the economic and market conditions facing retailers on a national and local level, tenants are facing economic challenges that have effected, and may effect in the future, the calculation of NOI. During the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company learned that one tenant filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and another tenant has delayed its construction plans, creating a question as to whether the rent of the latter tenant will be included in the NOI calculation. As these tenants leased significant space in The Shoppes at The Palazzo, management adjusted its projection of the ultimate proceeds that the Company will receive to an amount that is below the costs incurred to construct and develop The Shoppes at The Palazzo. Based upon estimates of NOI and capitalization rates, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $94.0 million during the three months ended June 30, 2009. Approximately $292.1 million of property and equipment (net of $16.9 million of accumulated depreciation), which was sold to GGP, is included in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2009. The Company will continue to review the Chapter 11 Cases and the projected financial performance of the tenants to be included in the NOI calculation, and will adjust the estimates of NOI and capitalization rates as additional information is received. The Company may be required to record further impairment charges in the future depending on changes in the projections.
     The $202.2 million of other construction in progress consists primarily of the construction of the St. Regis Residences and other projects in Las Vegas and at The Venetian Macao. During the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $57.2 million on capitalized costs, which were included in other construction in progress, related to a planned expansion of the Sands Expo Center that the Company decided to suspend such project indefinitely.
     The cost and accumulated depreciation of property and equipment that the Company is leasing to tenants as part of its Macau mall operations was $383.7 million and $41.7 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2009. The cost and accumulated depreciation of property and equipment that the Company is leasing under a capital lease arrangement is $25.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively.
     During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Company capitalized interest expense of $16.9 million, $45.1 million, $38.4 million and $100.6 million, respectively.
     As described in “— Note 1 — Organization and Business of Company — Development Projects,” the Company revised its development plan to suspend portions of its development projects given the conditions in the capital markets and the global economy and their impact on the Company’s ongoing operations. If circumstances change, the Company may be required to record an impairment charge related to these developments in the future.

13


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
NOTE 3 — LONG-TERM DEBT
     Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Corporate and U.S. Related:
               
Senior Secured Credit Facility — Term B
  $ 2,932,500     $ 2,955,000  
Senior Secured Credit Facility — Delayed Draw I
    592,500       597,000  
Senior Secured Credit Facility — Delayed Draw II
    397,000       400,000  
Senior Secured Credit Facility — Revolving
    775,860       775,860  
6.375% Senior Notes
    248,779       248,608  
FF&E Facility
    116,900       141,950  
Airplane Financings
    83,031       85,797  
HVAC Equipment Lease
    25,146        
Other
    5,005       5,765  
Macau Related:
               
Macau Credit Facility — Term B
    1,791,000       1,800,000  
Macau Credit Facility — Term B Delayed
    696,500       700,000  
Macau Credit Facility — Revolving
    570,299       695,299  
Macau Credit Facility — Local Term
    88,018       100,589  
Exchangeable Bonds
    600,000        
Ferry Financing
    228,458       218,564  
Other
    11,023       11,054  
Singapore Related:
               
Singapore Permanent Facility — A and B
    2,602,378       1,735,252  
 
           
 
    11,764,397       10,470,738  
Less — current maturities
    (159,921 )     (114,623 )
 
           
Total long-term debt
  $ 11,604,476     $ 10,356,115  
 
           
Corporate and U.S. Related Debt
Senior Secured Credit Facility
     As of September 30, 2009, the Company had $89.7 million of available borrowing capacity under the U.S. credit facility, net of outstanding letters of credit and undrawn amounts committed to be funded by Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Inc.
     On April 15, 2009, the Company amended its U.S. credit facility to allow the Company to repurchase up to $800.0 million in aggregate stated principal amount of term loans (which include the term B and delayed draws I and II term loans) on or prior to September 30, 2010. The amendment provides that any term loans purchased by the Company shall be immediately forgiven and cancelled.
HVAC Equipment Lease
     In July 2009, the Company entered into a capital lease agreement with its current heating, ventilation and air conditioning (“HVAC”) provider (the “HVAC Equipment Lease”) to provide the operation and maintenance services for the HVAC equipment in Las Vegas. The lease has a 10-year term with a purchase option at the third, fifth, seventh and tenth anniversary dates. The Company is obligated under the agreement to make monthly payments of approximately $300,000 for the first year with automatic decreases of approximately $14,000 per month on every anniversary date. The HVAC Equipment Lease has been capitalized at the present value of the future minimum lease payments at lease inception.
Macau Related Debt
Macau Credit Facility
     As of September 30, 2009, the Company had $123.1 million of available borrowing capacity under the Macau credit facility, net of undrawn amounts committed to be funded by Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Inc.
     On August 12, 2009, the Company amended its Macau credit facility to obtain, among other things, the necessary approvals to allow for a potential sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations and modification of certain financial covenants and definitions, including increasing the maximum leverage ratio for the quarterly periods through the end of 2010 (see “— Note 1 — Development Financing Strategy”). As part of the amendment, the credit spread increased by 325 basis points with borrowings now bearing interest, at the Company’s option, at either an adjusted Eurodollar rate (or, in the case of the local term loan, adjusted Hong Kong Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“HIBOR”)) or at an alternate base rate, plus a spread of 5.5% per annum or 4.5% per annum, respectively. Upon the consummation of the sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations, the

14


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Company will be required to repay and permanently reduce $500.0 million of borrowings, on a pro rata basis, under the Macau credit facility and in conjunction with the $500.0 million repayment, the credit spread will be reduced by 100 basis points.
Exchangeable Bonds
     In September 2009, the Company completed a $600.0 million exchangeable bond offering due 2014 (the “Exchangeable Bonds”). The Exchangeable Bonds bear interest at 9% per annum and 12% per annum during the years ended September 3, 2010 and 2011, respectively, and 15% per annum during the years ended September 3, 2012 through 2014. The Exchangeable Bonds are mandatorily and automatically exchangeable into common shares of a subsidiary of the Company upon the consummation of the sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations at an exchange price equal to 90% of the common shares’ offering price. As the ultimate exchange price was not known at the date the Exchangeable Bonds were issued and is still unknown as of the date of this filing, the Exchangeable Bonds may contain a contingent beneficial conversion feature. Should the ultimate exchange price be less than the fair value of the shares at the issuance date of the Exchangeable Bonds, the Company will record a charge for such difference as additional interest expense. The amount of the charge, if any, cannot be estimated, and therefore cannot be recorded, until the ultimate exchange price has been determined.
     The Exchangeable Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the Company together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption, at any time beginning 30 days after the closing date and ending the day prior to the maturity date. If the Exchangeable Bonds are redeemed at the option of the Company, it is required to issue warrants (the “Bond Warrants”) to the bondholders to purchase such number of common shares the bondholders would have been otherwise entitled to receive upon mandatory and automatic exchange of the Exchangeable Bonds upon any offering. In addition, any bondholder may, during the period not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to September 4, 2012, require the Company to redeem all or a portion of the Exchangeable Bonds held by such bondholder at 100% of the principal amount of the Exchangeable Bonds, together with all accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption; provided that any bondholders who exercise this redemption right shall not be entitled to any Bond Warrants in connection with such redemption.
     The terms and conditions of the Exchangeable Bonds contain covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and conditions, limit the ability of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries to grant security over their assets, incur additional indebtedness or contingent obligations, make payments of dividends or other distributions on or redeem or repurchase their equity securities or certain subordinated indebtedness, make investments or provide loans and advances, enter into sale and lease back transactions, sell or dispose of assets including equity securities and enter into transactions with their shareholders and affiliates.
Ferry Financing
     On August 20, 2009, the Company amended its ferry financing facility to obtain, among other things, the necessary approvals to allow for a potential sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations and removal of the requirement to comply with all financial covenants. As part of the amendment, the credit spread increased by 50 basis points to 2.5% per annum for borrowings accruing interest at HIBOR or 2.5% per annum for borrowings accruing interest at LIBOR. The facility, as amended, now matures in December 2015 and is subject to 26 quarterly payments commencing October 2009.
Singapore Related Debt
Singapore Permanent Facilities
     As of September 30, 2009, the Company had SGD 1.42 billion (approximately $998.9 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) of available borrowing capacity under the Singapore permanent facilities, net of outstanding banker’s guarantees and undrawn amounts committed to be funded by Lehman Brothers Finance Asia Pte. Ltd.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
     Cash flows from financing activities related to long-term debt are as follows (in thousands):
                 
    Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2009     2008  
Proceeds from Singapore Permanent Facilities
  $ 824,986     $ 1,558,091  
Proceeds from Senior Secured Credit Facility
          1,675,860  
Proceeds from Macau Credit Facility
          442,732  
Proceeds from Exchangeable Bonds
    600,000        
Proceeds from Ferry Financing
    9,888       176,739  
Proceeds from FF&E Facility and Other Long-Term Debt
          148,898  
 
           
 
  $ 1,434,874     $ 4,002,320  
 
           
Repayments on Macau Credit Facility
  $ (150,074 )   $  
Repayments on Senior Secured Credit Facility
    (30,000 )     (324,000 )
Repayments on Singapore Permanent Facilities
    (18,223 )      
Repayments on Singapore Bridge Facility
          (1,329,737 )
Repayments on FF&E Facility and Other Long-Term Debt
    (25,841 )     (56,596 )
Repayments on Airplane Financings
    (2,766 )     (2,765 )
Repayments on HVAC Equipment Lease
    (421 )      
 
           
 
  $ (227,325 )   $ (1,713,098 )
 
           

15


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Fair Value of Long-Term Debt
     The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt as of September 30, 2009, was approximately $10.71 billion, compared to its carrying value of $11.76 billion. As of December 31, 2008, the estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt was approximately $6.31 billion, compared to its carrying value of $10.47 billion. The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt is based on quoted market prices, if available, or by pricing models based on the value of related cash flows discounted at current market interest rates.
NOTE 4 — EQUITY AND LOSS PER SHARE
Preferred Stock and Warrants
     Preferred stock dividend activity for 2009 is as follows (in thousands):
                             
        Preferred Stock              
        Dividends Paid to     Preferred Stock        
Board of Directors’       Principal     Dividends Paid to     Total Preferred Stock  
Declaration Date   Payment Date   Stockholder’s Family     Public Holders     Dividends Paid  
February 5, 2009
  February 17, 2009   $ 13,125     $ 11,347     $ 24,472  
April 30, 2009
  May 15, 2009     13,125       10,400       23,525  
July 31, 2009
  August 17, 2009     13,125       10,225       23,350  
 
                         
 
                      $ 71,347  
 
                         
October 30, 2009
  November 16, 2009   $ 13,125     $ 10,225     $ 23,350  
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, holders of the preferred stock exercised 1,106,301 warrants to purchase an aggregate of 18,438,384 shares of the Company’s common stock at $6.00 per share and tendered 1,106,301 shares of preferred stock as settlement of the warrant exercise price. Subsequent to September 30, and through November 6, 2009, the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, no additional warrants were exercised.
     During the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company incorrectly included $6.8 million of preferred stock dividends in its computation of net loss attributable to common stockholders, which overstated the Company’s basic and diluted loss per share by $0.02, but had no effect on total assets, liabilities, stockholders’ equity, net loss or cash flows. These dividends had been included previously in the determination of diluted loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2008. Because the amount involved is not material to the Company’s financial statements, the Company will correct the amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2009, when it discloses the amounts as a comparable period in future filings.
Treasury Stock
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company paid approximately $13,000 in personal payroll taxes on behalf of one of its executive officers related to certain vested restricted stock and in return, the Company received 2,253 shares of its common stock as settlement for the liability.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income and Comprehensive Loss
     At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the accumulated other comprehensive income balance, included in equity, consisted solely of foreign currency translation adjustments. Comprehensive loss includes net loss and all other non-stockholder changes in equity. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, comprehensive loss amounted to $69.4 million and $286.3 million, respectively, of which $65.3 million and $278.6 million, respectively, was attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, comprehensive loss amounted to $44.7 million and $33.8 million, respectively, of which $45.0 million and $38.3 million, respectively was attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.

16


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Other Equity Transactions
     The Company’s Principal Stockholder provides an airplane to an executive of the Company for his personal use as a condition of his employment with the Company. The cost of providing this airplane for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, was $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively, which has been recorded as a non-cash equity contribution to the Company and is included in corporate expense.
Loss Per Share
     The weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares used in the calculation of basic and diluted loss per share consisted of the following:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (used in the calculation of basic loss per share)
    660,245,590       355,393,259       655,687,503       355,344,306  
Potential dilution from stock options, restricted stock and warrants
                       
 
                       
Weighted-average common and common equivalent shares (used in the calculation of diluted loss per share)
    660,245,590       355,393,259       655,687,503       355,344,306  
 
                       
Antidilutive stock options, restricted stock and warrants excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share
    170,653,596       10,580,996       170,653,596       10,580,996  
 
                       
NOTE 5 — INCOME TAXES
     The Company’s major tax jurisdictions are the U.S., Macau and Singapore. In the U.S., the Company is under examination for years after 2004. In Macau and Singapore, the Company is subject to examination for years after 2003.
     The Company received a five-year tax exemption in Macau that exempts the Company from paying corporate income tax on profits generated by gaming operations. The Company will continue to benefit from this tax exemption through the end of 2013.
     As of September 30, 2009, the balance of unrecognized tax benefits was $56.9 million, an increase of $24.6 million as compared to $32.3 million as of December 31, 2008. Of the increase, unrecognized tax benefits of $19.3 million were for tax positions taken in prior periods of which $5.6 million would affect the effective tax rate, if recognized. The Company does not expect a significant increase or decrease in unrecognized tax benefits over the next twelve months.
     Authoritative guidance issued by FASB for accounting for income taxes requires a reduction of the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance, if based on the available evidence, it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized. Accordingly, the need to establish valuation allowances for deferred tax assets is assessed periodically based on a more-likely-than-not realization threshold. This assessment considers, among other matters, the nature, frequency and severity of current and cumulative losses, forecasts of future profitability, the duration of statutory carryforward periods, our experience with operating loss and tax credit carryforwards not expiring unused, and tax planning alternatives.
     The Company’s U.S. operations are in a cumulative loss position for the three-year period ended September 30, 2009. For purposes of assessing the realization of the U.S. deferred tax assets, the Company considered the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, sources of taxable income and tax planning strategies. The Company’s cumulative loss position is considered significant negative evidence and has caused management to conclude that it is more likely than not that its U.S. deferred tax assets will not be realized. In consideration of the requirements of the authoritative guidance, the Company recorded a valuation allowance of $67.8 million on the net deferred tax assets of the Company’s U.S. operations.
     Management will reassess the realization of deferred tax assets based on the criteria of the authoritative guidance for accounting for income taxes each reporting period. To the extent that the financial results of U.S. operations improve and it becomes more likely than not that the deferred tax assets are realizable, the Company will be able to reduce the valuation allowance through earnings.

17


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
NOTE 6 — STOCK-BASED EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
     Stock-based compensation activity is as follows (in thousands, except weighted average grant date fair values):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Compensation expense:
                               
Stock options
  $ 12,062     $ 14,586     $ 32,132     $ 36,999  
Restricted shares
    (53 )     800       782       2,220  
 
                       
 
  $ 12,009     $ 15,386     $ 32,914     $ 39,219  
 
                       
Compensation cost capitalized as part of property and equipment
  $ 937     $ 1,623     $ 2,561     $ 4,194  
 
                       
Stock options granted
    1,194       288       8,242       4,443  
 
                       
Weighted average grant date fair value
  $ 6.41     $ 18.49     $ 3.02     $ 29.82  
 
                       
Restricted shares granted
                66       27  
 
                       
Weighted average grant date fair value
  $     $     $ 7.38     $ 71.67  
 
                       
     The fair value of each option grant was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
Weighted average volatility
    79.57 %     35.85 %     75.45 %     35.85 %
Expected term (in years)
    5.7       6.7       5.1       6.3  
Risk-free rate
    3.14 %     2.96 %     2.72 %     2.96 %
Expected dividends
                       
NOTE 7 — FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
     Authoritative guidance issued by FASB defines fair value as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. This guidance also establishes a valuation hierarchy for inputs in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs (inputs market participants would use based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company) and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs (inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions based upon the best information available in the circumstances) by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and inputs (other than quoted prices) that are observable for the assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities. Categorization within the hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
     The following table provides the assets carried at fair value (in thousands):
                                 
    Total Carrying   Fair Value Measurements as of September 30, 2009 Using:
    Value as of   Quoted Market   Significant Other   Significant
    September 30,   Prices in Active   Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs
    2009   Markets (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3)
Cash equivalents(1)
  $ 2,097,319     $ 2,097,319     $     $  
Interest rate caps(2)
  $ 3,596     $     $ 3,596     $  
 
(1)   The Company has short-term investments classified as cash equivalents as the original maturities are less than 90 days.
 
(2)   The Company has 22 interest rate cap agreements with an aggregate fair value of approximately $3.6 million, based on quoted market values from the institutions holding the agreements as of September 30, 2009.
NOTE 8 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation Matters
     The Company is involved in other litigation in addition to those noted below, arising in the normal course of business. Management has made certain estimates for potential litigation costs based upon consultation with legal counsel. Actual results could differ from these estimates; however, in the opinion of management, such litigation and claims will not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

18


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
The Palazzo Construction Litigation
     Lido Casino Resort, LLC (“Lido”), formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and now merged into VCR, and its construction manager, Taylor International Corp., on one side, and Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc. (“Malcolm”), the contractor on The Palazzo project responsible for completing certain foundation work, filed claims against each other in an action filed in 2006 in Clark County District Court. On April 24, 2009, the Company reached a settlement of this matter with Malcolm for approximately $10.6 million, which was paid in May 2009. Of the $10.6 million, $9.9 million has been capitalized as building-related construction costs and $0.7 million has been recorded as interest expense as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The Company does not expect to incur any further charges in connection with this matter.
Litigation Relating to Macau Operations
     On October 15, 2004, Richard Suen and Round Square Company Limited filed an action against LVSC, Las Vegas Sands, Inc. (“LVSI”), Sheldon G. Adelson and William P. Weidner in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada, asserting a breach of an alleged agreement to pay a success fee of $5.0 million and 2.0% of the net profit from the Company’s Macau resort operations to the plaintiffs as well as other related claims. In March 2005, LVSC was dismissed as a party without prejudice based on a stipulation to do so between the parties. Pursuant to an order filed March 16, 2006, plaintiffs’ fraud claims set forth in the first amended complaint were dismissed with prejudice as against all defendants. The order also dismissed with prejudice the first amended complaint against defendants Sheldon G. Adelson and William P. Weidner. On May 24, 2008, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs in the amount of $43.8 million. On June 30, 2008, a judgment was entered in this matter in the amount of $58.6 million (including pre-judgment interest). The Company has appealed the verdict to the Nevada Supreme Court. The Company believes that it has valid bases in law and fact to overturn or appeal the verdict. As a result, the Company believes that the likelihood that the amount of the judgment will be affirmed is not probable, and, accordingly, that the amount of any loss cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. Because the Company believes that this potential loss is not probable or estimable, it has not recorded any reserves or contingencies related to this legal matter. In the event that the Company’s assumptions used to evaluate this matter as neither probable nor estimable change in future periods, it will be required to record a liability for an adverse outcome.
     On January 26, 2006, Clive Basset Jones, Darryl Steven Turok (a/k/a Dax Turok) and Cheong Jose Vai Chi (a/k/a Cliff Cheong), filed an action against LVSC, LVSLLC, Venetian Venture Development, LLC (“Venetian Venture Development”) and various unspecified individuals and companies in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada. The plaintiffs assert breach of an agreement to pay a success fee in an amount equal to 5% of the ownership interest in the entity that owns and operates the Macau gaming subconcession as well as other related claims. On June 3, 2009, the Company reached a settlement of this matter for $42.5 million, of which $12.5 million was paid in June 2009 and the remaining $30.0 million will be settled with common shares of a subsidiary of the Company upon a sale of a minority interest in certain of the Company’s Macau operations or in cash in February 2010, whichever occurs first. The charge has been recorded in corporate expense during the three months ended June 30, 2009. The Company does not expect to incur any further charges in connection with this matter.
     On February 5, 2007, Asian American Entertainment Corporation, Limited (“AAEC”) filed an action against LVSI, VCR, Venetian Venture Development, William P. Weidner and David Friedman in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada (the “District Court”). The plaintiffs assert (i) breach of contract by LVSI, VCR and Venetian Venture Development of an agreement under which AAEC would work to obtain a gaming license in Macau and, if successful, AAEC would jointly operate a casino, hotel and related facilities in Macau with Venetian Venture Development and Venetian Venture Development would receive fees and a minority equity interest in the venture and (ii) breach of fiduciary duties by all of the defendants. The plaintiffs have requested an unspecified amount of actual, compensatory and punitive damages, and disgorgement of profits related to the Company’s Macau gaming license. The Company filed a motion to dismiss on July 11, 2007. On August 1, 2007, the District Court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint against all defendants without prejudice. The plaintiffs appealed this decision and subsequently, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Circuit Court”) decided that AAEC was not barred from asserting claims that the written agreement was breached prior to its expiration on January 15, 2002. The Circuit Court remanded the case back to the District Court for further proceedings on this issue and discovery has recently begun. It is difficult to discern any claim during that period from the face of their

19


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
complaint; however, management believes that the plaintiff’s case against the Company is without merit. The Company intends to defend this matter vigorously.
     In January 2008, Hong Kong ferry operator Norte Oeste Expresso Ltd. (“Northwest Express”) filed an administrative action challenging an order from the Chief Executive of the Macau government with respect to the Macau government’s entry into an agreement with CFCL, as defined below, related to the operation of ferry service between Hong Kong and Taipa. The administrative action named the Company’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Cotai Ferry Company Limited (“CFCL,” previously named Cotai Waterjets (Macau) Limited), as an interested party. The basis of the legal challenge is that, under Macau law, any concessions or agreements related to the provision of a public service must be awarded through a public tender process. In February 2009, the Court of Second Instance in Macau held that it was unlawful for the Macau government to enter into the ferry agreement with CFCL without engaging in a public tender process, and therefore the ferry agreement with CFCL is void. The Company believes that it has complied with all applicable laws and procedures and Macau practice with respect to its entry into the ferry agreement and that all other agreements with the Macau government to operate ferries to and from Macau were entered into in the same fashion as the ferry agreement with CFCL. Accordingly, the Company and the Macau government have appealed the decision to the Court of Final Appeal in Macau. The Company will cooperate with the Macau government during the appeal period to resolve this matter. The Company expects to continue to operate its ferry service until a decision on the appeal is rendered or the matter is otherwise resolved. If the decision is upheld by the Court of Final Appeal, the ferry agreement entered into by CFCL may be void, absent other action by the Macau government. Management believes that, although uncertain, the outcome of the decision of the Court of Final Appeal is more likely to be unfavorable than favorable. As the dispute relates to challenging the entry into the ferry agreement and no financial amount is claimed by Northwest Express, management is unable to estimate the potential losses to the Company as a result of such an adverse ruling. The Company is exploring the legal rights and remedies available to protect its ferry operations and investments and, should the Company receive an adverse ruling, will explore all legal options with the Macau government to try to ensure that there is no disruption to the Company’s ferry operations. The Company expects the Macau government to take measures to secure the continuous operations of ferry services to and from Taipa in order to protect the public interest and believes that CFCL would be permitted to continue to operate its business on this basis. If it is determined that the Company is unable to continue to operate its ferry service, it will attempt to develop alternative means of attracting and transporting visitors to its Cotai Strip properties. If the Company is unable to do so, a resulting significant loss of visitors to its Cotai Strip properties could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Such event could also result in a potential impairment charge on all or a portion of the approximately $241.8 million in capitalized costs, as of September 30, 2009, related to the Company’s ferry operations. Moreover, if the Company is unable to utilize available options to secure renewed rights to provide ferry services within six months of the loss of such right, an event of default would occur under the terms of the ferry financing, allowing the lender to exercise its rights and remedies as defined in the related agreement. If the lender were to exercise its right to accelerate the repayment of the indebtedness outstanding, there can be no assurance that the Company would be able to repay or refinance any amounts that may become accelerated.
     On October 16, 2009, the Company received a letter from counsel to Far East Consortium International Ltd. (“FEC”) notifying the Company that it may pursue various claims seeking, among other things, monetary damages and an entitlement to an ownership interest in parcel 3 in Macau, which the Company owns. The Company believes such claims, which are based on a non-legally binding memorandum of agreement that expired by its terms over three years ago, are frivolous, baseless and without merit. The Company intends to vigorously contest any claims or lawsuits that may be brought by FEC.
Stockholder Derivative Litigation
     On November 26, 2008, January 16, 2009 and February 6, 2009, various plaintiffs filed shareholder derivative actions on behalf of the Company in the District Court of Clark County, Nevada, against Sheldon G. Adelson, Irwin Chafetz, Charles D. Forman, George P. Koo, Michael A. Leven, James L. Purcell, Irwin A. Siegel, William P. Weidner and Andrew Heyer, all of whom were current or former members of the Board of Directors at the time the suits were filed. The complaints all alleged, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with (i) the Company’s ongoing construction and development projects and (ii) the Company’s securing debt and equity financing during 2008.
     The parties in all three actions stipulated to the entry of an order consolidating their cases into a single proceeding now styled In re Las Vegas Sands Corp. Derivative Litigation. A consolidated amended complaint was filed on March 20, 2009, against the same defendants noted above. The substantive allegations of such complaint are similar to those of the original complaints. A motion to dismiss the consolidated amended complaint was filed on April 17, 2009. This motion, and any responses and replies thereto that have been filed were argued on August 27, 2009. The District Court of Clark County entered a decision and order on November 4, 2009, dismissing the plaintiff’s consolidated amended complaint with prejudice.
China Matters
     The State Administration of Foreign Exchange in China (“SAFE”) regulates foreign currency exchange transactions and other business dealings in China. SAFE has made inquiries and requested and obtained documents relating to certain payments made by the Company’s wholly foreign-owned enterprises (“WFOEs”) to counterparties and other vendors in China. These WFOEs were established to conduct non-gaming marketing activities in China and to create goodwill in China and Macau for the Company’s

20


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
operations in Macau. The Company is fully cooperating with these pending inquiries. The Company does not believe that the resolution of these pending inquiries will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Singapore Development Project
     The Company entered into the Development Agreement with the STB, which requires the Company to construct and operate the Marina Bay Sands in accordance with the Company’s originally submitted proposal for the integrated resort and in accordance with the agreement. The Company is continuing to finalize various design aspects of the integrated resort and is in the process of finalizing its cost estimates for the project. The Company entered into the SGD 5.44 billion (approximately $3.84 billion at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) Singapore permanent facility agreement to fund a significant portion of the construction, operating and other development costs of the Marina Bay Sands.
Other Agreements
     The Company has entered into agreements with Starwood and Shangri-La to manage certain proposed hotel developments on the Company’s Cotai Strip parcels 5 and 6, and for Starwood to brand the Company’s Las Vegas condominium project (the St. Regis Residences) in connection with the sales and marketing of these condominium units. Due to the suspension of the Company’s projects in Macau and Las Vegas, the Company is negotiating amendments to its agreements with Starwood to revise the construction and opening obligations and deadlines. If negotiations are unsuccessful, certain past and/or anticipated delays may permit Starwood to terminate its agreements with the Company, which would result in the Company having to find new managers and brands for the above-described projects and may subject the Company to claims for damages and expenses under these agreements, including breach of contract, losses for services rendered and the opportunity costs of negotiating and executing the agreements. Such measures could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows, including requiring the Company to write-off its $20.0 million investment related to the St. Regis Residences.
NOTE 9 — SEGMENT INFORMATION
     The Company’s principal operating and developmental activities occur in three geographic areas: United States, Macau and Singapore. The Company reviews the results of operations for each of its key operating segments: The Venetian Las Vegas, which includes the Sands Expo Center; The Palazzo; Sands Bethlehem; Sands Macao; The Venetian Macao; Four Seasons Macao; and Other Asia (comprised primarily of the Company’s ferry operations). The Company also reviews construction and development activities for each of its primary projects: The Venetian Las Vegas; The Palazzo; Sands Bethlehem; Sands Macao; The Venetian Macao; Four Seasons Macao; Other Asia (comprised of the ferry operations and various other operations that are ancillary to the Company’s properties in Macau); Marina Bay Sands in Singapore; Other Development Projects (on Cotai Strip parcels 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8); and Corporate and Other (comprised primarily of airplanes and the St. Regis Residences). The Venetian Las Vegas and The Palazzo operating segments are managed as a single integrated resort and have been aggregated as one reportable segment (the “Las Vegas Operating Properties”), considering their similar economic characteristics, types of customers, types of service and products, the regulatory business environment of the operations within each segment and the Company’s organizational and management reporting structure. The information as of December 31, 2008, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, has been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. The Company’s segment information is as follows as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (in thousands):
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Net Revenues
                               
Macau:
                               
The Venetian Macao
  $ 493,579     $ 522,409     $ 1,420,445     $ 1,471,823  
Sands Macao
    280,794       248,444       739,404       784,943  
Four Seasons Macao
    67,052       20,303       162,743       20,303  
Other Asia
    8,630       6,313       24,008       11,560  
United States:
                               
Las Vegas Operating Properties
    228,095       307,965       836,601       1,007,942  
Sands Bethlehem
    62,994             95,705        
 
                       
Total net revenues
  $ 1,141,144     $ 1,105,434     $ 3,278,906     $ 3,296,571  
 
                       

21


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Adjusted Property EBITDAR(1)
                               
Macau:
                               
The Venetian Macao
  $ 150,389     $ 135,737     $ 381,849     $ 386,227  
Sands Macao
    77,115       42,591       188,522       162,283  
Four Seasons Macao
    10,152       2,963       20,083       2,963  
Other Asia
    (8,088 )     (10,848 )     (23,989 )     (34,086 )
United States:
                               
Las Vegas Operating Properties
    34,452       73,316       202,336       302,497  
Sands Bethlehem
    8,323             11,160        
 
                       
Total adjusted property EBITDAR
    272,343       243,759       779,961       819,884  
Other Operating Expenses
                               
Stock-based compensation expense
    (8,423 )     (9,615 )     (21,701 )     (25,036 )
Corporate expense
    (17,519 )     (23,390 )     (105,250 )     (82,529 )
Rental expense
    (6,691 )     (8,437 )     (22,497 )     (25,573 )
Pre-opening expense
    (28,855 )     (40,777 )     (115,619 )     (105,470 )
Development expense
    (80 )     (1,153 )     (344 )     (11,504 )
Depreciation and amortization
    (148,677 )     (132,239 )     (431,559 )     (364,753 )
Impairment loss
                (151,175 )      
Gain (loss) on disposal of assets
    284       47       (4,500 )     (6,977 )
 
                       
Operating income (loss)
    62,382       28,195       (72,684 )     198,042  
Other Non-Operating Costs and Expenses
                               
Interest income
    1,599       3,215       9,840       11,813  
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    (88,514 )     (90,535 )     (224,503 )     (293,709 )
Other income (expense)
    (1,564 )     7,209       (6,534 )     11,624  
Loss on modification or early retirement of debt
    (204 )           (204 )     (4,022 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (54,316 )     19,425       (641 )     19,533  
Noncontrolling interest
    4,111       283       7,674       4,481  
 
                       
Net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  $ (76,506 )   $ (32,208 )   $ (287,052 )   $ (52,238 )
 
                       
 
(1)   Adjusted property EBITDAR is net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp. before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expense, development expense, other income (expense), loss on modification or early retirement of debt, gain (loss) on disposal of assets, impairment loss, rental expense, corporate expense, stock-based compensation expense and noncontrolling interest. Adjusted property EBITDAR is used by management as the primary measure of operating performance of the Company’s properties and to compare the operating performance of the Company’s properties with that of its competitors.
                 
    Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,  
    2009     2008  
Capital Expenditures
               
Corporate and Other
  $ 31,527     $ 68,608  
Macau:
               
The Venetian Macao
    12,700       109,114  
Sands Macao
    5,556       30,192  
Four Seasons Macao
    206,546       471,955  
Other Asia
    23,696       58,021  
Other Development Projects
    70,084       851,929  
United States:
               
Las Vegas Operating Properties
    58,065       543,162  
Sands Bethlehem
    212,529       200,652  
Singapore
    918,375       574,763  
 
           
Total capital expenditures
  $ 1,539,078     $ 2,908,396  
 
           

22


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2009     2008  
Total Assets
               
Corporate and Other
  $ 407,603     $ 707,276  
Macau:
               
The Venetian Macao
    2,883,920       3,060,279  
Sands Macao
    550,271       592,998  
Four Seasons Macao
    1,134,242       973,892  
Other Asia
    348,084       347,359  
Other Development Projects
    2,132,496       2,015,386  
United States:
               
Las Vegas Operating Properties
    6,552,572       6,562,124  
Sands Bethlehem
    725,648       475,256  
Singapore
    3,538,222       2,409,543  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 18,273,058     $ 17,144,113  
 
           
NOTE 10 — CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING FINANCIAL INFORMATION
     LVSC is the obligor of the senior notes due 2015, issued on February 10, 2005 (the “Senior Notes”). LVSLLC, VCR, Mall Intermediate Holding Company, LLC, Venetian Venture Development, Venetian Transport, LLC, Venetian Marketing, Inc., Lido Intermediate Holding Company, LLC and Lido Casino Resort Holding Company, LLC (collectively, the “Original Guarantors”), have jointly and severally guaranteed the Senior Notes on a full and unconditional basis. Effective May 23, 2007, in conjunction with entering into the Senior Secured Credit Facility, LVSC, the Original Guarantors and the trustee entered into a supplemental indenture related to the Senior Notes, whereby the following subsidiaries were added as full and unconditional guarantors on a joint and several basis: Interface Group-Nevada, Inc., Palazzo Condo Tower, LLC, Sands Pennsylvania, Inc., Phase II Mall Holding, LLC and Phase II Mall Subsidiary, LLC (collectively with the Original Guarantors, the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”). In September 2009, LVS (Nevada) International Holdings, Inc. and LVS Management Services, LLC were added as full and unconditional guarantors to the Senior Notes on a joint and several basis, and have been included in the group of subsidiaries that is the Guarantor Subsidiaries as of and for the period ended September 30, 2009.

     On February 29, 2008, all of the capital stock of Phase II Mall Subsidiary, LLC was sold to GGP and in connection therewith, it was released as a guarantor under the Senior Notes. The sale is not complete from an accounting perspective due to the Company’s continuing involvement in the transaction related to the completion of construction on the remainder of The Shoppes at The Palazzo, certain activities to be performed on behalf of GGP and the uncertainty of the final sales price. Certain of the assets, liabilities, operating results and cash flows related to the ownership and operation of the mall by Phase II Mall Subsidiary, LLC subsequent to the sale will continue to be accounted for by the Guarantor Subsidiaries until the final sales price has been determined, and therefore are included in the “Guarantor Subsidiaries” columns in the following condensed consolidating financial information. As a result, net assets of $48.0 million (consisting of $292.1 million of property and equipment, offset by $244.1 million of liabilities consisting primarily of deferred proceeds from the sale) and $116.4 million (consisting of $360.6 million of property and equipment, offset by $244.2 million of liabilities consisting primarily of deferred proceeds from the sale) as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, and a net loss (consisting primarily of depreciation expense) of $2.7 million and $8.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, and $4.0 million and $9.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, related to the mall and are being accounted for by the Guarantor Subsidiaries. These balances and amounts are not collateral for the Senior Notes and should not be considered as credit support for the guarantees of the Senior Notes.
     The condensed consolidating financial information of LVSC, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the non-guarantor subsidiaries on a combined basis as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, is as follows (in thousands):

23


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
September 30, 2009
                                         
                            Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Non-Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 314     $ 2,653,145     $ 438,386     $     $ 3,091,845  
Restricted cash
          6,936       222,155             229,091  
Intercompany receivables
    9,825       793,667             (803,492 )      
Accounts receivable, net
    1,450       119,714       255,744       (1,707 )     375,201  
Inventories
    1,897       11,388       12,868             26,153  
Deferred income taxes, net
          26,814       826       (4,635 )     23,005  
Prepaid expenses and other
    6,896       6,135       20,495       (564 )     32,962  
 
                             
Total current assets
    20,382       3,617,799       950,474       (810,398 )     3,778,257  
Property and equipment, net
    143,427       3,846,095       8,966,584             12,956,106  
Investments in subsidiaries
    4,624,964       2,028,705             (6,653,669 )      
Deferred financing costs, net
    1,143       41,088       133,634             175,865  
Intercompany receivables
    37,494       64,046             (101,540 )      
Intercompany notes receivable
    115,123       515,847             (630,970 )      
Deferred income taxes, net
    41,456             199       (17,212 )     24,443  
Leasehold interests in land, net
                1,107,830             1,107,830  
Other assets, net
    2,517       29,552       198,488             230,557  
 
                             
Total assets
  $ 4,986,506     $ 10,143,132     $ 11,357,209     $ (8,213,789 )   $ 18,273,058  
 
                             
Accounts payable
  $ 3,883     $ 29,172     $ 47,324     $ (1,707 )   $ 78,672  
Construction payables
          18,206       766,215             784,421  
Intercompany payables
    140,634             662,858       (803,492 )      
Accrued interest payable
    2,094       374       9,363             11,831  
Other accrued liabilities
    34,717       154,353       501,681             690,751  
Income taxes payable
                564       (564 )      
Deferred income taxes
    4,635                   (4,635 )      
Current maturities of long-term debt
    3,688       66,771       89,462             159,921  
 
                             
Total current liabilities
    189,651       268,876       2,077,467       (810,398 )     1,725,596  
Other long-term liabilities
    46,628       9,976       20,274             76,878  
Intercompany payables
                101,540       (101,540 )      
Intercompany notes payable
                630,970       (630,970 )      
Deferred amounts related to mall transactions
          448,564                   448,564  
Deferred income taxes
          17,212             (17,212 )      
Long-term debt
    328,123       4,773,135       6,503,218             11,604,476  
 
                             
Total liabilities
    564,402       5,517,763       9,333,469       (1,560,120 )     13,855,514  
 
                             
Preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
    387,697                         387,697  
Total Las Vegas Sands Corp. stockholders’ equity
    4,034,407       4,624,964       2,028,705       (6,653,669 )     4,034,407  
Noncontrolling interest
          405       (4,965 )           (4,560 )
 
                             
Total equity
    4,034,407       4,625,369       2,023,740       (6,653,669 )     4,029,847  
 
                             
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 4,986,506     $ 10,143,132     $ 11,357,209     $ (8,213,789 )   $ 18,273,058  
 
                             

24


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets
December 31, 2008
                                         
                            Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Non-Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 294,563     $ 2,286,825     $ 456,775     $     $ 3,038,163  
Restricted cash
          6,225       188,591             194,816  
Intercompany receivables
    19,586       16,683       4,843       (41,112 )      
Accounts receivable, net
    1,168       146,085       242,270       (4,704 )     384,819  
Inventories
    645       14,776       13,416             28,837  
Deferred income taxes
    1,378       21,446       147             22,971  
Prepaid expenses and other
    45,768       4,577       21,717       (392 )     71,670  
 
                             
Total current assets
    363,108       2,496,617       927,759       (46,208 )     3,741,276  
Property and equipment, net
    148,543       4,128,835       7,590,850             11,868,228  
Investments in subsidiaries
    4,105,980       1,642,651             (5,748,631 )      
Deferred financing costs, net
    1,353       47,441       109,982             158,776  
Intercompany receivables
    398,398       1,296,988             (1,695,386 )      
Intercompany notes receivable
    94,310       86,249             (180,559 )      
Deferred income taxes
    25,251       18,722       216             44,189  
Leasehold interests in land, net
                1,099,938             1,099,938  
Other assets, net
    3,677       25,701       202,328             231,706  
 
                             
Total assets
  $ 5,140,620     $ 9,743,204     $ 9,931,073     $ (7,670,784 )   $ 17,144,113  
 
                             
Accounts payable
  $ 5,004     $ 34,069     $ 36,666     $ (4,704 )   $ 71,035  
Construction payables
          90,490       646,223             736,713  
Intercompany payables
    16,683       4,843       19,586       (41,112 )      
Accrued interest payable
    6,191       758       7,801             14,750  
Other accrued liabilities
    4,943       175,617       412,735             593,295  
Income taxes payable
                392       (392 )      
Current maturities of long-term debt
    3,688       65,049       45,886             114,623  
 
                             
Total current liabilities
    36,509       370,826       1,169,289       (46,208 )     1,530,416  
Other long-term liabilities
    32,996       8,798       19,883             61,677  
Intercompany payables
                1,695,386       (1,695,386 )      
Intercompany notes payable
                180,559       (180,559 )      
Deferred amounts related to mall transactions
          452,435                   452,435  
Long-term debt
    330,718       4,804,760       5,220,637             10,356,115  
 
                             
Total liabilities
    400,223       5,636,819       8,285,754       (1,922,153 )     12,400,643  
 
                             
Preferred stock issued to Principal Stockholder’s family
    318,289                         318,289  
Total Las Vegas Sands Corp. stockholders’ equity
    4,422,108       4,105,980       1,642,651       (5,748,631 )     4,422,108  
Noncontrolling interest
          405       2,668             3,073  
 
                             
Total equity
    4,422,108       4,106,385       1,645,319       (5,748,631 )     4,425,181  
 
                             
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 5,140,620     $ 9,743,204     $ 9,931,073     $ (7,670,784 )   $ 17,144,113  
 
                             

25


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
                                         
                            Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Non-Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Revenues:
                                       
Casino
  $     $ 99,015     $ 809,240     $     $ 908,255  
Rooms
          98,619       57,054             155,673  
Food and beverage
          29,209       45,248             74,457  
Convention, retail and other
          33,016       67,922       (5,334 )     95,604  
 
                             
 
          259,859       979,464       (5,334 )     1,233,989  
Less-promotional allowances
    (140 )     (40,751 )     (51,246 )     (708 )     (92,845 )
 
                             
Net revenues
    (140 )     219,108       928,218       (6,042 )     1,141,144  
 
                             
Operating expenses:
                                       
Casino
          65,769       533,854       (689 )     598,934  
Rooms
          22,284       5,812             28,096  
Food and beverage
          13,000       25,936       (1,552 )     37,384  
Convention, retail and other
          16,301       43,563       (3,515 )     56,349  
Provision for doubtful accounts
          12,524       16,748             29,272  
General and administrative
          58,478       68,997       (286 )     127,189  
Corporate expense
    15,205       51       2,263             17,519  
Rental expense
          74       6,617             6,691  
Pre-opening expense
    178       1       28,676             28,855  
Development expense
    87             (7 )           80  
Depreciation and amortization
    3,064       57,215       88,398             148,677  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
          3       (287 )           (284 )
 
                             
 
    18,534       245,700       820,570       (6,042 )     1,078,762  
 
                             
Operating income (loss)
    (18,674 )     (26,592 )     107,648             62,382  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    1,875       17,499       196       (17,971 )     1,599  
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    (4,566 )     (31,287 )     (70,632 )     17,971       (88,514 )
Other income (expense)
          194       (1,758 )           (1,564 )
Loss on modification of debt
                (204 )           (204 )
Income from equity investments in subsidiaries
    14,889       38,825             (53,714 )      
 
                             
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (6,476 )     (1,361 )     35,250       (53,714 )     (26,301 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (70,030 )     16,250       (536 )           (54,316 )
 
                             
Net income (loss)
    (76,506 )     14,889       34,714       (53,714 )     (80,617 )
Noncontrolling interest
                4,111             4,111  
 
                             
Net income (loss) attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  $ (76,506 )   $ 14,889     $ 38,825     $ (53,714 )   $ (76,506 )
 
                             

26


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
                                         
                            Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Non-Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Revenues:
                                       
Casino
  $     $ 113,175     $ 692,083     $     $ 805,258  
Rooms
          130,487       58,307             188,794  
Food and beverage
          46,067       44,958             91,025  
Convention, retail and other
          45,768       79,262       (1,797 )     123,233  
 
                             
 
          335,497       874,610       (1,797 )     1,208,310  
Less-promotional allowances
    (224 )     (44,115 )     (57,780 )     (757 )     (102,876 )
 
                             
Net revenues
    (224 )     291,382       816,830       (2,554 )     1,105,434  
 
                             
Operating expenses:
                                       
Casino
          80,057       501,309       (611 )     580,755  
Rooms
          29,093       7,343             36,436  
Food and beverage
          20,933       26,856       (1,754 )     46,035  
Convention, retail and other
          19,936       49,077             69,013  
Provision for doubtful accounts
          4,799       4,060             8,859  
General and administrative
          68,486       61,895       (189 )     130,192  
Corporate expense
    13,537       90       9,763             23,390  
Rental expense
          1,746       6,691             8,437  
Pre-opening expense
    595       1,637       38,545             40,777  
Development expense
    (343 )           1,496             1,153  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,633       58,460       71,146             132,239  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
          (63 )     16             (47 )
 
                             
 
    16,422       285,174       778,197       (2,554 )     1,077,239  
 
                             
Operating income (loss)
    (16,646 )     6,208       38,633             28,195  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    1,274       2,486       1,807       (2,352 )     3,215  
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    (6,836 )     (50,424 )     (35,627 )     2,352       (90,535 )
Other income (expense)
          (873 )     8,082             7,209  
Income (loss) from equity investment in subsidiaries
    (12,200 )     13,519             (1,319 )      
 
                             
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (34,408 )     (29,084 )     12,895       (1,319 )     (51,916 )
Income tax benefit
    2,200       16,884       341             19,425  
 
                             
Net income (loss)
    (32,208 )     (12,200 )     13,236       (1,319 )     (32,491 )
Noncontrolling interest
                283             283  
 
                             
Net income (loss) attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  $ (32,208 )   $ (12,200 )   $ 13,519     $ (1,319 )   $ (32,208 )
 
                             

27


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
                                         
                            Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Non-Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Revenues:
                                       
Casino
  $     $ 347,902     $ 2,156,331     $     $ 2,504,233  
Rooms
          334,389       157,641             492,030  
Food and beverage
          120,492       128,360             248,852  
Convention, retail and other
          119,511       196,430       (10,965 )     304,976  
 
                             
 
          922,294       2,638,762       (10,965 )     3,550,091  
Less-promotional allowances
    (484 )     (124,039 )     (144,424 )     (2,238 )     (271,185 )
 
                             
Net revenues
    (484 )     798,255       2,494,338       (13,203 )     3,278,906  
 
                             
Operating expenses:
                                       
Casino
          210,468       1,471,720       (1,881 )     1,680,307  
Rooms
          73,816       19,571             93,387  
Food and beverage
          51,482       78,159       (4,796 )     124,845  
Convention, retail and other
          55,903       128,563       (5,640 )     178,826  
Provision for doubtful accounts
          37,239       33,750             70,989  
General and administrative
          180,408       192,770       (886 )     372,292  
Corporate expense
    96,217       182       8,851             105,250  
Rental expense
          2,895       19,602             22,497  
Pre-opening expense
    832       96       114,691             115,619  
Development expense
    243             101             344  
Depreciation and amortization
    8,378       170,711       252,470             431,559  
Impairment loss
          151,175                   151,175  
(Gain) loss on disposal of assets
          (107 )     4,607             4,500  
 
                             
 
    105,670       934,268       2,324,855       (13,203 )     3,351,590  
 
                             
Operating income (loss)
    (106,154 )     (136,013 )     169,483             (72,684 )
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    9,046       28,290       506       (28,002 )     9,840  
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    (13,993 )     (90,380 )     (148,132 )     28,002       (224,503 )
Other income (expense)
          659       (7,193 )           (6,534 )
Loss on modification of debt
                (204 )           (204 )
Income (loss) from equity investments in subsidiaries
    (97,299 )     21,608             75,691        
 
                             
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (208,400 )     (175,836 )     14,460       75,691       (294,085 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (78,652 )     78,537       (526 )           (641 )
 
                             
Net income (loss)
    (287,052 )     (97,299 )     13,934       75,691       (294,726 )
Noncontrolling interest
                7,674             7,674  
 
                             
Net income (loss) attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  $ (287,052 )   $ (97,299 )   $ 21,608     $ 75,691     $ (287,052 )
 
                             

28


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
                                         
                    Non-     Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Revenues:
                                       
Casino
  $     $ 387,495     $ 2,017,478     $     $ 2,404,973  
Rooms
          409,153       166,019             575,172  
Food and beverage
          145,428       126,887             272,315  
Convention, retail and other
          133,290       162,198       (4,697 )     290,791  
 
                             
 
          1,075,366       2,472,582       (4,697 )     3,543,251  
Less-promotional allowances
    (1,437 )     (105,516 )     (137,645 )     (2,082 )     (246,680 )
 
                             
Net revenues
    (1,437 )     969,850       2,334,937       (6,779 )     3,296,571  
 
                             
Operating expenses:
                                       
Casino
          235,777       1,405,858       (1,786 )     1,639,849  
Rooms
          93,371       23,292             116,663  
Food and beverage
          67,178       73,873       (4,473 )     136,578  
Convention, retail and other
          61,831       102,791             164,622  
Provision for doubtful accounts
          17,948       5,012             22,960  
General and administrative
          203,428       218,143       (520 )     421,051  
Corporate expense
    67,913       562       14,054             82,529  
Rental expense
          5,591       19,982             25,573  
Pre-opening expense
    2,716       7,827       94,927             105,470  
Development expense
    1,621             9,883             11,504  
Depreciation and amortization
    7,230       160,517       197,006             364,753  
Loss on disposal of assets
          5,915       1,062             6,977  
 
                             
 
    79,480       859,945       2,165,883       (6,779 )     3,098,529  
 
                             
Operating income (loss)
    (80,917 )     109,905       169,054             198,042  
Other income (expense):
                                       
Interest income
    3,995       7,485       6,200       (5,867 )     11,813  
Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized
    (15,389 )     (150,953 )     (133,234 )     5,867       (293,709 )
Other income (expense)
    (39 )     (1,305 )     12,968             11,624  
Loss on early retirement of debt
                (4,022 )           (4,022 )
Income from equity investment in subsidiaries
    41,848       57,759             (99,607 )      
 
                             
Income (loss) before income taxes
    (50,502 )     22,891       50,966       (99,607 )     (76,252 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
    (1,736 )     18,957       2,312             19,533  
 
                             
Net income (loss)
    (52,238 )     41,848       53,278       (99,607 )     (56,719 )
Noncontrolling interest
                4,481             4,481  
 
                             
Net income (loss) attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
  $ (52,238 )   $ 41,848     $ 57,759     $ (99,607 )   $ (52,238 )
 
                             

29


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
                                         
                    Non-     Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Net cash generated from (used in) operating activities
  $ 66,743     $ (49,051 )   $ 514,727     $     $ 532,419  
 
                             
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                       
Capital expenditures
    (3,322 )     (86,242 )     (1,449,514 )           (1,539,078 )
Change in restricted cash
          (711 )     (34,683 )           (35,394 )
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
    60       1,687       2,147             3,894  
Dividends received from Guarantor Subsidiaries
    4,651,977                   (4,651,977 )      
Dividends received from non-guarantor subsidiaries
          11,406             (11,406 )      
Notes receivable to non-guarantor subsidiaries
    (20,000 )                 20,000        
Intercompany receivables to non-guarantor subsidiaries
    (57,000 )     (125,537 )           182,537        
Repayments of receivable from non-guarantor subsidiaries
    385,000       216,537             (601,537 )      
Capital contributions to subsidiaries
    (5,243,581 )     (135,022 )           5,378,603        
 
                             
Net cash used in investing activities
    (286,866 )     (117,882 )     (1,482,050 )     316,220       (1,570,578 )
 
                             
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                       
Dividends paid to preferred stockholders
    (71,347 )                       (71,347 )
Purchase of treasury stock
    (13 )                       (13 )
Capital contributions received
          5,243,581       135,022       (5,378,603 )      
Dividends paid to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
          (4,651,977 )           4,651,977        
Dividends paid to Guarantor Subsidiaries
                (11,406 )     11,406        
Borrowings from Las Vegas Sands Corp.
                77,000       (77,000 )      
Borrowings from Guarantor Subsidiaries
                125,537       (125,537 )      
Repayments on borrowings from Las Vegas Sands Corp.
                (385,000 )     385,000        
Repayments on borrowings from Guarantor Subsidiaries
                (216,537 )     216,537        
Proceeds from Singapore permanent facilities
                824,986             824,986  
Proceeds from exchangeable bonds
                600,000             600,000  
Proceeds from ferry financing
                9,888             9,888  
Repayments on Macau credit facility
                (150,074 )           (150,074 )
Repayments on senior secured credit facility
          (30,000 )                 (30,000 )
Repayments on Singapore permanent facilities
                (18,223 )           (18,223 )
Repayments on FF&E facility and other long-term debt
          (25,471 )     (791 )           (26,262 )
Repayments on airplane financings
    (2,766 )                       (2,766 )
Contribution from noncontrolling interest
                41             41  
Payments of deferred financing costs
          (2,880 )     (41,879 )           (44,759 )
 
                             
Net cash generated from (used in) financing activities
    (74,126 )     533,253       948,564       (316,220 )     1,091,471  
 
                             
Effect of exchange rate on cash
                370             370  
 
                             
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (294,249 )     366,320       (18,389 )           53,682  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    294,563       2,286,825       456,775             3,038,163  
 
                             
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 314     $ 2,653,145     $ 438,386     $     $ 3,091,845  
 
                             

30


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (CONTINUED)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
                                         
                    Non-     Consolidating/        
    Las Vegas     Guarantor     Guarantor     Eliminating        
    Sands Corp.     Subsidiaries     Subsidiaries     Entries     Total  
Net cash generated from operating activities
  $ 9,241     $ 71,747     $ 136,155     $     $ 217,143  
 
                             
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                       
Capital expenditures
    (10,937 )     (555,589 )     (2,341,870 )           (2,908,396 )
Change in restricted cash
          405       173,892             174,297  
Intercompany notes receivable to non-guarantor subsidiaries
          (35,317 )           35,317        
Intercompany receivables to Guarantor Subsidiaries
    (35,000 )                 35,000        
Intercompany receivables to non-guarantor subsidiaries
    (25,000 )     (1,094,467 )           1,119,467        
Repayment of receivables from Guarantor Subsidiaries
    92,108                   (92,108 )      
Repayment of receivables from non-guarantor subsidiaries
          34,018             (34,018 )      
Capital contributions to subsidiaries
    (575,000 )     (9,201 )           584,201        
 
                             
Net cash used in investing activities
    (553,829 )     (1,660,151 )     (2,167,978 )     1,647,859       (2,734,099 )
 
                             
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                       
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    6,833                         6,833  
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation
    1,626                         1,626  
Capital contributions received
          575,000       9,201       (584,201 )      
Borrowings from Las Vegas Sands Corp.
          35,000       25,000       (60,000 )      
Borrowings from Guarantor Subsidiaries
                1,129,784       (1,129,784 )      
Repayments on borrowings from Las Vegas Sands Corp.
          (92,108 )           92,108        
Repayments on borrowings from Guarantor Subsidiaries
                (34,018 )     34,018        
Proceeds from issuance of convertible senior notes from a related party
    475,000                         475,000  
Proceeds from senior secured credit facility
          1,675,860                   1,675,860  
Proceeds from Singapore permanent facilities
                1,558,091             1,558,091  
Proceeds from Macau credit facility
                442,732             442,732  
Proceeds from ferry financing
                176,739             176,739  
Proceeds from FF&E facility and other long-term debt
          105,584       43,314             148,898  
Repayments on Singapore bridge facility
                (1,329,737 )           (1,329,737 )
Repayments on senior secured credit facility
          (324,000 )                 (324,000 )
Repayments on FF&E facility and other long-term debt
          (16,700 )     (39,896 )           (56,596 )
Repayments on airplane financings
    (2,765 )                       (2,765 )
Proceeds from the sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo
          243,928                   243,928  
Payments of deferred financing costs
    (4,935 )           (87,612 )           (92,547 )
 
                             
Net cash generated from financing activities
    475,759       2,202,564       1,893,598       (1,647,859 )     2,924,062  
 
                             
Effect of exchange rate on cash
                11,719             11,719  
 
                             
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (68,829 )     614,160       (126,506 )           418,825  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    73,489       129,684       653,977             857,150  
 
                             
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 4,660     $ 743,844     $ 527,471     $     $ 1,275,975  
 
                             

31


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES
ITEM 2 — MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
     The following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, and other financial information included in this Form 10-Q. Certain statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are forward-looking statements. See “— Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Operations
     We view each of our casino properties as an operating segment. Our operating segments in the United States consist of The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino (“The Venetian Las Vegas”), The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino (“The Palazzo”) and the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (the “Sands Bethlehem”). The Venetian Las Vegas and The Palazzo operating segments are managed as a single integrated resort and have been aggregated into one reportable segment (the “Las Vegas Operating Properties”), considering their similar economic characteristics, types of customers, types of service and products, the regulatory business environment of the operations within each segment and our organizational and management reporting structure. Our operating segments in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (“Macau”) consist of the Sands Macao, The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel (“The Venetian Macao”), the Four Seasons Hotel Macao, Cotai Strip TM (the “Four Seasons Macao”) and other ancillary operations in that region (“Other Asia”).
United States
Las Vegas Operating Properties
     Our Las Vegas Operating Properties, situated on or near the Las Vegas Strip, consist of The Venetian Las Vegas, a Renaissance Venice-themed resort; The Palazzo, a resort featuring modern European ambience and design reminiscent of affluent Italian living; and an expo and convention center of approximately 1.2 million square feet (the “Sands Expo Center”). Our Las Vegas Operating Properties represent an integrated resort with approximately 7,100 suites and approximately 225,000 square feet of gaming space. Our Las Vegas Operating Properties also feature a meeting and conference facility of approximately 1.1 million square feet; Canyon Ranch SpaClub facilities; a Paiza Club tm offering services and amenities to premium customers, including luxurious VIP suites, spa facilities and private VIP gaming room facilities; entertainment facilities; an enclosed retail, dining and entertainment complex located within The Venetian Las Vegas of approximately 440,000 net leasable square feet (“The Grand Canal Shoppes”), which was sold to GGP Limited Partnership (“GGP”) in 2004; and an enclosed retail and dining complex located within The Palazzo of approximately 400,000 net leasable square feet (“The Shoppes at The Palazzo”), which was sold to GGP in February 2008. See “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 2 — Property and Equipment, Net” regarding the sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo.
     Approximately 63.9% and 65.3% of gross revenue at our Las Vegas Operating Properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, was derived from room revenues, food and beverage services, and other non-gaming sources, and 36.1% and 34.7%, respectively, was derived from gaming activities. The percentage of non-gaming revenue reflects the integrated resort’s emphasis on the group convention and trade show business and the resulting high occupancy and room rates throughout the week, especially during mid-week periods.
Sands Bethlehem
     We are in the process of developing Sands Bethlehem, a gaming, hotel, retail and dining complex located on the site of the historic Bethlehem Steel Works in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Sands Bethlehem is also expected to be home to the National Museum of Industrial History, an arts and cultural center, and the broadcast home of the local PBS affiliate. We own 86% of the economic interest of the gaming, hotel and entertainment portion of the property through our ownership interest in Sands Bethworks Gaming LLC and more than 35% of the economic interest of the retail portion of the property through our ownership interest in Sands Bethworks Retail, LLC.

32


Table of Contents

     On May 22, 2009, we opened the casino component of Sands Bethlehem, featuring 3,000 slot machines and several food and beverage offerings, as well as the parking garage and surface parking. Construction activities on the remaining components of the 124-acre development, which include a 300-room hotel, an approximate 200,000-square-foot retail facility, a 50,000-square-foot multipurpose event center and a variety of additional dining options, have been suspended temporarily and are intended to recommence when capital markets and general economic conditions improve. As of September 30, 2009, we have capitalized construction costs of $622.1 million for this project (including $60.2 million in outstanding construction payables). We expect to spend approximately $80 million on additional costs to complete the site for delay, furniture, fixtures and equipment (“FF&E”) and other costs, and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above. The impact of the suspension on the estimated overall cost of the project’s remaining components is currently not determinable with certainty. Approximately 89.7% of the gross revenue at the Sands Bethlehem for the period ended September 30, 2009, was derived from gaming activities, with the remainder primarily derived from food and beverage services.
Macau
     We own and operate the Sands Macao, the first Las Vegas-style casino in Macau, pursuant to a 20-year gaming subconcession. The Sands Macao includes approximately 229,000 square feet of gaming space; a 289-suite hotel tower; several restaurants; a spacious Paiza Club; a theater and other high-end services and amenities. Approximately 93.4% and 92.4% of the gross revenue at the Sands Macao for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, was derived from gaming activities, with the remainder primarily derived from room revenues and food and beverage services.
     We also own and operate The Venetian Macao, the anchor property of our master-planned development of integrated resort properties that we refer to as the Cotai Strip tm in Macau. The Venetian Macao, with a theme similar to that of The Venetian Las Vegas, features a 39-floor luxury hotel with over 2,900 suites; approximately 550,000 square feet of gaming space; approximately 1.0 million square feet of retail and dining offerings; a convention center and meeting room complex of approximately 1.2 million square feet; a 15,000-seat arena that has hosted a wide range of entertainment and sporting events; and an 1,800-seat theater that features an original production from Cirque du Soleil. Approximately 81.5% and 79.7% of the gross revenue at The Venetian Macao for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, was derived from gaming activities, with the remainder derived from room revenues, food and beverage services, and other non-gaming sources.
     In August 2008, we opened the Four Seasons Macao, which is located adjacent and connected to The Venetian Macao. The Four Seasons Macao is an integrated resort that features 360 rooms and suites managed and operated by Four Seasons Hotels Inc.; 19 Paiza mansions; approximately 70,000 square feet of gaming space; retail space of approximately 211,000 square feet, which is connected to the mall at The Venetian Macao; several food and beverage offerings; and conference, banquet and other facilities operated by us. The property will also feature the Four Seasons Apartments Macao, Cotai Strip tm (the “Four Seasons Apartments”), an apart-hotel tower that consists of approximately 1.0 million square feet of Four Seasons-serviced and -branded luxury apart-hotel units and common areas, which the Company expects to complete the structural work of the tower in the fourth quarter of 2009 and subsequently monetize through various potential methods. Approximately 73.6% and 69.1% of the gross revenue at the Four Seasons Macao for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the period ended September 30, 2008, respectively, was derived from gaming activities, with the remainder primarily derived from mall revenues, room revenues and other non-gaming sources.
Development Projects
     Given the challenging conditions in the capital markets and the global economy and their impact on our ongoing operations, we revised our development plan to suspend portions of our development projects and focus our development efforts on those projects with the highest rates of expected return on invested capital. Should general economic conditions fail to improve, if we are unable to obtain sufficient funding such that completion of our suspended projects is not probable, or should management decide to abandon certain projects, all or a portion of our investment to date on our suspended projects could be lost and would result in an impairment charge. In addition, we may be subject to penalties under the termination clauses in our construction contracts or under our management contracts with certain hotel management companies.

33


Table of Contents

United States Development Project
St. Regis Residences
     We had been constructing a St. Regis-branded high-rise residential condominium tower, the St. Regis Residences at The Venetian Palazzo (the “St. Regis Residences”), located on the Las Vegas Strip between The Palazzo and The Venetian. As part of our revised development plan, we suspended our construction activities for the project due to reduced demand for Las Vegas Strip condominiums and the overall decline in general economic conditions. We intend to recommence construction when these conditions improve and expect that it will take approximately 18 months thereafter to complete construction of the project. As of September 30, 2009, we have capitalized construction costs of $182.3 million for this project (including $7.5 million in outstanding construction payables). We expect to spend approximately $10 million on additional costs to prepare the site for delay and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above. The impact of the suspension on the estimated overall cost of the project is currently not determinable with certainty.
Macau Development Projects
     We submitted plans to the Macau government for our other Cotai Strip developments, which represent three integrated resort developments, in addition to The Venetian Macao and Four Seasons Macao, on an area of approximately 200 acres (which we refer to as parcels 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8). Subject to the approval from the Macau government, the developments are expected to include hotels, exhibition and conference facilities, gaming areas, showrooms, spas, dining, retail and entertainment facilities and other amenities. We commenced construction or pre-construction on these developments and plan to own and operate the related gaming areas under our Macau gaming subconcession. In addition, we are completing the development of some public areas surrounding our Cotai Strip properties on behalf of the Macau government. We currently intend to develop our other Cotai Strip properties as follows:
    Parcels 5 and 6 — Under our revised development plan, we are sequencing the construction of the integrated resort on parcels 5 and 6 due to difficulties in the capital markets and overall decline in general economic conditions. Upon completion of phases I and II of the project, the integrated resort will feature approximately 6,000 luxury and mid-scale hotel rooms, approximately 300,000 square feet of gaming space, approximately 1.2 million square feet of retail, entertainment and dining facilities, exhibition and conference facilities and a multipurpose theater. Phase I of the project is expected to include two hotel towers with approximately 3,700 hotel rooms to be managed by Shangri-La International Hotel Management Limited (“Shangri-La”) under its Shangri-La and Traders brands and Sheraton International Inc. and Sheraton Overseas Management Co. (collectively “Starwood”) under its Sheraton brand, as well as completion of the structural work of an adjacent hotel tower with approximately 2,300 rooms to be managed by Starwood under its Sheraton brand. Phase I will also include the gaming space and a partial opening of the retail and exhibition and conference facilities. The total cost to complete phase I is expected to be approximately $2.0 billion. Phase II of the project includes completion of the Sheraton hotel tower as well as the remaining retail facilities. The total cost to complete phase II is expected to be approximately $190 million. Phase III of the project is expected to include a fourth hotel and mixed-use tower to be managed by Starwood under its St. Regis brand. The total cost to complete phase III is expected to be approximately $450 million. We plan to recommence construction of phases I and II with supplemental financing that we are currently in discussions to obtain, together with a portion of the proceeds from the potential sale of a minority interest in certain of our Macau operations. We expect that if and when financing is obtained, it will take approximately 18 months to complete construction of phase I, another six months thereafter to complete the adjacent Sheraton tower in phase II and an additional 24 months thereafter to complete the remaining retail facilities in phase II. We intend to commence construction of phase III of the project as demand and market conditions warrant it. As of September 30, 2009, we have capitalized construction costs of $1.73 billion for the entire project (including $153.3 million in outstanding construction payables). Our management agreement with Starwood imposes certain construction deadlines and opening obligations on us, and certain past and/or anticipated delays, as described above, may represent a default under the agreement, allow Starwood to terminate its agreement and/or may subject us to penalties.
 
    Parcels 7 and 8 — The integrated resort on parcels 7 and 8 is expected to be similar in size and scope to the integrated resort on parcels 5 and 6. We had commenced pre-construction and have capitalized construction costs of $116.1 million as of September 30, 2009. We intend to commence construction after the integrated resorts on parcels 5 and 6 and 3 are complete, necessary government approvals are obtained, regional and global economic conditions improve, future demand warrants it and additional financing is obtained.
 
    Parcel 3 — The integrated resort on parcel 3 will be connected to The Venetian Macao and Four Seasons Macao. The multi-hotel complex is intended to include a casino, a shopping mall and serviced luxury apart-hotel units. We had commenced pre-construction and have capitalized construction costs of $35.7 million as of September 30, 2009. We intend to commence construction after the integrated resort on parcels 5 and 6 is complete, necessary government approvals are obtained, regional and global economic conditions improve, future demand warrants it and additional financing is obtained.
     The impact of the delayed construction on our previously estimated cost to complete our Cotai Strip developments is currently not determinable with certainty. As of September 30, 2009, we have capitalized an aggregate of $5.80 billion in construction costs for our Cotai Strip developments, including The Venetian Macao and Four Seasons Macao, as well as our investments in transportation

34


Table of Contents

infrastructure, including our passenger ferry service operations. We will need to arrange additional financing to fund the balance of our Cotai Strip developments and there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain any of the additional financing required.
     We have received a land concession from the Macau government to build on parcels 1, 2 and 3, including the sites on which The Venetian Macao (parcel 1) and Four Seasons Macao (parcel 2) are located. We do not own these land sites in Macau; however, the land concession, which has an initial term of 25 years and is renewable at our option in accordance with Macau law, grants us exclusive use of the land. As specified in the land concession, we are required to pay premiums for each parcel, which are either payable in a single lump sum upon acceptance of the land concession by the Macau government or in seven semi-annual installments (provided that the outstanding balance is due upon the completion of the corresponding integrated resort), as well as annual rent for the term of the land concession. In October 2008, the Macau government amended our land concession to allow us to subdivide parcel 2 into four separate units under Macau’s horizontal property regime, consisting of retail, hotel/casino, Four Seasons Apartments and parking areas. Subsequent to September 30, 2009, we received a draft of the land concession agreement from the Macau government for parcels 5 and 6, and expect to formalize the agreement following the usual Macau land grant process. The land premium is currently expected to be approximately 1.9 billion patacas (approximately $238 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009).
     We do not yet have all of the necessary Macau government approvals to develop our planned Cotai Strip developments on parcels 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8. We have received a land concession for parcel 3 and a draft of the land concession agreement for parcels 5 and 6, as previously noted, but have yet to be granted land concessions for parcels 5, 6, 7 and 8. Once the land concession for parcels 5 and 6 has been finalized, we will negotiate the land concession for parcels 7 and 8. Based on historical experience with the Macau government with respect to our land concessions for the Sands Macao and parcels 1, 2 and 3, management believes that the land concessions for parcels 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be granted; however, if we do not obtain these land concessions, we could forfeit all or a substantial part of our $1.84 billion in capitalized costs, as of September 30, 2009, related to our developments on parcels 5, 6, 7 and 8.
     Under our land concession relating to parcel 3, we were required to complete the corresponding development by August 2011. The Macau government has agreed to provide us with an extension to complete the development of parcel 3 by April 2013. We believe that if we are not able to complete the development by the deadline, we will be able to obtain another extension from the Macau government; however, no assurances can be given that an extension will be granted. If we are unable to meet the August 2013 deadline and that deadline is not extended, we could lose our land concession for parcel 3, which would prohibit us from operating any facilities developed under the land concession for parcel 3. As a result, we could forfeit all or a substantial portion of our $35.7 million in capitalized costs, as of September 30, 2009, related to our development on parcel 3.
Singapore Development Project
     Our wholly owned subsidiary, Marina Bay Sands Pte. Ltd. (“MBS”), entered into a development agreement (the “Development Agreement”) with the Singapore Tourism Board (the “STB”) to build and operate an integrated resort called Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Marina Bay Sands is expected to include three 55-story hotel towers (totaling approximately 2,600 rooms and suites), a casino, an enclosed retail, dining and entertainment complex of approximately 800,000 net leasable square feet, a convention center and meeting room complex of approximately 1.3 million square feet, theaters and a landmark iconic structure at the bay-front promenade that will contain an art/science museum. We are continuing to finalize various design aspects of the integrated resort and are in the process of finalizing our cost estimates for the project. As of September 30, 2009, we have capitalized 4.92 billion Singapore dollars (“SGD,” approximately $3.47 billion at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) in costs for this project, including the land premium and SGD 639.1 million (approximately $450.5 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) in outstanding construction payables. We expect to spend approximately SGD 3.8 billion (approximately $2.7 billion at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) through 2011 on additional costs to complete the construction of the integrated resort, FF&E, pre-opening and other costs, and to pay outstanding construction payables, as noted above, of which approximately SGD 760 million (approximately $536 million at exchange rates in effect on September 30, 2009) is expected to be spent in 2009. As we have obtained Singapore-denominated financing and primarily pay our costs in Singapore dollars, our exposure to foreign exchange gains and losses is expected to be minimal. Based on our current development plan, we are targeting to open a majority of the project in the first quarter of 2010.
Other Development Projects
     When the current economic environment and access to capital improve, we may continue exploring the possibility of developing and operating additional properties, including integrated resorts, in additional Asian and U.S. jurisdictions, and in Europe.

35


Table of Contents

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
     The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires our management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates are based on historical information, information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could vary from those estimates and we may change our estimates and assumptions in future evaluations. Changes in these estimates and assumptions may have a material effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We believe that these critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements. For a discussion of our significant accounting policies and estimates, please refer to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” presented in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2009.
     There were no newly identified significant accounting estimates in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, nor were there any material changes to the critical accounting policies and estimates discussed in our 2008 Annual Report.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
     See related disclosure at “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 1 — Organization and Business of Company — Recent Accounting Pronouncements.”
Summary Financial Results
     The following table summarizes our results of operations:
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,   Nine Months Ended September 30,
                    Percent                   Percent
    2009   2008   Change   2009   2008   Change
    (Dollars in thousands)
Net revenues
  $ 1,141,144     $ 1,105,434       3.2 %   $ 3,278,906     $ 3,296,571       (0.5 )%
Operating expenses
    1,078,762       1,077,239       0.1 %     3,351,590       3,098,529       8.2 %
Operating income (loss)
    62,382       28,195       121.3 %     (72,684 )     198,042       (136.7 )%
Loss before income taxes
    (26,301 )     (51,916 )     (49.3 )%     (294,085 )     (76,252 )     285.7 %
Net loss
    (80,617 )     (32,491 )     148.1 %     (294,726 )     (56,719 )     419.6 %
Net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
    (76,506 )     (32,208 )     137.5 %     (287,052 )     (52,238 )     449.5 %
                                 
    Percent of Net Revenues
    Three Months   Nine Months
    Ended September 30,   Ended September 30,
    2009   2008   2009   2008
Operating expenses
    94.5 %     97.4 %     102.2 %     94.0 %
Operating income (loss)
    5.5 %     2.6 %     (2.2 )%     6.0 %
Loss before income taxes
    (2.3 )%     (4.7 )%     (9.0 )%     (2.3 )%
Net loss
    (7.1 )%     (2.9 )%     (9.0 )%     (1.7 )%
Net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.
    (6.7 )%     (2.9 )%     (8.8 )%     (1.6 )%
Operating Results
Key Operating Revenue Measurements
     Operating revenues at our Las Vegas Operating Properties, The Venetian Macao and Four Seasons Macao are dependent upon the volume of customers who stay at the hotel, which affects the price that can be charged for hotel rooms and the volume of table games and slot machine play. Hotel revenues are not material for Sands Macao; revenues at Sands Macao, as well as Sands Bethlehem, are principally driven by casino customers who visit the property on a daily basis.

36


Table of Contents

     The following are the key measurements we use to evaluate operating revenue:
      Casino revenue measurements for the U.S.: Table games drop (“drop”) and slot handle (“handle”) are volume measurements. Win or hold percentage represents the percentage of drop or handle that is won by the casino and recorded as casino revenue. Table games drop represents the sum of markers issued (credit instruments) less markers paid at the table, plus cash deposited in the table drop box. Slot handle is the gross amount wagered or coins placed into slot machines in aggregate for the period cited. We view table games win as a percentage of drop and slot hold as a percentage of slot handle. Based upon our mix of table games, our table games produce a statistical average win percentage (calculated before discounts) as measured as a percentage of drop of 20.0% to 22.0% and slot machines produce a statistical average hold percentage (calculated before slot club cash incentives) as measured as a percentage of handle generally between 6.0% and 7.0%. Actual win may vary from the statistical average. Generally, slot machine play is conducted on a cash basis, while approximately 53.9% of our table games play, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, was conducted on a credit basis.
      Casino revenue measurements for Macau: Macau table games are segregated into two groups, consistent with the Macau market’s convention: Rolling Chip play (all VIP players) and Non-Rolling Chip play (mostly non-VIP players). The volume measurement for Rolling Chip play is non-negotiable gaming chips wagered and lost. The volume measurement for Non-Rolling Chip play is table games drop as previously described. Rolling Chip and Non-Rolling Chip volume measurements are not comparable as the amounts wagered are substantially higher than the amounts dropped. Slot handle is the gross amount wagered or coins placed into slot machines in aggregate for the period cited.
     We view Rolling Chip win as a percentage of Rolling Chip volume, Non-Rolling Chip win as a percentage of drop and slot hold as a percentage of slot handle. Win or hold percentage represents the percentage of Rolling Chip volume, Non-Rolling Chip drop or slot handle that is won by the casino and recorded as casino revenue. Based upon our mix of table games, our Rolling Chip table games win percentage (calculated before discounts and commissions) is expected to be 3.0% and our Non-Rolling Chip table games are expected to produce a statistical average win percentage as measured as a percentage of drop of 18.0% to 20.0%. Similar to Las Vegas, our Macau slot machines produce a statistical average win percentage as measured as a percentage of handle of generally between 6.0% and 7.0%. Actual win may vary from the statistical average. Generally, gaming is conducted on a cash basis, with only 30.5% of our table games play, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, being conducted on a credit basis. This percentage is expected to increase as we increase the credit extended to our premium players and gaming promoters for table games play.
      Hotel revenue measurements: Hotel occupancy rate, which is the average percentage of available hotel rooms occupied during a period, and average daily room rate, which is the average price of occupied rooms per day, are used as performance indicators. Revenue per available room represents a summary of hotel average daily room rates and occupancy. Because not all available rooms are occupied, average daily room rates are normally higher than revenue per available room. Reserved rooms where the guests do not show up for their stay and lose their deposit may be re-sold to walk-in guests. These rooms are considered to be occupied twice for statistical purposes due to obtaining the original deposit and the walk-in guest revenue. In cases where a significant number of rooms are resold, occupancy rates may be in excess of 100% and revenue per available room may be higher than the average daily room rate.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
Operating Revenues
     Our net revenues consisted of the following:
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
                    Percent  
    2009     2008     Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Casino
  $ 908,255     $ 805,258       12.8 %
Rooms
    155,673       188,794       (17.5 )%
Food and beverage
    74,457       91,025       (18.2 )%
Convention, retail and other
    95,604       123,233       (22.4 )%
 
                   
 
    1,233,989       1,208,310       2.1 %
Less — promotional allowances
    (92,845 )     (102,876 )     (9.8 )%
 
                   
Total net revenues
  $ 1,141,144     $ 1,105,434       3.2 %
 
                   

37


Table of Contents

     Consolidated net revenues were $1.14 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of $35.7 million as compared to $1.11 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was primarily driven by $63.0 million of net revenues at Sands Bethlehem, which opened in May 2009, a $46.7 million increase in net revenues attributable to a full quarter of operations of Four Seasons Macao, which opened in August 2008, and a $32.4 million increase in net revenues at Sands Macao, driven by an increase in casino revenues. The increase was partially offset by a combined decrease of $108.7 million in net revenues at The Venetian Macao and our Las Vegas Operating Properties, which reflects the decline in global economic conditions.
     Casino revenues increased $103.0 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $58.2 million was attributable to Sands Bethlehem and $38.9 million was attributable to a full quarter of operations of Four Seasons Macao. Casino revenues also increased $31.8 million at Sands Macao, due to an increase in our table games win percentages. These increases were partially offset by decreases at our Las Vegas Operating Properties and at The Venetian Macao. The following table summarizes the results of our casino activity:
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30,
    2009   2008   Change
    (Dollars in thousands)
The Venetian Macao
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 420,830     $ 432,628       (2.7 )%
Non-Rolling Chip drop
  $ 834,905     $ 930,621       (10.3 )%
Non-Rolling Chip win percentage
    23.0 %     19.7 %     3.3 pts
Rolling Chip volume
  $ 9,062,194     $ 9,778,702       (7.3 )%
Rolling Chip win percentage
    2.83 %     3.06 %     (0.23 )pts
Slot handle
  $ 609,734     $ 549,895       10.9 %
Slot hold percentage
    7.5 %     7.8 %     (0.3 )pts
Sands Macao
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 275,360     $ 243,524       13.1 %
Non-Rolling Chip drop
  $ 626,428     $ 652,252       (4.0 )%
Non-Rolling Chip win percentage
    19.0 %     17.9 %     1.1 pts
Rolling Chip volume
  $ 5,479,118     $ 7,256,360       (24.5 )%
Rolling Chip win percentage
    3.37 %     2.35 %     1.02 pts
Slot handle
  $ 327,485     $ 273,126       19.9 %
Slot hold percentage
    6.6 %     7.3 %     (0.7 )pts
Four Seasons Macao
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 54,835     $ 15,931       244.2 %
Non-Rolling Chip drop
  $ 82,946     $ 16,748       395.3 %
Non-Rolling Chip win percentage
    22.3 %     18.4 %     3.9 pts
Rolling Chip volume
  $ 2,183,677     $ 165,155       1,222.2 %
Rolling Chip win percentage
    2.31 %     8.33 %     (6.02 )pts
Slot handle
  $ 60,620     $ 7,903       667.1 %
Slot hold percentage
    5.4 %     6.4 %     (1.0 )pts
Las Vegas Operating Properties
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 99,015     $ 113,175       (12.5 )%
Table games drop
  $ 429,717     $ 477,182       (9.9 )%
Table games win percentage
    12.2 %     13.8 %     (1.6 )pts
Slot handle
  $ 672,208     $ 976,577       (31.2 )%
Slot hold percentage
    7.8 %     6.0 %     1.8 pts
Sands Bethlehem
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 58,215     $       %
Slot handle
  $ 813,292     $       %
Slot hold percentage
    7.2 %     %     pts
     In our experience, average win percentages remain steady when measured over extended periods of time, but can vary considerably within shorter time periods as a result of the statistical variances that are associated with games of chance in which large amounts are wagered.

