UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 15, 2009

 


 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Nevada

 

001-10684

 

88-0173041

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

9295 Prototype Drive, Reno, Nevada

 

89521

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(775) 448-7777

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 8.01. Other Events

 

On June 15, 2009, International Game Technology (the “ Company ”) issued and sold $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.50% Notes due 2019 (the “ Notes ”) to certain underwriters pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of June 10, 2009 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”).

 

The Notes were offered and sold under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-158250) (the “ Registration Statement ”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) on March 27, 2009, a prospectus dated March 27, 2009, and a prospectus supplement dated June 10, 2009 and filed with the Commission on June 11, 2009 (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”).  The Notes have been issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 15, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as amended by a first supplemental indenture, dated as of June 15, 2009 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), each by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

 

The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company.  The Indenture and the Notes contain certain covenants, and provide for optional and mandatory redemption under certain circumstances.  The terms of the Notes are described in the Prospectus Supplement and the related prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement.

 

As previously disclosed, the Company entered into a second amended and restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2009 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent, The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd./Union Bank of California, N.A., and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., as co-documentation agents, and Banc of America Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and RBS Securities, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, and a syndicate of other lenders. Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, in the event the Company incurs or issues any indebtedness consisting of bonds or similar securities (but excluding any indebtedness under the Company’s senior revolving credit facility), certain of the lenders’ commitments to the senior revolving credit facility will be reduced ratably by an amount equal to 50% of the face amount of such bonds or securities up to and until the aggregate of all commitments of the lenders have been reduced to $1.5 billion. As a result of the issuance of the Notes, the commitments of certain lenders under the Credit Agreement have been reduced by $250 million to $1.825 billion.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Base Indenture, the Supplemental Indenture and the Form of Note, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 9, 2009, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

 

Exhibits .

 

 

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

 

 

 

4.2

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 15, 2009, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

 

 

 

4.3

 

Form of 7.50% Note due 2019 (included in Exhibit 4.2).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

Date: June 15, 2009

By:

/s/ Patrick Cavanaugh

 

 

Patrick Cavanaugh

 

 

Executive Vice President

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

 

As Issuer

 

AND

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

As Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of June 15, 2009

 

 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

 

 



 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE(1)

 

SECTION OF
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED

 

SECTION OF
INDENTURE

310(a)

 

7.10

310(b)

 

7.10

311(a)

 

7.11

311(b)

 

7.11

312(a)

 

5.1

312(b)

 

5.2(c)

312(c)

 

5.2(c)

313(a)

 

7.6

313(b)

 

7.6

313(c)

 

7.6

313(d)

 

7.6

314(a)

 

5.3

 

 

13.12

314(c)

 

13.7(a)

314(e)

 

13.7(b)

315(a)

 

7.1(b)

315(b)

 

7.5

315(c)

 

7.1(a)

315(d)

 

7.1(c)

315(e)

 

6.7

316(a)

 

6.6

 

 

8.4

316(b)

 

6.4

316(c)

 

8.1

317(a)

 

6.2

317(b)

 

4.2

318(a)

 

13.9

 


(1)            This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I .  DEFINITIONS

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Section 1.1

Definition of Terms

6

Section 1.2

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

10

Section 1.3

Rules of Construction

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE II .  ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

11

 

 

 

Section 2.1

Designation and Terms of Securities

11

Section 2.2

Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate

14

Section 2.3

Denominations; Provisions for Payment

14

Section 2.4

Execution and Authentications

16

Section 2.5

Registration of Transfer and Exchange

16

Section 2.6

Temporary Securities

18

Section 2.7

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost of Stolen Securities

18

Section 2.8

Cancellation

19

Section 2.9

Benefits of Indenture

19

Section 2.10

Authenticating Agent

19

Section 2.11

Global Securities

20

Section 2.12

CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

21

 

 

 

ARTICLE III .  REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

21

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Redemption

21

Section 3.2

Notice of Redemption

21

Section 3.3

Payment upon Redemption

23

Section 3.4

Sinking Fund

23

Section 3.5

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

23

Section 3.6

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV .  COVENANTS

24

 

 

 

Section 4.1

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

24

Section 4.2

Paying Agent and Registrar

24

Section 4.3

Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of the Trustee

26

Section 4.4

Compliance with Consolidation Provisions

26

Section 4.5

Compliance Certificate

26

 

 

 

ARTICLE V .  SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

27

 

 

 

Section 5.1

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders

27

Section 5.2

Preservation of Information, Communications with Securityholders

27

Section 5.3

Reports by the Company

27

 

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ARTICLE VI .  REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

28

 

 

 

Section 6.1

Events of Default

28

Section 6.2

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

30

Section 6.3

Application of Moneys Collected

31

Section 6.4

Limitation on Suits

31

Section 6.5

Rights and Remedies Cumulative, Delay or Omission Not a Waiver

32

Section 6.6

Control by Securityholders

33

Section 6.7

Undertaking to Pay Costs

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII .      CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

34

 

 

 

Section 7.1

Duties of Trustee

34

Section 7.2

Rights of Trustee

35

Section 7.3

Individual Rights of Trustee

36

Section 7.4

Trustee’s Disclaimer

36

Section 7.5

Notice of Defaults

36

Section 7.6

Reports by Trustee to Holders

36

Section 7.7

Compensation and Indemnity

37

Section 7.8

Replacement of Trustee

38

Section 7.9

Successor Trustee by Merger

39

Section 7.10

Eligibility; Disqualification

39

Section 7.11

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

39

Section 7.12

Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

39

Section 7.13

Reports by Trustee to Gaming Authorities

40

Section 7.14

Maintenance of Office in The City of New York

40

Section 7.15

Patriot Act

40

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII .  CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

40

 

 

 

Section 8.1

Evidence of Action by Securityholders

40

Section 8.2

Proof of Execution by Securityholders

41

Section 8.3

Who May Be Deemed Owners

41

Section 8.4

Certain Securities Owned By Company Disregarded

41

Section 8.5

Actions Binding on Future Securityholders

42

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX .  SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

42

 

 

 

Section 9.1

Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders

42

Section 9.2

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders

44

Section 9.3

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

45

Section 9.4

Securities Affected By Supplemental Indentures

45

Section 9.5

Execution of Supplemental Indentures

45

 

 

 

ARTICLE X .  SUCCESSOR ENTITY

46

 

 

 

Section 10.1

Company May Consolidate Etc.

46

Section 10.2

Successor Entity Substituted

46

Section 10.3

Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee

47

 

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ARTICLE XI .  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

47

 

 

 

Section 11.1

Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

47

Section 11.2

Defeasance and Discharge

47

Section 11.3

Covenant Defeasance

48

Section 11.4

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

48

Section 11.5

Reinstatement

49

Section 11.6

Deposited Money and Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

50

Section 11.7

Repayment to Company

50

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII .  IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

51

 

 

Section 12.1

No Recourse

51

 

 

ARTICLE XIII .  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

51

 

 

Section 13.1

Effect on Successors and Assigns

51

Section 13.2

Actions by Successors

51

Section 13.3

Surrender of Company Powers

52

Section 13.4

Notices

52

Section 13.5

Governing Law

52

Section 13.6

Treatment of Securities as Debt

52

Section 13.7

Compliance Certificates and Opinions

52

Section 13.8

Payments on Business Days

53

Section 13.9

Conflict with Trust Indenture Act

53

Section 13.10

Counterparts

53

Section 13.11

Separability

53

Section 13.12

Compliance Certificates

53

 

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INDENTURE

 

INDENTURE, dated as of June 15, 2009, among INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY, a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of debt securities (hereinafter referred to as the “ Securities ”), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of Securities:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                       Definition of Terms.

 

The terms defined in this Section (except as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act (except as herein or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.

 

Authenticating Agent ” means an authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of Securities appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.

 

Authorized Officer ”, when used with respect to the Company, means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Controller or the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

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Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.

 

Board Resolution ” means a copy of one or more resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors of officers of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Business Day ” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any weekday that is not a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are authorized or obligated to close.

 

Capital Stock ” for any entity means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that corporation.

 

Company ” means International Game Technology, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall also include its successors and assigns.

 

Company Request ” and “ Company Order ” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by one or more Authorized Officers of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Corporate Trust Office ” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any time the trust created by this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd, 17 th  Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the corporate trust office of any successor Trustee at which such trust shall be administered (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

Covenant Defeasance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.

 

“Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Default ” means any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulted Interest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.

 

Defeasance ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.

 

Depositary ” means, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.1 or 2.11.

 

Event of Default ” means, with respect to Securities of a particular series, any event specified in Section 6.1, continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.

 

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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect and, to the extent optional, adopted by the Company, consistently applied.

 

Gaming Authority ” means the United States federal government, any foreign government, or any state, county municipality or other political subdivision or any agency or other governmental authority thereof that now or hereafter has jurisdiction over all or any portion of the gaming activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Gaming Law ” means any law, statute, ordinance, code, regulation, constitutional provision, rule, order, directive or other enforcement requirement now or hereafter in existence of any Gaming Authority.

 

Gaming License ” means any license, qualification, finding of suitability, approval, franchise, or other authorization of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Indenture or thereafter required to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct the gaming business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including all licenses granted under any Gaming Laws.

 

Global Security ” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.

 

Governmental Obligations ” means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

 

herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ,” and other words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

 

Holder ” and “ Holder of Securities ” means a Securityholder.

 

Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Interest Payment Date ,” when used with respect to any installment of interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to Securities of that series is due and payable.

 

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Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by any two Authorized Officers of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.7, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.  An Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 13.12 shall be signed by the principal financial or accounting Officer of the Company but need not contain the statements provided for in Section 13.7.

 

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing subject to customary exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company and who is acceptable to the Trustee, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.7, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.

 

Outstanding ,” when used with reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.4, as of any particular time, all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any Paying Agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent); provided , however, that if such Securities or portions of such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article III provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.7, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

Patriot Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001.

 

Paying Agent ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity, and includes any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.

 

Predecessor Security ” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.7 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.

 

redemption date ”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

registered Holder ” means a Securityholder.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Securities ” means the debt Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Security Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

Security Registrar ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).

 

“Securityholder ,” or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Registrar kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Stated Maturity ”, when used with respect to any security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

Subsidiary ” means a Person more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

Trustee ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Person. The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.

 

Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

Trust Officer ” means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter hereunder, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

Uniform Commercial Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

 

Voting Stock ” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

Section 1.2                                       Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.  The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

Commission ” means the SEC.

 

indenture securities ” means the Securities.

 

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indenture security holder ” means a Holder.

 

indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture.

 

indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee.

 

obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

 

Section 1.3                                       Rules of Construction.

 

(1)           a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(2)           an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it and shall be construed in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3)           “ or ” is not exclusive;

 

(4)           “ including ” means including, without limitation;

 

(5)           words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; and

 

(6)           all references to $, dollars, cash payments or money refer to United States currency.

 

ARTICLE II.

 

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION
AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

 

Section 2.1                                       Designation and Terms of Securities.

 

(a)           The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:

 

(i)            the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that series from all other Securities);

 

(ii)           any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for

 

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Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of that series);

 

(iii)          the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable, any original issue discount that may apply to the Securities of that series upon their issuance, the principal amount due at maturity, and the place(s) of payment;

 

(iv)          the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;

 

(v)           the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of payment, and the record date for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the manner of determination of such record dates;

 

(vi)          the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such extension;

 

(vii)         the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

(viii)        the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory redemption, or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(ix)           the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the certificate of authentication for such series;

 

(x)            if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the series shall be issuable;

 

(xi)           any and all other terms (including terms, to the extent applicable, relating to any auction or remarketing of the Securities of that series and any security for the obligations of the Company with respect to such Securities) with respect to such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that series;

 

(xii)          whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the terms and the identity of the Depositary for such series;

 

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(xiii)         whether the Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may be adjusted, any mandatory or optional (at the Company’s option or the Holders’ option) conversion or exchange features, and the applicable conversion or exchange period;

 

(xiv)        if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.1;

 

(xv)         any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive covenants (which may but shall not have to include, among other restrictions, restrictions on the Company’s ability or the ability of the Company’s Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness; issue additional securities; create liens; pay dividends or make distributions in respect of their capital stock; redeem capital stock; place restrictions on such Subsidiaries placing restrictions on their ability to pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets; make investments or other restricted payments; sell or otherwise dispose of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage in transactions with stockholders and affiliates; issue or sell stock of their Subsidiaries; or effect a consolidation or merger) or financial covenants (which may include, among other financial covenants, financial covenants that require the Company and its Subsidiaries to maintain specified interest coverage, fixed charge, cash flow-based or asset-based ratios) provided for with respect to the Securities of the series;

 

(xvi)        if other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series are denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign currency);

 

(xvii)       the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and principal amounts of the Securities of the series to any Securityholder that is not a “United States person” for federal tax purposes;

 

(xviii)      any restrictions on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the series;

 

(xix)         the form and terms of any guarantee of any Securities of the series; and

 

(xx)          any other terms of the series (which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Article IX, but which may modify or delete any provisions of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such series), including any terms which may be required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series.