38


Table of Contents

     Room revenues decreased $33.1 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. Room revenues decreased as room rates were reduced to maintain occupancy at our Las Vegas Operating Properties and at The Venetian Macao. This decrease was partially offset by a $4.9 million increase in revenues attributable to a full quarter of operations of Four Seasons Macao. The suites at Sands Macao are primarily provided as comps to casino patrons and therefore revenues of $6.6 million and $6.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and related statistics have not been included in the following table, which summarizes the results of our room activity:
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30,
    2009   2008   Change
    (Room revenues in thousands)
The Venetian Macao
                       
Total room revenues
  $ 45,005     $ 51,085       (11.9 )%
Average daily room rate
  $ 198     $ 211       (6.2 )%
Occupancy rate
    88.1 %     92.1 %     (4.0 )pts
Revenue per available room
  $ 175     $ 194       (9.8 )%
Four Seasons Macao
                       
Total room revenues
  $ 5,464     $ 517       956.9 %
Average daily room rate
  $ 294     $ 440       (33.2 )%
Occupancy rate
    56.2 %     31.4 %     24.8 pts
Revenue per available room
  $ 165     $ 138       19.6 %
Las Vegas Operating Properties
                       
Total room revenues
  $ 98,619     $ 130,486       (24.4 )%
Average daily room rate
  $ 172     $ 218       (21.1 )%
Occupancy rate
    88.4 %     93.1 %     (4.7 )pts
Revenue per available room
  $ 152     $ 202       (24.8 )%
     Food and beverage revenues decreased $16.6 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease is due to a $25.6 million decrease across our operating properties driven by a decrease in banquet and in-suite dining operations resulting from lower occupancy at our properties, as noted above, and a lower proportion of group and corporate businesses. This decrease was offset by $5.8 million attributable to Sands Bethlehem and an increase of $3.2 million attributable to a full quarter of operations of Four Seasons Macao.
     Convention, retail and other revenues decreased $27.6 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease is due to a combined decrease of $30.2 million at our Las Vegas Operating Properties and The Venetian Macao, primarily driven by the decrease in our convention operations resulting from the decline in global economic conditions. This decrease was partially offset by an increase of $2.1 million in revenue attributable to our mall operations at Four Seasons Macao.
Operating Expenses
     Our operating expenses consisted of the following:
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
                    Percent  
    2009     2008     Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Casino
  $ 598,934     $ 580,755       3.1 %
Rooms
    28,096       36,436       (22.9 )%
Food and beverage
    37,384       46,035       (18.8 )%
Convention, retail and other
    56,349       69,013       (18.4 )%
Provision for doubtful accounts
    29,272       8,859       230.4 %
General and administrative
    127,189       130,192       (2.3 )%
Corporate expense
    17,519       23,390       (25.1 )%
Rental expense
    6,691       8,437       (20.7 )%
Pre-opening expense
    28,855       40,777       (29.2 )%
Development expense
    80       1,153       (93.1 )%
Depreciation and amortization
    148,677       132,239       12.4 %
Gain on disposal of assets
    (284 )     (47 )     504.3 %
 
                   
Total operating expenses
  $ 1,078,762     $ 1,077,239       0.1 %
 
                   
     Operating expenses remained constant at $1.08 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The increase in casino expenses, driven by increased casino revenues, as well as increases in our provision for doubtful accounts and depreciation and amortization costs, was partially offset by decreases in operating expenses, driven by our cost-cutting measures.

39


Table of Contents

     Casino expenses increased $18.2 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $42.0 million was attributable to Sands Bethlehem and $15.4 million related to the 39.0% gross win tax on casino revenues at our Macau properties, as well as an additional increase of $10.0 million attributable to a full quarter of operations of Four Seasons Macao. These increases were partially offset by a $49.2 million decrease across our operating properties driven by our cost-cutting measures.
     Room expense decreased $8.3 million, food and beverage expense decreased $8.7 million, and convention, retail and other expense decreased $12.7 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. These decreases were driven by the associated decreases in the related revenues described above, as well as our cost-cutting measures.
     The provision for doubtful accounts was $29.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to $8.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $14.5 million related to our casino operations as we granted more advances to our premium players in Macau in relation to the opening of new properties and $4.5 million related to our mall operations as our tenants experienced difficulties driven by reduced visitation and consumer spending as a result of the economic downturn. The amount of this provision can vary over short periods of time because of factors specific to the customers who owe us money at any given time. We believe that the amount of our provision for doubtful accounts in the future will depend upon the state of the economy, our credit standards, our risk assessments and the judgment of our employees responsible for granting credit.
     General and administrative expenses decreased $3.0 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. A $21.7 million decrease across our operating properties was driven by our cost-cutting measures, with $10.1 million and $7.1 million at our Las Vegas Operating Properties and The Venetian Macao, respectively. The decrease was partially offset by expenses of $10.0 million attributable to Sands Bethlehem and an increase of $3.6 million attributable to a full quarter of operations of Four Seasons Macao.
     Corporate expense decreased $5.9 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, driven primarily by our cost-cutting measures.
     Pre-opening expenses were $28.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to $40.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Pre-opening expense represents personnel and other costs incurred prior to the opening of new ventures, which are expensed as incurred. Pre-opening expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009, were primarily related to activities at Marina Bay Sands as well as costs associated with suspension activities at our Cotai Strip developments. Development expenses, which were not material during the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, include the costs associated with the Company’s evaluation and pursuit of new business opportunities, which are also expensed as incurred.
     Depreciation and amortization expense increased $16.4 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was primarily the result of the openings of Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem, which contributed $8.0 million and $6.5 million, respectively, in depreciation expense.

40


Table of Contents

Adjusted Property EBITDAR
     Adjusted property EBITDAR is used by management as the primary measure of the operating performance of our segments. Adjusted property EBITDAR is net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp. before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expense, development expense, other income (expense), loss on modification or early retirement of debt, impairment loss, (gain) loss on disposal of assets, rental expense, corporate expense, stock-based compensation expense and noncontrolling interest. The following table summarizes information related to our segments (see “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 9 — Segment Information” for discussion of our operating segments and a reconciliation of adjusted property EBITDAR to net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.):
                         
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
                    Percent  
    2009     2008     Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
United States:
                       
Las Vegas Operating Properties
  $ 34,452     $ 73,316       (53.0 )%
Sands Bethlehem
    8,323             %
Macau:
                       
The Venetian Macao
    150,389       135,737       10.8 %
Sands Macao
    77,115       42,591       81.1 %
Four Season Macao
    10,152       2,963       242.6 %
Other Asia
    (8,088 )     (10,848 )     (25.4 )%
 
                   
Total adjusted property EBITDAR
  $ 272,343     $ 243,759       11.7 %
 
                   
     Adjusted property EBITDAR across our operating properties includes the savings benefits from our cost-cutting measures, which management expects to generate approximately $500 million in total annualized savings across our operations, driven primarily by decreases in payroll-related expenses. These cost-cutting measures, which we anticipate will be fully implemented by the end of 2009, are expected to generate annualized savings of approximately $200 million in Las Vegas and approximately $300 million in Macau. Management believes that these cost savings will provide enhanced operating leverage once the global economy improves.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at our Las Vegas Operating Properties decreased $38.9 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in net revenues of $79.9 million, partially offset by decreases in the associated operating expenses and the decrease of $10.1 million in general and administrative expenses driven by our cost-cutting measures, of which $4.2 million were payroll-related expenses.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at The Venetian Macao increased $14.7 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. As total net revenues decreased $28.8 million, the increase in adjusted property EBITDAR was primarily driven by our cost-cutting measures with a $24.7 million decrease in casino expenses (exclusive of the 39.0% gross win tax) and a $7.1 million decrease in general and administrative expenses, of which $3.2 million were payroll-related expenses.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at Sands Macao increased $34.5 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was primarily due to the increase of $31.8 million in casino revenues, offset by the associated operating expenses, as well as reduced operating expenses driven by our cost-savings measures, as previously described.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR in our Other Asia segment increased $2.8 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, primarily driven by an increase in revenues from our passenger ferry service operations.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at Four Seasons Macao, which opened in August 2008, and Sands Bethlehem, which opened in May 2009, do not have a comparable prior-year period. Results of the operations of Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem are as previously described.
Interest Expense
     The following table summarizes information related to interest expense on long-term debt:
                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Interest cost (which includes the amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount)
  $ 105,462     $ 128,896  
Less — capitalized interest
    (16,948 )     (38,361 )
 
           
Interest expense, net
  $ 88,514     $ 90,535  
 
           
Cash paid for interest
  $ 94,635     $ 128,254  
Weighted average total debt balance
  $ 11,210,464     $ 9,247,382  
Weighted average interest rate
    3.8 %     5.6 %

41


Table of Contents

     Interest cost decreased $23.4 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, resulting from a decrease in the weighted average interest rate, partially offset by an increase in our average long-term debt balances. Capitalized interest decreased $21.4 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, primarily due to the suspension of our Cotai Strip developments, the completion of Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem, and the decrease in the weighted average interest rate. Leasehold interest in land payments made in Macau and Singapore are not considered qualifying assets and as such, are not included in the base amount used to determine capitalized interest.
Other Factors Effecting Earnings
     Other expense was $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to other income of $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The expense during the three months ended September 30, 2009, was primarily attributable to a decrease of $1.5 million in the fair value of our interest rate cap agreements held in Singapore.
     Our effective income tax rate was 206.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to a beneficial effective income tax rate of 37.4% for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2009, includes the recording of a valuation allowance on the net deferred tax assets of our U.S. operations and a zero percent tax rate from our Macau gaming operations due to our income tax exemption in Macau, which is set to expire in 2013. The non-deductible pre-opening expenses of foreign subsidiaries and the non-realizable net operating losses in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions unfavorably impacted our effective income tax rate. Management does not anticipate recording an income tax benefit related to deferred tax assets generated by our U.S. operations until it is determined that we no longer require a valuation allowance for such deferred tax assets.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 Compared to the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
Operating Revenues
     Our net revenues consisted of the following:
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
                    Percent  
    2009     2008     Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Casino
  $ 2,504,233     $ 2,404,973       4.1 %
Rooms
    492,030       575,172       (14.5 )%
Food and beverage
    248,852       272,315       (8.6 )%
Convention, retail and other
    304,976       290,791       4.9 %
 
                   
 
    3,550,091       3,543,251       0.2 %
Less — promotional allowances
    (271,185 )     (246,680 )     9.9 %
 
                   
Total net revenues
  $ 3,278,906     $ 3,296,571       (0.5 )%
 
                   
     Consolidated net revenues were $3.28 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, a slight decrease of $17.7 million as compared to $3.30 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The combined decrease in net revenues of $268.2 million at The Venetian Macao, Sands Macao and our Las Vegas Operating Properties reflects the decline in global economic conditions, which affected all areas of our operations. The decrease was partially offset by an increase in net revenues of $142.4 million from a full nine months of operations of Four Seasons Macao, which opened in August 2008, net revenues of $95.7 million attributable to Sands Bethlehem, which opened in May 2009, and an increase in net revenues of $12.4 million in our Other Asia segment driven by the increase in our passenger ferry service operations in Macau.

42


Table of Contents

     Casino revenues increased $99.3 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $113.9 million was attributable to a full nine months of operations of Four Seasons Macao and $88.2 million was attributable to Sands Bethlehem. Revenues at Sands Macao decreased $45.9 million driven by a decrease in table games volume and The Venetian Macao decreased $17.4 million driven by a decrease in table games volume and a decrease in Rolling Chip win percentage, partially offset by an increase in Non-Rolling Chip win percentage. A $39.5 million decrease at our Las Vegas Operating Properties was primarily driven by a decrease in table games win percentage, partially offset by an increase in slot hold percentage. The following table summarizes the results of our casino activity:
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2009   2008   Change
    (Dollars in thousands)
The Venetian Macao
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 1,214,083     $ 1,231,434       (1.4 )%
Non-Rolling Chip drop
  $ 2,458,155     $ 2,662,242       (7.7 )%
Non-Rolling Chip win percentage
    23.2 %     19.8 %     3.4 pts
Rolling Chip volume
  $ 27,652,284     $ 28,378,526       (2.6 )%
Rolling Chip win percentage
    2.74 %     3.01 %     (0.27 )pts
Slot handle
  $ 1,703,548     $ 1,369,832       24.4 %
Slot hold percentage
    7.5 %     8.1 %     (0.6 )pts
Sands Macao
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 724,235     $ 770,113       (6.0 )%
Non-Rolling Chip drop
  $ 1,834,840     $ 2,033,529       (9.8 )%
Non-Rolling Chip win percentage
    19.1 %     19.2 %     (0.1 )pts
Rolling Chip volume
  $ 15,324,411     $ 19,046,137       (19.5 )%
Rolling Chip win percentage
    2.97 %     2.56 %     0.41 pts
Slot handle
  $ 904,733     $ 787,118       14.9 %
Slot hold percentage
    6.7 %     7.9 %     (1.2 )pts
Four Seasons Macao
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 129,832     $ 15,931       715.0 %
Non-Rolling Chip drop
  $ 250,435     $ 16,748       1,395.3 %
Non-Rolling Chip win percentage
    24.2 %     18.4 %     5.8 pts
Rolling Chip volume
  $ 3,308,855     $ 165,155       1,903.5 %
Rolling Chip win percentage
    2.60 %     8.33 %     (5.73 )pts
Slot handle
  $ 160,642     $ 7,903       1,932.7 %
Slot hold percentage
    5.6 %     6.4 %     (0.8 )pts
Las Vegas Operating Properties
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 347,902     $ 387,495       (10.2 )%
Table games drop
  $ 1,260,268     $ 1,341,985       (6.1 )%
Table games win percentage
    17.3 %     19.8 %     (2.5 )pts
Slot handle
  $ 2,046,734     $ 2,708,860       (24.4 )%
Slot hold percentage
    7.3 %     5.8 %     1.5 pts
Sands Bethlehem
                       
Total casino revenues
  $ 88,181     $       %
Slot handle
  $ 1,182,866     $       %
Slot hold percentage
    7.5 %     %     pts
     In our experience, average win percentages remain steady when measured over extended periods of time, but can vary considerably within shorter time periods as a result of the statistical variances that are associated with games of chance in which large amounts are wagered.
     Room revenues decreased $83.1 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Room revenues decreased as room rates were reduced to maintain occupancy at our Las Vegas Operating Properties and at The Venetian Macao. This decrease was partially offset by a $12.9 million increase in revenues attributable to a full nine months of operations of Four Seasons Macao. The suites at Sands Macao are primarily provided as comps to casino patrons and therefore revenues of $19.7 million and $20.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and related statistics have not been included in the following table, which summarizes the results of our room activity:
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30,
    2009   2008   Change
    (Room revenues in thousands)
The Venetian Macao
                       
Total room revenues
  $ 124,538     $ 145,258       (14.3 )%
Average daily room rate
  $ 205     $ 222       (7.7 )%
Occupancy rate
    80.6 %     83.7 %     (3.1 )pts
Revenue per available room
  $ 165     $ 186       (11.3 )%
Four Seasons Macao
                       
Total room revenues
  $ 13,399     $ 517       2,491.7 %
Average daily room rate
  $ 293     $ 440       (33.4 )%
Occupancy rate
    46.5 %     31.4 %     15.1 pts
Revenue per available room
  $ 136     $ 138       (1.4 )%
Las Vegas Operating Properties
                       
Total room revenues
  $ 334,389     $ 409,152       (18.3 )%
Average daily room rate
  $ 194     $ 241       (19.5 )%
Occupancy rate
    89.7 %     90.5 %     (0.8 )pts
Revenue per available room
  $ 174     $ 218       (20.2 )%

43


Table of Contents

     Food and beverage revenues decreased $23.5 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Revenues decreased $42.0 million across our operating properties, with $24.3 million and $7.1 million of the decrease at our Las Vegas Operating Properties and The Venetian Macao, respectively, driven by a decrease in banquet and in-suite dining operations resulting from lower occupancy at these properties, as noted above, and a lower proportion of group and corporate businesses. This decrease was partially offset by a $9.8 million increase attributable to a full nine months of operations of Four Seasons Macao and $8.7 million attributable to Sands Bethlehem.
     Convention, retail and other revenues increased $14.2 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase is primarily due to an increase of $21.6 million in our Other Asia segment driven by our passenger ferry service operations in Macau as we increased the frequency of sailings and commenced night sailings in the summer of 2008, as well as $16.8 million attributable to the mall at Four Seasons Macao. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $15.2 million at our Las Vegas Operating Properties, primarily driven by the decrease in our convention operations resulting from the decline in global economic conditions.
Operating Expenses
     Our operating expenses consisted of the following:
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
                    Percent  
    2009     2008     Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Casino
  $ 1,680,307     $ 1,639,849       2.5 %
Rooms
    93,387       116,663       (20.0 )%
Food and beverage
    124,845       136,578       (8.6 )%
Convention, retail and other
    178,826       164,622       8.6 %
Provision for doubtful accounts
    70,989       22,960       209.2 %
General and administrative
    372,292       421,051       (11.6 )%
Corporate expense
    105,250       82,529       27.5 %
Rental expense
    22,497       25,573       (12.0 )%
Pre-opening expense
    115,619       105,470       9.6 %
Development expense
    344       11,504       (97.0 )%
Depreciation and amortization
    431,559       364,753       18.3 %
Impairment loss
    151,175             %
Loss on disposal of assets
    4,500       6,977       (35.5 )%
 
                   
Total operating expenses
  $ 3,351,590     $ 3,098,529       8.2 %
 
                   
     Operating expenses were $3.35 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of $253.1 million as compared to $3.10 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase in operating expenses was primarily attributable to recognizing impairment losses and a legal settlement included in corporate expense, and increases in our provision for doubtful accounts, pre-opening expenses, and depreciation and amortization costs, partially offset by a decrease in operating expenses driven by our cost-cutting measures.
     Casino expenses increased $40.5 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $63.0 million was attributable to Sands Bethlehem and $28.8 million (exclusive of the 39.0% gross win tax on casino revenues) was attributable to Four Seasons Macao. The combined increase in our casino revenues at our Macau properties, driven by the Four Seasons Macao, as previously described, resulted in a slight increase of $6.9 million in the 39.0% gross win tax on casino revenues. These increases were partially offset by a combined decrease of $58.2 million at our operating properties driven by our cost-cutting measures.
     Rooms expense decreased $23.3 million and food and beverage expense decreased $11.7 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. These decreases were driven by the associated decreases in the related revenues described above, as well as our cost-cutting measures.

44


Table of Contents

     Convention, retail and other expense increased $14.2 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $29.2 million was driven by the increase in our passenger ferry service operations in Macau and $3.6 million was attributable to Four Seasons Macao. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in expenses of $11.6 million and $6.9 million at The Venetian Macao and our Las Vegas Operating Properties, respectively, driven by the associated decrease in the related revenues, as well as our cost-cutting measures.
     The provision for doubtful accounts was $71.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $23.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Of the increase, $34.6 million related to our casino operations as we granted more advances to our premium players in Macau in relation to the opening of new properties and $10.4 million related to our mall operations as our tenants experienced difficulties driven by reduced visitation and consumer spending as a result of the economic downturn. The amount of this provision can vary over short periods of time because of factors specific to the customers who owe us money at any given time. We believe that the amount of our provision for doubtful accounts in the future will depend upon the state of the economy, our credit standards, our risk assessments and the judgment of our employees responsible for granting credit.
     General and administrative expenses decreased $48.8 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $76.8 million decrease across our operating properties driven by our cost-cutting measures, with $35.2 million, $23.4 million and $18.2 million at The Venetian Macao, our Las Vegas Operating Properties and Sands Macao, respectively. The decrease was partially offset by expenses of $19.1 million and $16.7 million attributable to Four Season Macao and Sands Bethlehem, respectively.
     Corporate expense increased $22.7 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was attributable to a $42.5 million legal settlement (see “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies”), partially offset by decreases of $8.1 million in payroll-related expenses and $11.7 million of other corporate costs driven by our cost-cutting measures.
     Pre-opening expenses were $115.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to $105.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Pre-opening expense represents personnel and other costs incurred prior to the opening of new ventures, which are expensed as incurred. Pre-opening expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, were primarily related to activities at Marina Bay Sands and Sands Bethlehem, as well as costs associated with suspension activities at our Cotai Strip developments. Development expenses, which were not material for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, include the costs associated with the Company’s evaluation and pursuit of new business opportunities, which are also expensed as incurred.
     Depreciation and amortization expense increased $66.8 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was primarily the result of the openings of Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem, which contributed $32.6 million and $9.6 million, respectively, in depreciation expense. Additionally, increases of $9.4 million and $6.7 million were attributable to The Venetian Macao and The Palazzo, respectively, as both properties had unopened areas during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
     Impairment loss was $151.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, of which $94.0 million related to a reduction in the expected proceeds to be received from the sale of The Shoppes at The Palazzo and $57.2 million related to our indefinite suspension of plans to expand the Sands Expo Center (see “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 2 — Property and Equipment, Net”).

45


Table of Contents

Adjusted Property EBITDAR
     Adjusted property EBITDAR is used by management as the primary measure of the operating performance of our segments. Adjusted property EBITDAR is net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp. before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, pre-opening expense, development expense, other income (expense), loss on modification or early retirement of debt, impairment loss, loss on disposal of assets, rental expense, corporate expense, stock-based compensation expense and noncontrolling interest. The following table summarizes information related to our segments (see “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 9 — Segment Information” for discussion of our operating segments and a reconciliation of adjusted property EBITDAR to net loss attributable to Las Vegas Sands Corp.):
                         
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
                    Percent  
    2009     2008     Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
United States:
                       
Las Vegas Operating Properties
  $ 202,336     $ 302,497       (33.1 )%
Sands Bethlehem
    11,160             %
Macau:
                       
The Venetian Macao
    381,849       386,227       (1.1 )%
Sands Macao
    188,522       162,283       16.2 %
Four Seasons Macao
    20,083       2,963       577.8 %
Other Asia
    (23,989 )     (34,086 )     (29.6 )%
 
                   
Total adjusted property EBITDAR
  $ 779,961     $ 819,884       (4.9 )%
 
                   
     Adjusted property EBITDAR across our operating properties includes the savings benefits from our cost-cutting measures, which management expects to generate approximately $500 million in total annualized savings across our operations, driven primarily by decreases in payroll-related expenses. These cost-cutting measures, which we anticipate will be fully implemented by the end of 2009, are expected to generate annualized savings of approximately $200 million in Las Vegas and approximately $300 million in Macau. Management believes that these cost savings will provide enhanced operating leverage once the global economy improves.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at our Las Vegas Operating Properties decreased $100.2 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in net revenues of $171.3 million, partially offset by decreases in the associated operating expenses and a decrease of $23.4 million in general and administrative expenses driven by our cost-cutting measures, of which $14.1 million were payroll-related expenses.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at The Venetian Macao decreased $4.4 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in net revenues of $51.4 million, partially offset by decreases in the associated operating expenses, and a decrease of $35.2 million in general and administrative expenses driven by our cost-cutting measures, of which $16.2 million were payroll-related expenses.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at Sands Macao increased $26.2 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was primarily due to a decrease in operating expenses driven by our cost-cutting measures, with a $59.5 million decrease in casino expenses and an $18.2 decrease in general and administrative expenses, of which $11.0 million were payroll-related expenses. These decreases in expenses were partially offset by a decrease in net revenues of $45.5 million.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR in our Other Asia segment increased $10.1 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. As previously described, our passenger ferry service operations increased due to the increased number of sailings.
     Adjusted property EBITDAR at Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem do not have a comparable prior-year period. Results of the operations of Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem are as previously described.
Interest Expense
     The following table summarizes information related to interest expense on long-term debt:
                 
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Interest cost (which includes the amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount)
  $ 269,622     $ 394,290  
Less — capitalized interest
    (45,119 )     (100,581 )
 
           
Interest expense, net
  $ 224,503     $ 293,709  
 
           
Cash paid for interest
  $ 250,286     $ 368,214  
Weighted average total debt balance
  $ 10,774,878     $ 8,639,652  
Weighted average interest rate
    3.3 %     6.1 %
     Interest cost decreased $124.7 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, resulting from a decrease in the weighted average interest rate, partially offset by an increase in our average long-term debt balances. Capitalized interest decreased $55.5 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, primarily due to the suspension of our Cotai Strip developments, the completion of Four Seasons Macao and Sands Bethlehem, and the decrease in the weighted average interest rate.

46


Table of Contents

Leasehold interest in land payments made in Macau and Singapore are not considered qualifying assets and as such, are not included in the base amount used to determine capitalized interest.
Other Factors Effecting Earnings
     Other expense was $6.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to other income of $11.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, was primarily attributable to a decrease in the fair value of our interest rate cap agreements held in Singapore, as well as the write-off of deferred financing fees related to a potential refinancing of our Macau credit facility.
     Our effective income tax rate was 0.22% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to a beneficial income tax rate of 25.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, includes the recording of a valuation allowance on the net deferred tax assets of our U.S. operations and a zero percent tax rate from our Macau gaming operations due to our income tax exemption in Macau, which is set to expire in 2013. The non-deductible pre-opening expenses of foreign subsidiaries and the non-realizable net operating losses in U.S. and foreign jurisdictions unfavorably impacted our effective income tax rate. Management does not anticipate recording an income tax benefit related to deferred tax assets generated by our U.S. operations until it is determined that we no longer require a valuation allowance for such deferred tax assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows — Summary
     Our cash flows consisted of the following:
                 
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2009     2008  
    (In thousands)  
Net cash generated from operating activities
  $ 532,419     $ 217,143  
 
           
Investing cash flows:
               
Capital expenditures
    (1,539,078 )     (2,908,396 )
Change in restricted cash
    (35,394 )     174,297  
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
    3,894        
 
           
Net cash used in investing activities
    (1,570,578 )     (2,734,099 )
 
           
Financing cash flows:
               
Dividends paid to preferred stockholders
    (71,347 )      
Proceeds from convertible senior notes from related party
          475,000  
Proceeds from long term-debt
    1,434,874       4,002,320  
Repayments of long-term debt
    (227,325 )     (1,713,098 )
Other
    (44,731 )     159,840  
 
           
Net cash generated from financing activities
    1,091,471       2,924,062  
 
           
Effect of exchange rate on cash
    370       11,719  
 
           
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
  $ 53,682     $ 418,825  
 
           
Cash Flows — Operating Activities
     Table games play at our Las Vegas Operating Properties is conducted on a cash and credit basis while table games play at our Macau properties is conducted primarily on a cash basis. Slot machine play is primarily conducted on a cash basis. The retail hotel rooms business is generally conducted on a cash basis, the group hotel rooms business is conducted on a cash and credit basis, and banquet business is conducted primarily on a credit basis resulting in operating cash flows being generally affected by changes in operating income (loss) and accounts receivable. Net cash provided by operating activities increased $315.3 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase was attributable to the collection of a $70.6 million federal income tax refund and a decrease in the change in accounts receivable attributable to more efficient collection of current period operating revenues, as well as the collection of prior period receivables. This increase was offset by a decrease in operating income (as previously described) as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008.

47


Table of Contents

Cash Flows — Investing Activities
     Capital expenditures totaled $1.54 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, including $918.4 million for construction and development activities in Singapore; $212.5 million for construction and development activities in Pennsylvania; $318.6 million for construction and development activities in Macau (primarily for the unopened areas of Four Seasons Macao and our other Cotai Strip developments); $58.1 million at our Las Vegas Operating Properties (primarily for The Shoppes at The Palazzo); and $31.5 million for corporate and other activities.
Cash Flows — Financing Activities
     Net cash flows provided from financing activities were $1.09 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, which primarily included: net borrowings of $806.8 million under the Singapore permanent facilities; proceeds of $600.0 million from the Company’s exchangeable bond offering; repayments of $150.1 million under the Macau credit facility and $30.0 million under the U.S. credit facility; and payments of $71.3 million of preferred stock dividends and $44.8 million of deferred financing costs.
Development Financing Strategy
     Through September 30, 2009, we have funded our development projects primarily through borrowings under our U.S., Macau and Singapore credit facilities, operating cash flows, proceeds from our recent equity offerings and proceeds from the disposition of non-core assets. We held unrestricted and restricted cash and cash equivalents of approximately $3.09 billion and $229.1 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2009.
     The U.S. credit facility and FF&E facility require our Las Vegas operations to comply with certain financial covenants at the end of each quarter, including maintaining a maximum leverage ratio of net debt, as defined, to trailing twelve-month adjusted earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, as defined (“Adjusted EBITDA”). The maximum leverage ratio is 6.5x for the quarterly periods ending September 30 and December 31, 2009, and decreases by 0.5x every subsequent two quarterly periods until it decreases to, and remains at, 5.0x for all quarterly periods thereafter through maturity (commencing with the quarterly period ending March 31, 2011). The Macau credit facility, as amended in August 2009, requires our Macau operations to comply with similar financial covenants, including maintaining a maximum leverage ratio of debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The maximum leverage ratio is 4.5x for the quarterly periods ending September 30 and December 31, 2009, and decreases by 0.5x every subsequent two quarterly periods until it decrease to, and remains at, 3.0x for all quarterly periods thereafter through maturity (commencing with the quarterly period ending March 31, 2001). If we are unable to maintain compliance with the financial covenants under these credit facilities, we would be in default under the respective credit facilities. A default under our U.S. credit facilities would trigger a cross-default under our airplane financings, which, if the respective lenders chose to accelerate the indebtedness outstanding under these agreements, would result in a default under our senior notes. A default under our Macau credit facility would trigger a cross-default under our ferry financing. A default under our Macau credit facility or our ferry financing would trigger a cross-default under our exchangeable bonds (as described below). Any defaults or cross-defaults under these agreements would allow the lenders, in each case, to exercise their rights and remedies as defined under their respective agreements. If the lenders were to exercise their rights to accelerate the due dates of the indebtedness outstanding, there can be no assurance that we would be able to repay or refinance any amounts that may become accelerated under such agreements, which could force us to restructure or alter our operations or debt obligations.
     We completed a $475.0 million convertible senior notes offering and a $2.1 billion common and preferred stock and warrants offering in 2008. On September 4, 2009, we completed a $600.0 million exchangeable bond offering (see “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 3 — Long-term Debt — Macau Related Debt — Exchangeable Bonds”). A portion of the proceeds from these offerings was used in the U.S. to exercise the EBITDA true-up provision (as defined below) during the quarterly periods ended March 31 and September 30, 2009, and additional proceeds were contributed to Las Vegas Sands, LLC to reduce its net debt in order to maintain compliance with the maximum leverage ratio for the quarterly periods during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. As of September 30, 2009, our U.S. leverage ratio was 5.75x, compared to the maximum leverage ratio allowed of 6.5x. Additional portions of the proceeds were used in Macau to exercise the EBITDA true-up provision during the quarterly periods ended December 31, 2008 and June 30, 2009, and cash on hand was used to pay down $125.0 million of indebtedness under the Macau credit facility in March 2009 in order to maintain compliance with the maximum leverage ratio for the quarterly periods during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. As of September 30, 2009, our Macau leverage ratio was 3.48x, compared to the maximum leverage ratio allowed of 4.5x.
     In order to fund our revised development plan, as described in “Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 1 — Organization and Business of Company — Development Projects,” and comply with the maximum leverage ratio covenants of our U.S. and Macau credit facilities for the remaining quarterly period in 2009 and beyond, we will utilize cash on hand, cash flow from operations and available borrowings under our credit facilities. We will also need to

48


Table of Contents

execute some, or a combination, of the following measures: (i) achieve increased levels of Adjusted EBITDA at our U.S. and Macau properties, primarily through aggressive cost-cutting measures and implementation of efficiency initiatives; (ii) obtain additional debt and/or equity financing through the sale of a minority interest in certain of our Macau operations, the latter of which is allowed for under the Macau borrowings, as amended, but may require consent from regulatory authorities; or (iii) elect to contribute up to $50 million and $20 million of cash on hand to our Las Vegas and Macau operations, respectively, on a bi-quarterly basis (such contributions having the effect of increasing Adjusted EBITDA by the corresponding amount during the applicable quarter for purposes of calculating compliance with the maximum leverage ratio (the “EBITDA true-up”)). If the aforementioned measures are not sufficient to fund our revised development plan and maintain compliance with our financial covenants, we may also need to execute some, or a combination, of the following measures: (i) further decrease the rate of spending on our global development projects; (ii) obtain additional financing at our parent company or Macau level, the proceeds of which could be used to reduce or repay debt in Las Vegas and/or Macau; (iii) elect to delay payment of dividends on the preferred stock; or (iv) seek a waiver or amendment under our U.S. credit facility; however, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain such waiver or amendment. Management believes that successful execution of some combination of the above measures will be sufficient for us to fund our commitments and maintain compliance with our financial covenants.
Aggregate Indebtedness and Other Known Contractual Obligations
     As of September 30, 2009, there had been no material changes to our aggregated indebtedness and other known contractual obligations, which are set forth in the table included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, with the exception of proceeds of $600.0 million from our exchangeable bond offering (which matures in September 2014 and bears interest at 9% and 12% per annum during the years ended September 3, 2010 and 2011, respectively, and 15% per annum during the years ended September 3, 2012 through 2014), net proceeds of $806.8 million under our Singapore permanent facilities (which mature in March 2015 and include quarterly payments commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2011, with the remaining principal due in full upon maturity) and a repayment of $125.0 million under our Macau revolving credit facility (which matures in May 2011 with no interim amortization). On August 12, 2009, we amended our Macau credit facility, which, among other things, increased our credit spreads by 325 basis points to 5.5% per annum on borrowings accruing interest at the adjusted Eurodollar rate (or, in the case of the local term loan, adjusted Hong Kong Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“HIBOR”)) or 4.5% per annum on borrowings accruing interest at an alternate base rate, subject to a decrease of 100 basis points upon the occurrence of certain events. On August 20, 2009, we amended our ferry financing facility, which, among other things, increased the credit spread by 50 basis points to 2.5% per annum on borrowings accruing interest at HIBOR and now matures in December 2015 with 26 quarterly payments commencing October 2009.
Restrictions on Distributions
     We are a parent company with limited business operations. Our main assets are the stock and membership interests of our subsidiaries. The debt instruments of our U.S., Macau and Singapore subsidiaries contain certain restrictions that, among other things, limit the ability of certain subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, issue disqualified stock or equity interests, pay dividends or make other distributions, repurchase equity interests or certain indebtedness, create certain liens, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, enter into certain mergers or consolidations or sell assets of our company without prior approval of the lenders or noteholders.
Inflation
     We believe that inflation and changing prices have not had a material impact on our sales, revenues or income (loss) from continuing operations during the past year.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
     This report contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include the discussions of our business strategies and expectations concerning future operations, margins, profitability, liquidity and capital resources. In addition, in certain portions included in this report, the words: “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “seeks,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends” and similar expressions, as they relate to our company or management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that any forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. These forward- looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, the risks associated with:

49


Table of Contents

    our substantial leverage, debt service and debt covenant compliance (including sensitivity to fluctuations in interest rates and other capital markets trends);
 
    recent disruptions in the global financing markets and our ability to obtain sufficient funding for our current and future developments, including our Cotai Strip, Pennsylvania, Singapore and Las Vegas developments;
 
    the expected proceeds to be generated from a potential sale of a minority interest in certain of our Macau operations:
 
    general economic and business conditions which may impact levels of disposable income, consumer spending, pricing of hotel rooms and retail and mall sales;
 
    the impact of the suspensions of certain of our development projects and our ability to meet certain development deadlines, including Macau and Singapore;
 
    the uncertainty of tourist behavior related to spending and vacationing at casino-resorts in Las Vegas and Macau;
 
    regulatory policies in mainland China or other countries in which our customers reside, including visa restrictions limiting the number of visits or the length of stay for visitors from mainland China to Macau and restrictions on foreign currency exchange or importation of currency;
 
    our dependence upon properties in Las Vegas, Pennsylvania and Macau for all of our cash flow;
 
    the expected annualized savings and enhanced operating leverage to be generated from our cost-cutting measures may not be fully realized;
 
    our relationship with GGP or any successor owner of The Shoppes at The Palazzo and The Grand Canal Shoppes, and the ability of GGP to perform under the purchase and sale agreement for The Shoppes at The Palazzo, as amended;
 
    new developments, construction and ventures, including our Cotai Strip developments, Marina Bay Sands, Sands Bethlehem and the St. Regis Residences;
 
    the passage of new legislation and receipt of governmental approvals for our proposed developments in Macau, Singapore and other jurisdictions where we are planning to operate;
 
    our insurance coverage, including the risk that we have not obtained sufficient coverage against acts of terrorism or will only be able to obtain additional coverage at significantly increased rates;
 
    disruptions or reductions in travel due to conflicts in Iraq and any future terrorist incidents;
 
    disruptions or reductions in travel, as well as disruptions in our operations, due to outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, avian flu or swine flu;
 
    government regulation of the casino industry, including gaming license regulation, the legalization of gaming in other jurisdictions and regulation of gaming on the Internet;
 
    increased competition and additional construction in Las Vegas, including recent and upcoming increases in hotel rooms, meeting and convention space, and retail space;
 
    fluctuations in the demand for all-suites rooms, occupancy rates and average daily room rates in Las Vegas and Macau;
 
    the popularity of Las Vegas and Macau as convention and trade show destinations;
 
    new taxes, changes to existing tax rates or proposed changes in tax legislation;
 
    our ability to maintain our Macau gaming subconcession and Singapore gaming concession;
 
    the completion of infrastructure projects in Macau and Singapore;

50


Table of Contents

    increased competition and other planned construction projects in Macau and Singapore; and
 
    the outcome of any ongoing and future litigation.
     All future written and verbal forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this report as a result of new information, future events or developments, except as required by federal securities laws.
ITEM 3 — QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
     Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. Our primary exposure to market risk is interest rate risk associated with our variable rate long-term debt, which we attempt to manage through the use of interest rate cap agreements. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes and do not enter into derivative transactions that would be considered speculative positions. Our derivative financial instruments consist exclusively of interest rate cap agreements, which do not qualify for hedge accounting. Interest differentials resulting from these agreements are recorded on an accrual basis as an adjustment to interest expense.
     To manage exposure to counterparty credit risk in interest rate cap agreements, we enter into agreements with highly rated institutions that can be expected to fully perform under the terms of such agreements. Frequently, these institutions are also members of the bank group providing our credit facilities, which management believes further minimizes the risk of nonperformance.
     The table below provides information about our financial instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. For debt obligations, the table presents notional amounts and weighted average interest rates by contractual maturity dates. For interest rate cap agreements, notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged under the contract. Weighted average variable rates are based on the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), HIBOR and Singapore SWAP Offer Rate as of September 30, 2009, plus the applicable interest rate spread in accordance with the respective debt agreements. The information is presented in U.S. dollar equivalents, which is the Company’s reporting currency, for the years ending September 30:
                                                                 
                                                            Fair
    2010   2011   2012   2013   2014   Thereafter   Total   Value(1)
    (Dollars in millions)
LIABILITIES
                                                               
Long-term debt
                                                               
Fixed rate
  $ 1.7     $ 1.7     $ 1.6     $ 1.6     $ 601.5     $ 267.0     $ 875.1     $ 849.8  
Average interest rate(2)
    7.5 %     7.5 %     7.5 %     7.5 %     15.0 %     6.4 %     12.3 %        
Variable rate
  $ 158.2     $ 1,278.9     $ 2,173.4     $ 2,118.4     $ 3,772.3     $ 1,389.3     $ 10,890.5     $ 9,860.2  
Average interest rate(2)
    3.3 %     4.7 %     3.7 %     4.5 %     2.1 %     2.7 %     3.3 %        
ASSETS
                                                               
Cap agreements(3)
  $     $ 0.3     $ 3.3     $     $     $     $ 3.6     $ 3.6  
 
(1)   The estimated fair values are based on quoted market prices, if available, or by pricing models based on the value of related cash flows discounted at current market interest rates.
 
(2)   Based upon contractual interest rates for fixed rate indebtedness or current LIBOR, HIBOR and Singapore SWAP Offer Rate for variable-rate indebtedness. Based on variable-rate debt levels as of September 30, 2009, an assumed 100 basis point change in LIBOR, HIBOR and Singapore SWAP Offer Rate would cause our annual interest cost to change approximately $109.3 million.
 
(3)   As of September 30, 2009, we have 22 interest rate cap agreements with an aggregate fair value of approximately $3.6 million based on quoted market values from the institutions holding the agreements.
     Borrowings under the U.S. credit facility bear interest at our election, at either an adjusted Eurodollar rate or at an alternative base rate plus a credit spread. The revolving facility and term loans bear interest at the alternative base rate plus 0.5% or 0.75% per annum, respectively, or at the adjusted Eurodollar rate plus 1.5% or 1.75% per annum, respectively, subject to downward adjustments based

51


Table of Contents

upon our credit rating. Borrowings under the amended Macau credit facility now bear interest at our election, at either an adjusted Eurodollar rate (or in the case of the local term loan, adjusted HIBOR) plus 5.5% per annum or at an alternative base rate plus 4.5% per annum, subject to a downward adjustment following the occurrence of certain events. Borrowings under the Singapore permanent facilities bear interest at the Singapore SWAP Offer Rate plus a spread of 2.25% per annum. Borrowings under the FF&E facility bear interest at LIBOR plus 2.0% per annum. Borrowings under the airplane financings bear interest at LIBOR plus 1.5% per annum. Borrowings under the amended ferry financing now bear interest at HIBOR plus 2.5% if borrowings are made in Hong Kong dollars or LIBOR plus 2.5% if borrowings are made in U.S. dollars. All current borrowings under the ferry financing were made in Hong Kong dollars.
     We may be vulnerable to changes in the U.S. dollar/Macau pataca exchange rate. Based on balances as of September 30, 2009, an assumed 1% change in the U.S. dollar/Macau pataca exchange rate would cause a foreign currency transaction gain/loss of approximately $40.0 million. We do not hedge our exposure to foreign currencies; however, we maintain a significant amount of our operating funds in the same currencies in which we have obligations; thereby, reducing our exposure to currency fluctuations.
     See also “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
ITEM 4 — CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
     Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) of the Company as of September 30, 2009, and have concluded that they are effective to provide reasonable assurance that the desired control objectives were achieved.
     It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
     There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Part II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1 — LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
     The Company is party to litigation matters and claims related to its operations. For more information, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and “Part I — Item 1 — Financial Statements — Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements — Note 8 — Commitments and Contingencies” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
ITEM 1A — RISK FACTORS
     Except for the risk factor set forth below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

52


Table of Contents

Proposed changes in U.S. tax legislation could impact the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.
     During 2009, the Obama Administration announced proposals for new U.S. tax legislation that would fundamentally change how U.S. multinational corporations are taxed on their global income. It is uncertain whether some or all of the proposals will be enacted. Depending on their content, such proposals, if enacted, could increase the Company’s U.S. income tax expense and liability, and therefore, negatively impact the Company’s effective tax rate, financial condition and results of operations.
ITEM 5 — OTHER MATTERS
Transaction with an Executive Officer
     As previously disclosed, during 2008, a subsidiary of the Company performed work at a home owned by Robert G. Goldstein, the Company’s Executive Vice President. Mr. Goldstein believed, and the Company acknowledged, that some of the work was not performed in an appropriate manner. The matter was referred to an independent expert, who concurred about the quality of the work and concluded that Mr. Goldstein should not be obligated to pay the $0.4 million incurred by the Company for costs and overhead on the job. These findings have been accepted by the Company and Mr. Goldstein.
Aircraft Agreements
     On November 6, 2009, the Company entered into several aircraft time sharing agreements and aircraft cost sharing agreements with Interface Operations, LLC (“Interface Operations”), a company controlled by Sheldon G. Adelson, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and principal stockholder. The agreements provide for (i) the Company’s use on a time sharing basis of a Boeing Business Jet, a Gulfstream G-III aircraft, a Gulfstream G-IV aircraft and a Boeing 767 aircraft owned by Interface, and (ii) Interface Operations’ use on a time sharing basis of two Boeing 737 aircraft, three Gulfstream G-IV aircraft and one Gulfstream G-V aircraft owned by the Company. These agreements replace existing time sharing and interchange agreements between the Company and Interface Operations relating to the use of aircraft.
     The aircraft time sharing agreements and cost sharing agreements are effective as of January 1, 2009, and have one-year terms that are automatically extended for successive one-year periods unless one of the parties gives a notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 30 days before the applicable expiration date. Either party may terminate the agreement on 30 days’ notice so long as the party is not in default of the applicable agreement. Under the agreements, the party using an aircraft has agreed to pay the party providing the aircraft fees of up to (i) twice the cost of the fuel, oil and other additives used, (ii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight, (iii) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials, (iv) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services, (v) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation, and (vi) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone. The party using an aircraft also will be responsible for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with the use of the aircraft.
     In addition, on November 6, 2009, the Company entered into an aircraft cost allocation agreement with Interface Operations Bermuda, LTD (“Interface Bermuda”), a company controlled by Mr. Adelson. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company is entitled to the use, on a time sharing basis, of two Boeing 747 Aircraft provided by Interface Bermuda. The agreement is effective as of January 1, 2009, and has a one-year term that is automatically extended for successive one-year periods unless one of the parties gives a notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 30 days before the applicable expiration date. Either party may also terminate the agreement upon 30 days’ notice so long as the party is not in default of the agreement.
     Under the aircraft cost allocation agreement, the Company has agreed to pay Interface Bermuda fees of up to (i) a pro rata share of all fixed costs, such as hangar, insurance, pilot salaries and training, maintenance, subscription services, support personnel and other similar items (exclusive of tax depreciation), (ii) actual costs of fuel, oil and other additives used, (iii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight, (iv) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials, (v) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services, (vi) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation, and (vii) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone. The Company also will be responsible for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with the use of the aircraft.

53


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
ITEM 6 — EXHIBITS
List of Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description of Document
 
   
10.1
  Amendment to Employment Agreement, effective as of October 1, 2009, between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Michael Quartieri.
 
   
10.2
  Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Interface Operations, LLC.
 
   
10.3
  Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Interface Operations, LLC and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
   
10.4
  Aircraft Cost Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Interface Operations, LLC.
 
   
10.5
  Aircraft Cost Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Interface Operations, LLC and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
   
10.6
  Aircraft Cost Allocation Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Interface Operations Bermuda, LTD and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
   
10.7
  Second Amendment, dated as of August 12, 2009, by and among VML US FINANCE LLC, Venetian Macau Limited”) and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders and the Loan Parties party thereto.
 
   
10.8
  Trust Deed made on 4 September 2009 between Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II and Citicorp International Limited.
 
   
10.9
  Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement made on September 4, 2009 between Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland, AG, & KO. KGaA and Citicorp International Limited.
 
   
10.10
  Deed of Subordination made on September 4, 2009 between Citicorp International Limited, the Subordinated Creditors party thereto and Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II, Venetian Venture Intermediate Development Intermediate Limited, Venetian Macau Limited, Venetian Cotai Limited, VML US Finance LLC, Venetian Macau Finance Company, Sands China Ltd., Cotai Ferry Company Limited, Venetian Orient Limited, Venetian Travel Limited and Venetian Retail Limited.
 
   
10.11
  Placing Agreement made as of September 1, 2009 between Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

54


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson    
    Sheldon G. Adelson   
    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer   
 
November 6, 2009
         
     
  By:   /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
    Kenneth J. Kay   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
November 6, 2009

55


Table of Contents

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.   Description of Document
 
   
10.1
  Amendment to Employment Agreement, effective as of October 1, 2009, between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Michael Quartieri.
 
   
10.2
  Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Interface Operations, LLC.
 
   
10.3
  Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Interface Operations, LLC and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
   
10.4
  Aircraft Cost Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Interface Operations, LLC.
 
   
10.5
  Aircraft Cost Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Interface Operations, LLC and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
   
10.6
  Aircraft Cost Allocation Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009, between Interface Operations Bermuda, LTD and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
   
10.7
  Second Amendment, dated as of August 12, 2009, by and among VML US FINANCE LLC, Venetian Macau Limited”) and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders and the Loan Parties party thereto.
 
   
10.8
  Trust Deed made on 4 September 2009 between Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II and Citicorp International Limited.
 
   
10.9
  Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement made on September 4, 2009 between Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland, AG, & KO. KGaA and Citicorp International Limited.
 
   
10.10
  Deed of Subordination made on September 4, 2009 between Citicorp International Limited, the Subordinated Creditors party thereto and Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II, Venetian Venture Intermediate Development Intermediate Limited, Venetian Macau Limited, Venetian Cotai Limited, VML US Finance LLC, Venetian Macau Finance Company, Sands China Ltd., Cotai Ferry Company Limited, Venetian Orient Limited, Venetian Travel Limited and Venetian Retail Limited.
 
   
10.11
  Placing Agreement made as of September 1, 2009 between Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
 
   
31.1
  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
31.2
  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.1
  Certification of Chief Executive Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
   
32.2
  Certification of Chief Financial Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

56

Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT
TO
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
     This Amendment to the Employment Agreement (“ Amendment ”) is entered into by and between Las Vegas Sands Corp. (the “ Company ”) and Michael Quartieri (“ Executive ”) and is effective October 1, 2009 (“ Amendment Effective Date ”). This Amendment is entered into for the purpose of amending and modifying certain of the terms and conditions of that Employment Agreement effective October 1, 2006, between Company and Executive (the “ Agreement ”). Capitalized terms that are used in this Amendment but that are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to those terms in the Agreement.
     In consideration of the mutual promises, conditions, and provisions contained herein, the Parties agree as follows:
1. Term of Employment. The initial Term of Employment is extended until September 30, 2012.
2. Base Salary. Beginning on July 13, 2009 and throughout the remainder of the term of employment under the Agreement as extended under this Amendment, Executive is entitled to receive an annual Base Salary for services rendered under the Agreement of $356,250. The Base Salary is payable in equal installments every two weeks or otherwise in accordance with the regular Company payroll. On an annual basis on or about the anniversary date of the Amendment Effective Date, Executive shall receive a review of the Base Salary at which time the Base Salary may be increased and such revised salary, if any, shall become the Base Salary for purposes of this Agreement.
3. Duties and Responsibilities. As of the Amendment Effective Date and throughout the remainder of the initial term of employment under the Agreement, Executive shall be employed as Vice President Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer and shall have all the responsibilities of that position as determined by the Company and as may be assigned pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Agreement.
4. Performance Bonus. It is Company’s intention to maintain an incentive bonus program by which qualified employees will be eligible to receive a discretionary incentive bonus based upon the achievement of individual and company goals and objectives as established from time to time. During each year throughout the remainder of the initial term of the Agreement, Executive will be eligible to participate in the Company’s discretionary bonus program targeted at up to forty percent (40%) of Executive’s Base Salary (“ Target ”), issued annually when payable. All bonuses are in the sole, absolute and unfettered and unreviewable discretion of Company. Executive’s Target is subject to the actual annual achievement of both Executive’s and Company’s goals and objectives and may be adjusted based upon such results. It is contemplated that, if Company continues to prosper and if Executive continues to demonstrate professional growth and development, Executive will be paid an annual bonus. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not have any enforceable right to receive a bonus except for such bonuses as are actually paid by Company. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason whatsoever, Company shall have no obligation to pay Executive any bonus or prorated portion of a bonus Executive might have received had Executive continued to be employed.

 


 

5. Termination by Company Without Cause. In the event that the Company terminates the Executive’s employment without Cause, without in anyway limiting the prohibition of the restrictive covenant set forth in the Agreement, in the event the Executive secures a new position with compensation which is less than the Base Salary, that compensation will be offset against the Base Salary Continuation and the Company will be required to pay the Base Salary Continuation minus this offset. During any period of Base Salary Continuation, Executive shall be obligated to timely notify Company in writing should Executive secure a new position with a different employer
6. Original Agreement. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the terms and conditions of the Agreement are and shall continue to remain in full force and effect.
     The Parties have duly executed this Amendment below, which becomes effective as of the Amendment Effective Date.
                 
MICHAEL QUARTIERI   LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.    
 
               
By:  
/s/ Michael Quartieri   By:   /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
           
Name:  Michael Quartieri   Name:  Kenneth J. Kay    
Title:  Vice President, Global Controller   Title:  Senior Vice President and Chief    
 
  and Chief Accounting Officer       Financial Officer    

 

Exhibit 10.2
AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 91 Operations)
Dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009,
between
Las Vegas Sands Corp. ,
as Provider,
and
Interface Operations, LLC ,
as Recipient,
concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto
* * *
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
“TRUTH IN LEASING” REQUIREMENTS UNDER FAR § 91.23
Within 24 hours after execution of this Agreement:
mail a copy of the executed document to the
following address via certified mail, return receipt requested:
Federal Aviation Administration
Aircraft Registration Branch
ATTN: Technical Section
P.O. Box 25724
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125
At least 48 hours prior to the first flight to be conducted under this Agreement:
provide notice, using the FSDO Notification Letter in Exhibit A ,
of the departure airport and proposed time of departure of the
first flight, by facsimile, to the Flight Standards
District Office located nearest the departure airport.
Carry a copy of this Agreement in the aircraft at all times.

 


 

AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 91 Operations)
     This Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Provider”), and Interface Operations, LLC, a Nevada company (“Recipient”)(together, “Parties”).
     In consideration of the mutual promises, agreements, covenants, warranties, representations and provisions contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
     1.  Time Sharing of the Aircraft . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Provider shall provide Recipient with transportation services on a non-exclusive basis using Provider’s aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto (each individual plane, an “Aircraft”). This Agreement is intended to be a time sharing agreement within the meaning of 14 C.F.R. Section 91.501(c)(1).
     2.  Term . The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on January 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Expiration Date (as it may be extended) shall be automatically extended by one year if neither party has given notice of non-renewal to the other at least thirty (30) days before the then Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section 2, either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) days’ notice, provided that such party is not then in default.
     3.  Delivery to Recipient . Upon the request of Recipient, subject to the availability of the Aircraft as determined by Provider, Provider shall make the Aircraft available to Recipient at such location as Recipient may reasonably request. Recipient acknowledges that Provider currently bases the Aircraft at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada (the “Base”).
     4.  Fee .
          (a) Recipient shall pay Provider, within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from Provider or its representative for Recipient’s use of the Aircraft during the Term, an amount not to exceed the costs identified in this paragraph (a) or such lesser amount as may be agreed in writing by the Parties (referred to collectively as the “Fee”):
               (i) twice the cost of the fuel, oil and other additives consumed;
               (ii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight;
               (iii) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials;
               (iv) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services;
               (v) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation; and

-2-


 

               (vi) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone.
          (b) Recipient shall be responsible for arranging and paying for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with Recipient’s use of the Aircraft.
          (c) For the sake of clarification, flights to ferry the Aircraft to the delivery location specified by Recipient pursuant to section 3, and flights to return the Aircraft to the Base or such other location as the parties agree pursuant to section 5, shall be deemed to be use of the Aircraft by Recipient.
     5.  Return to Base . On the earlier of the Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to section 17(a)(i) and, unless Provider agrees to the contrary, upon the conclusion of each flight of the Aircraft by Recipient under this Agreement, the Aircraft shall be returned to the Base or such other location as Provider and Recipient may agree.
     6.  Use of Aircraft .
          (a) Recipient shall use the Aircraft only for the transportation of its directors, officers, employees and guests and shall not obtain compensation for such transportation from any person.
          (b) Recipient shall not violate, and shall not permit any of its employees, agents or guests to violate, any applicable law, regulation or rule of the United States, or any state, territory or local authority thereof, or any foreign government or subdivision thereof, and shall not bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, or permit any employee, agent or guest to bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, any contraband or unlawful articles or substances, or anything that is contraband or is an unlawful article of substance in any jurisdiction into or over which the Aircraft is to operate on behalf of Recipient.
          (c) Recipient shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and guests to, comply with all lawful instructions and procedures of Provider and its agents and employees regarding the Aircraft, its operation or flight safety.
          (d) Recipient acknowledges that its discretion in determining the origin and destination of flights under this Agreement shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) such origin and destination, and the routes to reach such origin and destination, are not within or over (A) an area of hostilities, (B) an area excluded from coverage under the insurance policies maintained by Provider with respect to the Aircraft or (C) a country or jurisdiction for which exports or transactions are subject to specific restrictions under any United States export or other law or United Nations Security Council Directive, including without limitation, the Trading With the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701 et seq. and the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Sections 2401 et seq.; (ii) the flights proposed by Recipient shall not cause (A) the Aircraft or any part thereof (1) to be used predominately outside of the United States within the meaning of the Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (2) to fail to be operated to and from the United States within the meaning of Section 168(g)(4)(A) of the Code; or (B) any item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be treated as derived from, or allocable to,

-3-


 

sources without the United States within the meaning of Section 862 of the Code; (iii) the proposed flights do not require the flight crew to exceed any flight or duty time limitations that Provider imposes upon its flight crews; and (iv) in the judgment of Provider, the safety of flight is not jeopardized.
          (e) Recipient acknowledges that, if, in the view of Provider (including, its pilot-in-command), flight safety may be jeopardized, Provider may terminate a flight or refuse to commence it without liability for loss, injury or damage occasioned by such termination or refusal. Recipient further acknowledges that, in accordance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (“FAR”), the qualified flight crew provided by Provider will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder and Recipient specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight, or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot-in-command is necessitated by considerations of safety. No such action of the pilot-in-command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Recipient or any other person. Recipient acknowledges and agrees that Provider shall not be liable under any circumstances for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement or for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising from or related to, directly or indirectly, any delay, cancellation or failure to furnish any transportation pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, when caused by government regulation, law or authority, mechanical difficulty or breakdown, war, civil commotion, strikes or other labor disputes, weather conditions, acts of God, public enemies or any other cause beyond Provider’s control.
          (f) Recipient acknowledges that (i) the Aircraft is owned by Provider and (ii) the rights of Recipient in and to the Aircraft are subject and subordinate to all rights of Provider in and to the Aircraft, including without limitation the right of Provider to inspect and take possession of the Aircraft from time to time in accordance applicable law.
     Accordingly, Recipient (i) waives any right that it might have to any notice of Provider’s intention to inspect, take possession or exercise any other right or remedy in respect of the Aircraft.
          (g) THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE PROVIDER TO THE RECIPIENT HEREUNDER ON A COMPLETELY “AS IS, WHERE IS,” BASIS, WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY THE RECIPIENT. THE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND PROVIDER HAS NOT MADE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR DEEMED TO HAVE MADE (WHETHER BY VIRTUE OF HAVING PROVIDED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT, OR HAVING DONE OR FAILED TO DO ANY ACT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED OR FAILED TO ACQUIRE ANY STATUS UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE) ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO ANY PART THEREOF, AND SPECIFICALLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THIS RESPECT PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE TITLE, AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN,

-4-


 

MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF LATENT AND OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, HEREUNDER OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE), WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF. RECIPIENT HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, DISCLAIMS AND RENOUNCES ALL EXPECTATION OF OR RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH AND OTHER WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF PROVIDER AND RIGHTS, CLAIMS AND REMEDIES OF RECIPIENT AGAINST PROVIDER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (I) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, (II) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, (III) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF PROVIDER, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, AND (IV) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT, OR FOR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
     7.  Pilots . For all flights of the Aircraft by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement, Provider shall cause the Aircraft to be operated by pilots who are duly qualified under the Federal Aviation Regulations, including without limitation, with respect to currency and type-rating, and who meet all other requirements established and specified by the insurance policies required hereunder.
     8.  Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities of Provider . Provider shall be in operational control of the Aircraft at all times during the Term and shall operate the Aircraft under FAR Part 91. Provider shall be solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Aircraft.
     9.  Liens . Recipient shall not directly or indirectly create or incur any liens on or with respect to (i) the Aircraft or any part thereof, (ii) Provider’s title thereto, (iii) any interest of Provider therein, (and Recipient will promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to discharge any such lien), except (a) the respective rights of Provider and Recipient as herein provided and (b) liens created by or caused to be created by Provider.
     10.  Taxes .
          (a) Except for any taxes on, or measured by, the net income of Provider imposed by the United States government or any state or local government or taxing authority in

-5-


 

the United States, which shall be the sole responsibility of Provider, Recipient shall pay to and indemnify Provider and its employees and agents (each, an “Indemnity”) for, and hold each Indemnity harmless from and against, on an after-tax basis, all other income, personal property, ad valorem, franchise, gross receipts, rental, sales, use, excise, value-added, leasing, leasing use, stamp, landing, airport use, or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees or withholdings of any nature, together with any penalties, fines, or interest thereon (“Taxes”) arising out of the transactions between Provider and Recipient contemplated by this Agreement or Recipient’s use of the Aircraft and imposed against any Indemnity, Recipient, or the Aircraft, or any part thereof, by any federal or foreign government, any state, municipal or local subdivision, any agency or instrumentality thereof, or other taxing authority upon or with respect to the Aircraft, or any part thereof, or upon the ownership, delivery, leasing, possession, use, operation, return, transfer or release thereof, or upon the rentals, receipts or earnings arising there from. Recipient shall have the right to contest any Taxes attributable to Recipient; provided that (a) Recipient shall have given to Provider written notice of any such Taxes, which notice shall state that such Taxes are being contested by Recipient in good faith with due diligence and by appropriate proceedings and that Recipient has agreed to indemnify each Indemnity against any cost, expense, liability or loss (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees) arising from or in connection with such contest; (b) in Provider’s sole judgment, Provider has received adequate assurances of payment of such contested Taxes; and (c) counsel for Provider shall have determined that the nonpayment of any such Taxes or the contest of any such payment in such proceedings does not, in the sole opinion of such counsel, adversely affect the title, property or rights of Provider. In case any report or return is required to be made with respect to any Taxes attributable to Recipient’s use of the Aircraft, Recipient will either (after notice to Provider) make such report or return in such manner as will show the ownership of the Aircraft in Provider and send a copy of such report or return to Provider, or will notify Provider of such requirement and make such report or return in such manner as shall be satisfactory to Provider. Provider agrees to cooperate fully with Recipient in the preparation of any such report or return.
          (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Recipient shall pay to Provider any federal excise taxes applicable to Recipient’s use, or Recipient’s payment for Recipient’s use, of the Aircraft.
     11.  Insurance . Provider shall maintain in effect at its own expense throughout the Term, insurance policies containing such provisions and providing such coverages as Provider deems appropriate. All insurance policies shall (a) name Recipient as an additional insured, (b) not be subject to any offset by any other insurance carried by Provider or Recipient, (c) contain a waiver by the insurer of any subrogation rights against any of Recipient, (d) insure the interest of Recipient, regardless of any breach or violation by the Provider or of any other person (other than is solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Recipient) of any warranty, declaration or condition contained in such policies, and (e) include a severability of interests endorsement providing that such policy shall operate in the same manner (except for the limits of coverage) as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.
     12.  Loss or Damage
          (a) Recipient shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Provider and its officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, managers and employees from and against

-6-


 

any and all liabilities, claims (including, without limitation, claims involving or alleging Provider’s negligence and claims involving strict or absolute liability in tort), demands, suits, causes of action, losses, penalties, fines, expenses (including, without limitation, attorney fees) or damages (collectively, “Claims”), whether or not Provider may also be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other person, to the extent relating to or arising out of Recipient’s breach of this Agreement or any damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) to any of the Aircraft caused by Recipient, its employees or guests, including any Event of Default of this Agreement or the Cape Town Convention or Aircraft Protocol provisions to the extent applicable to this Agreement.
          (b) In the event of loss, theft, confiscation, damage to or destruction of any of the Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or any engine or part thereof, from any cause whatsoever (a “Casualty Occurrence”) occurring at any time when Recipient is using any such Aircraft, Recipient shall furnish such information and execute such documents as may be necessary or required by Provider or applicable law. Recipient shall cooperate fully in any investigation of any claim or loss processed by Provider under the Aircraft insurance policy/policies and in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay any such claims.
          (c) In the event of total loss or destruction of all or substantially all of any Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or damage to any such Aircraft that causes it to be irreparable in the opinion of Provider or any insurance carrier providing hull coverage with respect to such Aircraft, or in the event of confiscation or seizure of any such Aircraft, this Agreement shall automatically terminate; provided, however, that such termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the obligation of Recipient to cooperate with Provider in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay claims arising from such loss, destruction, damage, confiscation or seizure; provided, further, that the termination of this Agreement shall not affect the obligation of Recipient to pay Provider all accrued and unpaid Fee and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.
          (d) For the sake of clarification, if an Aircraft suffers a Casualty Occurrence, it shall be deemed not available to Recipient until such time thereafter as Provider has returned the Aircraft to service. Provider shall have no obligation to return an Aircraft to service after any Casualty Occurrence.
     13.  Cape Town Treaty Compliance .
          (a) For purposes of the Agreement: (i) “Aircraft Objects” means each airframe, aircraft engine and helicopter as defined in Section 2 of Article I of the Aircraft Protocol, including the Aircraft referred to in this Agreement, including its “associated rights”; (ii) “Cape Town Treaty” means collectively the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (“Cape Town Convention”) and the Protocol to the Convention Specific to Aircraft Equipment (“Aircraft Protocol”); (iii) “International Interest” means an interest held by a Provider to which Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention applies, including an interest in the Aircraft Object; (iv) “International Registry” means the international registration facilities established for the purposes of the Cape Town Convention or the Aircraft Protocol in Dublin, Ireland.

-7-


 

          (b) Recipient represents, warrants, and covenants: (i) Recipient has complied or will comply on Provider’s request with the formalities to provide for an International Interest in the Aircraft under Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention and Article V of the Aircraft Protocol; (ii) this Agreement provides for an International Interest in the airframe and engines comprising parts of the Aircraft; (iii) Recipient has not, and will not, register or consent to the registration of any prospective International Interest (as defined in the Cape Town Convention) or International Interest on the International Registry in respect of the Aircraft Object covered by this Agreement except this Agreement as provided above, and it will not cause or permit such other registration, or consent to registration, to occur without the prior written consent of Provider; (iv) Recipient will not cause or permit any registration with respect to this Agreement to be discharged, terminated or modified in any respect except by written agreement with Provider; (v) this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms; (vi) Recipient has the power and authority to make or cause to be made all registrations at the International Registry, including, without limitation, all related filings; and (vii) the description of the Aircraft Object, including each engine, covered by this Agreement is true, accurate, and complete for all purposes, including complying with the description required for effective registration of an International Interest of such Aircraft Object at the International Registry and at the Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry, and such description accurately and completely includes (a) the name of the manufacturer, (b) the manufacturers’ serial number(s), and (c) its generic model designation, supplemented as may be necessary to ensure uniqueness in accordance with the International Registry regulations and operational manual of the Aircraft Protocol.
          (c) The terms of the Agreement (and not the Cape Town Treaty to the extent permitted thereby) shall govern the rights and remedies of Provider upon a material breach or default hereunder by Recipient.
          (d) Provider and Recipient agree to take such further and other actions, execute and deliver such other documents and pay such reasonable expenses, including registration fees, as Provider shall request to meet the requirements of, and to protect and perfect the interests of Provider under, the Cape Town Treaty and make any registration arising hereunder at the International Registry;
          (e) Recipient shall pay all costs arising under the Cape Town Treaty, including all registration fees for the International Registry, on demand of Provider.
     14.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Recipient . Recipient represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a)  Authorization . Recipient has all necessary powers to enter into the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all actions required to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b)  Identification . Recipient shall keep a legible copy of this Agreement in the Aircraft at all times when Recipient is using the Aircraft.

-8-


 

     15.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Provider . Provider represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a)  Authorization . Provider has all necessary powers to enter into the transaction contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all action necessary to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b)  FAA Registration . The Aircraft registration with the FAA names Provider as the owner of the Aircraft.
     16.  Event of Default . The following shall constitute an Event of Default:
          (a) Recipient shall not have made payment of any amount due under section 4 within ten (10) days after the same shall become due; or
          (b) Recipient shall have failed to perform or observe (or cause to be performed or observed) any other covenant or agreement required to be performed under this Agreement and such failure shall continue for twenty (20) days after written notice thereof from Provider to Recipient; or
          (c) Recipient (i) becomes insolvent, (ii) fails to pay its debts when due, (iii) makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) seeks relief under any bankruptcy law or similar law for the protection of debtors, (v) suffers a petition of bankruptcy filed against it that is not dismissed within thirty (30) days, or (vi) suffers a receiver or trustee to be appointed for itself or any of its assets, and such is not removed within thirty (30) days.
     17.  Provider’s Remedies
          (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Provider may, at its option, exercise any or all remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, any or all of the following remedies, as Provider in its sole discretion shall elect:
               (i) By notice in writing, terminate this Agreement, whereupon all rights of Recipient to the use of the Aircraft or any part thereof shall absolutely cease and terminate, but Recipient shall remain liable as provided in this Agreement and Provider, at its option, may enter upon the premises where the Aircraft is located and take immediate possession of and remove the same by summary proceedings or otherwise. Recipient specifically authorizes Provider’s entry upon any premises where the Aircraft may be located for the purpose of, and waives any cause of action it may have arising from, a peaceful retaking of the Aircraft. Recipient shall forthwith pay to Provider an amount equal to the total accrued and unpaid Fees and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder, plus any and all losses and damages incurred or sustained by Provider by reason of any default by Recipient under this Agreement.
          (b) Recipient shall be liable for all costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements, incurred by Provider by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or the exercise of Provider’s remedies with respect thereto.
     18.  General Provisions

-9-


 

          (a)  Headings . The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
          (b)  Partial Invalidity . If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, then such provision shall be enforced to the extent that it is not illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, and the remainder of this Agreement, as well as such provision as applied to other persons, shall remain in full force and effect.
          (c)  Waiver . With regard to any power, remedy or right provided in this Agreement or otherwise available to any party, (i) no waiver or extension of time shall be effective unless expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party, (ii) no alteration, modification or impairment shall be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise or other indulgence, and (iii) waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder does not constitute waiver of the act or condition itself.
          (d)  Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given upon actual receipt, if delivered personally or by telecopy; or three (3) days following deposit in the United States mail, if deposited with postage pre-paid, return receipt requested, and addressed to such address as may be specified in writing by the relevant party from time to time, and which shall initially be as follows:
     
To Provider at:
  Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
 
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
 
  Attn: General Counsel
 
  Fax: (702) 733-5088
 
  Tel.: (702) 733-5631
 
   
To Recipient at:
  Interface Operations, LLC
 
  300 First Avenue
 
  Needham, Massachusetts 02494
 
  Attn: Stephen J. O’Connor
 
  Fax: (781) 449-6616
 
  Tel. (781) 449-6500
No objection may be made to the manner of delivery of any notice or other communication in writing actually received by a party.
          (e)  Massachusetts Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, regardless of the choice of law provisions of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction.

-10-


 

          (f)  Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, of or between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, promises or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein.
          (g)  Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by all of the parties.
          (h)  Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties to it and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that Recipient may not assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and of no effect.
          (i)  Attorney Fees . Should any action (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) be commenced between any of the parties to this Agreement or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights of any person or entity there under, solely as between the parties or their successors, the party or parties prevailing in such action as determined by the court shall be entitled to recover from the other party all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action (including, without limitation, fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys and costs of investigation).
          (j)  Remedies Not Exclusive . No remedy conferred by any of the specific provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right to pursue other remedies.
          (k)  No Third Party Rights . Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this Agreement.
          (l)  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which independently shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
          (m)  Expenses . Each party shall bear all of its own expenses in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.
          (n)  Broker/Finder Fees . Each party represents that it has dealt with no broker or finder in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and that no broker or other person is entitled to any commission or finder’s fee in connection therewith. Provider and Recipient each agree to indemnify and hold harmless one another against any loss, liability,

-11-


 

damage, cost, claim or expense incurred by reason of any brokerage commission or finder’s fee alleged to be payable because of any act, omission or statement of the indemnifying party.
          (o)  Relationship of the Parties . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way create any association, partnership, joint venture, or principal-and-agent relationship between the parties hereto or be construed to evidence the intention of the parties to constitute such.
          (p)  Limitation of Damages . Recipient waives any and all claims, rights and remedies against Provider, whether express or implied, or arising by operation of law or in equity, for any punitive, exemplary, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of this Agreement.
          (q)  Survival . All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, set forth in sections 4, 5, 6(a), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, and 18 of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
     19.  Truth-In-Leasing
          (a) WITHIN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FAR 91.409.
          (b) THE PARTIES HERETO CERTIFY THAT DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR OPERATIONS CONDUCTED HEREUNDER, THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FAR 91.409.
          (c) PROVIDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WHEN IT OPERATES THE AIRCRAFT ON BEHALF OF RECIPIENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDER SHALL BE KNOWN AS, CONSIDERED, AND IN FACT WILL BE THE OPERATOR OF SUCH AIRCRAFT. EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT IT UNDERSTANDS THE EXTENT OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, SET FORTH HEREIN, FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.
          (d) AN EXPLANATION OF FACTORS BEARING ON OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND PERTINENT FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM

-12-


 

          (e) THE NEAREST FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE.
          (f) THE PARTIES HERETO CERTIFY THAT A TRUE COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CARRIED ON THE AIRCRAFT AT ALL TIMES, AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST BY AN APPROPRIATELY CONSTITUTED IDENTIFIED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FAA.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above and effective as of the Effective Date.
                 
PROVIDER:   RECIPIENT:    
 
               
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.   INTERFACE OPERATIONS, LLC    
 
               
By:
  /s/ Michael A. Leven   By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson    
 
  Print: Michael A. Leven       Print: Sheldon G. Adelson    
 
  Title: President & Chief Operating Officer       Title: Manager & President    
Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Interface Operations, LLC concerning the aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto

-13-


 

Schedule A
(1)   Gulfstream IV SP aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N688LS and manufacturer’s serial number 1280
 
(2)   Gulfstream IV SP aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N988LS and manufacturer’s serial number 1290
 
(3)   Gulfstream V aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N383LS and manufacturer’s serial number 544
 
(4)   Gulfstream IV SP aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N588LS and manufacturer’s serial number 1245

-14-

Exhibit 10.3
AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 91 Operations)
Dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009,
between
Interface Operations, LLC ,
as Provider,
and
Las Vegas Sands Corp. ,
as Recipient,
concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto
* * *
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH
“TRUTH IN LEASING” REQUIREMENTS UNDER FAR § 91.23
Within 24 hours after execution of this Agreement:
mail a copy of the executed document to the
following address via certified mail, return receipt requested:
Federal Aviation Administration
Aircraft Registration Branch
ATTN: Technical Section
P.O. Box 25724
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73125
At least 48 hours prior to the first flight to be conducted under this Agreement:
provide notice, using the FSDO Notification Letter in Exhibit A ,
of the departure airport and proposed time of departure of the
first flight, by facsimile, to the Flight Standards
District Office located nearest the departure airport.
Carry a copy of this Agreement in the aircraft at all times.

 


 

AIRCRAFT TIME SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 91 Operations)
     This Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Interface Operations, LLC, a Nevada company (“Provider”), and Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Recipient”) (together, “Parties”).
     In consideration of the mutual promises, agreements, covenants, warranties, representations and provisions contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
     1.  Time Sharing of the Aircraft . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Provider shall provide Recipient with transportation services on a non-exclusive basis using Provider’s aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto (each individual plane, an “Aircraft”). This Agreement is intended to be a time sharing agreement within the meaning of 14 C.F.R. Section 91.501(c)(1).
     2.  Term . The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on January 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Expiration Date (as it may be extended) shall be automatically extended by one year if neither party has given notice of non-renewal to the other at least thirty (30) days before the then Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section 2, either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) days’ notice, provided that such party is not then in default.
     3.  Delivery to Recipient . Upon the request of Recipient, subject to the availability of the Aircraft as determined by Provider, Provider shall make the Aircraft available to Recipient at such location as Recipient may reasonably request. Recipient acknowledges that Provider currently bases the Aircraft at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada (the “Base”).
     4.  Fee .
          (a) Recipient shall pay Provider, within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from Provider or its representative for Recipient’s use of the Aircraft during the Term, an amount not to exceed the costs identified in this paragraph (a) or such lesser amount as may be agreed in writing by the Parties (referred to collectively as the “Fee”):
               (i) twice the cost of the fuel, oil and other additives consumed;
               (ii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight;
               (iii) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials;
               (iv) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services;
               (v) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation; and

-2-


 

               (vi) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone.
          (b) Recipient shall be responsible for arranging and paying for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with Recipient’s use of the Aircraft.
          (c) For the sake of clarification, flights to ferry the Aircraft to the delivery location specified by Recipient pursuant to section 3, and flights to return the Aircraft to the Base or such other location as the parties agree pursuant to section 5, shall be deemed to be use of the Aircraft by Recipient.
     5.  Return to Base . On the earlier of the Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to section 17(a)(i) and, unless Provider agrees to the contrary, upon the conclusion of each flight of the Aircraft by Recipient under this Agreement, the Aircraft shall be returned to the Base or such other location as Provider and Recipient may agree.
     6.  Use of Aircraft .
          (a) Recipient shall use the Aircraft only for the transportation of its directors, officers, employees and guests and shall not obtain compensation for such transportation from any person.
          (b) Recipient shall not violate, and shall not permit any of its employees, agents or guests to violate, any applicable law, regulation or rule of the United States, or any state, territory or local authority thereof, or any foreign government or subdivision thereof, and shall not bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, or permit any employee, agent or guest to bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, any contraband or unlawful articles or substances, or anything that is contraband or is an unlawful article of substance in any jurisdiction into or over which the Aircraft is to operate on behalf of Recipient.
          (c) Recipient shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and guests to, comply with all lawful instructions and procedures of Provider and its agents and employees regarding the Aircraft, its operation or flight safety.
          (d) Recipient acknowledges that its discretion in determining the origin and destination of flights under this Agreement shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) such origin and destination, and the routes to reach such origin and destination, are not within or over (A) an area of hostilities, (B) an area excluded from coverage under the insurance policies maintained by Provider with respect to the Aircraft or (C) a country or jurisdiction for which exports or transactions are subject to specific restrictions under any United States export or other law or United Nations Security Council Directive, including without limitation, the Trading With the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701 et seq. and the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Sections 2401 et seq.; (ii) the flights proposed by Recipient shall not cause (A) the Aircraft or any part thereof (1) to be used predominately outside of the United States within the meaning of the Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (2) to fail to be operated to and from the United States within the meaning of Section 168(g)(4)(A) of the Code; or (B) any item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be treated as derived from, or allocable to,

-3-


 

sources without the United States within the meaning of Section 862 of the Code; (iii) the proposed flights do not require the flight crew to exceed any flight or duty time limitations that Provider imposes upon its flight crews; and (iv) in the judgment of Provider, the safety of flight is not jeopardized.
          (e) Recipient acknowledges that, if, in the view of Provider (including, its pilot-in-command), flight safety may be jeopardized, Provider may terminate a flight or refuse to commence it without liability for loss, injury or damage occasioned by such termination or refusal. Recipient further acknowledges that, in accordance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (“FAR”), the qualified flight crew provided by Provider will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder and Recipient specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight, or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot-in-command is necessitated by considerations of safety. No such action of the pilot-in-command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Recipient or any other person. Recipient acknowledges and agrees that Provider shall not be liable under any circumstances for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement or for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising from or related to, directly or indirectly, any delay, cancellation or failure to furnish any transportation pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, when caused by government regulation, law or authority, mechanical difficulty or breakdown, war, civil commotion, strikes or other labor disputes, weather conditions, acts of God, public enemies or any other cause beyond Provider’s control.
          (f) Recipient acknowledges that (i) the Aircraft is owned by Provider and (ii) the rights of Recipient in and to the Aircraft are subject and subordinate to all rights of Provider in and to the Aircraft, including without limitation the right of Provider to inspect and take possession of the Aircraft from time to time in accordance applicable law.
     Accordingly, Recipient (i) waives any right that it might have to any notice of Provider’s intention to inspect, take possession or exercise any other right or remedy in respect of the Aircraft.
          (g) THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE PROVIDER TO THE RECIPIENT HEREUNDER ON A COMPLETELY “AS IS, WHERE IS,” BASIS, WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY THE RECIPIENT. THE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND PROVIDER HAS NOT MADE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR DEEMED TO HAVE MADE (WHETHER BY VIRTUE OF HAVING PROVIDED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT, OR HAVING DONE OR FAILED TO DO ANY ACT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED OR FAILED TO ACQUIRE ANY STATUS UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE) ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO ANY PART THEREOF, AND SPECIFICALLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THIS RESPECT PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE TITLE, AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN,

-4-


 

MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF LATENT AND OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, HEREUNDER OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE), WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF. RECIPIENT HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, DISCLAIMS AND RENOUNCES ALL EXPECTATION OF OR RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH AND OTHER WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF PROVIDER AND RIGHTS, CLAIMS AND REMEDIES OF RECIPIENT AGAINST PROVIDER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (I) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, (II) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, (III) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF PROVIDER, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, AND (IV) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT, OR FOR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
     7.  Pilots . For all flights of the Aircraft by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement, Provider shall cause the Aircraft to be operated by pilots who are duly qualified under the Federal Aviation Regulations, including without limitation, with respect to currency and type-rating, and who meet all other requirements established and specified by the insurance policies required hereunder.
     8.  Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities of Provider . Provider shall be in operational control of the Aircraft at all times during the Term and shall operate the Aircraft under FAR Part 91. Provider shall be solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Aircraft.
     9.  Liens . Recipient shall not directly or indirectly create or incur any liens on or with respect to (i) the Aircraft or any part thereof, (ii) Provider’s title thereto, (iii) any interest of Provider therein, (and Recipient will promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to discharge any such lien), except (a) the respective rights of Provider and Recipient as herein provided and (b) liens created by or caused to be created by Provider.
     10.  Taxes .
          (a) Except for any taxes on, or measured by, the net income of Provider imposed by the United States government or any state or local government or taxing authority in

-5-


 

the United States, which shall be the sole responsibility of Provider, Recipient shall pay to and indemnify Provider and its employees and agents (each, an “Indemnity”) for, and hold each Indemnity harmless from and against, on an after-tax basis, all other income, personal property, ad valorem, franchise, gross receipts, rental, sales, use, excise, value-added, leasing, leasing use, stamp, landing, airport use, or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees or withholdings of any nature, together with any penalties, fines, or interest thereon (“Taxes”) arising out of the transactions between Provider and Recipient contemplated by this Agreement or Recipient’s use of the Aircraft and imposed against any Indemnity, Recipient, or the Aircraft, or any part thereof, by any federal or foreign government, any state, municipal or local subdivision, any agency or instrumentality thereof, or other taxing authority upon or with respect to the Aircraft, or any part thereof, or upon the ownership, delivery, leasing, possession, use, operation, return, transfer or release thereof, or upon the rentals, receipts or earnings arising there from. Recipient shall have the right to contest any Taxes attributable to Recipient; provided that (a) Recipient shall have given to Provider written notice of any such Taxes, which notice shall state that such Taxes are being contested by Recipient in good faith with due diligence and by appropriate proceedings and that Recipient has agreed to indemnify each Indemnity against any cost, expense, liability or loss (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees) arising from or in connection with such contest; (b) in Provider’s sole judgment, Provider has received adequate assurances of payment of such contested Taxes; and (c) counsel for Provider shall have determined that the nonpayment of any such Taxes or the contest of any such payment in such proceedings does not, in the sole opinion of such counsel, adversely affect the title, property or rights of Provider. In case any report or return is required to be made with respect to any Taxes attributable to Recipient’s use of the Aircraft, Recipient will either (after notice to Provider) make such report or return in such manner as will show the ownership of the Aircraft in Provider and send a copy of such report or return to Provider, or will notify Provider of such requirement and make such report or return in such manner as shall be satisfactory to Provider. Provider agrees to cooperate fully with Recipient in the preparation of any such report or return.
          (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Recipient shall pay to Provider any federal excise taxes applicable to Recipient’s use, or Recipient’s payment for Recipient’s use, of the Aircraft.
     11.  Insurance . Provider shall maintain in effect at its own expense throughout the Term, insurance policies containing such provisions and providing such coverages as Provider deems appropriate. All insurance policies shall (a) name Recipient as an additional insured, (b) not be subject to any offset by any other insurance carried by Provider or Recipient, (c) contain a waiver by the insurer of any subrogation rights against any of Recipient, (d) insure the interest of Recipient, regardless of any breach or violation by the Provider or of any other person (other than is solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Recipient) of any warranty, declaration or condition contained in such policies, and (e) include a severability of interests endorsement providing that such policy shall operate in the same manner (except for the limits of coverage) as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.
     12.  Loss or Damage
          (a) Recipient shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Provider and its officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, managers and employees from and against

-6-


 

any and all liabilities, claims (including, without limitation, claims involving or alleging Provider’s negligence and claims involving strict or absolute liability in tort), demands, suits, causes of action, losses, penalties, fines, expenses (including, without limitation, attorney fees) or damages (collectively, “Claims”), whether or not Provider may also be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other person, to the extent relating to or arising out of Recipient’s breach of this Agreement or any damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) to any of the Aircraft caused by Recipient, its employees or guests, including any Event of Default of this Agreement or the Cape Town Convention or Aircraft Protocol provisions to the extent applicable to this Agreement.
          (b) In the event of loss, theft, confiscation, damage to or destruction of any of the Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or any engine or part thereof, from any cause whatsoever (a “Casualty Occurrence”) occurring at any time when Recipient is using any such Aircraft, Recipient shall furnish such information and execute such documents as may be necessary or required by Provider or applicable law. Recipient shall cooperate fully in any investigation of any claim or loss processed by Provider under the Aircraft insurance policy/policies and in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay any such claims.
          (c) In the event of total loss or destruction of all or substantially all of any Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or damage to such Aircraft that causes it to be irreparable in the opinion of Provider or any insurance carrier providing hull coverage with respect to such Aircraft, or in the event of confiscation or seizure of any such Aircraft, this Agreement shall automatically terminate; provided, however, that such termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the obligation of Recipient to cooperate with Provider in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay claims arising from such loss, destruction, damage, confiscation or seizure; provided, further, that the termination of this Agreement shall not affect the obligation of Recipient to pay Provider all accrued and unpaid Fee and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.
          (d) For the sake of clarification, if an Aircraft suffers a Casualty Occurrence, it shall be deemed not available to Recipient until such time thereafter as Provider has returned the Aircraft to service. Provider shall have no obligation to return an Aircraft to service after any Casualty Occurrence.
     13.  Cape Town Treaty Compliance .
          (a) For purposes of the Agreement: (i) “Aircraft Objects” means each airframe, aircraft engine and helicopter as defined in Section 2 of Article I of the Aircraft Protocol, including the Aircraft referred to in this Agreement, including its “associated rights”; (ii) “Cape Town Treaty” means collectively the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (“Cape Town Convention”) and the Protocol to the Convention Specific to Aircraft Equipment (“Aircraft Protocol”); (iii) “International Interest” means an interest held by a Provider to which Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention applies, including an interest in the Aircraft Object; (iv) “International Registry” means the international registration facilities established for the purposes of the Cape Town Convention or the Aircraft Protocol in Dublin, Ireland.

-7-


 

          (b) Recipient represents, warrants, and covenants: (i) Recipient has complied or will comply on Provider’s request with the formalities to provide for an International Interest in the Aircraft under Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention and Article V of the Aircraft Protocol; (ii) this Agreement provides for an International Interest in the airframe and engines comprising parts of the Aircraft; (iii) Recipient has not, and will not, register or consent to the registration of any prospective International Interest (as defined in the Cape Town Convention) or International Interest on the International Registry in respect of the Aircraft Object covered by this Agreement except this Agreement as provided above, and it will not cause or permit such other registration, or consent to registration, to occur without the prior written consent of Provider; (iv) Recipient will not cause or permit any registration with respect to this Agreement to be discharged, terminated or modified in any respect except by written agreement with Provider; (v) this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms; (vi) Recipient has the power and authority to make or cause to be made all registrations at the International Registry, including, without limitation, all related filings; and (vii) the description of the Aircraft Object, including each engine, covered by this Agreement is true, accurate, and complete for all purposes, including complying with the description required for effective registration of an International Interest of such Aircraft Object at the International Registry and at the Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry, and such description accurately and completely includes (a) the name of the manufacturer, (b) the manufacturers’ serial number(s), and (c) its generic model designation, supplemented as may be necessary to ensure uniqueness in accordance with the International Registry regulations and operational manual of the Aircraft Protocol.
          (c) The terms of the Agreement (and not the Cape Town Treaty to the extent permitted thereby) shall govern the rights and remedies of Provider upon a material breach or default hereunder by Recipient.
          (d) Provider and Recipient agree to take such further and other actions, execute and deliver such other documents and pay such reasonable expenses, including registration fees, as Provider shall request to meet the requirements of, and to protect and perfect the interests of Provider under, the Cape Town Treaty and make any registration arising hereunder at the International Registry;
          (e) Recipient shall pay all costs arising under the Cape Town Treaty, including all registration fees for the International Registry, on demand of Provider.
     14.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Recipient . Recipient represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a) Authorization . Recipient has all necessary powers to enter into the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all actions required to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b) Identification . Recipient shall keep a legible copy of this Agreement in the Aircraft at all times when Recipient is using the Aircraft.

-8-


 

     15.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Provider . Provider represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a) Authorization . Provider has all necessary powers to enter into the transaction contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all action necessary to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b) FAA Registration . The Aircraft registration with the FAA names Provider as the owner of the Aircraft.
     16.  Event of Default . The following shall constitute an Event of Default:
          (a) Recipient shall not have made payment of any amount due under section 4 within ten (10) days after the same shall become due; or
          (b) Recipient shall have failed to perform or observe (or cause to be performed or observed) any other covenant or agreement required to be performed under this Agreement and such failure shall continue for twenty (20) days after written notice thereof from Provider to Recipient; or
          (c) Recipient (i) becomes insolvent, (ii) fails to pay its debts when due, (iii) makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) seeks relief under any bankruptcy law or similar law for the protection of debtors, (v) suffers a petition of bankruptcy filed against it that is not dismissed within thirty (30) days, or (vi) suffers a receiver or trustee to be appointed for itself or any of its assets, and such is not removed within thirty (30) days.
     17.  Provider’s Remedies
          (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Provider may, at its option, exercise any or all remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, any or all of the following remedies, as Provider in its sole discretion shall elect:
               (i) By notice in writing, terminate this Agreement, whereupon all rights of Recipient to the use of the Aircraft or any part thereof shall absolutely cease and terminate, but Recipient shall remain liable as provided in this Agreement and Provider, at its option, may enter upon the premises where the Aircraft is located and take immediate possession of and remove the same by summary proceedings or otherwise. Recipient specifically authorizes Provider’s entry upon any premises where the Aircraft may be located for the purpose of, and waives any cause of action it may have arising from, a peaceful retaking of the Aircraft. Recipient shall forthwith pay to Provider an amount equal to the total accrued and unpaid Fees and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder, plus any and all losses and damages incurred or sustained by Provider by reason of any default by Recipient under this Agreement.
          (b) Recipient shall be liable for all costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements, incurred by Provider by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or the exercise of Provider’s remedies with respect thereto.
     18.  General Provisions

-9-


 

          (a) Headings . The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
          (b) Partial Invalidity . If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, then such provision shall be enforced to the extent that it is not illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, and the remainder of this Agreement, as well as such provision as applied to other persons, shall remain in full force and effect.
          (c) Waiver . With regard to any power, remedy or right provided in this Agreement or otherwise available to any party, (i) no waiver or extension of time shall be effective unless expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party, (ii) no alteration, modification or impairment shall be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise or other indulgence, and (iii) waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder does not constitute waiver of the act or condition itself.
          (d) Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given upon actual receipt, if delivered personally or by telecopy; or three (3) days following deposit in the United States mail, if deposited with postage pre-paid, return receipt requested, and addressed to such address as may be specified in writing by the relevant party from time to time, and which shall initially be as follows:
     
To Provider at:
  Interface Operations, LLC
 
  300 First Avenue
 
  Needham, Massachusetts 02494
 
  Attn: Stephen J. O’Connor
 
  Fax:     (781) 449-6616
 
  Tel.     (781) 449-6500
 
   
To Recipient at:
  Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
 
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
 
  Attn: General Counsel
 
  Fax:     (702) 733-5088
 
  Tel.:     (702) 733-5631
No objection may be made to the manner of delivery of any notice or other communication in writing actually received by a party.
          (e) Massachusetts Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, regardless of the choice of law provisions of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction.

-10-


 

          (f) Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, of or between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, promises or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein.
          (g) Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by all of the parties.
          (h) Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties to it and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that Recipient may not assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and of no effect.
          (i) Attorney Fees . Should any action (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) be commenced between any of the parties to this Agreement or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights of any person or entity there under, solely as between the parties or their successors, the party or parties prevailing in such action as determined by the court shall be entitled to recover from the other party all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action (including, without limitation, fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys and costs of investigation).
          (j) Remedies Not Exclusive . No remedy conferred by any of the specific provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right to pursue other remedies.
          (k) No Third Party Rights . Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this Agreement.
          (l) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which independently shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
          (m) Expenses . Each party shall bear all of its own expenses in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.
          (n) Broker/Finder Fees . Each party represents that it has dealt with no broker or finder in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and that no broker or other person is entitled to any commission or finder’s fee in connection therewith. Provider and Recipient each agree to indemnify and hold harmless one another against any loss, liability,

-11-


 

damage, cost, claim or expense incurred by reason of any brokerage commission or finder’s fee alleged to be payable because of any act, omission or statement of the indemnifying party.
          (o) Relationship of the Parties . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way create any association, partnership, joint venture, or principal-and-agent relationship between the parties hereto or be construed to evidence the intention of the parties to constitute such.
          (p) Limitation of Damages . Recipient waives any and all claims, rights and remedies against Provider, whether express or implied, or arising by operation of law or in equity, for any punitive, exemplary, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of this Agreement.
          (q) Survival . All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, set forth in sections 4, 5, 6(a), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, and 18 of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
     19.  Truth-In-Leasing
          (a) WITHIN THE TWELVE (12) MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN INSPECTED AND MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FAR 91.409.
          (b) THE PARTIES HERETO CERTIFY THAT DURING THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR OPERATIONS CONDUCTED HEREUNDER, THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MAINTAINED AND INSPECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FAR 91.409.
          (c) PROVIDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT WHEN IT OPERATES THE AIRCRAFT ON BEHALF OF RECIPIENT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDER SHALL BE KNOWN AS, CONSIDERED, AND IN FACT WILL BE THE OPERATOR OF SUCH AIRCRAFT. EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES THAT IT UNDERSTANDS THE EXTENT OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES, SET FORTH HEREIN, FOR COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.
          (d) AN EXPLANATION OF FACTORS BEARING ON OPERATIONAL CONTROL AND PERTINENT FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM

-12-


 

THE NEAREST FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE.
          (e) THE PARTIES HERETO CERTIFY THAT A TRUE COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CARRIED ON THE AIRCRAFT AT ALL TIMES, AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST BY AN APPROPRIATELY CONSTITUTED IDENTIFIED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FAA.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set above and effective as of the Effective Date.
                             
PROVIDER:       RECIPIENT:    
 
                           
INTERFACE OPERATIONS, LLC       LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.    
 
                           
By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson       By:   /s/ Michael A. Leven    
                     
 
  Print:   Sheldon G. Adelson           Print:   Michael A. Leven    
 
  Title:   Manager & President           Title:   President & Chief Operating Officer    
Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement between Interface Operations, LLC and Las Vegas Sands Corp. concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto

-13-


 

Schedule A
(1)   Gulfstream III 1159A aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N623MS and manufacturer’s serial number 351
 
(2)   Boeing B737-BBJ aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N108MS and manufacturer’s serial number 33102
 
(3)   Gulfstream IV SP aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N972MS and manufacturer’s serial number 1285

-14-

Exhibit 10.4
AIRCRAFT COST SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 125 Operations)
Dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009,
between
Las Vegas Sands Corp. ,
as Provider,
and
Interface Operations, LLC ,
as Recipient,
concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto
* * *

 


 

AIRCRAFT COST SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 125 Operations)
     This Aircraft Cost Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Provider”), and Interface Operations, LLC, a Nevada company (“Recipient”) (together, “Parties”).
     In consideration of the mutual promises, agreements, covenants, warranties, representations and provisions contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
     1.  Sharing of the Aircraft . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Provider shall provide Recipient with transportation services on a non-exclusive basis using Provider’s aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto (each individual plane, an “Aircraft”).
     2.  Term . The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on January 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Expiration Date (as it may be extended) shall be automatically extended by one year if neither party has given notice of non-renewal to the other at least thirty (30) days before the then Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section 2, either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) days’ notice, provided that such party is not then in default.
     3.  Delivery to Recipient . Upon the request of Recipient, subject to the availability of the Aircraft as determined by Provider, Provider shall make the Aircraft available to Recipient at such location as Recipient may reasonably request. Recipient acknowledges that Provider currently bases the Aircraft at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada (the “Base”).
     4.  Fee .
          (a) Recipient shall pay Provider, within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from Provider or its representative for Recipient’s use of the Aircraft during the Term, an amount not to exceed the costs identified in this paragraph (a) or such lesser amount as may be agreed in writing by the Parties (referred to collectively as the “Fee”):
               (i) twice the cost of the fuel, oil and other additives consumed;
               (ii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight;
               (iii) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials;
               (iv) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services;
               (v) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation; and
               (vi) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone.

-2-


 

          (b) Recipient shall be responsible for arranging and paying for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with Recipient’s use of the Aircraft.
          (c) For the sake of clarification, flights to ferry the Aircraft to the delivery location specified by Recipient pursuant to section 3, and flights to return the Aircraft to the Base or such other location as the parties agree pursuant to section 5, shall be deemed to be use of the Aircraft by Recipient.
     5.  Return to Base . On the earlier of the Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to section 17(a)(i) and, unless Provider agrees to the contrary, upon the conclusion of each flight of the Aircraft by Recipient under this Agreement, the Aircraft shall be returned to the Base or such other location as Provider and Recipient may agree.
     6.  Use of Aircraft .
          (a) Recipient shall use the Aircraft only for the transportation of its directors, officers, employees and guests and shall not obtain compensation for such transportation from any person.
          (b) Recipient shall not violate, and shall not permit any of its employees, agents or guests to violate, any applicable law, regulation or rule of the United States, or any state, territory or local authority thereof, or any foreign government or subdivision thereof, and shall not bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, or permit any employee, agent or guest to bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, any contraband or unlawful articles or substances, or anything that is contraband or is an unlawful article of substance in any jurisdiction into or over which the Aircraft is to operate on behalf of Recipient.
          (c) Recipient shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and guests to, comply with all lawful instructions and procedures of Provider and its agents and employees regarding the Aircraft, its operation or flight safety.
          (d) Recipient acknowledges that its discretion in determining the origin and destination of flights under this Agreement shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) such origin and destination, and the routes to reach such origin and destination, are not within or over (A) an area of hostilities, (B) an area excluded from coverage under the insurance policies maintained by Provider with respect to the Aircraft or (C) a country or jurisdiction for which exports or transactions are subject to specific restrictions under any United States export or other law or United Nations Security Council Directive, including without limitation, the Trading With the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701 et seq. and the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Sections 2401 et seq.; (ii) the flights proposed by Recipient shall not cause (A) the Aircraft or any part thereof (1) to be used predominately outside of the United States within the meaning of the Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (2) to fail to be operated to and from the United States within the meaning of Section 168(g)(4)(A) of the Code; or (B) any item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be treated as derived from, or allocable to, sources without the United States within the meaning of Section 862 of the Code; (iii) the

-3-


 

proposed flights do not require the flight crew to exceed any flight or duty time limitations that Provider imposes upon its flight crews; and (iv) in the judgment of Provider, the safety of flight is not jeopardized.
          (e) Recipient acknowledges that, if, in the view of Provider (including, its pilot-in-command), flight safety may be jeopardized, Provider may terminate a flight or refuse to commence it without liability for loss, injury or damage occasioned by such termination or refusal. Recipient further acknowledges that, in accordance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (“FAR”), the qualified flight crew provided by Provider will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder and Recipient specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight, or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot-in-command is necessitated by considerations of safety. No such action of the pilot-in-command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Recipient or any other person. Recipient acknowledges and agrees that Provider shall not be liable under any circumstances for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement or for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising from or related to, directly or indirectly, any delay, cancellation or failure to furnish any transportation pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, when caused by government regulation, law or authority, mechanical difficulty or breakdown, war, civil commotion, strikes or other labor disputes, weather conditions, acts of God, public enemies or any other cause beyond Provider’s control.
          (f) Recipient acknowledges that (i) the Aircraft is owned by Provider and (ii) the rights of Recipient in and to the Aircraft are subject and subordinate to all rights of Provider in and to the Aircraft, including without limitation the right of Provider to inspect and take possession of the Aircraft from time to time in accordance applicable law.
     Accordingly, Recipient (i) waives any right that it might have to any notice of Provider’s intention to inspect, take possession or exercise any other right or remedy in respect of the Aircraft.
          (g) THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE PROVIDER TO THE RECIPIENT HEREUNDER ON A COMPLETELY “AS IS, WHERE IS,” BASIS, WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY THE RECIPIENT. THE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND PROVIDER HAS NOT MADE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR DEEMED TO HAVE MADE (WHETHER BY VIRTUE OF HAVING PROVIDED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT, OR HAVING DONE OR FAILED TO DO ANY ACT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED OR FAILED TO ACQUIRE ANY STATUS UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE) ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO ANY PART THEREOF, AND SPECIFICALLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THIS RESPECT PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE TITLE, AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND

-4-


 

CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF LATENT AND OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, HEREUNDER OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE), WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF. RECIPIENT HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, DISCLAIMS AND RENOUNCES ALL EXPECTATION OF OR RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH AND OTHER WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF PROVIDER AND RIGHTS, CLAIMS AND REMEDIES OF RECIPIENT AGAINST PROVIDER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (I) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, (II) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, (III) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF PROVIDER, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, AND (IV) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT, OR FOR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
     7.  Pilots . For all flights of the Aircraft by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement, Provider shall cause the Aircraft to be operated by pilots who are duly qualified under the Federal Aviation Regulations, including without limitation, with respect to currency and type-rating, and who meet all other requirements established and specified by the insurance policies required hereunder.
     8.  Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities of Provider . Provider shall be in operational control of the Aircraft at all times during the Term and shall operate the Aircraft under FAR Part 125. Provider shall be solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Aircraft.
     9.  Liens . Recipient shall not directly or indirectly create or incur any liens on or with respect to (i) the Aircraft or any part thereof, (ii) Provider’s title thereto, (iii) any interest of Provider therein, (and Recipient will promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to discharge any such lien), except (a) the respective rights of Provider and Recipient as herein provided and (b) liens created by or caused to be created by Provider.
     10.  Taxes .
          (a) Except for any taxes on, or measured by, the net income of Provider imposed by the United States government or any state or local government or taxing authority in the United States, which shall be the sole responsibility of Provider, Recipient shall pay to and

-5-


 

indemnify Provider and its employees and agents (each, an “Indemnity”) for, and hold each Indemnity harmless from and against, on an after-tax basis, all other income, personal property, ad valorem, franchise, gross receipts, rental, sales, use, excise, value-added, leasing, leasing use, stamp, landing, airport use, or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees or withholdings of any nature, together with any penalties, fines, or interest thereon (“Taxes”) arising out of the transactions between Provider and Recipient contemplated by this Agreement or Recipient’s use of the Aircraft and imposed against any Indemnity, Recipient, or the Aircraft, or any part thereof, by any federal or foreign government, any state, municipal or local subdivision, any agency or instrumentality thereof, or other taxing authority upon or with respect to the Aircraft, or any part thereof, or upon the ownership, delivery, leasing, possession, use, operation, return, transfer or release thereof, or upon the rentals, receipts or earnings arising there from. Recipient shall have the right to contest any Taxes attributable to Recipient; provided that (a) Recipient shall have given to Provider written notice of any such Taxes, which notice shall state that such Taxes are being contested by Recipient in good faith with due diligence and by appropriate proceedings and that Recipient has agreed to indemnify each Indemnity against any cost, expense, liability or loss (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees) arising from or in connection with such contest; (b) in Provider’s sole judgment, Provider has received adequate assurances of payment of such contested Taxes; and (c) counsel for Provider shall have determined that the nonpayment of any such Taxes or the contest of any such payment in such proceedings does not, in the sole opinion of such counsel, adversely affect the title, property or rights of Provider. In case any report or return is required to be made with respect to any Taxes attributable to Recipient’s use of the Aircraft, Recipient will either (after notice to Provider) make such report or return in such manner as will show the ownership of the Aircraft in Provider and send a copy of such report or return to Provider, or will notify Provider of such requirement and make such report or return in such manner as shall be satisfactory to Provider. Provider agrees to cooperate fully with Recipient in the preparation of any such report or return.
          (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Recipient shall pay to Provider any federal excise taxes applicable to Recipient’s use, or Recipient’s payment for Recipient’s use, of the Aircraft.
     11.  Insurance . Provider shall maintain in effect at its own expense throughout the Term, insurance policies containing such provisions and providing such coverages as Provider deems appropriate. All insurance policies shall (a) name Recipient as an additional insured, (b) not be subject to any offset by any other insurance carried by Provider or Recipient, (c) contain a waiver by the insurer of any subrogation rights against any of Recipient, (d) insure the interest of Recipient, regardless of any breach or violation by the Provider or of any other person (other than is solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Recipient) of any warranty, declaration or condition contained in such policies, and (e) include a severability of interests endorsement providing that such policy shall operate in the same manner (except for the limits of coverage) as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.
     12.  Loss or Damage
          (a) Recipient shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Provider and its officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, managers and employees from and against any and all liabilities, claims (including, without limitation, claims involving or alleging

-6-


 

Provider’s negligence and claims involving strict or absolute liability in tort), demands, suits, causes of action, losses, penalties, fines, expenses (including, without limitation, attorney fees) or damages (collectively, “Claims”), whether or not Provider may also be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other person, to the extent relating to or arising out of Recipient’s breach of this Agreement or any damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) to any of the Aircraft caused by Recipient, its employees or guests, including any Event of Default of this Agreement or the Cape Town Convention or Aircraft Protocol provisions to the extent applicable to this Agreement.
          (b) In the event of loss, theft, confiscation, damage to or destruction of any of the Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or any engine or part thereof, from any cause whatsoever (a “Casualty Occurrence”) occurring at any time when Recipient is using any such Aircraft, Recipient shall furnish such information and execute such documents as may be necessary or required by Provider or applicable law. Recipient shall cooperate fully in any investigation of any claim or loss processed by Provider under the Aircraft insurance policy/policies and in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay any such claims.
          (c) In the event of total loss or destruction of all or substantially all of any Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or damage to any such Aircraft that causes it to be irreparable in the opinion of Provider or any insurance carrier providing hull coverage with respect to such Aircraft, or in the event of confiscation or seizure of any such Aircraft, this Agreement shall automatically terminate; provided, however, that such termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the obligation of Recipient to cooperate with Provider in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay claims arising from such loss, destruction, damage, confiscation or seizure; provided, further, that the termination of this Agreement shall not affect the obligation of Recipient to pay Provider all accrued and unpaid Fee and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.
          (d) For the sake of clarification, if an Aircraft suffers a Casualty Occurrence, it shall be deemed not available to Recipient until such time thereafter as Provider has returned the Aircraft to service. Provider shall have no obligation to return an Aircraft to service after any Casualty Occurrence.
     13.  Cape Town Treaty Compliance .
          (a) For purposes of the Agreement: (i) “Aircraft Objects” means each airframe, aircraft engine and helicopter as defined in Section 2 of Article I of the Aircraft Protocol, including the Aircraft referred to in this Agreement, including its “associated rights”; (ii) “Cape Town Treaty” means collectively the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (“Cape Town Convention”) and the Protocol to the Convention Specific to Aircraft Equipment (“Aircraft Protocol”); (iii) “International Interest” means an interest held by a Provider to which Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention applies, including an interest in the Aircraft Object; (iv) “International Registry” means the international registration facilities established for the purposes of the Cape Town Convention or the Aircraft Protocol in Dublin, Ireland.
          (b) Recipient represents, warrants, and covenants: (i) Recipient has complied or will comply on Provider’s request with the formalities to provide for an International Interest in

-7-


 

the Aircraft under Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention and Article V of the Aircraft Protocol; (ii) this Agreement provides for an International Interest in the airframe and engines comprising parts of the Aircraft; (iii) Recipient has not, and will not, register or consent to the registration of any prospective International Interest (as defined in the Cape Town Convention) or International Interest on the International Registry in respect of the Aircraft Object covered by this Agreement except this Agreement as provided above, and it will not cause or permit such other registration, or consent to registration, to occur without the prior written consent of Provider; (iv) Recipient will not cause or permit any registration with respect to this Agreement to be discharged, terminated or modified in any respect except by written agreement with Provider; (v) this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms; (vi) Recipient has the power and authority to make or cause to be made all registrations at the International Registry, including, without limitation, all related filings; and (vii) the description of the Aircraft Object, including each engine, covered by this Agreement is true, accurate, and complete for all purposes, including complying with the description required for effective registration of an International Interest of such Aircraft Object at the International Registry and at the Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry, and such description accurately and completely includes (a) the name of the manufacturer, (b) the manufacturers’ serial number(s), and (c) its generic model designation, supplemented as may be necessary to ensure uniqueness in accordance with the International Registry regulations and operational manual of the Aircraft Protocol.
          (c) The terms of the Agreement (and not the Cape Town Treaty to the extent permitted thereby) shall govern the rights and remedies of Provider upon a material breach or default hereunder by Recipient.
          (d) Provider and Recipient agree to take such further and other actions, execute and deliver such other documents and pay such reasonable expenses, including registration fees, as Provider shall request to meet the requirements of, and to protect and perfect the interests of Provider under, the Cape Town Treaty and make any registration arising hereunder at the International Registry;
          (e) Recipient shall pay all costs arising under the Cape Town Treaty, including all registration fees for the International Registry, on demand of Provider.
     14.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Recipient . Recipient represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a) Authorization . Recipient has all necessary powers to enter into the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all actions required to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b) Identification . Recipient shall keep a legible copy of this Agreement in the Aircraft at all times when Recipient is using the Aircraft.

-8-


 

     15.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Provider . Provider represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a) Authorization . Provider has all necessary powers to enter into the transaction contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all action necessary to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b) FAA Registration . The Aircraft registration with the FAA names Provider as the owner of the Aircraft.
     16.  Event of Default . The following shall constitute an Event of Default:
          (a) Recipient shall not have made payment of any amount due under section 4 within ten (10) days after the same shall become due; or
          (b) Recipient shall have failed to perform or observe (or cause to be performed or observed) any other covenant or agreement required to be performed under this Agreement and such failure shall continue for twenty (20) days after written notice thereof from Provider to Recipient; or
          (c) Recipient (i) becomes insolvent, (ii) fails to pay its debts when due, (iii) makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) seeks relief under any bankruptcy law or similar law for the protection of debtors, (v) suffers a petition of bankruptcy filed against it that is not dismissed within thirty (30) days, or (vi) suffers a receiver or trustee to be appointed for itself or any of its assets, and such is not removed within thirty (30) days.
     17.  Provider’s Remedies
          (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Provider may, at its option, exercise any or all remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, any or all of the following remedies, as Provider in its sole discretion shall elect:
               (i) By notice in writing, terminate this Agreement, whereupon all rights of Recipient to the use of the Aircraft or any part thereof shall absolutely cease and terminate, but Recipient shall remain liable as provided in this Agreement and Provider, at its option, may enter upon the premises where the Aircraft is located and take immediate possession of and remove the same by summary proceedings or otherwise. Recipient specifically authorizes Provider’s entry upon any premises where the Aircraft may be located for the purpose of, and waives any cause of action it may have arising from, a peaceful retaking of the Aircraft. Recipient shall forthwith pay to Provider an amount equal to the total accrued and unpaid Fees and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder, plus any and all losses and damages incurred or sustained by Provider by reason of any default by Recipient under this Agreement.
          (b) Recipient shall be liable for all costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements, incurred by Provider by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or the exercise of Provider’s remedies with respect thereto.

-9-


 

     18.  General Provisions
          (a) Headings . The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
          (b) Partial Invalidity . If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, then such provision shall be enforced to the extent that it is not illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, and the remainder of this Agreement, as well as such provision as applied to other persons, shall remain in full force and effect.
          (c) Waiver . With regard to any power, remedy or right provided in this Agreement or otherwise available to any party, (i) no waiver or extension of time shall be effective unless expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party, (ii) no alteration, modification or impairment shall be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise or other indulgence, and (iii) waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder does not constitute waiver of the act or condition itself.
          (d) Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given upon actual receipt, if delivered personally or by telecopy; or three (3) days following deposit in the United States mail, if deposited with postage pre-paid, return receipt requested, and addressed to such address as may be specified in writing by the relevant party from time to time, and which shall initially be as follows:
     
To Provider at:
  Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
 
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
 
  Attn: General Counsel
 
  Fax: (702) 733-5088
 
  Tel.: (702) 733-5631
 
   
To Recipient at:
  Interface Operations, LLC
 
  300 First Avenue
 
  Needham, Massachusetts 02494
 
  Attn: Stephen J. O’Connor
 
  Fax: (781) 449-6616
 
  Tel. (781) 449-6500
No objection may be made to the manner of delivery of any notice or other communication in writing actually received by a party.
          (e) Massachusetts Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, regardless of the choice of law provisions of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction.

-10-


 

          (f) Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, of or between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, promises or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein.
          (g) Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by all of the parties.
          (h) Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties to it and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that Recipient may not assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and of no effect.
          (i) Attorney Fees . Should any action (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) be commenced between any of the parties to this Agreement or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights of any person or entity there under, solely as between the parties or their successors, the party or parties prevailing in such action as determined by the court shall be entitled to recover from the other party all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action (including, without limitation, fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys and costs of investigation).
          (j) Remedies Not Exclusive . No remedy conferred by any of the specific provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right to pursue other remedies.
          (k) No Third Party Rights . Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this Agreement.
          (l) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which independently shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
          (m) Expenses . Each party shall bear all of its own expenses in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.
          (n) Broker/Finder Fees . Each party represents that it has dealt with no broker or finder in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and that no broker or other person is entitled to any commission or finder’s fee in connection therewith. Provider and Recipient each agree to indemnify and hold harmless one another against any loss, liability,

-11-


 

damage, cost, claim or expense incurred by reason of any brokerage commission or finder’s fee alleged to be payable because of any act, omission or statement of the indemnifying party.
          (o) Relationship of the Parties . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way create any association, partnership, joint venture, or principal-and-agent relationship between the parties hereto or be construed to evidence the intention of the parties to constitute such.
          (p) Limitation of Damages . Recipient waives any and all claims, rights and remedies against Provider, whether express or implied, or arising by operation of law or in equity, for any punitive, exemplary, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of this Agreement.
          (q) Survival . All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, set forth in sections 4, 5, 6(a), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, and 18 of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above and effective as of the Effective Date.
                       
PROVIDER:   RECIPIENT:
 
                   
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.   INTERFACE OPERATIONS, LLC
 
                   
By:   /s/ Michael A. Leven   By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson
             
 
  Print:   Michael A. Leven       Print:   Sheldon G. Adelson
 
  Title:   President and Chief Operating Officer       Title:   Manager & President
Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement between Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Interface Operations, LLC concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto

-12-


 

Schedule A
(1)   Boeing 737-300 Aircraft bearing U.S. Registration number N788LS and manufacturer’s serial number 24220
 
(2)   Boeing 737-300 Aircraft bearing U.S. Registration number N789LS and manufacturer’s serial Number 24269

-13-

Exhibit 10.5
AIRCRAFT COST SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 125 Operations)
Dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009,
between
Interface Operations, LLC ,
as Provider,
and
Las Vegas Sands Corp. ,
as Recipient,
concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto
* * *

 


 

AIRCRAFT COST SHARING AGREEMENT
(Part 125 Operations)
     This Aircraft Cost Sharing Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Interface Operations, LLC, a Nevada company (“Provider”), and Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Recipient”) (together, “Parties”).
     In consideration of the mutual promises, agreements, covenants, warranties, representations and provisions contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
     1.  Sharing of the Aircraft . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Provider shall provide Recipient with transportation services on a non-exclusive basis using Provider’s aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto (each individual plane, an “Aircraft”).
     2.  Term . The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on January 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Expiration Date (as it may be extended) shall be automatically extended by one year if neither party has given notice of non-renewal to the other at least thirty (30) days before the then Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section 2, either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) days’ notice, provided that such party is not then in default.
     3.  Delivery to Recipient . Upon the request of Recipient, subject to the availability of the Aircraft as determined by Provider, Provider shall make the Aircraft available to Recipient at such location as Recipient may reasonably request. Recipient acknowledges that Provider currently bases the Aircraft at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada (the “Base”).
     4.  Fee .
          (a) Recipient shall pay Provider, within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from Provider or its representative for Recipient’s use of the Aircraft during the Term, an amount not to exceed the costs identified in this paragraph (a) or such lesser amount as may be agreed in writing by the Parties (referred to collectively as the “Fee”):
               (i) twice the cost of the fuel, oil and other additives consumed;
               (ii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight;
               (iii) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials;
               (iv) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services;
               (v) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation; and
               (vi) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone.

-2-


 

          (b) Recipient shall be responsible for arranging and paying for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with Recipient’s use of the Aircraft.
          (c) For the sake of clarification, flights to ferry the Aircraft to the delivery location specified by Recipient pursuant to section 3, and flights to return the Aircraft to the Base or such other location as the parties agree pursuant to section 5, shall be deemed to be use of the Aircraft by Recipient.
     5.  Return to Base . On the earlier of the Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to section 17(a)(i) and, unless Provider agrees to the contrary, upon the conclusion of each flight of the Aircraft by Recipient under this Agreement, the Aircraft shall be returned to the Base or such other location as Provider and Recipient may agree.
     6.  Use of Aircraft .
          (a) Recipient shall use the Aircraft only for the transportation of its directors, officers, employees and guests and shall not obtain compensation for such transportation from any person.
          (b) Recipient shall not violate, and shall not permit any of its employees, agents or guests to violate, any applicable law, regulation or rule of the United States, or any state, territory or local authority thereof, or any foreign government or subdivision thereof, and shall not bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, or permit any employee, agent or guest to bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, any contraband or unlawful articles or substances, or anything that is contraband or is an unlawful article of substance in any jurisdiction into or over which the Aircraft is to operate on behalf of Recipient.
          (c) Recipient shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and guests to, comply with all lawful instructions and procedures of Provider and its agents and employees regarding the Aircraft, its operation or flight safety.
          (d) Recipient acknowledges that its discretion in determining the origin and destination of flights under this Agreement shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) such origin and destination, and the routes to reach such origin and destination, are not within or over (A) an area of hostilities, (B) an area excluded from coverage under the insurance policies maintained by Provider with respect to the Aircraft or (C) a country or jurisdiction for which exports or transactions are subject to specific restrictions under any United States export or other law or United Nations Security Council Directive, including without limitation, the Trading With the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701 et seq. and the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Sections 2401 et seq.; (ii) the flights proposed by Recipient shall not cause (A) the Aircraft or any part thereof (1) to be used predominately outside of the United States within the meaning of the Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (2) to fail to be operated to and from the United States within the meaning of Section 168(g)(4)(A) of the Code; or (B) any item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be treated as derived from, or allocable to, sources without the United States within the meaning of Section 862 of the Code; (iii) the

-3-


 

proposed flights do not require the flight crew to exceed any flight or duty time limitations that Provider imposes upon its flight crews; and (iv) in the judgment of Provider, the safety of flight is not jeopardized.
          (e) Recipient acknowledges that, if, in the view of Provider (including, its pilot-in-command), flight safety may be jeopardized, Provider may terminate a flight or refuse to commence it without liability for loss, injury or damage occasioned by such termination or refusal. Recipient further acknowledges that, in accordance with applicable Federal Aviation Regulations (“FAR”), the qualified flight crew provided by Provider will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder and Recipient specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight, or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot-in-command is necessitated by considerations of safety. No such action of the pilot-in-command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Recipient or any other person. Recipient acknowledges and agrees that Provider shall not be liable under any circumstances for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement or for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising from or related to, directly or indirectly, any delay, cancellation or failure to furnish any transportation pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, when caused by government regulation, law or authority, mechanical difficulty or breakdown, war, civil commotion, strikes or other labor disputes, weather conditions, acts of God, public enemies or any other cause beyond Provider’s control.
          (f) Recipient acknowledges that (i) the Aircraft is owned by Provider and (ii) the rights of Recipient in and to the Aircraft are subject and subordinate to all rights of Provider in and to the Aircraft, including without limitation the right of Provider to inspect and take possession of the Aircraft from time to time in accordance applicable law.
     Accordingly, Recipient (i) waives any right that it might have to any notice of Provider’s intention to inspect, take possession or exercise any other right or remedy in respect of the Aircraft.
          (g) THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE PROVIDER TO THE RECIPIENT HEREUNDER ON A COMPLETELY “AS IS, WHERE IS,” BASIS, WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY THE RECIPIENT. THE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND PROVIDER HAS NOT MADE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR DEEMED TO HAVE MADE (WHETHER BY VIRTUE OF HAVING PROVIDED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT, OR HAVING DONE OR FAILED TO DO ANY ACT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED OR FAILED TO ACQUIRE ANY STATUS UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE) ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO ANY PART THEREOF, AND SPECIFICALLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THIS RESPECT PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE TITLE, AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND

-4-


 

CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF LATENT AND OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, HEREUNDER OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE), WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF. RECIPIENT HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, DISCLAIMS AND RENOUNCES ALL EXPECTATION OF OR RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH AND OTHER WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF PROVIDER AND RIGHTS, CLAIMS AND REMEDIES OF RECIPIENT AGAINST PROVIDER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (I) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, (II) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, (III) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF PROVIDER, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, AND (IV) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT, OR FOR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
     7.  Pilots . For all flights of the Aircraft by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement, Provider shall cause the Aircraft to be operated by pilots who are duly qualified under the Federal Aviation Regulations, including without limitation, with respect to currency and type-rating, and who meet all other requirements established and specified by the insurance policies required hereunder.
     8.  Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities of Provider . Provider shall be in operational control of the Aircraft at all times during the Term and shall operate the Aircraft under FAR Part 125. Provider shall be solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Aircraft.
     9.  Liens . Recipient shall not directly or indirectly create or incur any liens on or with respect to (i) the Aircraft or any part thereof, (ii) Provider’s title thereto, (iii) any interest of Provider therein, (and Recipient will promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to discharge any such lien), except (a) the respective rights of Provider and Recipient as herein provided and (b) liens created by or caused to be created by Provider.
     10.  Taxes .
          (a) Except for any taxes on, or measured by, the net income of Provider imposed by the United States government or any state or local government or taxing authority in the United States, which shall be the sole responsibility of Provider, Recipient shall pay to and

-5-


 

indemnify Provider and its employees and agents (each, an “Indemnitee”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against, on an after-tax basis, all other income, personal property, ad valorem, franchise, gross receipts, rental, sales, use, excise, value-added, leasing, leasing use, stamp, landing, airport use, or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees or withholdings of any nature, together with any penalties, fines, or interest thereon (“Taxes”) arising out of the transactions between Provider and Recipient contemplated by this Agreement or Recipient’s use of the Aircraft and imposed against any Indemnitee, Recipient, or the Aircraft, or any part thereof, by any federal or foreign government, any state, municipal or local subdivision, any agency or instrumentality thereof, or other taxing authority upon or with respect to the Aircraft, or any part thereof, or upon the ownership, delivery, leasing, possession, use, operation, return, transfer or release thereof, or upon the rentals, receipts or earnings arising therefrom. Recipient shall have the right to contest any Taxes attributable to Recipient; provided that (a) Recipient shall have given to Provider written notice of any such Taxes, which notice shall state that such Taxes are being contested by Recipient in good faith with due diligence and by appropriate proceedings and that Recipient has agreed to indemnify each Indemnitee against any cost, expense, liability or loss (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees) arising from or in connection with such contest; (b) in Provider’s sole judgment, Provider has received adequate assurances of payment of such contested Taxes; and (c) counsel for Provider shall have determined that the nonpayment of any such Taxes or the contest of any such payment in such proceedings does not, in the sole opinion of such counsel, adversely affect the title, property or rights of Provider. In case any report or return is required to be made with respect to any Taxes attributable to Recipient’s use of the Aircraft, Recipient will either (after notice to Provider) make such report or return in such manner as will show the ownership of the Aircraft in Provider and send a copy of such report or return to Provider, or will notify Provider of such requirement and make such report or return in such manner as shall be satisfactory to Provider. Provider agrees to cooperate fully with Recipient in the preparation of any such report or return.
          (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Recipient shall pay to Provider any federal excise taxes applicable to Recipient’s use, or Recipient’s payment for Recipient’s use, of the Aircraft.
     11.  Insurance . Provider shall maintain in effect at its own expense throughout the Term, insurance policies containing such provisions and providing such coverages as Provider deems appropriate. All insurance policies shall (a) name Recipient as an additional insured, (b) not be subject to any offset by any other insurance carried by Provider or Recipient, (c) contain a waiver by the insurer of any subrogation rights against any of Recipient, (d) insure the interest of Recipient, regardless of any breach or violation by the Provider or of any other person (other than is solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Recipient) of any warranty, declaration or condition contained in such policies, and (e) include a severability of interests endorsement providing that such policy shall operate in the same manner (except for the limits of coverage) as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.
     12.  Loss or Damage
          (a) Recipient shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Provider and its officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, managers and employees from and against any and all liabilities, claims (including, without limitation, claims involving or alleging

-6-


 

Provider’s negligence and claims involving strict or absolute liability in tort), demands, suits, causes of action, losses, penalties, fines, expenses (including, without limitation, attorney fees) or damages (collectively, “Claims”), whether or not Provider may also be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other person, to the extent relating to or arising out of Recipient’s breach of this Agreement or any damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) to any of the Aircraft caused by Recipient, its employees or guests, including any Event of Default of this Agreement or the Cape Town Convention or Aircraft Protocol provisions to the extent applicable to this Agreement.
          (b) In the event of loss, theft, confiscation, damage to or destruction of the Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or any engine or part thereof, from any cause whatsoever (a “Casualty Occurrence”) occurring at any time when Recipient is using any such Aircraft, Recipient shall furnish such information and execute such documents as may be necessary or required by Provider or applicable law. Recipient shall cooperate fully in any investigation of any claim or loss processed by Provider under the Aircraft insurance policy/policies and in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay any such claims.
          (c) In the event of total loss or destruction of all or substantially all of any Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or damage to any such Aircraft that causes it to be irreparable in the opinion of Provider or any insurance carrier providing hull coverage with respect to such Aircraft, or in the event of confiscation or seizure of the Aircraft, this Agreement shall automatically terminate; provided, however, that such termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the obligation of Recipient to cooperate with Provider in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay claims arising from such loss, destruction, damage, confiscation or seizure; provided, further, that the termination of this Agreement shall not affect the obligation of Recipient to pay Provider all accrued and unpaid Fee and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.
          (d) For the sake of clarification, if an Aircraft suffers a Casualty Occurrence, it shall be deemed not available to Recipient until such time thereafter as Provider has returned the Aircraft to service. Provider shall have no obligation to return an Aircraft to service after any Casualty Occurrence.
     13.  Cape Town Treaty Compliance .
          (a) For purposes of the Agreement: (i) “Aircraft Objects” means each airframe, aircraft engine and helicopter as defined in Section 2 of Article I of the Aircraft Protocol, including the Aircraft referred to in this Agreement, including its “associated rights”; (ii) “Cape Town Treaty” means collectively the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (“Cape Town Convention”) and the Protocol to the Convention Specific to Aircraft Equipment (“Aircraft Protocol”); (iii) “International Interest” means an interest held by a Provider to which Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention applies, including an interest in the Aircraft Object; (iv) “International Registry” means the international registration facilities established for the purposes of the Cape Town Convention or the Aircraft Protocol in Dublin, Ireland.
          (b) Recipient represents, warrants, and covenants: (i) Recipient has complied or will comply on Provider’s request with the formalities to provide for an International Interest in

-7-


 

the Aircraft under Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention and Article V of the Aircraft Protocol; (ii) this Agreement provides for an International Interest in the airframe and engines comprising parts of the Aircraft; (iii) Recipient has not, and will not, register or consent to the registration of any prospective International Interest (as defined in the Cape Town Convention) or International Interest on the International Registry in respect of the Aircraft Object covered by this Agreement except this Agreement as provided above, and it will not cause or permit such other registration, or consent to registration, to occur without the prior written consent of Provider; (iv) Recipient will not cause or permit any registration with respect to this Agreement to be discharged, terminated or modified in any respect except by written agreement with Provider; (v) this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms; (vi) Recipient has the power and authority to make or cause to be made all registrations at the International Registry, including, without limitation, all related filings; and (vii) the description of the Aircraft Object, including each engine, covered by this Agreement is true, accurate, and complete for all purposes, including complying with the description required for effective registration of an International Interest of such Aircraft Object at the International Registry and at the Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry, and such description accurately and completely includes (a) the name of the manufacturer, (b) the manufacturers’ serial number(s), and (c) its generic model designation, supplemented as may be necessary to ensure uniqueness in accordance with the International Registry regulations and operational manual of the Aircraft Protocol.
          (c) The terms of the Agreement (and not the Cape Town Treaty to the extent permitted thereby) shall govern the rights and remedies of Provider upon a material breach or default hereunder by Recipient.
          (d) Provider and Recipient agree to take such further and other actions, execute and deliver such other documents and pay such reasonable expenses, including registration fees, as Provider shall request to meet the requirements of, and to protect and perfect the interests of Provider under, the Cape Town Treaty and make any registration arising hereunder at the International Registry;
          (e) Recipient shall pay all costs arising under the Cape Town Treaty, including all registration fees for the International Registry, on demand of Provider.
     14.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Recipient . Recipient represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a) Authorization . Recipient has all necessary powers to enter into the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all actions required to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b) Identification . Recipient shall keep a legible copy of this Agreement in the Aircraft at all times when Recipient is using the Aircraft.

-8-


 

     15.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Provider . Provider represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a) Authorization . Provider has all necessary powers to enter into the transaction contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all action necessary to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b) FAA Registration . The Aircraft registration with the FAA names Provider as the owner of the Aircraft.
     16.  Event of Default . The following shall constitute an Event of Default:
          (a) Recipient shall not have made payment of any amount due under section 4 within ten (10) days after the same shall become due; or
          (b) Recipient shall have failed to perform or observe (or cause to be performed or observed) any other covenant or agreement required to be performed under this Agreement and such failure shall continue for twenty (20) days after written notice thereof from Provider to Recipient; or
          (c) Recipient (i) becomes insolvent, (ii) fails to pay its debts when due, (iii) makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) seeks relief under any bankruptcy law or similar law for the protection of debtors, (v) suffers a petition of bankruptcy filed against it that is not dismissed within thirty (30) days, or (vi) suffers a receiver or trustee to be appointed for itself or any of its assets, and such is not removed within thirty (30) days.
     17.  Provider’s Remedies
          (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Provider may, at its option, exercise any or all remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, any or all of the following remedies, as Provider in its sole discretion shall elect:
               (i) By notice in writing, terminate this Agreement, whereupon all rights of Recipient to the use of the Aircraft or any part thereof shall absolutely cease and terminate, but Recipient shall remain liable as provided in this Agreement and Provider, at its option, may enter upon the premises where the Aircraft is located and take immediate possession of and remove the same by summary proceedings or otherwise. Recipient specifically authorizes Provider’s entry upon any premises where the Aircraft may be located for the purpose of, and waives any cause of action it may have arising from, a peaceful retaking of the Aircraft. Recipient shall forthwith pay to Provider an amount equal to the total accrued and unpaid Fees and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder, plus any and all losses and damages incurred or sustained by Provider by reason of any default by Recipient under this Agreement.
          (b) Recipient shall be liable for all costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements, incurred by Provider by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or the exercise of Provider’s remedies with respect thereto.

-9-


 

     18.  General Provisions
          (a) Headings . The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
          (b) Partial Invalidity . If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, then such provision shall be enforced to the extent that it is not illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, and the remainder of this Agreement, as well as such provision as applied to other persons, shall remain in full force and effect.
          (c) Waiver . With regard to any power, remedy or right provided in this Agreement or otherwise available to any party, (i) no waiver or extension of time shall be effective unless expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party, (ii) no alteration, modification or impairment shall be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise or other indulgence, and (iii) waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder does not constitute waiver of the act or condition itself.
          (d) Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given upon actual receipt, if delivered personally or by telecopy; or three (3) days following deposit in the United States mail, if deposited with postage pre-paid, return receipt requested, and addressed to such address as may be specified in writing by the relevant party from time to time, and which shall initially be as follows:
     
To Provider at:
  Interface Operations, LLC
300 First Avenue
Needham, Massachusetts 02494
Attn: Stephen J. O’Connor
Fax:   (781) 449-6616
Tel.   (781) 449-6500
 
   
To Recipient at:
  Las Vegas Sands Corp.
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
Attn: General Counsel
Fax:   (702) 733-5088
Tel.:   (702) 733-5631
No objection may be made to the manner of delivery of any notice or other communication in writing actually received by a party.
          (e) Massachusetts Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, regardless of the choice of law provisions of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction.

-10-


 

          (f) Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, of or between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, promises or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein.
          (g) Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by all of the parties.
          (h) Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties to it and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that Recipient may not assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and of no effect.
          (i) Attorney Fees . Should any action (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) be commenced between any of the parties to this Agreement or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights of any person or entity thereunder, solely as between the parties or their successors, the party or parties prevailing in such action as determined by the court shall be entitled to recover from the other party all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action (including, without limitation, fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys and costs of investigation).
          (j) Remedies Not Exclusive . No remedy conferred by any of the specific provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right to pursue other remedies.
          (k) No Third Party Rights . Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this Agreement.
          (l) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which independently shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
          (m) Expenses . Each party shall bear all of its own expenses in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.
          (n) Broker/Finder Fees . Each party represents that it has dealt with no broker or finder in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and that no broker or other person is entitled to any commission or finder’s fee in connection therewith. Provider and Recipient each agree to indemnify and hold harmless one another against any loss, liability,

-11-


 

damage, cost, claim or expense incurred by reason of any brokerage commission or finder’s fee alleged to be payable because of any act, omission or statement of the indemnifying party.
          (o) Relationship of the Parties . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way create any association, partnership, joint venture, or principal-and-agent relationship between the parties hereto or be construed to evidence the intention of the parties to constitute such.
          (p) Limitation of Damages . Recipient waives any and all claims, rights and remedies against Provider, whether express or implied, or arising by operation of law or in equity, for any punitive, exemplary, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of this Agreement.
          (q) Survival . All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, set forth in sections 4, 5, 6(a), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, and 18 of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above and effective as of the Effective Date.
                       
PROVIDER:   RECIPIENT:
 
                   
INTERFACE OPERATIONS, LLC   LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
 
                   
By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson   By:   /s/ Michael A. Leven
             
 
  Print:   Sheldon G. Adelson       Print:   Michael A. Leven
 
  Title:   Manager & President       Title:   President & Chief Operating Officer
Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement between Interface Operations, LLC and Las Vegas Sands Corp. concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto

-12-


 

Schedule A
(1)   Boeing B767-3P6 aircraft bearing U.S. registration number N804MS and manufacturer’s serial number 27255

-13-

Exhibit 10.6
AIRCRAFT COST ALLOCATION AGREEMENT
(Bermuda Registered Aircraft)
Dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009,
between
Interface Operations Bermuda, LTD ,
as Provider,
and
Las Vegas Sands Corporation ,
as Recipient,
concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A
* * *

 


 

AIRCRAFT COST ALLOCATION AGREEMENT
(Bermuda Registered Aircraft)
     This Aircraft Cost Allocation Agreement (the “Agreement”) is dated as of November 6, 2009 and effective as of January 1, 2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Interface Operations Bermuda, LTD, a Bermuda company (“Provider”), and Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Recipient”)(together, “Parties”).
     In consideration of the mutual promises, agreements, covenants, warranties, representations and provisions contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
     1.  Sharing of the Aircraft . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Provider shall provide Recipient with transportation services on a non-exclusive basis using Provider’s aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto (each individual plane, an “Aircraft”).
     2.  Term . The term of this Agreement (the “Term”) shall commence on January 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”). The Expiration Date (as it may be extended) shall be automatically extended by one year if neither party has given notice of non-renewal to the other at least thirty (30) days before the then Expiration Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this section 2, either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) days’ notice, provided that such party is not then in default.
     3.  Delivery to Recipient . Upon the request of Recipient, subject to the availability of the Aircraft as determined by Provider, Provider shall make the Aircraft available to Recipient at such location as Recipient may reasonably request. Recipient acknowledges that Provider currently bases the Aircraft at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada (the “Base”).
     4.  Fee .
          (a) Recipient shall pay Provider, within 30 days of receipt of an invoice from Provider or its representative for Recipient’s use of the Aircraft during the Term, an amount not to exceed the costs identified in this paragraph (a) or such lesser amount as may be agreed in writing by the Parties (referred to collectively as the “Fee”):
               (i) A pro-rata share of all fixed costs, such as hangar, insurance, pilot salaries and training, maintenance, subscription services, support personnel, and other similar items (exclusive of tax depreciation);
               (ii) actual costs of fuel, oil and other additives consumed;
               (iii) all fees, including fees for landing, parking, hangar, tie-down, handling, customs, use of airways and permission for overflight;
               (iv) all expenses for catering and in-flight entertainment materials;
               (v) all expenses for flight planning and weather contract services;

-2-


 

               (vi) all travel expenses for pilots, flight attendants and other flight support personnel, including food, lodging and ground transportation; and
               (vii) all communications charges, including in-flight telephone.
          (b) Recipient shall be responsible for arranging and paying for all passenger ground transportation and accommodation in connection with Recipient’s use of the Aircraft.
          (c) For the sake of clarification, flights to ferry the Aircraft to the delivery location specified by Recipient pursuant to section 3, and flights to return the Aircraft to the Base or such other location as the parties agree pursuant to section 5, shall be deemed to be use of the Aircraft by Recipient.
     5.  Return to Base . On the earlier of the Expiration Date or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to section 17(a)(i) and, unless Provider agrees to the contrary, upon the conclusion of each flight of the Aircraft by Recipient under this Agreement, the Aircraft shall be returned to the Base or such other location as Provider and Recipient may agree.
     6.  Use of Aircraft .
          (a) Recipient shall use the Aircraft only for the transportation of its directors, officers, employees and guests and shall not obtain compensation for such transportation from any person.
          (b) Recipient shall not violate, and shall not permit any of its employees, agents or guests to violate, any applicable law, regulation or rule of Bermuda or the United States, or any state, territory or local authority thereof, or any foreign government or subdivision thereof, and shall not bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, or permit any employee, agent or guest to bring or cause to be brought or carried on board the Aircraft, any contraband or unlawful articles or substances, or anything that is contraband or is an unlawful article of substance in any jurisdiction into or over which the Aircraft is to operate on behalf of Recipient.
          (c) Recipient shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and guests to, comply with all lawful instructions and procedures of Provider and its agents and employees regarding the Aircraft, its operation or flight safety.
          (d) Recipient acknowledges that its discretion in determining the origin and destination of flights under this Agreement shall be subject to the following limitations: (i) such origin and destination, and the routes to reach such origin and destination, are not within or over (A) an area of hostilities, (B) an area excluded from coverage under the insurance policies maintained by Provider with respect to the Aircraft or (C) a country or jurisdiction for which exports or transactions are subject to specific restrictions under any United States export or other law or United Nations Security Council Directive, including without limitation, the Trading With the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Section 1 et seq., the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701 et seq. and the Export Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Sections 2401 et seq.; (ii) the flights proposed by Recipient shall not cause (A) the Aircraft or any part thereof (1) to be used predominately outside of the United States within the meaning of

-3-


 

the Section 168(g)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and (2) to fail to be operated to and from the United States within the meaning of Section 168(g)(4)(A) of the Code; or (B) any item of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be treated as derived from, or allocable to, sources without the United States within the meaning of Section 862 of the Code; (iii) the proposed flights do not require the flight crew to exceed any flight or duty time limitations that Provider imposes upon its flight crews; and (iv) in the judgment of Provider, the safety of flight is not jeopardized.
          (e) Recipient acknowledges that, if, in the view of Provider (including, its pilot-in-command), flight safety may be jeopardized, Provider may terminate a flight or refuse to commence it without liability for loss, injury or damage occasioned by such termination or refusal. Recipient further acknowledges that the qualified flight crew provided by Provider will exercise all of its duties and responsibilities in regard to the safety of each flight conducted hereunder and Recipient specifically agrees that the flight crew, in its sole discretion, may terminate any flight, refuse to commence any flight, or take other action which in the considered judgment of the pilot-in-command is necessitated by considerations of safety. No such action of the pilot-in-command shall create or support any liability for loss, injury, damage or delay to Recipient or any other person. Recipient acknowledges and agrees that Provider shall not be liable under any circumstances for delay or failure to furnish the Aircraft and crew pursuant to this Agreement or for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising from or related to, directly or indirectly, any delay, cancellation or failure to furnish any transportation pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, when caused by government regulation, law or authority, mechanical difficulty or breakdown, war, civil commotion, strikes or other labor disputes, weather conditions, acts of God, public enemies or any other cause beyond Provider’s control.
          (f) Recipient acknowledges that (i) the Aircraft is owned by Provider and (ii) the rights of Recipient in and to the Aircraft are subject and subordinate to all rights of Provider in and to the Aircraft, including without limitation the right of Provider to inspect and take possession of the Aircraft from time to time in accordance applicable law.
     Accordingly, Recipient (i) waives any right that it might have to any notice of Provider’s intention to inspect, take possession or exercise any other right or remedy in respect of the Aircraft.
          (g) THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE PROVIDER TO THE RECIPIENT HEREUNDER ON A COMPLETELY “AS IS, WHERE IS,” BASIS, WHICH IS ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO BY THE RECIPIENT. THE WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND PROVIDER HAS NOT MADE AND SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR DEEMED TO HAVE MADE (WHETHER BY VIRTUE OF HAVING PROVIDED THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED THE AIRCRAFT, OR HAVING DONE OR FAILED TO DO ANY ACT, OR HAVING ACQUIRED OR FAILED TO ACQUIRE ANY STATUS UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE) ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY

-4-


 

WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR TO ANY PART THEREOF, AND SPECIFICALLY, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IN THIS RESPECT PROVIDER DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE TITLE, AIRWORTHINESS, VALUE, CONDITION, DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLIANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS, CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION OF THE AIRCRAFT, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF LATENT AND OTHER DEFECTS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY INFRINGEMENT OR THE LIKE, HEREUNDER OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT, AND AS TO THE ABSENCE OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON STRICT LIABILITY IN TORT, OR AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP OF THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM A COURSE OF PERFORMANCE OR DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE), WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ANY PART THEREOF. RECIPIENT HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES, DISCLAIMS AND RENOUNCES ALL EXPECTATION OF OR RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH AND OTHER WARRANTIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF PROVIDER AND RIGHTS, CLAIMS AND REMEDIES OF RECIPIENT AGAINST PROVIDER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO (I) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OF FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE, (II) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE, (III) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY IN TORT, WHETHER OR NOT ARISING FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF PROVIDER, ACTUAL OR IMPUTED, AND (IV) ANY OBLIGATION, LIABILITY, RIGHT, CLAIM OR REMEDY FOR LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, FOR LOSS OF USE, REVENUE OR PROFIT WITH RESPECT TO THE AIRCRAFT, OR FOR ANY OTHER DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
     7.  Pilots . For all flights of the Aircraft by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement, Provider shall cause the Aircraft to be operated by pilots who are duly qualified, including without limitation, with respect to currency and type-rating, and who meet all other requirements established and specified by the insurance policies required hereunder.
     8.  Operation and Maintenance Responsibilities of Provider . Provider shall be in operational control of the Aircraft at all times during the Term. Provider shall be solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Aircraft.
     9.  Liens . Recipient shall not directly or indirectly create or incur any liens on or with respect to (i) the Aircraft or any part thereof, (ii) Provider’s title thereto, (iii) any interest of Provider therein, (and Recipient will promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to discharge any such lien), except (a) the respective rights of Provider and Recipient as herein provided and (b) liens created by or caused to be created by Provider.

-5-


 

     10.  Taxes .
          (a) Except for any taxes on, or measured by, the net income of Provider imposed by the United States government or any state or local government or taxing authority in the United States, which shall be the sole responsibility of Provider, Recipient shall pay to and indemnify Provider and its employees and agents (each, an “Indemnitee”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against, on an after-tax basis, all other income, personal property, ad valorem, franchise, gross receipts, rental, sales, use, excise, value-added, leasing, leasing use, stamp, landing, airport use, or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees or withholdings of any nature, together with any penalties, fines, or interest thereon (“Taxes”) arising out of the transactions between Provider and Recipient contemplated by this Agreement or Recipient’s use of the Aircraft and imposed against any Indemnitee, Recipient, or the Aircraft, or any part thereof, by any federal or foreign government, any state, municipal or local subdivision, any agency or instrumentality thereof, or other taxing authority upon or with respect to the Aircraft, or any part thereof, or upon the ownership, delivery, leasing, possession, use, operation, return, transfer or release thereof, or upon the rentals, receipts or earnings arising therefrom. Recipient shall have the right to contest any Taxes attributable to Recipient; provided that (a) Recipient shall have given to Provider written notice of any such Taxes, which notice shall state that such Taxes are being contested by Recipient in good faith with due diligence and by appropriate proceedings and that Recipient has agreed to indemnify each Indemnitee against any cost, expense, liability or loss (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees) arising from or in connection with such contest; (b) in Provider’s sole judgment, Provider has received adequate assurances of payment of such contested Taxes; and (c) counsel for Provider shall have determined that the nonpayment of any such Taxes or the contest of any such payment in such proceedings does not, in the sole opinion of such counsel, adversely affect the title, property or rights of Provider. In case any report or return is required to be made with respect to any Taxes attributable to Recipient’s use of the Aircraft, Recipient will either (after notice to Provider) make such report or return in such manner as will show the ownership of the Aircraft in Provider and send a copy of such report or return to Provider, or will notify Provider of such requirement and make such report or return in such manner as shall be satisfactory to Provider. Provider agrees to cooperate fully with Recipient in the preparation of any such report or return.
          (b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Recipient shall pay to Provider any federal excise taxes applicable to Recipient’s use, or Recipient’s payment for Recipient’s use, of the Aircraft.
     11.  Insurance . Provider shall maintain in effect at its own expense throughout the Term, insurance policies containing such provisions and providing such coverages as Provider deems appropriate. All insurance policies shall (a) name Recipient as an additional insured, (b) not be subject to any offset by any other insurance carried by Provider or Recipient, (c) contain a waiver by the insurer of any subrogation rights against any of Recipient, (d) insure the interest of Recipient, regardless of any breach or violation by the Provider or of any other person (other than is solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Recipient) of any warranty, declaration or condition contained in such policies, and (e) include a severability of interests endorsement providing that such policy shall operate in the same manner (except for the limits of coverage) as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.

-6-


 

     12.  Loss or Damage
          (a) Recipient shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Provider and its officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, managers and employees from and against any and all liabilities, claims (including, without limitation, claims involving or alleging Provider’s negligence and claims involving strict or absolute liability in tort), demands, suits, causes of action, losses, penalties, fines, expenses (including, without limitation, attorney fees) or damages (collectively, “Claims”), whether or not Provider may also be indemnified as to any such Claim by any other person, to the extent relating to or arising out of Recipient’s breach of this Agreement or any damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) to any of the Aircraft caused by Recipient, its employees or guests, including any Event of Default of this Agreement or the Cape Town Convention or Aircraft Protocol provisions to the extent applicable to this Agreement.
          (b) In the event of loss, theft, confiscation, damage to or destruction of any of the Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or any engine or part thereof, from any cause whatsoever (a “Casualty Occurrence”) occurring at any time when Recipient is using any such Aircraft, Recipient shall furnish such information and execute such documents as may be necessary or required by Provider or applicable law. Recipient shall cooperate fully in any investigation of any claim or loss processed by Provider under the Aircraft insurance policy/policies and in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay any such claims.
          (c) In the event of total loss or destruction of all or substantially all of any Aircraft subject to this Agreement, or damage to any such Aircraft that causes it to be irreparable in the opinion of Provider or any insurance carrier providing hull coverage with respect to such Aircraft, or in the event of confiscation or seizure of the Aircraft, this Agreement shall automatically terminate; provided, however, that such termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the obligation of Recipient to cooperate with Provider in seeking to compel the relevant insurance company or companies to pay claims arising from such loss, destruction, damage, confiscation or seizure; provided, further, that the termination of this Agreement shall not affect the obligation of Recipient to pay Provider all accrued and unpaid Fee and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder.
          (d) For the sake of clarification, if an Aircraft suffers a Casualty Occurrence, it shall be deemed not available to Recipient until such time thereafter as Provider has returned the Aircraft to service. Provider shall have no obligation to return an Aircraft to service after any Casualty Occurrence.
     13.  Cape Town Treaty Compliance .
          (a) For purposes of the Agreement: (i) “Aircraft Objects” means each airframe, aircraft engine and helicopter as defined in Section 2 of Article I of the Aircraft Protocol, including the Aircraft referred to in this Agreement, including its “associated rights”; (ii) “Cape Town Treaty” means collectively the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (“Cape Town Convention”) and the Protocol to the Convention Specific to Aircraft Equipment (“Aircraft Protocol”); (iii) “International Interest” means an interest held by a Provider to which Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention applies, including an interest in the Aircraft Object; (iv)

-7-


 

“International Registry” means the international registration facilities established for the purposes of the Cape Town Convention or the Aircraft Protocol in Dublin, Ireland.
          (b) Recipient represents, warrants, and covenants: (i) Recipient has complied or will comply on Provider’s request with the formalities to provide for an International Interest in the Aircraft under Article 2 of the Cape Town Convention and Article V of the Aircraft Protocol; (ii) this Agreement provides for an International Interest in the airframe and engines comprising parts of the Aircraft; (iii) Recipient has not, and will not, register or consent to the registration of any prospective International Interest (as defined in the Cape Town Convention) or International Interest on the International Registry in respect of the Aircraft Object covered by this Agreement except this Agreement as provided above, and it will not cause or permit such other registration, or consent to registration, to occur without the prior written consent of Provider; (iv) Recipient will not cause or permit any registration with respect to this Agreement to be discharged, terminated or modified in any respect except by written agreement with Provider; (v) this Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms; (vi) Recipient has the power and authority to make or cause to be made all registrations at the International Registry, including, without limitation, all related filings; and (vii) the description of the Aircraft Object, including each engine, covered by this Agreement is true, accurate, and complete for all purposes, including complying with the description required for effective registration of an International Interest of such Aircraft Object at the International Registry and at the Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Registry, and such description accurately and completely includes (a) the name of the manufacturer, (b) the manufacturers’ serial number(s), and (c) its generic model designation, supplemented as may be necessary to ensure uniqueness in accordance with the International Registry regulations and operational manual of the Aircraft Protocol.
          (c) The terms of the Agreement (and not the Cape Town Treaty to the extent permitted thereby) shall govern the rights and remedies of Provider upon a material breach or default hereunder by Recipient.
          (d) Provider and Recipient agree to take such further and other actions, execute and deliver such other documents and pay such reasonable expenses, including registration fees, as Provider shall request to meet the requirements of, and to protect and perfect the interests of Provider under, the Cape Town Treaty and make any registration arising hereunder at the International Registry;
          (e) Recipient shall pay all costs arising under the Cape Town Treaty, including all registration fees for the International Registry, on demand of Provider.
     14.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Recipient . Recipient represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a)  Authorization . Recipient has all necessary powers to enter into the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all actions required to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b)  Identification . Recipient shall keep a legible copy of this Agreement in the Aircraft at all times when Recipient is using the Aircraft.

-8-


 

     15.  Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Provider . Provider represents, warrants and agrees as follows:
          (a)  Authorization . Provider has all necessary powers to enter into the transaction contemplated in this Agreement and has taken all action necessary to authorize and approve this Agreement.
          (b)  FAA Registration . The Aircraft registration with the Bermuda Registry names Provider as the owner of the Aircraft.
     16.  Event of Default . The following shall constitute an Event of Default:
          (a) Recipient shall not have made payment of any amount due under section 4 within ten (10) days after the same shall become due; or
          (b) Recipient shall have failed to perform or observe (or cause to be performed or observed) any other covenant or agreement required to be performed under this Agreement and such failure shall continue for twenty (20) days after written notice thereof from Provider to Recipient; or
          (c) Recipient (i) becomes insolvent, (ii) fails to pay its debts when due, (iii) makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) seeks relief under any bankruptcy law or similar law for the protection of debtors, (v) suffers a petition of bankruptcy filed against it that is not dismissed within thirty (30) days, or (vi) suffers a receiver or trustee to be appointed for itself or any of its assets, and such is not removed within thirty (30) days.
     17.  Provider’s Remedies
          (a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Provider may, at its option, exercise any or all remedies available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, any or all of the following remedies, as Provider in its sole discretion shall elect:
               (i) By notice in writing, terminate this Agreement, whereupon all rights of Recipient to the use of the Aircraft or any part thereof shall absolutely cease and terminate, but Recipient shall remain liable as provided in this Agreement and Provider, at its option, may enter upon the premises where the Aircraft is located and take immediate possession of and remove the same by summary proceedings or otherwise. Recipient specifically authorizes Provider’s entry upon any premises where the Aircraft may be located for the purpose of, and waives any cause of action it may have arising from, a peaceful retaking of the Aircraft. Recipient shall forthwith pay to Provider an amount equal to the total accrued and unpaid Fees and all other accrued and unpaid amounts due hereunder, plus any and all losses and damages incurred or sustained by Provider by reason of any default by Recipient under this Agreement.
          (b) Recipient shall be liable for all costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees and disbursements, incurred by Provider by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default or the exercise of Provider’s remedies with respect thereto.

-9-


 

     18.  General Provisions
          (a)  Headings . The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
          (b)  Partial Invalidity . If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person, place or circumstance, shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, then such provision shall be enforced to the extent that it is not illegal, invalid, unenforceable or void, and the remainder of this Agreement, as well as such provision as applied to other persons, shall remain in full force and effect.
          (c)  Waiver . With regard to any power, remedy or right provided in this Agreement or otherwise available to any party, (i) no waiver or extension of time shall be effective unless expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party, (ii) no alteration, modification or impairment shall be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise or other indulgence, and (iii) waiver by any party of the time for performance of any act or condition hereunder does not constitute waiver of the act or condition itself.
          (d)  Notices . Any notice or other communication required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given upon actual receipt, if delivered personally or by telecopy; or three (3) days following deposit in the United States mail, if deposited with postage pre-paid, return receipt requested, and addressed to such address as may be specified in writing by the relevant party from time to time, and which shall initially be as follows:
     
To Provider at:
  Interface Operations Bermuda, Ltd.
 
  c/o Interface Operations, LLC
 
  300 First Avenue
 
  Needham, Massachusetts 02494
 
  Attn:  Stephen J. O’Connor
 
  Fax:    (781) 449-6616
 
  Tel.    (781) 449-6500
 
   
To Recipient at:
  Las Vegas Sands Corp.
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
 
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
 
  Attn:  General Counsel
 
  Fax:    (702) 733-5088
 
  Tel.:   (702) 733-5631
No objection may be made to the manner of delivery of any notice or other communication in writing actually received by a party.

-10-


 

          (e)  Massachusetts Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, regardless of the choice of law provisions of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction.
          (f)  Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations and understandings, whether written or oral, of or between the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. There are no representations, warranties, covenants, promises or undertakings, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein.
          (g)  Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by a written agreement signed by all of the parties.
          (h)  Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding on, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties to it and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that Recipient may not assign any of its rights under this Agreement, and any such purported assignment shall be null, void and of no effect.
          (i)  Attorney Fees . Should any action (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) be commenced between any of the parties to this Agreement or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights of any person or entity thereunder, solely as between the parties or their successors, the party or parties prevailing in such action as determined by the court shall be entitled to recover from the other party all of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action (including, without limitation, fees, disbursements and expenses of attorneys and costs of investigation).
          (j)  Remedies Not Exclusive . No remedy conferred by any of the specific provisions of this Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity by statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more remedies shall not constitute a waiver of the right to pursue other remedies.
          (k)  No Third Party Rights . Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement on any person other than the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or discharge the obligation or liability of any third persons to any party to this Agreement, nor shall any provision give any third person any right of subrogation or action over or against any party to this Agreement.
          (l)  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which independently shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
          (m)  Expenses . Each party shall bear all of its own expenses in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement.

-11-


 

          (n)  Broker/Finder Fees . Each party represents that it has dealt with no broker or finder in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and that no broker or other person is entitled to any commission or finder’s fee in connection therewith. Provider and Recipient each agree to indemnify and hold harmless one another against any loss, liability, damage, cost, claim or expense incurred by reason of any brokerage commission or finder’s fee alleged to be payable because of any act, omission or statement of the indemnifying party.
          (o)  Relationship of the Parties . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way create any association, partnership, joint venture, or principal-and-agent relationship between the parties hereto or be construed to evidence the intention of the parties to constitute such.
          (p)  Limitation of Damages . Recipient waives any and all claims, rights and remedies against Provider, whether express or implied, or arising by operation of law or in equity, for any punitive, exemplary, indirect, incidental or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of this Agreement.
          (q)  Survival . All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, set forth in sections 4, 5, 6(a), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, and 18 of this Agreement shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first set forth above and effective as of the Effective Date.
                             
PROVIDER:       RECIPIENT:    
 
                           
INTERFACE OPERATIONS BERMUDA, LTD       LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.    
 