 

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All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in, including without limitation, the last paragraph of this Section 2.1 or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental hereto.

 

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms of the series.

 

Securities of any particular series may be issued at various times, with different dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on which such interest may be payable and with different redemption dates. A series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such Securities.

 

Section 2.2                                       Form of Securities and Trustee’s Certificate.

 

The Securities of any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, and they may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform to usage.

 

Section 2.3                                       Denominations; Provisions for Payment.

 

The Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof, subject to Section 2.1(x). The Securities of a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified with respect to that series. The Company shall make all payments in respect of the Securities of any series on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities or pursuant to this Indenture.  Any amounts of cash to be given to the Trustee or Paying Agent shall be deposited with the Trustee or Paying Agent by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) by the Company on the required date.  Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

 

The interest installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest installment. In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date

 

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is subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Security as provided in Section 3.3.

 

Any interest on any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same series (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:

 

(i)            The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date.

 

(ii)           The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, the term “regular record date” as used in this Section with respect to a series of Securities and any Interest Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a

 

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month, or the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business Day.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Sections 2.5 and 2.11, each Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.

 

Section 2.4                                       Execution and Authentications.

 

The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer and, to the extent necessary, under its corporate seal. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature.

 

The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an Authorized Officer thereof, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be such an officer of the Company. To the extent a Company seal is necessary, the Company seal may be in the form of a facsimile of such seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities. The Securities may contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.

 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, signed by an Authorized Officer, and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

 

In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating that the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

 

Section 2.5                                       Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)           Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office of the Security Registrar, for other Securities of such series of authorized denominations,

 

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and for a like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

(b)           Upon surrender for transfer of any Security at the office of the Security Registrar, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and the Security Registrar shall deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate principal amount.

 

All Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered Holder or by such Holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing.

 

(c)           Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.1 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, no service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial repurchase or redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.6, Section 3.3(b) and Section 9.4 not involving any transfer.

 

(d)           The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption, other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being redeemed in part.

 

(e)           Successive registrations and registrations of transfers and exchanges as aforesaid may be made from time to time as desired, and each such registration shall be noted on the register for the Securities.

 

(f)            The Security Registrar shall provide to the Trustee such information as the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the delivery by such Security Registrar of Securities upon transfer or exchange of Securities.

 

(g)           If any Security is held in trust by an agent or by a nominee, the Holder of record of any Security may be required to disclose the identity of the beneficial owner to Gaming Authorities.  A failure to make such disclosure may be grounds for finding the Holder of record unsuitable.  The Company is required to render maximum assistance in determining the identity of the beneficial owner.

 

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(h)           The provisions of this Section 2.5 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11 hereof.

 

Section 2.6                                       Temporary Securities.

 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor (without charge to the Holders), at the office of the Security Registrar, and the Trustee shall authenticate and the Security Registrar shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

Section 2.7                                       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost of Stolen Securities.

 

In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code shall be met and the applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

In case any Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss

 

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or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.

 

Every replacement Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

 

Section 2.8                                       Cancellation.

 

All Securities surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any Paying Agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall cancel Securities held by the Trustee in accordance with its standard procedures and applicable law and provide confirmation to the Company of such cancellation. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.9                                       Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the Holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and of the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 2.10                                 Authenticating Agent.

 

So long as any of the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, except Securities issued pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall

 

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be a corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.

 

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.

 

Section 2.11                                 Global Securities.

 

(a)           If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.1 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.4, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.”

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.5, the Global Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.5, only to another nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.  Nothing in this Section 2.11(b) shall prohibit or render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Indenture.

 

(c)           If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company has received a request from the Depositary, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.4, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange

 

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for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to Section 2.4, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

 

Section 2.12                                 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

 

The Company, in issuing the Securities, shall use unrestricted CUSIP and ISIN numbers for such Securities (if then generally in use).  The Trustee shall use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided , however, that neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any defect in the CUSIP or ISIN number that appears on any Security, check, advice of payment or redemption notice, and any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.  The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in the event of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS

 

Section 3.1                                       Redemption.

 

The Company may redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.  The provisions of this Article III may be modified, amended or replaced, in part or in their entirety, with Securities of any series, by an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution or one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Section 3.2                                       Notice of Redemption.

 

(a)           In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in accordance with any right the

 

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Company reserved for itself to do so pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to Holders of the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid (or, in the case of Securities held in book-entry form, by electronic transmission), a notice of such redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before (except in accordance with Section 11.2) the date fixed for redemption of that series to such Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered Holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to the Holder of any Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with any such restriction.

 

Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent or as otherwise established in an indenture supplemental hereto, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the Holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in part shall specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed.

 

In case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

 

(b)           If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days’ notice in advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part. The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions signed on its behalf by its chief executive officer, president or any senior vice president or vice president, instruct the Trustee or any Paying Agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such Paying Agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or

 

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permit to remain with, the Trustee or such Paying Agent, as the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such Paying Agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the provisions of this Section.

 

Section 3.3                                       Payment upon Redemption.

 

(a)           If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the registered Holder at the close of business on the applicable record date pursuant to Section 2.3).

 

(b)           Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is presented shall deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.

 

Section 3.4                                       Sinking Fund.

 

If Securities of a series provide for a sinking fund as contemplated by Section 2.1, the provisions of Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.1 for Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.5. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

 

Section 3.5                                       Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

 

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in

 

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satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

Section 3.6                                       Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

 

Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of the series, the portion thereof, if any, that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 3.5 and the basis for such credit and will, together with such Officers’ Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.2. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.3.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1                                       Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

 

The Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series at the time and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to such Securities. Payments of principal on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and established with respect to such Securities by check drawn on and mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or by wire transfer. Payments of interest on the Securities may be made at the time provided herein and established with respect to such Securities by check mailed to the address of the Securityholder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or by wire transfer.

 

Section 4.2                                       Paying Agent and Registrar.

 

(a)           The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Security Registrar ”), an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”) and an office or agency where notices to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.  The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities, and each of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the office or agency of the Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be such office or agency of the Company for the aforesaid purposes.  The Registrar shall keep a register for the recordation of, and shall record, the names

 

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and addresses of Holders of the Securities, the Securities held by each Holder and the transfer and exchange of Securities (the “ Security Register ”).  The entries in the Security Register shall be conclusive, and the parties may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Security Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Holder hereunder for all purposes of this Indenture.  The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents.

 

The Company will maintain in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, repurchase or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.  The office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, at 625 Marquette Ave. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 (Attention: International Game Technology Account Manager), shall initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes.  The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in the location of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee).  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 13.4.

 

(b)           The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent, or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA.  The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent.  The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent.  If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor.  The Company and any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

 

(c)           If the Company shall appoint one or more Paying Agents for all or any series of the Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will cause each such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section:

 

(i)            that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor of such Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;

 

(ii)           that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor of such Securities) to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable;

 

(iii)          that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and

 

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(iv)          that it will perform all other duties of Paying Agent as set forth in this Indenture.

 

(d)           If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of the Securities, it will on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due on Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure (by it or any other obligor on such Securities) to take such action. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of this action or failure so to act.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Section 11.7.

 

Section 4.3                                       Appointment to Fill Vacancy in Office of the Trustee.

 

The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.8, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

 

Section 4.4                                       Compliance with Consolidation Provisions.

 

The Company will not, while any of the Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate with or merge into any other Person, in either case where the Company is not the survivor of such transaction, or sell or convey all or substantially all of its property to any other Person unless the provisions of Article X hereof are complied with.

 

Section 4.5                                       Compliance Certificate.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009) of the Company an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

 

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ARTICLE V.

SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.1                                     Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders.

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee (a) on each regular record date (as defined in Section 2.3) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of each series of Securities as of such regular record date, provided that the Company shall not be obligated to furnish or cause to furnish such list at any time that the list shall not differ in any respect from the most recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that, in either case, no such list need be furnished for any series for which the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar.

 

Section 5.2                                     Preservation of Information, Communications with Securityholders.

 

(a)                                   The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.1 and as to the names and addresses of Holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity).

 

(b)                                  The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

(c)                                   Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and, in connection with any such communications, the Trustee shall satisfy its obligations under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the provisions of Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 5.3                                     Reports by the Company.

 

(a)                                   So long as any Security is Outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual and quarterly reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(b)                                  In the event the Company is at any time no longer subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall continue to provide the Trustee with annual and quarterly reports containing substantially the same information as would have been required to be filed with the SEC had the Company continued to have been subject to such

 

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reporting requirements.  In such event, such annual and quarterly reports shall be provided at the times the Company would have been required to provide reports had it continued to have been subject to such reporting requirements.

 

(c)                                   Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

ARTICLE VI.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.1                                     Events of Default.

 

(a)                                   Whenever used herein with respect to Securities of a particular series, “Event of Default” means any one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:

 

(i)                                      the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of that series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days; provided, however, that a valid extension of an interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of interest for this purpose;

 

(ii)                                   the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series; provided, however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any;

 

(iii)                                the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof (other than a covenant or agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series of Securities other than such series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder, shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;

 

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(iv)                               the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

(v)                                  a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of its property or (iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

 

(b)                                  In each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above), unless the principal of all the Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by such Securityholders), may declare the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or clause (5) above occurs, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of that series shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities.

 

(c)                                   At any time after the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of that series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal on (and premium, if any, on) and accrued and unpaid interest on Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.6.

 

No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

(d)                                  In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right with respect to Securities of that series under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such rescission or annulment or for any other reason or

 

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shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Company and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.

 

Section 6.2                                     Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

(a)                                   The Company covenants that (i) in case it shall default in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the Securities of a series, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 Business Days, or (ii) in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any of the Securities of a series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of a series or upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and payable, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have been become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, and the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.7.

 

(b)                                  If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law or equity out of the property of the Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever situated.

 

(c)                                   In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial proceedings affecting the Company, or its creditors or property, the Trustee shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and of the Holders of Securities of such series allowed for the entire amount due and payable by the Company under the Indenture at the date of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim, and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.6; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the Holders of Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section 7.7.

 

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(d)                                  All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of such Securities, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.7, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series.

 

In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture 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 Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

 

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.3                                     Application of Moneys Collected.

 

Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a particular series of Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.7;

 

SECOND: To the payment to Holders of Securities of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any), amounts payable upon redemption or repurchase of the Securities, and interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities; and

 

THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.3.  At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

 

Section 6.4                                     Limitation on Suits.

 

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at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

 

(i)                                      such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof with respect to the Securities of such series specifying such Event of Default, as hereinbefore provided;

 

(ii)                                   the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(iii)                                such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby;

 

(iv)                               the Trustee for 90 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and

 

(v)                                  during such 90 day period, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of that series then Outstanding do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary or any other provisions of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder and by accepting a Security hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Security of such series with every other such taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of such series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of such series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

 

Section 6.5                                     Rights and Remedies Cumulative, Delay or Omission Not a Waiver.

 

(a)                                   Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.7, all powers and remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or otherwise established with respect to such Securities.

 

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(b)                                  No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.4, every power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.

 

Section 6.6                                     Control by Securityholders.

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.4, shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Trust Officer or officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed, subject to the Trustee’s duties under the Trust Indenture Act, would involve the Trustee in personal liability or might be unduly prejudicial to the Securityholders not involved in the proceeding. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section 8.4, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.1 with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in accordance with Section 6.1(c)). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.7                                     Undertaking to Pay Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securities by such Holder’s acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or

 

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premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VII.

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.1                                     Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)                                   If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

 

(b)                                  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)                                      the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)                                   in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c)                                   The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)                                      this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 7.1(b);

 

(ii)                                   the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii)                                the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.6.

 

(d)                                  Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to Sections 7.1 (a), (b) and (c).

 

(e)                                   The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it.

 

(f)                                     Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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(g)           No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

(h)           Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Article VII and to the provisions of the TIA, and the provisions of this Article VII shall apply to the Trustee in its role as Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

(i)            The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default unless (i) a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Company or any Holder or (ii) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof.

 

Section 7.2                                     Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)           The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person.  The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.  The Trustee may, however, in its discretion make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(b)           Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(c)           The Trustee may act through agents, attorneys or custodians and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent, attorney or custodian appointed with due care.

 

(d)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

 

(e)           The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

(f)            The permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein.

 

(g)           The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to

 

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this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(h)           The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

 

(i)            The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

Section 7.3                                     Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  Any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar may do the same with like rights.  However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.4                                     Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, priority or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.5                                     Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee.  Except in the case of a Default described in Section 6.1(a)(i) or 6.1(a)(ii), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.  The second sentence of this Section 7.5 shall be in lieu of the proviso to TIA Section 315(b) and such proviso is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of such Default.

 

Section 7.6                                     Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

As promptly as practicable after each December 31 beginning with December 31, 2009, and in any event prior to March 31 in each year thereafter, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of December 31 each year that complies with TIA Section 313(a),

 

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if and to the extent required by such subsection.  The Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313(b).

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities are listed.  The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.7                                     Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed upon from time to time in writing for its services.  The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, fees and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts.  Subject to the Trustee’s obligations under Section 7.1(a) hereof, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Indenture and this trust, its actions taken or omitted to be taken hereunder and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person).  The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly in writing of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.  Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity of which a Trust Officer has actually received written notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder except to the extent such failure shall have materially prejudiced the Company.  The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense.  If the Trustee is advised by counsel in writing that it may have available to it defenses which are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, then the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel.  The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence, finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction.  The Company need not pay for any settlement made by the Trustee without the Company’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.  All indemnifications and releases from liability granted hereunder to the Trustee shall extend to its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, custodians, successors and assigns.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.7, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.

 

The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.  In the event that the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(iv) or

 

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6.1(a)(v) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 7.8                                     Replacement of Trustee.

 

The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company and applicable Gaming Authorities in writing at least10 Business Days prior to the proposed resignation.  The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee.  The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

 

(a)           the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(b)           the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

 

(c)           a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property;

 

(d)           the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting; or

 

(e)           the Trustee becomes disqualified or is found unsuitable under any applicable Gaming Law, or the Trustee’s relationship with the Company may, in the Company’s discretion, jeopardize any material Gaming License or franchise or right or approval granted thereto.

 

If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

 

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture.  The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders.  The retiring Trustee shall upon payment of all of its costs and the costs of its agents and counsel promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7.

 

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

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Section 7.9                                     Successor Trustee by Merger.

 

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any such successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force that it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

 

Section 7.10                               Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a).  The Trustee shall have (or, in the case of a corporation included in a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company shall have) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its (or its related bank holding company’s) most recent published annual report of condition.  The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.

 

Section 7.11                               Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b).  A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

Section 7.12                               Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company.

 

Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective.  The Trustee shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any officer of the Company actually receives such application, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

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Section 7.13                               Reports by Trustee to Gaming Authorities.

 

(a)           The Trustee shall promptly report the names of all Holders of the Securities to any Gaming Authorities upon request of such Gaming Authorities or the Company.  The Trustee shall provide to any Gaming Authorities upon request of such Gaming Authorities or the Company, copies of all written communications from the Trustee to all Holders, notice of any Default, notice of any transfer or assignment of the Trustee’s rights under this Indenture, any amendment to this Indenture or the Securities and notice of any recession, annulment or waiver in respect of an Event of Default under this Indenture.

 

(b)           The Trustee shall cooperate with the Company in providing information relating to the Securities or the Holders to any Gaming Authority pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws.

 

Section 7.14                               Maintenance of Office in The City of New York.

 

The Trustee agrees to maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York an office or agency for purposes and notices other than related to demands to or upon the Company in respect of payment on or registration of transfer, exchange, repurchase, redemption or conversion of the Securities. Such office shall initially be the office of the Trustee at 45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

 

Section 7.15                               Patriot Act.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.   The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with all such information as it may request in order to satisfy the requirements or its obligations under such act.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

 

Section 8.1                                     Evidence of Action by Securityholders.

 

Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a majority or specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by such Holders of Securities of that series in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.

 

If the Company shall solicit from the Securityholders of any series any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series

 

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for the determination of Securityholders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given before or after the record date, but only the Securityholders of record at the close of business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of that series shall be computed as of the record date; provided, however, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on the record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.

 

Section 8.2                                     Proof of Execution by Securityholders.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or his agent or proxy and proof of the holding by any Person of any of the Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:

 

(a)                                   The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the Trustee.

 

(b)                                  The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register of such Securities or by a certificate of the Security Registrar thereof.

 

The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.

 

Section 8.3                                     Who May Be Deemed Owners.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of any Security, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name such Security shall be registered upon the books of the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.3) interest on such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

Section 8.4                                     Certain Securities Owned By Company Disregarded.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Securities of a particular series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of that series

 

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shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. The Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section, if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.

 

Section 8.5                                     Actions Binding on Future Securityholders.

 

At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.1, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.2, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security, and of any Security issued in exchange therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the majority or percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a particular series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities of that series.

 

ARTICLE IX.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

Section 9.1                                     Supplemental Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders.

 

In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise authorized by this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the Securityholders for one or more of the following purposes:

 

(a)           to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency herein or in the Securities of any series;

 

(b)           to comply with Article X, including to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities contained;

 

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(c)           to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

 

(d)           to provide any security for or guarantees of the Securities of any series;

 

(e)           to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

 

(f)            to add any additional Events of Default;

 

(g)           to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided , however, that any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Section 9.1 shall (i) neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Securityholder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) become effective only when there is no such Security outstanding;

 

(h)           to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.1, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Securities, or to add to the rights of the Holders of any series of Securities;

 

(i)            to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee;

 

(j)            to comply with any requirements of the SEC or any successor in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

 

(k)           to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Securityholders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect.

 

The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2.

 

After an amendment under this Section 9.1 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment.  The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

 

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Section 9.2              Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.

 

With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.1) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner not covered by Section 9.1 the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holders of each Security then Outstanding and affected thereby,

 

(a)            reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities, the Holders of which are required to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b)            reduce the rate of interest or change the time for payment of interest on such Securities or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof;

 

(c)            reduce the principal amount of such Securities;

 

(d)            change the fixed maturity of such Securities;

 

(e)            reduce the redemption or repurchase price of such Securities or change the time at which the Securities may or must be redeemed or repurchases;

 

(f)             make payments on such Securities payable in currency other than as originally stated in such Securities;

 

(g)            impair the Securityholder’s right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on the Securities;

 

(h)            make any change in the percentage of principal amount of Securities necessary to waive compliance with some provisions of the Indenture or to make any change in this provision for modification;

 

(i)             waive a continuing default or event of default regarding any payment on the Securities; or

 

(j)             adversely affect the repurchase provisions of the Securities.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

 

After an amendment under this Section 9.2 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice briefly describing the amendment.

 

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Section 9.3              Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX or of Section 10.1, this Indenture shall, with respect to such series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

 

Section 9.4              Securities Affected By Supplemental Indentures.

 

Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture, authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX or of Section 10.1, may bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the requirements of any securities exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of that series then Outstanding.

 

Section 9.5              Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

 

Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by its Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled to  receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Article IX and that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this Article IX to join in the execution thereof; provided, however, that such Officers’ Certificate and  Opinion of Counsel need not be provided in connection with the execution of a supplemental indenture that establishes the terms of a series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

 

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Company shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture, to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.

 

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ARTICLE X.

 

SUCCESSOR ENTITY

 

Section 10.1            Company May Consolidate Etc.

 

Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.1 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, nothing contained in this Indenture shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other corporation (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same; provided, however, the Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation or merger (in each case, if the Company is not the survivor of such transaction), sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition,

 

(a)            the due and punctual payment of the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Securities of all series in accordance with the terms of each series, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to each series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.1 to be kept or performed by the Company shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect) reasonably satisfactory in form to the Trustee executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the entity which shall have acquired such property and

 

(b)            in the event that the Securities of any series then Outstanding are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock or other securities of the Company, such entity shall, by such supplemental indenture, make provision so that the Securityholders of Securities of that series shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon conversion or exchange of such Securities the number of securities or property to which a Holder of the number of shares of common stock or other securities of the Company deliverable upon conversion or exchange of those Securities would have been entitled had such conversion or exchange occurred immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition.

 

Section 10.2            Successor Entity Substituted.

 

(a)            In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor entity by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the obligations set forth under Section 10.1 on all of the Securities of all series Outstanding, such successor entity shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein, and thereupon the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

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(b)            In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

 

(c)            Nothing contained in this Article X shall require any action by the Company in the case of a consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company where the Company is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Company, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company).

 

Section 10.3            Evidence of Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee.

 

The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.1, shall be entitled to receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply with the provisions of this Article X.

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 11.1            Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

If pursuant to Section 2.1, provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 11.2 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 11.2, then the provisions of such Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article XI, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 11.2 (if applicable) or Section 11.3 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth below in this Article XI.

 

Section 11.2            Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 11.1 to defease the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 11.4 are satisfied (“ Defeasance ”). Defeasance shall mean that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same); provided , however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

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(a)            the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in Section 11.4, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when such payment, are due,

 

(b)            the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and 4.2,

 

(c)            the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder, and

 

(d)            this Article XI.

 

Subject to compliance with this Article XI, the Company may exercise its option with respect to defeasance under this Section 11.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option with respect to covenant defeasance under Section 11.3 in regard to the Securities of such series.

 

Section 11.3            Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 11.1 to obtain a covenant defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 5.3 and Article X and any additional covenants specified in any indenture supplemental hereto with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 11.4 are satisfied (“ Covenant Defeasance ”). Covenant defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in Sections 5.3 and Article X and any additional covenants specified in any indenture supplemental hereto, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.1(a)(iii) with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.

 

Section 11.4            Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The following shall be conditions to Defeasance under Section 11.2 and Covenant Defeasance under Section 11.3 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series:

 

(a)            the Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.10 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article XI applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of that series, (A) money in an amount, or (B) Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one Business Day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and

 

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discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of and any premium and each installment of principal of and any premium and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest or on any applicable redemption date or repurchase date and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities.;

 

(b)            Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any applicable laws, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(c)            In the case of an election with respect to Section 11.2, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a private letter ruling or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service a revenue ruling pertaining to a comparable form of transaction, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;

 

(d)            In the case of an election with respect to Section 11.3, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(e)            Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 2.1;

 

(f)             No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after such date; and

 

(g)            The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the Defeasance under Section 11.2 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 11.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

 

Section 11.5            Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 11.6 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and

 

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the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.4 until such time as the Trustee is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 11.6; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee.

 

Section 11.6            Deposited Money and Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 11.7, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.4 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the particular series of Securities for the payment, repurchase or redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.4 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series.

 

Anything in this Article XI to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 11.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited.

 

Section 11.7            Repayment to Company.

 

Any moneys or Governmental Obligations deposited with any Paying Agent or the Trustee, or then held by the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holders of such Securities for two years after the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, or such other shorter period set forth in applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, shall be repaid to the Company upon the Company’s request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations, and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as a general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.

 

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ARTICLE XII.

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

 

Section 12.1                                 No Recourse.

 

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities.

 

ARTICLE XIII.

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 13.1                                 Effect on Successors and Assigns.

 

All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture made by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.  All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture made by or on behalf of the Trustee shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 13.2                                 Actions by Successors.

 

Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Company.

 

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Section 13.3                                 Surrender of Company Powers.

 

The Company by instrument in writing executed by authority of its Board of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor corporation.

 

Section 13.4                                 Notices.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any notice, request or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given, made or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or on the Company may be given or served by being deposited in first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: International Game Technology, 9295 Prototype Drive, Reno, Nevada 89521, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder or by any other Person pursuant to this Indenture to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

Section 13.5                                 Governing Law.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

Section 13.6                                 Treatment of Securities as Debt.

 

It is intended that the Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention.