                           
By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson       By:   /s/ Michael A Leven    
                     
 
  Print:   Sheldon G. Adelson           Print:   Michael A. Leven    
 
  Title:               Title:   President & Chief Operating Officer    
                         
Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement between Interface Operations Bermuda, LTD and Las Vegas Sands Corp.
concerning the Aircraft listed on Schedule A hereto

-12-


 

Schedule A
(1)   Boeing 747-SP aircraft bearing Bermuda registration number VQ-BMS and manufacturer’s serial number 21649
 
(2)   Boeing 747-SP aircraft bearing Bermuda registration number VP-BLK and manufacturer’s serial number 21961

-13-

Exhibit 10.7
SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 12, 2009
          This SECOND AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of August 12, 2009, is entered into by and among VML US FINANCE LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Borrower ”), VENETIAN MACAU LIMITED , a Macau corporation (the “ Company ”) and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA , as administrative agent for the Lenders (together with its permitted successors in such capacity, “ Administrative Agent ”), acting with the consent of the Requisite Lenders, and, for the purposes of Section 4 hereof, the Loan Parties listed on the signature pages hereto.
RECITALS
     A.  WHEREAS , the Borrower, the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, The Bank of Nova Scotia, as Collateral Agent, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., Lehman Brothers Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as co-syndication agents, joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and Banco Nacional Ultramarino, S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as co-documentation agents have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2006 (together with all Exhibits and Schedules thereto and as amended through the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”).
     B.  WHEREAS , capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
     C.  WHEREAS , the Loan Parties have requested that the Requisite Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as provided for herein.
     D.  WHEREAS , the Requisite Lenders are willing to agree to such amendments relating to the Credit Agreement subject to the terms and conditions set forth below and have consented to Administrative Agent executing this Amendment on their behalf.
           NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
          1. Amendments to Credit Agreement . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in reliance on the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree to the following amendments, which amendments refer to the Credit Agreement unless specifically noted otherwise:
               (a)  Amendments to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement ( Definitions ) . Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:
                    (i)  Addition of New Definitions . Adding the following new definitions in proper alphabetical sequence:


 

2

     “ AH Transfer ” is defined in subsection 7.10(xxiii).
     “ Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments ” is defined in subsection 2.9(F).
     “ Equity Sale Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Parent and the Parent’s Subsidiaries in respect of a Permitted Equity Sale in connection with a public or private offering of equity interests (including equity interests that are issued upon conversion or exchange of securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for such equity interests) of a Subsidiary of the Parent through which its ownership interest of the Company is held net of the direct costs relating to such Permitted Equity Sale (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees and expenses and sales, finders’ or brokers commissions) and taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.
     “ Excess Asset Sale Proceeds ” is defined in subsection 2.4B(iii)(a).
     “ Excess Loss Proceeds ” is defined in subsection 2.4B(iii)(b).
     “ Excess Termination Proceeds ” is defined in subsection 2.4B(iii)(c).
     “ First Sale ” is defined in subsection 7.10(xxiii).
     “ Permitted Bond Issuance ” is defined in subsection 7.1(xx).
     “ Permitted Bond Ratable Share ” means, at any date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the then outstanding principal amount of Permitted Bonds and (ii) the denominator of which is the sum of the numerator plus the then outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans.
     “ Permitted Bonds ” is defined in subsection 7.1(xx).
     “ Permitted Equity Sale ” means any sale or transfer of equity interests (including equity interests that are issued upon conversion or exchange of securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for such equity interests) in a Subsidiary of the Parent through which its ownership of the Company is held through one or more public or private offerings, sales, agreements or stock option plans, if after any such offering, sale, transfer or grant, the common equity interests of the Company owned (either directly or indirectly) by the Parent do not constitute less than 50.1% of the total outstanding common equity interests of the Company (subject to any applicable Usufruct Agreement and mandatory minority shareholder requirements in accordance with the Legal Requirements of Macau SAR), provided that any Equity Sale Proceeds are applied pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii)(k) hereof to the extent required thereby.”
     “ Syndication Agent ” means Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. in its capacity as a Co-Syndication Agent.


 

3

                    (ii)  Amendment to the Definition of “Applicable Margin .” The definition of “ Applicable Margin ” is hereby amended as follows: Each percentage rate per annum specified therein is increased by, (i) with effect from the Second Amendment Effective Date, 3.25% per annum, until an amount equal to $500,000,000 has been applied to prepay the Loans upon consummation of one or more Permitted Equity Sales pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii)(k), and (ii) 2.25% per annum after such application of such prepayment pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii)(k), in each case, from the rates that were in effect prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date.
                    (iii)  Amendment to the Definition of “Change of Control .” The definition of “ Change of Control ” is hereby amended by replacing clause (c) thereof with the following:
“(c) the Parent ceases to own (either directly or indirectly) (i) prior to the occurrence of a Permitted Equity Sale, 100% of the common equity interests of the Company and (ii) following the occurrence of a Permitted Equity Sale, 50.1% of the common equity interests of the Company (subject, in each case, to the any Usufruct Agreement and mandatory minority shareholder requirements in accordance with the Legal Requirements of the Macau SAR); or”
                    (iv)  Amendment to the Definition of “Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA .” The definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is amended by the addition of the following further proviso thereto at the end of the first sentence of such definition:
“; provided further that, for purposes of determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA solely for the respective four consecutive Fiscal Quarter periods ending on September 30, 2009, December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010, to the extent that operating expenses in the most recent Fiscal Quarter in such period have been reduced from levels in any of the three preceding Fiscal Quarters through implementation of reduction-in-force or other cost-cutting initiatives the effect of which the Company reasonably believes is continuing, and the Company so certifies in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(iv) for such Fiscal Quarter, then the levels of such operating expenses for such three preceding Fiscal Quarters may be adjusted as if such reductions in operating expenses had been achieved in such quarters as well up to a maximum amount of (i) $40,000,000 for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on September 30, 2009, (ii) $19,000,000 for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on December 31, 2009 and (iii) $12,000,000 for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on March 31, 2010.”
                    (v)  Amendment to the Definition of “Consolidated Excess Cash Flow .” The definition of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow is amended by (x) deleting “and” immediately before clause (j) in such definition and (y) inserting the following immediately before the proviso in such definition:


 

4

     “and (k) any amounts included in the determination of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA during such period pursuant to the second proviso in the first sentence of the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA”
                    (vi)  Amendments to the Definition of “Eligible Assignee .” The definition of “ Eligible Assignee ” is hereby amended by adding the following immediately at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may in its sole and absolute discretion waive the restrictions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the fourth proviso above as to any Person that would otherwise be an Eligible Assignee by notifying the Administrative Agent in writing of such waiver.”
                    (vii)  Amendments to the Definition of “Permitted Liens .” The definition of “ Permitted Liens ” is hereby amended (w) by adding the phrase “and the holders of Indebtedness (and their representatives) incurred pursuant to a Permitted Bond Issuance” immediately following the phrase “the Secured Parties” in clause (i) thereof, (x) deleting “and” at the end of clause (xx) thereof, (y) replacing the “.” at the end of clause (xxi) thereof with “,” and (z) by adding the following additional paragraphs (xxii) and (xxiii) thereto:
     “(xxii) Liens on the Collateral junior in priority to the Liens created by the Collateral Documents pursuant to an intercreditor agreement entered into as contemplated by Section 7.1(xix); and
     (xxiii) Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens created by the Collateral Documents pursuant to an intercreditor agreement entered into as contemplated by Section 7.1(xx).”
               (b)  Amendments to Section 2.4 of the Credit Agreement ( Repayments, Prepayments and Reductions in Commitments; General Provisions Regarding Payments ) .
(i) Section 2.4B(iii)(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of the following further proviso at the end of the first sentence thereof:
“; provided further that the amount of any prepayment otherwise required pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.4B(iii)(a) shall be reduced by an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Permitted Bond Ratable Share of such amount and (y) the amount of the related Net Asset Sale Proceeds which are required by the provisions of the Permitted Bonds to be applied or offered to be applied to the redemption or retirement of Permitted Bonds; provided that to the extent such Net Asset Sale Proceeds are not so applied to retire or redeem Permitted Bonds after an offer to do so has been made (“ Excess Asset Sale Proceeds ”), such Excess Asset Sale Proceeds shall be applied to repay Loans in accordance with this Section 2.4B(iii)(a).”


 

5

(ii) Section 2.4B(iii)(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of the following further proviso at the end of the first sentence thereof:
“; provided further that the amount of any prepayment otherwise required pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.4B(iii)(b) shall be reduced by an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Permitted Bond Ratable Share of such amount and (y) the amount of the related Net Loss Proceeds which are required by the provisions of the Permitted Bonds to be applied or offered to be applied to the redemption or retirement of Permitted Bonds; provided that to the extent such Net Loss Proceeds are not so applied to retire or redeem Permitted Bonds after an offer to do so has been made (“ Excess Loss Proceeds ”), such Excess Loss Proceeds shall be applied to repay Loans in accordance with this Section 2.4B(iii)(b).”
(iii) Section 2.4B(iii)(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by the addition of the following proviso at the end thereof:
“; provided that the amount of any prepayment otherwise required pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.4B(iii)(c) shall be reduced by an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Permitted Bond Ratable Share of such amount and (y) the amount of the related Net Termination Proceeds which are required by the provisions of the Permitted Bonds to be applied or offered to be applied to the redemption or retirement of Permitted Bonds; provided that to the extent such Net Termination Proceeds are not so applied to retire or redeem Permitted Bonds after an offer to do so has been made (“ Excess Termination Proceeds ”), such Excess Termination Proceeds shall be applied to repay Loans in accordance with this Section 2.4B(iii)(c).”
(iv) Section 2.4B(iii)(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
          “(d) Prepayments Due to Incurrence of Debt .
     On the fifth Business Day following the date of receipt by the Company or any other Loan Party of the Cash proceeds (any such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable fees, costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, being “ Net Proceeds ”) from the incurrence of any debt of the Company or any other Loan Party (other than any debt expressly permitted under clauses (i)-(xix) of subsection 7.1), the Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds.”
(v) Section 2.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection 2.4B(iii)(k) immediately following subsection 2.4B(iii)(j):
          “(k) Prepayments Due to a Permitted Equity Sale .


 

6

     (1) If any Permitted Equity Sale is consummated, then no later than the fifth Business Day following the date of receipt by the Parent, the Parent’s Subsidiaries or the Company of any Equity Sale Proceeds in respect of such Permitted Equity Sale, an amount equal to such Equity Sale Proceeds shall be applied to prepay the Loans (with a concurrent permanent reduction in the Revolving Loan Commitments) in accordance with subsection 2.4B(iii)(k)(2); provided that the aggregate amount required to be applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to this subsection 2.4B(iii)(k)(1) shall not exceed $500,000,000.
     (2) Any amounts required to be applied pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii)(k)(1) will be applied to prepay all outstanding Loans on a pro rata basis (with a concurrent permanent and ratable reduction in the Revolving Loan Commitments in an amount equal to the principal amount of Revolving Loans so prepaid).
     (3) The provisions of subsections 2.4B(iv)(c)-(e) will apply to any prepayments required under this subsection 2.4B(iii)(k).”
               (c)  Amendments to Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement ( Delayed Start Revolving Commitments ) . Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection 2.9F:
          “F. Delayed Start Revolving Commitments .
                    (i) The Borrower may by written notice to the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent elect to request from time to time prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date, the establishment of one or more new revolving credit commitments to take effect on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date (or any time thereafter but prior to the Maturity Date of the Term B Delayed Draw Loans) (the “ Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments ”), in an aggregate amount not in excess of the then amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments. In the event of any reduction in the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments below the amount of the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments subsequent to the establishment of the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments, and prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date, the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments shall simultaneously and automatically be ratably reduced by an amount such that the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments as so reduced. Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments shall become effective as of the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date; provided that (1) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall exist on such date before or after giving effect to such Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments and any related Credit Extensions; (2) the Revolving Loan Commitments shall have terminated on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date, and any Revolving Loans theretofore made shall have been repaid in full; (3) the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that have been allocated any portion of the


 

7

Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments and have agreed to such allocation in their sole discretion, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirement set forth in subsection 2.7B(iii); (4) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents or reasonably requested by the Syndication Agent or the Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction; and (5) the conditions set forth in subsection 2.9F(ii) shall be satisfied as of the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date.
                    (ii) No effect shall be given to the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date in determining the requisite Lender approval for any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent in respect of the Loan Documents (a “ modification ”) pursuant to Section 10.6. However, it shall be a condition to the availability of the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitment of any Lender on and after the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date that (a) in connection with any modification of the Loan Documents effected subsequent to the establishment of the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments but prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date, approval thereof shall have been solicited (solely for purposes of this subsection 2.9F(ii)) from the Lenders having Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments and (b) either (x) such Lender shall have approved such modification or (y) such modification shall have been approved by sufficient Lenders (including for this purpose Lenders having Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments and excluding Lenders having Revolving Loan Commitments) as would have been required for effectiveness if such modification had been entered into on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date. No Lender having both a Revolving Loan Commitment and a Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitment may approve a modification with respect to one but not the other of such Commitments.
                    (iii) The terms and provisions of the Delayed Start Revolving Credit Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the related Joinder Agreement, identical to the Revolving Loan Commitments and the Revolving Loans. The Joinder Agreements for the Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments shall specify the date of scheduled termination of such Commitments, the Applicable Margin applicable thereto, the applicable rate for commitment fees with respect thereto, the applicable fees payable to the Lenders thereunder and any other terms and conditions thereof which are different from those applicable to the Revolving Loan Commitments and the Revolving Loans (and which do not affect the rights and obligations of any other Class of Loans hereunder); provided that all such terms and conditions shall be identical for all Delayed Start Revolving Loan Commitments. Each such Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and to the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.9F.”
               (d)  Amendments to Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement ( Indebtedness ) . Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the


 

8

following new subsections 7.1(xix) and 7.1(xx) immediately following subsection 7.1(xviii):
     “(xix) The Company may from time to time issue senior unsecured notes or senior notes secured by a second priority Lien on the Collateral, and the Guarantors may issue unsecured guarantees thereof or guarantees thereof secured by a second priority Lien on the Collateral; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of notes issued pursuant to this subsection 7.1(xix) does not exceed $500,000,000 at any time outstanding, (ii) the maturity date of and the date any scheduled installment of principal is due on such notes issued pursuant to this subsection 7.1(xix), shall not be prior to the latest Maturity Date of any Loan at the time of issuance of such notes and (iii) after giving pro forma effect to any such issuance, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is not greater than 3.0:1.0. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to enter into an intercreditor agreement in customary form, under then current market conditions and reasonably satisfactory to it and amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company in order to facilitate such an issuance of second priority secured notes, which execution and delivery shall be conditioned upon receipt of the Collateral Agent of such certifications, opinions of counsel and other confirmations as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request; and
     (xx) the Company may issue from time to time, and the Guarantors may guarantee, senior secured notes (“ Permitted Bonds ”) that rank pari passu with the Loans (“ Permitted Bond Issuance ”); provided that: (i) the Net Proceeds are applied pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii)(d) hereof and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Bonds issued pursuant to all such Permitted Bond Issuances does not exceed $1,000,000,000 at any time outstanding. The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Company and necessary or desirable to facilitate a Permitted Bond Issuance, and/or an intercreditor agreement in customary form, under then current market conditions and reasonably satisfactory to it, in each case which execution and delivery shall be conditioned upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such certifications, opinions of counsel and other confirmations as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request as to the legal matters set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to the Collateral Documents after giving effect to such amendments thereto and the related Permitted Bond Issuance.”
               (e)  Amendments to Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement ( Liens and Related Matters ) .
(i) Section 7.2C of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (x) replacing “or” at the end of clause (iv) thereof with “,” , (y) inserting “or” at the end of clause (v) thereof and (z) by adding the following additional clause (vi) at the end thereof:
     “(vi) as set forth in any agreement relating to Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections 7.1(xix) and 7.1(xx) hereof.”


 

9

(ii) Section 7.2D of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing clauses (i) and (j) thereof with the following:
     “(i) as set forth in any agreement relating to Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections 7.1(xix) and 7.1(xx) hereof, (j) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, extensions, refundings, replacements or refinancings in whole or in part of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above ( provided , that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Company’s management, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payments restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, extension, refunding, replacement or refinancing), or (k) as contained in the Gaming Concession Contract or as otherwise required by any Legal Requirement of Macau SAR or the Macau Gaming Authority.”
               (f)  Amendments to Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement ( Investments; Joint Ventures; Formation of Subsidiaries ) . Subsection 7.3(viii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (x) replacing “and” at the end of clause (a) thereof with “,” , (y) inserting “and” at the end of clause (b) thereof and (z) by adding the following additional clause (c) at the end thereof:
     “(c) the proceeds, if any, from the Company’s issuance of any senior unsecured notes or senior notes secured by a second priority Lien on the Collateral in accordance with subsection 7.1(xix) hereof.”
               (g)  Amendments to Section 7.6 of the Credit Agreement ( Financial Covenants ).
     The table in Section 7.6B is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
         
    Maximum Consolidated Leverage
     Fiscal Quarter Ending   Ratio
June 30, 2009
    4.00:1.0  
September 30, 2009
    4.50:1.0  
December 31, 2009
    4.50:1.0  
March 31, 2010
    4.00:1.0  
June 30, 2010
    4.00:1.0  
September 30, 2010
    3.50:1.0  
December 31, 2010
    3.50:1.0  
March 31, 2011 and thereafter
    3.00:1.0  


 

10

               (h)  Amendments to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement ( Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates ) . Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (x) deleting “and” at the end of subsection (xx) thereof, (y) replacing “.” at the end of end of subsection (xxi) thereof with “;”and (z) by adding the following new subsections 7.10(xxii) and 7.10(xxiii) immediately following subsection 7.10(xxi):
     “(xxii) agreements and other arrangements entered into in connection with a Permitted Equity Sale in order to facilitate such Permitted Equity Sale that are either (i) required by the listing rules and procedures of the applicable exchange on which any equity securities are listed in connection with such Permitted Equity Sale or (ii) on terms which are not less favorable than arm’s length terms; and
     (xxiii) the contemplated transfer (the “ AH Transfer ”) by the Company of all or substantially all of the “apart hotel” tower component of the Four Seasons Macau Resort Project to a wholly-owned Excluded Subsidiary in exchange for such Excluded Subsidiary granting to the Company (or being obligated to grant to third parties selected by the Company) the “right of use” for each apartment in such tower, provided that (a) notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Collateral Documents, such tower will remain as Collateral until shares in such Excluded Subsidiary, and a “right of use” with respect to one or more apartments, have been sold to a third party on arms-length terms (the first such sale, the “ First Sale ”); (b) simultaneously with the AH Transfer, all of the direct equity interests in such Excluded Subsidiary shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as security for the Obligations pursuant to pledge documents that (1) provide for the release of such pledge on equity interests that are sold to third parties on arms-length terms and (2) are in all other respects reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (c) the AH Transfer must comply with all of the requirements set forth in subsection (viii) of Section 7.7 above, with the reference in clause (e) of said subsection to “proceeds” being deemed to be a reference to all of the proceeds from the sales of equity interests in such Excluded Subsidiary and “rights of use” for such apartments; (d) the organizational documents of such Excluded Subsidiary shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (e) no later than the closing date of the First Sale, the third-party manager of such tower (if any) shall have entered into a “subordination and non-disturbance agreement” with the Collateral Agent on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.”
          2. Conditions to Effectiveness .
          The effectiveness of the amendments contained in Section 1 hereof is conditioned upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the date on which all such conditions have been satisfied being referred to herein as the “ Second Amendment Effective Date ”):
               (a) Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a counterpart signature page of this Amendment duly executed by each Loan Party and (ii) consent


 

11

and authorization from the Requisite Lenders to execute this Amendment on their behalf;
               (b) each of the representations and warranties in Section 3 below shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date;
               (c) each of the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent shall have received payment in immediately available funds of all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, including, without limitation, (i) in the case of the Administrative Agent only, for the account of each consenting Lender that has evidenced its agreement hereto by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on or before August 12, 2009, a non-refundable consent fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the aggregate principal amount (without duplication) of such Lender’s Commitments and Loans outstanding as of the date hereof and (ii) in the case of each of the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent, reimbursement or other payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by each of the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent, respectively (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented legal fees), required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower, any Loan Party or the Parent under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with this Amendment and the documents and transactions related hereto) or any engagement letter entered into by the Borrower and/or the Parent and the Syndication Agent and for which invoices have been previously presented on or before the Second Amendment Effective Date; and
               (d) Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, instruments, certificates and approvals as it may reasonably request.
     Administrative Agent will notify the Borrower reasonably promptly upon the occurrence of the Second Amendment Effective Date.
          3. Representations and Warranties . In order to induce Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to amend the Credit Agreement in the manner provided herein each Loan Party which is a party hereto represents and warrants to each Lender that each of the following statements is true and correct in all material respects:
               (a)  Corporate Power and Authority . Such Loan Party has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or other organizational power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby). The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment, and the performance by such Loan Party of the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and each other Loan Document to which it is a party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or other organizational action of such Person, and no other corporate, limited liability company or other organizational proceedings on the part of each such Person are necessary to consummate such transactions.


 

12

               (b)  Enforceability; Binding Obligations . This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party. Each of this Amendment and, after giving effect to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party hereto and thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) and (ii) is in full force and effect. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Amendment or the performance of the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby), nor the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of Collateral Agent’s Liens on any of the Collateral or its ability to realize thereon, except as contemplated by subsections 7.1 (xix) and (xx) of the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
               (c)  Incorporation of Representations and Warranties from Credit Agreement . After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than any such representations and warranties that, by their terms, are specifically made as of an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) are and will be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Second Amendment Effective Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date.
               (d)  No Conflicts . Neither the execution and delivery by such Loan Party of this Amendment, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, nor the performance of and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or of the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) by such Loan Party do and will, at the time of such performance, (i) violate any provision of (a) any Legal Requirement applicable to such Loan Party, (b) the Organizational Documents of such Loan Party or (c) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Instrumentality binding on such Loan Party, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party, (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of such Loan Party (other than any Liens created under any of the Loan Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders) or (iv) require any approval of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Second Amendment Effective Date, or are not yet required to be obtained pursuant to such Contractual Obligation and which such Loan Party has no reason to believe cannot be obtained when required, and disclosed in writing to Lenders, and except for such violations, conflicts, approvals and consents the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Instrumentality or any other Person is required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the post-effective notice to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau required under the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract.


 

13

               (e)  No Default . After giving effect to this Amendment, no event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default.
          4. Acknowledgment and Consent .
               (a) Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and this Amendment and consents to the amendment of the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment. Each Loan Party hereby confirms that each Loan Document to which it is a party or otherwise bound and all Collateral encumbered thereby will continue to guarantee or secure, as the case may be, to the fullest extent possible in accordance with the Loan Documents the payment and performance of all “Obligations” (as defined in the applicable Loan Document) under each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
               (b) Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that all Loan Documents to which it is a party or otherwise bound shall continue in full force and effect and that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Amendment.
               (c) Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that (i) notwithstanding the conditions to effectiveness set forth in this Amendment, such Loan Party is not required by the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to consent to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment and (ii) nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Loan Party to any future amendments to the Credit Agreement.
          5. Immunity and Indemnification of Agents . For the avoidance of doubt, the general immunity and indemnification provisions of Sections 9.2 and 9.4 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to all matters described in this Amendment with respect to any Agent.
          6. Reference to and Effect on Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents .
               (a) On or after the Second Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to “the Credit Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
               (b) Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.


 

14

               (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided in this Amendment, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Secured Party under any of the Loan Documents.
          7. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of any signature page to this Amendment by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document.
          8. Severability . Any provision of this Amendment that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
          9. Governing Law . This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof that would require the application of laws other than those of the State of New York.
( signature pages follow )


 

 

           IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first written above.
         
  BORROWER:

VML US FINANCE LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
    Name:   Kenneth J. Kay   
    Title:   Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 


 

 
         
  COMPANY:

VENETIAN MACAU LIMITED

 
 
  By:   /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
    Name:   Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo   
    Title:   Director   
 


 

 
         
  THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA ,
  as Administrative Agent
 
 
  By:   /s/ Annabella Guo    
    Name:   Annabella Guo   
    Title:   Director   


 

 
         
         
  GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. ,
  as Syndication Agent
 
 
  By:   /s/ Douglas Tansey    
    Title: Authorized Signatory   
       
 

 

Exhibit 10.8
THIS TRUST DEED is made on 4 September 2009 between:
(1)   VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II, whose registered office is situated at c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands (the Issuer ); and
 
(2)   CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, whose registered office is situated at 50 th Floor, Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong (the Trustee , which expression, where the context so admits, includes all persons for the time being the trustee or trustees of this Trust Deed).
Whereas :
(A)   The Issuer has (pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors dated 1 September 2009) authorised the issue of US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 exchangeable into fully paid shares of Sands China, to be constituted by this Trust Deed.
 
(B)   The Trustee has agreed to act as trustee of this Trust Deed for the benefit of the Bondholders (as defined below) on the following terms and conditions.
This Trust Deed witnesses and it is declared as follows:
1. Interpretation
1.1 Definitions: The following expressions have the following meanings:
Agency Agreement means the paying, exchange and transfer agency agreement dated on or about the date of this Trust Deed, as amended or supplemented from time to time, between the Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Agents, and includes any other agreements related to it, as amended or supplemented from time to time, approved in writing by the Trustee;
Agents means the Principal Agent and the other paying, exchange and transfer agents appointed under the Agency Agreement, at their specified offices, and their successors;
Auditors means the auditors for the time being of the Issuer or, if they are unable or unwilling to carry out any action requested of them under this Trust Deed, such other firm of accountants as may be nominated by the Issuer and approved in writing by the Trustee for the purpose and failing such nomination, as may be appointed by the Trustee;
Bondholder or, in respect of a Bond, holder means a person in whose name a Bond is registered in the register of Bondholders;
Bonds means the bonds, in the denomination of US$250,000 each, in registered form comprising the US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 constituted by this
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Trust Deed and for the time being outstanding or, as the context may require, a specific number or principal amount of them and includes any replacements for Certificates issued pursuant to Condition 14;
Business Day means a day (other than Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are generally open for business in Hong Kong, New York City and London, or if the context requires otherwise, in the relevant place, including in connection with the surrender of a Certificate, the place where such Certificate is surrendered;
Certificate means a certificate, substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1, issued in the name of the holder of one or more Bonds (for the avoidance of doubt, including a Restricted Certificate or a Regulation S Certificate);
Change of Control has the meaning set out in Schedule 3 of the Conditions;
Closed Period has the meaning set out in Condition 4;
Conditions means the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 1 as from time to time modified in accordance with this Trust Deed, and any reference to a particularly numbered Condition shall be construed accordingly;
Early Redemption Amount has the meaning set out in Condition 8.2;
Event of Default means any of the events described in Condition 10;
Exchange Date has the meaning set out in Condition 6;
Exchange Notice means the written notice required to accompany Certificates deposited for the purposes of exchange of Bonds, the initial form of which is set out in the Agency Agreement;
Exchange Price has the meaning set out in Condition 6;
Exchange Shares has the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule 3 of the Conditions;
Extraordinary Resolution has the meaning set out in Schedule 2;
Final Redemption Amount has the meaning set out in Condition 8.1;
Force Majeure Event means:
(a)   an act of war (whether war is declared or not), hostilities, invasion, act of foreign enemies, riot, rebellion, terrorism, revolution, military insurrection, civil disorder or civil disobedience; or
 
(b)   act of God, flood, fire, tempest, earthquake or other natural disaster; or
 
(c)   embargo, labour disputes, strike, lockout or other industrial action; or
 
(d)   general failure of electricity or other supply, aircraft collision or failure of any money transmission system; or
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

(e)   any reason which is beyond the control of the Trustee;
Fiscal Period means, as the context may require, a period (a) commencing on 1 January and ending on the succeeding 31 December, or (b) commencing on 1 January and ending on the succeeding 30 June, provided that if the Issuer shall, subject to the Conditions, change its financial year so as to end on a date other than 31 December, the foregoing shall be amended as necessary;
Hong Kong means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China;
Hong Kong Stock Exchange means The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited;
Listing Rules means the listing rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as amended and supplemented from time to time;
Ordinary Resolution has the meaning set out in Schedule 2;
outstanding means, in relation to the Bonds, all the Bonds issued except (a) those which have been redeemed in accordance with the Conditions, (b) those in respect of which the date for redemption has occurred and the redemption moneys have been duly paid to the order of the Trustee as provided in Clause 2 or have been duly paid to the Principal Agent if permitted by Clause 2 and remain available for payment following surrender of Certificates in respect of such Bonds, (c) those in respect of which claims have become prescribed under Condition 11, (d) those which have been purchased and cancelled as provided in the Conditions, (e) those in respect of which the Exchange Shares have been duly issued and delivered to the relevant Bondholder pursuant to Condition 6 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Bond in respect of which the Exchange Date has occurred shall be deemed to remain outstanding until the Exchange Shares have been duly issued and delivered to or made available for collection by the relevant Bondholder in accordance with Condition 6 even if the Bondholder is removed from the Register during the exchange process) and (f) those mutilated, destroyed or defaced Certificates in respect of the Bonds which have been surrendered and cancelled and in respect of which replacements have been issued pursuant to Condition 14; provided that for the purposes of (1) ascertaining the right to attend and vote at any meeting of the Bondholders, (2) determining how many Bonds are outstanding for the purposes of Conditions 10, 12 and 13 and Schedule 2 and (3) the exercise of any discretion, power or authority which the Trustee is required, expressly or impliedly, to exercise in or by reference to the interests of the Bondholders, those Bonds which are beneficially held by or on behalf of the Issuer, Sands China or any of their Subsidiaries and not yet cancelled shall be deemed not to remain outstanding;
Person or person means natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organisations, whether or not legal entities, and governments (whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign, and including political subdivisions thereof) and agencies or other administrative or regulatory bodies thereof;
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Principal Agent means Citibank, N.A., London Branch at its specified office at Citigroup Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom or any successor principal agent appointed under the Agency Agreement at its specified office;
QIB means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A;
Register means the Bond Register as defined in Condition 2;
Registrar means Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland, AG & Co. KGaA at its specified office at Reuterweg 16, 60323 Frankfurt, Germany or any successor registrar appointed under the Agency Agreement at its specified office;
Regulation S means Regulation S under the Securities Act;
Regulation S Certificate means a certificate, substantially in the form set out in Part B, Schedule 1, issued in the name of the holder of one or more Bonds and endorsed with the Conditions and a form of transfer;
Restricted Certificate means a certificate, substantially in the form set out in Part A, Schedule 1, issued in the name of the holder of one or more Bonds and endorsed with the Conditions and a form of transfer;
Restricted Subsidiary and Restricted Subsidiaries have the respective meanings set out in Schedule 3 of the Conditions;
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act;
Sands China means Sands China Ltd., and any corporation or company derived from or resulting or surviving from the merger, consolidation, amalgamation, reconstruction or acquisition of such entity with, into or by such other corporation, company, and any other entity, all or part of the share capital of which is, or all or some of the securities are, at the relevant time included in the Exchange Shares;
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
Shareholder means the person in whose name a Share is registered in the register of members of Sands China;
Shares has the meaning set out in Schedule 3 of the Conditions;
specified office means, in relation to an Agent or the Registrar, the office identified with its name in the Conditions or any other office approved by the Trustee and notified to the Bondholders;
Subsidiary or subsidiary has the meaning set out in Schedule 3 of the Conditions;
successor means, in relation to the Agents or the Registrar, such other or further person as may from time to time be appointed by the Issuer as an Agent or the Registrar with the written approval of, and on terms approved in writing by, the
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Trustee and notice of whose appointment is given to Bondholders pursuant to Condition 15;
this Trust Deed means this Trust Deed (as from time to time altered in accordance with this Trust Deed) and any other document executed in accordance with this Trust Deed (as from time to time so altered) and expressed to be supplemental to this Trust Deed; and
trust corporation means a trust corporation (as defined under the Law of Property Act 1925) or a corporation entitled to act as trustee pursuant to applicable foreign legislation relating to trustees.
1.2 Construction of Certain References: References to:
1.2.1 costs, charges, remuneration or expenses include any withholding, value added, turnover or similar tax charged in respect thereof;
1.2.2 United States dollars , US dollars , US$ or USD are to the lawful currency for the time being of the United States of America and Hong Kong dollars , HK dollars , HK$ or HKD are to the lawful currency for the time being of Hong Kong;
1.2.3 an action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings for the enforcement of rights of creditors include references to the action, remedy or method of judicial proceedings in jurisdictions other than England as shall most nearly approximate thereto; and
1.2.4 references in this Trust Deed and the Conditions to the consent or approval of the Trustee not being unreasonably withheld or delayed shall be construed giving due regard to the fact that the Trustee in giving any such consent or approval is acting as Trustee for the Bondholders and is obliged to act in their interests.
1.3 Headings: Headings shall be ignored in construing this Trust Deed.
1.4 Schedules: The Schedules are part of this Trust Deed and have effect accordingly.
1.5 Definitions in Conditions: Terms defined in the Conditions shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meaning when used in the main body of this Trust Deed.
1.6 Inconsistency: In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Trust Deed and the Conditions, the provisions of this Trust Deed will prevail.
2. Amount of the Bonds, Covenant to Pay
2.1 Amount of the Bonds: The aggregate principal amount of the Bonds is limited to US$600,000,000.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

2.2 Covenant to pay: The Issuer will in respect of any date on which the Bonds or any of them become due to be redeemed in accordance with and subject to the Conditions unconditionally pay to, or cause to be paid to, or to the order of the Trustee in London in United States dollars in immediately available funds the principal amount of the Bonds becoming due for redemption on that date, calculated in accordance with the Conditions together with any applicable premium (if any) (to be received by 12:00 noon (London time) at least one Business Day prior to such payment date) and will (subject to the Conditions) in the meantime and until such payment (both before and after judgment) unconditionally so pay to or to the order of the Trustee interest in US dollars (which shall accrue from day to day and include any default interest) on the principal amount of the Bonds outstanding at the relevant rate specified in Conditions 5 and 7.4 provided that:
(a)   every payment of any sum due in respect of the Bonds made to the Principal Agent as provided in the Agency Agreement shall, to that extent, satisfy such obligation except to the extent that there is failure in its subsequent payment to the relevant Bondholders under the Conditions; and
 
(b)   a payment made after the due date or pursuant to Condition 10 will be deemed to have been made when the full amount due (including default interest accrued, if any) has been received by the Principal Agent or the Trustee and notice to that effect has been given to Bondholders (if required under the Conditions or this Trust Deed) except (if payment is made to the Principal Agent) to the extent that there is failure in the subsequent payment to the relevant Bondholders under the Conditions.
The Trustee will hold the benefit of this covenant on trust for the Bondholders.
2.3 Discharge: Subject to sub-Clause 2.4, any payment to be made in respect of the Bonds by the Issuer or the Trustee may be made as provided in the Conditions and any payment so made will (subject to sub-Clause 2.4) to such extent be a good discharge to the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be.
2.4 Payment after a Default: At any time after an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default has occurred or the Bonds shall otherwise have become due and payable or the Trustee shall have received any money which it proposes to pay to the Bondholders under Clause 6, the Trustee may:
  2.4.1   by notice in writing to the Issuer, the Agents and the Registrar, require the Agents and the Registrar, until notified in writing by the Trustee to the contrary, so far as permitted by applicable law:
 
  (i)   to act as agents of the Trustee under this Trust Deed and the Bonds on the terms of the Agency Agreement (with consequential amendments as necessary and save that the Trustee’s liability for the indemnification, remuneration and all other expenses of the Agents and the Registrar shall be limited to the amounts for the time being held by the Trustee in respect of the Bonds on the terms of this Trust Deed) and thereafter to hold all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the order of the Trustee;
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

    or
 
  (ii)   to deliver all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the Trustee or as the Trustee directs in such notice or subsequently, provided that this sub-Clause 2.4.1(ii) shall not apply to any documents or records which the relevant Agent or the Registrar, as the case may be, is/are obliged not to release pursuant to any law or regulation to which it/they are subject; and
 
  2.4.2   by notice in writing to the Issuer require it to make all subsequent payments in respect of the Bonds to or to the order of the Trustee and not to the Principal Agent and any subsequent payment so made by the Issuer shall discharge the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such payment.
3. Form of the Bonds and Certificates; Issue of the Bonds
3.1 The Certificates: Upon issue, the Bonds will be represented by the Restricted Certificates and the Regulation S Certificates. Bonds sold in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, will be represented by the Restricted Certificates and Bonds sold to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act will be represented by the Regulation S Certificates . On issue of the Bonds, the Certificates will be issued and the Issuer shall procure the Registrar to make such entries of Bonds in the Register as appropriate, and thereafter, the Issuer shall forthwith arrange for delivery of the Certificates to the Bondholders. The Certificates need not be security printed.
3.2 Signature: The Certificates will be issued under the corporate seal of the Issuer or signed manually or in facsimile (with signatures affixed by mechanical means) by a director of the Issuer and authenticated manually by or on behalf of the Registrar.
3.3 Issue: Issue and delivery of the Bonds shall be complete on the issue and delivery of the Certificates to the Bondholders and completion of the Register by or on behalf of the Registrar.
3.4 Entitlement to treat holder as owner: The holder of any Bond will (save as otherwise required by law or ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest in it or any writing on or the theft or loss of the Certificate issued in respect of it) and no person will be liable for so treating the holder and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, the Agents nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments made to such holder shall be valid and, to the extent of the sums so paid, effective to satisfy and discharge the liability of the Trustee and the Issuer for the moneys so payable under the Bonds.
3.5 Authentication: No Bond shall be entitled to any benefit under this Trust Deed or be valid for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Registrar. The Registrar’s authentication to be borne on the Bonds shall be the certificate of authentication substantially as set out in the form of Schedule 1, and
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

such certificate upon any Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Bond has been duly authenticated and delivered thereunder.
4. Stamp Duties and Taxes
4.1 Stamp Duties: The Issuer will pay any capital, stamp, issue, registration, documentary, transfer or other taxes, expenses and duties, including interest and penalties, payable in respect of the creation, issue and offering of the Bonds, the execution or delivery of this Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement and pay any taxes and capital, stamp, issue and registration duties arising from the deposit of Certificates for the exchange of Bonds and the issue and delivery of Shares following such deposit. The Issuer will also indemnify the Trustee, the Agents and the Bondholders from and against all capital, stamp, issue, registration, documentary, transfer or other taxes, expenses and duties paid by any of them in any jurisdiction in connection with any action taken by or on behalf of the Trustee or, as the case may be, (where entitled under Condition 12 to do so) the Bondholders to enforce the obligations of the Issuer under this Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement.
4.2 Conditions: For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Agents or the Trustee shall be responsible or liable for:
(a)   determining whether the Issuer is liable to pay any taxes or the amounts payable (if any) in connection with Condition 6 or 9; or
 
(b)   determining the sufficiency or insufficiency of any amounts so paid and neither the Trustee nor the Agents shall be responsible to the Bondholders or any other person for any loss arising from any failure to do so.
5. Covenants relating to the Exchange of Bonds and Issue of Warrants
So long as any Bond remains outstanding, save with the approval of an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders, the Issuer will:
5.1 Availability of Shares: procure the issue and delivery of Shares to the Bondholders (or their nominee(s) or trustee(s)) upon occurrence of a Qualified IPO and comply with, among other things, the provisions of Condition 6 and ensure that all Shares delivered on exchange of the Bonds will be free from all Liens and third party rights and duly and validly issued as fully-paid and will rank pari passu with all fully paid Shares of the same class in issue;
5.2 Exchange: ensure that the Bonds may be exchanged legally and will not take any action which prevents the exchange of the Bonds or the issuance and delivery of Shares on exchange of the Bonds;
5.3 Expenses: pay the reasonable and documented expenses of the issuance and delivery of Shares to be issued and delivered on exchange of the Bonds; and
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

5.4 Issue of Warrants: on each Issuer Optional Redemption Date, issue to the holder of each Bond a warrant instrument in the form set out in Schedule 4 of the Conditions in respect of each Bond.
6. Application of Moneys Received by the Trustee
6.1 Declaration of Trust: All moneys received by the Trustee in respect of the Bonds or amounts payable under this Trust Deed will, despite any appropriation of all or part of them by the Issuer, be held by the Trustee upon trust to apply them:
firstly , in payment or satisfaction of all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities properly incurred by the Trustee and the Agents (including remuneration payable to any of them) in carrying out their respective functions under this Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement, including amounts then due and unpaid under Clause 8 to the Trustee;
secondly , in payment of any amounts of default interest (if any) owing in respect of the Bonds pari passu and rateably;
thirdly , in payment of any amounts of interest (if any) owing in respect of the Bonds pari passu and rateably;
fourthly , in payment of any amounts of principal and premium (if any, and including the Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) owing in respect of the Bonds pari passu and rateably;
fifthly , in payment of any other amounts owing in respect of the Bonds; and
sixthly , in payment of any balance (if any) to the Issuer.
If the Trustee holds any moneys which represent principal, interest or premium (including the Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) in respect of Bonds in respect of which claims have become prescribed under Condition 11, the Trustee will hold them on these trusts to be applied in accordance with the provision above.
6.2 Investment: Moneys held by the Trustee may, in the Trustee’s sole discretion, be deposited in its name or under its control at such bank or other financial institution in such currency as the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, think fit. If that bank or institution is the Trustee or a Subsidiary, Holding Company or associated company of the Trustee, it needs only account for an amount of interest equal to the standard amount of interest payable by it on such a deposit to an independent customer. The Trustee may at any time convert any moneys so deposited into any other currency, and will not be responsible for any resulting loss, whether by change in exchange rates or otherwise.
7. General Covenants
So long as any Bond is outstanding, save with the approval of an Ordinary Resolution or with the prior written approval of the Trustee where, in the opinion of the Trustee,
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

it is not materially prejudicial to the interests of Bondholders to give such approval, the Issuer will:
7.1 Books of Account: keep, and procure that the Restricted Subsidiaries (so far as required by applicable law) keep, proper books of account and, at any time after an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or if the Trustee has grounds to believe that such an event has occurred, so far as permitted by applicable law, allow, and procure that each of the Restricted Subsidiaries will allow, the Trustee and anyone appointed by it, access to the books of account of the Issuer and/or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary respectively at all reasonable times during normal business hours;
7.2 Notice of Events of Default: notify the Trustee in writing immediately on becoming aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default;
7.3 Information: so far as permitted by applicable law and regulations, give the Trustee such information as it requires to perform its functions;
7.4 Information Material to Bondholders: send to the Trustee three copies or translations, in each case in the English language, of all notices, statements and documents which are issued to creditors of the Issuer generally as soon as practicable (but not later than 30 days) after their date of issue and make available to the Agents (without cost to the Agents) as many further copies or translations as they may reasonably request in order to satisfy requests from Bondholders for them;
7.5 Director’s Certificate: send to the Trustee, on or prior to each Interest Payment Date and also within 14 days after any request by the Trustee, a certificate of the Issuer signed by any authorised director on behalf of the Issuer (on which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely without further enquiry, verification or investigation) to the effect that, having made all reasonable enquiries, to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the Issuer as at a date (the Certification Date ) being not more than five days before the date of the certificate:
  7.5.1   no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default had occurred since the date of this Trust Deed or the Certification Date of the last such certificate (if any) or, if such an event had occurred, giving details of it; and
 
  7.5.2   the Issuer has complied with all its obligations under this Trust Deed;
7.6 Notices to Bondholders: send to the Trustee at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Trustee) prior to the date of publication, a copy of the form of each notice in the English language to be given to Bondholders and once given, two copies of each such notice, such notice to be in a form approved by the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) provided that this sub-clause 7.6 shall not apply to any notice to be given pursuant to Condition 3.15;
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

7.7 Further Acts: so far as permitted by applicable law and regulations, do such further things as may be necessary in the opinion of the Trustee to give effect to this Trust Deed;
7.8 Notice of late payment: forthwith upon request by the Trustee give notice to the Bondholders of any unconditional payment to the Principal Agent or the Trustee of any sum due in respect of the Bonds made after the due date for such payment;
7.9 Change in Agents: give at least 14 days’ prior notice to the Bondholders of any future appointment, resignation or removal of any Agent or of the Registrar or of any change by any Agent or by the Registrar of its specified office and not make any such appointment or removal without the Trustee’s prior written approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided that no Registrar or Transfer Agent (as defined in the Agency Agreement) in Hong Kong or the United Kingdom may be appointed at any time;
7.10 Early Redemption: give prior notice to the Trustee of any proposed early redemption by the Issuer pursuant to Condition 8;
7.11 Compliance with the Conditions: comply with, perform and observe:
7.11.1 all the provisions of the Conditions and the Bonds, which shall be binding on the Issuer and the Bondholders, and the obligations of the Issuer under the Bonds and the Conditions shall be enforceable by the Trustee as if the same were set out and contained in this Trust Deed which shall be read and construed as one document with the Bonds and the Conditions, and the provisions contained in Schedule 2 shall have effect in the same manner as if herein set forth;
7.11.2 all provisions of the Agency Agreement and the Deed of Subordination; and
7.11.3 all laws and regulations having the force of law applicable to and binding on the Issuer in connection with the performance of its obligations under the Conditions, this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, the Deed of Subordination and the Bonds;
7.12 Bonds held by the Issuer etc.: send to the Trustee as soon as practicable after being so requested by the Trustee a certificate of the Issuer signed by any authorised director of the Issuer stating the number of Bonds held at the date of such certificate by or on behalf of the Issuer, Sands China or their Subsidiaries;
7.13 Default Interest: if there shall be a default in the payment of all or any part of the interest, principal (including the Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) and premium (if any) on any Bond when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity or by declaration or otherwise, pay default interest on any overdue interest, principal and premium (if any) at the rate of 2% per annum above the prevailing Applicable Interest Rate, which shall accrue on the overdue sum from the due date on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year consisting of 12 months of 30 days each;
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

7.14 Notification of Change of Control: notify the Trustee in writing and the holders of the Bonds in accordance with the Conditions as soon as possible (and in any event within 3 days) following the first day on which it becomes aware of the occurrence of a Change of Control;
7.15 Notification of Closed Periods: give not less than 10 days’ notice to the Trustee, the Agents and the Bondholders of the commencement of any Closed Period;
7.16 Rule 144A Information: so long as any Bonds, Warrants or Exchange Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act, during any period in which the Issuer is neither subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) nor exempt from reporting thereunder pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, provide to any holder or beneficial owner of any such “restricted security”, or to any prospective purchaser of such restricted security designated by such holder or beneficial owner, the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act upon the request of such holder or beneficial owner; and
7.17 Financial Statements: at the request of the Trustee, provide to the Trustee:
7.17.1 as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for that Fiscal Year prepared in accordance with GAAP and written in English; and
7.17.2 as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of the first half of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for that first half of the Fiscal Year prepared in accordance with GAAP and written in English.
8. Remuneration and Indemnification of the Trustee
8.1 Normal Remuneration: So long as any Bond is outstanding the Issuer will pay the Trustee as remuneration for its services as Trustee such sum on such dates in each case in accordance with the terms of a separate fee letter entered into between the Issuer and Trustee (the Fee Letter ), which sums shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be paid free and clear of deduction, set-off, counterclaim and withholding on account of taxation. Such remuneration will accrue in accordance with the terms of the Fee Letter and such remuneration shall be payable in accordance with sub-Clause 6.1.
8.2 Extra Remuneration: If an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default shall have occurred or if the Trustee finds it expedient or necessary or is requested by the Issuer to undertake duties which the Trustee considers to be of an exceptional nature or otherwise outside the scope of its normal duties under this Trust Deed, the Issuer will pay such additional remuneration (which amounts shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be paid free and clear of deduction, set-off, counterclaim and withholding on account of taxation) as they may agree or, failing agreement as to any of the matters in this sub-Clause 8.2 (or as to such sums referred to in sub-Clause 8.1), as determined
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

by an investment bank of international repute (acting as an expert) selected by the Issuer and approved by the Trustee or, failing such approval, nominated by the President for the time being of The Law Society of England and Wales. The expenses involved in such nomination and such investment bank’s fee will be paid by the Issuer, which sums shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be paid free and clear of any deduction and withholding on account of taxation. The determination of such investment bank will be conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Trustee and the Bondholders.
8.3 Expenses: The Issuer will also on demand by the Trustee pay or discharge, all costs, charges, liabilities and expenses properly incurred by the Trustee in the preparation and execution of this Trust Deed, the Conditions, the Deed of Subordination and the Agency Agreement and the performance of its functions under this Trust Deed, the Deed of Subordination and the Agency Agreement including, but not limited to, legal and travelling expenses and any stamp, documentary or other taxes or duties paid by the Trustee in connection with any legal proceedings properly brought or contemplated by the Trustee against the Issuer to enforce any provision of this Trust Deed, the Bonds, the Deed of Subordination or the Agency Agreement. Such costs, charges, liabilities and expenses will:
  8.3.1   in the case of payments made by the Trustee before such demand carry interest from the date of receipt of such demand and shall accrue at the rate of two per cent. above the costs of funds determined by the Trustee; and
 
  8.3.2   in other cases carry interest at such rate from 15 days after the due date of the demand or (where the demand specifies that payment is to be made on an earlier date) from such earlier date.
8.4 Indemnity: The Issuer will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, on demand by the Trustee indemnify it and its directors, officers, employees and appointees (the Indemnitees ) and keep the Indemnitees indemnified, in respect of Amounts or Claims to which an Indemnitee may be or become subject or which may be paid or incurred by it or which may be made against it arising out of or in relation to or in connection with the Trustee acting as trustee under this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement or the Deed of Subordination (including, without limitation, (a) the execution or exercise or purported execution or exercise by an Indemnitee of any of the Trustee’s functions, trusts, powers, authorities and discretions under this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement or the Deed of Subordination or in respect of any other matter or thing done or omitted by an Indemnitee in any way relating this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement or the Deed of Subordination or the Indemnitee’s appointment or Trustee’s appointment, (b) any Agent/Delegate Liabilities and (c) in respect of disputing or defending any Amounts or Claims made against the Trustee or any Agent/Delegate Liabilities) except such as may result from the willful misconduct, willful default, gross negligence, fraud, or breach of duty of any of the Indemnitees or breach of trust in relation to the Trustee’s duties under this Trust Deed. Amounts or Claims are losses, liabilities, costs, claims, proceedings, actions, penalties, damages, judgments, charges, demands or expenses and other liabilities whatsoever and Agent/Delegate Liabilities are Amounts or Claims which the Trustee is or would be
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

obliged to pay or reimburse to any of its agents or delegates appointed pursuant to this Trust Deed. The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 applies to this sub-Clause 8.4.
8.5 Continuing Effect: Sub-Clauses 8.3 and 8.4 will continue in full force and effect as regards the Trustee even if it no longer is the Trustee or the Bonds are no longer outstanding or this Trust Deed, the Deed of Subordination or the Agency Agreement has been discharged or terminated.
9. Provisions Supplemental to the Trustee Act 1925 and the Trustee Act 2000 and Other Provisions
9.1 Advice: The Trustee may act, or refrain from acting, on the opinion or advice of, or information obtained from, any expert (including the Auditors), whether obtained by or addressed to the Issuer, the Trustee, the Principal Agent or otherwise, and notwithstanding any monetary or other limit on liability in respect thereof, will not be responsible to anyone for any loss occasioned by so acting. Any such opinion, advice or information may be sent or obtained by letter, telex, fax or electronic mail and the Trustee will not be liable to anyone for acting on any opinion, advice or information purporting to be conveyed by such means, notwithstanding any limitation on liability (monetary or otherwise) in relation to such person’s opinion or advice and even if it contains some error or is not authentic. Such advice or opinion, acted upon by the Trustee, shall be binding on the Bondholders and the Trustee.
9.2 Trustee to Assume Performance: The Trustee need not notify anyone of the execution of this Trust Deed or do anything to find out if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and will not be responsible to the Bondholders or any other person for any loss arising from any failure by it to do so. Until it has actual knowledge or express notice to the contrary, the Trustee may assume that no such event has occurred and that the Issuer is performing all its obligations under this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement, the Conditions and the Bonds.
9.3 Resolutions of Bondholders: The Trustee will not be responsible for having acted in good faith on a resolution in writing or a resolution purporting to have been passed at a meeting of Bondholders in respect of which minutes have been made and signed or any written direction or written request of the Bondholders even if it is later found that there was a defect in the constitution of the meeting or the passing of the resolution or, (in the case of a resolution in writing) direction or request, that it was not signed by the requisite number of Bondholders or that for any reason the resolution or direction or request was not valid or binding on the Bondholders.
9.4 Certificate signed by Director: If the Trustee, in the exercise of its functions, requires to be satisfied or to have information as to any fact or the expediency of any act, it may call for and accept as sufficient evidence of that fact or the expediency of that act a certificate signed by any authorised director of the Issuer as to that fact or to the effect that, in their opinion, that act is expedient and the Trustee need not call for further evidence and will not be responsible for any loss occasioned by acting on such a certificate.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

9.5 Deposit of Documents: The Trustee may appoint as custodian, on any terms, any bank or entity whose business includes the safe custody of documents or any lawyer or firm of lawyers believed by it to be of good repute and may deposit this Trust Deed and any other documents with such custodian and pay all sums due in respect thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible for or be required to insure against any liability incurred in connection with any such appointment or deposit.
9.6 Discretion: The Trustee will have absolute and uncontrolled discretion acting in good faith as to the exercise or non-exercise of its functions pursuant to the terms of this Trust Deed and the Conditions (the exercise or non-exercise of which, as between the Trustee and the Bondholders, shall be conclusive and binding on the Bondholders) and will not be responsible for any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, damage, demand, expense or inconvenience which may result from its exercise or non-exercise provided that it has acted in good faith. Whenever in this Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement or by law, the Trustee shall have discretion or permissive power it may decline to exercise the same in the absence of approval by the Bondholders and unless it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction.
9.7 Agents: Whenever it considers it expedient in the interests of the Bondholders, the Trustee may, in the conduct of its trust business, instead of acting personally, employ and pay an agent selected by it, whether or not a lawyer or other professional person, to transact or conduct, or concur in transacting or conducting, any business and to do or concur in doing all acts required to be done by the Trustee (including the receipt and payment of money), provided that no agent in Hong Kong or the United Kingdom may be appointed to carry out the functions of the Registrar or Transfer Agent (as defined in the Agency Agreement) at any time.
9.8 Delegation: Whenever it considers it expedient in the interests of the Bondholders, the Trustee may delegate to any person on any terms (including power to sub-delegate) all or any of its functions.
9.9 Nominees: In relation to any asset held by it under this Trust Deed, the Trustee may appoint any person to act as its nominee on any terms.
9.10 Confidentiality: Unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction (and provided that, subject to applicable laws and regulations, the Issuer shall be notified as soon as practicable of the receipt of such order by the Trustee) the Trustee shall not be required to disclose to any Bondholder any confidential financial or other information made available to the Trustee by the Issuer.
9.11 Determinations Conclusive: As between itself and the Bondholders the Trustee may determine all questions and doubts arising in relation to any of the provisions of this Trust Deed. Such determinations, whether made upon such a question actually raised or implied in the acts or proceedings of the Trustee, will be conclusive and shall bind the Trustee and the Bondholders.
9.12 Events of Default: The Trustee may determine in its sole discretion whether or not an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default is in its opinion capable of remedy and/or materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders provided that any such determination will be conclusive and binding on the Bondholders only but
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

not the Issuer and the Trustee will not be responsible or liable to any Bondholder or any person for any loss arising from any failure to make such a determination. If the Trustee is unable in its sole discretion to determine whether an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default is capable of remedy and/or whether an event is materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders, it may call for and rely on an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders, and the Trustee will not be bound to make any such determination unless it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction.
9.13 Payment for and Delivery of Bonds: The Trustee will not be responsible for the receipt or application by the Issuer of the proceeds of the issue of the Bonds, any exchange of Bonds or the delivery of Bonds to the persons entitled to them.
9.14 The Shares: The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility at any time in respect of the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of the Shares or any other property which may at any time be issued or delivered on the exchange of any Bonds or the sale or other disposal of any Shares. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any failure of the Issuer to cause to be issued and delivered any Shares, share certificates or any other securities or property or make or cause to be made any payment on the exchange of the Bonds.
9.15 Responsibility: The Trustee assumes no responsibility for recitals, statements, warranties or representations of any party (other than itself) contained in this Trust Deed or any other agreement or document entered into in connection with the transaction contemplated in this Trust Deed (other than in respect of its own obligations) and shall assume the correctness and accuracy thereof and makes no representation as to the validity, sufficiency or enforceability of the Bonds.
9.16 Enforcement: The Trustee may at its sole discretion, without further notice, take proceedings against the Issuer to enforce payment of the Bonds after the Bonds have become due and payable or to declare the Bonds due and payable, provided that the Trustee shall not be under any obligation to do any of the foregoing unless:
9.16.1 it shall have been so requested in writing by the holders of more than 25 per cent. in principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding (which request has not been revoked) or shall have been so directed by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders; and
9.16.2 it shall have been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction.
No Bondholder shall be entitled to proceed directly against the Issuer except as permitted by Condition 12.
9.17 Bonds and documents: The Trustee shall not be liable to the Issuer or any Bondholder if without fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct on its part it has accepted as valid or has not rejected any Bonds purporting to be such and subsequently found to be forged or not authentic nor shall it be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on any document, certificate or communication believed by it to be genuine and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

9.18 Consent: Any consent to be given by the Trustee for the purposes of this Trust Deed may be given on such terms and subject to such conditions (if any) as the Trustee thinks fit and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Trust Deed may be given retrospectively. The Trustee may in its sole discretion give any consent or approval, exercise any power, authority or discretion or take any similar action (whether or not such consent, approval, power, authority, discretion or action is specifically referred to in this Trust Deed) if it is satisfied that the interests of the Bondholders will not be materially prejudiced thereby. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall not have any duty to the Bondholders in relation to such matters other than that which is contained in the preceding sentence.
9.19 Acceleration: The Trustee shall not be obliged to declare the Bonds immediately due and payable under Condition 10 unless it has been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction in respect of all costs, claims and liabilities which it has incurred to that date and to which it may thereby and as a consequence thereof in its opinion render itself, or have rendered itself, liable.
9.20 Responsibility for agents etc.: If the Trustee has exercised reasonable care in selecting any custodian, agent, delegate or nominee appointed under this Trust Deed (an Appointee ), it will not have any obligation to supervise the Appointee or be responsible for any loss, liability, cost, claim, action, demand or expense incurred by reason of the Appointee’s misconduct, fraud, negligence, act, omission or default or the misconduct, fraud, negligence, act, omission or default of any substitute appointed by the Appointee.
9.21 Bonds held by the Issuer: In the absence of knowledge or express notice to the contrary, the Trustee may assume without enquiry (other than requesting a certificate under sub-Clause 7.12) that no Bonds are for the time being held by or on behalf of the Issuer, Sands China or their Subsidiaries.
9.22 Reliance on Certificates: The Trustee may rely without liability to Bondholders on any certificate prepared by the directors of the Issuer and accompanied by a certificate or report prepared by an internationally recognised firm of accountants (including the Auditors) pursuant to the Conditions and/or this Trust Deed, whether or not addressed to the Trustee and whether or not the internationally recognised firm of accountants’ liability in respect thereof is limited by a monetary cap or otherwise limited or excluded and shall be obliged to do so where the certificate or report is delivered pursuant to the obligation of the Issuer to procure such delivery under the Conditions and/or this Trust Deed; any such certificate or report shall be conclusive and binding on the Issuer, the Trustee and the Bondholders.
9.23 Error of Judgment: The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by any officer or employee of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters, if the Trustee has exercised reasonable care in selecting and supervising such officer or employee.
9.24 Professional Charges: Any Trustee being a banker, lawyer, broker or other person engaged in any profession or business shall be entitled to charge and be paid all usual professional and other charges for business transacted and acts done by him or his partner or firm on matters arising in connection with the trusts of this Trust
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Deed and also his properly incurred charges in addition to disbursements for all other work and business done and all time spent by him or his partner or firm on matters arising in connection with this Trust Deed, including matters which might or should have been attended to in person by a trustee not being a banker, lawyer, broker or other professional person.
9.25 Illegality/Expenditure by the Trustee: Nothing contained in this Trust Deed shall require the Trustee to:
9.25.1 do anything which may be illegal or contrary to any applicable law or regulation (including any existing or future law or regulation); or
9.25.2 expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion hereunder if it believes that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not assured to it.
9.26 Consequential loss: Notwithstanding any provision of this Trust Deed to the contrary, the Trustee shall not in any event be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage, unless the claim for loss or damage is made in respect of fraud, willful default or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee. This sub-clause 9.26 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge or termination of this Trust Deed.
9.27 Insurance: The Trustee shall not be under any obligation to insure any certificate, note, bond or other evidence in respect thereof, or to require any other person to maintain any such insurance.
9.28 Force Majeure: Notwithstanding any provision of this Trust Deed to the contrary, the Trustee shall not in any event be liable for any inability of the Trustee (or any person or agent appointed by it) to perform any of its obligations under this Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement due to a Force Majeure Event.
9.29 Not bound to act unless indemnified: The Trustee shall not be bound to take any action in connection with this Trust Deed or any obligations arising pursuant to this Trust Deed, including, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, forming any opinion or employing any financial adviser, where it is not satisfied that the Issuer will be able to indemnify it against all costs, charges, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred in connection with such action and may demand prior to taking any such action that there be paid to it in advance such sums as it considers (without prejudice to any further demand) shall be sufficient so to indemnify it and on such demand being made the Issuer shall be obliged to make payment of all such sums in full.
9.30 Condition 3.16: Each Bondholder may by written notice to the Trustee request the document(s) or certificate referred to in Condition 3.16, it being understood that such document(s) or certificate may contain non-public information in
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

relation to the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary. Upon the receipt of such written notice from such Bondholder, the Trustee shall request the Issuer to provide such document(s) or certificate in accordance with the provisions of Condition 3.16.
10. Trustee Liable for Negligence
Section 1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to any function of the Trustee in relation to the trust constituted under this Trust Deed, provided that nothing in this Trust Deed shall relieve or indemnify it from or against any liability which would otherwise attach to it in respect of any willful misconduct, willful default, gross negligence, fraud, breach of trust in relation to the Trustee’s duties under this Trust Deed or breach of duty of which it may be guilty.
11. Waiver and Proof of Default
11.1 Waiver: The Trustee may, without the consent of the Bondholders and without prejudice to its rights in respect of any subsequent breach, from time to time and at any time, if in its opinion the interests of the Bondholders will not be materially prejudiced thereby, waive or authorise, on such terms as seem expedient to it, any breach or proposed breach by the Issuer of this Trust Deed, the Bonds, the Agency Agreement or the Conditions or determine that an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default will not be treated as such provided that the Trustee will not do so in contravention of an express direction given by an Extraordinary Resolution, an Ordinary Resolution or a request made pursuant to Condition 10. No such direction or request will affect a previous waiver, authorisation or determination. Any such waiver, authorisation or determination will be binding on the Bondholders and, if the Trustee so requires, will be notified to the Bondholders as soon as practicable.
11.2 Proof of Default: Proof that the Issuer has failed to pay a sum due to the holder of any one Bond in its capacity as a Bondholder will (unless the contrary be proved) be sufficient evidence that it has made the same default as regards all other Bonds which are then payable.
11.3 Calculation of threshold amount: In computing the threshold amounts for the purpose of Condition 10(A)(vii), (a) no obligation in respect of which there is a default shall be counted more than once, by reason for instance that the person is actually liable for such obligation and another person is contingently liable for it and (b) where any obligation is a net obligation, the net amount of such obligation shall be taken rather than the gross obligation which has been reduced to such net amount.
12. Trustee not Precluded from Entering into Contracts
The Trustee and any other director, officer, employee, holding company, Subsidiary or associated company of a corporation acting as trustee under this Trust Deed, whether or not acting for itself, may acquire, hold or dispose of any Bond or other security (or any interest therein) of the Issuer or any other person, may enter into or be interested in any contract or transaction with any such person and may act on, or as depositary or agent for, any committee or body of holders of any securities of any such person in each case with the same rights as it would have had if the Trustee were not acting as Trustee and need not account for any profit.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

13. Modification and Substitution
13.1 Modification: The Trustee may agree (but shall not be obliged to), without the consent of the Bondholders, to any modification to the Bonds, the Agency Agreement or this Trust Deed, which in the Trustee’s opinion is (a) of a formal, minor or technical nature or (b) made to correct a manifest error or to comply with mandatory provisions of law. The Trustee may also (but shall not be obliged to) so agree to any modification to this Trust Deed, the Bonds or the Agency Agreement which is in its opinion not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders or is otherwise generally in the interests of the Bondholders, but such power does not extend to any such modification as is mentioned in the proviso to paragraph 18 of Schedule 2. Any such modification as is permitted by this sub-Clause 13.1 may be made on such terms and subject to such conditions (if any) as the Trustee may determine and shall be binding on the Bondholders. Unless the Trustee agrees otherwise, the Issuer shall, upon a modification pursuant to this sub-Clause 13.1, give notice to the Bondholders in accordance with
Condition 15.
13.2 Substitution: The Trustee may (but shall not be obliged to), with the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution, agree to the substitution of any other company (the Substituted Obligor ) in place of the Issuer (or of any previous substitute under this sub-Clause) as the principal debtor under this Trust Deed and the Bonds provided that:
  (i)   a deed is executed or undertaking given by the Substituted Obligor to the Trustee, in form and manner satisfactory to the Trustee, agreeing to be bound by this Trust Deed and the Bonds (with consequential amendments as the Trustee in its sole discretion may deem appropriate) as if the Substituted Obligor had been named in this Trust Deed and the Bonds as the principal debtor in place of the Issuer;
 
  (ii)   if the Substituted Obligor is subject generally to the taxing jurisdiction of a territory or any authority of or in that territory with power to tax (the Substituted Territory ) other than the territory to the taxing jurisdiction of which (or to any such authority of or in which) the Issuer is subject generally (the Issuer’s Territory ), the Substituted Obligor will (unless the Trustee otherwise agrees) give to the Trustee an undertaking satisfactory to the Trustee in terms corresponding to Condition 9 with the substitution for the references in that Condition to the Issuer’s Territory of references to the Substituted Territory whereupon the Trust Deed and the Bonds will be read accordingly;
 
  (iii)   if any two directors of the Substituted Obligor certify that it will be solvent immediately after such substitution, the Trustee need not have regard to the Substituted Obligor’s financial condition, profits or prospects or compare them with those of the Issuer;
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

  (iv)   the Issuer and the Substituted Obligor comply with such other requirements as the Trustee may direct in the interests of the Bondholders; and
 
  (v)   (unless the Issuer’s successor in business is the Substituted Obligor as the principal debtor under this Trust Deed and the Bonds) the obligations of the Substituted Obligor as the principal debtor under this Trust Deed and the Bonds are guaranteed by the Issuer to the Trustee’s satisfaction.
13.3 Release of substituted Issuer: An agreement by the Trustee pursuant to sub-Clause 13.2 will, if so expressed, release the Issuer (or a previous substitute) from any or all of its obligations under this Trust Deed and the Bonds (other than in respect of its obligations under the guarantee as referred to in Clause 13.2(v)). Notice of the substitution will be given to the Bondholders within 14 days of the execution of such documents and compliance with such requirements.
13.4 Completion of Substitution: On completion of the formalities set out in sub-Clause 13.2, the Substituted Obligor will be deemed to be named in this Trust Deed and the Bonds as the principal debtor in place of the Issuer (or of any previous substitute) and this Trust Deed and the Bonds will be deemed to be amended as necessary to give effect to the substitution.
14. Currency Indemnity
14.1 Currency of Account and Payment: United States dollars (the Contractual Currency ) is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer under or in connection with this Trust Deed and the Bonds, including damages.
14.2 Extent of discharge: An amount received or recovered in a currency other than the Contractual Currency (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or otherwise), by the Trustee or any Bondholder in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer will only discharge the Issuer to the extent of the Contractual Currency amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).
14.3 Indemnity: If that Contractual Currency amount which the recipient is able to purchase (as referred to in Clause 14.2 above) is less than the Contractual Currency amount expressed to be due to the recipient under this Trust Deed or the Bonds, the Issuer will indemnify the Trustee, each person appointed by the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Deed and the Bondholders against any loss sustained by any of them as a result. In any event, the Issuer will indemnify the Trustee, each person appointed by the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Deed or the Bondholders against the cost of making any such purchase.
14.4 Indemnity separate: The indemnities in this Clause 14 and in sub-Clause 8.4 constitute separate and independent obligations from the other obligations in this
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Trust Deed, will each give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Trustee and/or any Bondholder and will continue in full force and effect despite any judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under this Trust Deed and/or the Bonds or any other judgment or order.
15. Appointment, Retirement and Removal of the Trustee
15.1 Appointment: The Issuer has the power of appointing new trustees but no one may be so appointed unless previously approved by an Ordinary Resolution. A trustee will at all times be a trust corporation and a trust corporation may be the sole Trustee. Any appointment of a new Trustee will be notified by the Issuer to the Bondholders, the Registrar and the Agents as soon as practicable pursuant to Condition 15.
15.2 Retirement and Removal: Any Trustee may retire at any time on giving at least 60 days’ written notice to the Issuer without giving any reason and without being responsible for any costs, charges or expenses occasioned by such retirement (other than for refunding any annual fee paid upfront) and the Bondholders may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Trustee provided that the retirement or removal of a sole trust corporation will not become effective until a trust corporation is appointed as successor Trustee. If a sole trust corporation gives notice of retirement or an Ordinary Resolution is passed for its removal, the Issuer will use all reasonable endeavours to procure that another trust corporation be appointed as Trustee as soon as practicable and if, after 30 days’ of such notice having been given the Issuer has failed to do so, the Trustee shall be entitled (at the expense of the Issuer) but not obliged to appoint another trust corporation selected by the Trustee as its successor.
15.3 Co-Trustees: The Trustee may, despite sub-Clause 15.1, by written notice to the Issuer appoint anyone to act as an additional Trustee jointly with the Trustee if such appointment is in the interests of the Bondholders and in order to:
  (i)   conform with any legal requirement, restriction or condition in a jurisdiction in which a particular act is to be performed; or
 
  (ii)   obtain a judgment or to enforce a judgment or any provision of this Trust Deed in any jurisdiction.
Subject to the provisions of this Trust Deed, the Trustee may confer on any person so appointed such functions as it thinks fit. The Trustee may by written notice to the Issuer and the person so appointed remove that person. At the Trustee’s request, the Issuer will forthwith do all things as may be required to perfect such appointment or removal and it irrevocably appoints the Trustee to be its attorney in its name and on its behalf to do so. The Issuer shall be responsible for the costs and expenses incurred in connection with such appointment or removal. The Trustee shall not be responsible for supervising any such additional Trustee provided that is has exercised care in the selection of such additional Trustee.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

15.4 Competence of a Majority of Trustees: If there are more than two Trustees the majority of them will be competent to perform the Trustee’s functions provided the majority includes a trust corporation.
15.5 Successor: Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder (provided it is a trust corporation) without the execution or filing of any papers or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Notice shall be given to the Issuer by the Trustee as soon as practicable if any event described in this sub-Clause 15.5 occurs.
15.6 Transfer of First Parent L/C and/or Second Parent L/C: In the event of any transfer of the First Parent L/C or the Second Parent L/C to a replacement or successor trustee in accordance with the terms of the First Parent L/C or the Second Parent L/C, the Issuer shall be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred in relation to such transfer.
16. Communications
Any communication shall be by letter sent by registered post or courier or by fax: in the case of the Issuer, to it at:
         
    Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II
c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House
87 Mary Street, George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9005
Cayman Islands
 
       
 
  Fax no.:   +702 733 5303
 
  Attention:   Ms. Bonnie Bruce
 
       
    and in the case of the Trustee, to it at:
 
       
    Citicorp International Limited
39 th Floor, ICBC Tower
Citibank Plaza
3 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
 
       
 
  Attention:   Agency & Trust
 
       
 
  Fax no.:   +852 2868 8048
or to such other address or fax number as shall have been notified in writing to the other parties hereto. Communications will take effect, in the case of a letter sent by
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

registered post, on the seventh business day in London and Hong Kong after posting; in the case of a letter sent by courier, at the time of delivery; in the case of fax, at the time of despatch if the correct error-free transmission report is received; provided that if such communication would take effect outside business hours then it shall be deemed to be received on the next business day in the place of receipt.
17. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
17.1 Governing Law: This Trust Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in relation to this Trust Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
17.2 Third Party Rights: A person who is not a party to this Trust Deed has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act of 1999 to enforce any term of this Trust Deed except and to the extent (if any) that this Trust Deed expressly provides for such Act to apply to any of its terms.
17.3 Jurisdiction: The courts of England are to have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Trust Deed or the Bonds, including, without limitation, disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Trust Deed or the Bonds, and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Trust Deed or the Bonds ( Proceedings ) may be brought in such courts. The Issuer irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objections to Proceedings in such courts on the ground of venue or on the ground that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. This submission is for the benefit of the Trustee and each of the Bondholders and shall not limit the right of any of them to take Proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not).
17.4 Service of Process: The Issuer appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, currently at 5 th Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom to receive, for it and on its behalf, service of process in any Proceedings in England. Such service shall be deemed completed on delivery to such process agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by the Issuer). If such process agent ceases to be able to act as such or no longer has an address in England, the Issuer will appoint a substitute process agent acceptable to the Trustee and will immediately notify the Trustee of such appointment. Nothing shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
18. Counterparts
This Trust Deed (and any supplemental trust deed thereto) may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each party on separate counterparts. Each counterpart is an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF CERTIFICATES
Part A
Form of Restricted Certificate
NONE OF THE BONDS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED, THE WARRANTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF SUCH BONDS AND THE SHARES ISSUED AND DELIVERED IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH BONDS OR WARRANTS HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT ) AND NONE OF SUCH BONDS, WARRANTS OR SHARES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (2) IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ( RULE 144A ) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER AND ANY PERSON ACTING ON ITS BEHALF REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER; (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (4) PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE); OR (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR ANY OTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT FOR RESALES OF THE BONDS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED OR RESALES OF THE RELATED WARRANTS OR SHARES.
Amount     US$[ ]     Certificate Number      R - [ ]
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014
The Bond or Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued, the identifying
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

numbers of which are noted above, are in registered form and form part of a series designated as specified in the title (the Bonds ) of Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II (the Issuer ) and constituted by the Trust Deed referred to in the Conditions. The Bonds are subject to, and have the benefit of, that Trust Deed and the terms and conditions (the Conditions ) attached to this Certificate.
The Issuer hereby certifies that [ ] of [ ] is, at the date hereof, entered in the register of Bondholders as the holder of Bonds in the principal amount of US$[ ] ([ ] United States dollars). For value received, the Issuer promises to pay the person who appears at the relevant time on the register of Bondholders as holder of the Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued such amount or amounts as shall become due in respect of such Bonds and otherwise to comply with the Conditions.
The Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued are exchangeable into fully-paid shares with a par value of US$0.01 each of Sands China Ltd. subject to and in accordance with the Conditions and the Trust Deed.
This Certificate is evidence of entitlement only. Title to the Bonds passes only on due registration on the register of Bondholders and only the duly registered holder is entitled to payments on Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until authenticated by or on behalf of the Registrar.
The Certificate is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

IN WITNESS whereof the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be executed as a deed. This deed is delivered the day and year set out below.
Dated [ ]
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
By:
         
 
     
 
       
Director
       
 
       
in the presence of:    
 
 
       
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
       
Address:
       
 
       
 
       
Occupation:
       
 
       
Certificate of Authentication
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Certified that the above-named holder is at the date hereof entered in the register of Bondholders as holder of the above-mentioned principal amount of Bonds with identifying numbers:
[ ]
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS DEUTSCHLAND, AG & CO. KGaA
as Registrar (without warranty, recourse or liability) by:
         
 
     
 
       
Authorised Signatory    
 
       
Dated [ ]
       
 
       
in the presence of:    
 
 
       
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
       
Address:
       
 
       
 
       
Occupation:
       
 
       
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Terms and Conditions of the Bonds
[See Placing Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.11 for the Terms & Conditions of the Bonds]
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Part B
Form of Regulation S Certificate
NONE OF THE BONDS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED, THE WARRANTS THAT MAY BE ISSUED IN RESPECT OF SUCH BONDS AND THE SHARES ISSUED AND DELIVERED IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH BONDS OR WARRANTS HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT ) AND NONE OF SUCH BONDS, WARRANTS OR SHARES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (2) IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ( RULE 144A ) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER AND ANY PERSON ACTING ON ITS BEHALF REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER; (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (4) PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE); OR (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR ANY OTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT FOR RESALES OF THE BONDS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED OR RESALES OF THE RELATED WARRANTS OR SHARES.
Amount      US$[ ]      Certificate Number      S- [ ]
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
(incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014
The Bond or Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued, the identifying numbers of which are noted above, are in registered form and form part of a series designated as specified in the title (the Bonds ) of Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II (the Issuer ) and constituted by the Trust Deed referred to in the Conditions. The Bonds are subject to, and have the benefit of, that Trust Deed and the terms and conditions (the Conditions ) attached to this Certificate.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

The Issuer hereby certifies that [ ] of [ ] is, at the date hereof, entered in the register of Bondholders as the holder of Bonds in the principal amount of US$[ ] ([ ] United States dollars). For value received, the Issuer promises to pay the person who appears at the relevant time on the register of Bondholders as holder of the Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued such amount or amounts as shall become due in respect of such Bonds and otherwise to comply with the Conditions.
The Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued are exchangeable into fully-paid shares with a par value of US$0.01 each of Sands China Ltd. subject to and in accordance with the Conditions and the Trust Deed.
This Certificate is evidence of entitlement only. Title to the Bonds passes only on due registration on the register of Bondholders and only the duly registered holder is entitled to payments on Bonds in respect of which this Certificate is issued.
This Certificate shall not be valid for any purpose until authenticated by or on behalf of the Registrar.
The Certificate is governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, English law.
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

IN WITNESS whereof the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be executed as a deed. This deed is delivered the day and year set out below.
Dated [ ]
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
By:
         
 
     
 
       
Director
       
 
       
in the presence of:    
 
 
       
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
       
Address:
       
 
       
 
       
Occupation:
       
 
       
Certificate of Authentication
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Certified that the above-named holder is at the date hereof entered in the register of Bondholders as holder of the above-mentioned principal amount of Bonds with identifying numbers:
[ ]
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS DEUTSCHLAND, AG & CO. KGaA
as Registrar (without warranty, recourse or liability) by:
         
 
     
 
       
Authorised Signatory    
 
       
Dated [ ]
       
 
       
in the presence of:    
 
 
       
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
       
Address:
       
 
       
 
       
Occupation:
       
 
       
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Terms and Conditions of the Bonds
[See Placing Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.11 for the Terms & Conditions of the Bonds]
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

This deed is executed and delivered on the day and year first before written.
SIGNATORIES TO THE TRUST DEED
Issuer
                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
  )              
VENETIAN VENTURE
  )              
DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II :
             
 
             
 
             
 
             
     
/s/ Michael A. Leven
   
      Duly Authorised Signatory    
 
             
 
    Name:   Michael A. Leven    
 
             
 
    Title:   Director    
 
             
         
in the presence of:
 
       
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in
the witness’s own hand writing.)
   
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

Trustee
                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
  )              
CITICORP INTERNATIONAL
  )              
LIMITED :
             
 
             
 
             
 
             
     
/s/ Terence Yeung
   
      Duly Authorised Signatory    
 
             
 
    Name:   Terence Yeung    
 
             
 
    Title:   Vice President    
 
             
         
in the presence of:
 
       
/s/ Signature illegible    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Signature illegible    
 
       
Address:
  ICBC Tower, Central, HK    
 
       
Occupation:
  Banking    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in
the witness’s own hand writing.)
   
Bella - Trust Deed

 


 

EXECUTION VERSION
4 September 2009
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
as
Issuer
CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
as
Trustee
 
TRUST DEED
constituting US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds
due 2014
Exchangeable into shares of
Sands China Ltd.
 
(FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LOGO)

 


 

CONTENTS
         
CLAUSE   PAGE
1. INTERPRETATION
    1  
2. AMOUNT OF THE BONDS, COVENANT TO PAY
    5  
3. FORM OF THE BONDS AND CERTIFICATES; ISSUE OF THE BONDS
    7  
4. STAMP DUTIES AND TAXES
    8  
5. COVENANTS RELATING TO THE EXCHANGE OF BONDS AND ISSUE OF WARRANTS
    8  
6. APPLICATION OF MONEYS RECEIVED BY THE TRUSTEE
    9  
7. GENERAL COVENANTS
    9  
8. REMUNERATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF THE TRUSTEE
    12  
9. PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925 AND THE TRUSTEE ACT 2000 AND OTHER PROVISIONS
    14  
10. TRUSTEE LIABLE FOR NEGLIGENCE
    19  
11. WAIVER AND PROOF OF DEFAULT
    19  
12. TRUSTEE NOT PRECLUDED FROM ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS
    19  
13. MODIFICATION AND SUBSTITUTION
    20  
14. CURRENCY INDEMNITY
    21  
15. APPOINTMENT, RETIREMENT AND REMOVAL OF THE TRUSTEE
    22  
16. COMMUNICATIONS
    23  
17. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
    24  
18. COUNTERPARTS
    24  
SCHEDULE 1 FORM OF CERTIFICATES
    25  
SCHEDULE 2 PROVISIONS FOR MEETINGS OF BONDHOLDERS
       
Bella - Trust Deed

 

Exhibit 10.9
THIS AGREEMENT is made on 4 September 2009
Between :
(1)   VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II whose registered office is at c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands (the Issuer );
(2)   CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH at its specified office at Citigroup Centre, 33 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom as principal paying and exchange agent (the Paying Agent , Exchange Agent , and the Principal Agent which expression shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors as such paying, exchange or principal agent);
(3)   CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS DEUTSCHLAND, AG & CO. KGaA at its specified office at Reuterweg 16, 60323 Frankfurt, Germany as registrar and transfer agent (the Transfer Agent and the Registrar , which expression shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors as such transfer agent or registrar); and
(4)   CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED at its registered office at 50 th Floor, Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong as trustee of the Bonds (which expression shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include its successors as such trustee).
WHEREAS:
(A) The Issuer has agreed to issue US$600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of exchangeable bonds due 2014 (the Bonds ) exchangeable into fully paid shares with a par value of US$0.01 (the Shares ) of Sands China Ltd. ( Sands China ).
(B) The Bonds are to be constituted by a trust deed (the Trust Deed ) dated 4 September 2009 between the Issuer and the Trustee.
(C) The Bonds will be issued in registered form in denominations of US$250,000 each or integral multiples thereof.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
Terms defined or construed in the terms and conditions of the Bonds or the Trust Deed shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meanings when used herein.
In addition:
Agents means the Principal Agent, the Registrar, the Paying Agent, the Exchange Agent and the Transfer Agent at their specified offices, and Agent means any of them and, in each case, includes any successors;
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

 


 

Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are generally open for business in New York, London and Hong Kong, or if the context requires otherwise, in the relevant place, including in connection with the surrender of a Certificate, the place where such Certificate is surrendered;
Certificates means the Restricted Certificates (as defined in the Trust Deed) and the Regulation S Certificates (as defined in the Trust Deed);
Notice means a notice of exchange substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall for the time being be current, which is the Exchange Notice as referred to in the Conditions;
Register has the meaning set out in Clause 11.1; and
any successor to an Agent means a successor to that Agent appointed at its specified office in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2. APPOINTMENTS
The Issuer appoints the Agents as its agents in respect of the Bonds in accordance with the provisions of the Conditions and this Agreement at their respective offices referred to in this Agreement and the Agents accept such appointments and each Agent agrees to perform the duties expressly required of it by this Agreement, the Trust Deed and the Conditions, and shall carry out such other acts and perform such other duties as in its sole discretion it considers necessary to give effect to the Conditions and this Agreement. No Agent shall be obliged to perform additional duties set out in any amended Conditions unless it shall have previously agreed to perform such duties. No implied duties or obligations shall be read into any such documents. Subject as provided in Clause 17, references to the Agents are to them acting solely through such respective specified offices.
3. AUTHENTICATION; TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES
3.1 The Certificates:
Immediately before issue of the Bonds, the Issuer shall deliver to the Registrar duly executed Restricted Certificates and duly executed Regulation S Certificates representing the Bonds, as applicable. Each Bondholder shall be entitled to one Certificate representing all the Bonds held by it. The Registrar (or its agent on its behalf) shall after checking that the Certificates have been recorded on the Register correctly, authenticate the Certificates upon the written order of the Issuer and arrange for their delivery to the Bondholders. The Certificates shall bear such legend as may be appropriate.
3.2 Transfer and Exchange:
(a)   Subject to compliance with the Conditions, the provisions of this Clause 3 and Exhibit C and the consent of the Issuer (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being understood that: (i) consent may not be withheld to a transfer by a Bondholder to one of its Affiliates (except such consent may be
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 2


 

    withheld pursuant to sub-clause (ii) below) provided that such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of such Bondholder after the transfer; and (ii) consent may be withheld with respect to a transfer to any Person who or whose Affiliate is engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any transfer which would or might, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements), the holder of Bonds represented by the Certificates may transfer such Bonds and the relevant Transfer Agent and the Registrar shall register the transfer of Bonds represented by the Certificates in accordance with Clauses 10 and 11 below.
(b)   If the holder of a Certificate wishes at any time to transfer the Bonds represented by such Certificate (or any part thereof), such transfer shall be subject to the delivery to the Registrar a transfer certificate in the form set out in Exhibit F (the Transfer Certificate ) duly executed by the transferor and (if applicable) the transferee of such Bonds. The Registrar shall be entitled to require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Bonds, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Registrar may reasonably require.
(c)   Bonds represented by a Restricted Certificate may be transferred to a transferee who takes delivery in the form of a Regulation S Certificate if the transferee and the transferor represent in the Transfer Certificate that it is acquiring the Bonds for its own account in an offshore transaction (within the meaning of Regulation S). Bonds represented by a Restricted Certificate may be transferred to a transferee who takes delivery in the form of another Restricted Certificate if either:
  (i)   the transferor and the transferee first deliver to the Registrar a Transfer Certificate duly executed by the transferor and the transferee to the effect that:
  (A)   the transferor represents that it reasonably believes the transferee to be a QIB; and
  (B)   the transferee represents that it is a QIB purchasing for its own account or the account of another QIB in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A; or
  (ii)   the transferee represents that it is acquiring the Bonds pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A and provides information satisfactory to the Issuer (including, without limitation, an opinion of counsel) confirming the availability of such exemption.
3.3 Closed Periods: Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Bondholder may require the transfer of a Bond during the periods set forth in Condition 4.1.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 3


 

4. PAYMENT BY THE ISSUER
4.1 Payment to the Principal Agent: In order to provide for the payment of the principal, interest, premium (if any and including any Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) and/or any default interest in respect of the Bonds as the same shall become due, the Issuer shall unconditionally pay or procure to be paid, to the Principal Agent:
4.1.1   on maturity or early redemption of any Bonds, for value by 12:00 noon (London time) at least one Business Day prior to the redemption date thereof (or, in the case of the Bonds becoming due and payable pursuant to Condition 10, forthwith upon being required by the Trustee to make such payment) to an account specified by the Principal Agent, an amount sufficient (together with any funds then held by the Principal Agent which are available for such purpose) to pay the amounts due on redemption of all Bonds so to be redeemed (or the amount due pursuant to Condition 10); and
4.1.2   for value by 12 noon (London time) at least one Business Day before the due date (to an account specified by the Principal Agent) for the payment of interest or other sums payable in respect of the Bonds in accordance with the Conditions (including any interest on the Bonds), other than sums referred to in sub-Clause 4.1.1 above, an amount sufficient (together with any funds then held by the Principal Agent which are available for such purpose) to pay interest or other sums payable then becoming due on the outstanding Bonds.
All amounts deposited with the Trustee or any Agent for the payment of Bonds to the Bondholders but which have not been so paid due to the subsequent exchange of such Bonds or otherwise shall be immediately returned to the Issuer upon the Issuer’s written request, provided that no interest shall accrue on such amounts and be payable to the Issuer by the Trustee or any Agent.
4.2 Notification of payment: The Issuer shall procure that on or before 5:00 pm (London time) on the second Business Day prior to each due date for payment of principal, interest and premium (if any and including any Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) and/or any default interest in respect of the Bonds, the bank through which such payment is to be made will send to the Principal Agent irrevocable confirmation that it has received from the Issuer an irrevocable instruction to make the relevant payment (by facsimile transmission or SWIFT).
In this Clause 4, the date on which a payment in respect of the Bonds becomes due means the first date on which the holder of a Bond could claim the relevant payment under the Conditions, but disregarding the necessity for it to be a business day in any particular place of presentation.
4.3 Notification in the event of non-payment: The Principal Agent shall forthwith notify the Trustee, the other Agents and the Issuer if it has not, by the due date for payment of principal, interest and premium (if any and including any Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) and/or any default interest in respect of the Bonds or any of them, received unconditionally in the manner provided
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 4


 

in this Clause 4 the full amount of the moneys payable on such due date on or in respect of all such Bonds, as the case may be.
5. PAYMENT BY THE AGENTS
5.1 Payment: Unless they receive a notification from the Principal Agent under Clause 4.3 the Paying Agents will, subject to and in accordance with the Conditions, pay or cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer on each due date therefor or, in the event that the due date is not a business day (as referred to in Condition 7.5), the business day immediately following such due date, the amounts due in respect of the Bonds and will be entitled to claim any amounts so paid from the Principal Agent. Subject to the following sentence, if any payment provided for in Clause 4.1 is made late but otherwise in accordance with this Agreement the Paying Agents will nevertheless make such payments in respect of the Bonds. However, unless and until the full amount of any such payment has been made to the Principal Agent none of the Paying Agents will be bound to make such payments until either the Principal Agent has received the full amount of moneys then due and payable in respect of the Bonds or other arrangements satisfactory to the Principal Agent have been made. If payment of any amount is made to the Principal Agent later than the due date for payment of such amount to the Bondholders, the Principal Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt thereof give notice to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 15 and the Paying Agents that such payment has been made. All payments to be made by the Paying Agents hereunder shall be made without charging any commission or fee to the Bondholders. Nothing contained herein shall require a Paying Agent to make a payment unless and until the Paying Agent has received immediately available funds sufficient to make the said payment.
5.2 Reimbursements of Agents: The Principal Agent will on demand promptly reimburse each Paying Agent for payments in respect of the Bonds made by it in accordance with the Conditions and this Agreement. The Principal Agent shall have direct recourse against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by it on behalf of the Issuer.
5.3 Method of payment to Principal Agent: All sums payable to the Principal Agent hereunder will be paid in United States Dollars and in immediately available or same day funds, to such account with such bank as the Principal Agent may from time to time notify in advance to the Issuer in writing.
5.4 Surrender of Certificates to Paying Agents: The Paying Agents shall accept surrender of Certificates from Bondholders as a condition precedent to payment of principal in accordance with the Conditions. At close of business on the second Business Day before the due date for payment of principal in respect of Bonds, and, if Certificates are surrendered later than that, on any Business Day thereafter on which Certificates are surrendered, each Paying Agent to whom Certificates have been surrendered will notify the Registrar and the Principal Agent of the identifying numbers of Certificates surrendered to it at that time.
Each Paying Agent will cancel Certificates surrendered to it and forward the cancelled Certificates to the Principal Agent for destruction.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 5


 

5.5 Fees and expenses of the Agents: The Principal Agent will account to each of the other Agents appointed by the Principal Agent for their fees and expenses in respect of the services performed by them under this Agreement promptly after receipt thereof from the Issuer and the Issuer shall have no responsibility for the apportionment of any such payments.
5.6 Agents of the Trustee: The Principal Agent, the Registrar or the other Agents shall, on demand by the Trustee by notice in writing given to them and the Issuer at any time after any Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred, until notified by the Trustee to the contrary, so far as permitted by applicable law:
5.6.1   act as agents of the Trustee under the Trust Deed and the Bonds on the terms provided in this Agreement (with consequential amendments as necessary and save that the Trustee’s liability for the indemnification, remuneration and all other expenses of the Agents shall be limited to the amounts for the time being held by the Trustee in respect of the Bonds on the terms of the Trust Deed) and thereafter to hold all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the order of the Trustee; or
5.6.2   deliver all Certificates and all moneys, documents and records held by them in respect of the Bonds to the Trustee or as the Trustee directs in such notice or subsequently, provided that this Clause 5.6.2 shall not apply to any documents or records which the Principal Agent, the Registrar or the relevant Agent is obliged not to release by any law or regulation to which it is subject.
At any time after an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default has occurred the Trustee may also, by notice in writing to the Issuer require it to make all subsequent payments in respect of the Bonds to or to the order of the Trustee and not the Principal Agent and any subsequent payment so made by the Issuer shall discharge the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such payment.
5.7 Notices of change of the Trustee: The Issuer shall forthwith give written notice to the Principal Agent of any change in the person or persons who act as the Trustee under the Trust Deed.
6. EXCHANGE
6.1 Exchange Duties of Exchange Agents: Each Exchange Agent shall during the office hours between 9.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on any Business Day prior to the fifth Business Day before the Exchange Date (as defined in the Conditions) at the specified office of the relevant Exchange Agent (i) accept deposit on behalf of the Issuer of any Certificates in respect of Bonds together with an original Exchange Notice (in duplicate) duly completed and signed provided that no Exchange Agent shall accept deposit of any Exchange Notice after 3:00 p.m. (Hong Kong time) on the fifth Business Day before the Exchange Date; and (ii) require the Issuer to pay all capital, stamp, issue, registration, documentary or similar taxes or duties or transfer costs and expenses (if any) specified in the Trust Deed or the Bonds to be payable by the Issuer.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 6


 

6.2 Exchange Notices: Once deposited, an Exchange Notice may not be withdrawn without the written consent of the Issuer (with a copy of such consent together with the relevant Exchange Notice sent to the relevant Exchange Agent at the same time).
6.3 Certificates held by Exchange Agents: On deposit of a Certificate (if applicable) and an Exchange Notice (in duplicate), the Certificate and the Exchange Notice so deposited and any relevant sums shall be deemed to be held by the Exchange Agent as the agent of the Issuer. The Exchange Agent shall cancel forthwith upon the Exchange Date the Certificates representing the Bonds and (unless the Exchange Agent is also the Principal Agent) despatch such cancelled Certificates promptly to or to the order of the Principal Agent or its designated agent, together with a certificate stating the identifying numbers of the Bonds in respect of which the relevant Certificates have been delivered and the identifying numbers of the relevant Certificates.
6.4 Notification by Exchange Agents:
6.4.1   As soon as practicable following deposit of a Certificate (if applicable) and Exchange Notice (in duplicate) and payment of any required amount by the Issuer in accordance with Clause 6.1, the Exchange Agent with which they were deposited shall verify that the Exchange Notice (in duplicate) has been duly completed in relation to the Bonds, which are the subject of the mandatory exchange, in accordance with its terms and purports to have been signed by or on behalf of the Bondholder named therein and that the Exchange Notice is accompanied by all Certificates (if applicable) to which it relates, and endorse the Exchange Notice to that effect.
6.4.2   Immediately following receipt of the Exchange Notice (in duplicate) by an Exchange Agent other than the Principal Agent and the fulfilment of the conditions in Clause 6.4.1, such Exchange Agent shall:
  (i)   send by facsimile transmission a copy of such Exchange Notice (endorsed pursuant to Clause 6.4.1) to the Principal Agent and the Issuer;
  (ii)   cancel forthwith upon the Exchange Date all Certificates delivered with such Exchange Notice and despatch such cancelled Certificates promptly (together with a certificate stating the identifying numbers of the Bonds in respect of which the relevant Certificates have been delivered and the identifying numbers of the relevant Certificates), to or to the order of the Principal Agent or its designated agent, who shall destroy such cancelled Certificates; and
  (iii)   despatch as soon as practicable and in any event within three (3) days after the Exchange Date, by post, the original Exchange Notice to the Principal Agent.
6.4.3   Upon receipt of the Exchange Notice by the Principal Agent (either as a result of deposit of the original by a exchanging Bondholder with the Principal
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 7


 

    Agent in its capacity as Exchange Agent or as a result of receipt of the facsimile of such Exchange Notice pursuant to Clause 6.4.2(i) above) and fulfilment of the conditions in Clause 6.4.1, the Principal Agent in its capacity as Exchange Agent shall as soon as practicable and in any event no later than the Cut Off Time (as defined in Condition 6.2(iii)):
  (i)   notify the Issuer by facsimile in the manner specified in Exhibit B hereto (an Agent Exchange Notification ), of the following (together with a copy of the Exchange Notice(s) endorsed pursuant to Clause 6.4.1):
  (1)   the total number, the aggregate principal amount and the identifying certificate numbers of all Bonds deposited on the same occasion by the same Bondholder which are to be exchanged;
 
  (2)   the name and address of:
  i)   the person in whose name the Shares issuable upon exchange are to be registered; and
 
  ii)   the exchanging Bondholder;
  (3)   the date on which the Exchange Notice is deposited and the date on which the Certificate is surrendered to the Agent; and
  (4)   the name and address of the person(s) to whom share certificates are to be despatched (as provided by the Bondholder);
  (ii)   (where the Exchange Agent with which the Certificate is deposited is itself the Principal Agent) cancel forthwith upon the Exchange Date all Certificates delivered with such Exchange Notice and procure the destruction of such cancelled Certificates; and
  (iii)   despatch as soon as practicable and in any event within five (5) Business Days after:
  (1)   where the original Exchange Notice is directly deposited with the Principal Agent, the Exchange Date; or
  (2)   where the original Exchange Notice is despatched to the Principal Agent pursuant to Clause 6.4.2(iii), such date of receipt by the Principal Agent,
 
  the original Exchange Notice to the Issuer.
6.4.4   Where an Exchange Notice is received which requires the Shares issuable on exchange of the Bonds to which it relates to be dealt with in different ways for specified principal amounts of Bonds, the Principal Agent receiving the
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 8


 

    Exchange Notice may, and if requested by the Bondholder depositing the Exchange Notice, shall, treat each specified principal amount of Bonds as if it were subject to its own Exchange Notice and prepare and send the details referred to in Clause 6.4.3 separately for each such specified principal amount (and, for the avoidance of doubt so they are not aggregated for the purpose of calculating the number of Shares, or amount of other property, issuable on exchange).
6.5 Delivery by the Issuer:
6.5.1 Upon receipt of the relevant notification by the Exchange Agent or Principal Agent, the Issuer shall as soon as practicable send notification in a form set out in Exhibit E by facsimile to the Exchange Agent or Principal Agent which has initially received the relevant Exchange Notice (and will send a copy to the Principal Agent (if it is not the Agent which received the relevant Exchange Notice) and the Registrar), in the case of a Bond in respect of which an Exchange Notice and the relevant Certificate(s) were deposited, confirming that delivery, despatch or payment in accordance with such Exchange Notice (or otherwise in accordance with the exchanging Bondholder’s instructions) of the certificate or certificates for the relevant Shares and/or securities, property or cash required to be delivered and/or paid upon exchange has been or will be made.
6.5.2 Promptly upon receipt of the notification referred to in Clause 6.5.1 from the Issuer, the Registrar shall remove the name of the relevant Bondholder from the Register.
6.6 Issuer to provide Exchange Notice: As soon as is practicable following the amendment of the Exchange Notice from the form set out in Exhibit A hereto and a subsequent request from the Exchange Agents, the Issuer will provide the Exchange Agents with copies of such new form of Exchange Notice. If required by any Bondholder, the Exchange Agents shall make Exchange Notices in the current form available to Bondholders.
6.7 Fees and Expenses of Exchange: The Issuer must pay directly to the applicable taxing authority all capital, stamp, issue, registration, documentary or similar taxes or duties or transfer costs and expenses (if any) arising in connection with the exchange of a Bond payable in any jurisdiction consequent upon the issue or delivery of Shares or any other securities, property or cash in relation to the mandatory exchange of the Bonds. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be under any obligation to determine whether the Issuer is liable to make any payment (and the amount of any payment) under this Clause 6.7.
6.8 Taxes and Duties
None of the Trustee and the Agents is under any obligation to determine whether a Bondholder is liable to pay any capital, stamp, issue, registration, documentary or similar taxes or duties or transfer costs and expenses upon the mandatory exchange of the Bonds into Shares. Neither the Trustee nor the Agents shall be responsible or liable in any way to anyone for failure or omission by the Bondholders to pay such taxes or duties.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 9


 

7. EARLY REDEMPTION AND DEPOSIT OF CERTIFICATES
7.1 Notice of Redemption: If the Issuer intends to redeem all or part of the Bonds under Condition 8.2 it shall, at least 14 days before the latest date for the publication of the notice of redemption required to be given to Bondholders in accordance with Condition 15, give prompt notice in writing of its intention to the Principal Agent and the Trustee stating the date on which such Bonds are to be redeemed, the percentage of the total outstanding principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed in the case of a partial redemption, the Early Redemption Amount, the manner in which redemption will be effected and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption with respect of each US$250,000 principal amount of Bonds.
7.2 Redemption Notice: On behalf of and at the request and expense of the Issuer, the Principal Agent shall publish the notice in accordance with Condition 15, in the form approved by the Issuer, required in connection with such redemption. Such notice shall specify the Issuer Optional Redemption Date, the percentage of the total outstanding principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed in the case of a partial redemption, the Early Redemption Amount, the manner in which redemption will be effected and the amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption with respect of each US$250,000 principal amount of Bonds. The Principal Agent shall forthwith notify the other Paying Agents of the contents of such notice.
7.3 Redemption at the Option of the Bondholders and Redemption for Change of Control: Each Paying Agent will keep a stock of notices ( Redemption Notices ) in a form similar to that set out in Exhibit D and will make them available on demand to Bondholders. The Paying Agent with which a Certificate is deposited pursuant to Condition 8.3 or 8.5 shall hold such Certificate on behalf of the depositing Bondholder (but shall not, save as provided below, release it) until the due date for redemption of the Bonds in respect of which it is issued pursuant to (i) Condition 8.3 or (ii) Conditions 8.4 and 8.5. On that date, subject as provided below, the relevant Paying Agent shall surrender such Certificate to itself and treat it as if surrendered by the holder in accordance with the Conditions. If the Bond (or Bonds) represented by the deposited Certificate becomes (or become) immediately due and payable before that date, the Paying Agent concerned shall mail such Certificate by uninsured post to, and at the risk of, the relevant Bondholder at the address shown for the Bondholder on the Register as supplied by the Registrar. At the end of the period for exercising the option in (i) Condition 8.3 or (ii) Conditions 8.4 and 8.5, as the case may be, each Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Principal Agent of the principal amount of Bonds in respect of which Redemption Notices have been deposited with it and will forward such Redemption Notices to the Principal Agent. If a Bondholder exercises its option under (i) Condition 8.3 or (ii) Conditions 8.4 and 8.5 in respect of less than the entire principal amount of the Bonds represented by the Certificate surrendered, the relevant Paying Agent and Registrar shall arrange for issuance of a new Certificate to that Bondholder representing the amount of Bonds not redeemed under (i) Condition 8.3 or (ii) Conditions 8.4 and 8.5.
7.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption: Once a notice of redemption is provided in accordance with Condition 15, Bonds called or put for redemption shall become due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 10


 

surrender of any Certificate in respect of such Bond for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Bond shall be paid by the Issuer at the redemption price determined in accordance with the relevant Condition.
7.5 Deposit of Redemption Price: Without prejudice to Clause 4 above, for value on or before the Business Day prior to the relevant redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Principal Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of all Bonds to be redeemed on that date.
7.6 Deposit of Certificates: For the avoidance of doubt, payments of the applicable Redemption Amount will only be made against surrender of the relevant Certificate at the specified office of the Principal Agent or any of the other Paying Agents.
8. CANCELLATION OF BONDS
8.1 Cancellation by Agents: All Bonds which are purchased by the Issuer or any of their respective Subsidiaries and surrendered for cancellation, or redeemed or exchanged shall be cancelled by the removal of the relevant Bondholder’s name from the Register by the Registrar and cancellation of the corresponding Certificates by the Agent to which they were surrendered or with which they were deposited.
8.2 Cancelled Certificates: Each Agent shall (unless it is itself the Principal Agent) give all relevant details for the purposes of Clause 8.3 to, and shall forward Certificates cancelled by it promptly to, the Principal Agent or, as the case may be, its designated agent.
8.3 Certification of Payment Details: Subject to receipt of the information described in Clause 8.2, the Principal Agent shall as soon as reasonably practicable, upon a written request within one month after the end of the calendar quarter during which any such redemption, exchange, payment or cancellation (as the case may be) takes place, furnish the Issuer, the Trustee and the Registrar with a certificate signed by its duly authorised officer (whose name and specimen signature have previously been provided to the Issuer) stating (as applicable):
(a)   the aggregate amounts paid in respect of Bonds redeemed or paid and cancelled;
 
(b)   the aggregate principal amount of Bonds exchanged and cancelled;
 
(c)   the identifying numbers and certificate numbers of such Bonds (if any); and
 
(d)   that such Bonds have been cancelled.
Such certification may be accepted by the Trustee as conclusive evidence of repayment or discharge pro tanto of the Bonds, of payment of interest thereon (if any) or (as the case may be) of the issue of replacement Certificates.
8.4 Cancelled Certificates: Unless otherwise instructed by the Issuer, the Principal Agent or its designated agent shall destroy the cancelled Certificates in its
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 11


 

possession or held to its order and furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee upon written request, a certificate of such destruction.
8.5 Records: Subject to receipt of the relevant information, the Principal Agent shall keep a full and complete record of all Bonds and of their redemption, exchange, payment, cancellation, despatch to the Issuer and replacement (as appropriate) and shall make such record available at all reasonable times during office hours to the Issuer, the Trustee and the other Agents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Principal Agent shall not be required to keep a record of the Register.
8.6 Identifying Numbers: The Registrar shall notify the Principal Agent of the identifying numbers of the Bonds and the Certificates which are issued and the same shall form the basis of the records to be kept by the Principal Agent.
9. ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
9.1 Stocks of Certificates: From time to time, the Issuer will cause a sufficient quantity of additional blank Certificates duly signed manually or in facsimile to be available, upon request, to the Registrar for the purpose of delivering replacement Certificates as provided below. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee and the Registrar (and the Paying Agent, if applicable) if the authorised officer of the Issuer whose facsimile signature appears on such stocks of replacement Certificates ceases to be so authorised. In such circumstances the Issuer will promptly, properly and validly appoint a replacement authorised officer and upon the request of the Registrar or the Trustee promptly deliver to the Registrar such number of replacement Certificates as it may reasonably request, duly signed manually or in facsimile by such replacement authorised officer. Upon receipt of such replacement Certificates, the Registrar or its agent will be deemed to have been authorised by the Issuer to destroy any previous replacement Certificates and will notify the Issuer of such destruction.
9.2 Replacement: The Registrar will, subject to and in accordance with Condition 14 and the following provisions of this Clause, authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) any replacement Certificates which the Issuer may determine to issue or deliver in place of Certificates which have been mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed. The Registrar will inform the Issuer upon receiving any request from a Bondholder (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) for the issue of a replacement Certificate.
9.3 Conditions of Replacement: The Registrar will verify with the relevant Agent, in the case of an allegedly lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate in respect of which the identifying number is known or believed to be known, that the Bond in respect of which such Certificate is issued has not been redeemed or exchanged or purchased by the Issuer and cancelled. The Registrar shall not deliver or cause to be delivered any replacement Certificate unless and until the applicant therefor shall have:
9.3.1   paid such costs, taxes and duties as may be incurred in connection therewith;
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 12


 

9.3.2   furnished the Registrar (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) with such evidence (including evidence as to the identifying number of the Certificate in question if known) and indemnity as the Issuer and the Registrar may reasonably require; and
9.3.3   surrendered to the Registrar (directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) any mutilated or defaced Certificate to be replaced.
9.4 Cancellation of replaced Certificates: The Registrar shall cancel or procure the cancellation of any mutilated or defaced Certificates surrendered to it for replacement. Unless otherwise instructed by the Issuer, the Registrar shall destroy or procure the destruction of such cancelled Certificates and upon request by the Issuer or the Trustee, furnish the Issuer, the Trustee and the Principal Agent with a certificate confirming such destruction and containing the information specified in Clause 8.3.
9.5 Notification: The Registrar shall, on delivering (either directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) any replacement Certificate, forthwith inform the Issuer and each of the other Agents, of the identifying number of such replacement Certificate and (if known) of the identifying number of the Certificate and the relevant Bonds in place of which such replacement Certificate has been delivered.
9.6 Records: The Registrar shall keep a full and complete record of all replacement Certificates delivered (either directly or, if applicable, through the relevant Agent) and shall make such record available at all reasonable times during office hours to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Principal Agent.
9.7 Notice of presentation of replaced Certificates: Whenever any Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen, defaced or destroyed in replacement for which a new Certificate has been issued shall be surrendered or delivered to an Agent prior to payment or for exchange, the Agent shall promptly send notice thereof to the Issuer, the Registrar and the Principal Agent.
10. DUTIES OF THE TRANSFER AGENTS IN RESPECT OF TRANSFERS
If and to the extent specified by the Conditions and in accordance therewith and the terms of this Agreement or if otherwise requested by the Issuer, each Transfer Agent will:
10.1 receive requests for the transfer of Bonds, inform the Registrar, forward the deposited Certificate(s) to the Registrar and assist in the issue of a new Certificate in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Clause 13 and in particular forthwith notify the Registrar of (1) the name and address of the holder of the Bonds, (2) the identifying number of the relevant Certificate and the relevant Bonds, (3) (where not all Bonds in respect of which a Certificate was issued are to be transferred) the number of Bonds transferred and their identifying numbers, and (4) the name, address and account for payments (if any) of the transferee to be entered on the Register;
10.2 keep the Registrar informed of all transfers;
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 13


 

10.3 carry out such other acts as may be necessary to give effect to the Conditions and the other provisions of this Agreement; and
10.4 upon receipt of a request from a Bondholder to transfer its Bonds pursuant to Condition 4.1 and the documents referred to in Condition 4.1, within two Business Days (as defined in the Conditions) notify the Issuer in writing of such request and such Transfer Agent shall thereafter comply with its obligations under Condition 4.1.
11. DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR
11.1 The Register: The Registrar shall maintain a register (the Register ) outside Hong Kong and the United Kingdom in accordance with the Conditions and the Regulations referred to in Clause 13 (and shall maintain no duplicate register inside Hong Kong or the United Kingdom). The Register shall:
11.1.1   show the amount of Bonds and the date of issue and all subsequent transfers and changes of ownership in respect thereof and the names and addresses of the holders of Bonds;
11.1.2   be made available, at all times during office hours upon reasonable notice being given to the Registrar, to the Issuer, the Trustee, the other Agents or any person authorised by any of them for inspection and (at the expense of the person making the request) for the taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom and the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all such lists of holders of Bonds, their addresses, registered accounts, holdings and other details as they may request; and
11.1.3   include a record of the identifying number allocated to each Bond and the identifying number allocated to each Certificate which is issued. Each Certificate will carry the identifying number of the Bond or Bonds in respect of which it is issued, as well as its own identifying number.
The Registrar will maintain proper records in relation to the title to any of the Bonds including all forms of transfer, probates, letters of administration and powers of attorney. The provisions set forth in Exhibit C hereto shall apply in relation to the maintenance of the Register and the transfer of Bonds. The Registrar will enter in the Register the details of all redemptions or exchange of Bonds notified to it as aforesaid and the Registrar will comply with the proper and reasonable requests of the Issuer with respect to the maintenance of the Register and will provide to the Issuer, the Trustee and other Agents such information with respect thereto as may be requested by the Issuer or may be reasonably required by the Trustee or the other Agents for the proper performance of their respective duties.
11.2 Transfers: The Registrar will:
(a)   receive requests for the transfer of Bonds and will also receive Certificates deposited with a Transfer Agent for transfer, effect the necessary entries, authenticate and issue new Certificates in accordance with the Regulations referred to in Clause 13 and deliver the new Certificate(s) to the relevant Agent; and
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 14


 

(b)   without prejudice to the generality of sub-clause (a) above, upon receipt of a request from a Bondholder to transfer its Bonds pursuant to Condition 4.1 and the documents referred to in Condition 4.1, within two Business Days (as defined in the Conditions) notify the Issuer in writing of such request and the Registrar shall thereafter comply with its obligations under Condition 4.1.
11.3 Replacement: The Registrar will also have certain duties in connection with the replacement of certificates, which duties are set out in Clause 9.
11.4 Residency and tax status: The Registrar is under no obligation to enquire as to the residency or tax status of a Bondholder or a potential holder of Bonds.
11.5 Place of Registrar and entries on Register: The Registrar shall
(a)   provide the Issuer notice of any change in the place where the Register is kept within two (2) Business Days after such change; and
(b)   transmit to the Issuer a copy of every entry in the Register within two (2) Business Days after such entry is made.
12. DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES FOR THE REGISTRAR
12.1 Supply of Certificates: From time to time, the Issuer will deliver to the Registrar and each Transfer Agent in reasonably sufficient time for the performance of its duties hereunder sufficient additional blank Certificates as may be required by the Registrar and each Transfer Agent.
12.2 Safekeeping of Certificates: The Registrar shall maintain in safekeeping all Certificates and blank Certificates delivered to and held by it and shall ensure that Certificates are issued only in accordance with the Conditions and the provisions of this Agreement.
12.3 Information: Within seven days of any written request therefor by the Issuer or any Agent, so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, the Registrar shall certify to the Issuer and the relevant Agent the number of blank Certificates held by it hereunder.
13. INFORMATION AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE BONDS
13.1 Provision of information: The Agents will give to the other Agents and the Trustee such further information with regard to their activities hereunder as may reasonably be required by them for the proper carrying out of their respective duties.
13.2 Regulations: The Issuer may, subject to the Conditions, from time to time with the approval of the Registrar and the Trustee promulgate Regulations concerning the carrying out of transfers of Bonds and the forms and evidence to be provided. All such transfers will be made subject to the Regulations. The initial Regulations are set out in Exhibit C. The Registrar shall, at the expense of the Issuer, provide copies of the current Regulations to Bondholders upon written request.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 15


 

14. REMUNERATION
14.1 Fees: The Issuer will, in respect of the services to be performed by the Principal Agent and the Registrar and the other Agents under this Agreement, the Conditions and the Trust Deed pay to the Principal Agent the commissions, fees and expenses as separately agreed in writing with the Principal Agent. The Principal Agent’s receipt of such moneys shall be a complete discharge of the Issuer’s obligations to pay the same and the Issuer need not concern itself with the apportionment of such moneys as between the Principal Agent, the Registrar and the other Agents.
14.2 Costs: The Issuer will pay to the Principal Agent all out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of legal and other professional advisers and any taxes thereon to the extent that they are not recoverable) properly incurred by any Agent and the Registrar in connection with its services performed under this Agreement, the Conditions and the Trust Deed promptly upon receipt from the Principal Agent of notification of the amount of such expenses together with a copy of the relevant invoices and/or receipts.
14.3 Authentication Fees: The Issuer will pay the fees and expenses as from time to time for any authentication.
14.4 No obligation to act: The Agent shall have no obligation to act if it believes it will incur costs or any financial liability for which it will not be reimbursed.
14.5 Distribution to Agents: The Principal Agent will be responsible for distributing the remuneration of the Agents appointed by the Principal Agent and the Registrar and their relevant costs and expenses promptly upon receipt of the moneys therefor from the Issuer, and the Issuer shall not be concerned as to the mechanics, timing or apportionment of such distribution.
14.6 Stamp duties: The Issuer will pay or reimburse all stamp, transfer, registration and other similar taxes, fees or duties, if any, to which this Agreement may be subject.
14.7 Obligations to survive: Any outstanding obligations of the Issuer to the Agents and the Registrar under this Clause 14 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, the Conditions and the Trust Deed and the resignation or removal of any of the Agents or the Registrar.
15. FUNDS HELD BY PRINCIPAL AGENT
15.1 Repayment: Any sums paid by, or by arrangement with, the Issuer to the Principal Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be required to be repaid to the Issuer unless and until the Bonds in respect of which such sums were paid shall have been exchanged or redeemed or purchased and cancelled or claims in respect of such sums shall have become prescribed under Condition 11, but in any of these events the Principal Agent shall (provided that all other amounts due under this Agreement shall have been duly paid), save as mentioned below, forthwith repay to the Issuer upon its written request sums (without interest) equivalent to the amounts
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 16


 

which would otherwise have been payable on the relevant Bonds together with any fees previously paid (except for any commissions, fees and expenses paid by the Issuer pursuant to Clause 14) to the Principal Agent in respect of such Bonds. For the avoidance of doubt, the Principal Agent shall not be obliged to make any repayment to the Issuer so long as any amounts which under this Agreement should have been paid to or to the order of the Principal Agent by the Issuer shall remain unpaid. The Principal Agent shall not, however, be otherwise required or entitled to repay any sums received by it under this Agreement and in no case shall be liable for interest thereon.
15.2 Use of moneys: The Principal Agent shall be entitled to deal with moneys paid to it by the Issuer for the purposes of this Agreement in the same manner as other moneys paid to a banker by its customers and shall not be liable to account to the Issuer for any interest thereon, save as otherwise agreed between the Issuer and the Principal Agent. No Agent shall exercise any right of set-off or lien or similar claim over moneys paid to it or by it under this Agreement. Unless required by law, moneys held by the Principal Agent need not be segregated.
16. MISCELLANEOUS
16.1 Publication of notices: On behalf of and at the written request and expense of the Issuer, the Principal Agent will as soon as practicable cause to be published any notices required to be given by the Issuer or the Trustee in accordance with the Trust Deed or any of the Conditions, save as set out herein. The Issuer shall provide the Principal Agent with signed copies of any notices to be published at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of publication.
16.2 Notices to the Trustee: Upon each occasion that the Issuer gives to the Trustee any notice in connection with the Bonds, the Issuer shall at the same time give a similar notice to the Principal Agent.
16.3 Voting: Each of the Agents shall perform the functions described as being performed by it in Schedule 2 to the Trust Deed and shall keep a full and complete record of forms of proxy issued by it.
16.4 No implicit duties: The Agents shall be obliged to perform such duties, and only such duties, as are herein and in the Conditions specifically set forth, and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Conditions against any of them.
16.5 No agency or trust: In acting hereunder and in connection with the Bonds, the Agents shall act solely as agents of the Issuer (or, where a notice given by the Trustee pursuant to Clause 5.6 shall not have been withdrawn, the Trustee) and will not thereby assume any obligations towards, or relationship of agency or trust for, any of the Bondholders.
16.6 Taking of advice: Any of the Agents may consult with legal or other professional advisers satisfactory to it, and the opinion of such advisers shall be full and complete protection in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered hereunder
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 17


 

in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such advisers provided that it has exercised reasonable care in selecting such advisers.
16.7 Reliance: The Principal Agent, the other Agents and the Registrar shall be protected and shall incur no liability for or in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered in reliance upon: (i) any instruction, request or order from the Issuer or the Trustee or (ii) any Bond, notice, certificate, form of transfer, exchange notice, resolution, direction, instruction, consent, certificate, affidavit, statement, fax, email, SWIFT message or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been delivered, signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
16.8 Liability: The Agents shall not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder which may involve it in any expense or liability, the payment of which would be contrary to applicable law or regulation.
16.9 Indemnity by the Issuer: To the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws, the Issuer will indemnify each of the Agents, its agents and its delegates and the Registrar against any losses, liabilities, costs, claims, actions, demands, damages or expenses (including, but not limited to, all properly incurred costs and expenses paid or incurred in disputing or defending any of the foregoing) which it may incur or which may be made against it as a result of or in connection with its appointment or the exercise or non-exercise by it of its powers, discretions and duties, except such as may result from its own wilful misconduct, wilful default, gross negligence, fraud or bad faith or that of its directors, officers, employees or agents. Except in the case of gross negligence, wilful default, wilful misconduct, fraud or bad faith of the Agent or that of its directors, officers, employees or agents, no Agent shall be liable either for any act or omission under this Agreement, or if any Bond, Certificate, form of transfer or Exchange Notice shall be lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged. Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances will the Agents be liable to the Issuer or any other party to this Agreement for any consequential loss (being loss of business, goodwill, opportunity or profit) or any special, indirect or punitive damages of any kind whatsoever, in each case however caused or arising and whether or not foreseeable, even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage. The provisions of this Clause 16.9 shall survive the resignation or removal of any Agent or the Registrar and the termination of this Agreement.
16.10 Entitlement to treat holder as owner: Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or may be required by law, each of the Agents shall (whether or not the relevant Bond is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest, or writing on, or the loss or theft of, the Certificate issued in respect of it) be entitled to treat the registered holder of any Bond as the absolute owner for all purposes.
16.11 Copies of documents: So long as any of the Bonds remain outstanding, the Issuer shall provide the Agents with a sufficient number of copies of the Trust Deed and, subject to being provided with such copies, each of the Agents will procure that such copies shall be available at its specified office during office hours for examination by Bondholders and that copies thereof will be furnished to Bondholders upon written request at their expense.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 18


 

16.12 Acquisition of Bonds: Any Agent, their affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors and employees, may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Bonds or Shares with the same rights that it or they would have if it were not appointed hereunder, and may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Issuer and may act on, or as depositary, trustee or agent for, any committee or body of holders of Bonds or other obligations of the Issuer as freely as if it were not appointed hereunder.
16.13 Merger: Any corporation into which any Agent for the time being may be merged or converted, any corporation with which such Agent may be consolidated, amalgamated or any corporation resulting from any merger, amalgamation, conversion or consolidation to which such Agent shall be a party, any corporation to which such Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its assets or any corporation to which such Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be the relevant successor Agent under this Agreement without the execution or delivery of any papers or any further act on the part of the parties hereto whereupon the Issuer, the other Agents, the Trustee and such successor shall acquire and become subject to the same rights and obligations between themselves as if they had entered into an agreement in the form mutatis mutandis of this Agreement. Notice of any such merger, amalgamation, conversion, consolidation, sale or transfer shall forthwith be given by such Agent to the Issuer, the Trustee and the other Agents and, as soon as practicable, to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 15.
16.14 Agents’ obligations: The obligations of the Agents are several and not joint.
16.15 Illegality: In the event that the Agents shall be uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder or shall receive instructions, claims or demands from the Issuer, in its opinion, conflict with any of the provisions of this Agreement, it shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action until it is directed in writing by a final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
16.16 Instruction in writing: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the Agents shall be obliged to act or omit to act in accordance with any instruction, direction or request delivered to them by the Issuer unless such instruction, direction or request is delivered to such Agents in writing. Each Agent may, in connection with its services hereunder, rely upon the terms of any instruction, notice, communication or other document believed by it to be genuine and from the proper party.
16.17 No liability for interest: The Agent shall not be under any liability for interest on any moneys at any time received by them pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Bonds and applied by them in accordance with the provisions hereof, except as otherwise provided hereunder or agreed in writing.
16.18 Delegations: The Agents may execute any of their powers and perform any of their duties hereunder directly or through delegates or attorneys and may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled persons to be selected and retained by them. The Agents shall not be obliged to supervise such delegates or attorneys and shall not be liable for the acts of such delegates or attorneys, or for anything done, suffered or
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 19


 

omitted by them in accordance with the advice or opinion of any such counsel, accountants or other skilled persons provided that the Agents shall have exercised due care and diligence in the selection or appointment of such delegates, attorneys, counsel, accountants or skilled persons.
16.19 Amendments and/or Modifications: This Agreement may be amended by all of the parties, without the consent of any Bondholder, either (a) for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained in this Agreement or (b) in any manner which the parties may mutually deem necessary or desirable and which shall not be inconsistent with the Conditions and shall not be materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders.
16.20 Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism: Each Agent may take and instruct any delegate to take any action which it in its sole discretion considers appropriate so as to comply with any applicable law, regulation, request of a public or regulatory authority or any policy of the CitiGroup which relates to the prevention of fraud, money laundering, terrorism or other criminal activities or the provision of financial and other services to sanctioned persons or entities. Such action may include but is not limited to the interception and investigation of transactions on the Issuer’s accounts (particularly those involving the international transfer of funds) including the source of the intended recipient of funds paid into or out of the Issuer’s accounts. In certain circumstances, such action may delay or prevent the processing of the Issuer’s instructions, the settlement of transactions over the Issuer’s accounts or the Agents’ performance of their obligations under this Agreement. Subject to compliance with applicable law, the Agents shall promptly notify the Issuer of the existence of such circumstances. Neither the Agents nor any delegate will be liable for any loss (whether direct or consequential and including, without limitation, loss of profit or interest) caused in whole or in part by any actions which are taken by the Agents or any delegate pursuant to this clause. For the purposes of this clause, CitiGroup means Citibank, N.A. or any bank or direct or indirect subsidiary of Citibank, N.A., its subsidiaries and associated companies.
16.21 Force Majeure: Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no Agent shall in any event be liable for any inability of such Agent (or any person or agent appointed by it) to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement due to a Force Majeure Event.
17. CHANGES IN AGENTS
17.1 Appointment and termination of appointment: The Issuer may appoint further or other Agents. The Issuer may also terminate the appointment of any Agent at any time subject to the prior written approval of the Trustee (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Such termination shall be effective by giving:
17.1.1   to the Trustee;
17.1.2   in the case of any Agent other than the Principal Agent, to the Principal Agent; and
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 20


 

17.1.3   to the Agent whose appointment is to be terminated, at least 30 days’ prior written notice to that effect.
However, no such notice relating to the termination of the appointment of the Principal Agent or the Registrar shall take effect until a new Principal Agent or, as the case may be, Registrar approved in writing by the Trustee (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) has been appointed and has accepted its appointment on terms approved in writing by the Trustee. The Issuer will at all times maintain (i) a Principal Agent, (ii) a Registrar, (iii) an Agent having a specified office in a major financial centre in Europe, (iv) an Exchange Agent, a Paying Agent and a Transfer Agent with a specified office in a European Union member state that will not be obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to the Directive on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive, and (v) an Agent in Hong Kong. The termination of the appointment of any Agent shall not take effect (1) until notice thereof shall have been given to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 15 and (2) within the period commencing 45 days immediately preceding any due date for a payment in respect of the Bonds and ending 15 days after such date.
17.2 Resignation: Any Agent may resign its appointment hereunder at any time by giving to the person(s) referred to in Clauses 17.1.1 and 17.1.2 and the Issuer at least 30 days’ written notice to that effect, provided that (a) in the case of the resignation of the Principal Agent or the Registrar, no such resignation shall take effect until a new Principal Agent or, as the case may be, Registrar approved in writing by the Trustee has been appointed by the Issuer and has accepted its appointment on terms approved in writing by the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (b) no such resignation shall take effect unless upon the expiry of the notice period there are Agents as required by Clause 17.1 and the Conditions, (c) no such resignation shall take effect until notice thereof shall have been given to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 15 and (d) no such notice shall be given so as to expire within a period commencing 30 days immediately preceding any due date for a payment in respect of the Bonds and ending 15 days after such date. Notwithstanding the above, the Issuer agrees with each Agent that if, by the day falling 10 days before the expiry of any notice referred to above, the Issuer has not appointed a replacement Agent, then the relevant Agent shall be entitled to select on behalf and at the expense of the Issuer and the Issuer shall appoint in its place any reputable financial institution of good standing on terms approved by the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
17.3 Delivery of Records by Principal Agent on Termination: If the appointment of the Principal Agent hereunder is terminated or the Principal Agent resigns its appointment hereunder, the Principal Agent shall subject to payment of all outstanding fees and expenses, on the date on which such termination or resignation takes effect, pay to the successor Principal Agent the amounts held by it in respect of Bonds, the Certificates relating thereto which have not been presented for payment and any other amounts held by it in respect of the Bonds and shall deliver to the successor Principal Agent Bonds surrendered to it but not yet destroyed, Exchange Notices held by it, all records concerning Bonds and the Certificates maintained by the Principal Agent pursuant to this Agreement, and shall have no other duties or
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 21


 

responsibilities to provide services as Principal Agent thereafter. The Principal Agent shall be entitled to payment by the Issuer of its remuneration for the services previously tendered hereunder in accordance with the terms of Clause 14 including the reimbursement of all reasonable expenses (including legal fees) incurred in connection therewith.
17.4 Delivery of Records by Registrar on Termination: If the appointment of the Registrar is terminated or the Registrar resigns its appointment hereunder, the Registrar shall subject to payment of all outstanding fees and expenses, on the date on which such termination or resignation takes effect, deliver to the successor Registrar, the Register, all Certificates and blank Certificates held by it and all other records concerning the Bonds maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement, and shall have no other duties or responsibilities to provide services as Registrar thereafter.
17.5 Delivery of Records by Agents on Termination: If the appointment of any Agent is terminated or any Agent or the Registrar resigns its appointment hereunder, such Agent or the Registrar shall subject to payment of all outstanding fees and expenses, on the date on which such termination or resignation takes effect, deliver to any successor Agent or the Registrar or, if none, the Principal Agent any records or other documents concerning the Bonds maintained by it pursuant to this Agreement, and shall have no other duties or responsibilities thereafter.
17.6 Change of Office: If any Agent shall change its specified office, it shall give to the Issuer, the Principal Agent and the Trustee not less than 45 days’ prior written notice to that effect giving the address of the new specified office. As soon as practicable thereafter, the Principal Agent shall give to the Bondholders, on behalf of and at the expense of the Issuer, notice of such change and the address of the new specified office in accordance with Condition 15.
17.7 Additional Termination Events: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Clause 17, the appointment of any Agent shall forthwith terminate if such Agent becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, consents to the appointment of a receiver, administrator or other similar official of all or a substantial part of its property or assets or admits in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature or suspends payment thereof, or if a resolution is passed or an order made for the winding up or dissolution of such Agent or any analogous event occurs under any applicable law.
18. NOTICES
Any communication shall be in the English language and shall be by letter sent by registered post or courier or facsimile transmission:
to the Issuer:
Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II
c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House
87 Mary Street, George Town
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 22


 

Grand Cayman KY1-9005
Cayman Islands
Attention:      Ms. Bonnie Bruce
Fax no.:         +703 733 5303
to the Trustee:
Citicorp International Limited
39 th Floor, ICBC Tower
Citibank Plaza
3 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
Fax no.:           +852 2868 8048
Attention:       Agency & Trust
to the Registrar and Transfer Agent:
Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland, AG & Co. KGaA
Reuterweg 16
60323 Frankfurt
Germany
Attention:       Agency & Trust
Fax no.:         +49 69 1366 1429
to the Principal Agent:
Citibank, N.A., London Branch
1 North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
Ireland
Attention:       Agency & Trust
Fax no.:         +353 1 622 2202
with a copy to:
Citibank, N.A., Hong Kong Branch
39 th Floor, ICBC Tower
Citibank Plaza
3 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 23


 

Attention:       Agency & Trust
Fax no.:           +852 2868 8048
Communications will take effect, in the case of a letter sent by registered post, on the seventh Business Day after posting; in the case of a letter sent by courier, at the time of delivery; in the case of fax, at the time of despatch if the correct error-free transmission report is received; provided that if such communication would take effect outside business hours then it shall be deemed to be received on the next business day in the place of receipt.
Any of the parties named above may change its address or facsimile number for the purpose of this Clause by giving notice of such change to the other parties to this Agreement.
19. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
19.1 Governing Law: This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
19.2 Third Party Rights: A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act of 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement except and to the extent (if any) that this Agreement expressly provides for such Act to apply to any of its terms.
19.3 Jurisdiction:
19.3.1   The courts of England are to have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Agreement, including, without limitation, disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement ( Proceedings ) may be brought in such courts. The parties to this Agreement irrevocably submit for all purposes for or in connection with this Agreement to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and waive any objection to Proceedings in such courts whether on the ground of venue or on the ground that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.
19.3.2   Nothing in this Clause 19 shall limit the right of any party to this Agreement to take Proceedings against any other party in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in one or more jurisdictions preclude any party from taking Proceedings in any other jurisdiction, whether concurrently or not.
19.4 Service of Process: The Issuer irrevocably appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, currently at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom as its authorised agent for service of process in England. The Issuer will procure that, so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, there shall be in force an appointment of such a person with an office in England with authority to accept
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 24


 

service as aforesaid on behalf of the Issuer and, failing such appointment within 15 days after demand by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Trustee shall be entitled by notice to the Issuer to appoint such person. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
20. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each party on separate counterparts. Each counterpart is an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Agreement by e-mail (PDF) or telecopy shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. In relation to each counterpart, upon confirmation by or on behalf of the signatory that the signatory authorises the attachment of such counterpart signature page to the final text of this Agreement, such counterpart signature page shall take effect together with such final text as a complete authoritative counterpart.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 25


 

EXHIBIT A
EXCHANGE NOTICE
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 (the Bonds )
(Please read the notes overleaf before completing this Notice.)
         
Name (or Contact Person):   Date:
 
   
 
       
Address:
  Tel No.    
 
 
 
   
 
       
Fax No.
       
 
       
 
       
Email address:
       
 
     
 
       
(*delete as appropriate)
       
Signature:
To:   Citibank, N.A., London Branch
1 North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
Ireland
  Attention:     Agency & Trust
Fax No.:         +353 1 622 2202
cc:   Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II (the Issuer )
I/We, being the holders of the Bonds specified below, hereby irrevocably request to receive fully-paid ordinary shares of Sands China Ltd. (the Shares ) with a par value of US$0.01 upon the mandatory exchange of the Bonds in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Bonds. Terms used in this Exchange Notice and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement dated 4 September 2009 between, among others, the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., London Branch as Principal Agent.
1.   Total principal amount, number and identifying and certificate numbers of Bonds to be exchanged:
 
    Total principal amount:
 
 
    Total number of Bonds:
 
 
    Identifying numbers of Bonds:
 
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 26


 

    Identifying numbers of Certificates deposited in respect of Bonds to be exchanged:
 
N.B. If necessary, the identifying numbers of Bonds and Certificates can be attached separately.
2.   Name(s) and address(es) of person(s) in whose name(s) the Shares required to be delivered on exchange are to be registered (who shall either be the Bondholder itself or its nominee or trustee (with evidence thereof being provided to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuer) and no other person):
 
    Name:
 
    Address:
 
    Telephone Number:
 
    Fax Number:
3.   I/We hereby request that [I/We or my/our nominee or trustee be registered as holder(s) of the relevant number of Shares in the register of shareholders of Sands China Ltd.] [the Shares be delivered to, and registered in the name of the depositary for credit to the securities account specified below] and [the certificates for the Shares together with] any [other] securities or property required to be delivered upon exchange, be despatched by ordinary post (at my/our risk and expense) to the person whose name, contact person, telephone numbers, fax number and address is given below and, in each case, in the manner specified below:
 
    Name:
 
 
    Contact Person:
 
 
    Address:
 
 
    [Securities Account Details:

 
 
    Securities Account Name:
 
]
 
    Telephone Number/Fax Number:
 
 
    Manner of despatch:
 
 
    The Certificate in respect of the Bonds to be exchanged hereby accompanies this Exchange Notice.
 
    Name:
 
    Address:
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 27


 

I/We hereby certify that at the time of execution and deposit of this Exchange Notice I/we or the person who has the beneficial interest in the Bonds specified above is/are not in the United States (within the meaning of Regulation S ( Regulation S ) under the US Securities Act of 1933) and that I/we, or such person, purchased such Bonds or the beneficial interest therein, in a transaction made in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S.
I/we hereby certify that we are aware that the Bonds held by me/us and the Shares being exchanged therefor are “restricted securities” (within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act) and understand that such Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, pledged, or transferred except in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
N.B.
(i)   This Exchange Notice will be void unless the introductory details and Sections 1 to 3 are completed.
(ii)   Your attention is drawn to Condition 6 of the Bonds with respect to the conditions precedent which must be fulfilled before the Bonds specified above will be treated as effectively eligible for exchange.
(iii)   Despatch of share certificates or other securities or property will be made at the risk and expense of the exchanging Bondholder and the exchanging Bondholder will be required to submit any necessary documents required in order to effect despatch in the manner specified.
For Agent’s use only:
1   (A) Bond exchange identification reference:                                                               
  (B)   Date on which the Exchange Notice is deposited with (and, if applicable, Certificate is surrendered to) the Agent:                     
 
  (C)   Exchange Date:                                                               
 
  (D)   Date of deposit of Exchange Notice:
                                                              
2   Aggregate principal amount of Bonds in respect of which Certificates have been deposited for exchange:                                          
The Exchange Agent must complete items 1 and 2.
No Shares will be issued to a Bondholder (or its nominee or trustee) unless the Bondholder satisfies the foregoing conditions.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 28


 

EXHIBIT B
AGENT EXCHANGE NOTIFICATION
Form of notification to be sent by facsimile transmission by the Principal Agent
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds Due 2014 (the Bonds )
To:   Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II (the Issuer ) (attention: Ms. Bonnie Bruce)
Bonds exchange identification reference: Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds Due 2014
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
Regards
Citibank, N.A., London Branch
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 29


 

Explanation
Against the letters (A) to (H) inclusive will be inserted the following information with respect to the relevant Exchange Notice:
         
(A)
  =   name and address of exchanging holder of the Bonds;
 
       
(B)
  =   total number and the aggregate principal amount of Bonds in respect of which a Certificate has been deposited by the same holder of the Bonds;
 
       
(C)
  =   identifying and Certificate numbers of the Bonds;
 
       
(D)
  =   name(s) and address(es) of person(s) in whose name(s) the Shares issuable upon exchange are to be registered;
 
       
(E)
  =   the date on which the Exchange Notice is deposited with the Agent, and the date on which the Certificate is surrendered to the Agent; and
 
       
(F)
  =   name and address of person to whom share certificates are to be despatched or details of securities account into which the Shares issuable upon exchange are to be deposited (in each case, as provided by the Bondholder).
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 30


 

EXHIBIT C
REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER AND REGISTRATION
OF BONDS
1. Each Bond shall be in the denomination of US$250,000. Certificates, each evidencing entitlement to one or more Bonds, shall be issued in accordance with the Conditions.
2. Subject to satisfaction of the other requirements and conditions under this Agreement and the Conditions, the Bonds are transferable by execution of the form of transfer on each Certificate endorsed under the hand of the transferor or, where the transferor is a corporation, under its common seal or under the hand of two of its officers duly authorised in writing. In this Exhibit transferor shall where the context permits or requires include joint transferors and be construed accordingly.
3. The Certificate issued in respect of the Bond to be transferred must be delivered for registration to the office of a Transfer Agent accompanied by such other evidence (including certificates and/or legal opinions) as the Transfer Agent may reasonably require to prove the title of the transferor or his right to transfer the Bond and his identity and, if the form of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf or in the case of the execution of a form of transfer on behalf of a corporation by its officers, the authority of that person or those persons to do so. The signature of the person effecting a transfer of a Bond shall conform to any list of duly authorised specimen signatures supplied by the registered holder or be certified by a recognised bank, notary public or in such other manner as the Agent may require.
4. The executors or administrators of a deceased holder of Bonds (not being one of several joint holders) and, in the case of the death of one or more of joint holders, the survivor or survivors of such joint holders, shall be the only persons recognised by the Issuer as having any title to such Bonds.
5. Any person becoming entitled to Bonds in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder of such Bonds may, upon producing such evidence that he holds the position in respect of which he proposes to act under this paragraph or of his title as the Transfer Agent shall require (including certificates and/or legal opinions), be registered himself as the holder of such Bonds or, subject to the preceding paragraphs as to transfer, may transfer such Bonds. The Issuer and the Agents may retain any amount payable upon the Bonds to which any person is so entitled until such person shall be so registered or shall duly transfer the Bonds.
6. Unless otherwise requested by him and agreed by the Issuer, a holder of Bonds shall be entitled to receive only one Certificate in respect of his holding.
7. The joint holders of a Bond shall be entitled to one Certificate only in respect of their joint holding which shall, except where they otherwise direct, be delivered to the joint holder whose name appears first in the Register in respect of the joint holding.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 31


 

8. The Issuer and the Transfer Agents shall make no charge to the holders for the registration of any holding of Bonds or any transfer of Bonds or for the issue of any Certificates or for the delivery of Certificates at the specified office of the Agent to whom the request for registration, transfer or delivery was delivered or by uninsured post to the address specified by the holder. If any holder entitled to receive a Certificate wishes to have it delivered to him otherwise than at the specified office of such Agent, such delivery shall be made upon his written request to such Agent, at his risk and (except where sent by uninsured post to the address specified by the holder) at his expense.
9. Each Transfer Agent will within seven business days in the place of its specified office of a request received by such Transfer Agent to effect a transfer of a Bond deliver at its specified office to the transferee or despatch by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, a new Certificate in respect of the Bond or Bonds transferred. In the case of a transfer, exchange or redemption of fewer than all the Bonds in respect of which a Certificate is issued, a new Certificate in respect of the Bonds not transferred, exchange or redeemed will be so delivered to the holder to its address appearing on the register of holders of Bonds.
10. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Bond only upon presentation of an executed and duly completed form of transfer substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 1 to the Trust Deed together with any other documents thereby required.
11. The Issuer may, with the prior approval of the Registrar, the Transfer Agents and the Trustee, promulgate any other regulations that it may deem necessary for the registration and transfer of the Bonds.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 32


 

EXHIBIT D
FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II (the Issuer )
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 (the Bonds )
By depositing this duly completed Redemption Notice with a Paying Agent for the Bonds the undersigned holder of such of the Bonds as are represented by the Certificate surrendered with this Notice and referred to below irrevocably exercises its option to have such Bonds redeemed on [ ] 20[ ] under (i) Condition 8.3 or (ii) Conditions 8.4 and 8.5 of the Bonds.
This Redemption Notice relates to Certificates representing Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of US$                      . The identifying numbers of such Certificates are as follows:
If any Certificate issued in respect of the Bonds referred to above is to be returned to the undersigned under Clause 7.3 of the Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement entered into by the Issuer in respect of the Bonds, it will be returned by uninsured post (and at the risk of the relevant Bondholder) to the address of the Bondholder appearing on the register of Bondholders.
Payment in respect of the above-mentioned Bonds will be made in accordance with the Conditions of the Bonds.
Dated:
Signature:
Name:
[To be completed by recipient Agent]
Received by:                                                               
[Signature and stamp of Agent]
At its office at:                                                               
On:                                                               
Notes:
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 33


 

(1)   This Redemption Notice is not valid unless all of the paragraphs requiring completion are duly completed.
(3)   The Agent with whom Certificates are deposited will not in any circumstances be liable to the depositing Bondholder or any other person for any loss or damage arising from any act, default or omission of such Agent in relation to such Certificates or any of them unless the loss or damage was caused by the wilful misconduct, wilful default, gross negligence, fraud or bad faith of such Agent or its directors, officers or employees or agents.
(4)   Terms used in this Redemption Notice and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the paying, exchange and transfer agency agreement dated 4 September 2009 between, among others, the Issuer and Citibank, N.A., London Branch as principal agent.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 34


 

EXHIBIT E
NOTIFICATION FROM ISSUER
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds Due 2014 (the Bonds )
To:   Citibank, N.A., London Branch, as Exchange Agent
  1 North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
Ireland
  Attention:       Agency & Trust
Fax:                +353 1 622 2202
Cc:   Citibank, N.A., Hong Kong Branch
  39 th Floor, ICBC Tower
Citibank Plaza
3 Garden Road
Central Hong Kong
  Attention:       Agency & Trust
  Fax No.:           +852 2868 8048
Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II Exchangeable Bonds Due 2014 exchangeable into ordinary shares of Sands China Ltd.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Regards
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 35


 

For and on behalf of Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II
                                                              
Name:
Title:
Explanation
Against the letters (A) to (D) inclusive will be inserted the following information with respect to the delivery of Shares upon exchange:-
         
(A)
  =   the identity of the Exchange Agent who forwarded the copy of the Exchange Notice in respect of the Bonds that have been exchanged;
 
       
(B)
  =   number of Shares (excluding fractions) deliverable to such holder of the Bonds upon exchange;
 
       
(C)
  =   the Exchange Date and the Exchange Price; and
 
       
(D)
  =   name and address of person to whom share certificates are to be dispatched or details of securities account into which the Shares issuable upon exchange are to be deposited (in each case, as provided by the Bondholder).
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 36


 

EXHIBIT F
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds Due 2014 (the Bonds )
To: Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland, AG & Co. KGaA, as Registrar
In connection with the transfer [and exchange] of Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of US $                                                                represented by the attached Restricted Certificate by us to [ name of transferee ], we certify that:
(a)   [the transfer is being made in an offshore transaction (within the meaning of Regulation S) and acknowledges that the Issuer and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of such certification.] 1
(b)   [the transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believes that the transferee is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A) (a QIB ) purchasing for its own account or for the account of another QIB.] 2
(c)   [the transferor and transferee are relying on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A.] 3
Unless this certificate is completed in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement, the Registrar will refuse to register any transfer and/or exchange of the Bonds represented by the Restricted Certificate. All terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning set out in the Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement dated 4 September 2009 between Citicorp International Limited, Citibank N.A., London Branch, Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland, AG & Co. KGaA and Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II.
                                                              
For and on behalf of [ holder ]
Name:
Title:
 
1   To be inserted if the transferee takes delivery in the form of a Regulation S.
 
2   To be inserted if the transferor and transferee are relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.
 
3   To be inserted if the transferor and transferee are relying on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 37


 

Signature Guarantee
         
 
       
Signature must be guaranteed
      Signature
Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ( STAMP ) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of the United States, as amended.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 38


 

TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATION
The undersigned hereby certifies that it:
[(A) is purchasing the Bonds in an offshore transaction (within the meaning of Regulation S, (B) is purchasing the Bonds for its own account and will be the beneficial owner of the Bonds, (C) is not an affiliate of the Issuer or a person acting on behalf of such an affiliate, (D) understands that the Bonds have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and that the Bonds are being offered and sold to it in accordance with Regulation S of the Securities Act ( Regulation S ), (E) will not offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Bonds except in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable laws of any state of the United States and any other jurisdiction and (F) understands that the Issuer and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of such acknowledgments, representations and agreements.] 4
[(A) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A) (a QIB ) purchasing for its own account or for the account of another QIB, (B) acknowledges that the Bonds offered and sold to it, as well as the Warrants (if issued) and any Shares issued on exchange of the Bonds or Warrants ( New Shares ), are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act and are being offered and sold in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act and that no representation is made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resales of the Bonds, Warrants or New Shares, (C) understands that the Bonds, Warrants and New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except (i) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (ii) in reliance on Rule 144A to a person that the holder and any person action on its behalf reasonably believes is a QIB purchasing for its own account or for the account of another QIB, (iii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (iv) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available) or (v) pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, (D) understands that any offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of the Bonds, Warrants or New Shares made other than in compliance with such restrictions may not be recognised by the Issuer, (E) understands that the Bonds and Warrants will bear a legend to such effect, (F) agrees to give each person to whom it transfers Bonds notice of any restrictions on transfer of such Bonds, Warrants and New Shares and (H) understands that the Bonds and Warrants will be represented by a definitive certificate and that before any interest in the Bonds may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, it will be required to provide a transfer agent or registrar with a written certification as to compliance with applicable securities laws.] 5
[(A) is relying on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A and is attaching hereto information confirming the
 
4   To be inserted if the transferee takes delivery in the form of a Regulation S.
 
5   To be inserted if the transferor and transferee are relying on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 39


 

availability of such exemption 6 , (B) acknowledges that the Bonds offered and sold to it, as well as the Warrants (if issued) and any Shares issued on exchange of the Bonds or Warrants ( New Shares ), are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act and are being offered and sold in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act and that no representation is made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resales of the Bonds, Warrants or New Shares, (C) understands that the Bonds, Warrants and New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except (i) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (ii) in reliance on Rule 144A to a person that the holder and any person action on its behalf reasonably believes is a QIB purchasing for its own account or for the account of another QIB, (iii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (iv) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available) or (v) pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, (D) understands that any offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of the Bonds, Warrants or New Shares made other than in compliance with such restrictions may not be recognised by the Issuer, (E) understands that the Bonds and Warrants will bear a legend to such effect, (F) agrees to give each person to whom it transfers Bonds notice of any restrictions on transfer of such Bonds, Warrants and New Shares and (H) understands that the Bonds and Warrants will be represented by a definitive certificate and that before any interest in the Bonds may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, it will be required to provide a transfer agent or registrar with a written certification as to compliance with applicable securities laws. ] 7
For and on behalf of [ name of transferee ]
Name:
Title:
 
6   To include such information as may be requested by the Issuer, including, without limitation, an opinion of counsel.
 
7   To be inserted if the transferor and transferee are relying on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A.
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page 40


 

IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have executed this paying, exchange and transfer agency agreement as of the date first above written.
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II as Issuer
         
     
By:   /s/ Michael A. Leven    
    Name:   Michael A. Leven   
    Title:   Director   
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

 


 

CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH as Principal Agent, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
         
     
By:   /s/ Terence Yeung    
    Terence Yeung   
    Vice President   
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

 


 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS DEUTSCHLAND, AG & CO. KGaA as Registrar and Transfer Agent
         
     
By:   /s/ S. Roos    
    S. Roos   
    Assistant Manager   
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

 


 

CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED as Trustee
         
     
By:   /s/ Terence Yeung    
    Terence Yeung   
    Vice President   
 
Bella — Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

 


 

EXECUTION VERSION
4 September 2009
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
as
Issuer
CITIBANK, N.A., LONDON BRANCH
as
Principal Agent, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS DEUTSCHLAND, AG & CO. KGaA
as
Registrar and Transfer Agent
CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
as Trustee
 
PAYING, EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
AGENCY AGREEMENT
relating to
US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014
 
(FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LOGO)

 


 

CONTENTS
         
CLAUSE   PAGE  
1. DEFINITIONS
    1  
2. APPOINTMENTS
    2  
3. AUTHENTICATION; TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATES
    2  
4. PAYMENT BY THE ISSUER
    4  
5. PAYMENT BY THE AGENTS
    5  
6. EXCHANGE
    6  
7. EARLY REDEMPTION AND DEPOSIT OF CERTIFICATES
    10  
8. CANCELLATION OF BONDS
    11  
9. ISSUE OF REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATES
    12  
10. DUTIES OF THE TRANSFER AGENTS IN RESPECT OF TRANSFERS
    13  
11. DUTIES OF THE REGISTRAR
    14  
12. DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES FOR THE REGISTRAR
    15  
13. INFORMATION AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE BONDS
    15  
14. REMUNERATION
    16  
15. FUNDS HELD BY PRINCIPAL AGENT
    16  
16. MISCELLANEOUS
    17  
17. CHANGES IN AGENTS
    20  
18. NOTICES
    22  
19. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
    24  
20. COUNTERPARTS
    25  
EXHIBIT A EXCHANGE NOTICE
    26  
EXHIBIT B AGENT EXCHANGE NOTIFICATION
    29  
EXHIBIT C REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS
    31  
EXHIBIT D FORM OF REDEMPTION NOTICE
    33  
EXHIBIT E NOTIFICATION FROM ISSUER
    35  
EXHIBIT F TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
    37  
Paying, Exchange and Transfer Agency Agreement

Page I

Exhibit 10.10
A DEED OF SUBORDINATION made on 4 September 2009
Between :
(1)   CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, whose registered office is situated at 50 th Floor, Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong acting in its capacity as trustee of the Bondholders (the Trustee );
 
(2)   The parties set out in Schedule 1 hereof (the Subordinated Creditors ); and
 
(3)   The parties set out in Schedule 2 hereof (the Companies ).
Whereas :
(A)   Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II (the Issuer ) has (pursuant to a resolution of its Board of Directors dated 1 September 2009) authorised the issue of US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 (the Bonds ) exchangeable into fully paid shares of Sands China Ltd. ( Sands China ), to be constituted by a trust deed (the Trust Deed ) dated on or about the date of this Deed between the Trustee and the Issuer. Each of the Subordinated Creditors agrees to subordinate the intercompany and shareholders’ loans made available by the Subordinated Creditors to the Companies on the terms set out in this Deed.
(B)   The parties hereto have agreed to enter into this Deed for the purpose of effecting the subordination arrangements referred to in recital (A) above.
This Deed provides :
1.   Definitions and Interpretation
 
1.1   In this Deed, the following expressions shall have the following meanings:
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are generally open for business in New York, London, Macau and Hong Kong.
Event of Default has the meaning ascribed thereto in the terms and conditions of the Bonds;
Financing Documents means the Bonds (including the certificates of the Bonds), the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds);
Permitted Payments means the payments and receipts (whether directly or by way of set-off) permitted by clause 5;
Potential Event of Default has the meaning ascribed thereto in the terms and conditions of the Bonds;
Senior Creditors means the Trustee and the holders of the Bonds (the Bondholders );
Bella — Deed of Subordination

 


 

Senior Debt means all moneys, liabilities and obligations of the Issuer, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise, which now or at any time hereafter may become due, owing or payable to any Senior Creditor (in any currency) under or in connection with the Trust Deed or any of the other Financing Documents;
Subordinated Debt means all moneys, liabilities and obligations of the Companies to the Subordinated Creditors, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise, which as at the date of this Deed is due, owing or payable to any Subordinated Creditor (in any currency); and
Subordinated Document means any document or agreement evidencing or recording the terms of any Subordinated Debt.
1.2   In this Deed unless the context otherwise requires:
 
(a)   clauses shall be construed as references to the clauses of this Deed;
 
(b)   any reference to an enactment or statutory provision is a reference to it as it may have been, or may from time to time be amended, modified, consolidated or re-enacted;
 
(c)   any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors in title and assigns;
 
(d)   any document, instrument or agreement shall be construed as to include such document, instrument or agreement as amended, modified, varied, supplemented or novated from time to time;
 
(e)   the headings are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Deed; and
 
(f)   reference to one gender shall include all genders.
 
2.   Subordination
 
2.1   In consideration of:
  (i)   the Senior Creditors acting under or in connection with the Financing Documents; and
 
  (ii)   the Bondholders subscribing the Bonds,
    each of the Subordinated Creditors agrees that until all moneys, liabilities and obligations whatsoever which now are or at any time hereafter may become due, owing or payable to the Senior Creditors (or any of them) in respect of the Senior Debt have been irrevocably paid and discharged in full:
 
(a)   the Subordinated Debt is subordinated to the Senior Debt;
 
(b)   any payment of principal, premium, interest, default interest, dividends, distributions or any other amount that would otherwise be due in respect of the
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 2


 

    Subordinated Debt other than Permitted Payments shall be postponed and deferred to the Senior Debt and shall not become due and payable; and
 
(c)   the obligations of the Companies to make any payment of principal, premium, interest, default interest, dividends, distributions or any other amount that would otherwise be due in respect of the Subordinated Debt (including Permitted Payments) shall be conditional upon the Companies being solvent at such time taking into account their obligations and liabilities to pay its unsubordinated creditors and such payments (including Permitted Payments) shall only fall due if and to the extent that the Companies could make such payment and still be solvent immediately thereafter and to the extent that they would be able to satisfy all their unsubordinated creditors.
2.2 For the purpose of clause 2.1, each of the Companies shall deemed to be solvent unless at the relevant time it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or the value of its assets is less than the amount of its liabilities taking into account its contingent and prospective obligations and liabilities.
3.   Turnover Provisions and Set Off
Payments
3.1 Without prejudice to clause 2, in the event of a Subordinated Creditor: (i) receiving or recovering any payment or distribution in respect of the Subordinated Debt or any part thereof (including by way of set-off) at any time; or (ii) receiving the proceeds of any enforcement of any Lien (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds) or any guarantee or other assurance against financial loss for any Subordinated Debt, in each case, other than by means of a Permitted Payment, such Subordinated Creditor shall:
(a)   promptly notify the Senior Creditors of the receipt of such sum; and
 
(b)   pay such sum to the Trustee immediately upon receiving or recovering the same and pending such payment shall hold the same in trust for the Senior Creditors.
The Trustee shall apply such sum paid to it in accordance with clause 6.1 of the Trust Deed.
Set-Off
3.2 If any of the Subordinated Debt is discharged by set-off or the benefit of any right or set-off or counter-claim accrues to or is received by a Subordinated Creditor (except in any case by means of a Permitted Payment), such Subordinated Creditor shall immediately pay to the Trustee an amount equal to the sum discharged or the benefit received (as applicable) for application towards the Senior Debt until the Senior Debt is irrevocably paid and discharged in full.
Non-permitted discharge
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 3


 

3.3 Without prejudice to clauses 3.1 and 3.2 above, if for any reason any of the Subordinated Debts is discharged or released in any manner other than as allowed under this Deed, the relevant Subordinated Creditor shall immediately pay to the Trustee an amount equal to the sum discharged or released for application towards the Senior Debt until the Senior Debt is irrevocably paid and discharged in full.
Liens
3.4 The Subordinated Creditors will not without the prior written consent of the Senior Creditors hold any Lien (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds) from any Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds) of the Issuer in respect of the Subordinated Debt. Each Subordinated Creditor will hold any Lien held by it in breach of this provision on trust for the Senior Creditors.
4.   Covenants
Each of the Companies and the Subordinated Creditors covenants that until all moneys, obligations and liabilities whatsoever which now are or at any time hereafter may become due, owing or payable to the Senior Creditors under the Trust Deed or the other Financing Documents have been irrevocably paid and discharged in full:
(a)   none of the Subordinated Creditors shall demand or receive payment of, and the Companies shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiaries of the Issuer to, make any payment of any amount or make any distribution in respect of, any of the Subordinated Debt in cash or in kind except for Permitted Payments;
 
(b)   none of the Subordinated Creditors shall assign, sell or dispose of and none of the Companies shall purchase or acquire any of the Subordinated Debt or permit any other person to purchase or acquire any of the Subordinated Debt:
  (i)   unless such assignee or purchaser has first agreed to be bound by the terms of this Deed as a party hereto pursuant to a deed of accession in the form set out in Schedule 3 and upon execution and delivery of such deed of accession by such assignee or purchaser the Subordinated Creditor who assigns, sells or disposes of the relevant Subordinated Debt shall cease to have any further obligations or liabilities under this Deed with respect to the Subordinated Debt assigned, sold or disposed of by it other than obligations and liabilities accrued prior to such assignment, sale or disposal; or
 
  (ii)   other than by means of a Permitted Payment;
(c)   other than by means of a Permitted Payment, none of the Subordinated Creditors shall claim and the Companies shall not (and shall procure that the Subsidiaries of the Issuer shall not) permit any set-off of the Subordinated Debt against any debt or liability now or thereafter due or owing to any Company by any Subordinated Creditor;
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 4


 

(d)   none of the Subordinated Creditors shall create and the Companies shall not (and shall procure that the Subsidiaries of the Issuer shall not) permit to subsist any Lien or any guarantee or other assurance against financial loss in respect of any of the Subordinated Debt other than by means of a Permitted Payment;
 
(e)   none of the Subordinated Creditors shall and the Companies shall not (and shall procure that the Subsidiaries of the Issuer shall not) vary or amend or agree to any variation or amendment of or waive or agree to any waiver of:
  (i)   any of its rights under or in respect of any of the Subordinated Debt, except where after such variation, amendment, waiver or agreement (including such variation or amendment as may be required in connection with, or to facilitate, the Qualified IPO (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds) or as may be required by the Listing Rules (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds)), such Subordinated Debt remains subject to this Deed (including without limitation, clauses 2 hereof); or
 
  (ii)   any provision of this Deed;
(f)   none of the Subordinated Creditors shall:
  (i)   accelerate any of the Subordinated Debt or otherwise declare any of the Subordinated Debt prematurely due and payable other than in relation to a Permitted Payment;
 
  (ii)   initiate or support or take any steps with a view to:
  (A)   any insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, administration or dissolution proceedings;
 
  (B)   any voluntary arrangement or assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
 
  (C)   any similar proceedings,
      involving any Company, whether by petition, convening a meeting, voting for a resolution or otherwise, other than in relation to a Permitted Payment;
 
  (iii)   exercise or enforce any right against any Company or any other right under any Subordinated Document or any other document, agreement or instrument in relation to (or given in support of) all or any of the Subordinated Debt other than in relation to a Permitted Payment;
 
  (iv)   bring or support any legal proceedings against any Company other than in relation to a Permitted Payment; or
 
  (v)   otherwise exercise any remedy for the recovery of the Subordinated Debt other than in relation to a Permitted Payment;
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 5


 

(g)   none of the Subordinated Creditors and the Companies shall allow any Subordinated Debt to be:
  (i)   discharged;
 
  (ii)   evidenced by a negotiable instrument; or
 
  (iii)   subordinated to any person
    other than in accordance with this Deed; and
 
(h)   none of the Subordinated Creditors and the Companies shall take or omit to take any action which might impair the priority or subordination achieved or intended to be achieved by this Deed.
 