 

Section 13.7                                 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

 

(a)                                   Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

(b)                                  Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant in this Indenture shall include (i) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant

 

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or condition; (ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (iii) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is reasonably necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 13.8                                 Payments on Business Days.

 

Except as provided pursuant to Section 2.1 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of interest or principal of any Security or the date of redemption of any Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal date.

 

Section 13.9                                 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.

 

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such Trust Indenture Act provision shall control.

 

Section 13.10                           Counterparts.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 13.11                           Separability.

 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

Section 13.12                           Compliance Certificates.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year during which any Securities of any series were outstanding, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such fiscal year. Such certificate shall contain a certification from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company and the Company’s performance under this Indenture and that the Company has complied with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 13.12, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. If any of the officers of the

 

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Company signing such certificate has knowledge of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe any such Default or Event of Default and its status.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

 

By:

/s/ Patrick W. Cavanaugh

 

 

 

 

Name: Patrick W. Cavanaugh

 

Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Trustee

 

 

By:

/s/ Maddy Hall

 

 

 

 

Name: Maddy Hall

 

Title:   Vice President

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

As Issuer

AND

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

As Trustee

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of June 15, 2009

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL TO INDENTURE

Dated as of June 15, 2009

 

 

CREATING A SERIES OF SECURITIES

 

DESIGNATED

 

7.50% NOTES DUE 2019

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I . DEFINITIONS

 

1

 

 

 

Section 1.1

Definitions

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE II . THE 2019 NOTES

 

9

 

 

 

Section 2.1

Designation of 2019 Notes

9

Section 2.2

Amount

10

Section 2.3

Interest

10

Section 2.4

Denominations

10

Section 2.5

Redemption

10

Section 2.6

Repurchase

11

Section 2.7

Stated Maturity

11

 

 

 

ARTICLE III . AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE

11

 

 

 

Section 3.1

Provisions Applicable Only to 2019 Notes

11

Section 3.2

Registration of Transfer and Exchange

11

Section 3.3

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

11

Section 3.4

Paying Agent and Registrar

12

Section 3.5

Notice of Defaults

12

Section 3.6

Compensation and Indemnity

13

Section 3.7

Covenant Defeasance

13

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV . REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASES

 

13

 

 

 

Section 4.1

Company’s Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee

13

Section 4.2

Selection of 2019 Notes To Be Redeemed

16

Section 4.3

Repurchase of 2019 Notes at Option of the Holder Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event

16

Section 4.4

Effect of Change of Control Repurchase Notice

19

Section 4.5

Deposit of Change of Control Repurchase Price

19

Section 4.6

Acceptance of 2019 Notes Properly Tendered

20

Section 4.7

Distribution of Change of Control Repurchase Price

20

Section 4.8

2019 Notes Repurchased in Part

20

Section 4.9

Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of 2019 Notes

20

Section 4.10

Repayment to the Company

20

 

 

 

ARTICLE V . COVENANTS

 

21

 

 

 

Section 5.1

Further Instruments and Acts

21

Section 5.2

Maintenance of Office or Agency

21

Section 5.3

Future Liens

21

Section 5.4

Restrictions on Secured Debt

22

Section 5.5

Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks

23

Section 5.6

Compliance Certificate

24

 

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ARTICLE VI . SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

24

 

 

Section 6.1

When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII . DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

25

 

 

Section 7.1

Events of Default

25

Section 7.2

Acceleration

28

Section 7.3

Other Remedies

29

Section 7.4

Waiver of Past Defaults

29

Section 7.5

Control by Majority

29

Section 7.6

Limitation on Suits

29

Section 7.7

Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

30

Section 7.8

Collection Suit by Trustee

30

Section 7.9

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

30

Section 7.10

Priorities

30

Section 7.11

Undertaking for Costs

31

Section 7.12

Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

31

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII . DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

31

 

 

Section 8.1

Discharge of Liability on Securities

31

Section 8.2

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX . MISCELLANEOUS

32

 

 

Section 9.1

Trust Indenture Act Controls

32

Section 9.2

Notices

32

Section 9.3

Separability Clause

33

Section 9.4

Legal Holidays

33

Section 9.5

Governing Law

33

Section 9.6

No Recourse Against Others

33

Section 9.7

Successors

34

Section 9.8

Counterparts

34

Section 9.9

Table of Contents; Headings

34

Section 9.10

Submission to Jurisdiction

34

Section 9.11

Appointment of Agent for Service of Process

34

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of June 15, 2009 (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”) to the Indenture dated as of June 15, 2009 (the “ Base Indenture ”) between INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY, a Nevada corporation (“ Company ”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“ Trustee ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have executed and delivered the Base Indenture, which provides for the issuance of debt securities in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may from time to time enter into indentures supplemental thereto to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 2.1 thereof;

 

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.50% Notes due 2019 (the “ 2019 Notes ”), as registered Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, this First Supplemental Indenture supplements and amends in certain respects the Base Indenture insofar as it applies only to the 2019 Notes (and not to any other series of Securities) to provide for the form, terms and other provisions of the 2019 Notes as a separate series of Securities to be issued under the Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the 2019 Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and to constitute this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture and the issuance hereunder of the 2019 Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the 2019 Notes by the holders thereof, each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of 2019 Notes:

 

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1              Definitions.

 

For all purposes of the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture relating to the series of Securities consisting of the 2019 Notes created hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (i) the terms defined in this Article I have the meanings assigned to them in this Article I, (ii) any term that is defined in both the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall exclusively have the meaning assigned to such term in this First Supplemental Indenture, (iii) any capitalized term that is used in this First

 



 

Supplemental Indenture but not defined herein shall have the meaning specified in the Base Indenture and (iii) as used in this First Supplemental Indenture, the terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

2019 Notes ” means any of the Company’s 7.50% Notes due 2019, as amended or supplemented from time to time, issued under the Indenture.

 

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.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Agent Member s” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

 

Attributable Indebtedness ” means, in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).

 

beneficial owner ” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Change of Control.”

 

Capital Lease Obligation ” means any obligation under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP; and the stated maturity date 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 penalty.

 

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i)             the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation) in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and the assets of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) other than to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)            the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person (including any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) becomes the “beneficial owner” as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act of more than 50% of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;

 

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(iii)           the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which any of the Company’s outstanding Voting Stock or the Voting Stock of such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute, or are converted into or exchanged for, a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to such transaction;

 

(iv)           the first day on which the majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors ceases to be Continuing Directors; or

 

(v)            the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

 

Change of Control Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).

 

Change of Control Notice Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).

 

Change of Control Repurchase Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(b).

 

A “ Change of Control Repurchase Event ” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time that the 2019 Notes cease to be rated Investment Grade by at least two of the three Rating Agencies on any date during the Trigger Period.  Unless at least two of the three Rating Agencies are providing a rating for the 2019 Notes at the commencement of any Trigger Period, the 2019 Notes will be deemed to have ceased to be rated Investment Grade by at least two of the three Rating Agencies during that Trigger Period.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change of Control Repurchase Event will be deemed to have occurred in connection with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has actually been consummated.

 

Change of Control Repurchase Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(c).

 

Change of Control Repurchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).

 

close of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

 

Comparable Treasury Issue ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Comparable Treasury Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means, on any date of determination, the Company’s total assets as they appear on the Company’s most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal quarter, less

 

(i)             all liabilities shown on such consolidated balance sheet that are classified and accounted for as current liabilities or that otherwise would be considered current liabilities under GAAP; and

 

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(ii)            all assets shown on such consolidated balance sheet that are classified and accounted for as intangible assets or that otherwise would be considered intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation, franchises, patents and patent applications, trademarks, brand names and goodwill.

 

Continuing Director ” means, as of any date of determination, any individual who on the original Issue Date of the 2019 Notes was a member of the Board of Directors, together with any new directors whose election, or, solely to fill the vacancy of a Continuing Director, appointment by such Board of Directors, or whose nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by the vote of a majority of the directors on the Board of Directors then still in office who were either directors on the original Issue Date of the 2019 Notes or whose election, appointment (in the case of a vacancy of a Continuing Director) or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors, either by specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the Board of Directors in which such individual is named as a nominee for director.  For purposes of the definition of “Continuing Director,” the term Board of Directors shall not include any committee thereof.

 

Credit Facility ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).

 

DTC ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

Extension Fee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

Fitch ” means Fitch Inc., a subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., and its successors.

 

Gaming Law Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

 

Gaming Law Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

 

Global Securities Legend ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any indebtedness of such Person on a consolidated basis, whether or not contingent:

 

(i)             in respect of borrowed money;

 

(ii)            evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures, or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements with respect thereto);

 

(iii)           in respect of banker’s acceptances, bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments;

 

(iv)           representing Capital Lease Obligations; or

 

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(v)            representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed;

 

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided , however, that to the extent any derivative transaction entered into primarily for purposes of hedging (including swaps, caps, collars, options, futures transactions, forward rate agreements and foreign exchange transactions and any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of the foregoing) and any combination of any of the foregoing) would otherwise qualify as indebtedness under GAAP, such derivative transaction shall not be considered “Indebtedness” for purposes hereof; and, in addition, the term “Indebtedness” shall include all of the following items, whether or not any such items would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP:

 

(i)             all indebtedness of others secured by a lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person);

 

(ii)            to the extent not otherwise included, any guarantee by the specified Person of indebtedness of any other Person; and

 

(iii)           preferred stock or other equity interests providing for mandatory redemption or sinking fund or similar payments issued by any subsidiary of the specified Person.

 

Indenture ” means, with respect to the 2019 Notes, the Base Indenture, as amended by this First Supplemental Indenture and, if further amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

 

Independent Investment Bank ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Interest Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

 

Investment Grade ” means (i) a rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s), (ii) a rating of BBB- or better by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P) and (iii) a rating of BBB- or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Fitch).

 

Issue Date ” of any 2019 Note means the date on which the 2019 Notes were originally issued or deemed issued as set forth on the face of the 2019 Notes.

 

Legal Holiday ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any property or assets, including Capital Stock or Indebtedness, any lien, mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement

 

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to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).

 

Long-Term Debt ” means all Indebtedness for borrowed money owed or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries and any other Indebtedness which, under GAAP, would appear as indebtedness on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, which matures by its terms more than 12 months from the date of such consolidated balance sheet or which matures by its terms in less than 12 months but by its terms is renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from the date of such consolidated balance sheet at the option of the borrower.

 

Maturity Date ,” when used with respect to the 2019 Notes, means June 15, 2019.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

 

Notice of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

 

NYSE ” means The New York Stock Exchange.

 

Optional Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

 

Optional Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Ordinary Course Lien ” means any of the following:

 

(i)             Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, vendors (solely to the extent arising by operation of law), laborers and materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business for sums not yet due or being diligently contested in good faith, if reserves or appropriate provisions shall have been made therefor;

 

(ii)            Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance, social security obligations, assessments or government charges which are not overdue for more than 60 days;

 

(iii)           deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(iv)           licenses (with respect to intellectual property and other property), leases or subleases granted to third parties and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the Company’s business or the business of its Subsidiaries;

 

(v)            Liens consisting of any right of offset, or statutory bankers’ lien, on bank deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business so long as such bank deposit accounts are not for purposes of providing such right of offset or statutory bankers’ lien;

 

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(vi)           Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceeding involving the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business that is being contested in good faith if reserves have been made therefor and no material property is subject to material risk of loss or forfeiture;

 

(vii)          easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, licenses or restrictions on use and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property that (a) are not incurred in connection with the borrowing of money or the obtaining of advances or credit (other than trade credit in the ordinary course of business); and (b) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of business by the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

 

(viii)         precautionary financing statements filed under the Uniform Commercial Code that are made in connection with operating leases and not constituting a Lien.