5.   Permitted Payments
So long as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred under the Trust Deed, the terms and conditions of the Bonds or any other Financing Document, the Companies may pay, and the Subordinated Creditors may receive and retain:
(a)   a payment of the amounts permitted to be made under Condition 3.4 of the terms and conditions of the Bonds; or
 
(b)   a payment in respect of intercompany trade payables incurred by any Company in the ordinary course of business of such Company,
in each case, notwithstanding that such amounts or payments may constitute Subordinated Debt.
6.   Consents
6.1 None of the Subordinated Creditors shall have any remedy against any Company by reason of any transaction entered into between (i) a Senior Creditor and (ii) any Company (including any Financing Document) or by reason of any waiver or consent or any requirement or condition imposed by or on behalf of any Senior Creditor on any Company under any Financing Document or such other agreement, which may conflict with or constitute a default or termination or acceleration event (howsoever described) under any Subordinated Document.
6.2 Any waiver or consent granted by or on behalf of any Senior Creditor in respect of any Financing Document will also be deemed to have been given by the Subordinated Creditors, if any transaction or circumstances would, in the absence of that waiver or consent by the Subordinated Creditors, conflict with a term of or constitute a default or termination or acceleration event (howsoever described) under any Subordinated Document.
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 6


 

7.   Representations and Warranties
Each of the Subordinated Creditors and Companies makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clauses 7.1 to 7.6 to each of the Senior Creditors as at the date of this Deed.
7.1   Due Incorporation
It is duly organised and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
7.2   Capacity and Authority
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, this Deed and the subordination arrangements contemplated by this Deed.
7.3   Legal, Valid, Binding and Enforceable Obligations
The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this Deed are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations except as enforcement may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, administration, reorganisation, liquidation or similar laws having general applicability to creditors of the Subordinated Creditors and Companies.
7.4   No Violation
The execution, delivery and performance of this Deed and the subordination arrangements contemplated herein do not and will not violate in any respect any provision of any law, its constitutional documents or any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.
7.5   No Consent Required
 
(i)   All consents, authorisations, approvals, licences, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations and other requirements of governmental, judicial and public bodies and authorities; and
 
(ii)   all consents, authorisations, approvals, licences, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations and other requirements under any agreement or other instrument to which any it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets,
which are required or advisable in connection with this Deed or the subordination arrangements contemplated herein have been obtained or effected.
7.6   No Winding-up Proceeding
No meeting has been convened by it or any of its directors or shareholders, court order made or resolution passed by it or its directors or shareholders for:
(i)   its winding-up or liquidation;
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 7


 

(ii)   the enforcement of any Lien or other third party rights over its assets; or
 
(iii)   the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, liquidator, trustee or similar officer of it or of any of its assets,
and no such step is intended by it and, to its best knowledge, no petition, application or the like is outstanding for its winding-up or liquidation.
7.7   Solvency
Each of the Companies makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 7.7 to each of the Senior Creditors as at the date of this Deed:
(i)   it is not insolvent (as defined under any applicable law) and will not become insolvent after the execution and delivery of this Deed or the performance of obligations hereunder; and
 
(ii)   it is able to pay its debts as they fall due and the value of its assets is greater than the amount of its liabilities taking into account its contingent and prospective obligations and liabilities.
7.8   Beneficial Ownership of Subordinated Debt
Each of the Subordinated Creditors makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 7.8 to each of the Senior Creditors as at the date of this Deed:
(i)   it is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Subordinated Debt owed to it and of the benefits of the Subordinated Documents to which it is a party; and
 
(ii)   the Subordinated Debt owed to it and the benefits of the Subordinated Documents to which it is a party are free from any Lien, option, subordination or other third party rights in favour of any person other than the Senior Creditors.
 
7.9   Repetition of Representations and Warranties
The representations and warranties set out in clauses 7.1 to 7.8 above are deemed to be repeated by each Subordinated Creditor and each Company (and:
(i)   in respect of each Company, other than the representations and warranties set out in sub-clause 7.8; and
 
(ii)   in respect of each Subordinated Creditor, other than the representations and warranties set out in sub-clause 7.7)
by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on each Interest Payment Date (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds).
8.   Protection of subordination
 
8.1   Continuing subordination
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 8


 

The subordination provisions in this Deed constitutes a continuing subordination and will benefit the ultimate balance of all of the Senior Debt, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part.
8.2   Waiver of defences
The subordination in this Deed and the obligations of the Subordinated Creditors and the Companies under this Deed will not be affected by any act, omission, matter or thing (whether or not known to any Subordinated Creditor, any Company or any Senior Creditor) which, but for this provision, would reduce, release or prejudice the subordination or any of those obligations.
This includes:
(a)   any time, waiver or consent granted to, or composition with, any Subordinated Creditor, any Company, the Issuer or any other person;
 
(b)   the release of any Subordinated Creditor, any Company, the Issuer or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement;
 
(c)   the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Subordinated Creditor, any Company, the Issuer or any other person, or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security or Lien;
 
(d)   any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any Subordinated Creditor, any Company, the Issuer or any other person;
 
(e)   any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Financing Document, any Subordinated Document or any other document or security, including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Financing Document or other document or security;
 
(f)   any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Financing Document or any other document or security; or
 
(g)   any insolvency or similar proceedings.
 
8.3   Immediate recourse
 
(a)   Each of the Subordinated Creditors waives any right he or it may have of first requiring any Senior Creditor (or any trustee or other agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any person before claiming the benefit of this Deed.
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 9


 

(b)   This waiver applies irrespective of any provision of a Financing Document to the contrary.
8.4 Each of the Subordinated Creditors shall upon request by any Senior Creditor notify it of details of the amount and terms of the Subordinated Debt owed to it.
9.   Power of Attorney
Each of the Subordinated Creditors, by way of security for the obligations of the Subordinated Creditors under this Deed, irrevocably and severally appoints the Trustee and any of its delegates or sub-delegates to be its attorney to take any action which any Subordinated Creditor is obliged to take under this Deed but has failed to take. Each of the Subordinated Creditors ratifies and confirms whatever any attorney does or purports to do under its appointment under this clause. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall not be obliged to take any such action unless instructed to do so by the Bondholders.
10.   Amendment
10.1 No variation of this Deed shall be valid unless it is in writing and executed as a deed by or on behalf of each of the parties to it.
10.2 Unless expressly agreed, no variation shall constitute a general waiver of any provisions of this Deed, nor shall it affect any rights, obligations or liabilities under or pursuant to this Deed which have already accrued up to the date of variation, and the rights and obligations of the parties under or pursuant to this Deed shall remain in full force and effect, except and only to the extent that they are so varied.
11.   Further assurance
Each of the parties agrees to perform (or procure the performance of) all further acts and things, and execute and deliver (or procure the execution and delivery of) such further documents, as may be required by law or as may be necessary or desirable to implement and/or give effect to this Deed
12.   Severability
If any provision of this Deed is held to be invalid or unenforceable, then such provision shall (so far as invalid or unenforceable) be given no effect and shall be deemed not to be included in this Deed but without invalidating any of the remaining provisions of this Deed.
13.   Notices
13.1 Any notice to be given by one party to any other party under, or in connection with, this Deed shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the party giving it. Any such notice shall be served by sending it by fax to the number set out in clause 13.2, or delivering it by hand, or sending it by pre-paid recorded delivery or registered post, to the address set out in clause 13.2 and in each case marked for the attention of the relevant party (or as otherwise notified from time to time in
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 10


 

accordance with the provisions of this clause 13). Any notice so served by hand, fax or post shall be deemed to have been duly given:
(a)   in the case of delivery by hand, when delivered;
 
(b)   in the case of fax, at the time of transmission;
 
(c)   in the case of prepaid recorded delivery or registered post, at 10:00 am on the second Business Day following the date of posting,
provided that in each case where delivery by hand or by fax occurs after 6:00 pm on a Business Day or on a day which is not a Business Day, service shall be deemed to occur at 9:00 am on the next following Business Day.
References to time in this clause are to local time in the country of the addressee.
13.2 The addresses and fax numbers of the parties for the purpose of clause 13.1 are as follows:
Trustee
Citicorp International Limited
39 th Floor, ICBC Tower
Citibank Plaza
3 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong
Attention:   Agency & Trust

Fax no.:   +852 2868 8048
Subordinated Creditors
3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Corporate Office — Third Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89109
United States of America
Attention:   J. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita, General Counsel

Fax:   +1 702 733 5499
Companies
For:   Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II;
Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited;
Venetian Macau Finance Company;
Sands China Ltd; and
VML US Finance LLC
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 11


 

    3355 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Corporate Office — Third Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89109
United States of America
Attention:   J. Alberto Gonzalez-Pita, General Counsel

Fax:   +1 702 733 5499
For:   Venetian Macau Limited;
Venetian Cotai Limited;
Cotai Ferry Company Limited;
Venetian Orient Limited;
Venetian Travel Limited; and
Venetian Retail Limited

Venetian Macau Limited
The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel
Executive Offices — L2
Estrada da Baía de N. Senhora da Esperança, s/n
Taipa, Macau
Attention:   Luis Mesquita de Melo, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Fax:   +853 2888 3381
13.3 A party may notify any other party to this Deed of a change to its name, relevant addressee, address or fax number for the purposes of this clause 13, provided that, such notice shall only be effective on:
(a)   the date specified in the notice as the date on which the change is to take place; or
 
(b)   if no date is specified or the date specified is less than five Business Days after the date on which notice is given, the date following five Business Days after notice of any change has been given.
13.4 All notices under or in connection with this Agreement shall be in the English language.
14.   Waivers
No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right or remedy provided by law under or pursuant to this Deed shall impair such right or remedy or operate or be construed as a waiver or variation of it or preclude its exercise at any subsequent time and no single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 12


 

15.   Entire Agreement
This Deed and the other Financing Documents set out the entire agreement and understanding between the parties in respect of the subject matter of this Deed.
16.   Counterparts
This Deed (and any supplemental deed thereto) may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each party on separate counterparts. Each counterpart is an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
17.   Contracts (rights of third parties) Act 1999
A person who is not a party to this Agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any of its terms.
18.   Governing Law and Jurisdiction
18.1 This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in relation to this Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
18.2 The courts of England are to have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection with this Deed, including, without limitation, disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Deed, and accordingly any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Deed ( Proceedings ) may be brought in such courts. Each of the Companies and the Subordinated Creditors irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and waives any objections to Proceedings in such courts on the ground of venue or on the ground that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. This submission is for the benefit of the Trustee and shall not limit the right of the Trustee to take Proceedings in any other court of competent jurisdiction nor shall the taking of Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the taking of Proceedings in any other jurisdiction (whether concurrently or not).
18.3 Each of the Companies and the Subordinated Creditors appoints Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, currently at 5 th Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom to receive, for it and on its behalf, service of process in any Proceedings in England. Such service shall be deemed completed on delivery to such process agent (whether or not it is forwarded to and received by the relevant Company or Subordinated Creditor). If such process agent ceases to be able to act as such or no longer has an address in England, each of the Companies and the Subordinated Creditors will appoint a substitute process agent acceptable to the Trustee and will immediately notify the Trustee of such appointment. Nothing shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
19.   Assignment
No party hereto may assign or transfer any of its rights under this Deed except with the prior written consent of all the other parties hereto provided that the Trustee may
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 13


 

assign or transfer all of its rights under this Deed to its successor or replacement appointed in accordance with the terms of the Trust Deed without the consent of the other parties hereto.
Duly executed and delivered as a Deed by the parties hereto on the date inserted above.
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 14


 

SCHEDULE 1
Subordinated Creditors
1.   LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
 
2.   LAS VEGAS SANDS, LLC
 
3.   VENETIAN CASINO RESORT, LLC
 
4.   VENETIAN MARKETING, INC.
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 15


 

SCHEDULE 2
Companies
1.   VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
 
2.   VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE LIMITED
 
3.   VENETIAN MACAU LIMITED
 
4.   VENETIAN COTAI LIMITED
 
5.   VML US FINANCE LLC
 
6.   VENETIAN MACAU FINANCE COMPANY
 
7.   SANDS CHINA LTD.
 
8.   COTAI FERRY COMPANY LIMITED
 
9.   VENETIAN ORIENT LIMITED
 
10.   VENETIAN TRAVEL LIMITED
 
11.   VENETIAN RETAIL LIMITED
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 16


 

SCHEDULE 3
FORM OF DEED OF ACCESSION
THIS DEED OF ACCESSION is made [ ] 20[ ]
Between :
(1)   [Name of new Subordinated Creditor];
 
(2)   [Name of each existing Subordinated Creditor];
 
(3)   [Name of each Company]; and
 
(4)   CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED whose registered office is situated at 50 th Floor, Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong
This Deed is supplemental to a deed of subordination (the Deed of Subordination ) dated 4 September 2009 between, among others, Citicorp International Limited as Trustee, Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas Sands, LLC, Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II and certain subsidiaries of Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II.
Words and expressions defined in the Deed of Subordination have the same meaning when used in this Deed.
[Name of new Subordinated Creditor] hereby agrees with each other person who is or who becomes a party to the Deed of Subordination that with effect from the date of this Deed it will be bound by the Deed of Subordination as a Subordinated Creditor as if it had been party to the Deed of Subordination in that capacity.
The details for notice to [name of new Subordinated Creditor] for the purposes of Clause 13 of the Deed of Subordination is:
[     ].
Governing law and enforcement
The provisions of Clause 18 of the Deed of Subordination shall apply to this Deed as if set out in full herein.
In witness whereof the parties have caused this Deed to be duly executed and delivered as a deed on the date first written above.
[ Execution provisions ]
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 17


 

As Senior Creditor and Trustee
                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
CITICORP INTERNATIONAL
    )          
LIMITED :
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Terence Yeung    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Terence Yeung    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Vice President    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Signature illegible    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Signature illegible    
 
       
Address:
  ICBC Tower, Central, HK    
 
       
Occupation:
  Banking    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 18


 

The Subordinated Creditors
                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by LAS
    )          
VEGAS SANDS CORP :
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )                 Senior Vice President and Chief    
 
    )     Title:   Financial Officer    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 19


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by LAS
    )          
VEGAS SANDS, LLC :
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )                 Senior Vice President and Chief    
 
    )     Title:   Financial Officer    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 20


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN CASINO RESORT, LLC :
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )                 Senior Vice President and Chief    
 
    )     Title:   Financial Officer    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 21


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN MARKETING INC. :
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )                 Senior Vice President and Chief    
 
    )     Title:   Financial Officer    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 22


 

The Companies
                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT
    )          
INTERMEDIATE II:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Michael A. Leven    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Michael A. Leven    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 23


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN VENTURE
    )          
DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE
    )          
LIMITED:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 24


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN MACAU LIMITED:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Jose Borges Rodrigues    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Jose Borges Rodrigues    
 
  Travessa Da Misericordia,    
Address:
  N-6, 3-A, Macau    
 
       
Occupation:
  Advogado    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 25


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN COTAI LIMITED:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Jose Borges Rodrigues
   
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Jose Borges Rodrigues    
 
  Travessa Da Misericordia,    
Address:
  N-6, 3-A, Macau    
 
       
Occupation:
  Advogado    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 26


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VML US FINANCE LLC:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )                 Senior Vice President and Chief    
 
    )     Title:   Financial Officer    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot      
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 27


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN MACAU FINANCE
    )          
COMPANY:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Kenneth J. Kay    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Daniel J. Weinrot    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Daniel J. Weinrot    
 
  3355 Las Vegas Blvd South    
Address:
  Las Vegas, NV 89109    
 
       
Occupation:
  Attorney    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 28


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
SANDS CHINA LTD.:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Steven Craig Jacobs    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Steven Craig Jacobs    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Dylan J. Williams    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Dylan J. Williams    
Address:
  Address illegible    
 
       
Occupation:
  Associate General Counsel    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 29


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
COTAI FERRY COMPANY LIMITED:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Jose Borges Rodrigues    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Jose Borges Rodrigues    
 
  Travessa Da Misericordia,    
Address:
  N-6, 3-A, Macau    
 
       
Occupation:
  Advogado    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 30


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN ORIENT LIMITED:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Jose Borges Rodrigues    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Jose Borges Rodrigues    
 
  Travessa Da Misericordia,    
Address:
  N-6, 3-A, Macau    
 
       
Occupation:
  Advogado    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 31


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN TRAVEL LIMITED :
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )          
 
    )     Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Jose Borges Rodrigues    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Jose Borges Rodrigues    
 
  Travessa Da Misericordia,    
Address:
  N-6, 3-A, Macau    
 
       
Occupation:
  Advogado    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 32


 

                 
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )          
VENETIAN RETAIL LIMITED:
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )          
 
    )     /s/ Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )    
 
Duly Authorised Signatory
   
 
    )          
 
    )     Name: Luis Nuno Mesquita de Melo    
 
    )
)
    Title: Director    
 
    )          
in the presence of:
         
/s/ Jose Borges Rodrigues    
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
  Jose Borges Rodrigues    
 
  Travessa Da Misericordia,    
Address:
  N-6, 3-A, Macau    
 
       
Occupation:
  Advogado    
 
       
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page 33


 

EXECUTION VERSION
DATED 4 SEPTEMBER 2009
CITICORP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
in its capacity as Trustee of the Bondholders
(as Senior Creditor )
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
LAS VEGAS SANDS, LLC
VENETIAN CASINO RESORT, LLC
VENETIAN MARKETING, INC.

(as Subordinated Creditors )
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE LIMITED VENETIAN MACAU LIMITED
VENETIAN COTAI LIMITED
VML US FINANCE LLC
VENETIAN MACAU FINANCE COMPANY
SANDS CHINA LTD.
COTAI FERRY COMPANY LIMITED
VENETIAN ORIENT LIMITED
VENETIAN TRAVEL LIMITED
VENETIAN RETAIL LIMITED

(as Companies )
 
DEED OF SUBORDINATION
 
(FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LOGO)

 


 

CONTENTS
         
CLAUSE   PAGE  
 
       
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
    1  
2. SUBORDINATION
    2  
3. TURNOVER PROVISIONS AND SET OFF
    3  
4. COVENANTS
    4  
5. PERMITTED PAYMENTS
    6  
6. CONSENTS
    6  
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
    7  
8. PROTECTION OF SUBORDINATION
    8  
9. POWER OF ATTORNEY
    10  
10. AMENDMENT
    10  
11. FURTHER ASSURANCE
    10  
12. SEVERABILITY
    10  
13. NOTICES
    10  
14. WAIVERS
    12  
15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
    13  
16. COUNTERPARTS
    13  
17. CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
    13  
18. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
    13  
     
Bella — Deed of Subordination   Page I

 

Exhibit 10.11
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of 1 September 2009
Between:
(1)   VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II (the Issuer ); and
 
(2)   GOLDMAN SACHS (ASIA) L.L.C. (the Placement Agent ).
WHEREAS:
(A) The Issuer proposes to issue US$600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 (the Bonds ). The Bonds will be mandatorily exchangeable into fully paid (or credited as fully paid) shares with a par value of United States Dollar 0.01 each (the Shares ) of Sands China Ltd., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer ( Sands China ).
(B) The Bonds are being offered outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S ( Regulation S ) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ) (the Offering ) and to a limited number of “accredited investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act) in the United States in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
(C) The Bonds will be constituted by a trust deed to be dated the Closing Date (as defined in Clause 7) (the Trust Deed ) between, inter alios , the Issuer and a trustee (the Trustee ) to be appointed by the Issuer and approved by the Placement Agent. Payments of principal and interest (including the Final Redemption Amount and Early Redemption Amount as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds set out in Schedule 1 (the Terms and Conditions )) on the Bonds will be made on behalf of the Issuer by paying agents appointed under a paying, exchange and transfer agency agreement expected to be dated the Closing Date (the Paying and Exchange Agency Agreement ) between, inter alios , the Issuer, the Trustee and the paying agents named therein (the Paying Agents ). The Bonds will be in registered form in the denomination of US$250,000 each and integral multiples thereof. The Bonds will be exchanged into Shares upon the occurrence of a Qualified IPO (as defined in the Terms and Conditions).
(D) In connection with the issue of the Bonds, Citibank, N.A., London Branch, Las Vegas Sands Corp., Las Vegas Sands, LLC, Venetian Casino Resort, LLC and Venetian Marketing, Inc. (each of Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, Venetian Marketing, Inc., Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Las Vegas Sands, LLC shall hereinafter be referred to as the Subordinated Creditors ), the Issuer, Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited, Venetian Macau Limited, Venetian Cotai Limited, VML US Finance LLC, Venetian Macau Finance Company, Sands China, Cotai Ferry Company Limited, Venetian Orient Limited, Venetian Travel Limited and Venetian Retail Limited will on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined below) enter into a deed of subordination to effect subordination of certain shareholders’ loans and intercompany loans owed by the Issuer and certain subsidiaries of the Issuer to the Subordinated Creditors (the Deed of Subordination ).

 


 

(E) This Agreement, the Trust Deed, the Deed of Subordination and the Paying and Exchange Agency Agreement are together referred to as the Contracts .
(F) Pursuant to Condition 8.2 of the Terms and Conditions, the Issuer is obligated in certain circumstances to issue warrants (the Warrants ) to holders of the Bonds on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.
(G) The Issuer wishes to record the arrangements agreed between it and the Placement Agent for the issue and placing of the Bonds as follows:
1. Issue and Placing of the Bonds
1.1 Bonds Placing:
(a)   Subject as provided herein, the Issuer, relying on the representations and undertakings of the Placement Agent set forth herein, agrees to issue the Bonds and to procure that the Bonds will be validly issued in a form complying with the requirements of the Trust Deed and the Terms and Conditions, and the Issuer appoints the Placement Agent as its agent to use its reasonable endeavours to locate subscribers for the Bonds at an issue price of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds less the Placement Fee (as defined in Clause 5) and expenses referred to in Clause 6.
(b)   In addition, the Issuer appoints the Placement Agent to act as its settlement agent with respect to the issuance of the Bonds. The Placement Agent, relying on the representations, warranties and undertakings of the Issuer contained herein, accepts such appointment on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement. The Issuer confers on the Placement Agent all powers, authorities and discretions on its behalf which are reasonably necessary for, or reasonably incidental to, its appointment and such placing of the Bonds. The Issuer agrees to ratify and confirm everything (other than acts of fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, wilful default or wilful misconduct of which the Placement Agent is guilty of as determined by a court of final appeal) the Placement Agent shall lawfully do or has done pursuant to or in anticipation of such appointment. It is acknowledged and agreed by the Issuer that none of the Placement Agent and its Affiliates (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) is under any obligation to subscribe for or purchase the Bonds and that no guarantee or representation whatsoever has been given or implied by the Placement Agent that the Bonds may be placed.
1.2 The Contracts: The Issuer will, not later than the Closing Date, deliver to the Placement Agent copies of each Contract, duly executed and delivered by each party thereto.
1.3 Stabilisation: The Issuer undertakes with the Placement Agent that, unless it has received the prior consent thereto of the Placement Agent, it will not at any time from the date hereof up to and including the date falling 30 days after the Closing Date effect or enter into, or cause or permit any other parties who may otherwise be permitted under applicable laws and regulations to engage in stabilisation transactions to effect or enter into, any transactions or any other arrangements (in the open market
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 2


 

or otherwise) the object or effect of which would be to stabilise or maintain the market price of the Bonds at levels which might not otherwise prevail.
1.4 Publicity: The Issuer confirms that it authorises the Placement Agent to arrange for notice of the issuance of the Bonds, subject to the Issuer approving the same, to be published on such dates as it may agree with the Placement Agent.
1.5 Conditions: The Terms and Conditions will be set out in the Trust Deed and will be substantially in the form set out in Schedule 1 to this Agreement. Prior to the issuance of the Bonds, no amendment shall be made to Schedule 1 except with the written approval of the Issuer and the Placement Agent. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Terms and Conditions.
1.6 Additional Definitions: In this Agreement:
Material Adverse Effect means:
(a)   a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, general affairs or properties of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(b)   any condition or effect which materially and adversely affects the ability of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer party to a Contract to perform their respective obligations under the Contracts or the Bonds.
Material Subsidiaries means:
(a)   each Restricted Subsidiary; and
 
(b)   each other Subsidiary of the Issuer:
  (i)   whose profits from ordinary activities before taxation ( pre-tax profit ) or (in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) consolidated pre-tax profit, as shown by its latest audited income statement prepared in accordance with GAAP, are at least five per cent. of the consolidated pre-tax profit as shown by the latest audited consolidated income statement of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries’ share of profits of entities not consolidated and of jointly controlled entities and after adjustments for minority interests;
  (ii)   whose gross assets or (in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) gross consolidated assets, as shown by its latest audited balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, are at least five per cent. of the amount which equals the amount included in the consolidated gross assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as shown by the latest audited consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP including, for the avoidance of doubt, the investment of the Issuer in each entity whose
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 3


 

      accounts are not consolidated with the consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer and after adjustment for minority interests; or
  (iii)   whose revenues or (in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) consolidated revenues, as shown by its latest audited income statement prepared in accordance with GAAP, are at least five per cent. of the consolidated revenues as shown by the latest published audited consolidated income statement of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer and its consolidated Subsidiaries’ share of revenues of entities not consolidated and of jointly controlled entities and after adjustments for minority interests,
    provided that, in relation to paragraphs (i) to (iii) above:
  (A)   in the case of a corporation or other business entity which became a Subsidiary after the end of the financial period to which the latest consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer relate, the reference to the then latest consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer for the purposes of the calculation above shall be deemed to be a reference to the then latest consolidated audited accounts of the Issuer adjusted to consolidate the latest audited accounts (consolidated in the case of a Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries) of such Subsidiary in such accounts;
  (B)   in relation to the Issuer or any Subsidiary which itself has Subsidiaries no consolidated accounts have been prepared and audited, gross assets of the Issuer and/or any such Subsidiary shall be determined on the basis of pro forma consolidated accounts prepared for this purpose by the Issuer in accordance with GAAP;
  (C)   in relation to any Subsidiary no accounts have been audited, its gross assets (consolidated, if appropriate) shall be determined on the basis of pro forma accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) of the relevant Subsidiary prepared for this purpose by the Issuer in accordance with GAAP; and
  (D)   if the accounts of any Subsidiary (not being a Subsidiary referred to in proviso (A) above) are not consolidated with those of the Issuer, then the determination of whether or not such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary shall be based on a pro forma consolidation of its accounts (consolidated, if appropriate) with the consolidated accounts (determined on the basis of the foregoing) of the Issuer.
Restricted Subsidiaries means Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited, VML US Finance LLC, Venetian Macau Limited, Venetian Macau Finance Company, Venetian Cotai Limited, Venetian Cotai Hotel Management Limited and Sands China.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 4


 

2. Listing
The Issuer acknowledges that Sands China has submitted to The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited an application for the listing of the Shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited ( Hong Kong Stock Exchange ) and the Issuer agrees to procure Sands China to take such steps as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of obtaining a listing of the Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
3. Representations, Warranties and Indemnity
3.1 The Issuer represents and warrants to the Placement Agent that:
(a)   Organisation, power and authority:
  (i)   each of the Issuer and the Material Subsidiaries:
  (A)   is a company duly organised and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organisation;
  (B)   is not in liquidation or receivership or subject to any event which under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction has a similar or analogous effect to a liquidation or receivership;
  (C)   has full power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted;
  (D)   is lawfully qualified to do business in those jurisdictions in which business is conducted by it (including registration of each Material Subsidiary that is a Macau company with the Companies Register of Macau SAR); and
  (E)   has obtained all material authorisations and licenses to enter into Contracts to which it is a party and perform its obligations under such Contracts, and, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, there is no reason why any such authorisation or license should be withdrawn, suspended, revoked or cancelled,
      and there has been no petition filed, order made or effective resolution passed for the liquidation or winding up of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary;
  (ii)   each of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries of the Issuer has (or will, prior to the execution of such Contract, have) full power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under each Contract to which it is a party; and
  (iii)   the memorandum and articles of association, shareholders’ agreements (if any) and other constitutional documents of the Issuer and each Material Subsidiary are effective and have not been superseded and all
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 5


 

      legal and procedural requirements concerning the adoption of such memorandum and articles of association, shareholders’ agreements and constitutional documents have been duly and properly complied with in all material respects;
(b)   Validity of Contracts: this Agreement has been duly authorised, executed and delivered by the Issuer and constitutes, and the other Contracts have been duly authorised by each of the Issuer and each Subsidiary of the Issuer party thereto, as applicable, and upon execution and delivery prior to or on the Closing Date will constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer and each such Subsidiary of the Issuer party thereto enforceable in accordance with their terms except as enforcement may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, administration, reorganisation, liquidation or similar laws having general applicability to creditors of the Issuer or each such Subsidiary of the Issuer;
(c)   Validity of the Bonds and the Warrants: without prejudice to Clause 3.1(b) above:
  (i)   the Bonds and the Warrants and the Offering of the Bonds contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorised by the Issuer; and
  (ii)   the Bonds and Warrants, when duly executed, issued, delivered and (in respect of the Bonds) authenticated, in accordance with this Agreement, the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and (in respect of the Warrants) the Terms and Conditions, the Bonds and the Warrants will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms except as enforcement may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, administration, reorganisation, liquidation or similar laws having general applicability to creditors of the Issuer;
(d)   Status: the Bonds (when issued) will constitute direct, senior, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer and will at all times rank at least pari passu without any preference among themselves and with all other present and future direct, unconditional, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer other than those preferred by statute or applicable law;
(e)   Authorised Share Capital: Sands China has or, prior to the date of the Qualified IPO will have, sufficient authorised but unissued share capital to satisfy the issue of such number of Shares as would be required to be issued either (x) on exchange of all the Bonds upon the occurrence of a Qualified IPO or (y) upon the exercise of the Warrants (if any) issued in accordance with Condition 8.2 of the Terms and Conditions (in either case, the New Shares );
(f)   New Shares: the New Shares have or, immediately prior to the date of the Qualified IPO will have, been duly authorised by Sands China, and when
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 6


 

    issued and delivered in the manner contemplated by the Bonds and the Trust Deed:
  (i)   will be duly and validly issued, fully-paid or credited as fully-paid and non-assessable;
  (ii)   will rank pari passu and carry the same rights and privileges in all respects as any other class of share capital of Sands China then outstanding and shall be entitled to all dividends and other distributions declared, paid or made thereon; and
  (iii)   will be freely transferable, free and clear of all Liens;
(g)   Pre-emptive Rights and Options: the issue of the New Shares will not be subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights;
(h)   Restrictions: subject to:
  (i)   the right of the directors of Sands China to decline to register a transfer of Shares (which right shall be removed on or prior to the Qualified IPO); and
  (ii)   the statutory limitation that dividends may only be paid by Sands China out of profits or share premium at a time when Sands China is solvent,
    there are no restrictions applicable to the Shares generally upon the voting or transfer of any of the Shares, the payments of dividends or the making of any other distribution with respect to the Shares under Cayman Islands law, pursuant to the memorandum and articles of association of Sands China or pursuant to any agreement or other instrument to which Sands China, the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer is a party or by which it may be bound;
(i)   Capitalisation:
  (i)   the particulars of the issued share capital and other corporate details of the Issuer and each Material Subsidiary set out in Schedule 4 are a true, complete and correct description of the share capital and such corporate details of the Issuer and each Material Subsidiary on the date hereof and on the Closing Date except that, prior to the date of Qualified IPO, all of the shares of Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited held by the Issuer will be transferred to Sands China;
  (ii)   the issued shares and equity interests of each of the Issuer and the Material Subsidiaries are duly authorised, validly issued, fully paid or credited as fully-paid and non-assessable;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 7


 

  (iii)   the shares of the Issuer are owned directly by Venetian Venture Development Intermediate I, free and clear of all Liens, restrictions on voting or transfer or claims of any third party; and
  (iv)   all shares owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer, are owned free and clear of all Liens, restrictions on voting or transfer or claims of any third party other than any security interests created in favour of the lenders under the Credit Agreement (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) and the HK$1,209,000,000 Dual Currency Term Secured Facility Agreement between, among others, Cotai Waterjets (Macau) Limited and Banco Nacional Ultramarino S.A. (the Ferry Loan Agreement );
(j)   Business: the Issuer and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged only in the businesses permitted to be engaged pursuant to Condition 3.9 of the Terms and Conditions;
(k)   Laws : the Issuer and each Material Subsidiary is in compliance with and will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, save for any such non-compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(l)   Consents: no action or thing in relation to any governmental agency or body (including, without limitation, the government of Macau SAR and any gaming authority) is required to be taken, fulfilled or done (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent, approval, authorisations, orders or license (whether required under the Gaming Concession Contract, the Gaming Concession Guaranty, the Gaming License and the Land Concession Contracts or otherwise), or the making of any filing or registration) for the execution and delivery of the Contracts, the issue of the Bonds, the issue of the Warrants (if any), the issue of the New Shares on exchange of the Bonds or exercise of the Warrants, as the case may be, and any such action or thing or filing or registration to the extent required in relation to the carrying out of the other transactions contemplated by the Contracts and the Bonds, or the compliance by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Subordinated Creditor with the terms of the Bonds and the Contracts, will be taken, fulfilled or done as and when necessary;
(m)   Compliance: the execution and delivery of the Contracts, the issue, execution, authentication (where appropriate) and delivery of the Bonds and their Offering on the terms and conditions set out in this Agreement, the issue of the Warrants (if any), the issue of the New Shares on exchange of the Bonds or exercise of the Warrants, the carrying out of the other transactions contemplated by the Contracts and the Bonds and compliance with their terms do not and will not:
  (i)   conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under the Credit Agreement (and its related security and guarantee documents), the Ferry Loan Agreement (and its related security and guarantee documents) the documents constituting
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 8


 

      the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary (as applicable) or any other material indenture or other trust deed or mortgage or other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary (as applicable) is a party or by which any of their respective properties are bound; or
  (ii)   infringe any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government, governmental body or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective properties (including such obligations pursuant to the Gaming Concession Contract, the Gaming Concession Consent, the Gaming Concession Guaranty, the Gaming License and the Land Concession Contracts);
  (iii)   infringe any existing rules of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange applicable to or binding upon the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary; or
  (iv)   result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary,
    except, in respect of sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) above only, where such breach or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) Financial Statements:
  (i)   the audited consolidated financial statements of Venetian Macau Limited, its Subsidiaries, Cotai Waterjets (HK) Limited and Cotai Jet Holdings (II) Limited (together, the VML Group , and each of them, a VML Group Member ) for the three years ended 31 December 2008 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the VML Group for the six months ended 30 June 2009 provided to the Placement Agent:
  (A)   were prepared in accordance with GAAP, which was consistently applied, and pursuant to the relevant laws of each relevant jurisdiction of incorporation of each VML Group Member;
  (B)   present a true and fair view of the financial position of the VML Group as at such dates, and the results of operations and changes in financial position of the VML Group for the periods in respect of which they have been prepared;
  (C)   in the case of the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the VML Group for the six months ended 30 June 2009, have been prepared and presented on a basis consistent with the accounting policies normally adopted by the VML Group and applied in preparing the audited consolidated financial statements of the VML Group;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 9


 

  (D)   do not include transactions not normally undertaken by the relevant member of the VML Group (save as disclosed in the said relevant financial statements); and
  (E)   disclose all material off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, and obligations;
  (ii)   since the date of the last audited consolidated financial statements of the VML Group:
  (A)   there has been no change (nor any development or event reasonably likely involving a change of which the Issuer is, or might reasonably be expected to be, aware) which is materially adverse to the condition (financial or other), results of operations or general affairs of the VML Group or the Issuer and the Material Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
  (B)   the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, including the VML Group Members, have carried on their business in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain themselves as a going concern;
  (C)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, including the VML Group Members, have incurred or become subject to any material liability or obligation except liabilities and obligations incurred under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
  (D)   no further material liability for taxation has arisen, or shall arise, otherwise than as a result of activities in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, including the VML Group Members;
(o)   Accounting Controls: the Issuer and each of its Material Subsidiaries maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that:
  (i)   transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorisations;
  (ii)   transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and the applicable laws of the respective jurisdictions of incorporation of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries and to maintain asset accountability;
  (iii)   access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorisation;
  (iv)   the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 10


 

      respect to any differences in accordance with the requirements of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the FCPA ) and relevant local law;
  (v)   the Issuer and each of its Material Subsidiaries have made and kept books, records and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of such entities and provide a sufficient basis for the preparation of the Issuer’s consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and the applicable laws of the respective jurisdictions of incorporation of the Issuer and each of its Material Subsidiaries; and
  (vi)   the current management information and accounting control system of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries (other than for those Material Subsidiaries formed within the past 12 months) has been in operation for at least 12 months during which time none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries have experienced any material difficulties with regard to (i) through (v) above;
(p)   Contingent and Other Liabilities: there are no outstanding guarantees or contingent payment obligations in respect of Indebtedness of third parties other than the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, liability for taxes, long-term lease or forward or long-term commitments of the Issuer or its Material Subsidiaries except as disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n); each of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries is, in all material respects, in compliance with all of its obligations under any outstanding guarantees or contingent payment obligations, taxes, long-term lease or forward or long-term commitments as described in such financial statements, except for any such non-compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(q)   Liquidity and Capital Resources: none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has any material relationships with unconsolidated entities (such as structured finance entities and special purpose entities) that restrict or limit the ability of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary to transfer assets or have access to assets which relationships are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the liquidity of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary or the availability thereof or the requirements of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary for capital resources, in each case, other than the Credit Agreement, the Ferry Loan Agreement and their related security documents and guarantees;
(r)   Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who audited the financial statements of the VML Group for the three years ended 31 December 2008 and the notes thereto and delivered an audit report thereon, are independent reporting accountants with respect to the VML Group and there is no audit qualification on any audited financial statements of the VML Group;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 11


 

(s)   Property: the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries have (I) save as otherwise disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n) and the notes thereto, marketable title to (in the case of interests in real property), (II) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property) and (III) good title to (in the case of all personal property), all of their respective material properties and assets reflected in the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n) (the Property ), except for assets disposed of since the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n) in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Ferry Loan Agreement, the related security documents and guarantees of the Credit Agreement and the Ferry Loan Agreement, all such properties and assets are held free and clear of Liens;
(t)   Approvals: the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries possess all valid certificates, consents, permissions (including planning permissions), authorities, filings, licenses, approvals, registrations or permits (the Approvals ) issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them (or where the lack of any such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Approvals that, if determined adversely to the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary, would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(u)   Payment of Taxes:
  (i)   the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries have duly filed on time all tax returns that are required to be filed in all jurisdictions or have duly requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them in all jurisdictions and any related assessments, fines or penalties, to the extent any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to file or make payment would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and adequate charges, accruals, provisions and reserves have been provided for in the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n) in respect of all taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary has not been finally determined or remains open to examination by the applicable taxing authority;
  (ii)   each of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has made all deductions and withholdings in respect, or on account, of any tax from any payments made by it which it is obliged or entitled to make and has duly accounted in full to the appropriate authority for all amounts so deducted or withheld or where the failure to make such deductions and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 12


 

      withholdings would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
  (iii)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has entered into or been engaged in or been a party to any transaction which is artificial or fictitious or any transaction or series of transactions or scheme or arrangement of which the main or dominant purpose or one of the main or dominant purposes was the avoidance or deferral of or reduction in the liability to tax of such person;
  (iv)   all exemptions, reductions and rebates of taxes granted to the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries by any governmental authority or taxing authority are in full force and effect and have not been terminated and the transactions contemplated under the Contracts will not, and, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, there is no other circumstance or event that will, result in any such exemption, reduction or rebate being cancelled or terminated, whether retroactively or for the future, other than termination upon expiration, or where such termination or cancellation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
  (v)   full provision or reserve has been made in the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n) above for all taxes, including deferred or provisional taxation in respect of the accounting period ended on or before the dates of such financial statements for which the VML Group was then or might at any time thereafter become or has become liable including (without limitation) taxes or where the failure to make such provision or reserve would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
  (vi)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries is the subject of any dispute with the relevant tax, revenue or other authorities and to the best of the knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, no circumstance exists which is likely to give rise to any such dispute or where such dispute would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(v)   Stamp Duties :
  (i)   no stamp or other duty is assessable or payable (except as set forth in the legal opinion to be delivered under sub-clause 8.2) in;
  (ii)   no withholding or deduction for any taxes, duties, assessment or governmental charges of whatever nature is generally imposed or made for or on account of any income in; and
  (iii)   no registration, transfer or turnover taxes, customs or other duties or taxes of any kind, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within,
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 13


 

    the Cayman Islands, Macau, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, the United States or any other relevant jurisdiction in connection with the creation, issue, Offering or sale of the Bonds, the issue of the Warrants (if any), the issue of the New Shares or the execution or delivery of the Contracts;
(w)   Litigation and Solvency:
  (i)   save as disclosed in Schedule 5, there are no pending litigation proceedings, arbitration proceedings, investigations (including police, legal, governmental or regulatory investigations), enquiries, actions, suits or other proceedings by or before a court, government agency, police, or regulatory agency or body, at law or in equity, against or affecting the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, against or affecting directors or senior officers of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary which are reasonably likely to be determined adversely to the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary or any of their respective properties or directors or senior officers and if so determined would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, no such litigation, arbitration, investigations, enquiries, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated;
  (ii)   no order has been made and no resolution has been passed for the winding up, liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary; and no distress, execution or other process has been levied on the whole or a substantial part of the assets of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary; and none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries:
  (A)   is insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they fall due; or
  (B)   will be insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they fall due upon the issue of the Bonds or the execution of the Contracts and performance of their respective obligations thereunder; and
  (iii)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court, any gaming authority, or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(x)   Insurance: each of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has in place all material policies of insurance sufficient and customary for the conduct of its businesses as currently operated and for compliance with all requirements of law, such policies are in full force and effect, and all premiums with respect thereto have been paid, and no notice of cancellation or termination has been
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 14


 

    received with respect to any such policy, and each of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with the terms and conditions of such policies, except where a breach of this representation would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(y)   Intellectual Property: each of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate rights to use, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licences, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, Intellectual Property ) necessary to carry on the business now operated by it in each country in which it operates, and none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict in any jurisdiction with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavourable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(z)   Environmental and Construction Laws: without prejudice to the generality of Clause 3.1(k) above:
  (i)   the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries (i) have received, are in compliance with and will comply with all permits, licenses or other approvals under applicable laws, regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations concerning the environment, construction and construction safety ( Environmental and Construction Laws ) which are at any time binding on the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries and which are required to conduct their respective businesses and (ii) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under any Environmental and Construction Law, except, in each case, where such non-compliance with Environmental and Construction Law, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals, or liability would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
  (ii)   each of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries which engages in the construction business has (i) all the necessary production and work safety facilities and equipment in accordance with the applicable standards for construction safety and (ii) passed all safety inspections conducted by relevant governmental authorities;
  (iii)   (A) none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has engaged in or permitted nor, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, has any previous owner or occupier engaged in or
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 15


 

      permitted any operations or activities upon the Property owned or used by the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries (including all buildings and premises used and operated by the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries) involving any actual or alleged use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of Hazardous Substance or any substance regulated by any Environmental and Construction Law, or any substance regulated by any Environmental and Construction Law; and (B) no discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape into the environment of any Hazardous Substance or any substance regulated by any Environmental and Construction Law has occurred or is occurring in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries or in the conduct by the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries of any former business or in connection with or in relation to any assets of such person while such former assets were in the ownership or under the control of such person and no such discharge, release, leaching, emission or escape has occurred or is occurring for which such person might otherwise be held liable;
 
      for the purposes of this Agreement, Hazardous Substance means all substances of whatever description which may cause or have a harmful effect on the environment or the health of person or any other living organism including, without limitation, all poisonous, toxic, noxious, dangerous and offensive substances;
  (iv)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any person relating to:
  (A)   any Environmental and Construction Law; or
 
  (B)   any Environmental and Construction Claim;
      for the purposes of this Agreement, Environmental and Construction Claim means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any government authority, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental and Construction Law, (b) in connection with any Hazardous Substance (including any actual or alleged use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of Hazardous Substance or any substance regulated by any Environmental and Construction Law), or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 16


 

      damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment;
  (v)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries and, to their best knowledge, none of the predecessors of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any Environmental and Construction Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Substance at any Property of the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries, and none of the operations of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries involves the actual or alleged use, manufacture, possession storage, holding, presence, existence, location, release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of Hazardous Substance or any substance regulated by any Environmental and Construction Law in a manner which would result in liability to the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries;
  (vi)   the Projects (other than any Secondary Project that has not yet become an active Project) are (and at all relevant times have been) in compliance in all material respects with Environmental and Construction Laws;
  (vii)   to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, all factual information provided by them to any governmental, environmental, gaming or construction authority in connection with the environmental assessments are true and correct in all material respects; and
  (viii)   the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries are in compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental and Construction Laws,
    provided however that the Issuer shall not be in breach of this Clause 3.1(z) for breaches that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(aa)   Environmental and Construction Laws Review: in the ordinary course of its business the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries periodically review the effect of Environmental and Construction Laws on its business, operations and properties, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental and Construction Laws, or any permit, licence or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties); on the basis of such periodic review, the Issuer has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(bb)   Events of Default and Validity of Agreement:
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 17


 

  (i)   no event has occurred or circumstance has arisen which, had the Bonds already been issued, could reasonably be expected (whether or not with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time and/or the fulfilment of any other requirement) to constitute an event described as an “Event of Default” or a “Potential Event of Default” under (and as defined in) the Terms and Conditions;
  (ii)   no event has occurred or circumstance has arisen which, had the Bonds already been issued, could reasonably be expected (whether or not with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time and/or the fulfilment of any other requirement) to constitute an event described as an “Event of Default” or a “Potential Event of Default” under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement;
  (iii)   none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries is in default or in breach of (including any event or condition occurred which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would result in a default or breach), or has knowledge (actual or constructive) of the invalidity of or grounds or conditions for (including grounds or conditions that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would entitle any person to claim) rescission, avoidance or repudiation of, any other agreement or other transaction to which the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party (including without limitation, the Gaming Concession Contract, the Gaming Concession Guaranty, the Gaming License and the Land Concession Contracts), nor, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, has the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries received notice of any intention to terminate any such agreement or repudiate or disclaim any other transaction where such default, breach, invalidity, rescission, avoidance, termination or repudiation or disclaim of transaction would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
  (iv)   there are no defaults by any party with whom the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement or arrangement (including any lease, tenancy agreement or license agreement in respect of which the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries is the lessor, landlord or licensor) under such agreements or arrangements which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, there are no circumstances likely to give rise to any such default;
  (v)   all amounts due and payable on the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date to any material contractors or suppliers (and to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, all subcontractors) pursuant to agreement or other transaction to which the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries is a party have been paid in full except for the amounts disputed in good faith by the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary and adequate provision has been made for such
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 18


 

      amounts in the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n) in accordance with GAAP and amounts which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
  (vi)   the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries are currently in compliance with all financial covenants in its outstanding Indebtedness and is not in breach or potential breach of any provision of such Indebtedness, nor will be in breach or potential breach of any provision of such Indebtedness following issuance of the Bonds;
(cc)   Information :
  (i)   all statements of fact contained in any announcement of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary (including any announcement to be made by the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary in respect of the issue of the Bonds) are or will be true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading when made and all statements of opinion, intention or expectation of the directors of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary in relation to the Issuer or its Material Subsidiaries contained therein (if any) are or will be truly and honestly held and have been or will be made on reasonable grounds and have been or will be fairly based after due and careful consideration, and there is or will be no other fact or matter omitted therefrom the omission of which would make any statement therein misleading when made;
  (ii)   all information supplied or disclosed in writing or orally including, without limitation, the answers and documents provided at due diligence meetings or calls (and any new or additional information serving to update or amend such information supplied or disclosed by the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary to the Placement Agent or the legal advisers to the Placement Agent) is true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect and all forecasts, opinions and estimates relating to the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries so supplied or disclosed have been made after due, careful and proper consideration, are based on reasonable assumptions and represent reasonable and fair expectations honestly held based on facts known to such persons (or any of them); there has been no development or occurrence relating to the financial or business condition of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary (including, without limitation, with respect to any corporate event, acquisition, disposal or related matter) which has not been disclosed to the Placement Agent; and no investor meeting or presentation has been conducted or information and materials issued by the Issuer, its Material Subsidiaries and/or their agents (whether with or without the authority of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary) in respect of the Offering without the prior knowledge and consent of the Placement Agent;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 19


 

  (iii)   the answers and documents provided by the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries in response to any question of the Placement Agent and other potential subscribers of the Bonds, or during conference calls, investor meetings or presentations held by or participated by the Issuer, any Material Subsidiary or their agents, are true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading in any material respect; and
  (iv)   all information (whether oral, written, electronic or in any other form) supplied by or on behalf of the Issuer, any Material Subsidiary or any of their officers, directors, employees, for the purpose of or in connection with the Offering, the Issuer and/or its Material Subsidiaries, and all publicly available information and records of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary (including information contained in statutory filings and registrations) is and was, when supplied or published, true and accurate in all material respects and not misleading;
(dd)   No Fiduciary Relationship: the Issuer understands and agrees that (i) the placing of the Bonds pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the issue of the Bonds and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Placement Agent, on the other hand; (ii) in connection with the Offering, the Placement Agent is and has been acting solely as principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of any of the Issuer, the Material Subsidiaries or any of their respective stockholders, creditors, employees or any other party; (iii) the Placement Agent has not assumed and will not assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favour of any of the Issuer and the Material Subsidiaries or with respect to the Offering or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the relevant Placement Agent has advised or is currently advising the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary on other matters, including the proposed listing of the Shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) and the Placement Agent has no obligation to any of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries with respect to the Offering except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Placement Agent and its respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries; and (v) the Placement Agent has not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the Offering; the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate; and this Agreement supersedes any prior agreement or understanding (whether written or oral) between the Issuer, the Material Subsidiaries and the Placement Agent with respect to the subject matter of this Clause 3.1(dd);
(ee)   General Solicitation: neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act ( Regulation D ), nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given) has engaged in any form of “general solicitation
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 20


 

    or general advertising” (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of the Bonds, the Warrants or the Shares in the United States, or has made or will make offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy, or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Bonds, the Warrants, the Shares or the New Shares under the Securities Act;
(ff)   No Registration: assuming the Placement Agent, its affiliates (as defined in Regulation D) and any person acting on its or their behalf have complied with the representations and undertakings herein and the selling restrictions set out in Clause 11, no registration of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares under the Securities Act will be required for the offer, sale and delivery of the Bonds in the manner contemplated by this Agreement; neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Regulation D) has entered into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Bonds other than this Agreement;
(gg)   Stabilisation Information: none of the Issuer, the Subsidiaries of the Issuer and their respective affiliates has, issued and none of them will issue, without the prior consent of the Placement Agent, any press or other public announcement referring to the proposed issue of the Bonds and the Issuer authorises the Placement Agent to make all appropriate disclosure in relation to any stabilisation instead of the Issuer;
(hh)   Stabilisation: neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D), nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given) has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the stabilisation or manipulation in violation of applicable laws of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares;
(ii)   Directed Selling Efforts: neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given) has engaged in any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares;
(jj)   Foreign Issuer and US Market Interest: the Issuer is a “foreign issuer” (as such term is defined in Regulation S) which reasonably believes that there is no “substantial U.S. market interest” (as such term is defined in Regulation S) in the debt securities of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or in the Shares or any Equity Securities of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and, prior to the occurrence of the Qualified IPO, Sands China will be a “foreign issuer” (as such term is defined in the Regulation S);
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 21


 

(kk)   OFAC and Other Sanctions: none of the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, and the directors, officers, agents, employees and Affiliates of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries is currently subject to:
  (i)   any sanction administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ( OFAC ); or
  (ii)   any sanction administered by the United Nations, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or any other relevant sanctions authority (together with the sanctions referred to in sub-clause (i) above, collectively, the Sanctions );
(ll)   Unlawful Payments: to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, none of the Issuer, its Material Subsidiaries and their officers, directors, supervisors, managers, agents or employees has, directly or indirectly, (i) made or authorised any contribution, payment or gift of funds or property to any official, employee or agent of any governmental agency, authority or instrumentality or any gaming authority or (ii) made any contribution to any candidate for public office, in either case, where either the payment or the purpose of such contribution, payment or gift was, is, or would be prohibited under the applicable law of any locality, including but not limited to the FCPA;
(mm)   No Broker’s Commission: no broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (other than fees and expenses payable to the Placement Agent);
(nn)   Employee Matters and Acts of God: (i) None of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, nor their respective properties and assets, is affected by any fire, explosion, accident, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy, or other casualty or other event of force majeure, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) there are no strikes, lockouts, stoppages, slowdowns or other labour disputes against the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, threatened that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries have not been in violation of any applicable laws and regulations, except for violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iv) all payments due from the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance that (individually or in the aggregate) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued as a liability on the financial statements referred to in Clause 3.1(n);
(oo)   Off-balance Sheet Arrangements : none of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries has any material relationships with any entity other than the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries that are contractually limited to narrow
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 22


 

    activities that facilitate the transfer of or access to assets by the Issuer, or any of its Material Subsidiaries, such as structured finance entities and special purpose entities that could have a material effect on the liquidity of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary or the availability thereof or the requirements of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary for capital resources;
(pp)   Anti-Money Laundering: the operations of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Issuer or any of its Material Subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws ), except where any non-compliance, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries (after due and careful enquiry), threatened;
(qq)   Immunity: none of the Issuer, the Subsidiaries of the Issuer, the Subordinated Creditors and their respective assets or properties has any immunity in respect of the obligations of the Issuer, the Subsidiaries of the Issuer and the Subordinated Creditors under the Contracts or the Bonds or from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment or attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Macau, Hong Kong and the jurisdictions in which such entities are incorporated;
(rr)   PFIC Status:
  (i)   the Issuer does not believe that it is and does not expect to become (whether as a result of the receipt and application of the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds or otherwise) a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of section 1297 of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the Code ); and
  (ii)   Sands China (x) is, as of the time of this Agreement, disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (y) does not believe that it will be, as of such time as it may become classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and does not expect to thereafter become (whether as a result of the receipt and application of the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds or otherwise) a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of section 1297 of the Code; and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 23


 

(ss)   Investment Company Act: the Issuer is not, and immediately after giving effect to the Offering and sale of the Bonds and the application of the proceeds thereof, will not be, an “investment company” as such term is defined in the US Investment Company Act of 1940.
3.2 Placement Agent Representations: The Placement Agent hereby warrants and undertakes to the Issuer that:
(a)   it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Bonds by any form of general solicitation or general advertising, including but not limited to the methods described in Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act, or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act;
(b)   it is an institutional accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act;
(c)   the Bonds, the Warrants and the New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act; it has offered the Bonds and will offer and sell the Bonds outside the United States only in accordance with Rules 903 and 904 of Regulation S and, in the United States to not more than 35 “accredited investors” (within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act) in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; accordingly, neither the Placement Agent, their respective affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) or any form of “general solicitations or general advertising’ (within the meaning of Section 502(c) under the Securities Act) with respect to the Bonds; and
(d)   (i) it is aware that Sands China is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) it is aware that as of such time as Sands China may be become classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Sands China expects to be a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and (iii) it is not relying on the Issuer for any assessment of the United States federal income tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.3 Repetition: The representations and warranties contained in, or given pursuant to, Clause 3.1, Clause 3.2 and Clause 11, respectively are given as of the date hereof and, subject to Clause 10, shall be deemed to have been repeated on the Closing Date, taking into account facts and circumstances subsisting at such date.
3.4 Indemnity:
(a)   The Issuer shall, on demand of the Placement Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent and each of its subsidiaries, affiliates (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and including the partners of any such affiliates) and associated companies, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 24


 

    (including, but not limited to, controlling persons within the meaning of the Securities Act) as the case may be (together, the Indemnified Parties ) against all or any losses, costs, expenses (including reasonable and documented legal fees as they are incurred), fees, claims, actions, liabilities, demands, proceedings or judgments (including, but not limited to, all such losses, costs or expenses suffered or incurred in disputing or defending any claims, actions, liabilities, demands, proceedings or judgments (the Proceedings ) and/or in establishing its rights to be indemnified pursuant to this Clause 3.4 and/or in seeking advice in relation to any Proceedings) brought or established or threatened to be brought or established against any of the Indemnified Parties:
  (i)   directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with any breach or alleged breach of any of the representations, warranties and undertakings contained in Clauses 3 and 4;
  (ii)   which are, directly or indirectly, occasioned by or resulting from or are attributable to the performance by the Placement Agent of its obligations under this Agreement in relation to the Offering and which do not in any such case arise from the Placement Agent’s fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, wilful misconduct or wilful default as determined by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction;
  (iii)   in respect of any breach of any applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction resulting from the Offering which do not arise from the Placement Agent’s fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, wilful misconduct or wilful default as determined by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; or
  (iv)   in connection with any untrue statement contained in any document or information authorised by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer to be distributed or passed on by such relevant party or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact, necessary to make a statement therein not misleading.
(b)   The indemnities contained in Clause 3.4(a) shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding completion of the Offering in accordance with its terms, shall be in addition to any liability which the Issuer may have and shall extend to include all costs and expenses which the Placement Agent and/or any of the Indemnified Parties may reasonably incur or pay in investigating, disputing, settling or compromising any matter to which the indemnity might relate and in establishing the right to indemnification pursuant to this Clause 3.4 in respect of any matter. The Issuer shall not, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified Parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes, where necessary or appropriate, an unconditional release of each
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 25


 

    Indemnified Party from all liabilities arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding.
(c)   Save as a result of the Placement Agent’s fraud, gross negligence, bad faith, wilful misconduct or wilful default, neither the Placement Agent nor any of the Indemnified Parties (as defined in Clause 3.4(a)) shall be responsible for and no claim shall be made against the Placement Agent or any of the Indemnified Parties by the Issuer to recover any damage, cost, charge or expense which the Issuer may suffer or incur by reason of or arising out of the carrying out by the Placement Agent or any of the Indemnified Parties of any work pursuant to any of their obligations under this Agreement, or otherwise in connection with the Offering.
(d)   The Placement Agent shall have no duty or obligation, whether as fiduciary or trustee of any relevant party or otherwise, to recover any such payment or to account for any other person for any amounts paid to it pursuant to the indemnities set forth in this Agreement.
4. Covenants of the Issuer
The Issuer undertakes and covenants with the Placement Agent that:
4.1 Taxes: without prejudice to Clause 3.1(v), the Issuer will pay any stamp, issue, registration, documentary or other taxes and duties, including interest and penalties, in Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands, Macau, the United Kingdom and the United States and all other relevant jurisdictions payable on or in connection with the creation, issue, placing, subscription (excluding the holding and any subsequent sale or transfer of the Bonds), Offering, sale or delivery of the Bonds by the Issuer or the execution or delivery of the Contracts; and any value added, turnover or similar tax payable in respect thereof (and references in this Agreement to such amount shall be deemed to include any such taxes so payable in addition to it);
4.2 Prospectus: in connection with the Qualified IPO, the Issuer will:
(a)   use its best efforts to, and procure each of its Subsidiaries to, co-operate and participate in the due diligence procedures required to prepare a prospectus in connection with the proposed listing of Sands China on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (the Prospectus ); and
(b)   procure Sands China to prepare the Prospectus in compliance with the requirements of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Companies Ordinance (Chapter 32 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and satisfactory in form and substance to the Placement Agent;
4.3 Warranties: the Issuer will forthwith notify the Placement Agent promptly of any event, development or change affecting any of its representations, warranties, agreements and indemnities herein at any time prior to completion of the distribution of the Bonds and will forthwith take such steps as may be reasonably requested by the Placement Agent to remedy and/or publicise the same;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 26


 

4.4 Listing of Shares: in connection with seeking a Qualified IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Issuer will use all reasonable endeavours to, and shall procure Sands China and each of its Subsidiaries to, furnish from time to time any and all documents, instruments, information and undertakings and publish all advertisements or other material that are necessary in order to effect such listing;
4.5 Documents to Placement Agent: on or after the date of this Agreement (and, after the Closing Date, for so long as any of the Bonds remains outstanding), the Issuer will furnish to the Placement Agent copies of all financial statements that the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries furnish to holders of the Bonds upon their request;
4.6 Issuer of Shares: upon the occurrence of a Qualified IPO, the Issuer shall procure Sands China to issue, in accordance with the Trust Deed, the Terms and Conditions and (if applicable) the Warrants, the New Shares free and clear of all Liens;
4.7 Announcements: between the date hereof and 40 calendar days after the Closing Date, the Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer and all other parties acting on its behalf, will notify and consult with the Placement Agent (unless prevented by applicable law or regulations) prior to issuing any announcement concerning, or which would be material in the context of, the Offering and distribution of the Bonds and shall take into account such requests as the Placement Agent shall reasonably make with respect to such announcements;
4.8 Use of Proceeds:
(a)   the Issuer will use the net proceeds received by it from the issue of the Bonds pursuant to this Agreement for general corporate purposes and includes full flexibility to upstream the proceeds from the Issuer to the Parent or to downstream the proceeds to a Subsidiary of the Issuer to be used to repay any Intercompany Loan (as defined below) and intercompany trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, and the Issuer agrees that none of the proceeds from the Offering of the Bonds will be used, directly or indirectly, in any business or transaction or to make any investment that is subject to any Sanction;
(b)   the Issuer covenants and agrees not to use, or to permit any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates to use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds, for any purpose or activity that would cause any U.S. person participating in the Offering, to be in violations of the U.S. Trading with the Enemy Act (as amended), the U.S. International Emergency Economic Powers Act (as amended), or . any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (as codified in 31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto; and
(c)   the Issuer will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any Sanction;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 27


 

4.9 Directed Selling Efforts: neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), nor any person acting on behalf of any of them (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given), will engage in any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares;
4.10 Stabilisation:
  (i)   neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act), nor any person acting on behalf of any of them (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given) will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, the stabilisation in violation of applicable laws or manipulation of the price of any security to facilitate the sale or resale of the Bonds; and
  (ii)   the Issuer authorises the Placement Agent to make adequate public disclosure and undertakes to comply with the Securities and Futures (Price Stabilizing) Rules (Cap. 571W of the Laws of Hong Kong);
4.11 Exchange of Shares: in connection with any of the exchange of the Bonds for the New Shares, the issuance of the Warrants (if any) and the exercise of the Warrants (if any) for the New Shares, none of the Issuer, its Subsidiaries and any person acting on their behalf (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given) will take any action which would result in any commission or other remuneration being paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such exchange;
4.12 Non-Integration: none of the Issuer and any of their affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D), nor any person acting on behalf of any of them (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given), will directly or indirectly make offers or sales of any security, or solicit offers to buy, or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares under the Securities Act;
4.13 Offering Restrictions: the Issuer, each Affiliate of the Issuer and each person acting on behalf of any of them (other than the Placement Agent, its affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf as to whom no representation, warranty or undertaking is made or given) will comply with the offering restriction requirements of Regulation S;
4.14 Authorised Share Capital: the Issuer will procure Sands China to have sufficient authorised share capital to satisfy the issue of such number of New Shares as would be required to be issued on exchange of all the Bonds or exercise of all the Warrants (including such number of additional Shares as may be required to be issued pursuant to sub-division or redenomination of Shares);
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 28


 

4.15 Approvals and Filing : the Issuer will use its best endeavours to obtain all approvals and consents and promptly make all notifications, registrations and filings as may from time to time be required in relation to the Bonds, the Warrants and/or the New Shares;
4.16 Compliance: the Issuer will, and will procure that each of its Subsidiaries shall, in all material respects, comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to and the applicable requirements of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in connection with the application for listing of the Shares;
4.17 General Solicitation: neither the Issuer nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act ( Regulation D ), nor any person acting on its or their behalf will engage in any form of “general solicitation or general advertising” (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act) in connection with any offer or sale of the Bonds, the Warrants or the Shares in the United States, or has made or will make offers or sales of any security, or solicited offers to buy, or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security, under circumstances that would require the registration of the Bonds, the Warrants, the Shares or the New Shares under the Securities Act, provided that the Issuer makes no representation, warranty or undertaking with respect to the Placement Agent, its affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf;
4.18 Rule 144A Information : so long as any Bonds, Warrants or New Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the US Securities Act, during any period in which it is neither subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) nor exempt from reporting thereunder pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall upon the request of a holder or beneficial owner provide to such holder or beneficial owner of any such “restricted security”, or to any prospective purchaser of such restricted security designated by such holder or beneficial owner, the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act;
4.19 Investment Company Act: for so long as any Bonds, Warrants or New Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Issuer will not become an “open-ended company”, “unit investment trust” or “face-amount certificate company”, as such terms are defined in, and that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of, the US Investment Company Act of 1940; and
4.20 Intercompany Loans: the Issuer shall procure that, on or prior to the Closing Date:
(a)   each Subsidiary of the Issuer that has incurred any Indebtedness, liability or obligation to any Affiliate of the Issuer (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), whether absolute, contingent or otherwise, and in any currency (any such Indebtedness, liability or obligation shall hereinafter be referred to as an Intercompany Loan ), execute the Deed of Subordination as a “Company” (as defined therein); and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 29


 

(b)   each creditor in respect of an Intercompany Loan execute the Deed of Subordination as a “Subordinated Creditor” (as defined therein).
5. Fees
A placement fee as separately agreed in writing between the Issuer and the Placement Agent (the Placement Fee ) will be payable by the Issuer to the Placement Agent in consideration for its services in relation to the placing of the Bonds under this Agreement. The Placement Fee shall be payable on the Closing Date by deduction from the subscription moneys for the Bonds as provided in Clause 7.
6. Expenses
6.1 Expenses: The Issuer will pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of the Paying Agents, the Trustee and the other agents appointed under the Contracts in relation to the preparation and execution of the Contracts, the issue and authentication of the Bonds and the performance of their duties under the Contracts. The Issuer will pay for the preparation, production and (where appropriate) printing of the Bonds, the Contracts and all other documents relating to the issue of the Bonds, the initial delivery and distribution (including transportation and packaging) of the Bonds, any notices in relation to the issue of the Bonds, the legal and other costs of the Placement Agent, the legal and other costs of the Trustee’s and the Paying Agents’ legal advisers, the fees and costs of the Issuer’s accountants and all other expenses of the Issuer in connection with the issue of the Bonds.
6.2 Payment: All payments by the Issuer under this Agreement shall be paid in United States dollars without set-off or counterclaim and free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature, imposed by the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Macau, United States or any other relevant jurisdiction, or by any department, agency or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto ( Taxes ), unless deduction or withholding of such Taxes is required by law, in which event the Issuer shall pay such additional amount as shall be required to ensure that the net amount received by the Placement Agent will equal the full amount which would have been received by it had no such deduction or withholding been made.
6.3 Currency Indemnity: United States dollars (the Contractual Currency ) is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer under or in connection with this Agreement, including damages. If, under any applicable law and whether pursuant to a judgment being made or registered against the Issuer or for any other reason, any payment under or in connection with this Agreement is made or falls to be satisfied in a currency (the other currency ) other than the Contractual Currency then, to the extent that the payment (when converted into the Contractual Currency at the rate of exchange on the date of payment or, if it is not practicable for the Placement Agent to purchase the Contractual Currency with the other currency on the date of payment, at the rate of exchange as soon thereafter as it is practicable for it to do so or, in the case of a liquidation, insolvency or analogous process of the Issuer, at the rate of exchange on the latest date permitted by applicable law for the determination of liabilities in such liquidation, insolvency or analogous process)
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 30


 

actually received by the Placement Agent falls short of the amount due under the terms of this Agreement, the Issuer shall as a separate and independent obligation, indemnify and hold harmless the Placement Agent against the amount of such shortfall. For the purpose of this Clause 6, rate of exchange means:
(a)   the Applicable Exchange Rate where the currencies involved are Hong Kong dollars and United States dollars; or
(b)   in any other case, the rate at which the Placement Agent are able on the relevant date in Hong Kong to purchase the Contractual Currency with the other currency,
and, in each case, shall take into account any premium and other related costs. The above indemnities shall constitute obligations of the Issuer separate and independent from its obligations under the provisions of this Agreement and shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by the Placement Agent from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the judgment or filing of any proof or proofs in any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Issuer for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due under this Agreement.
7. Closing
At 4:00 pm (Hong Kong time) on 4 September 2009 (or such other time or date as the Issuer and the Placement Agent shall agree) (the Closing Date ) and without prejudice to Clause 9.2, the Issuer will issue the Bonds and procure the entry in the register of Bondholders of the names of the persons designated by the Placement Agent to be the holders of the Bonds and will deliver to the Placement Agent or its order in such place as the Placement Agent may require the Certificates duly executed and authenticated representing the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds provided that the Issuer shall not be obligated to issue Bonds to any person identified by the Placement Agent to be a registered holder of Bond on the Closing Date unless:
(i)   the Issuer has received from the Placement Agent an undertaking in the form set out in Schedule 3 duly executed by such person; and
(ii)   such person and its Affiliate is not engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and the subscription of the Bonds by such person would not, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements.
Against such delivery the Placement Agent will pay or cause to be paid to the Issuer the net subscription moneys being the issue price of 100.00 per cent. of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds fully subscribed less the Placement Fee and the costs and expenses payable by the Issuer under Clause 6. Such payment shall be made in United States dollars in immediately available settlement funds for value on the Closing Date to such United States dollar account as shall have been notified by the Issuer to the Placement Agent not later than five days prior to the Closing Date, and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 31


 

evidence of such payment shall take the form of a confirmation from the paying bank that it has made such payment.
8. Conditions Precedent
The obligation of the Placement Agent to use reasonable endeavours to locate subscribers for the Bonds pursuant to Clause 1 above is subject to the following conditions precedent:
8.1 Execution of other Contracts: the other Contracts, each in a form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent, shall have been executed by all parties thereto on or prior to the Closing Date;
8.2 Legal Opinions and other documents: on or prior to the Closing Date, there shall have been delivered to the Placement Agent, each in a form and substance satisfactory to the Placement Agent:
(a)   a legal opinion, dated the Closing Date of Walkers, in their capacity as legal advisers to the Issuer as to Cayman Islands law;
(b)   a legal opinion, dated the Closing Date of Conyers, Dill and Pearman, in their capacity as legal advisers to the Placement Agent as to Cayman Islands law;
(c)   a legal opinion, dated the Closing Date of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in their capacity as legal advisers to the Placement Agent as to English law and an opinion, dated the Closing Date of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, to the effect that the issue of the Bonds and Warrants does not conflict with the Credit Agreement;
(d)   an opinion, dated the Closing Date of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in their capacity as legal advisers to the Placement Agent as to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act;
(e)   a legal opinion, dated the Closing Date of Leonel Alves’ Law Firm;
(f)   a copy of the letter(s) issued or to be issued by the government of Macau to the effect that:
  (i)   the development period of the parcel of land constituting Site 3 shall be extended on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent; and
  (ii)   the government of Macau or other authority of Macau will not forfeit the parcels of land constituting Site 1 and/or Site 2 (or any property erected thereon) in the event that the Issuer and its Subsidiaries shall fail to develop the parcel of land constituting Site 3 within the specified development period (as extended); and
(g)   a certified copy of:
  (i)   the board resolutions and shareholders’ resolutions of the Issuer approving the issue of the Bonds and, in the circumstances
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 32


 

      contemplated by the Terms and Conditions, the Warrants, and the execution, delivery and performance of the Contracts to which it is a party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent;
  (ii)   the board resolutions and shareholders’ resolutions of Sands China approving:
  (A)   the issue of the Shares upon exchange of the Bonds or exercise of the Warrants; and
  (B)   the execution, delivery and performance of the Contracts to which it is a party,
      in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent;
  (iii)   the board resolutions of each of:
  (A)   Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited;
 
  (B)   Venetian Macau Limited;
 
  (C)   Venetian Cotai Limited;
 
  (D)   VML US Finance LLC; and
 
  (E)   Venetian Macau Finance Company,
      approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Deed of Subordination, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent;
  (iv)   the board resolutions of the Subordinated Creditors (other than the Parent) approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Deed of Subordination, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent;
  (v)   a certificate signed by the company secretary of the Parent confirming that the execution, delivery and performance of the Deed of Subordination by the Parent has been authorised and approved by the board of directors of the Parent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent;
 
  (vi)   the shareholders’ resolutions of each of:
  (A)   Cotai Ferry Company Limited;
 
  (B)   Venetian Orient Limited;
 
  (C)   Venetian Retail Limited;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 33


 

  (D)   Venetian Travel Limited;
 
  (E)   Venetian Macau Finance Company; and
 
  (F)   Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited,
      approving the execution, delivery and performance of the Deed of Subordination, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Placement Agent;
  (vii)   the memorandum and articles of association of the Issuer; and
  (viii)   the memorandum and articles of association of Sands China.
8.3 No Default: there is no “Event of Default” under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement and its related guarantee and security documents;
8.4 Representations and Warranties: as of the Closing Date (i) the representations and warranties of the Issuer herein shall be true, accurate and correct in all respects at, and as if made on, the Closing Date (or, if a representation or warranty is made as of a specified date, such representation or warrant shall be true, accurate and correct as of such specified date); (ii) the Issuer shall have performed all of their respective obligations hereunder expressed to be performed on or before the Closing Date; and (iii) there shall have been delivered to the Placement Agent certificates (in the form attached as Schedule 2), dated as of the Closing Date, of a director of the Issuer to such effect;
8.5 No Material Adverse Change: as of the Closing Date there shall not have occurred any change in the condition (financial or otherwise), management, operations, stockholders’ equity, general affairs, business or trading position or properties of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which, in the sole opinion of the Placement Agent:
(a)   is material and adverse in the context of the Offering; or
(b)   makes it impracticable, inadvisable or inexpedient to market the Bonds on the terms and in the manner contemplated herein;
8.6 Due Diligence: the Placement Agent shall have been reasonably satisfied with the results of its due diligence investigations on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;
8.7 No Rating Downgrade: on or after the date of this Agreement, no rating agency having downgraded, nor given notice or made any public announcement of (i) any intended or potential downgrading of, or (ii) any review or surveillance with negative implications of, the rating accorded to any other debt securities of Sands China, the Issuer, or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer;
8.8 Completion of Step 1 of the Pre-IPO Restructuring: on or prior to the Closing Date, Venetian Venture Development Intermediate I shall have transferred:
(a)   100% of the issued share capital in Cotai Waterjets (HK) Limited; and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 34


 

(b)   100% of the issued share capital in CotaiJet Holdings (II) Limited,
to Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited; and
8.9 First Parent Letter of Credit: on or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall have delivered (or caused to be delivered) the First Parent L/C to the Trustee.
9. Termination
9.1 Placement Agent’s Ability to Terminate: Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Placement Agent may, by notice to the Issuer given at any time prior to payment of the net subscription monies for the Bonds to the Issuer, terminate this Agreement in any of the following circumstances:
(a)   there develops, occurs or comes into force, in the sole opinion of the Placement Agent:
  (i)   any new law or regulation or any change or development involving a change in existing laws or regulations which in the sole opinion of the Placement Agent has or is likely to have a material adverse effect on the financial position of the Issuer and its Material Subsidiaries as a whole; or
  (ii)   any change (whether or not permanent) or development (whether or not permanent) in local, national or international monetary, economic, financial, political or military conditions or securities market conditions or currency exchange rates or foreign exchange rates or foreign exchange controls which, in the sole opinion of the Placement Agent, is or would be materially adverse to the success of the Offering, the distribution of the Bonds or dealings in the Bonds in the secondary market or makes it impracticable or inadvisable or inexpedient to proceed therewith; or
  (iii)   a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in Hong Kong, London or New York declared by the relevant authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom or the United States; or
  (iv)   a change or development in taxation adversely affecting the Issuer, any Material Subsidiary, the Bonds or the transfer thereof in accordance with the Terms and Conditions; or
  (v)   any event or series of events (including the occurrence of any local, national or international outbreak or escalation of disaster, hostility, insurrection, armed conflict, act of terrorism, calamity, act of God or epidemic) which in the sole opinion of the Placement Agent is or would be materially adverse to the success of the Offering, the distribution of the Bonds or dealings in the Bonds in the secondary
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 35


 

      market or makes it impracticable or inadvisable or inexpedient to proceed therewith; or
  (vi)   any moratorium, suspension or material restriction or limitation on trading in shares or securities generally on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq due to exceptional financial circumstances or otherwise at any time prior to the Closing Date; or
(b)   any breach of any of the representations, warranties and undertakings by the Issuer set out in Clause 3 or Clause 4 comes to the knowledge of the Placement Agent or any event occurs or any matter arises on or after the date hereof and prior to which if it had occurred or arisen before the date hereof would have rendered any of such representations, warranties and undertakings untrue or incorrect in any respect or any material failure to perform any of the covenants, obligations or agreements of the Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Subordinated Creditor in any Contract; or
(c)   commencement by any regulatory or political body or organisation of any action against any director of the Issuer or any Material Subsidiary or an announcement by any regulatory or political body or organisation that it intends to take any such action which in the opinion of the Placement Agent is or would be materially adverse to the success of the Offering, the distribution of the Bonds or dealings in the Bonds in the secondary market or makes it impracticable or inadvisable or inexpedient to proceed therewith; or
(d)   if any of the conditions specified in Clause 8 have not been satisfied or waived by the Placement Agent on or prior to the Closing Date.
9.2 Issuer’s Ability to Terminate: Subject to Clause 9.3 below, notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Issuer may, by notice to the Placement Agent given at the Closing Date, to terminate this Agreement if less than US$400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Bonds are fully subscribed at an issue price of 100% of the principal amount of each Bond at the Closing Date.
9.3 Consequences of Termination: Upon such notice being given by the Placement Agent in accordance with Clause 9.1 or the Issuer in accordance with Clause 9.2, as the case may be, this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further effect and no party shall be under any liability to any other in respect of this Agreement, except:
(a)   for obligations and liabilities that have accrued prior to or upon such termination in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
(b)   the Issuer shall remain liable for the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and expenses referred to in Clause 6 and for any obligation to any Indemnified Party arising pursuant to Clause 3.4.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 36


 

10. Survival of Representations and Obligations
Each party hereto shall remain liable for its representations, warranties, agreements, undertakings and indemnities given herein notwithstanding completion of the arrangements for the placing and issue of the Bonds, the delivery of the Bonds to the purchasers thereof and the payment for the Bonds by such purchasers and:
(a)   with respect to the warranties, undertakings and indemnities given herein by the Issuer, notwithstanding any due diligence investigation made by or on behalf of the Placement Agent or its actual or constructive knowledge of the matters referred to therein; and
(b)   with respect to the warranties, undertakings and indemnities given herein by the Placement Agent, notwithstanding any investigation made by or on behalf of the Issuer or its actual or constructive knowledge of the matters referred to therein.
11. Selling Restrictions
No action to permit public offering
11.1 The Placement Agent acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken in any jurisdiction by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer that would permit a public offering of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares, or possession or distribution of any offering material in relation thereto, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The Placement Agent represents that it has not offered or sold the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares in any jurisdiction other than the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the European Economic Area, Malaysia, Cayman Islands and the People’s Republic of China. The Placement Agent represents that it has not and will not take any action that would permit a public offering of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares, or possession or distribution of any offering material in relation thereto, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
United States
11.2 The Bonds, the Warrants and the New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Placement Agent represents that it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, the Bonds, the Warrants or New Shares, except in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S under the Securities Act or, within the United States, to a limited number of “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act). Accordingly, the Placement Agent represents and agrees that neither it, its affiliates nor any persons acting on its or their behalf have engaged or will engage in (i) any “directed selling efforts” (as defined in Regulation S) with respect to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares or (ii) any form of “general solicitation or general advertising” (within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act) with respect to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 37


 

United Kingdom
11.3 The Placement Agent represents that:
(a)   it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the FSMA )) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Bond, Warrant or New Share in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer; and
(b)   it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Bonds, the Warrants and the New Shares in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.
Hong Kong
11.4 The Placement Agent represents that:
(a)   it has not offered or sold, and will not offer or sell, in Hong Kong by means of any document, any Bonds, Warrants or New Shares other than (i) to “professional investors” as defined in the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong and any rules made under that Ordinance, or (ii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” as defined in the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32) of Hong Kong or which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of that Ordinance; and
(b)   it has not issued or had in its possession for the purposes of issue and will not issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Bonds, Warrants or New Shares which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) and any rules made thereunder.
Korea
11.5 The Placement Agent acknowledges that the Bonds, Warrants and New Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act of the Republic of Korea and the regulations thereunder. The Placement Agent represents that it has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell, the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares in the Republic of Korea or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident of the Republic of Korea (as defined under the Foreign Exchange Transaction Law of Korea and its Enforcement Decree) or to others for re-offering or re-sale, directly or indirectly, in the Republic of Korea or to, or for the account or benefit of, any resident
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 38


 

of the Republic of Korea, except as otherwise permitted by applicable Korean laws and regulations .
Singapore
11.6 The Placement Agent acknowledges that none of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares will be registered with Monetary Authority of Singapore. The Placement Agent represents that it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute any document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares and it has not offered or sold, or make subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and it will not offer or sell or make subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares to persons in Singapore other than (a) to an institutional investor or other person specified under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore, the Securities and Futures Act ); (b) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act; or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the Securities and Futures Act.
Where the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act by a relevant person which is:
(a)   a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the Securities and Futures Act)), the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or
(b)   a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an accredited investor,
the shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest, however described, in that trust shall not be transferable for six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Bonds pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act except:
  (i)   to an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act) or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the Securities and Futures Act, or to any person pursuant to an offer that is made on terms that such shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or such rights or interest are acquired at a consideration of not less than S$200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is to be paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets, and further for corporations, in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the Securities and Futures Act;
  (ii)   where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; or
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 39


 

  (iii)   where the transfer is by operation of law.
European Economic Area
11.7 In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a Relevant Member State ), the Placement Agent represents that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the Relevant Implementation Date ) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive (provided that nothing herein shall oblige the Placement Agent or the Issuer to publish a prospectus in relation to the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares), except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of such Bonds, Warrants or New Shares, as the case may be to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
(a)   to legal entities which are authorised or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorised or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
(b)   to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than 43,000,000; and (3) an annual net turnover of more than 50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts;
(c)   to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive; or
(d)   in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Issuer of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.
For the purposes of this Clause 11.7, the expression an offer of Bonds to the public in relation to any Bonds, Warrants or New Shares in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
Cayman Islands
11.8 The Placement Agent acknowledges that no Bonds, New Shares or Warrants may be offered for subscription or purchase or sold to the public in the Cayman Islands. The Placement Agent represents that it has not offered for subscription or
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 40


 

purchase or sold, and it will not offer for subscription or purchase or sell, to the public in the Cayman Islands any Bonds, Warrants or New Shares.
Malaysia
11.9 The Placement Agent acknowledges that no prior permission of the Securities Commission of Malaysia under the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007 of Malaysia (the Capital Markets and Services Act ) has been or will be obtained for the issue, offer or making available of the Bonds, Warrants or New Shares in Malaysia. The Placement Agent represents that it has not made available, offered for subscription or made any invitation to subscribe for the Bonds, the Warrants or the New Shares, directly or indirectly, to any person in Malaysia other than in compliance with the Capital Markets and Services Act and any other applicable laws or regulations of Malaysia and it has not circulated or distributed and will not circulate or distribute any document relating to the Bonds, the Warrants and New Shares directly or indirectly to any person in Malaysia other than in compliance with the Capital Markets and Services Act and any other applicable laws or regulations of Malaysia.
People’s Republic of China
11.10 The Placement Agent acknowledges that the Bonds, the Warrants and the New Shares are not being offered or sold and may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, in the People’s Republic of China (for such purposes, not including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) except as permitted by the securities laws of the People’s Republic of China. The Placement Agent represents that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly, in the People’s Republic of China (for such purposes, not including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) except as permitted by the securities law of the People’s Republic of China.
12. Assignment
Neither party hereto may assign or transfer any of its rights under this Agreement except with the prior written consent of the other party hereto.
13. Notices
Any notice or notification in any form to be given hereunder may be delivered in person or sent by letter or facsimile transmission addressed to:
(a)   The Issuer: Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II
c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House
87 Mary Street, George Town
Grand Cayman KY1-9005
Cayman Islands
fax: +702 733-5303.
(Attention: Ms. Bonnie Bruce)
 
(b)   The Placement Agent: Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.
68 th Floor
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 41


 

    Cheung Kong Center
2 Queens Road Central
Hong Kong
fax: +852 2978 0440
(Attention: Rita Chan and Ian Fan)
Any such notice shall be served either by hand or by facsimile. Any notice shall be deemed to have been served, if served by hand, when delivered and if sent by facsimile, on receipt of confirmation of transmission.
14. Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Agreement except and to the extent (if any) that this Agreement expressly provides for such Act to apply to any of its terms.
15. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
15.1 Governing Law: This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
15.2 Jurisdiction :
(a)   In relation to any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including, without limitation, disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (the Proceedings ), the Issuer irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and waives any objection to Proceedings in such courts whether on the grounds that the Proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum or otherwise. Nothing in this Clause shall limit the right of the Placement Agent to take Proceedings against the Issuer in any other jurisdiction.
(b)   The Issuer irrevocably appoints The Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited, now at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom, as its authorised agent for service of process in England. If for any reason such agent shall cease to be such agent for service of process, the Issuer shall forthwith, on request of the Placement Agent, appoint a new agent for service of process in England and deliver to the Placement Agent, a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within 15 days, and, failing such appointment within 15 days, the Placement Agent shall be entitled to appoint such a person by notice to the Issuer. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
16. Entire Agreement
This Agreement constitutes the whole and only agreement between the parties relating to the placing of the Bonds.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 42


 

17. Time of the Essence
Any date or period specified in this Agreement may be postponed or extended by mutual agreement among the parties, but as regards any date or period originally fixed or so postponed or extended, time shall be of the essence.
18. Counterparts
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by each party on separate counterparts. Each counterpart is an original, but all counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart signature page of this Agreement by e-mail (PDF) or telecopy shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. In relation to each counterpart, upon confirmation by or on behalf of the signatory that the signatory authorises the attachment of such counterpart signature page to the final text of this Agreement, such counterpart signature page shall take effect together with such final text as a complete authoritative counterpart.
THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 43


 

The Issuer
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
         
     
  By:   /s/ Michael A. Leven    
    Name:   Michael A. Leven   
    Title:   Director   
 
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 44


 

The Placement Agent
GOLDMAN SACHS (ASIA) L.L.C.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Eric Greenberg    
    Name:   Eric Greenberg   
    Title:   Managing Director   
 
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 45


 

SCHEDULE 1
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 46


 

Terms and Conditions of the Bonds
The following terms and conditions, subject to amendment, will be printed on the back of the Certificates issued in respect of the Bonds.
The issue of US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 (the Bonds ) by Venetian Venture Development Intermediate II (the Issuer ) was authorised by a resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer passed on 1 September 2009. The Bonds are constituted by a trust deed dated 4 September 2009 (as amended or supplemented from time to time) (the Trust Deed ) between the Issuer and Citicorp International Limited as trustee for the holders of the Bonds (the Trustee , which term shall, where the context so permits, include all other persons or companies acting as trustee or trustees under the Trust Deed) as trustee for the holders of the Bonds. The Issuer has also entered into a paying, exchange and transfer agency agreement dated 4 September 2009 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the Agency Agreement ) with, among others, the Trustee, the principal agent, the exchange agents (the Exchange Agents ), the paying agents (the Paying Agents ), the transfer agents (the Transfer Agents ) and the Registrar (as defined below) relating to the Bonds. The statements in these Terms and Conditions of the Bonds (the Conditions ) include summaries of, and are subject to, the detailed provisions of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement (including the definitions used therein). The Bondholders are entitled to the benefit of the Trust Deed and are bound by, and are deemed to have notice of, all the provisions of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of the Trust Deed and these Terms and Conditions or between the terms of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement, the terms of the Trust Deed shall prevail. Copies of the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement are available for inspection during normal business hours at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee for the time being at 39 th Floor, ICBC Tower, Citibank Plaza, 3 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong and at the specified offices of the Paying Agents, the Exchange Agents and the Transfer Agents, all as appointed pursuant to the Agency Agreement.
In the Conditions, Bondholder and (in relation to a Bond) holder means the persons in whose name a Bond is registered on the Bond Register (as defined below). Certificate means:
(a)   a Restricted Certificate (as defined in the Trust Deed); or
 
(b)   a Regulation S Certificate (as defined in the Trust Deed).
1. STATUS
The Bonds constitute direct, unconditional, unsubordinated in right of payment and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and shall at all times rank pari passu and without any preference or priority among themselves and at least equally with all other present and future unsubordinated, unsecured obligations of the Issuer, except as may be required by mandatory provisions of law.
2. FORM, DENOMINATION AND TITLE
2.1 Form and Denomination
The Bonds will be issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of US$250,000 or integral multiples thereof. A Certificate will be issued to each Bondholder in respect of its registered holding of Bonds. Each Bondholder shall be entitled to receive only one Certificate in respect of its entire holding of Bonds. Each Bond and each Certificate will have an identifying number which will be recorded on the relevant Certificate and in the register of
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 47


 

Bondholders (the Bond Register ) which the Issuer will procure to be kept by the registrar appointed pursuant to the Agency Agreement (the Registrar ).
Upon issue, the Bonds will be represented by the Certificates that together will represent the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. Bonds sold in reliance on Section 4(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ), will be represented by the Restricted Certificates. Bonds sold to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act will be represented by the Regulation S Certificates.
2.2 Title
The Bonds will be registered instruments, title to which will pass only by registration in the Bond Register. The registered holder of any Bond (except as otherwise required by law) will be treated as the owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest or any writing on, or the theft or loss of, the Certificate issued in respect of it), and neither the Issuer, the Trustee, nor any of the Exchange Agents, the Paying Agents, the Registrar, the Transfer Agents, nor any agent thereof, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
3. CERTAIN COVENANTS; CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
3.1 Negative Pledge
So long as any of the Bonds remain outstanding (as defined in the Trust Deed), the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders create or permit to subsist any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien, or other form of encumbrance or security interest (together, Liens ) upon the whole or any part of the undertaking, assets, property or revenues of whatever nature, present or future, of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than a Permitted Lien. If the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien on the whole of any part of the undertaking, assets, property or revenues of whatever nature, present or future, of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than a Permitted Lien, the Issuer shall make or procure to be made effective provision whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and rateably with any and all other indebtedness and obligations secured thereby as long as any such indebtedness and obligations shall be so secured; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as:
(a)   a consent by the Bondholders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien which is not a Permitted Lien; and
 
(b)   creating any obligation enforceable against any Restricted Subsidiary which is a Loan Party.
3.2 Indebtedness
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness provided that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur additional Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness which constitutes:
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 48


 

(a)   Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness; or
(b)   Indebtedness up to US$700,000,000 which ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Obligations,
if, immediately after giving proforma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Incurrence Test is satisfied, and provided further that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may only incur Permitted Indebtedness if, immediately after giving proforma effect to the incurrence of such Permitted Indebtedness, the Consolidated Total Debt on such date is less than or equal to the sum of:
(i)   the amount of Consolidated Total Debt that would produce a Consolidated Leverage Ratio of 6.5:1; and
(ii)   US$800,000,000.
3.3 Contingent Obligations
Subject to Condition 3.19, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any other Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders directly or indirectly, create or become or remain liable with respect to any Contingent Obligation, except:
(i)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations under Hedging Agreements;
(ii)    
  (A)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations for Indebtedness permitted under these Terms and Conditions; and
  (B)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may guarantee any Indebtedness otherwise permitted under these Terms and Conditions in lieu of incurring such Indebtedness;
(iii)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may become and remain liable for customary indemnities under the Project Documents;
(iv)   Investments permitted under these Terms and Conditions to the extent they constitute Contingent Obligations;
(v)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may become liable for Contingent Obligations made on behalf of Excluded Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures in an amount not to exceed US$300,000,000 at any time, so long as both before and after giving effect to the incurrence of such Contingent Obligation, no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may not become liable for Contingent Obligations made on behalf of Joint Ventures in excess of US$50,000,000 in aggregate;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 49


 

(vi)   Contingent Obligations for reimbursement of the Concession Guarantor or other guarantors of payment under the Land Concession Guaranty and/or Gaming Concession Guaranty;
(vii)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may become and remain liable with respect to other Contingent Obligations, provided that the maximum aggregate liability, contingent or otherwise, of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of all such Contingent Obligations shall at no time exceed US$25,000,000; and
(viii)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations made on behalf of Affiliates of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any other Restricted Subsidiary), provided that (a) such Contingent Obligations support Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing the acquisition and/or equipping of ferry vessels to provide ferry services to or from Macau SAR, (b) such Indebtedness is not owed to the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Affiliate of them, and (c) the maximum aggregate liability, contingent or otherwise, of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Contingent Obligations shall at no time exceed US$175,000,000.
3.4 Restricted Payments
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment, except Restricted Payments referred to below:
(i)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may redeem or repurchase any equity interests in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary held by minority shareholders or any Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such ownership by minority shareholders is no longer required by any legal requirement imposed by Macau SAR or any applicable gaming authority in order to preserve a Gaming License;
(ii)   if, during any taxable year, the Parent (or any member of the consolidated group of which the Parent is the common parent) has Section 951(a) Income, the Issuer may make cash distributions to its common shareholders, in an annual aggregate amount not to exceed (A) the amount of U.S. Federal income tax payments made by the Parent (or any member of the consolidated group of which the Parent is the common parent) in respect of Section 951(a) Income for the corresponding taxable year, net of (B) applicable federal income credits and/or deductions available to the Parent and any member of the consolidated group of which the Parent is the common parent attributable to the operations of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (any such distributions referred to herein as a Tax Distribution ); provided that such Tax Distributions shall be made during the 30-day period preceding the due date for the filing of any tax return with respect to which the Parent (or any member of the consolidated group of which the Parent is the common parent) is required to make a payment described in this Condition 3.4(ii);
(iii)   the Issuer may make Restricted Payments to Restricted Subsidiaries and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 50


 

(iv)   to the extent such payments would be Restricted Payments, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may make regularly scheduled or required payments to Macau SAR pursuant to the Gaming Concession Contract and any Land Concession Contract in accordance with the terms thereof as such are in effect on the date or as amended pursuant to the terms hereof;
(v)   VML may make payments of interest as and when due and payable (by capitalising such interest, or, so long as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, with respect to up to US$115,000,000 in principal amount of VVDIL Intercompany Debt in cash) pursuant to the terms of such VVDIL Intercompany Debt;
(vi)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may reimburse its Affiliates for any payments made by such Affiliates for costs incurred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date for the development of any Project;
(vii)   (i) so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 5.5 to 1.0, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in an unlimited amount; and
(viii)   so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, the Issuer may make Restricted Payments with the proceeds of issue of the Bonds.
3.5 Restriction on Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales
Subject to Condition 3.19, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Bondholders alter the corporate, capital or legal structure (except with respect to changes in capital structure to the extent a Change of Control does not occur as a result thereof) of the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary, or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, abandon, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), license or sublicense, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets, whether now owned, leased, licensed or hereafter acquired (other than inventory or goods in the ordinary course of business), except:
(i)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may dispose of obsolete, worn out or surplus assets or assets no longer used or useful in the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in each case to the extent in the ordinary course of business;
 
(ii)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Liens permitted under Condition 3.1;
 
(iii)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may have an Event of Loss;
(iv)   (a) the Restricted Subsidiaries may issue Equity Securities to the Issuer or to any other Restricted Subsidiary; and (b) without prejudice to Condition 3.2, Sands China may issue Equity Securities in connection with or contemplated by or to facilitate the Qualified IPO (including, without limitation, issuing such Equity Securities to the Issuer);
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 51


 

(v)   the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may (a) enter into leases or licenses to use in the ordinary course of business with respect to any space (including any “complementary accommodations”) on or within a Project or (b) be a party to any lease or license to use in effect on the Closing Date; provided that, in each case, (1) no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time of such lease or license to use or would occur after or as a result of entering into such lease or license to use (or immediately after any renewal or extension thereof at the option of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries), (2) such lease or license to use will not materially interfere with, impair or detract from the operation of the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (3) such lease or license to use is at a fair market rent or value (in light of other similar or comparable prevailing commercial transactions) and contains such other terms such that the lease or license to use, taken as a whole, is commercially reasonable and fair to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in light of prevailing or comparable transactions in other casinos, hotels, hotel attractions, convention centers or shopping venues or other applicable venues, (4) no gaming or casino operations may be conducted on any space that is subject to such lease or license to use other than by VML and only in accordance with the Gaming Concession Contract and all other applicable legal requirements, and (5) no lease may provide that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may subordinate their fee, condominium or leasehold interest to any lessee or any party financing any lessee (other than lenders financing residential interests in complementary accommodations, to the extent of the interest being financed);
(vi)   any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged with (or liquidated into) the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii)   (a) subject to Condition 3.5(v)(4), the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer assets to any other Restricted Subsidiary or the Issuer, as applicable, and (b) the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, lease, license or otherwise transfer assets pursuant to a Permitted Investment;
(viii)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may license or sublicense trademarks and trade names in the ordinary course of business;
(ix)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;
(x)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell receivables for fair market value in the ordinary course of business;
(xi)   any Restricted Subsidiary (or the Issuer) that holds direct equity interests in a Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary may sell or transfer (a) up to 10% in the aggregate of the equity interests in such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary to the current or intended operator or joint developer of the associated Excluded Casino Hotel Resort (the Permitted 10% Equity Sale ); provided that such sale may be made only with respect to one Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary which is either developing Site 5 or Site 6 (but not both), and (b) up to 49% (when aggregated with the Permitted 10% Equity Sale) in the aggregate of the equity interests in such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary to any other Person (the Permitted VOL Equity Sale );
(xii)   the Cotai Subsidiary may, following the execution of a Casino Operation Land Concession Contract between Macau SAR and the Cotai Subsidiary, sell, transfer, assign or sublease or license to use such Casino Operation Land Concession Contract
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 52


 

    to a developer or other Person ( provided that the terms and conditions of such sale include (a) the full release of any further obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to or under such Casino Operation Land Concession Contract (except for customary or other reasonably appropriate indemnities, in each case with respect to title representations, and except for obligations arising by law relating to VML’s operation or potential operation of any casino or gaming area to be developed on the Site subject to such Casino Operation Land Concession Contract or VML’s ownership of the casino/showroom/retail “shell” on such Site and the “air parcel” within such shell), and (b) a sale price (or other cash reimbursement mechanism) payable by such purchaser in cash, simultaneously with such transfer, in an amount at least equal to all amounts previously expended by the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary with regard to such Casino Operation Land Concession Contract and all costs previously expended by the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to the development of the associated property, other than permitting fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses, architects’ fees and expenses and other similar fees and expenses in an aggregate amount of less than US$5,000,000) to allow such developer or other Person to build, develop, own and operate an Other Resort Project;
(xiii)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell or otherwise dispose of assets in transactions that do not constitute Asset Sales due to clause (iii) in the parenthetical clause of the definition thereof;
(xiv)   subject to Condition 3.8, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Asset Sales of assets having a fair market value not in excess of US$25,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof in the judgment of the Issuer; and (2) at least 75% of the consideration received shall be cash or cash equivalents;
(xv)   the Cotai Subsidiary may transfer immaterial portions of any Site to the government of Macau SAR (so long as such transfer does not impair in any material way the ability of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries to construct, develop, open, manage and/or operate any active Project) upon the written request of the government of Macau SAR and its stated intent to use such portions in connection with infrastructure, roadway, utility easement, or other “public works” purposes;
(xvi)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may transfer any assets leased or acquired with proceeds of any financing permitted under these Terms and Conditions and secured by a Permitted Lien to the lender or lessor providing such financing upon default, expiration or termination of such financing;
(xvii)   the Issuer or the Cotai Subsidiary may transfer its rights pursuant to a Far East Agreement to a third party or Excluded Subsidiary;
(xviii)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) sell or abandon immaterial assets not necessary for the development, construction, operation or maintenance of any active Project and (ii) abandon a Secondary Project and sell, abandon or otherwise dispose of any assets no longer needed in connection with a Secondary Project that has been abandoned in accordance with the terms of the Disbursement Agreement;
(xix)   either or both Immaterial Subsidiaries may be dissolved, liquidated or wound-up; provided that prior to such event, any assets held by the entity to be so dissolved, liquidated or wound up are distributed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, and that no such event shall cause the equity interests in any surviving Restricted
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 53


 

    Subsidiary to be less than wholly-owned by the Issuer and/or another Restricted Subsidiary;
(xx)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell or transfer assets pursuant to a sale-leaseback transaction permitted by Condition 3.6;
(xxi)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell its interest in a Joint Venture or a Supplier Joint Venture or in an Additional Development Excluded Subsidiary;
(xxii)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may make Permitted Asset Dispositions; provided that:
  (A)   no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall exist and be continuing at the time of the consummation of such Permitted Asset Disposition or would occur as a result thereof;
  (B)   the Trustee and the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement shall have received evidence that reciprocal easement arrangements, condominium by-laws or deeds of mutual covenant, shall have been entered into between the Issuer and Restrictive Subsidiaries on one hand and the purchaser of such Project on the other hand;
  (C)   the Trustee shall have received a certificate of VML that such Permitted Asset Disposition will not (other than to a de minimis extent) increase the risk of any loss of or reversion under the Gaming Concession Contract or any relevant Land Concession Contract; and
  (D)   in the case of Permitted Asset Dispositions comprising any portion of the Venetian Macao Overall Project or the Four Seasons Macao Overall Project (1) such sale could not reasonably be expected to materially adversely impact the ability of VML to obtain, or the timing of VML’s receipt of, (x) an occupation certificate regarding such Projects or (y) the final registration of the Venetian Macao Land Concession Contract and (2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Disposition consisting of a sale of the Four Seasons Macao Mall or the Venetian Macao Mall or any complementary accommodations, there shall be no remaining material obligations necessary to be fulfilled in order to obtain a final registration of the Venetian Macao Land Concession Contract (other than obligations the satisfaction of which are not affected by the lack of ownership or possession of the assets sold in such Permitted Asset Disposition);
(xxiii)   the Cotai Subsidiary may sell construction equipment having a fair market value not in excess of US$25,000,000 in the aggregate;
(xxiv)   as permitted under these Terms and Conditions or the Credit Agreement or its related security documents (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement or its related security documents entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement); and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 54


 

(xxv)   the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell or transfer assets (including equity interests in Excluded Subsidiaries) pursuant to any corporate reorganisation or restructuring required or necessary in connection with or contemplated by or to facilitate the Qualified IPO.
3.6 Sales and Lease-Backs
Subject to Condition 3.19, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease, whether an operating lease or a Capital Lease, of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (i) which any of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries has sold or transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person or (ii) which any of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiaries to any Person in connection with such lease, except that any the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into sale-leaseback transactions:
(a)    
  (i)   with assets of a type or types otherwise permitted to be financed under these Terms and Conditions; and
  (ii)   in an aggregate principal amount with respect to any such lease at any one time outstanding, taken together with all Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness and the sale-leaseback transactions permitted under sub-clause (b) below (without duplication) not to exceed US$500,000,000; or
(b)   which are permitted under the Credit Agreement (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement).
3.7 Transactions with Shareholders and Affiliates
Subject to Condition 3.19, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with the Issuer or with any Affiliate of the Issuer, except that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and permit to exist:
(i)   transactions that are on terms that are not less favourable to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not such an Affiliate if the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee a certificate executed by two directors of the Issuer certifying that such transaction complies with Condition 3.7 and a board resolution of the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, approving such transaction;
(ii)   transactions in effect on the Closing Date that are either:
  (A)   required by the Listing Rules; or
  (B)   on terms which are not less favourable than arm’s length terms,
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 55


 

    and any replacement or extension of such transactions;
(iii)   any employment, compensation, indemnification, noncompetition or confidentiality agreement or arrangement entered into by any of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries with its employees or directors in the ordinary course of business or as approved by a majority of the members of the board of directors of such Restricted Subsidiary or the Issuer in its reasonable determination;
(iv)   transactions between or among the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise expressly prohibited under these Terms and Conditions and the Trust Deed;
(v)   Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness;
(vi)   issuances of Equity Securities by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as permitted under these Terms and Conditions and the Trust Deed;
(vii)   Contingent Obligations permitted by Condition 3.3 and Restricted Payments and Permitted Investments permitted by Condition 3.4;
(viii)   (i) license agreements with an Excluded Subsidiary (including licenses permitting an Excluded Subsidiary to use intellectual property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries) and (ii) any other agreements with an Excluded Subsidiary not specifically prohibited by the Terms and Condition, provided the terms of such other agreement under clause (ii) or any amendment to such agreement are no less favourable to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries with an unrelated Person;
(ix)   any agreement not specifically prohibited under these Terms and Conditions and the Trust Deed by an Excluded Subsidiary to pay management fees to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly;
(x)   transactions permitted by Condition 3.5;
(xi)   purchases of materials or services from a Supplier Joint Venture by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business on arm’s length terms;
(xii)   shared services arrangements and/or agreements among the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries, Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries, and/or owners, developers or managers of the Other Resort Projects, so long as the liabilities and obligations of any of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder are on commercially reasonable terms and do not represent more than the pro rata share of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries of the services provided as determined by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and certified to the Trustee in writing by a director of the Issuer;
(xiii)   the contemplated purchase by the Issuer of the casino “shell” within any Other Resort Project, the operation of which casino is intended to comprise a Casino Operation Project;
(xiv)   Investments in, and licenses and other agreements with, Joint Ventures and Supplier Joint Ventures;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 56


 

(xv)   the operation of Excluded Casinos and the contemplated purchase by VML of the Excluded Casinos;
(xvi)   reciprocal easement and other similar agreements (including condominium rules) required to be entered into pursuant to the Credit Agreement and its related security agreements;
(xvii)   the Intellectual Property License Agreement dated 25 May 2006 between, among others, the Parent and VML and the transactions contemplated thereby;
(xviii)   agreements and other arrangements entered into in connection with the Qualified IPO in order to facilitate such Qualified IPO that are either:
  (A)   required by the listing rules and procedures of the applicable Qualified Exchange; or
  (B)   on terms which are not less favourable than arm’s length terms;
(xix)   the contemplated transfer (the AH Transfer ) by VML of all or substantially all of the “apart hotel” tower component of the Four Seasons Macau Resort Project to a wholly-owned Excluded Subsidiary in exchange for such Excluded Subsidiary granting to VML (or being obligated to grant to third parties selected by VML) the “right of use” for each apartment in such tower, provided that the AH Transfer must comply with all of the requirements set forth in Condition 3.5(xxii) above;
(xx) transactions contemplated by each Project Document;
(xxi)   loans or advances to employees of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Investments;
(xxii)   transactions required or necessary in connection with or contemplated by the Qualified IPO; and
(xxiii)   without duplication with items (i) to (xxii) above, any other transaction that is permitted under subsection 7.10 of the Credit Agreement (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement).
3.8 Disposal and Issue of Equity Securities
Except in connection with a transaction (including a liquidation, dissolution, conveyance, sale, lease, transfer, or other disposition) permitted by Condition 3.5(iv), (vi), (vii), (xiii), (xxi) or (xxii), the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders, directly or indirectly issue, sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any shares of capital stock or other Equity Securities of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any options or other rights to acquire such Equity Securities), except (i) to qualify directors if required by applicable law, (ii) to the extent required by any legal requirement imposed by Macau SAR or the Macau Gaming Authority or any other applicable gaming authority in order to preserve a material Gaming License and (iii) that Sands China may issue shares to the Issuer solely for the purpose of acquiring all or substantially all of the Equity Securities of Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 57


 

3.9 Conduct of Business
Subject to Condition 3.19, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution, engage in any business activity except those business activities engaged in on the Closing Date by such Person and any activity or business incidental, related or similar thereto, or any business or activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto, including any internet gaming, hotel, entertainment, recreation, convention, trade show, meeting, retail sales, leasing, or other activity or business designated to promote, market, support, develop, construct or enhance the casino gaming, hotel, retail and entertainment mall and resort business operated by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including the operation of Excluded Casinos); provided further that no Immaterial Subsidiary shall engage in any developing, operating or maintaining any hotel, casino, entertainment, recreation, convention, trade show, meeting, or retail establishment (including any portion of any Project), nor shall any Immaterial Subsidiary obtain assets (excluding equity interests in the Cotai Subsidiary, and with respect to V-HK Services only, except for amounts held as “front money” for gaming customers) of more than US$25,000,000.
3.10 No Restrictions on Restricted Subsidiary Distributions
The Issuer will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of its Equity Securities owned by the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) make loans or advances to, or Investments in, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiaries, or (iv) transfer any of its property or assets to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiaries, other than in each case (a) as provided under these Terms and Conditions, the Credit Agreement or its related security documents and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in the loan agreement relating to the ferry operations to the extent that the ferries are operated by a Restricted Subsidiary, in any FF&E Facility and related collateral documents and guarantees, or in any Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness or any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (c), (e) or (j) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, (b) by reason of customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices and any leases permitted hereunder or the Credit Agreement, (c) purchase money obligations for property or Capital Lease obligations for property or equipment, acquired or leased in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature set forth in clause (iv) above on the property so acquired, (d) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements relating to the assets or property of such joint ventures or covered by such joint venture agreements, (e) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, (f) customary restrictions imposed by asset sale or stock purchase agreements relating to a permitted Asset Sale or other sale of assets by the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiaries, (g) with respect to restrictions of the type set forth in clause (iv) above, as set forth in any agreement relating to Indebtedness permitted to be secured by Permitted Liens other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to subsection (g) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness so long as such restrictions only extend to the assets secured by such Permitted Liens, (i) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, extensions,
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 58


 

refundings, replacements or refinancings in whole or in part of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above ( provided , that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer’s management, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payments restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, extension, refunding, replacement or refinancing), or (j) as contained in the Gaming Concession Contract or as otherwise required by any legal requirement of Macau SAR or any gaming authority.
3.11 Fiscal Year
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution, amend or alter the end date of their Fiscal Year.
3.12 Winding Up or Dissolution
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution, pass any resolution for the winding up or dissolution of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or undertake any merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reconstruction or liquidation exercise concerning the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
3.13 Recapitalisation and Redemption of Shares
Subject to Condition 3.19, the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution, make any redemption of share capital, share premium account or capital redemption reserve of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
3.14 Amendment of Rights
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, without the approval in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of Bonds outstanding or by an Ordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed), in any way modify the rights, preference, privileges, benefits or restrictions attached to the Equity Securities of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
3.15 Notice of Qualified IPO
The Issuer shall give, and shall procure that Sands China gives:
(i)   notice to the Bondholders pursuant to Condition 15, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Transfer Agents of listing permission in principle or approval in principle being granted in respect of the Qualified IPO and the amount of issued share capital of Sands China immediately before and after such Qualified IPO no later three days after the date on which such permission in principle or approval in principle is granted; and
(ii)   notice to the Bondholders pursuant to Condition 15, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Transfer Agents of the proposed date of the Qualified IPO on the Prospectus Date.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 59


 

3.16 Financial Statements and Other Documents
For so long as any Bond remains outstanding, at the request of the Trustee (acting on the instruction of the relevant Bondholder pursuant to the Trust Deed) the Issuer shall provide in accordance with Condition 15, to the relevant Bondholder and the Trustee:
(i)   as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries for that Fiscal Year prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(ii)   as soon as the same become available, but in any event within 60 days after the end of the first half of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer, the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries for that first half of the Fiscal Year prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(iii)   as soon as the same become available and as permitted by any applicable laws and regulations (including the Listing Rules), all documents, notices and other communications disclosed by Sands China, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer to the public in connection with any Qualified IPO or any proposed Qualified IPO; and
(iv)   in the event that the Issuer incurs any Indebtedness after the date on which the Bonds are issued pursuant to the first proviso set forth in Condition 3.2, the Issuer shall provide a certificate demonstrating the Issuer’s compliance with the Incurrence Test, together with supporting calculations, as of the most recent date of determination for: (x) if such date is a Quarterly Date, the Fiscal Quarter ending on such date and each of the three immediately preceding Fiscal Quarters, or (y) if such date is not a Quarterly Date, the four full Fiscal Quarters most recently ended, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, as certified by a director or officer of the Issuer; provided that such information shall only be furnished to the Bondholder who provided such information request to the Trustee,
it being understood that each document as referred to in sub-clause (i) to (iv) above may contain non-public information in relation to the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary.
3.17 Parent Letters of Credit
(i)   On or prior to the Closing Date, the Issuer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the First Parent L/C to the Trustee.
(ii)   On or prior to the first Interest Payment Date, the Issuer shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) the Second Parent L/C to the Trustee.
3.18 Certain Definitions for the Purposes of these Conditions
Terms not otherwise defined in these Terms and Conditions shall have the meanings set out in Schedule 3.
3.19 Suspension of Certain Covenants Subject to Satisfaction of Leverage Test
If on any date the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.0:1.0, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not on or after such date be required to comply with the obligations set forth in Conditions 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.9 and 3.13.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 60


 

3.20 Payments between Restricted Subsidiaries
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall be construed to limit the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ capital stock owned by another Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) make loans or advances to, or investments in, any other Restricted Subsidiary or (iv) transfer any of its property or assets to another Restricted Subsidiary.
4. TRANSFERS OF BONDS; ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES
4.1 Transfers and Register
The Issuer will cause the Bond Register to be kept at the specified office of the Registrar outside of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom and in accordance with the terms of the Agency Agreement, on which shall be entered the names and addresses of the holders of Bonds and the particulars of the Bonds held by them and all transfers of the Bonds.
Subject to Condition 4.4 and the terms of the Agency Agreement, the holder of a Bond may request that such Bond be transferred by delivering to the specified office of the Registrar or any of the other Transfer Agent appointed pursuant to the Agency Agreement:
(i)   the Certificate issued in respect of that Bond accompanied by a form of transfer duly completed and signed;
 
(ii)   a deed of undertaking in the form set out in Schedule 5 duly executed by the new holder; and
(iii)   a transfer certificate (in the form set out in the Agency Agreement) duly completed and executed by the existing holder and (if applicable) the new holder,
whereupon the Registrar or such Transfer Agent shall within two Business Days notify the Issuer (such date of notification shall hereinafter be referred to as the Notification Date ), provided that there shall be no partial transfer of a Bond.
The Issuer shall notify the Registrar and the Principal Agent in writing, within five Business Days after the Notification Date, whether it consents to such transfer (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being understood that: (i) consent may not be withheld to a transfer by a Bondholder to one of its Affiliates (except such consent may be withheld pursuant to sub-clause (ii) below) provided that such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of such Bondholder after the transfer; and (ii) consent may be withheld with respect to a transfer to any Person who or whose Affiliate is engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any transfer which would or might, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements).
If the Issuer consents to such transfer, the Registrar shall record such transfer in the Bond Register in accordance with the Agency Agreement. If the Issuer does not consent to such transfer, the Principal Agent shall promptly notify the holder of the Bond.
The Registrar and any Transfer Agent may decline to effect any exchange or transfer of a Bond (i) during the period of 15 days ending on (and including) the due date for any payment of the Redemption Amount of such Bond, (ii) during the period of up to 15 days ending on
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 61


 

(and including) the proposed date of the Qualified IPO (such date shall be notified to the Registrar and the Transfer Agents pursuant to Condition 3.15), (iii) after notice of redemption with respect to such Bond is given pursuant to Condition 8.8 or (iv) after a Redemption Demand (as defined in Condition 8.5) with respect to such Bond has been deposited in accordance with Condition 8.5, each such period being a Closed Period . No transfer of a Bond will be valid unless and until entered on the Bond Register.
4.2 Delivery of New Certificates
Each new Certificate to be issued on transfer of Bonds will, within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Registrar or the relevant Transfer Agent of the original Certificate and the form of transfer, be mailed at the Issuer’s expense at the risk of the Bondholder entitled to the Bonds to the address specified in the form of transfer. Where some but not all the Bonds in respect of which a Certificate is issued are to be transferred, exchanged or redeemed, a new Certificate in respect of the Bonds not so transferred, exchanged or redeemed will, within three (3) Business Days of deposit or surrender of the original Certificate with or to the Registrar or the relevant Transfer Agent, be mailed at the Issuer’s expense at the risk of the Bondholder not so transferred, exchanged or redeemed to the address of such Bondholder appearing on the Bond Register.
4.3 Formalities Free of Charge
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds but the Issuer or any of the Transfer Agents may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover (or indemnity in respect of) any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed.
4.4 Regulations
All transfers of Bonds and entries on the Bond Register will be made subject to the detailed regulations concerning transfer of Bonds attached as a schedule to the Agency Agreement. The regulations may be changed by the Issuer with the prior written approval of the Trustee and the Registrar. A copy of the current regulations will be mailed by the Registrar to any Bondholder upon written request at the Issuer’s expense.
5. INTEREST
5.1 Interest Rate and Interest Period
The Bonds bear interest from and including 4 September 2009 (the Closing Date ), at the rate of the Applicable Interest Rate calculated by reference to the principal amount thereof and, subject to Condition 5.3, payable semi-annually in equal instalments in arrear on 4 March and 4 September in each year (each an Interest Payment Date ), commencing on 4 March 2010.
The amount of interest payable in respect of a Bond for any period which is not an Interest Period (as defined below) shall be calculated on the basis of the number of days in the relevant period from (and including) the first day of such period to but (excluding) the last day of such period divided by 180 days. For the avoidance of doubt, accrued but unpaid interest for the final Interest Period immediately preceding the Maturity Date shall be payable by the Issuer on the Maturity Date.
Interest Period means the period beginning on (and including) the Closing Date and ending on (but excluding) the first Interest Payment Date following the Closing Date and each successive period beginning on (and including) an Interest Payment Date and ending on (but excluding) the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 62


 

5.2 Accrual of Interest
Each Bond will cease to bear interest (i) where the Exchange Shares have been issued and delivered to the relevant Bondholder or its nominee or trustee whose name is specified on the Exchange Notice on the Exchange Date, from (and including) the Exchange Date or (ii) where such Bond is being redeemed or repaid pursuant to Condition 8 or Condition 10, from (and including) the due date for redemption thereof unless, upon due presentation thereof, payment of principal is improperly withheld or refused, in which event, such Bond shall continue to bear interest, payable on demand, on the outstanding principal amount thereof at the rate specified in Condition 7.4 and in accordance thereof.
The Issuer shall pay any such interest accrued pursuant to Condition 5.1 above or procure that any such interest is paid by not later than the relevant date for redemption in the case of a redemption pursuant to Condition 8 or Condition 10 or, upon the exchange of Bonds pursuant to Condition 6, and subject to Condition 5.3, the Exchange Date by US dollars to the registered account of the Bondholder or by US dollar cheque mailed to the registered address of the Bondholder if it does not have a registered account.
5.3 Payments in Kind upon Exchange
At the election of the Issuer, all interest accrued on a Bond pursuant to Condition 5.1 for the period from (and including) the Interest Payment Date immediately prior to the Exchange Date (or, if none, the Closing Date) to (but excluding) the Exchange Date shall be consolidated with the outstanding principal amount of such Bond and shall thereafter for all purposes be treated as part of the principal amount of the Bonds (including for the purpose of calculating the number of Shares for which each Bond shall be exchanged pursuant to Condition 6). For the avoidance of doubt, interest accrued on a Bond in respect of any period other than the period referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be paid in cash in accordance with Conditions 5.1 and 5.2.
In order to exercise such election as referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Issuer shall give notice to the Bondholders pursuant to Condition 15, to the Trustee and to the Registrar, no later than the date on which notice required to be given under Condition 3.15(ii) is given.
For the avoidance of doubt, upon such election of the Issuer:
(a)   no additional Certificate shall be issued, nor will any existing Certificate be amended, in respect of the additional principal amount so converted from the interest accrued on the Bonds; and
(b)   the Registrar shall amend the Bond Register to reflect the increased principal amount of the Bonds.
6. EXCHANGE
6.1 Mandatory Exchange
(i)   Subject as hereinafter provided, the principal amount of each Bond (including such principal amount converted from interest pursuant to Condition 5.3) shall be automatically exchanged for the Exchange Shares at the Exchange Price on the date of the Qualified IPO (the Exchange Date ). Without prejudice to the obligations of the Issuer under Condition 3.15, the Issuer shall forthwith upon final determination of the date of the Qualified IPO by Sands China, send or procure Sands China to send a
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 63


 

    written notice to the Bondholders pursuant to Condition 15 advising the Bondholders of: (i) the Exchange Date and (ii) the Exchange Price (if then available). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Exchange Shares are not issued and delivered to the Bondholders pursuant to Condition 6.2(iii) below, or made available for collection pursuant to Condition 6.2(iii) below, on the Exchange Date in accordance with these Terms and Conditions, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement, the Issuer and the Bondholders shall continue to possess and be subject to the rights and obligations set forth in these Terms and Conditions, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement.
 
(ii)   Exchange Price:
 
    The price at which Exchange Shares will be issued and delivered upon exchange (the Exchange Price ) will be the issue price per Share to be issued or placed out pursuant to the Qualified IPO on the Exchange Date (if denominated in a currency other than HK$, the issue price per share shall be converted to HK$ at the Applicable Exchange Rate on the third day prior to the Exchange Date) multiplied by 90%. The number of Exchange Shares to be issued and delivered will be determined by dividing (x) the principal amount of the Bonds to be exchanged, translated into HK$ at the Applicable Exchange Rate on the third day prior to the Exchange Date (including such additional principal amount of the Bonds converted from accrued interest pursuant to Condition 5.3), by (y) the Exchange Price and, subject to the provisions of Condition 6.1(iii), rounding the resulting number down to the nearest whole number of the Exchange Shares.
 
    If more than one Bond shall be subject to exchange at any one time by the same Bondholder and the Exchange Shares to be issued and delivered on such exchange are to be issued and delivered to or to the order of the same person, the number of Exchange Shares to be issued and delivered and any sum payable to that Bondholder will be calculated on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds of that Bondholder to be exchanged.
 
(iii)   Fractions Arising on Exchange:
 
    No fraction of an Exchange Share which is not divisible shall be issued and delivered on exchange of the Bonds and the Issuer shall not be under any obligation to make any payment to Bondholders in respect of any such fractions and any such fraction will be rounded down to the nearest whole multiple of a Share.
6.2 Procedure for Exchange:
(i)   Exchange Notices:
 
    To receive the Exchange Shares, the Bondholder must complete, execute and deposit at such Bondholder’s expense during the office hours between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at least five Business Days prior to the Exchange Date at the specified office of any Exchange Agent, a notice of exchange (an Exchange Notice ) in the form (for the time being current) obtainable from the specified office of any Exchange Agent and in duplicate, together with the relevant Certificate (and any certificates and other documents as may be required by applicable law). For the avoidance of doubt, each Bondholder shall be entitled to designate a nominee to hold on its behalf the Exchange Shares to be issued and delivered upon exchange under this Condition 6 provided that such designations shall be made in the relevant Exchange Notice and the Bondholder remains the beneficial owner of such Exchange Shares.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 64


 

(ii)   Stamp and Other Duties and Payments:
 
    The Issuer must pay directly to the applicable taxing authority all capital, stamp, issue, registration, documentary or similar taxes or duties or transfer costs and expenses (if any) arising in connection with the exchange of a Bond payable in any jurisdiction (which shall be the responsibility of Issuer as discussed below) consequent upon the issue or delivery of Exchange Shares or any other securities, property or cash. If the Issuer fails to pay any such expenses, the relevant Bondholder may (but is not obligated to) tender and pay such expenses. The Issuer shall reimburse each Bondholder in respect of the payment of such taxes, costs and expenses and any penalties paid in respect thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agents shall be under any obligation to determine whether the Issuer is liable to make any payment (and the amount of any payment) under this Condition 6.2(ii).
 
(iii)   Issue and Delivery of Exchange Shares:
 
    The Issuer shall no later than 10:00 am (Hong Kong time) on the Exchange Date cause the Exchange Shares to be issued to each Bondholder by crediting, or procuring the crediting of, such shares to the securities account of each Bondholder specified in the relevant Exchange Notice or as otherwise specified in the Exchange Notice, provided that such Exchange Notice is delivered by the Exchange Agent to the Issuer no later than 12:00 noon (Hong Kong time) on the third Business Day prior to the Exchange Date (the Cut Off Time ).
 
    No Exchange Shares may be allotted and issued to a person other than the Bondholder, its nominee or trustee except with the consent of the Issuer (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being understood that: (i) consent may not be withheld with respect to allotment and issue to one of the Affiliates of the Bondholder (except such consent may be withheld pursuant to sub-clause (ii) below) provided that such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of such Bondholder after the allotment and issue; and (ii) consent may be withheld with respect to allotment and issue to any Person who or whose Affiliate is engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any allotment which would or might, in the reasonable opinion of the Issuer, have a material adverse effect on the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements).
 
    In the event the Issuer has not received from the Exchange Agent a duly completed Exchange Notice in respect of the Exchange Shares issuable with respect to a Bond on exchange of the Bonds prior to the Cut Off Time, the Issuer shall nonetheless on the Exchange Date cause such Exchange Shares to be issued and allotted to the Bondholder of such Bond and the certificate(s) of such Exchange Shares to such Bondholder to be made available for collection by such Bondholder on the Exchange Date at the office of the share registrar of Sands China in Hong Kong subject to the deposit of the relevant Certificate(s) by such Bondholder at the specified office of any Exchange Agent.
 
    The relevant Bondholder (or, to the extent permitted by law, the person designated in the relevant Exchange Notice, as the case may be) will with effect from the Exchange Date, be deemed and treated by the Issuer for all purposes as the shareholder of the number of Exchange Shares deliverable upon exchange of the relevant Bonds (and the Issuer shall procure Sands China to treat such relevant Bondholder as shareholder of such Exchange Shares) and, in respect of such number of Exchange Shares, will be
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 65


 

    entitled to all rights, distributions or payments in respect of such number of Exchange Shares from the Exchange Date, subject to and in accordance with the memorandum and articles of association of Sands China and these Conditions (in particular without limitation Condition 6.3).
 
(v)   Exchange Shares:
 
    All Exchange Shares issued and delivered upon exchange of the Bonds shall be issued and delivered with full title guarantee and free from any and all Liens. The Exchange Shares to be issued and delivered on exchange of the Bonds will be fully paid and will rank pari passu with all fully paid Shares of the same class in issue on the Exchange Date.
 
(vi)   Cancellation of Bonds
 
    All Bonds will be cancelled, the Bondholder’s name will be removed from the Bond Register and all Certificate(s) will become null and void and cease to have effect on the Exchange Date following delivery of all the Exchange Shares deliverable on exchange of the Bonds in accordance with Condition 6.2(iii), the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement.
6.3 Voting Rights, etc.
Bondholders shall have no voting or other rights in respect of Shares in Sands China prior to the Exchange Date relating to such Exchange Shares, except for the right to have Shares issued and delivered to them or made available for collection by them on the Exchange Date in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.
7. PAYMENTS
7.1 Redemption Amount
Payment of the Final Redemption Amount (as defined in Condition 8.1) and the Early Redemption Amount (as defined in Condition 8.2) (each such amount shall hereinafter be referred to as the Redemption Amount ), interest, default interest and any Additional Amounts (as defined in Condition 9) will be in US dollars and will be made with respect to a holder of Certificates, at its option, by transfer to its registered account or by US dollar cheque mailed to the registered address of the Bondholder. Payments of the applicable Redemption Amount will only be made against surrender of the relevant Certificate at the specified office of the Principal Agent or any of the other Paying Agents.
7.2 Registered Accounts
A Bondholder’s registered account means the US dollar account maintained by or on behalf of it details of which appear on the Bond Register at the close of business on the second Business Day before the due date for payment and a Bondholder’s registered address means its address appearing on the Bond Register at that time.
7.3 Payment Instruction
Where payment is to be made by transfer to a registered account, payment instructions (for value on the due date or, if that is not a Business Day, for value on the next succeeding Business Day) will be initiated and, where payment is to be made by US dollar cheque, the cheque will be mailed on the day preceding the due date for payment or, if later and in respect
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 66


 

of payments of applicable Redemption Amount, on the Business Day on which the relevant Certificate is surrendered at the specified office of a Paying Agent.
7.4 Interest and Delay in Payment
If the Issuer fails to pay any sum in respect of the Bonds when the same becomes due and payable under these Conditions, interest shall accrue on the overdue sum at the rate of 2% per annum above the then prevailing Applicable Interest Rate in respect of the period for which such sum is owed from the due date and ending on the date that, following the Trustee’s receipt of such sum owed by the Issuer, the Trustee determines to be the date on and after which payment is to be made to the holders of the Bonds in respect thereof (both dates inclusive) as stated in a notice given to the holders of the Bonds in accordance with Condition 15. Such interest shall accrue on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year consisting of 12 months of 30 days each.
Bondholders will not be entitled to any interest or other payment for any delay after the due date in receiving the amount due if the due date at the place of payment (or, in the case of the surrender of a Certificate, the place where the Certificate is surrendered) is not a Business Day ( provided the amount is duly provided for on or before the due date), if the Bondholder is late in surrendering its Certificate (if required to do so) or if a cheque mailed in accordance with this Condition arrives after the due date for payment.
7.5 Legal Holidays
In any case where any redemption date, any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date of any Bond shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of these Conditions) payment of the applicable interest or Redemption Amount of the Bonds need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the relevant redemption date, Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date.
7.6 Partial Payment
If the amount of the applicable Redemption Amount (including Additional Amounts) which is due on the Bonds is not paid in full, the Registrar will annotate the Bond Register with a record of the applicable Redemption Amount, interest and default interest (if any), in fact paid, if any.
7.7 Fiscal Laws
All payments under the Bonds are subject in all cases to any applicable laws and regulations in the place of payment, but without prejudice to the provisions of Condition 9, no commissions or expenses shall be charged to the Bondholders in respect of such payments.
8. REDEMPTION, PURCHASE AND CANCELLATION
8.1 Redemption at Maturity
Unless previously redeemed, exchanged, or purchased and cancelled, the Issuer will redeem the Bonds at the Final Redemption Amount together with accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption on 4 September 2014 (the Maturity Date ).
Final Redemption Amount means, in relation to each Bond, 100.00% of the principal amount of that Bond.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 67


 

8.2 Redemption at the Option of the Issuer
The Bonds may be redeemed at the option of the Issuer at their relevant Early Redemption Amount (as defined below) in whole or in part together with accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption at any time from (and including) the date falling 30 days after the Closing Date to (but excluding) the Maturity Date (any such date shall hereinafter referred to as an Issuer Optional Redemption Date ). In order to exercise such option the Issuer shall give not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days’ notice (an Issuer Optional Redemption Notice ) to the Bondholders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, which notice shall:
(a)   be irrevocable;
 
(b)   specify the Issuer Optional Redemption Date;
(c)   in the case of a partial redemption, the percentage of the total outstanding principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed (the Relevant Percentage ); and
(d)   shall oblige the Issuer to redeem the Bonds at the Early Redemption Amount together with accrued but unpaid interest on the Issuer Optional Redemption Date specified in such notice,
provided that:
(i)   on any Issuer Optional Redemption Date the Issuer shall issue to the holder of each Bond a warrant instrument in the form set out in Schedule 4 in respect of each Bond and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Bondholder holding such number of Bonds so redeemed by the Issuer on such Issuer Optional Redemption Date shall be entitled to receive an equivalent number of warrants in the form set out in Schedule 4; and
(ii)   the Issuer may not issue such notice or designate an Issuer Optional Redemption Date unless the proposed redemption relates to Bonds the total principal amount of which (after being rounded down pursuant to the next sentence) is not less than US$50,000,000.
In the case of a partial redemption of the Bonds, the number of Bonds held by each Bondholder to be redeemed shall be determined by multiplying:
(a)   the total number of Bonds held by such Bondholder; by
 
(b)   the Relevant Percentage,
and rounding such number down to the nearest integer.
Early Redemption Amount means, in relation to each Bond, 100.00% of the principal amount of that Bond.
8.3 Redemption at the Option of Bondholders
Any Bondholder may, unless notice of redemption of all of the Bonds pursuant to paragraph 8.2 shall have been given by the Issuer on or prior to the date of deposit of a demand of redemption under this paragraph 8.3, by completing, signing and depositing at the specified office of a Paying Agent during normal business hours of such Paying Agent not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to 4 September 2012 (the Bondholder Optional Redemption Date ) a demand of redemption in the form obtainable from any Paying Agent,
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 68


 

require the Issuer to redeem on the Bondholder Optional Redemption Date all or some only (being US$250,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of the Bonds held by such holder or the Bonds represented by Certificates held by such holder at their Early Redemption Amount together with all accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. No such demand of redemption will be valid unless completed in its entirety.
Any such demand of redemption will be irrevocable, unless its revocation is approved in writing by the Issuer not later than five (5) days prior to the Bondholder Optional Redemption Date, and will bind the Issuer, upon surrender by the Bondholder of the Certificates in respect of the relevant Bond or Bonds at the specified office of the Paying Agent with which the demand of redemption was deposited, to redeem the Bonds to which such demand relates.
8.4 Repurchase in the Event of Change of Control
If a Change of Control shall have occurred, the Issuer shall as soon as possible give notice of that fact to the Bondholders, the Trustee and the Principal Agent (the Change of Control Notice ) in accordance with Condition 15 promptly upon, and in any event within three (3) days after it becomes aware of, such Change of Control.
If a Change of Control occurs, each Bondholder, shall have the right (the Change of Control Put Right ), subject to Condition 8.5, at such Bondholder’s option, to require the Issuer to repurchase all (or any portion of the principal amount thereof which is US$250,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such Bondholder’s Bonds on the date set by the Issuer for such repurchase (the Change of Control Put Date ), which shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date on which the Issuer notifies the Bondholders, the Trustee and the Principal Agent in writing of the Change of Control, at a price equal to their Early Redemption Amount (the Change of Control Put Price ) together with accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption.
8.5 Repurchase Procedures
Promptly upon, and in any event within three (3) days after the Issuer becoming aware of a Change of Control, the Issuer will provide (or procure the provision of) notice to each Bondholder, the Trustee and the Principal Agent regarding such holders’ Change of Control Put Right in accordance with Condition 15. Such notice shall state, as appropriate:
(i)   the Change of Control Put Date;
 
(ii)   the date of such Change of Control and, briefly, the events causing such Change of Control;
 
(iii)   the date by which the Redemption Demand (as defined below) must be given;
 
(iv)   the Change of Control Put Price;
 
(v)   the names and addresses of all Paying Agents;
(vi)   the procedures that Bondholders must follow and the requirements that holders must satisfy in order to exercise their the Change of Control Put Right; and
(vii)   that a Redemption Demand, once validly given, may not be withdrawn.
To exercise its right to require the Issuer to purchase the Bonds, the Bondholder must deliver a written irrevocable notice of the exercise of such right (a Redemption Demand ) together
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 69


 

with the Certificates to any Paying Agent on any Business Day prior to the close of business at the location of such Paying Agent on such day and which day is not less than five Business Days prior to the Change of Control Put Date.
8.6 Purchases
The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase Bonds at any price in the open market or otherwise. Such Bonds may, at the option of the Issuer or the relevant Subsidiary, be held, resold or surrendered to any Paying Agent for cancellation. The Bonds so purchased, while held by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, shall not entitle the Bondholder to vote at any meeting of the Bondholders and shall not be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of calculating the quorum at a meeting of the Bondholders or for the purpose of Conditions 10, 12 and 13.
8.7 Cancellation
All Bonds redeemed or converted by the Issuer or purchased and surrendered to any Paying Agent for cancellation as provided in Condition 8.6 above will forthwith be cancelled and all Certificates in respect of cancelled Bonds will be forwarded to or to the order of the Principal Agent, whereupon such Certificate shall be destroyed and a certificate of destruction furnished to the Issuer upon the written request of the Issuer.
8.8 Redemption Notices
All notices to Bondholders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent given by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to this Condition will be given, in the case of notices to the Bondholders only in accordance with Condition 15, and will in all cases specify the date for redemption, the manner in which redemption will be effected and the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds outstanding as at the latest practicable date prior to the notice. All Bonds in respect of which a redemption notice is given shall be redeemed as provided in this Condition 8 on the relevant redemption date.
9. TAXATION
All payments made by the Issuer or a successor (each a Payor ) on the Bonds, including the applicable Redemption Amount, will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature ( Taxes ) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of:
(1)   Cayman Islands, Macau SAR or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having power to tax;
(2)   any jurisdiction from or through which payment on the Bonds is made, or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax; or
(3)   any other jurisdiction in which a Payor is organised or otherwise considered to be a resident for tax purposes, or any political subdivision or governmental authority thereof or therein having the power to tax (each of clause (1), (2) and (3), a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction ),
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 70


 

will at any time be required from any payments made with respect to the Bonds, including payments of the applicable Redemption Amount, interest or default interest, the Payor will withhold such Taxes and pay them to the relevant government authority and the Payor will pay (together with such payments) such additional amounts (the Additional Amounts ) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each Bondholder after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts), equal the amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction. The foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to or with respect to:
(i)   any Taxes that would not have been imposed, deducted or withheld but for the Bondholder being or having been connected with a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof (including without limitation being a citizen or resident or national of, or carrying on a business or maintaining a permanent establishment in, or being physically present in a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction) other than merely by holding such Bond or receiving the applicable Redemption Amount, interest or default interest, in respect thereof; or
 
(ii)   any Taxes imposed, deducted or withheld by reason of the failure of a Bondholder to comply with a reasonable request of the Issuer to provide information, documents or other evidence concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Bondholder pursuant to any requirement or provision under a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice to establish entitlement to exemption from or reduction of all or part of any Taxes; or
 
(iii)   any Taxes imposed, deducted or withheld by reason of the failure of a Bondholder to present a Bond (where presentation is required) for payment within 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that the holder thereof would have been entitled to such additional payment on presenting the same for payment on the last day of such 30-day period; for this purpose the Relevant Date in relation to any payments of the applicable Redemption Amount of, interest or default interest, on, any Bond means: (a) the due date for payment thereof, or (b) if the full amount of the monies payable on such date has not been received by the Trustee on or prior to such due date, the date on which, the full amount of such monies having been so received, notice to that effect is duly given to holders of the Bonds in accordance with the Trust Deed; or
 
(iv)   any Taxes that are imposed, deducted or withheld on a payment to an individual pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC (the Directive ) or pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to the Directive; or
 
(v)   any Taxes that are imposed, deducted or withheld that a Bondholder could have avoided by presenting (where presentation is required) the relevant Bond to, or otherwise accepting payment from, another paying agent in a member state of the European Union; or
 
(vi)   any combination of (i) through (v) above.
The Issuer will provide the Trustee with documentation evidencing the payment of such Taxes. Copies of such documentation will be made available by the Issuer to any Bondholder or any Paying Agent, as applicable, upon request therefor.
The Issuer shall promptly pay when due any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise in any
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 71


 

jurisdiction from the execution, delivery or registration of each Bond or any other document or instrument referred to herein or therein (including the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement), which are (i) imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, or (ii) imposed by any jurisdiction if such amounts are required to be paid as a result of or in connection with, the enforcement of the Bonds or any other such document or instrument following the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Bonds. All references to the Redemption Amount, Final Redemption Amount, Early Redemption Amount, interest, default interest (if any) and any other amount payable by the Issuer in respect of the Bonds shall be deemed to include any Additional Amounts which may be payable in respect thereof under this Condition 9.
10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
(A) In case one or more of the following events (each an Event of Default ) (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) shall have occurred, that is to say:
(i)   a default is made in the payment of any principal (including the Final Redemption Amount or the Early Redemption Amount) or interest due in respect of the Bonds;
(ii)   failure by the Issuer to procure the issue and delivery of the Exchange Shares as and when such Exchange Shares are required to be issued and delivered following exchange of a Bond;
(iii)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary does not perform or comply with one or more of its other obligations in the Bonds, Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement which default is incapable of remedy or, if capable of remedy, is not remedied within thirty (30) days after written notice of such default shall have been given to the Issuer by the Trustee;
(iv)   any party to the Deed of Subordination does not perform or comply with one or more of its other obligations under the Deed of Subordination;
(v)   the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary is (or is deemed by law or a court to be) insolvent or bankrupt or unable to pay its debts, stops, suspends or threatens to stop or suspend, payment of all of (or all of a particular type of) its debts, proposes or makes any agreement for the deferral, rescheduling or other readjustment of all of (or all of a particular type of) its debts (or of any part which it will otherwise be unable to pay when due), proposes or makes a general assignment or an arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of the relevant creditors in respect of any of such debts or a moratorium is agreed or declared in respect of or affecting all or any part of (or of a particular type of) the debts of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi)   (i) the Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement becomes or becomes capable of being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity by reason of any actual or potential default, event of default or the like (howsoever described), or (ii) any steps are taken for the enforcement of any part of the security granted in favour of the lenders under the Credit Agreement;
(vii)   (i) any other present or future Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes (or becomes capable of being declared) due and payable prior to its stated maturity by reason of any actual or potential default, event of default or the like (howsoever described), or (ii) any such Indebtedness is not paid when due or, as the
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 72


 

    case may be, within any applicable grace period, or (iii) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary fails to pay when due any amount payable by it under any present or future guarantee for, or indemnity in respect of, any moneys borrowed or raised, provided that the aggregate amount of the relevant Indebtedness, guarantees and indemnities in respect of which one or more of the events mentioned above in this Condition 10(A)(vii) have occurred equals or exceeds US$100 million or its equivalent (if the amount of such Indebtedness, guarantees and indemnities is denominated in: (a) HK dollars, converted to US dollars at the Applicable Exchange Rate; or (b) other currencies, as reasonably determined on the basis of the middle spot rate for the relevant currency against the US dollars as quoted by any leading bank selected by the Issuer and approved by the Trustee, in each case, on the day on which such Indebtedness becomes due and payable or is not paid or any such amount becomes due and payable or is not paid under any such guarantee or indemnity);
(viii)   a distress, attachment, execution or other legal process is levied, enforced or sued out on or against any material part of the property, assets or revenues of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, which is material to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, and is not discharged or stayed within fourteen (14) days;
(ix)   an order is made or an effective resolution passed for the winding-up or dissolution (otherwise than on a solvent basis), judicial management or administration of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary, or the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary ceases or threatens to cease to carry on all or substantially all of its business or operations, except for the purpose of and followed by a reconstruction, amalgamation, reorganisation, merger or consolidation on terms approved by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders;
(x)   an encumbrancer takes possession or an administrative or other receiver or an administrator is appointed of the whole or any substantial part of the property, assets or revenues of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiary (as the case may be), which is material to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, and is not discharged within fourteen (14) days;
(xi)   it is or will become unlawful for the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to perform or comply with any one or more of its obligations under any of the Bonds, the Agency Agreement or the Trust Deed;
(xii)   it is or will become unlawful for any party to the Deed of Subordination to perform or comply with any one or more of its obligations under the Deed of Subordination;
(xiii)   any step is taken by any person with a view to the seizure, compulsory acquisition, expropriation or nationalisation of all or a material part of the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, which is material to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole and is not discharged within fourteen (14) days;
(xiv)   any action, condition or thing (including the obtaining or effecting of any necessary consent, approval, authorisation, exemption, filing, licence, order, recording or registration) at any time required to be taken, fulfilled or done in order (a) to enable each of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries lawfully to exercise its rights and perform and comply with its obligations under the Bonds, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement, (b) to ensure that those obligations are legally binding and enforceable and (c) to make the Bonds, the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement admissible in evidence in the courts of England is not taken, fulfilled or done;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 73


 

(xv)   any action, condition or thing (including the obtaining or effecting of any necessary consent, approval, authorisation, exemption, filing, licence, order, recording or registration) at any time required to be taken, fulfilled or done in order (a) to enable each party to the Deed of Subordination lawfully to exercise its rights and perform and comply with its obligations under the Deed of Subordination, (b) to ensure that those obligations are legally binding and enforceable and (c) to make the Deed of Subordination admissible in evidence in the courts of England is not taken, fulfilled or done;
(xvi)   the Deed of Subordination is unenforceable or invalid or shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect with respect to any party thereto or is claimed to be unenforceable, invalid or not in full force and effect by any party thereto;
(xvii)   any of the Gaming Concession Guaranty, Gaming License and the Gaming Concession Contract (or any amendment or supplement in relation thereto) is revoked or becomes unenforceable or invalid or shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect;
(xviii)   Sands China fails to keep available for issue free from pre-emptive rights and Liens sufficient unissued capital of Sands China for exchange of the Bonds pursuant to these Terms and Conditions and the Trust Deed; or
(xix)   any event occurs which under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction has an analogous effect to any of the events referred to in paragraphs (v) to (x) and (xiii) above,
then the Trustee, at its sole discretion may, and if so requested in writing by the holders of more than 25% of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding or if so directed by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders, shall (subject to it being indemnified and/or secured by the Bondholders to its satisfaction), give notice to the Issuer that the Bonds are, and they shall accordingly thereby become, immediately due and repayable at their Early Redemption Amount together with all accrued and unpaid interest.
11. PRESCRIPTION
Claims in respect of the principal amount (including any Redemption Amount) will become prescribed unless made within ten years from the relevant date and claims in respect of any interest or default interest will become prescribed unless made within five years from the relevant date.
12. REMEDIES AND ENFORCEMENT
12.1 Suits for Enforcement:
In case an Event of Default has occurred and has not been waived, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by the Trust Deed by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Trust Deed or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in the Trust Deed or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Trust Deed or by law but the Trustee will not be bound to take any such action or proceedings unless (i) it shall have been so requested in writing by the holders of more than 25% of the principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding or shall have been so directed by an Ordinary Resolution of the Bondholders and (ii) it shall have been indemnified and/or secured to its satisfaction.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 74


 

12.2 Limitations on Suits by Bondholders:
No Bondholder shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of the Trust Deed to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with respect to the Trust Deed, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy under the Trust Deed, unless (i) the holders of more than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee or (ii) an Ordinary Resolution has been passed by the Bondholders to direct the Trustee, to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee under the Trust Deed and shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it in its sole discretion as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice (or Ordinary Resolution), request and offer of indemnity or security shall have failed to institute any such action or proceedings and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Deed; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and holder of every Bond with every other taker and holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Bonds shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of the Trust Deed to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other holder of Bonds, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder or to enforce any right under the Trust Deed, except in the manner provided in the Trust Deed and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Bonds. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Condition 12, each and every Bondholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
13. MEETINGS OF BONDHOLDERS; MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
The Trust Deed contains provisions for convening meetings of the Bondholders to consider any matter affecting their interests, including the sanctioning by Ordinary Resolution of a modification of the Bonds, these provisions or any relevant provisions of the Trust Deed. Such a meeting may be convened by the Issuer, the Trustee or at the request of Bondholders holding more than 25% in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding. The quorum at any such meeting for passing an Ordinary Resolution is two or more persons holding or representing more than one-half in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding, or at any adjourned meeting two or more persons being or representing Bondholders whatever the principal amount of the Bonds so held or represented, except that at any meeting the business of which includes the modification of certain provisions of the Trust Deed, these provisions or the Bonds (including modifying the date of maturity of the Bonds, reducing or cancelling the amount of interest or principal (including Early Redemption Amount and Final Redemption Amount) payable in respect of the Bonds, altering the currency of payment of the Bonds or modifying any provision in respect of the exchange of the Bonds), the quorum shall be two or more persons holding or representing more than three-quarters in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding, or at any adjourned such meeting two or more persons holding or representing more than one-quarter in principal amount of the Bonds for the time being outstanding.
An Ordinary Resolution passed at any meeting of the Bondholders shall be binding on all the Bondholders, whether or not they are present at the meeting. The Trust Deed provides that a written resolution signed by or on behalf of the holders of not less than 90% in principal amount of Bonds outstanding shall be as valid and effective as a duly passed Ordinary Resolution. The Trust Deed provides that the Trustee may, but shall not be obliged to, agree, without the consent of the Bondholders to any modification (subject to certain exceptions as provided in the Trust Deed) of, or to any waiver or authorisation of any breach or proposed
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 75


 

breach of, any of these Terms and Conditions or any of the provisions of the Trust Deed, or may determine that any condition, event or act which, but for such determination, would constitute an Event of Default, shall not be treated as such which in any such case, in the opinion of the Trustee, is not materially prejudicial to the interests of the Bondholders or to any modification of any of these Terms and Conditions of the Bonds or to any modification of any of the provisions of the Trust Deed which is (in the opinion of the Trustee) of a formal, minor or technical nature or which is made to correct a manifest error or to comply with mandatory provisions of law. Any such modification, waiver, authorisation or determination shall be binding on the Bondholders and, unless the Trustee agrees otherwise, any such modification shall be notified to the Bondholders as soon as practicable thereafter in accordance with Condition 15.
In connection with the exercise by it of any of its trusts, powers, authorities or discretions (including, but without limitation, any modification, waiver, authorisation or substitution), the Trustee shall have regard to the interests of the Bondholders as a class and, in particular, but without limitation, need not have regard to the consequences of such exercise for individual Bondholders resulting from their being for any purpose domiciled or resident in, or otherwise connected with, or subject to the jurisdiction of, any particular territory and the Trustee shall not be entitled to require, nor shall any Bondholder be entitled to claim, from the Issuer or any other person any indemnification or payment in respect of any tax consequence of any such exercise upon individual Bondholders.
14. REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATES
In case any Certificate shall become mutilated, defaced or be apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon a written order and at the cost of the Issuer, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, a new Certificate, for an equal principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Certificate so apparently destroyed, lost or stolen; provided that in the case of a mutilated or defaced Certificate, such Certificate shall have been surrendered to the Registrar. In every case the applicant for a substitute Certificate shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Registrar and any agent of the Issuer or the Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Certificate and of the ownership thereof.
15. NOTICES
All notices to Bondholders shall be validly given if in writing and mailed by first class mail to them at their respective addresses in the register of Bondholders maintained by the Registrar. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the seventh day after being so mailed, as the case may be.
16. CURRENCY INDEMNITY
US dollars is the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer under or in connection with the Bonds, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than US dollars (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the insolvency, winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or otherwise) by any Bondholder in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer shall only constitute a discharge to the Issuer to the extent of the US dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 76


 

that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that US dollar amount is less than the US dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Bond, the Issuer shall indemnify it against any loss sustained by it as a result. In any event, the Issuer shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this Condition, it will be sufficient for the Bondholder to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase been made. These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuer’s other obligations, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Bondholder and shall continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Bond or any other judgment or order.
17. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF THE TRUST DEED
If at any time (i) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the Redemption Amount (together with all accrued but unpaid interest) of on, all the Bonds outstanding, as and when the same shall have become due and payable, or (ii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Bonds theretofore authenticated (other than any Bonds which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Condition 14) the Trust Deed shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of conversion, registration of transfer or exchange of Bonds and any other provisions therein expressly provided for and, if applicable, any right to receive Additional Amounts under Condition 9), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Trust Deed.
18. AGENTS
The names of the initial Exchange Agents, the initial Registrar, the initial Transfer Agents and the initial Paying Agents and their specified offices are set out in the Trust Deed or the Agency Agreement. The Issuer reserves the right, subject to the prior written approval of the Trustee, at any time to vary or terminate the appointment of any Exchange Agent, Transfer Agent or Paying Agent in accordance with the Agency Agreement and to appoint additional or other Exchange Agents, Transfer Agents, or Paying Agents, provided that the Issuer will at all times maintain the Registrar and all Transfer Agents outside of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, such Registrar will maintain the Bond Register outside of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong and the Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent in London and, provided , further , that, upon the implementation of the Directive or any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive, the Issuer will maintain a Paying Agent in a Member State of the European Union that is not obliged to withhold or deduct tax pursuant to such Directive or law. Notice of any such termination or appointment, of any changes in the specified offices of the Exchange Agents, the Transfer Agents, or the Paying Agents and of any change in the identity of the Registrar, the Principal Agent or the Principal Exchange Agent will be given promptly by the Issuer to the Bondholders in accordance with Condition 15.
19. INDEMNIFICATION
The Trust Deed contains provisions that the Issuer covenants to indemnify the Trustee for itself and on behalf of its officers, directors, employees and agents, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, for, and to hold the Trustee (for itself and on behalf of such Persons) harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without willful misconduct, willful default, gross negligence, fraud, breach of trust in relation to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust Deed or breach of duty on such Person’s part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Trust Deed or the trusts thereunder and its duties
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 77


 

thereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under the Trust Deed to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for properly incurred expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional Indebtedness under the Trust Deed and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Trust Deed or the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Such additional Indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Bonds upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Bonds, and the Bonds are subordinated to such senior claim.
20. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
The Bonds, the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with them are governed by, and shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales. In relation to any legal action or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Trust Deed, the Agency Agreement and the Bonds, the Issuer has in the Trust Deed and the Agency Agreement irrevocably submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales. The Issuer has appointed Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited of 5th Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom as its agent for service of process.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 78


 

SCHEDULE 1
Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date
             
    Loan Agreement   Borrower   Amount of Indebtedness
1. 
  Credit Agreement   VML US   US$3.3 billion 
 
           
2. 
  Loan Agreement dated 18 March 2008 between VML and Banco Nacional Ultramarino, SA   VML   Approximately US$11 million
 
           
3. 
  Various capital leases   Various Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer   Approximately $575,000
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 79


 

SCHEDULE 2
[ Intentionally omitted ]
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 80


 

SCHEDULE 3
Definitions
Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries means Excluded Subsidiaries of the Issuer that, directly or indirectly, own or are intended to own the Additional Developments.
Additional Developments means any casino hotel resorts, retail complexes, or standalone casinos developed on properties not located within any Site (as defined in the Credit Agreement), which developments will be owned, operated and maintained (other than any portion thereof (which may be the entirety of the development in the case of a stand-alone casino) comprising a casino or gaming area, which shall be operated by VML) by Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries and/or other Persons other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (with all costs and liabilities related to such sites to be borne exclusively by the Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries and/or such other Persons with no recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary except as otherwise permitted by these Terms and Conditions).
An Affiliate of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. With respect to any Bondholder, a Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 51% or more of the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or managers, as the case may be. With respect to all other Persons, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any such other Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that so long as no other Person or group of Persons beneficially owns a majority of voting securities of such Person, the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the voting securities of a Person shall be deemed to have control.
Applicable Exchange Rate on any date means the rate for exchanging US dollars and HK dollars which appears on the Reuters screen “HKDFIX” at or around 11:00 am (Hong Kong time) on the relevant date; and if such rate is unavailable on a particular date the Applicable Exchange Rate in effect for the last preceding date on which the Applicable Exchange Rate is available shall be deemed to be the Applicable Exchange Rate for such date.
Applicable Interest Rate means:
(a)   for the period from (and including) the Closing Date to (but excluding) 4 September 2010, 9% per annum;
(b)   for the period from (and including) 4 September 2010 to (but excluding) 4 September 2011, 12% per annum; and
(c)   for the period from (and including) 4 September 2011 to (but excluding) the Maturity Date, 15% per annum.
Architectural Services Agreement means:
(a)   with respect to the Sands Macao Podium Expansion Project, that certain Architectural Services Agreement dated as of 6 September 2002 between VML and Paul Steelman, Ltd., as supplemented and amended by that certain change order dated as of 4 March
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 81


 

    2005, and that certain Lead Consultant’s Agreement dated as of 23 May 2006 between VML and Aedas (Macau) Limited;
(b)   with respect to the Venetian Macao Overall Project, that certain Lead Consultant’s Agreement dated as of 14 November 2005, by and among Venetian Cotai Limited, Aedas (Macau) Limited and HKS Architecture, Ltd; and
(c)   with respect to any other active Project, any other material agreement relating to the provision of architectural or design services for such Project entered into by Sands China, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Asset Sale means the sale by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person of:
(a)   any of the Equity Securities of any of such seller’s direct Subsidiaries;
(b)   substantially all of the assets of any division or line of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(c)   any other assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than (i) inventory or goods sold in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales, transfers or other dispositions permitted by subsections (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xviii), (xix) or (xxiii) of Condition 3.5, or (iii) any other assets to the extent that the fair market value of such assets sold during any Fiscal Year is less than or equal to US$3,000,000).
Average Life means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of (a) the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment (including, without limitation, any sinking fund requirements) of such Indebtedness and (b) the amount of such principal payment by (2) the sum of all such principal payments.
Business Day means, except as otherwise specifically provided in the Trust Deed, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which commercial banks are generally open for business in New York, London and Hong Kong, or if the context requires otherwise, in the relevant place, including in connection with the surrender of a Certificate, the place where such Certificate is surrendered.
Capital Lease as applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person. For purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the amount of a Person’s obligation under a Capital Lease shall be the capitalised amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP, and the stated maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a premium or a penalty.
Casino Operation Land Concession Contract means, for any Casino Operation Project, the land concession contract covering the Site on which the related Other Resort Project is located (or is planned to be located).
Casino Operation Project means the acquisition (and subsequent ownership by VML via a condominium or “air parcel” structure or through ownership of the entire casino building and related infrastructure) of the gaming and/or showroom and/or retail space “shell”, the fit out
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 82


 

of such shell and operation of games of chance, showrooms and retail space in such “shell” which is located in (or contiguous to) any Other Resort Project.
Change of Control means any sale, pledge or other transfer of Equity Securities whereby (a) the Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, at least 50.1% of the voting Equity Securities of Sands China and the Issuer; or (b) the Issuer ceases to own directly or indirectly 100% of the Equity Securities of each Restricted Subsidiary and each Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary (subject to applicable mandatory minority shareholder requirements in accordance with legal requirements of Macau SAR, the Permitted 10% Equity Sale and the Permitted VOL Equity Sale).
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
Concession Guarantor means Banco Nacional Ultramarino, S.A. ( BNU ), in its capacity as guarantor pursuant to the Land Concession Guaranty regarding the Sands Macao Land Concession Contract and the Gaming Concession Guaranty
Conforming Adelson L/C means an unconditional, direct pay letter of credit which (a) is obtained by Sheldon G. Adelson or one of his Affiliates (but not the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary), (b) either (i) has an expiration date of not less than twenty-four months or (ii) has an expiration date of not less than twelve months with an automatic extension of one twelve month period unless the issuer of such letter of credit gives the Administrative Agent not less than sixty days prior written notice that it will not renew the letter of credit for such successive term, (c) either (i) is irrevocable or (ii) provides that the issuer will deliver not less than sixty days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intention to revoke such letter of credit, (d) is issued by a financial institution acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (e) is otherwise in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment, provided that any such letter of credit shall only qualify as a Conforming Adelson L/C if it states that it may be drawn upon by the Administrative Agent and applied in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement upon the occurrence of any Conforming Adelson L/C Draw Event, and provided further that neither the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall have any obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of any such letter of credit or any reimbursement agreement applicable thereto.
Conforming Adelson L/C Draw Event shall mean, during the time that the Conforming Adelson L/C remains in full force and effect, the occurrence of any of the following:
(a)   an event of default as defined in the Credit Agreement (which is continuing as of the date of drawing under such Conforming Adelson L/C and has not been waived) set forth in subsection 8.1, 8.2, 8.6, 8.7 or 8.13 of the Credit Agreement or resulting from a breach of any of the covenants set forth in subsection 7.6 of the Credit Agreement;
(b)   if such Conforming Adelson L/C has a maturity of less than twenty-four months, either (x) the Administrative Agent’s receipt of notice from the issuer of the Conforming Adelson L/C that such issuer will not renew the Conforming Adelson L/C or (y) the date that is five days prior to the expiration of the Conforming Adelson L/C if the Administrative Agent has not received evidence of the renewal thereof, provided that the Administrative Agent may not draw down on the Conforming Adelson L/C under such circumstances if and only if Sheldon G. Adelson or his Affiliates substitute cash equity in VML in an amount equal to the face amount of the Conforming Adelson L/C in lieu of the Conforming Adelson L/C on or before the date that is five days prior to the expiration thereof (such equity to be substituted for
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 83