 

Permitted Lien ” means any of the following:

 

(i)             Liens existing as of the date of this First Supplemental Indenture;

 

(ii)            Liens on the property, shares of stock or indebtedness of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(iii)           Liens securing Indebtedness owing by any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of the Company’s other Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(iv)           Liens in favor of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America, any foreign country or any department, agency, instrumentality or political subdivision of any such jurisdiction to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments required under any contract or provision of any statute or regulation;

 

(v)            Liens on property, shares of stock or indebtedness, either:

 

(A)           existing at the time the Company acquires the property, stock or debt, including acquisition through merger or consolidation;

 

(B)            securing all or part of the cost of acquiring the property, stock or debt or construction on or improvement of the property; or

 

(C)            securing indebtedness to finance the purchase price of the property, stock or indebtedness, or the cost of acquiring, constructing on or improving of the property, that were incurred prior to or at the time or within one year after the Company acquires the property, stock or indebtedness or completes construction on or improvement of the property and commences full operation thereof;

 

(vi)           Ordinary Course Liens;

 

(vii)          any Liens securing the 2019 Notes;

 

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(viii)         Liens on shares of any equity security (or any warrant or option to purchase an equity security or any security which is convertible into an equity security) issued by any Subsidiary of the Company that holds, directly or indirectly through a holding company or otherwise, a license to conduct gaming under any Gaming Law, but such Liens shall be “Permitted Liens” only if and so long as the Gaming Laws of the relevant jurisdiction provide that any such Lien shall be terminated on the transfer or other disposition of such securities; and

 

(ix)            any extension, renewal or replacement of the Liens described above, so long as such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the same property, shares or Indebtedness securing the Lien that was extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property), except that if the Indebtedness secured by a Lien is increased as a result of such extension, renewal or replacement, the Company shall be required to include the increase when it computes the amount of Indebtedness that is subject to the covenant in Section 5.4.

 

Rating Agency ” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; provided , that if any of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint an entity registered as a “national recognized statistical rating organization” (registered as such pursuant to Rule 17g-1 under the Exchange Act) then making a rating on the 2019 Notes that is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee as a replacement for such Rating Agency.

 

Record Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

 

Redemption Date ” means the date specified in a notice of redemption on which the 2019 Notes may be redeemed in accordance with the terms of the 2019 Notes and this Indenture.

 

Redemption Price ” means the Optional Redemption Price and the Gaming Law Redemption Price.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

Restricted Subsidiary ” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more of the Company’s other Subsidiaries, or the Company and one or more of the Company’s other Subsidiaries; provided , however, that the term shall not include any entity which is principally engaged in leasing or in financing receivables.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

 

Treasury Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Exhibit A.

 

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Trigger Period ” means the period commencing 60 calendar days prior to the date the Company first publicly announces any Change of Control (or pending Change of Control) and ending 60 calendar days following consummation of such Change of Control; provided , that such Trigger Period will be extended following consummation of a Change of Control for so long as any of the Rating Agencies has publicly announced that it is considering a possible ratings downgrade.

 

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided , however, that in the event the TIA is amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the TIA as so amended.

 

ARTICLE II.

THE 2019 NOTES

 

Section 2.1              Designation of 2019 Notes.

 

(a)            There shall be a series of Securities designated “7.50% Notes due 2019” of the Company (the “ 2019 Notes ”).  The 2019 Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is a part of this First Supplemental Indenture.  The 2019 Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage ( provided , that any such notation, legend or endorsement required by usage is in a form acceptable to the Company).  The Company shall provide any such notations, legends or endorsements to the Trustee in writing.  Each 2019 Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.  Except as otherwise expressly permitted in this Indenture, all 2019 Notes shall be identical in all respects.  Notwithstanding any differences among them, all 2019 Notes issued under this First Supplemental Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class.

 

(b)            The 2019 Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities in the form of the Security attached hereto as Exhibit A, which shall be deposited with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for and registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or the nominee thereof as Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture.  Each Global Security shall bear the Global Securities Legend set forth in Exhibit A.

 

(c)            The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the 2019 Notes, and each of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and the office or agency of the Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to be such office or agency of the Company for the aforesaid purposes.  The Company may change the Paying Agent and Registrar without prior notice to the Holders of the 2019 Notes.

 

(d)            Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (collectively, the “ Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, or under any such Global Security, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of

 

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the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any 2019 Note.  The registered Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder of 2019 Notes  is entitled to take under this Indenture or the 2019 Notes.

 

Section 2.2              Amount.

 

(a)            The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the 2019 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, upon receipt of one or more Company Orders and such other documents as may be required under this Indenture.

 

(b)            The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture.  The aggregate principal amount of 2019 Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed the amount set forth in Section 2.2(a).

 

Section 2.3              Interest.

 

(a)            The Company shall pay interest on the 2019 Notes at a rate of 7.50% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), or if any such day is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day, commencing December 15, 2009.  Interest on the 2019 Notes shall be paid to the Holder of such 2019 Notes at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 (each, a “ Record Date ”), as the case may be, next preceding the related Interest Payment Date, and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.  In the event of the maturity or purchase of a 2019 Note by the Company at the option of the Holder of such 2019 Note, interest shall cease to accrue on such 2019 Note.

 

(b)            Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.3 and Sections 2.3, 2.5 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture, each 2019 Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other 2019 Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other 2019 Note.

 

Section 2.4              Denominations.

 

The 2019 Notes shall originally be issued only in registered form without coupons and only in denominations of $2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount in excess thereof.

 

Section 2.5              Redemption.

 

(a)            There shall be no sinking fund for the retirement of the 2019 Notes.

 

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(b)            The Company may redeem the 2019 Notes in accordance with the provisions set forth in the 2019 Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture, including, without limitation, Article IV hereof.

 

Section 2.6              Repurchase.

 

The 2019 Notes shall be repurchased by the Company, at the option of the Holder of such 2019 Notes, in accordance with the provisions set forth in the 2019 Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture, including, without limitation, Article IV hereof.

 

Section 2.7              Stated Maturity.

 

The date on which the principal of the 2019 Notes is due and payable, unless earlier accelerated, redeemed or repurchased pursuant to the Indenture, shall be June 15, 2019 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

 

ARTICLE III.

AMENDMENTS TO THE BASE INDENTURE

 

Section 3.1              Provisions Applicable Only to 2019 Notes.

 

The provisions contained in this First Supplemental Indenture shall apply to the 2019 Notes only and not to any other series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture and any covenants provided herein are expressly being included solely for the benefit of the 2019 Notes and not for the benefit of any other series of Securities issued under the Base Indenture.

 

Section 3.2              Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

 

Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended, subject to Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, by adding the following clause (h):

 

“(h)         The Company shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of 2019 Notes in respect of which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn by the Holder thereof in accordance with the terms of the First Supplemental Indenture (except, in the case of 2019 Notes to be repurchased in part, the portion thereof not to be repurchased).”

 

Section 3.3              Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

 

The first paragraph of Section 4.1 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, subject to Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, to read as follows:

 

“The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the 2019 Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the 2019 Notes or pursuant to this Indenture.  Any amounts of cash to be given to the Trustee or Paying Agent shall be deposited with

 

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the Trustee or Paying Agent by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) by the Company on the required date.  The Company may, at its option, make payments in respect of the 2019 Notes by check mailed to a Holder of 2019 Notes’ registered address or, with respect to Global Securities, by wire transfer.  The Company shall make any required interest payments to the Person in whose name each 2019 Note is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest payment.  Principal amount, accrued interest, if any, Redemption Price and Change of Control Repurchase Price, shall be considered paid on the applicable date due if on such date (or, in the case of a Redemption Price or Change of Control Repurchase Price, on the Business Day following the applicable Redemption Date or Change of Control Repurchase Date, as the case may be) the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, cash sufficient to pay all such amounts then due.”

 

Section 3.4              Paying Agent and Registrar.

 

Section 4.2 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended, subject to Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, by adding the following clause (e):

 

“(e)         If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date, a Change of Control Repurchase Date, or on the Maturity Date, money sufficient to pay 2019 Notes payable on that date, then immediately after such Redemption Date, Change of Control Repurchase Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be, such 2019 Notes shall cease to be Outstanding and interest, if any, on such 2019 Notes shall cease to accrue; provided, that if such 2019 Notes are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefore satisfactory to the Trustee has been made.”

 

Section 3.5              Notice of Defaults.

 

The first paragraph of Section 7.5 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, subject to Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, to read as follows:

 

“If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder of 2019 Notes notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee.  Except in the case of a Default described in Section 7.1(i) or 7.1(ii) of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders of 2019 Notes.  The second sentence of this Section 7.5 shall be in lieu of the proviso to TIA Section 315(b) and such proviso is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture, as permitted by the TIA.  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of such Default.”

 

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Section 3.6              Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The last paragraph of Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, subject to Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, to read as follows:

 

“The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.  In the event that the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 7.1(vii) or 7.1(viii) of the First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.”

 

Section 3.7              Covenant Defeasance.

 

The first paragraph of Section 11.3 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, subject to Section 3.1 hereof and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, to read as follows:

 

“Upon the Company’s exercise of the option provided in Section 11.1 to obtain a covenant defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 5.3 of the Base Indenture and Article V and Article VI of the First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 11.4 are satisfied (“ Covenant Defeasance ”). Covenant defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in Section 5.3 of the Base Indenture and Article V and Article VI of the First Supplemental Indenture, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.1(iv) of the First Supplemental Indenture  with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby.”

 

ARTICLE IV.

REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASES

 

Article III of the Base Indenture is, subject to Section 3.1 and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, replaced in its entirety with the provisions set forth in Article IV of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 4.1              Company’s Right to Redeem; Notices to Trustee.

 

(a)            The Company, at its option, may redeem the 2019 Notes in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 5 of the 2019 Notes (an “ Optional Redemption ”).

 

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(b)            Each Holder or beneficial owner, by accepting the 2019 Notes, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary does business requires that a Person who is a holder or the beneficial owner of the 2019 Notes be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws, such Holder of 2019 Notes or beneficial owner, as the case may be, shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period.   If such Person fails to apply or become licensed or qualified or is found unsuitable, the Company shall have the right, at its option to:

 

(i)             require such Person to dispose of the 2019 Notes or beneficial interest in the 2019 Notes within 30 days of receipt of notice of the Company’s election or such earlier date as may be requested or prescribed by such Gaming Authority; or

 

(ii)            redeem such Person’s 2019 Notes (a “ Gaming Law Redemption ”) at a redemption price (the “Gaming Law Redemption Price ”) per $1,000 principal amount of Securities equal to:

 

(A)           the lesser of

 

(i)             such Person’s cost, and

 

(ii)            $1,000, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of unsuitability, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption if so required or prescribed by the applicable Gaming Authority; or

 

(B)            such other amount as may be required by applicable law or by order of any applicable Gaming Authority,

 

provided , that, in the case of any such Gaming Law Redemption, (x) the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain necessary regulatory approvals to provide that the Gaming Law Redemption Price will be no less than the amount set forth in clause (A)(ii) above, and (y) following any such redemption, any outstanding 2019 Notes shall have a minimum denomination of $2,000 and $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

The Company shall not be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder of 2019 Notes may incur in connection with its application for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability.

 

(c)            If the Company elects to redeem 2019 Notes pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 4.1, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of 2019 Notes to be redeemed and that such redemption is being made pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or Section 4.1(b), as the case may be. The Company shall give each notice to the Trustee provided for in this Section 4.1(c) as soon as practicable.  Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

 

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(d)            The Company or the Trustee shall mail a notice of redemption of the 2019 Notes by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or by electronic transmission, to each Holder of 2019 Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s registered address,

 

(i)             in the event of an Optional Redemption, at least 30 days but nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date, and

 

(ii)            in the event of a Gaming Law Redemption, as soon as practicable, and in any event, no later than may be required by the applicable Gaming Authority.

 

In the event of an Optional Redemption, the Company shall also issue a press release containing the relevant information included in the notice and make the press release available on its website.

 

Any notice pursuant to this Section 4.1(d) shall identify the 2019 Notes to be redeemed, shall not be conditional and shall state:

 

(A)           the Redemption Date;

 

(B)            the Redemption Price as set forth in such 2019 Note;

 

(C)            the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(D)           that 2019 Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

 

(E)            if fewer than all of the Outstanding 2019 Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers, if any, and principal amounts of the particular 2019 Notes to be redeemed;

 

(F)            that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price, interest, if any, on 2019 Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date; and

 

(G)            the CUSIP and ISIN number of the 2019 Notes.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense, provided , that the Company makes such request at least three Business Days prior to the date by which such notice of redemption must be given to Holders of 2019 Notes in accordance with this Section 4.1(d). The Trustee shall not be responsible for the content of the notice of redemption.

 

(e)            Once notice of redemption is given, 2019 Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price stated in the notice, subject, in the event of a Gaming Law Redemption, to the requirements of the applicable Gaming Authority causing such redemption.  Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such 2019 Notes shall be paid at the Redemption Price stated in the notice.

 

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Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, on and after the Redemption Date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Securities or portions of the Securities called for redemption.

 

(f)             Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all 2019 Notes to be redeemed on that date other than 2019 Notes or portions of 2019 Notes called for redemption which on or prior thereto have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.   The Paying Agent shall as promptly as practicable return to the Company any money not required for that purpose.  If such money is then held by the Company in trust and is not required for such purpose it shall be discharged from such trust.

 

Section 4.2              Selection of 2019 Notes To Be Redeemed.

 

(a)            In the event of an Optional Redemption, selection of the 2019 Notes for redemption shall be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate (subject to the procedures of DTC).

 

(b)            In the event of a Gaming Law Redemption, the Company shall identify to the Trustee in writing such 2019 Notes as may be required to be redeemed Section 4.1(b) and the requirements of the applicable Gaming Authority.

 

(c)            2019 Notes shall be redeemed in principal amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Provisions of this Indenture that apply to 2019 Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of 2019 Notes called for redemption.  Upon surrender of a 2019 Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new 2019 Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the 2019 Note surrendered, or in the case of a Global Security, the Company shall instruct the Registrar to decrease such Global Security by the principal amount of the redeemed portion of the 2019 Note surrendered.

 

Section 4.3              Repurchase of 2019 Notes at Option of the Holder Upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.

 

(a)            If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2019 Notes pursuant to Section 4.1, the 2019 Notes shall be repurchased by the Company, at the option of the Holder thereof, in cash, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the Change of Control Repurchase Date (the “ Change of Control Repurchase Price ”), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of 2019 Notes of the requirements set forth in Section 4.3(c), provided , that the Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control repurchase offer if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements that the Company would have been required to meet had it made such an offer, and (ii) such third party purchases all 2019 Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.  In addition, the Company shall not be required to repurchase any 2019 Notes if there has occurred and is continuing on the Change of Control

 

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Repurchase Date an Event of Default, other than a Default in the payment of the Change of Control Repurchase Price.

 

At least three Business Days before the Change of Control Notice Date (as defined below), the Company shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee specifying:

 

(i)             the information required by Section 4.3(b); and

 

(ii)            whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the Change of Control Notice required by Section 4.3(b).

 

(b)            Within 30 calendar days following the date upon which the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurred or, at the option of the Company, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of that pending Change of Control, the Company shall send a written notice of the Change of Control Repurchase Event  (the “ Change of Control Notice ,” and the date of such mailing, the “ Change of Control Notice Date ”) by first-class mail, or by electronic transmission in the case of 2019 Notes held in book-entry form, to the Trustee and to each Holder of 2019 Notes (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law), provided , that a Change of Control Repurchase Event offer may only be made in advance of a Change of Control Repurchase Event and be conditional on such Change of Control Repurchase Event if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control Repurchase Event at the time such conditional Change of Control Repurchase Event offer is made.

 

The Change of Control Notice shall include a form of Change of Control Repurchase Notice to be completed by the Holder of 2019 Notes and shall state:

 

(i)             briefly, the nature of the Change of Control Repurchase Event and the date of such Change of Control Repurchase Event;

 

(ii)            the date by which the Change of Control Repurchase Notice pursuant to Section 4.3(c) must be given;

 

(iii)           the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 calendar days and no more than 60 calendar days after the Change of Control Notice Date, except as may be required by law (the “ Change of Control Repurchase Date ”);

 

(iv)           the Change of Control Repurchase Price;

 

(v)            the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(vi)           that to collect payment, the 2019 Notes must be surrendered to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Date;

 

(vii)          that the Change of Control Repurchase Price for any 2019 Note as to which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Change of Control Repurchase Date and the time of surrender of such 2019 Note as described in (vi);

 

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(viii)         briefly, the procedures the Holder of 2019 Notes must follow to exercise rights under this Section 4.3;

 

(ix)            the procedures for withdrawing a Change of Control Repurchase Notice;

 

(x)             that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Change of Control Repurchase Price, interest, if any, on 2019 Notes surrendered for repurchase by the Company will cease to accrue on and after the Change of Control Repurchase Date;

 

(xi)            the CUSIP and ISIN number of the 2019 Notes; and

 

(xii)           if mailed prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, that the Change of Control Repurchase Event offer is conditioned on the consummation of the Change of Control on or prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Date.

 

Simultaneously with the provision of the Change of Control Notice, the Company shall issue a press release containing the information in above clauses (i) through (xii) and make the press release available on its website.

 

(c)            A Holder of 2019 Notes may exercise its rights specified in Section 4.3(a) upon delivery of a written notice of repurchase (a “ Change of Control Repurchase Notice ”) to the Paying Agent at any time on or prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Repurchase Date, stating:

 

(i)             if certificated Securities have been issued, the certificate number of the 2019 Note which such Holder of 2019 Notes will deliver to be repurchased;

 

(ii)            the portion of the principal amount of the 2019 Note which such Holder of 2019 Notes will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

(iii)           that such 2019 Note shall be repurchased pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in Paragraph 6 of the 2019 Notes.

 

The delivery of such 2019 Note to the Paying Agent with the Change of Control Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent specified in the Change of Control Notice, or the transfer of such 2019 Note to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to applicable procedures of the Paying Agent and DTC, prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Date, shall be a condition to the receipt by the Holder of 2019 Notes of the Change of Control Repurchase Price therefor.

 

The Company shall repurchase from the Holder of 2019 Notes thereof, pursuant to this Section 4.3, a portion of a 2019 Note if the principal amount of such portion is $2,000 or

 

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an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.  Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the repurchase of all of a 2019 Note also apply to the repurchase of such portion of such 2019 Note.

 

Any repurchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall be consummated by the delivery of the consideration to be received by the Holder of 2019 Notes on the Change of Control Repurchase Date.

 

(d)            The Company shall deposit cash, at the time and in the manner as provided in Section 4.5, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of Control Repurchase Price of all 2019 Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 4.3.

 

Section 4.4              Effect of Change of Control Repurchase Notice.

 

Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the Change of Control Repurchase Notice specified in Section 4.3(c), the Holder of the 2019 Note in respect of which such Change of Control Repurchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change of Control Repurchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change of Control Repurchase Price with respect to such 2019 Note.  Such Change of Control Repurchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipts of funds by the Paying Agent, promptly following the later of (i) the Change of Control Repurchase Date with respect to such 2019 Note ( provided the conditions in Section 4.3(c) have been satisfied) and (ii) the time of delivery of such 2019 Note to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 4.3(c).

 

A Change of Control Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent in accordance with the Change of Control Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the last day prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Date, specifying:

 

(a)            the certificate number of the 2019 Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted if certificated Securities have been issued, or the appropriate Depositary procedures;

 

(b)            the principal amount of the 2019 Note with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and

 

(c)            the principal amount, if any, of such 2019 Note which remains subject to the original Change of Control Repurchase Notice and which has been or will be delivered for repurchase by the Company.

 

Section 4.5              Deposit of Change of Control Repurchase Price.

 

Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Change of Control Repurchase Date, as the case may be, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.2 of the Base Indenture) an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day), sufficient to pay the aggregate Change of

 

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Control Repurchase Price of all the 2019 Notes or portions thereof which are to be repurchased as of the Change of Control Repurchase Date.

 

Section 4.6                                     Acceptance of 2019 Notes Properly Tendered.

 

On the Change of Control Repurchase Date, the Company shall accept for payment all 2019 Notes or portions of 2019 Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control offer and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the 2019 Notes properly accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes or portions thereof the Company is purchasing.  Any 2019 Note so accepted will cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Repurchase Date.

 

Section 4.7                                     Distribution of Change of Control Repurchase Price.

 

The Paying Agent shall promptly distribute to each Holder of 2019 Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Repurchase Price for such 2019 Notes.

 

Section 4.8                                     2019 Notes Repurchased in Part.

 

Any certificated 2019 Note that is to be repurchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such 2019 Note, without service charge, a new 2019 Note, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the 2019 Note so surrendered which is not repurchased, or in the case of a Global Security, the Company shall instruct the Registrar to decrease such Global Security by the principal amount of the repurchased portion of the 2019 Note surrendered.

 

Section 4.9                                     Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Repurchase of 2019 Notes.

 

When complying with the provisions of Section 4.3 hereof ( provided , that such offer or repurchase constitutes a “tender offer” for purposes of Regulation 14E (which term, as used herein, includes any successor provision thereto) under the Exchange Act at the time of such offer or repurchase), the Company shall, to the extent applicable, (a) comply with Rule 14e-1 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act, and (b) otherwise comply with any applicable Federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 4.3 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 4.3.

 

Section 4.10                               Repayment to the Company.

 

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any cash that remains unclaimed as provided in Paragraph 13 of the 2019 Notes, held by them for the payment of the Change of Control Repurchase Price; provided , however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 4.5 exceeds the aggregate Change of Control Repurchase Price of the 2019 Notes or portions thereof which the

 

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Company is obligated to repurchase as of the Change of Control Repurchase Date, then, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Company, promptly after the Business Day following the Change of Control Repurchase Date, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company.

 

ARTICLE V.

COVENANTS

 

Section 5.1                                     Further Instruments and Acts.

 

Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Indenture.

 

Section 5.2                                     Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

The Company will maintain in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an office or agency of the Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent where 2019 Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where 2019 Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, repurchase or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the 2019 Notes and this Indenture may be served.  The office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, at 625 Marquette Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 (Attention: Bondholder Communications), shall initially be such office or agency for all of the aforesaid purposes.  The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of any such office or agency (other than a change in the location of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee).  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 9.2.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the 2019 Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for such purposes.

 

Section 5.3                                     Future Liens.

 

(a)            Subject to the Company’s obtaining the regulatory approvals described in Section 5.3(b), if at any time, pursuant to the terms of any credit agreement or facility between the Company and its lenders, as amended at such time (a “ Credit Facility ”), the Company is required to grant a Lien to the lenders under such Credit Facility (or their representative) as a result of the Company’s non-credit enhanced, senior unsecured long-term indebtedness being rated below a level specified in such Credit Facility, the Company will grant to the Trustee, on behalf of all Holders of the 2019 Notes, an equal and ratable Lien on any of its assets or the assets of its Subsidiaries that are subject to any such Lien granted to the lenders under the terms of such Credit Facility.  If, thereafter, any such Lien is released pursuant to the terms of any such Credit Facility, then the Lien granted to the Trustee, for the benefit of all Holders of the

 

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2019 Notes, will similarly be released; provided , that if any Lien in favor of the lenders under such Credit Facility is then subsequently reimposed under the terms of the Credit Facility, the Company shall again grant an equal and ratable Lien in favor to the Trustee, for the benefit of all Holders of the 2019 Notes.

 

(b)            The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all regulatory approvals needed to implement Section 5.3(a) on or before November 30, 2009; provided , that any failure to obtain any such regulatory approval shall not be a breach of this covenant or a Default or Event of Default hereunder so long as the Company has used such reasonable best efforts.

 

(c)            Any Lien granted pursuant to Section5.3(a) shall be shared equally and ratably with the loans under the Credit Facility and with any other notes, bonds or debentures that may be issued by the Company following the date of this First Supplemental Indenture, if the terms of such other notes, bonds or debentures so provide; provided that any such Lien shall be automatically released upon the release of the Lien granted pursuant to Section 5.3(a).

 

(d)            Any Lien granted pursuant to Section 5.3(a) shall be documented in a security agreement entered into by the Company and the collateral agent (or agents) thereunder.  The terms of such security agreement and the collateral agent (or agents) thereunder shall be determined by the Company and such lenders (or their representative) and, provided such terms otherwise comply with the terms of this Section 5.3, the Company shall be entitled to enter into such security agreement and provide to the Trustee, on behalf of all Holders of 2019 Notes, the equal and ratable Lien provided for therein.  Promptly following its entry into such security agreement, the Company shall file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to its entry into such security agreement under this Indenture have been complied with.  Such security agreement shall provide for the automatic release of the Lien granted therein to the Trustee, on behalf of all Holders of 2019 Notes, upon the release of the Lien granted therein to the lenders under the applicable Credit Facility (or their representative), and any Lien granted therein to any other secured parties thereto shall also be automatically released upon the release of the Lien granted therein to the lenders under the applicable Credit Facility (or their representative).  Promptly following the automatic release of any such Lien, the Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee that the Lien granted under such security agreement to the Trustee, on behalf of all Holders of 2019 Notes, has been automatically released.  To the extent that the Trustee receives any monies in connection with such a Lien, it shall pay such funds to the Holder or Holders of 2019 Notes  in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture in the same manner as payments of interest or principal on the 2019 Notes.  The Trustee may conclusively rely, in all respects and for all purposes hereunder, upon any Officers’ Certificate or written notice delivered to the Trustee by the Company under this Section 5.3.