 

    the withdrawn Conforming Adelson L/C in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA); or
(c)   the Administrative Agent’s receipt of notice from the issuer of the Conforming Adelson L/C that such issuer intends to revoke, terminate or cancel the Conforming Adelson L/C, provided that the Administrative Agent may not draw down on the Conforming Adelson L/C under such circumstances if and only if Sheldon G. Adelson or his Affiliates substitute cash equity in VML in an amount equal to the face amount of the Conforming Adelson L/C in lieu of the Conforming Adelson L/C on or before the date that is five days prior to the revocation, termination or cancellation thereof (such equity to be substituted for the withdrawn Conforming Adelson L/C in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA).
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means, for any period, the sum of the amounts (without duplication) for such period of (a) Consolidated Net Income, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, (c) provision for federal, state, local and foreign income tax, franchise tax and state and similar taxes imposed in lieu of income taxes, in each case, to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, (d) total depreciation expense, to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, (e) total amortization expense, to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, (f) total pre-opening and developmental expense, to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income consistent with the reported line item on VML’s financial statements, (g) non-recurring charges and expenses taken in such period, of up to US$15,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, with unused amounts within such cap being usable in succeeding periods, (h) corporate expense incurred in such period, of up to US$10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, (i) uncapitalised non-recurring expenses of up to US$10,000,000 in the aggregate in connection with the financing transactions contemplated herein, and (j) other non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income, less other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income, all of the foregoing as determined on a consolidated basis for the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP; provided that, any Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the operation of any Project the first anniversary of the first Quarterly Date following the Opening Date (as defined in the Disbursement Agreement) of which has not passed, shall be calculated on the basis of the one, two or three full Fiscal Quarters following such Opening Date, multiplied by 4, 2, or 4/3, respectively; provided further that, for purposes of determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA solely for the respective four consecutive Fiscal Quarter periods ending on 30 September 2009, 31 December 2009 and 31 March 2010, to the extent that operating expenses in the most recent Fiscal Quarter in such period have been reduced from levels in any of the three preceding Fiscal Quarters through implementation of reduction-in-force or other cost-cutting initiatives the effect of which the Issuer and VML reasonably believe is continuing, and the Issuer and VML so certify in writing to the Trustee, then the levels of such operating expenses for such three preceding Fiscal Quarters may be adjusted as if such reductions in operating expenses had been achieved in such quarters as well up to a maximum amount of (i) US$40,000,000 for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on 30 September 2009, (ii) US$19,000,000 for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on 31 December 2009 and (iii) US$12,000,000 for the period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending on 31 March 2010. Any equity contributions made by the Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary) to the Issuer and/or proceeds of Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer and/or the face amount of any Conforming Adelson L/C delivered to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the lenders under the Credit Agreement during any quarter and during a period of fifteen days following such quarter, in an aggregate amount for such cash equity contributions, proceeds and face amounts of Conforming Adelson L/C not to exceed US$20,000,000 per quarter, may at the written election of the Issuer to the Trustee be included in Consolidated
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 84


 

Adjusted EBITDA for such quarter; provided that the Issuer may not include such cash equity contributions, proceeds, and/or face amounts of Conforming Adelson L/C or any combination thereof, in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (a) if any Conforming Adelson L/C Draw Event, Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such cash contribution is made or such Conforming Adelson L/C is provided to the Administrative Agent (other than, during the 15 day period following the end of the relevant Fiscal Quarter, an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default caused by a breach of subsection 7.6 of the Credit Agreement) and (b) in any event, after two consecutive Fiscal Quarters unless, following any exercise of such election to include any such common equity contributions, proceeds and/or face amounts of Conforming Adelson L/C in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, the Issuer would have been able to satisfy the Incurrence Test on a rolling four quarter basis occurring after such election (without giving effect to any previous cash contributions, proceeds and/or face amounts of Conforming Adelson L/C) for at least one Fiscal Quarter. Any loans repaid with any such cash contribution or proceeds in the same Fiscal Quarter or four-Fiscal-Quarter period, as the case may be, in which such cash contribution or proceeds is counted as Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (or cash contributed to replace the face amount of any Conforming Adelson L/C) shall not be deemed to have been repaid for purposes of determining compliance with the Incurrence Test. To the extent an Excluded Subsidiary is converted to a Restricted Subsidiary during any relevant period, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall include the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of such Restricted Subsidiary on a pro forma basis since the beginning of such relevant period. Solely for the purposes of this definition, “Event of Default” and “Potential Event of Default” have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalised interest) of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than non-cash interest on Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness), including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under Hedging Agreements, but excluding, however, amortisation of debt issuance costs and deferred financing fees on or prior to the Closing Date. To the extent an Excluded Subsidiary is converted to a Restricted Subsidiary during any relevant period, Consolidated Interest Expense shall include the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Restricted Subsidiary on a pro forma basis since the beginning of such relevant period.
Consolidated Leverage Ratio means, as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA computed for the period consisting of, if such date is a Quarterly Date, the Fiscal Quarter ending on such date and each of the three immediately preceding Fiscal Quarters, or if such date is not a Quarterly Date, the four full Fiscal Quarters most recently ended.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends; provided that there shall be excluded, without duplication, (a) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary by such Person during such period (but net of any applicable taxes payable in connection therewith), (b) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, (c) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to (i) Asset Sales, (ii) returned surplus assets of any pension plan or (iii)
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 85


 

the disposition of any Equity Securities or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, (d) all income generated by an Excluded Casino, (e) dividends or distributions from any Excluded Subsidiary to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which are used to fund Tax Distributions, (f) the effect of non-cash accounting adjustments resulting from a change in the tax status of a flow-through tax entity to a “C-corporation” or other entity taxed similarly, (g) any net extraordinary gains or net extraordinary losses, and (h) any refinancing costs, amortisation or charges (including premiums, costs, amortisation and charges associated with the Refinancing (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and repayment of the Refinanced Debt; provided , further, that no effect shall be given to any non-cash minority interest in any Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of computing Consolidated Net Income.
Consolidated Total Debt means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate Indebtedness of the Issuer and each Restricted Subsidiary as stated on their respective balance sheets (other than (x) any Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness and (y) any Indebtedness and the guarantee thereof incurred pursuant to sub-clause (l) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Construction Contracts means, collectively, the contracts entered into, from time to time, between Sands China, the Issuer, or any Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Construction Manager or any Contractor, on the other hand, for performance of service or sale of goods in connection with the design, engineering, installation or construction of any active Project (including without limitation, the Construction Management Agreement).
Construction Management Agreement means:
(a)   with respect to the Venetian Macao Overall Project, that certain Construction Management Agreement dated as of 29 April 2005 between Venetian Cotai Limited and Hsin Chong Construction (Macau) Limited;
(b)   with respect to any other active Project, any agreement relating to the provision of construction management services for such Project entered into by Sands China, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary on or after the Closing Date; and
(c)   any replacement of the forgoing agreements described in sub-clauses (a) and (b).
Construction Manager means:
(a)   with respect to the Primary Projects, Hsin Chong Construction (Macau) Limited, a corporation organised under the laws of Macau SAR; and
(b)   with respect to any other active Project, any construction manager party to any Construction Management Agreement relating to such Project.
Contractors means any architects, engineers, consultants, designers, contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, vendors, labourers or any other Persons engaged by VML in connection with the design, engineering, installation and construction of any active Project (but excluding the Construction Manager for such Project).
Contingent Obligation , as applied to any Person, means any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (a) with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or intent thereof by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to the obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation of another will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 86


 

will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof, (b) with respect to any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings, or (c) under Hedging Agreements. Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another, (b) the obligation to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, and (c) any liability of such Person for the obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under sub-clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence, the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if less, the amount to which such Contingent Obligation is specifically limited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Contingent Obligations shall not include any surety bonds for claims underlying mechanics liens and any reimbursement obligations with respect thereto so long as such reimbursement obligations are not then due or are promptly paid when due.
Cotai Plan means the plan for the development of the Cotai Strip submitted to Macau SAR by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (a copy of which was included in the management presentation provided to the original Bondholders), showing the approximate placement of the land parcels along the Cotai Strip in Macau SAR as designated by Macau SAR, as such plan may be modified in a non-material manner from time to time upon notice of any such modification to the Trustee.
Cotai Strip means the land located at Cotai in Macau SAR.
Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries means wholly-owned (subject to mandatory minority shareholder requirements in accordance with Macanese law, the Permitted 10% Equity Sale and the Permitted VOL Equity Sale) Excluded Subsidiaries of the Issuer that, directly or indirectly, own or are intended to own the Excluded Casino Hotel Resorts.
Cotai Strip Infrastructure Project means the construction (at the Cotai Subsidiary’s cost) (but not ownership, as Macau SAR will own such infrastructure) by VML or the Cotai Subsidiary of certain public infrastructure (and related reclamation) at or adjacent to the Cotai Strip to support the development of the Cotai Strip.
Cotai Strip Investment Project means, from and after the date that any Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary which directly owns an Excluded Casino Hotel Resort is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof and such Excluded Casino Hotel Resort becomes an asset of an Restricted Subsidiary, such Excluded Casino Hotel Resort and the Excluded Casino located therein; other than any portion of such Project that has been sold in a Permitted Asset Disposition pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
Cotai Subsidiary means Venetian Cotai Limited, a Macau corporation.
Credit Agreement means the credit agreement dated 25 May 2006 entered into by, among others, VML US as borrower, VML as company, The Bank of Nova Scotia as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent ) and the lenders as defined therein (as amended, restated and supplemented from time to time).
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 87


 

Deed of Subordination means the deed of subordination dated the Closing Date between Citicorp International Limited, Venetian Orient Limited, certain other Affiliates of the Issuer, the Issuer, Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited, Venetian Macau Limited, Venetian Cotai Limited, VML US Finance LLC, Venetian Macau Finance Company and Sands China.
Disbursement Agreement means the disbursement agreement dated as of 25 May 2006 between, among others, The Bank of Nova Scotia as bank agent and disbursement agent, VML US, the Cotai Subsidiary and VML.
Equity Securities means (i) any stock, shares (including preferred shares), partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, and (ii) options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing in (i) above.
Event of Loss means, with respect to any property or asset (whether a tangible or intangible asset, or real or personal property), any of the following:
(a)   any loss, destruction or damage of such property or asset;
(b)   any actual condemnation, seizure or taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise of such property or asset, or confiscation of such property or asset or the requisition of the use of such property or asset; or
(c)   any settlement in lieu of clause (b) above.
Exchange Shares means shares, par value US$0.01 per share of Sands China, or all other (if any) shares or stock resulting from any sub-division, consolidation or reclassification of such shares into which the Bonds are exchanged upon the occurrence of the Qualified IPO.
Excluded Bank Accounts means segregated bank accounts of VML into which only revenue associated with the operation of the Excluded Casinos by VML on behalf of the Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries or Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is deposited.
Excluded Casino means the casino or gaming space in, or to be developed in any Excluded Casino Hotel Resort or Additional Development, which casino or gaming space, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, will be owned and operated by VML.
Excluded Casino Hotel Resorts means casino hotel resorts and retail complexes developed on Sites 5 and 6, which casino hotel resorts will be owned, operated and maintained (other than any casino and gaming areas therein which shall be operated by VML) by persons other than the Issuer and Restricted Subsidiaries (with all costs and liabilities related to such sites (other than the specific liabilities permitted to be incurred by VML in connection with its operation of the associated Excluded Casino as set forth in Section 6.14B of the Credit Agreement) to be borne exclusively by the Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries and such Persons with no recourse to the Issuer and Restricted Subsidiaries except as otherwise permitted by Section 7.3 of the Credit Agreement).
Excluded Casino Interest means, prior to the time any Excluded Casino Hotel Resort or Additional Development becomes an asset of a Restricted Subsidiary, the interest of any
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 88


 

Restricted Subsidiary in the Excluded Casino, the gaming assets located therein and, to the extent deposited in Excluded Bank Accounts, the Net Casino Cash Flow therefrom.
Excluded Subsidiaries means (i) Venetian Orient Limited, CotaiJet Holdings (II) Ltd., Cotai WaterJets (HK) Ltd., the Subsidiaries of CotaiJet Holdings (II) Ltd. and Cotai WaterJets (HK) Ltd., Cotai Strip Lot 2 Apart Hotel (Macau) Ltd, Venetian Marketing Services Limited, World Sourcing Services Limited, Venetian Global Holdings Limited and its Subsidiaries, and V-HK Services Limited (formerly known as Asian Opportunity Limited), (ii) the Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries and Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries, if any, for so long as such Subsidiaries have not been designated as Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms hereof, (iii) any Subsidiary that is designated as an Excluded Subsidiary by the Issuer as provided in the next sentence, and (iv) any Subsidiary of an Excluded Subsidiary. The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (other than VML, the Cotai Subsidiary, VML US, Venetian Cotai Hotel Management Limited, Venetian Macau Finance Company, Sands China, Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited, or any other Subsidiary which participates in, or is expected to participate in, the development, construction, operation or management of any Project (other than initial development of a Casino Operation Project to be located within an Other Resort Project being developed by such Subsidiary to the extent permitted hereunder), as determined by the Issuer) to be an Excluded Subsidiary by providing written notice of such designation to the Trustee and certifying that, after giving effect to such designation, no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Far East Agreement means all agreements regarding the development of a casino resort on Site 3 which, on the date hereof, are expected to include an investment agreement, an undertaking to sell agreement effective as a right in rem, a purchase and sale deed, a finance multiparty agreement, condominium bylaws, and an infrastructure agreement.
FF&E Documents means the credit agreement or other similar document governing any FF&E Facility, and any intercreditor agreement related to any FF&E Facility.
FF&E Facility means any credit facility, vendor financing, mortgage financing, purchase money obligation, Capital Lease or similar arrangement incurred to finance or refinance Specified FF&E.
First Parent L/C means a direct pay standby letter of credit which (a) is obtained by the Parent or one of its Affiliates (but not the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer), (b) has an expiration date of not earlier than the fifth Business Day following the first Interest Payment Date, (c) has a face amount of not less than the amount of interest payable by the Issuer on the first Interest Payment Date (assuming no early redemption or exchange of the Bonds shall have occurred prior to that date) and is irrevocable, and (d) is issued by an internationally recognised financial institution or bank provided that any such standby letter of credit shall only qualify as a First Parent L/C if it states that it may be drawn upon by the Trustee for the benefit of the Bondholders to pay interest in respect of the Bonds, and provided further that neither the Issuer nor any Subsidiary of the Issuer shall have any obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of any such standby letter of credit or any reimbursement agreement applicable thereto.
Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries ending on 31 December of each calendar year.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 89


 

Four Seasons Macao Casino means the design, development, construction, ownership, operation and maintenance by VML of casino space located within the Four Seasons Macao Resort Project and the purchase of associated gaming machines, utensils and equipment.
Four Seasons Macao Mall means the design, development, construction, ownership and operation and maintenance by the Cotai Subsidiary of a retail complex as part of the Four Seasons Macao Resort Project.
Four Seasons Macao Operation, Maintenance and Management Agreement means one or more operation, maintenance and management agreements (together with all related and associated agreements), entered into between the Cotai Subsidiary and Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Inc. or another hotel management company or any replacement agreement with another hotel management company (and, with respect to Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Inc., with reference to that certain Letter of Intent between the parties, dated 16 January 2006).
Four Seasons Macao Overall Project means the Four Seasons Macao Casino, the Four Seasons Macao Resort Project, and the Four Seasons Macao Mall; other than any such component that has been sold in a Permitted Asset Disposition pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
Four Seasons Macao Resort Project means the design, development, construction and ownership by the Cotai Subsidiary of a luxury hotel complex (which may include “complementary accommodations”) to be operated and maintained by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Inc. located on Site 2 together with the associated park being developed in connection therewith.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States as in effect from time to time, except where material changes to the application of GAAP have occurred after the Closing Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement), GAAP as in effect as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) will be applied.
Galaxy means Galaxy Casino Company Limited.
Gaming Concession Consent means the consent dated as of 25 May 2006, between, among others, Macau SAR and VML in respect of the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Gaming Concession Contract means the collective reference to (i) the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract; (ii) the Supplements to Gaming Sub-Concession Contract; and (iii) any other amendments or supplements to the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract and/or the Supplements to Gaming Sub-Concession Contract.
Gaming Concession Guaranty means that certain Guaranty, dated as of 18 December 2002, by BNU in favour of VML regarding its payment obligations under the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract.
Gaming License means every license, franchise or other authorisation of VML to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct gaming activities (including the operation of “casinos”) in Macau SAR.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 90


 

Gaming Sub-Concession Contract means that certain sub-concession contract, dated 19 December 2002 (together with all amendments, supplements, modifications and all other ancillary agreements and documents related thereto), between Galaxy and VML.
Hedging Agreements means (a) currency exchange or interest rate swap agreements, currency exchange or interest rate cap agreements and currency exchange or interest rate collar agreements and (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in currency exchange or interest rates.
Holding Company means, in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
Hong Kong means Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Hong Kong Dollars , HK dollars or HK$ means the lawful currency of Hong Kong.
Immaterial Subsidiaries means V-HK Services Limited and Venetian Macau Finance Company.
Incurrence Test means a test that is satisfied if, as of the date of determination, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 6.0 to 1.0.
Indebtedness or indebtedness , as applied to any Person, means:
(a)   all indebtedness for borrowed money;
(b)   that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP;
(c)   notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money;
(d)   any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding any trade payables and accruals incurred in the ordinary course of business); and
(e)   all Indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held and under contracts by that person regardless of whether the Indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that person.
Obligations under Hedging Agreements constitute Contingent Obligations and not Indebtedness. Additionally, Indebtedness shall not include:
(i)   any amount of the liability in respect of an operating lease that at such time would not be required to be capitalised and reflected as a liability on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP;
(ii)   any surety bonds for claims underlying mechanics liens and reimbursement obligations with respect thereto so long as such reimbursement obligations are not then due, or are promptly paid when due;
(iii)   any Indebtedness that has been either satisfied or discharged or defeased through covenant defeasance or legal defeasance;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 91


 

(iv)   for purposes of determining compliance with the Incurrence Test, Indebtedness permitted by clause (l) and clause (q) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; or
(v)   capitalised interest.
For the purposes of determining “Consolidated Total Debt” or the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred under these Terms and Conditions, Contingent Obligations incurred under Condition 3.3(ii), to the extent they constitute a guarantee of Indebtedness otherwise permitted under these Terms and Conditions in lieu of incurring such Indebtedness, shall be treated as Indebtedness.
Investment means, relative to any Person, (a) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by such Person of, or of a beneficial interest in, any Equity Securities of any other Person (including any Subsidiary), (b) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition for value, by such Person from any Person, of any Equity Securities of any Person, or (c) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by such Person to any other Person, including all Indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business other than Hedging Agreements required or permitted hereunder to hedge against fluctuations of interest rates or currency exchange risk. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment less all returns of principal or equity thereon.
Joint Venture means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other legal form; provided that in no event shall any Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.
Land Concession Contracts means the Sands Macao Land Concession Contract, the Venetian Macao Land Concession Contract and any other land concession contract held by Sands China, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Land Concession Guaranty means any guaranty by a third party required by the government of Macau SAR pursuant to the terms of any Land Concession Contract.
Lido Contract means that certain Corporate Services Agreement, effective as of 1 January 2005, by and among Lido Casino Resort, LLC, Parent, Las Vegas Sands, LLC, Venetian Casino Resort, LLC, Phase II Mall Subsidiary, LLC, VML, the Cotai Subsidiary and Venetian Resort Development Limited, and effective as of 1 January 2006, Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC and Sands Garden City Pte Ltd.
Listing Rules means the listing rules of any Qualified Exchange on which shares of Sands China are being, or will be, traded, as amended from time to time.
Loan Party and Loan Parties have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
Macau SAR means Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.
Net Casino Cash Flow means, with respect to any Excluded Casino Hotel Resort or Additional Development, the total cash flow from the operation of the associated Excluded
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 92


 

Casinos, net of (i) all costs and other expenses associated with the ownership, operation or maintenance and (ii) applicable taxes, premiums and other liabilities of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in respect of the associated Excluded Casino.
Non-Recourse Financing means Indebtedness (a) for which none of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries provides credit support (other than credit comprising the Excluded Casino Interest) pursuant to any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness, or is directly or indirectly liable, (b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Excluded Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Bonds) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity, and (c) in connection with which the agent or other representative of the lenders under such Non-Recourse Financing has entered into an intercreditor, standstill, or similar agreement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Bondholders holding more than 50% of the principal amount of the Bonds outstanding.
Obligations means Indebtedness of the Issuer under these Terms and Conditions, the Agency Agreement, the Trust Deed, the Deed of Subordination and the placing agreement in relation to the Bonds entered into between the Issuer and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. on 1 September 2009 (the Placing Agreement ).
Ordinary Resolution has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Trust Deed.
Other Resort Projects means the design, development, construction, ownership, start-up and operation and maintenance of casino hotel resorts (excluding the casino and showroom and/or retail components thereof) by a person other than the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (and that may be an Excluded Subsidiary) on Sites 3, 7 and/or 8, without any credit support from the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than as permitted by these Terms and Conditions or in respect of the purchase price for the casino and showroom and/or retail components thereof to be acquired by VML in accordance with the terms hereof, the Credit Agreement and the Disbursement Agreement, any temporary land acquisition and related premium payments and other obligations permitted pursuant to these Terms and Conditions, the Credit Agreement and the Disbursement Agreement, and the operation and maintenance costs associated with such casino and showroom and/or retail space.
Parent means Las Vegas Sands Corp., a Nevada corporation.
Park Site means the portion of Site 2 on the Cotai Strip designated as a park on the Cotai Plan.
Permitted Asset Dispositions means
(a)   the sale of the assets comprising, or the equity interests in any entity whose sole asset (other than immaterial assets, none of which are reasonably necessary for the ownership or operation of the casino or gaming area portion of any Project, the Sands Macao Podium Expansion Project, the Sands Macao Casino or the Venetian Macao Resort Project) consists of, the Venetian Macao Mall, the Venetian Macao Convention Center, the Four Seasons Macao Mall, the Four Seasons Macao Resort Project and/or any other Project or portion thereof (including the complementary accommodations at the Four Seasons Macao Resort Project or any similar complementary accommodations at any other Project), other than the casino and gaming area portion of any Project (including, without limitation, the Venetian Macao Casino Project and the Four Seasons Macao Casino), the Sands Macao
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 93


 

    Podium Expansion Project, the Sands Macao Casino and the Venetian Macao Resort Project; and
(b)   any Permitted Asset Disposition as defined in the Credit Agreement (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement).
Permitted Indebtedness means:
(a)   the Obligations;
(b)   Indebtedness of VML US and any Restricted Subsidiary under the Credit Agreement and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof;
(c)   without limiting clause (b) above, Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date as set forth in Schedule 1 and any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof;
(d)   Indebtedness to be incurred by the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of the reasonable fees, expenses and reimbursements of the Qualified IPO;
(e)   Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary:
  (i)   if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is equal to or more than 3.0 to 1.0, up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding of US$100,000,000; or
  (ii)   if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is less than 3.0 to 1.0, in an unlimited amount;
(f)   Contingent Obligations permitted under Condition 3.3 and, upon any matured obligations actually arising pursuant thereto, the Indebtedness corresponding to the Contingent Obligations so extinguished;
(g)   Indebtedness owed by the Issuer to any Restricted Subsidiary or by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(h)   with regard to any Other Resort Project, the incurrence by VML of Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness in connection with the acquisition by VML of the casino “shell” associated with such Other Resort Project and related infrastructure (in lieu of cash reimbursement of costs or other cash payments to the sellers or developers as consideration for such “shell” and related infrastructure) in favour of the seller or developer of such acquired property in an aggregate amount not to exceed US$50,000,000 for each such casino “shell” and related infrastructure;
(i)   to the extent that such incurrence does not result in the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of any obligation for the payment of borrowed money of others, Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred solely in respect of (x) performance bonds, completion guarantees, standby letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit in order to provide security for workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with self insurance or similar requirements, surety and similar bonds and statutory claims of lessors, licencees, contractors, franchisees or customers, and (y) bonds securing the performance of judgments or a stay of process in proceedings to enforce a contested liability or in
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 94


 

    connection with any order or decree in any legal proceeding; provided that such Indebtedness described in this sub-clause was incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and all such Indebtedness pursuant to this sub-clause does not exceed in an aggregate principal amount, at any time outstanding, of US$125,000,000;
(j)   the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness (which may include Capital Lease obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations) for the purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction, installation and/or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or the construction, installation, purchase or lease of real or personal property or equipment (including Specified FF&E) (including any refinancings thereof), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, at any time outstanding, US$50,000,000;
(k)   Indebtedness arising from any agreement entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustment or similar obligations, in each case incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or capital stock of direct Subsidiaries;
(l)   to the extent constituting Indebtedness, the contractual payments required to be made from time to time by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Macau SAR under the Land Concession Contracts and the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract and Indebtedness associated with any guarantees of such payments;
(m)   to the extent it constitutes Indebtedness, obligations under Hedging Agreements that are incurred (a) with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of these Terms and Conditions to be outstanding, (b) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges and not for speculative purposes, or (c) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodities risk in connection with commodities to which the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has actual exposure in connection with its business and operations and not for speculative purposes;
(n)   Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary under FF&E Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed US$350,000,000 at any time outstanding for the Issuer and all Restricted Subsidiaries;
(o)   Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness (including such Indebtedness incurred for purposes of contributing to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as contemplated by the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA);
(p)   Indebtedness raised by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary comprising (x) Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness and (y) Indebtedness of a type permitted under sub-clause (j) of this definition (but in addition to the dollar limitation in such sub-clause) or Indebtedness of a type permitted pursuant to sub-clause (n) of this definition (but in addition to the dollar limitation in such sub-clause), up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time for the Issuer and all Restricted Subsidiaries of US$50,000,000;
(q)   Indebtedness consisting of obligations permitted pursuant to subsection 7.17B(ii) of the Credit Agreement;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 95


 

(r)   Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by VML and other Loan Parties pursuant to section 7.1(xix) of the Credit Agreement (as incorporated pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated 12 August 2009); and
(s)   Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by VML and other Loan Parties pursuant to section 7.1(xx) of the Credit Agreement (as incorporated pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement dated 12 August 2009).
Permitted Investment means:
(a)   an Investment in cash and cash equivalents;
(b)   an Investment (including the formation or creation of a Subsidiary) by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Restricted Subsidiary or a person which will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary or an investment by a Restricted Subsidiary in the Issuer;
(c)   any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an asset sale that was made in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or the Credit Agreement;
(d)   an Investment in receivables owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
(e)   an Investment in the form of payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
(f)   an Investment by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary made in any Excluded Subsidiary, Supplier Joint Venture or Joint Venture solely with cash or other property contributed to the Issuer either (x) in exchange for common equity of the Issuer issued to the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent or (y) in the form of Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness by Sheldon G. Adelson or any of his Affiliates or Related Parties, in each case for such purpose;
(g)   an Investment consisting of securities or other obligations received in settlement of debt created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;
(h)   an Investment consisting of a loan or advance to an employee or director or former employee or director of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such loans and advances does not exceed US$2,000,000 at any time;
(i)   an Investment by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary made with the proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale or issuance of Equity Securities of the Issuer;
(j) Investments existing on the Closing Date;
(k)   any other Investment made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with the proceeds of the issuance of the Bonds;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 96


 

(l)   so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Investments in Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries, the proceeds of which Investments are used by such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary, to develop and construct Excluded Casino Hotel Resorts (a Cotai Strip Investment ) in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the sum of (a) US$ 800,000,000 ( less (x) at any time prior to the satisfaction or waiver of all the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.4 of the Disbursement Agreement in order for the Company (as defined in the Disbursement Agreement) to obtain one advance under Section 3.1 of the Disbursement Agreement in respect of the Venetian Macao Overall Project, the amount, if any, disbursed under Section 3.6 of the Disbursement Agreement in excess of (1) $900,000,000 plus (2) any amounts expended on land premiums pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Maximum Early Advance Amount (as defined in the Disbursement Agreement); and (y) the amount of loans then outstanding, if any, to Excluded Subsidiaries developing Casino Operation Projects made pursuant to subsection 7.3(xxi) of the Credit Agreement ), (b) the aggregate amount of net-after-tax cash dividends received by any Loan Party from such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary (other than the dividends received by the Loan Parties to pay obligations of or related to the Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries or the Excluded Casinos (including for the payment of income taxes payable in respect of the income of such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries or Excluded Casinos)), the proceeds of which have been deposited into the Term Loan Disbursement Account (as defined in the Disbursement Agreement) and (c) the proceeds, if any, from VML’s issuance of any senior unsecured notes or senior notes secured by a second priority Lien on the Collateral (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with subsection 7.1(xix) of the Credit Agreement;
(m)   Investments made by any Loan Party in the form of Consolidated Capital Expenditures (as defined in the Credit Agreement) permitted by subsection 7.14 of the Credit Agreement;
(n)   so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Investments made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in Excluded Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures consisting of:
  (i)   cash and cash equivalents of up to US$100,000,000 in the aggregate; and
  (ii)   guarantees of up to US$200,000,000 in the aggregate of Indebtedness of, or performance by, any Excluded Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures,
    provided that the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is less than 3.0 to 1.0 after giving effect to each such Investment; provided further that notwithstanding the foregoing, no Restricted Subsidiary may make Investments in Joint Ventures pursuant to this clause (n) in excess of US$50,000,000 in the aggregate;
(o)   Investments made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in Excluded Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures, not exceeding US$50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(p)   Investments made by VML in any Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary or Additional Development Excluded Subsidiary, as the case may be, which result solely from such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary or Additional Development Excluded Subsidiary, as the case may be, receiving the Net Casino Cash Flow from an Excluded Bank Account as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 97


 

(r)   any payment made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary related to the operation or maintenance of an Excluded Casino which payment was made by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a source other than an Excluded Bank Account; provided that either:
  (i)   the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have been reimbursed for such payment within 10 days of such disbursement from sources other than cash or other assets of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; or
  (ii)   such payment is otherwise permitted under subsection 7.3 of the Credit Agreement (excluding the provisions of subsection 7.3(xii) and subsection 7.3(xiii) of the Credit Agreement);
(s)   so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, and so long as the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) is less than 3.0 to 1.0 after giving effect to each such Investment, cash Investments made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Excluded Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not exceeding the sum of (1) 50% of (A) the Consolidated Net Income of the Loan Parties for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the Closing Date (as defined under the Credit Agreement) to the end of VML’s most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which internal financial statements are available (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) less (B) the amount paid or to be paid in respect of such period pursuant to subsection 7.5(iv) of the Credit Agreement to shareholders or members other than VML, plus (2) without duplication, 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by VML since the Closing Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from capital contributions or the issue or sale of Equity Securities (excluding any such proceeds used for subsection 7.3(vii) or subsection 7.3(xx) of the Credit Agreement) or debt securities of VML that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Securities of VML (other than Equity Securities or such debt securities of VML sold to a Loan Party), plus (3) to the extent not otherwise included in the Loan Parties’ Consolidated Net Income, 100% of the cash dividends or distributions or the amount of cash principal and interest payments (other than dividends or payments received by the Loan Parties to pay obligations of or related to the Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiaries or the Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries (including for the payment of income taxes in respect thereof)) received since the Closing Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by a Loan Party from any Excluded Subsidiary or in respect of any Joint Venture in which an Investment was made pursuant to any clause of subsection 7.3 of the Credit Agreement other than clauses 7.3(viii) and 7.3(xii) thereof, until the entire amount of the Investment in such Excluded Subsidiary has been received, and 50% of such amounts thereafter; provided in each case that such cash proceeds have not been committed or used for any other purpose; provided , further, however, that in the event that an Excluded Subsidiary is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary, the Loan Parties may add back to this clause the aggregate amount of any Investment in such Subsidiary that was an Investment made pursuant to subsection 7.3 of the Credit Agreement (other than pursuant to clauses 7.3(viii) or 7.3(xii) thereof) at the time of such Investment;
(t)   any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries under these Terms and Conditions and any Contingent Obligation permitted to be incurred under Condition 3.3 to the extent such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation constitutes an Investment;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 98


 

(u)   other Investments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, not exceeding US$50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(v)   so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and subject to the terms of the Disbursement Agreement, with regard to each of Site 3, Site 7, and Site 8, Investments made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of up to US$50,000,000 per Site constituting a prepayment for the casino and showroom and/or retail “shell” referred to below to an Excluded Subsidiary developing the Other Resort Project to be located thereon; provided that:
  (i)   such Excluded Subsidiary has obtained all permits and approvals necessary, at the time such Investment is made, from Macau SAR to develop a casino resort on the applicable Site consistent with the Plans and Specifications (as defined in the Disbursement Agreement) relevant to the applicable Casino Operation Project to be located within such Other Resort Project; and
  (ii)   at or prior to the time such Investment is made, such Excluded Subsidiary has executed a binding agreement to deliver to VML the casino and showroom and/or retail “shell” to be developed within such Other Resort Project upon its completion, prior to an agreed date certain, for no further consideration and free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(w)   so long as no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and subject to the terms of the Disbursement Agreement, Investments made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of loans to Affiliates of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that, in each case, are not Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that:

  (i)

  such Indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of financing the acquisition and/or equipping of ferry vessels to provide ferry service to or from Macau SAR;

 
  (ii)   such loans made by the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be secured on a first-priority basis by the assets so acquired by such Affiliates; and

 
  (iii)   the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such loans, together with the maximum aggregate amount of all Contingent Obligations then outstanding to Affiliates pursuant to Condition 3.3(viii), shall at no time exceed $175,000,000; and

(x)   any other Investment that is permitted under subsection 7.3 of the Credit Agreement (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement).
Permitted Lien means:
(a)   Liens granted to secure Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(b)   Liens securing Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 1 and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(c)   Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are being contested in good faith by appropriate legal or administrative proceedings promptly
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 99


 

    instituted and diligently conducted and for which a reserve or other appropriate provision; if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made;
(d)   statutory Liens of landlords, statutory Liens of banks and rights of set-off, statutory Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (a) for amounts not yet overdue, (b) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of five (5) days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP, shall have been made for any such contested amounts, or (c) with respect to Liens of mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, if such Lien arises in the ordinary course of business, VML has bonded such Lien within a reasonable time after becoming aware of the existence thereof;
(e)   Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money), incurred in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the construction of a Project (a) for amounts not yet overdue, (b) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of five (5) days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as may be required by GAAP, shall have been made for any such contested amounts, or (c) with respect to Liens of mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, if such Lien arises in the ordinary course of business or in the construction of a Project, VML has bonded such Lien within a reasonable time after becoming aware of the existence thereof;
(f)   any attachment or judgment not constituting an Event of Default;
(g)   easements, rights-of-way, avagational servitudes, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(h)   Liens in favour of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(i)   licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(j)   Liens incurred in connection with Hedging Agreements in respect of any Indebtedness; provided that such Liens only extend to the collateral securing such Indebtedness with the same priority thereto;
(k)   Liens on Specified FF&E securing obligations in respect of an FF&E Facility permitted to be incurred hereunder (including any mortgage, deed of trust, or similar encumbrance on real property as may be necessary under applicable law to create a
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 100


 

    Lien on Specified FF&E that may constitute a “fixture” appended to such real property);
(l)   Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to sub-clause (i), sub-clause (j), subsection (y) of sub-clause (p) and sub-clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;
(m)   Liens on property of a person existing at the time such person became a Restricted Subsidiary, is merged into or consolidated with or into, or wound up into, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the consummation of, and were not entered into in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger or consolidation or winding up and do not extend to any other assets other than those of the person acquired by, merged into or consolidated with one of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(n)   Liens to secure a stay of process in proceedings to enforce a contested liability, or required in connection with the institution of legal proceedings or in connection with any other order or decree in any such proceeding or in connection with any contest of any tax or other governmental charge, or deposits with a governmental agency entitling the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to maintain self-insurance or to participate in other specified insurance arrangements or any attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event of Default;
(o)   leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses or other types of occupancy agreements granted to third parties in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(p)   any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(q)   Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the consummation of, and were not entered into in contemplation of, such acquisition and do not extend to any other assets other than those so acquired;
(r)   Liens on the interests of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Land Concession Contract and the property interest granted thereunder, granted in favour of the Concession Guarantor and/or other guarantors of payments under the Land Concession Contracts or the Gaming Concession Contract (or to the collateral agent under the Credit Agreement on behalf of the Concession Guarantor and/or such other guarantors) securing obligations in an aggregate amount of no more than US$250,000,000 at any one time;
(s)   leases permitted under Conditions 3.5(v) and (vii) and any leasehold mortgage in favour of any party financing the lessee under any lease permitted under Condition 3.5(v), provided that none of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is liable for the payment of any principal of, or interest, premiums or fees on, such financing;
(t)   Liens on Excluded Casino Interests and/or the associated Net Casino Cash Flow granted by any Restricted Subsidiary at the request of the applicable Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary or Additional Development Excluded Subsidiary in connection with a Non-Recourse Financing;
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 101


 

(u)   Liens arising from filing UCC financing statements or the Macanese equivalent relating solely to leases permitted by these Terms and Conditions or the Credit Agreement (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement); and
(v)   any other Lien that is a Permitted Lien as defined in the Credit Agreement (for this purpose, disregarding any amendment, restatement or supplement to the Credit Agreement entered into on or after the date of the Placing Agreement).
Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness means any unsecured Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(a)   for which no instalment of principal matures earlier than six months after the Maturity Date; and
(b)   for which the payment of principal and interest is subordinated in right of payment and ranking to the Obligations pursuant to a deed of subordination, intercreditor agreement or other documents reasonably approved in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of outstanding Bonds or by an Ordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Bondholders.
Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness means any unsecured Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(a)   for which no instalment of principal matures earlier than twelve months after the latest maturity date of the term loan under the Credit Agreement or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Credit Agreement;
(b)   in support of which no Liens are granted on any other assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; and
(c)   for which the payment of principal and interest is pari passu in right of payment to the loan under the Credit Agreement or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of the Credit Agreement.
Person or person means natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organisations, whether or not legal entities, and governments (whether federal, state or local, domestic or foreign, and including political subdivisions thereof) and agencies or other administrative or regulatory bodies thereof.
Potential Event of Default means an event or circumstance which would with the giving of notice and/or the lapse of time become an Event of Default;
Primary Gaming Concession Contract means the concession contract for the operation of games of chance and other games in casinos in Macau SAR, dated 26 June 2002, between Macau SAR and Galaxy.
Primary Projects means the Sands Macao Podium Expansion Project, the Venetian Macao Overall Project and the Four Seasons Macao Overall Project.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 102


 

Principal Agent means Citibank N.A., London Branch or its successor under the Agency Agreement.
Procurement Services Agreement means the Corporate Services Agreement by among VML, Las Vegas Sands, LLC, and World Sourcing Services, Limited, effective as of 1 March 2005.
Prospectus Date means the date on which a prospectus prepared by Sands China for the Qualified IPO in compliance with the Listing Rules is to be issued.
Project Costs is defined in the Disbursement Agreement.
Project Documents means, collectively, the Construction Management Agreements, the Construction Contracts, the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract, the Architectural Services Agreements, the Land Concession Contracts, and the contracts and other arrangements entered into from time to time between any of Sands China, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on one hand and any contractor or other third party on the other hand for performance of services or sale of goods in connection with the design, engineering, installation, construction, management, operation or development of any Project (other than the Credit Agreement, its related security and guarantee documents and any FF&E Documents), as the same may be amended from time to time.
Projects means the Four Seasons Macao Overall Project, the Venetian Macao Overall Project, the Sands Macao Podium Expansion Project, the Cotai Strip Infrastructure Project and the Casino Operation Projects, and, from and after the date that any Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Cotai Strip Investment Project owned by such Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary.
Qualified Exchange means the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited or such other internationally recognised stock exchange of the same or higher international standard as may be approved in writing by Bondholders holding not less than 50% of the principal amount of outstanding Bonds or by an Ordinary Resolution (as defined in the Trust Deed) of the Bondholders.
Qualified IPO means:
(a)   an initial public offering and the listing of, and dealing in, the shares of Sands China on the Qualified Exchange; and
(b)   in respect of such initial public offering and the listing of, and dealing in, the shares of Sands China, the amount of newly issued shares to be offered to and held by the public in accordance with the relevant Listing Rules (such newly issued shares shall hereinafter be referred to as the Firm Offer Shares ) would be equivalent to not less than twenty per cent. (20%) of the issued share capital of Sands China immediately after the initial public offering (on a fully diluted basis but excluding the exercise of any over-allotment option resulting in the issue of additional new shares (such additional new shares shall hereinafter be referred to as the Over-allotment Shares ) not exceeding fifteen per cent. (15%) of the amount of the Firm Offer Shares),
and the Qualified IPO shall be deemed to have occurred on the date on which such dealings in the shares of Sands China first commence on the Qualified Exchange.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Firm Offer Shares:
(a) shall not include any Over-allotment Shares; but
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 103


 

(b) shall include any Exchange Share issued upon exchange of the Bonds or Shares issued upon exercise of the warrants issued pursuant to Condition 8.2 .
Quarterly Date means 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.
Refinanced Debt means existing intercompany loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$190 million in the aggregate (plus any accrued interest thereon) from VML’s direct or indirect parent company to VML, the proceeds of which have been used to pay Project Costs or similar costs relating to the Sands Macao Casino.
Refinancing Indebtedness means Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund, then outstanding Indebtedness and any refinancings thereof in an amount not to exceed the amount so refinanced or refunded (plus premiums, accrued interest, fees and expenses related thereto), provided that (a) Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to refinance or refund Indebtedness that is pari passu with, or subordinated in right of payment to, the Obligations shall only be permitted if (x) in the case that the Indebtedness to be refinanced is pari passu with the Obligations, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument pursuant to which it is issued, is expressly made pari passu with, or subordinate in right of payment to, the Obligations and (y) in the case that the Indebtedness to be refinanced is subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations, such new Indebtedness, by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument pursuant to which it is issued, is expressly made subordinate in right of payment to the Obligations, and (b) such new Indebtedness, determined as of the date it is incurred, does not mature prior to the maturity date of the Indebtedness to be refinanced or refunded, and the Average Life of such new Indebtedness is at least equal to the remaining Average Life of the Indebtedness to be refinanced or refunded.
Related Parties means: (a) Family Members (defined below); (b) directors of the Parent and employees of the Parent who are senior managers or officers of the Parent or any of its Affiliates; (c) any Person who receives an interest in the Parent from any individual referenced in clauses (a)-(b) in a gratuitous transfer, whether by gift, bequest or otherwise, to the extent of such interest; (d) the estate of any individual referenced in clauses (a)-(c); (e) a trust for the benefit of one or more of the individuals referenced in clauses (a)-(c); and/or (f) an entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by one or more of the individuals, estates or trusts referenced in clauses (a)-(e).
For the purpose of this paragraph, a Family Member shall include: (a) Sheldon G. Adelson; (b) Dr. Miriam Adelson; (c) any sibling of either of the foregoing; (d) any issue of any one or more of the individuals referenced in the preceding clauses (a)-(c); and (e) the spouse or issue of the spouse of one or more of the individuals referenced in the preceding clauses (a)-(d).
Restricted Payment means:
(a)   any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Equity Securities of the Issuer now or hereafter outstanding or in respect of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire such Equity Securities of the Issuer (whether of cash, assets or other property, and wherever paid or made and however described and shall include any distribution or repayment of capital, whether upon a reduction in the par value or nominal value of any Equity Securities or otherwise, and howsoever described (and a distribution of assets includes, without limitation, an issue of shares or other securities credited as fully or partly paid up and any rights issue));
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 104


 

(b)   any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Equity Securities of the Issuer now or hereafter outstanding;
(c)   any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Securities of the Issuer now or hereafter outstanding;
(d)   any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness; and
(e)   any Investment in any Person other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiaries means Sands China, Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited, VML US, VML, Venetian Macau Finance Company, the Cotai Subsidiary, Venetian Cotai Hotel Management Limited, and each other Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, whether existing on the Closing Date or subsequently formed or acquired. The Issuer may designate (by providing written notice of such designation to the Trustee) any Excluded Subsidiary (including any Cotai Strip Excluded Subsidiary or Additional Development Excluded Subsidiaries) to be a Restricted Subsidiary under these Terms and Conditions; provided that (i) no Potential Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur as a result of such designation, (ii) there shall be no Liens on any assets of such Excluded Subsidiary that would not constitute Permitted Liens upon its designation as a Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) such Excluded Subsidiary shall have no Indebtedness as of the date of such designation other than such Indebtedness as would be permitted pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
Sands China means Sands China Ltd., a Cayman Islands company which as at the Closing Date is a directly wholly owned Subsidiary of the Issuer.
Sands Macao Casino means VML’s existing casino hotel and entertainment complex located on the Sands Macao Site.
Sands Macao Land Concession Contract means the land concession contract, dated 10 December 2003, between Macau SAR and VML (as amended).
Sands Macao Podium Expansion Project means the design, development, construction, ownership and operation and maintenance by VML of an expansion of the Sands Macao Casino, including an in process expansion and an expansion of the “podium” (together with certain related project and maintenance capital expenditures) on the Sands Macao Site and, at VML’s option, the addition of hotel rooms and/or restaurants; other than any portion of such Project that has been sold pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
Sands Macao Site means the land near the Macau Hong Kong Ferry Terminal which is leased to VML pursuant to the Sands Macao Land Concession Contract.
Second Parent L/C means a direct pay standby letter of credit which (a) is obtained by the Parent or one of its Affiliates (but not the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer), (b) has an expiration date of not earlier than the fifth Business Day following the second Interest Payment Date, (c) has a face amount of not less than the amount of interest payable by the Issuer on the second Interest Payment Date (assuming no early redemption or exchange of the Bonds shall have occurred prior to that date) and is irrevocable, and (d) is issued by an
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 105


 

internationally recognised financial institution or bank provided that any such standby letter of credit shall only qualify as a Second Parent L/C if it states that it may be drawn upon by the Trustee for the benefit of the Bondholders to pay interest in respect of the Bonds, and provided further that neither the Issuer nor any Subsidiary of the Issuer shall have any obligations (contingent or otherwise) in respect of any such standby letter of credit or any reimbursement agreement applicable thereto.
Secondary Projects means the Projects other than the Primary Projects.
Section  951(a) Income means income includable in the gross income of the Parent (or any member of the consolidated group of which the Parent is the common parent) for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 951(a) of the Code, as a result of the operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries after 31 December 2005; provided that any such income includable in the gross income of the Parent (or any member of the consolidated group of which the Parent is the common parent) that is attributable to the operations of any Excluded Subsidiaries (unless cash distributions in an amount equal to such income are received by the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary from such Excluded Subsidiary solely for purposes of making Tax Distributions) shall not constitute Section 951(a) Income.
Shareholder Subordinated Indebtedness means Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness held by Sheldon G. Adelson and/or any Holding Company of the Issuer that has a maturity date after the Maturity Date, that does not pay any cash interest, that does not bind the obligor(s) thereon by the provisions of any covenants other than customary affirmative covenants, and that does not contain any cross-default provisions to any other Indebtedness of such obligor(s).
Shares means shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of Sands China and shares of any class or classes resulting from any subdivision, consolidation or reclassification of such shares into which such shares may thereafter be changed.
Site 1 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Site 2 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Site 3 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Site 5 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Site 6 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Site 7 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Site 8 means the real property designated as such on the Cotai Plan.
Specified FF&E means any furniture, fixtures, equipment and other personal property that is financed or refinanced with the proceeds from an FF&E Facility, including each and every item or unit of equipment acquired with the proceeds thereof, each and every item or unit of equipment acquired by substitution or replacement thereof; all parts, components, attachments, accessions, accessories, manuals, installation kits and other items pertaining to such property; all documents (including all warehouse receipts, dock receipts, bills of lading and the like); all licenses (other than gaming licenses and intellectual property licenses), manufacturers’ and other warranties, guarantees, service contracts and related rights and interests covering all or any portion of such property (including any rights in any third-party developed software or firmware (it being understood that if the Issuer or any of its Affiliates
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 106


 

makes any addition, improvement or modification to any such third-party developed software or firmware, such third-party developed software or firmware shall not be disqualified from being Specified FF&E , but such addition, improvement, or modification shall not be considered Specified FF&E to the extent that either (i) the Issuer or such Affiliate retains ownership of such improvement or modification or (ii) the applicable software license otherwise permits the Issuer or any Affiliate to retain such ownership), any trademark licenses and any other intellectual property solely related to any such property or other items of Specified FF&E); and to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) of any of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and the rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing (including cash collateral and collateral accounts).
Subsidiary or subsidiary means, with respect to any person, (a) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the person or persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof and (b) any partnership or limited liability company of which more than 50% of such entities’ capital accounts, distribution rights, general or limited partnership interests or membership interests are owned or controlled directly or indirectly by such person or one of more other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.
Supplements to Gaming Sub-Concession Contract means (i) the Memorandum from Macau SAR (executed by The Secretary for Economy and Finance), dated 23 December 2002, pursuant to which the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract was deemed no longer dependent on the Primary Gaming Concession Contract, (ii) the letter dated 19 December 2002, executed by the government of Macau SAR, authorising the transfer of rights under the concession agreement to VML pursuant to the terms of the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract, and (iii) the letter dated 19 December 2002, executed by the government of Macau SAR, confirming its rights and obligations with respect to the Gaming Sub-Concession Contract.
Supplier Joint Venture means any person that supplies or provides materials or services to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any contractor in relation to any Project and in which the Issuer or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries have Investments.
US dollar and US$ mean the currency of the United States of America.
Venetian Macao Casino Project means the design, development, construction, ownership and operation and maintenance by VML of casino space located within the Venetian Macao Resort Project and the purchase of associated gaming machines, utensils and equipment.
Venetian Macao Convention Center means the design, development, construction, ownership and operation and maintenance by the Cotai Subsidiary of a convention center located on land leased under the Venetian Macao Land Concession Contract and adjacent to the Venetian Macao Resort Project.
Venetian Macao Land Concession Contract means the land concession contract entered into between Macau SAR and the Cotai Subsidiary pursuant to which Macau SAR will lease Sites 1 and 2 and the Park Site to the Cotai Subsidiary.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 107


 

Venetian Macao Mall means the design, development, construction, ownership and operation and maintenance of a retail complex as part of the Venetian Macao Resort Project by the Cotai Subsidiary.
Venetian Macao Overall Project means the Venetian Macao Casino Project, the Venetian Macao Resort Project, the Venetian Macao Convention Center and the Venetian Macao Mall and related parts of the Venetian Macao complex, including the energy center and the area generally referred to as the arena; other than any such component that has been sold pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
Venetian Macao Resort Project means the design, development, construction, ownership and operation and maintenance by the Cotai Subsidiary of an approximately 3,000 suite luxury hotel resort located on Site 1.
VML means Venetian Macau Limited, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Macau SAR.
VML US means VML US Finance LLC, a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
VVDIL Intercompany Debt means existing intercompany loans of up to $183,261,000 in the aggregate from Venetian Venture Development Intermediate Limited and/or one of its direct or indirect parent companies to VML, the proceeds of which have been used to pay Project Costs or similar costs relating to the Sands Macao Casino.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 108


 

SCHEDULE 4
Form of Warrants
THIS INSTRUMENT is made by way of deed poll on [ ] 20[ ]
BY
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II , a company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (registration number 122708), whose registered office is at c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands (the Company ).
WHEREAS the Company by a resolution of its board of directors passed on 1 September 2009 has authorised the creation and issue of warrants to subscribe for shares in the capital of Sands China Ltd. ( Sands China ) on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Instrument, which shall take effect as a deed.
19. Definitions
19.1 In this Instrument, terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning and construction set out in the terms and conditions of the Bonds (as defined below) as if the Bonds have not been redeemed.
In addition, the following words and expressions shall (unless the context otherwise requires) have the respective meanings set out below:
Articles means the memorandum and articles of association of Sands China from time to time.
Board means the board of directors of the Company from time to time.
Bonds means the US$600,000,000 Exchangeable Bonds due 2014 issued by the Company pursuant to the terms of a Trust Deed dated 4 September 2009 between the Company as issuer and Citicorp International Limited as trustee, which Bonds have been redeemed in full by the Company pursuant to Condition 8.2 of the Bonds.
Business Day means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are generally open for business in Hong Kong and Macau.
Exercise Price means US$250,000.
Expiry Date means 4 September 2014.
Interest includes an interest of any kind whatsoever in or to any Share or any right to control the voting or other rights attributable to any Share, disregarding any conditions or restrictions to which the exercise of any right attributed to such interest may be subject.
Number of Shares means the number of Shares resulting from dividing:
(a)   US$250,000 converted into Hong Kong dollars at the Applicable Exchange Rate as at the third day prior to the Qualified IPO; by
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 109


 

(b)   the Exchange Price;
Ordinary Resolution means a resolution passed at a meeting of Warrantholders duly convened and held in accordance with Schedule 3 hereof by a majority consisting of more than one half of the votes cast or a written resolution described in paragraph 18 of Schedule 3 hereof.
Register means the register of Warrantholders required to be maintained pursuant to this Instrument.
Registered Office means c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9005, Cayman Islands or such other registered office of the Company outside Hong Kong and the United Kingdom from time to time.
Share means at the date hereof, a share of par value US$0.01 in Sands China.
Shareholders means the registered holders of Shares.
Specified Office means c/o Venetian Macau Limited, The Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Executive Offices — L2, Estrada da Baía de N. Senhora da, Esperança, s/n, Taipa, Macau or such other address of the Company as the Company may notify the Warrantholders from time to time in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2.
Warrantholder means in relation to the Warrants, the person or persons in whose name(s) a Warrant is registered from time to time as evidenced by the Register and Warrantholders shall be construed accordingly.
Warrantholder’s Notice means a notice in the form or substantially in the form set out in the first schedule to the Warrant Certificate.
Warrants means the [2,400 multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of the Bonds being redeemed upon issue of the warrants and the denominator of which is US$600,000,000] 1 warrants, each warrant representing the right to receive the Number of Shares upon the occurrence of the Qualified IPO and payment of the Exercise Price by the relevant Warrantholder, as constituted by and subject to the terms of this Instrument.
Warrant Certificate means a certificate in the form, or substantially in the form, set out in Schedule 1.
Warrant Shares means the number of Shares that are issuable to, and receivable by, each Warrantholder upon the occurrence of the Qualified IPO.
19.2 The headings in this Instrument do not affect its interpretation.
19.3 The schedules to this Instrument form part of this Instrument and shall have the same force and effect as if expressly set out in the body of this Instrument.
 
1   Note — a warrant instrument will be executed on each Issuer Optional Redemption Date in respect of the Bonds redeemed on such date. The number of warrants to be issued on each such Issuer Optional Redemption Date will be adjusted pursuant to this formula.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 110


 

19.4 In this Instrument, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)   a reference to a clause, paragraph or schedule, unless specifically provided otherwise, is a reference to a clause or paragraph of, or schedule to, this Instrument;
(b)   a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa (unless the context otherwise requires);
(c)   a time of day is a reference to Hong Kong time;
(d)   a provision or matter including or which includes shall be construed without limitation to any events, circumstances, conditions, acts or matters specified after those words; and
(e)   a Warrant is outstanding unless it has:
  (i)   the holder of which has received Warrant Shares in full pursuant to clause 4 below;
 
  (ii)   been purchased by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company;
 
  (iii)   been surrendered in accordance with clause 30; or
 
  (iv)   lapsed in accordance with the provisions of this Instrument.
20. Issuance and form of warrants
20.1 The Company hereby creates pursuant to the resolution of the Board passed on 1 September 2009, such number of Warrants equal to the number of Bonds (each having a denomination of US$250,000) redeemed by the Company on [ • ] 20[ • ], each Warrant comprising the right of the Warrantholder to receive, subject to the terms and conditions set out in this Instrument, the Number of Shares, upon payment of the Exercise Price by the Warrantholder.
20.2 The Company undertakes to comply with the terms and conditions of this Instrument and specifically, but without limitation, to give effect to the rights to receive the Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of this Instrument.
20.3 The Warrants:
(a)   shall be issued in registered form;
(b)   shall be transferable only with the consent of the Company (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being understood that: (i) consent may not be withheld to a transfer by a Warrantholder to one of its Affiliates (except such consent may be withheld pursuant to sub-clause (ii) below) provided that such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of such Warrantholder after the transfer; and (ii) consent may be withheld with respect to a transfer to any Person who or whose Affiliate is engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any transfer which would or might, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements) and in accordance with Schedule 2; and
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 111


 

(c)   shall be issued subject to the Articles and on the terms and conditions of this Instrument which are binding upon the Company and each Warrantholder and all persons claiming through or under them.
20.4 Entitlement to the Warrants for the time being held by each Warrantholder shall derive from entry in the Register and shall be evidenced by the issue to such Warrantholder of a Warrant Certificate.
20.5 The Company shall have no obligation to issue and deliver any fraction of a Share upon the occurrence of the Qualified IPO. All Shares (including fractions thereof) issuable upon the occurrence of the Qualified IPO in respect of Warrants held by the same Warrantholder shall be aggregated for the purpose of determining whether such issue upon the Qualified IPO would result in the issue of a fraction of a Share. If, after the aforementioned aggregation, the issue would result in the issue of a fraction of a Share, the Company shall round such fraction of a Share down to the nearest whole Share.
20.6 The Company undertakes to obtain all necessary approvals or authorisations of the shareholders of the Company and Sands China and of any other competent body to give effect to the Warrants.
21. Register and warrant certificates
21.1 The Company shall maintain the Register in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2.
21.2 Within three (3) Business Days of entering the name of a Warrantholder in the Register and subject to the deposit of a duly executed undertaking in the form of the Fourth Schedule to the Warrant Certificate by such Warrantholder at the Specified Office (provided that no such deposit shall be required if the Warrantholder, whether in its capacity as a Bondholder or transferee of a Warrant, has prior to such time executed and delivered a deed of undertaking in the form of the Fourth Schedule to the Warrant Certificate or in the form attached to the Placing Agreement), the Company shall issue to the Warrantholder a Warrant Certificate in respect of the Warrants to which such Warrantholder is entitled as recorded in the Register and a copy of this Instrument. If the Warrant Certificate is being issued upon a redemption of Bonds represented by a Restricted Certificate, such Warrant Certificate (a Restricted Warrant Certificate ) shall bear the securities legend in Schedule 1. In the event of a transfer of Warrants represented by a Restricted Warrant Certificate, any Warrant Certificate issued in replacement of such Restricted Warrant Certificate shall take the form of a Restricted Warrant Certificate unless the transferee is able to represent that it is acquiring the Warrants for its own account in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S of the Securities Act. Joint Warrantholders will be entitled to only one Warrant Certificate and one copy of this Instrument in respect of their joint holding and the Warrant Certificate and such documents shall be delivered to the joint holder who is first-named in the Register in respect of the joint holding or to such other person as the joint holders may in writing direct the Company.
21.3 If a Warrant Certificate is mutilated, defaced, lost, stolen or destroyed it will be replaced by the Company and on such terms as to evidence as the Company may reasonably require. Reasonable out of pocket expenses, if any, incurred by the Company in connection with the issue of such replacement certificate shall be borne by the relevant Warrantholder. Mutilated or defaced certificates must be surrendered before replacements will be issued. In every case the applicant for a substitute Warrant Certificate shall furnish to the Company such security or indemnity as may be reasonably required by the Company to indemnify and defend and to save the Company harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft,
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 112


 

evidence to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction of the apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Warrant Certificate and of the ownership thereof.
22. Exercise of warrants
22.1 Subject to clause 4.2 below, each Warrant may be exercised at any time prior to the fifth Business Days prior to the date of the Qualified IPO and shall otherwise not be exercisable in any other circumstances.
22.2 All Warrants shall automatically lapse to the extent they remain outstanding on the Expiry Date. On the Expiry Date, all unexercised Warrants shall immediately cease to be outstanding and the Warrantholders shall have no rights in respect of such Warrants or under this Instrument from the Expiry Date.
22.3 A Warrant may only be exercised by the Warrantholder:
(a)   lodging at the Specified Office the relevant Warrant Certificate together with:
  (i)   a duly completed Warrantholder’s Notice;
  (ii)   if the Warrant Shares are to be issued to a nominee of, or trustee for, the Warrantholder, the name and address of such nominee or trustee to be set out in such Warrantholder’s Notice; and
  (iii)   if the Warrant Shares are to be delivered otherwise than to a specified securities account, the address to which the certificate of the Warrant Shares should be dispatched on the date of the Qualified IPO; and
(b)   paying the Exercise Price to the Company’s account (details of which shall be notified to the Warrantholders prior to the fifth Business Day prior to the date of the Qualified IPO pursuant to clause 6.1(e) below),
in each case, no later than the fifth Business Day prior to the date of the Qualified IPO. For the avoidance of doubt, an Exercise Notice must be in respect of the full exercise of a Warrantholder’s Warrants.
22.4 A Warrantholder’s Notice once lodged in accordance with this clause 4 shall be irrevocable.
23. Completion
23.1 On the date of the Qualified IPO and subject to compliance with clause 4.3 by the relevant Warrantholder, the Number of Shares shall be allotted and issued fully paid to the relevant Warrantholder (or to its nominee or trustee) in respect of each Warrant. No Warrant Shares may be allotted and issued to a person other than the Warrantholder, its nominee or trustee except with the consent of the Company (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being understood that: (i) consent may not be withheld with respect to allotment and issue to one of the Affiliates of the Warrantholder (except such consent may be withheld pursuant to sub-clause (ii) below) provided that such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of such Warrantholder after the allotment and issue; and (ii) consent may be withheld with respect to allotment and issue to any Person who or whose Affiliate is engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any allotment which would or might, in the reasonable opinion of the Company,
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 113


 

have a material adverse effect on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements).
23.2 The Company shall take all necessary action (including any action which may be required under Cayman Islands law) to procure the allotment and issue of fully paid Warrant Shares to the relevant Warrantholder (or to its nominee or trustee) in respect of each Warrant in accordance with prevailing laws and regulations relevant to the issue of fully paid Shares to such Warrantholder. The Company shall take all necessary action to procure that Warrant Shares are deposited into the specified securities accounts of all Warrantholders specified in the Warrantholder’s Notices on or prior to 10:00 am (Hong Kong time) on the date of the Qualified IPO unless a Warrantholder shall otherwise notify the Company in accordance with clause 4.3(a)(iii) that delivery shall be made otherwise than to a specified securities account in which case the Company shall procure that share certificate(s) (registered in the name of the Warrantholder or its nominee or trustee) shall be issued and dispatched by ordinary post and at the risk of the Warrantholder to the Warrantholder (or its nominee or trustee) on the date of the Qualified IPO, provided that the Warrantholder’s Notices are lodged in accordance with clause 4.3. In the event the Company has not received a duly completed Warrantholder’s Notice in respect of any Warrant Share issuable with respect to a Warrant in accordance with clause 4.3, the Company shall nonetheless on the date of the Qualified IPO cause such Warrant Shares to be issued and allotted to the Warrantholder of such Warrant and the share certificate of such Warrant Shares deliverable to such Warrantholder to be made available for collection by such Warrantholder at the office of the share registrar of Sands China in Hong Kong subject to the deposit of the relevant Warrant Certificate(s) by such Warrantholder at the Specified Office and payment of the Exercise Price by the Warrantholder to the Company’s account referred to in clause 6.1(e)(ii) below.
23.3 Subject to compliance with clause 4.3 by the relevant Warrantholder, the relevant Warrantholder’s name (or its nominee or trustee’s name, as appropriate) shall be entered in the register of members of Sands China as the holder of the Warrant Shares issued to it and the person identified by the Warrantholder pursuant to clause 22.3(a)(ii) shall be issued, free of charge, share certificate(s) in respect of the Warrant Shares issued to it.
23.4 The Warrant Shares allotted pursuant to the exercise of the Warrant(s) shall:
(a)   be free from any Lien or any other third party right and be freely transferable;
 
(b)   be duly and validly allotted and issued fully paid and be non-assessable;
 
(c)   not be subject to calls for further funds;
 
(d)   rank pari passu with the fully paid Shares then in issue; and
(e)   rank for any dividend or other distribution which has been previously announced or declared if the date by which the holder of shares must be registered to participate in such dividend or other distribution is after the date of the Qualified IPO.
24. Covenants and Undertakings
24.1 The Company undertakes that whilst any Warrant is outstanding, except with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution, it will comply with all covenants and undertakings set out Conditions 3.9, 3.12 and 3.15 of the Bonds notwithstanding that the Bonds have been redeemed in full and, without prejudice to such obligations, the Company will in addition:
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 114


 

(a)   procure that Sands China shall at all times keep available for issue sufficient authorised but unissued share capital to satisfy the Warrants and ensure that the directors of Sands China have all necessary authorisations to authorise them to allot the Warrant Shares upon the occurrence of the Qualified IPO;
(b)   procure that Sands China shall not vary, amend or modify the rights attached to its Shares in any way which would adversely affect the Warrantholders;
(c)   procure that Sands China shall not amend or alter its Articles or other constitutional documents of Sands China in any way which would adversely affect the Warrantholders;
(d)   cause any Warrants purchased by the Company, Sands China or any of the other Affiliates of the Company to be cancelled forthwith and not be available for re-issue or re-sale;
(e)   upon final determination of the date of the Qualified IPO by Sands China, send or procure Sands China to send a written notice to the Warrantholders pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 setting out:
  (i)   such date of the Qualified IPO; and
  (ii)   details of the receiving account of the Company for receipt of the Exercise Price; and
(f)   not dispose of any shares of capital or other Equity Securities of Sands China constituting more than 25% of the issued share capital of Sands China at such time other than: (i) pursuant to the Qualified IPO; (ii) to qualify directors if required by applicable law; or (iii) to the extent required by any legal requirement imposed by Macau SAR or the Macau Gaming Authority or any other applicable gaming authority in order to preserve a material Gaming License.
24.2 The Company will procure that Sands China treat any Warrantholder as if it had been a shareholder of Sands China on and after the date of the Qualified IPO, notwithstanding that the formalities for the issue of the relevant Shares have not been completed on the date of the Qualified IPO.
24.3 The Company undertakes to pay (or procure that Sands China pay) all and any stamp duty, reserve, income, transfer and registration tax and any other duties, expenses and taxes and any brokers’ commissions or other stock exchange transaction costs, together with any value added tax, interest or penalties thereon, arising on the creation and issue of the Warrants or the issue and delivery of the Warrant Shares to the Warrantholders (or its nominee or trustee) upon occurrence of the Qualified IPO. If the Company or Sands China shall fail to pay any such taxes, duties, expenses, costs, interest or penalties, the relevant Warrantholder shall be entitled to tender and pay the same. The Company undertakes to immediately upon demand reimburse each Warrantholder in respect of the payment of such taxes, duties, expenses, costs, interest and penalties.
24.4 Each of the undertakings set out this clause 6 is separate and shall not be limited or qualified by the terms of any other undertakings or by any other term of this Deed.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 115


 

25. Representations and Warranties
The Company makes the representations and warranties set out in this clause 7 to each of the Warrantholders as at the date of this Instrument.
7.1 Due Incorporation
It is a limited liability corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
7.2 Capacity and Authority
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, this Instrument.
7.3 Legal, Valid, Binding and Enforceable Obligations
The obligations expressed to be assumed by it in this Instrument are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations except as enforcement may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, administration, reorganisation, liquidation or similar laws having general applicability to creditors of the Company.
7.4 No Violation
The execution, delivery and performance of this Instrument do not and will not violate in any respect any provision of any law, its constitutional documents, the Articles or any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets and there are no restrictions applicable to the Warrants under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Macau or England.
7.5 No Consent Required
(i)   All consents, authorisations, approvals, licences, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations and other requirements of governmental, judicial and public bodies and authorities; and
(ii)   all consents, authorisations, approvals, licences, exemptions, filings, registrations, notarisations and other requirements under any agreement or other instrument to which any it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets,
which are required or advisable in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Instrument have been obtained or effected or will be obtained and effected as and when necessary.
7.6 Solvency
Neither it nor Sands China is insolvent (as defined under any applicable law) and neither of them will become insolvent after the execution and delivery of this Instrument or the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder and each of them is able to pay its debts when due.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 116


 

7.7 No Winding-up Proceeding
No meeting has been convened by the Company, Sands China or any of their shareholders, court order made or resolution passed by the Company, Sands China or any of their shareholders for (a) winding-up or liquidation of the Company or Sands China (b) the enforcement of any Lien or other third party rights over any asset of the Company or Sands China or (c) the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, liquidator, trustee or similar officer of the Company or Sands China or of any of their assets; and no such step is intended by the Company or Sands China and, to the best knowledge of the Company, no petition, application or the like is outstanding for the winding-up or liquidation of the Company or Sands China.
7.8 Shares
(a)   Sands China has no other class of shares or Equity Securities other than the Shares;
(b)   Sands China will have sufficient authorised but unissued share capital to satisfy the issue of such number of Shares as would be required to be issued upon the exercise of the Warrants; and
(c)   the issue of the Shares upon exercise of the Warrants will not be subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights.
7.9 Repetition of Representations and Warranties
The representations and warranties set out in clauses 7.1 to 7.8 above are deemed to be repeated by the Company by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of the Qualified IPO.
26. Meeting of Warrantholders
The provisions of Schedule 3 shall apply in relation to meetings of Warrantholders.
27. Notices
Notices to be given pursuant to this Instrument shall be given in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2.
28. Availability of Instrument
Each Warrantholder shall be entitled to inspect a copy of this Instrument at the Specified Office during normal business hours and shall be entitled to receive a copy of this Instrument (and any deed supplemental thereto) certified by the company secretary as a true copy, against payment of such charges as the directors of the Company may reasonably impose to cover the cost of providing such copy.
29. Modification of rights
29.1 Modifications to this Instrument which are of a formal, minor or technical nature (and in each case not affecting adversely the rights of the Warrantholders), or made to correct a manifest error, may be effected by a deed poll executed by the Company and expressed to be supplemental to this Instrument.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 117


 

29.2 Subject to clause 29.1, any modification to this Instrument may be effected only by deed poll executed by the Company and with the prior sanction of an Ordinary Resolution.
29.3 All or any of the rights for the time being attached to the Warrants may from time to time (whether or not the Company is being wound up) be altered or abrogated with the sanction of an Ordinary Resolution.
29.4 A memorandum of any such agreement or any such supplemental instrument as is referred to in clauses 29.1 and 29.2 shall be endorsed on the Warrant Certificate and notice of such modification shall be given by the Company to the Warrantholders within three (3) Business Days of it occurring.
29.5 This Instrument shall cease to have effect following issuance and delivery of all the Warrant Shares deliverable in accordance with clause 5.
30. Surrender of Warrants
The Company shall accept the surrender of Warrants at any time. Any Warrants surrendered will be cancelled forthwith and will not be available for re-issue or resale.
31. Governing law
This Instrument and any non-contractual obligations (including any disputes which may arise in connection with the creation, validity, effect, interpretation or performance of, or the legal relationships established by, this Instrument and the Warrants or otherwise arising in connection with this Instrument and the Warrants) shall be governed by and construed in all respects in accordance with the law of England.
32. Jurisdiction
32.1 Each of the Company and the Warrantholders agrees that the courts of England and Wales are (subject to clauses 32.2 and 32.3 below) to have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (including claims for set-off and counterclaims, and disputes relating to any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Instrument) which may arise in connection with the creation, validity, effect, interpretation or performance of, or the legal relationships established by this Instrument and Warrants or otherwise arising in connection with any such document and for such purposes irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
32.2 The agreement contained in clause 32.1 is included for the benefit of the Warrantholders who shall retain the right to take proceedings in any other courts with jurisdiction (including the courts of the Cayman Islands to whose jurisdiction the Company irrevocably submits). To the extent permitted by law, a Warrantholder may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
32.3 The Company agrees that a judgment or order of any court referred to in this clause 32 is conclusive and binding and may be enforced against it in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
33. Assignment
No Warrantholder may assign or transfer any of its rights under this Instrument or any of the Warrants except with the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, it being understood that: (i) consent may not be withheld to an
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 118


 

assignment or transfer by a Warrantholder to one of its Affiliates (except such consent may be withheld pursuant to sub-clause (ii) below) provided that such Affiliate remains an Affiliate of such Warrantholder after the transfer or assignment; and (ii) consent may be withheld with respect to a transfer or assignment to any Person who or whose Affiliate is engaged in any business activity that competes with the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or with respect to any transfer or assignment which would or might, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s ability to comply with applicable gaming regulatory requirements).
34. Process Agent
34.1 The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoints and agrees to maintain Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited of 5th Floor, 100 Wood Street, London EC2V 7EX, United Kingdom as its agent in England to receive, for and on behalf of itself, service of process in any proceedings before the courts of England and Wales.
34.2 The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a)   agrees that failure by any process agent to give notice of process served to it shall not impair the validity of such service or of any judgment based on that service; and
(b)   agrees that nothing in this Instrument or the Warrants shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 119


 

In witness whereof this Instrument has been executed as a deed and is intended to be and is hereby delivered on the date first above written.
                         
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )                  
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT
    )                  
INTERMEDIATE II :
    )                  
 
    )                  
 
    )                  
 
    )                  
 
    )                  
             
      )     Duly Authorised Signatory
 
    )                  
 
    )     Name:        
 
                   
 
    )                  
 
    )     Title:        
 
                   
 
    )                  
in the presence of:
         
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
       
Address:
       
 
       
 
       
Occupation:
       
 
       
 
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 120


 

SCHEDULE 1
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
[NEITHER THE WARRANTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED NOR THE RELATED WARRANT SHARES HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER THE US SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE SECURITIES ACT ) AND NEITHER SUCH WARRANTS NOR THE RELATED WARRANT SHARES MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (2) IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT ( RULE 144A ) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER AND ANY PERSON ACTING ON ITS BEHALF REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER; (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (4) PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE); OR (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 OR ANY OTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT FOR RESALES OF THE WARRANTS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THIS CERTIFICATE IS ISSUED OR FOR RESALES OF THE RELATED WARRANT SHARES.] 2
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
(THE COMPANY )
REGISTRATION NO: 122708
Warrant Certificate No:                     
Date of Issue:                     
Name and Address of Warrantholder:
 
 
 
2   Include for warrants issued on redemption of Bonds represented by a Restricted Certificate or, in the case of a transfer of Warrants, a Restricted Warrant Certificate.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 121


 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the person named above is the registered holder of [ • ] Warrant[s] each of which entitles the holder to receive the Number of Shares (as defined in the Instrument constituting the Warrants) of Sands China Ltd.
The Warrants are issued pursuant to, in accordance and subject to the Instrument executed by the Company on and dated [ ] 20[ ] (a copy of which is available for inspection at the Specified Office of the Company). Terms defined in the Instrument have the same meaning when used in this Warrant Certificate.
The Warrant is not being offered in, and may not be accepted in or from any jurisdictions where it would be unlawful to do so. The Warrant has not been, and will not be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended or under any relevant securities laws of any state or district of the United States or any other jurisdiction or listed for trading on any stock exchange and may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or other jurisdictions where it would be unlawful to do so, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of such jurisdictions.
By accepting delivery of this Warrant Certificate, the Warrantholder acknowledges that:
(a)   it has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that:
  (i)   it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment under the Warrant; and
  (ii)   it is able to bear the economic risk of such investment and is able to sustain a complete loss of its investment under the Warrant; and
(b)   it has had access to such financial and other information regarding the Company, Sands China Ltd. and the Warrant as it has requested in connection with its investment decision;
(c)   if it has had any questions regarding the Warrant, the Company or Sands China Ltd. and the affairs of the Company or Sands China Ltd., it has asked these questions of and received answers satisfactory to it from the representatives of the Company; [and]
(d)   [either:
  (i)   it (A) is acquiring the Warrants in an offshore transaction (within the meaning of Regulation S ( Regulation S ) under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act )), (B) is acquiring the Warrants for its own account and will be the beneficial owner of the Warrants, (C) is not an affiliate of the Company or a person acting on behalf of such an affiliate, (D) understands that the Warrants have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and that the Warrants are being issued to it in accordance with Regulation S, (E) will not offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Warrants except in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable laws of any state of the United States and any other jurisdiction and (F) understands that the Company, its affiliates and others will rely upon
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 122


 

      the truth and accuracy of such acknowledgments, representations and agreements; or
  (ii)   (A) it is either (x) a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A ( Rule 144A ) under the Securities Act) (a QIB ), acquiring the Warrants for its own account or for the account of another QIB or (y) acquiring the Warrants pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A and is providing the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request (including, without limitation, an opinion of counsel) to confirm the availability of such exemption, (B) acknowledges that the Warrants issued to it and the related Warrant Shares are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act and are being issued in a transaction not involving any public offering in the United States within the meaning of the Securities Act and that no representation is made as to the availability of the exemption provided by Rule 144 for resales of the Warrants or the related Warrant Shares; (C) understands that neither the Warrants nor the related Warrant Shares have been or will be registered under the Securities Act and neither the Warrants nor the related Warrant Shares may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except (i) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act, (ii) in reliance on Rule 144A to a person that the holder and any person action on its behalf reasonably believes is QIB purchasing for its own account or for the account of another QIB, (iii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Regulation S, (iv) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if available) or (v) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; (E) understands that any offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of the Warrants or the related Warrant Shares made other than in compliance with such restrictions may not be recognised by the Company; (F) understands that the Warrants will bear a legend to such effect; (G) agrees to give each person to whom it transfers Warrants notice of any restrictions on transfer of such Warrants; and (H) understands that the Warrants will be represented by a restricted certificate and that before any interest in the Warrants may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred to a person who takes deliver in the form of an interest in an unrestricted certificate, it will be required to provide a transfer agent with a written certification as to compliance with applicable securities laws;] 3
(e)   it has made its own assessment concerning the relevant tax, legal and other economic considerations relevant to its investment in the Warrant; and
(f)   it agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Instrument.
The name of the Warrantholder has been entered in the Register and this Warrant Certificate has been duly executed and delivered as a deed on behalf of the Company by:
 
3   Include for warrants issued on redemption for Bonds represented by a Restricted Certificate or, in the case of a transfer of Warrants, a Restricted Warrant Certificate.
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 123


 

                         
EXECUTED AS A DEED by
    )                  
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT
    )                  
INTERMEDIATE II :
    )                  
 
    )                  
 
    )                  
 
    )                  
 
    )                  
             
      )     Duly Authorised Signatory
 
    )                  
 
    )     Name:        
 
                   
 
    )                  
 
    )     Title:        
 
                   
 
    )                  
in the presence of:
         
     
Signature of Witness    
 
       
Name:
       
 
       
 
       
Address:
       
 
       
 
       
Occupation:
       
 
       
 
(Note: These details are to be completed in the witness’s own hand writing.)    
Bella — Placing Agreement

Page 124


 

CONTENTS
         
Clause   Page
1. ISSUE AND PLACING OF THE BONDS
    2  
 
       
2. LISTING
    5  
 
       
3. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITY
    5  
 
       
4. COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
    26  
 
       
5. FEES
    30  
 
       
6. EXPENSES
    30  
 
       
7. CLOSING
    31  
 
       
8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
    32  
 
       
9. TERMINATION
    35  
 
       
10. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS
    37  
 
       
11. SELLING RESTRICTIONS
    37  
 
       
12. ASSIGNMENT
    41  
 
       
13. NOTICES
    41  
 
       
14. CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
    42  
 
       
15. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
    42  
 
       
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
    42  
 
       
17. TIME OF THE ESSENCE
    43  
 
       
18. COUNTERPARTS
    43  
 
       
SCHEDULE 1 TERMS AND CONDITIONS
    46  
 
       
SCHEDULE 2 FORM OF CERTIFICATE CONFIRMING NO MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE
       
 
       
SCHEDULE 3 FORM OF LOCK-UP UNDERTAKING
       
 
       
SCHEDULE 4 LIST OF GROUP MEMBERS
       
 
       
SCHEDULE 5 DISCLOSURE IN RESPECT OF LITIGATION
       
Page I


 

EXECUTION VERSION
Dated as of 1 September 2009
VENETIAN VENTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE II
and
GOLDMAN SACHS (ASIA) L.L.C.
 
PLACING AGREEMENT
 
(FRESHFIELDS LOGO)

EXHIBIT 31.1
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
CERTIFICATION
I, Sheldon G. Adelson, certify that:
     1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Las Vegas Sands Corp.;
     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
     (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
     5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson    
    Sheldon G. Adelson   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
Date: November 6, 2009

 

EXHIBIT 31.2
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
CERTIFICATION
I, Kenneth J. Kay, certify that:
     1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Las Vegas Sands Corp.;
     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
     3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
     (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
     (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
     (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
     (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
     5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
     (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
    Kenneth J. Kay   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: November 6, 2009

 

EXHIBIT 32.1
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, as filed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Sheldon G. Adelson    
    Sheldon G. Adelson   
    Chief Executive Officer   
 
Date: November 6, 2009

 

EXHIBIT 32.2
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, as filed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Kenneth J. Kay    
    Kenneth J. Kay   
    Chief Financial Officer   
 
Date: November 6, 2009