 

Section 5.4                                     Restrictions on Secured Debt.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness secured by any Lien, other than Permitted Liens, on (1) any property or assets owned or leased by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (2) any shares of stock or debt of any Restricted Subsidiary, unless the Company secures the 2019 Notes equally and ratably with, and concurrently or prior to, the Indebtedness secured by

 

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the Lien, for so long as such other indebtedness is so secured.  If the Company secures the 2019 Notes in this manner, the Company shall have the option of securing any of its other Indebtedness or obligations, or those of any Subsidiary, equally and ratably with the 2019 Notes, as long as such other debt or obligations are not subordinate to the 2019 Notes.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, and may permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, incur Liens securing Indebtedness without granting equal and ratable Liens to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of the 2019 Notes, in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 5.4 if, after giving effect to the granting of such Liens, the aggregate amount (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens (other than Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens) on the property or assets (which includes Capital Stock) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus (b) all Attributable Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any sale and leaseback transaction (other than those referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Section 5.5), is in aggregate less than or equal to 10% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

Section 5.5                                     Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks.

 

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to a sale and leaseback transaction unless after giving effect thereto the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all secured Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than to the extent secured by a Permitted Lien) and (b) all Attributable Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any sale and leaseback transactions  (other than those referred to in the following two paragraphs) does not in the aggregate exceed 10% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

 

This Section 5.5 shall not apply to any sale and leaseback transaction if, within one year from the effective date of such sale and leaseback transaction, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary apply to (1) the purchase, construction or improvement of other property used or useful in the business of, or other capital expenditure by, the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the retirement of Long-Term Debt or the prepayment of any Capital Lease Obligation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, an amount of cash not less than the greater of (a) the net proceeds of the sale of the property sold and leased back pursuant to such arrangement, or (b) the fair market value of the property sold and leased back pursuant to such arrangement, provided that the amount to be applied or prepaid shall be reduced by (x) the principal amount of any 2019 Notes delivered within one year after such sale to the Trustee for retirement and cancellation, and (y) the principal amount of the Company’s Long-Term Debt (including, for this purpose, any currently maturing portion of such Long-Term Debt), other than the 2019 Notes voluntarily retired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary within one year after such sale.

 

This Section 5.5 also shall not apply to any sale and leaseback transaction between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary or between any Restricted Subsidiary, or for which, at the time the transaction is entered into, the term of the related lease to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the property sold pursuant to such transaction is three years or less.

 

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Section 5.6                                     Compliance Certificate.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009) of the Company an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.  An Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to this Section 5.6 shall be signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company but need not contain the statements provided for in Section 13.7 of the Base Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VI.

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

 

Article X of the Base Indenture is, subject to Section 3.1 and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, replaced in its entirety with the provisions set forth in Article VI of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 6.1                                     When Company May Merge or Transfer Assets.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, convey, transfer, sell or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, or permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company, unless:

 

(a)            either (i) the Company shall be the surviving Person, or (ii) if the Company is not the surviving Person, either (A) the surviving Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or (B) the Company shall have received an opinion of nationally recognized counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, under the relevant laws (as in effect at the date of the merger or consolidation, but taking into account reasonably expected changes in laws), (x) Holders of the 2019 Notes will be subject to tax for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to their investment in the 2019 Notes after such transaction in the same amount, at the same time and otherwise in the same manner as prior to such transaction, and (y) the net amount of payments to be received by the Holders of the 2019 Notes will not be less than the amounts that such Holders of the 2019 Notes would have been entitled to receive prior to the merger or consolidation and, provided that, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), the surviving Person shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto,  in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, expressly assuming the payment when due of the principal of and interest on the 2019 Notes and the performance of each of the Company’s other covenants under this Indenture;

 

(b)            if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such conveyance, transfer or lease, the Company’s properties or assets would become subject to a mortgage,

 

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pledge, lien security interest or other encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or the successor corporation shall take such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the 2019 Notes equally and ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby;

 

(c)            immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

 

(d)            the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article VI and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been satisfied.

 

The successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor Person to which such conveyance, transfer, sale or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the 2019 Notes.  Subject to Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company, the Trustee and the successor Person shall enter into a supplemental indenture to evidence the succession and substitution of such successor Person and such discharge and release of the Company.

 

This Article VI shall not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

ARTICLE VII.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Article VI of the Base Indenture is, subject to Section 3.1 and with respect to the 2019 Notes only, replaced in its entirety with the provisions set forth in Article VII of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 7.1                                     Events of Default.

 

Each of the following events shall be an “ Event of Default ”:

 

(i)             the Company defaults in any payment of interest due and payable on the 2019 Notes, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(ii)            the Company defaults in the payment of all or any part of the principal on the 2019 Notes and accrued and unpaid interest when the same becomes due and payable at the Maturity Date, upon required repurchase or following a Change of Control Repurchase Event;

 

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(iii)           t he Company fails to provide a Change of Control Notice as required in Section 4.3(b);

 

(iv)           the Company defaults in its performance of any covenant or agreement in respect of the 2019 Notes or this Indenture (other than a failure that is the subject of the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii)) for 60 days after receipt by the Company of a Notice of Default from the Trustee or after receipt by the Company and the Trustee of a Notice of Default from the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes then Outstanding;

 

(v)            a default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under any Indebtedness (other than the 2019 Notes) having an outstanding principal amount of $100,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more, after the applicable grace period, that has caused the holders of the instruments evidencing such Indebtedness to declare such Indebtedness to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity, unless such declaration has been rescinded within 30 days;

 

(vi)           a default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in the payment of principal or premium at final maturity under any other instruments of indebtedness, which default is in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $100,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) and continues unremedied and unwaived for more than 30 Business Days after the expiration of any grace period or extension of the time for payments applicable thereto;

 

(vii)          the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(A)           commences a voluntary case;

 

(B)            consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

 

(C)            consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or

 

(D)           makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or

 

(viii)         a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(A)           is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

 

(B)            appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property;

 

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(C)            orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(D)           grants any similar relief under any foreign laws; and in each such case the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.

 

The foregoing shall constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.

 

A Default under clause (iv) is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes then Outstanding notify the Company (and in the case of such notice by Holders of 2019 Notes, the Trustee) of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default after receipt of such notice within the time specified.  Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “ Notice of Default .”

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate of any Default and any Event of Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the 2019 Notes to the contrary, at the election of the Company, the sole remedy for an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(iv) relating to the failure by the Company to comply with Section 5.3 of the Base Indenture or for any failure by the Company to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA, shall for the first 60 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively of the right to receive an extension fee (the “ Extension Fee ”) on the 2019 Notes at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the principal amount of the 2019 Notes.  This Extension Fee will accrue on the 2019 Notes from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with Section 5.3 of the Base Indenture or for any failure by the Company to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA first occurs to but not including the 60th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default relating to such obligations shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 7.4).  On such 60th day (or earlier, if such Event of Default is cured or waived pursuant to Section 7.4 prior to such 60th day), such Extension Fee will cease to accrue and, if such Event of Default has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 7.4 prior to such 60th day, then the Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the 2019 Notes may declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all such 2019 Notes to be due and payable immediately.  This provision shall not affect the rights of Holders of 2019 Notes in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of Default.  If the Company elects to pay the Extension Fee as the sole remedy for an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(iv) relating to the failure by the Company to comply with Section 5.3 of the Base Indenture or the failure by the Company to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA, the Company shall notify, in the manner provided for in Section 9.2, the Holders of 2019 Notes and the Trustee of such election at any time on or before the close of business on the date on which such Event of Default first occurs.  If the Extension Fee is

 

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payable under this Section 7.1, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating the date on which such Extension Fee is payable.  Unless and until a Trust Officer receives at the Corporate Trust Office such an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Extension Fee is payable.  If the Extension Fee has been paid by the Company directly to the Persons entitled to them, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.  To make such election, the Company must deliver notice to the Trustee for Holders of 2019 Notes prior to the day any such Event of Default occurs.

 

In the event that the Company is required to pay any Extension Fee pursuant to this Section 7.1, the Company shall provide a direction or order in the form of a written notice to the Trustee (and if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent) of the Company’s obligation to pay such Extension Fee no later than three Business Days prior to date on which any such Extension Fee is scheduled to be paid.  Such notice shall set forth the amount of Extension Fee to be paid by the Company on such payment date and direct the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent) to make payment to the extent it receives funds from the Company to do so.  The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of 2019 Notes  to determine whether Extension Fee is payable, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of Extension Fee owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of Extension Fee.

 

Section 7.2                                     Acceleration.

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(vii) or 7.1(viii) with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes then Outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of 2019 Notes Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on all the 2019 Notes to be immediately due and payable.  Upon such a declaration, such accelerated amount shall be due and payable immediately.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(vii) or 7.1(viii) with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of 2019 Notes Outstanding plus accrued and unpaid interest on all the 2019 Notes shall, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or any Holder of 2019 Notes, become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders of 2019 Notes.

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes at the time Outstanding by notice to the Trustee and the Company and without notice to any other Holder of 2019 Notes may rescind any declaration of acceleration if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest that have become due solely as a result of acceleration.  No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

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Section 7.3                                     Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the 2019 Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the 2019 Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the 2019 Notes or does not produce any of the 2019 Notes in the proceeding.  A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of 2019 Notes  in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default.  No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy.  All available remedies are cumulative.

 

Section 7.4                                     Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes at the time Outstanding by notice to the Trustee and without notice to any other Holder of 2019 Notes may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) an Event of Default described in Section 7.1(i) or 7.1(ii) or (b) a default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of 2019 Notes.  When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any consequent right.

 

Section 7.5                                     Control by Majority.

 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes at the time Outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.  However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.1 of the Base Indenture, that the Trustee determines is prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of 2019 Notes or would potentially involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.  Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

Section 7.6                                     Limitation on Suits.

 

A Holder of 2019 Notes may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the 2019 Notes unless:

 

(a)            such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(b)            the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes at the time Outstanding make a written request, and such Holder or Holders shall

 

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have offered reasonable indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee to pursue such proceeding as trustee; and

 

(c)            the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days after such notice, request and offer of indemnity and, during such 60-day period, has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request.

 

A Holder of 2019 Notes may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of any other Holder of 2019 Notes or to obtain a preference or priority over any other Holder of 2019 Notes.

 

Section 7.7                                     Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of 2019 Notes to receive payment of the principal amount, interest, Extension Fee, Redemption Price, or Change of Control Repurchase Price in respect of the 2019 Notes held by such Holder, on or after any Redemption Date, Change of Control Repurchase Date, or the respective due dates expressed in such Holder’s 2019 Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 7.8                                     Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(i) or 7.1(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 7.9                                     Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders of 2019 Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders of 2019 Notes in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of 2019 Notes to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of 2019 Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 7.10                               Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VII, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

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FIRST:  to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture;

 

SECOND:  to Holders of 2019 Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the 2019 Notes for the principal amount, Redemption Price, Change of Control Repurchase Price or interest, if any, as the case may be, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts due and payable on the 2019 Notes; and

 

THIRD:  the balance, if any, to the Company.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of 2019 Notes pursuant to this Section 7.10.  At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder of 2019 Notes and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

 

Section 7.11            Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.  This Section 7.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 7.7 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes at the time Outstanding.

 

Section 7.12            Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.

 

The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.1              Discharge of Liability on Securities.

 

When (a) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding 2019 Notes (other than (i) 2019 Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture and (ii) 2019 Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Sections 11.6 and 11.7 of the Base Indenture) for cancellation or (b) all outstanding 2019 Notes have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year, and the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee cash sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing

 

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on all Outstanding 2019 Notes (other than (i) 2019 Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Base Indenture and (ii) 2019 Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Sections 11.6 and 11.7 of the Base Indenture), and if in either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this First Supplemental Indenture shall, subject to Section 7.7 of the Base Indenture, cease to be of further effect.  The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this First Supplemental Indenture with respect to the 2019 Notes on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.

 

Section 8.2              Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.

 

The provisions in Article XI of the Base Indenture, as modified and amended pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof, shall apply to the 2019 Notes and this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

ARTICLE IX.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.1              Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the TIA as then in effect, such TIA provision shall control.

 

Section 9.2              Notices.

 

Any request, demand, authorization, notice, waiver, consent or communication shall be in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows or transmitted by facsimile transmission (confirmed by guaranteed overnight courier) to the following facsimile numbers:

 

if to the Company:

 

International Game Technology
9295 Prototype Drive
P.O. Box 10580
Reno, Nevada  89510
Facsimile:  (775) 448-0777
Attention of:  Chief Financial Officer

 

if to the Trustee:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
707 Wilshire Blvd, 17
th  Floor
Los Angeles, California  90017

 

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Facsimile: 213-614-3355
Attention:  Corporate Trust Department

 

The Company or the Trustee by notice given to the other in the manner provided above may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

Any notice or communication given to a Holder of 2019 Notes shall be mailed to such Holder of 2019 Notes, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at such Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be deemed sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

 

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder of 2019 Notes or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders of 2019 Notes.  If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not received by the addressee.

 

If the Company mails a notice or communication to the Holders of 2019 Notes, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar.

 

Section 9.3              Separability Clause.

 

In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the 2019 Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Indenture or in the 2019 Notes, but this Indenture and the 2019 Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.

 

Section 9.4              Legal Holidays.

 

A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York.  If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.  If a Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the Record Date shall not be affected.

 

Section 9.5              Governing Law.

 

THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE 2019 NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

Section 9.6              No Recourse Against Others.

 

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the 2019 Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  By

 

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accepting a 2019 Note, each Holder of 2019 Notes shall waive and release all such liability.  The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the 2019 Notes.

 

Section 9.7              Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the 2019 Notes shall bind its successor.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

Section 9.8              Counterparts.

 

This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

Section 9.9              Table of Contents; Headings.

 

The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof

 

Section 9.10            Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

The Company (i) agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the 2019 Notes, as the case may be, may be instituted in any federal court sitting in The City of New York; (ii) waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding, and any claim that any suit, action or proceeding in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; and (iii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

 

Section 9.11            Appointment of Agent for Service of Process.

 

The Company hereby designates Christopher W. Jones, Esq. as its authorized agent to accept and acknowledge on its behalf service of any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court and agrees that service of process upon said agent at its office at International Game Technology, 520 White Plains Road, Suite 500, Tarrytown, New York 10591-5118 (or at such other address in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, as such agent may designate by written notice to the Company and the Trustee), and written notice of said service to the Company, mailed or delivered to it, at the addresses provided above, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit, action or proceeding and shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Company, whether or not the Company shall then be doing, or at any time shall have done, business within the State of New York, and that any such service of process shall be of the same force and validity as if service were made upon it according to the laws governing the validity and requirements of such service in such State, and waives all claim of error by reason of any such service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY has caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as a deed the day and year first before written.

 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

 

 

/s/ Patrick W. Cavanaugh

 

Name: Patrick W. Cavanaugh

 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorized, has executed this Indenture as of the date first above written.

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Maddy Hall

 

 

Name: Maddy Hall

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A — FORM OF SECURITY

 

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

 

[ Include the following legend for Global Securities only (the “ Global Securities Legend ”): ]

 

THIS IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HERINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

 

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No. [              ]

 

CUSIP: 459902 AR3

 

 

ISIN: US459902AR30

 

Principal Amount $[                 ]
[as revised by the Schedule of Increases
and Decreases in the Global Security attached hereto][ include for Global Security ]

 

International Game Technology

7.50% Notes due 2019

 

International Game Technology, a Nevada corporation, promises to pay to [          ] [ include “Cede & Co.” for Global Security ] or registered assigns, the principal amount of $[    ] on June 15, 2019 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

Interest Payment Dates:  June 15 and December 15.

 

Record Dates:  June 1 and December 1.

 

Additional provisions of this 2019 Note (herein, the “Security”) are set forth on the other side of this Security.

 

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Dated:                 , 2009

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

 

By

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

Dated:

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

7.50% Notes due 2019

 

1.              Interest.

 

This Security shall bear cash interest at the rate of 7.50% per annum.  Interest on this Security shall accrue from June 15, 2009 (the “ Issue Date ”), or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for.  Interest shall be payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2009 to the holders of record of Securities (the “ Holder ”) at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (or repurchase, redemption or Maturity Date, as applicable).  Each payment of cash interest on this Security shall include interest accrued for the period commencing on and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if none, the Issue Date) through the day before the applicable Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Repurchase Date or Maturity Date, as applicable.  Any payment required to be made on any day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest or other amount will be paid as a result of any such postponement.  Interest shall be calculated using a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.  Interest shall cease to accrue on this Security upon its Maturity Date or repurchase by the Company including a repurchase at the option of the Holder upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.

 

2.              Method of Payment.

 

The Company shall promptly make all payments in respect of the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided herein and in the Indenture.  The Company will pay interest (except Defaulted Interest) on the principal amount of the Securities on each June 15 and December 15 to the Persons who are registered Holders of Securities at the close of business on the June 1 and December 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Securities are canceled or repurchased after such Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date.  Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments.  The Company will pay principal and interest, including additional interest, if any, in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  The Company will make all payments in respect of a Global Security registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder.  The Company will make all payments in respect of a certificated Security (including principal and interest) in U.S. dollars at the office of the Trustee.  At the Company’s option, the Company may make such payments by mailing a check to the registered address of each Holder thereof as such address shall appear on the register or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder.

 

3.              Paying Agent and Registrar.

 

Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice, other than notice to the Trustee; provided that the Company will maintain at least one Paying Agent in the United States of

 

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America, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee.  The Company and any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4.              Indenture.

 

The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of June 15, 2009, as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture as of June 15, 2009 (together, the “ Indenture ”), in each case between the Company and the Trustee.  The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect from time to time (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.  The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms.

 

The Securities are general unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company limited to an aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000.  The Indenture does not limit other indebtedness of the Company, secured or unsecured.

 

5.              Redemption at the Option of the Company.

 

No sinking fund is provided for the Securities.  Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Securities are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for a cash redemption price (the “ Optional Redemption Price ”) equal to the greater of

 

(i)             one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed, and

 

(ii)            the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) on the Securities to be redeemed discounted to the applicable Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below), plus 50 basis points,

 

plus , in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Securities being redeemed to the applicable Redemption Date, provided that if the applicable Redemption Date is on or after an interest payment record date and on or before the related interest payment date, the accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the holder of record of such Securities at the close of business on the relevant record date.

 

Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Optional Redemption Price on and after the applicable Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities or portions of the Securities called for redemption.

 

In the case of a partial redemption, selection of the Securities for redemption will be made pro rata, by lot or by such other method as the Trustee in its sole discretion deems fair and appropriate (subject to the procedures of DTC).  No Securities of a principal amount of $2,000 or less will be redeemed in part.  If any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of

 

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redemption that relates to the Security will state the portion of the principal amount of the Security to be redeemed.  In the case of a certificated Security, a new Security in a principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security will be issued in the name of the holder of the Security upon surrender for cancellation of the original Security.

 

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Bank as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity with the remaining term of those Securities.

 

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to the Securities on any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth in the daily statistical release (or any successor release) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and designated “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities” or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published or does not contain such prices on such Business Day, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Independent Investment Bank obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations;

 

Independent Investment Bank ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company;

 

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Securities Inc. and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) selected by Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, and their respective successors; provided , however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), we shall replace that former dealer with another Primary Treasury Dealer.

 

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and the Securities on any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Bank, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Bank by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

 

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to the Securities on any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below) for the Securities, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for such Redemption Date.

 

Notice of redemption pursuant to this Paragraph 5 shall be mailed or sent by electronic transmission at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each

 

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Holder of Securities to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address.  In addition, the Company will issue a press release containing the relevant information included in the notice (and make the press release available on its website).

 

6.              Purchase by the Company at the Option of the Holder upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event.

 

(a)            At the option of the Holder and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, if a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, each Holder of Securities will have the right, at its option to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of its Securities, or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, at a Change of Control Repurchase Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Change of Control Repurchase Date.  To exercise the repurchase right, the Holder must deliver on or before the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Repurchase Date, a written notice to the Trustee of such Holder’s exercise of its repurchase right, together with the Securities with respect to which the right is being exercised.  The Company is required to repurchase the Securities on the date that is no earlier than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days after the date on which the Company notifies Holders of the Securities of the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Repurchase Event.

 

(b)            Holders have the right to withdraw any Change of Control Repurchase Notice delivered pursuant to Paragraph 6(a) above by delivering to the Paying Agent a written notice of withdrawal in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the last day prior to the Change of Control Repurchase Date.  If cash sufficient to pay the Change of Control Repurchase Price of all Securities or portions thereof to be repurchased as of the Change of Control Repurchase Date is deposited with the Paying Agent on the Change of Control Repurchase Date, interest will cease to accrue on such Securities (or portions thereof) on and after such Change of Control Repurchase Date, and the Holder thereof shall have no other rights as such other than the right to receive the Change of Control Repurchase Price upon surrender of such Security.

 

7.              Restrictions on Secured Debt.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are subject to certain restrictions on their ability to incur, issue, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness secured by any Lien (other than Permitted Liens).

 

8.              Limitations on Sales and Leasebacks.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are subject to certain restrictions on their ability to enter into, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to a sale and leaseback transaction to the extent set forth in the Indenture.

 

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9.              Future Liens.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, if at any time Company is required to grant a lien to the lenders under any credit agreement or facility because the Company’s non-credit enhanced, senior unsecured long-term debt is rated below a specified level, the Company has certain obligations to grant to the Trustee, for the pro rata benefit of all Holders of 2019 Notes, an equal and ratable lien on assets that are the subject of any such lien granted under the terms of such credit facility.

 

10.           Mandatory Disposition Due to Gaming Laws.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, each holder or beneficial owner, by accepting this Security, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary does business requires that a Person who is a holder or the beneficial owner of the Security be licensed, qualified or found suitable under applicable Gaming Laws, such holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, shall apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within the required time period.  If such Person fails to apply or become licensed or qualified or is found unsuitable, the Company shall have the right, at its option to require such Person to dispose of this Security or beneficial interest in this Security within 30 days of receipt of notice of the Company’s election or such earlier date as may be requested or prescribed by such Gaming Authority, or redeem such Person’s Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

11.           Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

 

The Securities are in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 of principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.  The Registrar need not transfer or exchange any Securities in respect of which a Change of Control Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn (except, in the case of a Security to be repurchased in part, the portion of the Security not to be repurchased) or any Securities for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed.

 

12.           Persons Deemed Owners.

 

The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of this Security for all purposes.

 

13.           Unclaimed Money or Securities.

 

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company upon written request any money or securities held by them for the payment of any amount with respect to the Securities that remains unclaimed for two years, subject to applicable unclaimed property law.  After return to the Company, Holders entitled to the money or securities must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.

 

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14.           Trustee Dealings with the Company.

 

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15.           Calculations in Respect of Securities.

 

Except as provided in Paragraph 5 of this Security, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Securities.  These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the market prices of the Securities and any accrued interest payable on the Securities.  The Company will make these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the calculations will be final and binding on Holders of the Securities.  The Company will provide to the Trustee a schedule of its calculations, and the Trustee is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of such calculations without independent verification.  The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of the Securities upon the request of such Holder.

 

16.           No Recourse Against Others.

 

A director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.  By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

17.           Authentication.

 

This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication on the other side of this Security.

 

18.           Abbreviations.

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

19.           GOVERNING LAW.

 

THIS SECURITY AND THE INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

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20.           Extension Fee.

 

Holders of Securities shall be entitled to payments of Extension Fees to the extent set forth in the Indenture.

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security in larger type.  Requests may be made to:

 

International Game Technology
9295 Prototype Drive
Reno, Nevada  89521
Attention: Craig Billings,
Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Finance

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

 

 

 

I or we assign and transfer this Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax ID no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

and irrevocably appoint                     agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

 

Your Signature:

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

 

Signature Guaranteed

 

 

 

 

 

Participant in a Recognized Signature

 

Guarantee Medallion Program

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

 

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[ Include for Global Security ]

 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES OF GLOBAL SECURITY
Initial Principal amount of Global Security:                   ($                   ).

 

Date

 

Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of Global Security

 

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal Amount
of Global Security

 

Principal Amount
of Global Security
After Increase
or Decrease

 

Notation by
Registrar or
Security
Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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