As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2016

Registration No. 333-210322

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Amendment No. 1 to

Form S-11

FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

 

 

MGM Growth Properties LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in governing instruments)

 

 

6385 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 500

Las Vegas, Nevada 89118

(702) 669-1480

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

John M. McManus, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

MGM Resorts International

3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(702) 693-7120

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Rod Miller, Esq.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

28 Liberty Street

New York, New York 10005

(212) 530-5000

 

Michael J. Aiello, Esq.

Mark Schwed, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10153

(212) 310-8000

 

Kirk A. Davenport II, Esq.

Julian T.H. Kleindorfer, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

885 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

(212) 906-1200

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public : As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box.   ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, check the following box.   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

  Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (1)(2)
  Amount of
Registration Fee

Class A common shares representing limited liability company interests

  $100,000,000   $10,070 (3)

 

 

(1) Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2) Includes shares subject to the underwriters’ overallotment option to purchase additional shares from us, if any.
(3) The Registrant previously paid $10,070 of the registration fee in connection with prior filings of this Registration Statement.

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

MGM Growth Properties LLC is filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to its Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-210322) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibit-only filing to file Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 21.1 and 24.1 and to restate the list of exhibits set forth in Item 36 of Part II of the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, including the signature page and the exhibit index, and the filed exhibits. The prospectus is unchanged and has been omitted.


PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 31. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following is a statement of the expenses estimated to be incurred by us in connection with the distribution of the securities registered under this Registration Statement:

 

Item    Amount  

SEC Registration Fee

   $ 10,070   

FINRA Filing Fee

   $ 15,500   

Printing Fees and Expenses

   $ *      

NYSE Listing Fee

   $ *      

Legal Fees and Expenses

   $ *      

Accounting Fees and Expenses

   $ *      

Miscellaneous

   $ *      

Total

   $ *      

 

* To be filed by amendment.

 

Item 32. Sales to Special Parties.

None.

 

Item 33. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

None.

 

Item 34. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Our limited liability company agreement provides that we will generally indemnify officers and members of our board of directors to the fullest extent permitted by law against all losses, claims, damages or similar events. Our limited liability company agreement is filed as an exhibit hereto. Subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions set forth in our limited liability company agreement, Section 18-108 of the Delaware LLC Act empowers a Delaware limited liability company to indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against all claims and demands whatsoever.

We expect to maintain standard policies of insurance that provide coverage (i) to our directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason of breach of duty or other wrongful act and (ii) to us with respect to indemnification payments that it may make to such directors and officers.

The proposed form of Underwriting Agreement to be filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement provides for indemnification to our directors and officers by the underwriters against certain liabilities.

 

Item 35. Treatment of Proceeds from Stock Being Registered.

None of the proceeds will be contributed to an account other than the appropriate capital account.

 

Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(A)  Financial Statements.  See Index to Financial Statements and the related notes thereto.

 

II-1


(B)  Exhibits.  The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Registration Statement on Form S-11:

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement*
  2.1    Form of Master Contribution Agreement by and among MGM, MGP and the Operating Partnership**
  3.1    Form of Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MGP**
  4.1    Specimen Class A Common Share Certificate of MGP
  5.1    Form of Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP regarding the legality of the securities being issued**
  8.1    Form of Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP regarding tax matters**
10.1    Form of Master Lease between Landlord and Tenant
10.2    Form of Corporate Services Agreement between MGM and the Operating Partnership
10.3    Form of Registration Rights Agreement between MGM and MGP**
10.4    Form of IP License Agreement between MGM and MGP**
10.5    Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership
10.6    Form of 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan†
10.7    Form of Annual Performance-Based Incentive Plan†
10.8    Form of Change of Control Policy for Executive Officers†
10.9    Form of MGM Growth Properties LLC Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan†
10.10    Form of 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors†
10.11    Employment Agreement of James C. Stewart†
10.12    Employment Agreement of Andy H. Chien†
21.1    Subsidiaries of MGP
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP for Propco (Predecessor)**
23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP for MGM Growth Properties LLC**
23.3    Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)**
23.4    Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)**
24.1    Power of Attorney (included in signature page)

 

* To be filed by amendment
** Previously filed
Compensatory plan or arrangement

 

Item 37. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

(b) Insofar as indemnification of liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant

 

II-2


has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance under Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

II-3


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on April 5, 2016.

 

MGM Growth Properties LLC
By:  

/s/    James C. Stewart        

 

James C. Stewart

Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints each of John M. McManus and Andrew Hagopian III, or any of them, each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-11 (including all pre-effective and post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/    James C. Stewart        

James C. Stewart

   Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   April 5, 2016

/s/    Andy H. Chien        

Andy H. Chien

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   April 5, 2016

/s/    Elisa C. Gois        

Elisa C. Gois

   Director   April 5, 2016

/s/    William J. Hornbuckle        

William J. Hornbuckle

   Director   April 5, 2016

/s/    John M. McManus        

John M. McManus

   Director   April 5, 2016

*

James J. Murren

   Director   April 5, 2016

/s/    Michael J. Rietbrock        

Michael J. Rietbrock

   Director   April 5, 2016

/s/    Thomas A. Roberts        

Thomas A. Roberts

   Director   April 5, 2016

/s/    Daniel J. Taylor        

Daniel J. Taylor

   Director   April 5, 2016

 

*By:   /s/ Andrew Hagopian III
 

Name: Andrew Hagopian III

Title: Attorney-in-Fact

 

II-4


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  1.1    Form of Underwriting Agreement*
  2.1    Form of Master Contribution Agreement by and among MGM, MGP and the Operating Partnership**
  3.1    Form of Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MGP**
  4.1    Specimen Class A Common Share Certificate of MGP
  5.1    Form of Opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP regarding the legality of the securities being issued**
  8.1    Form of Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP regarding tax matters**
10.1    Form of Master Lease between Landlord and Tenant
10.2    Form of Corporate Services Agreement between MGM and the Operating Partnership
10.3    Form of Registration Rights Agreement between MGM and MGP**
10.4    Form of IP License Agreement between MGM and MGP**
10.5    Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership
10.6    Form of 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan†
10.7    Form of Annual Performance-Based Incentive Plan†
10.8    Form of Change of Control Policy for Executive Officers†
10.9    Form of MGM Growth Properties LLC Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan†
10.10    Form of 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors†
10.11    Employment Agreement of James C. Stewart†
10.12    Employment Agreement of Andy H. Chien†
21.1    Subsidiaries of MGP
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP for Propco (Predecessor)**
23.2    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP for MGM Growth Properties LLC**
23.3    Consent of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)**
23.4    Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)**
24.1    Power of Attorney (included in signature page)

 

* To be filed by amendment
** Previously filed
Compensatory plan or arrangement

 

II-5

EXHIBIT 4.1

LOGO

ZQ|CERT#|COY|CLS|RGSTRY|ACCT#|TRANSTYPE|RUN#|TRANS#
CLASS A COMMON SHARES
NO PAR VALUE
CLASS A COMMON SHARES
THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA, JERSEY CITY, NJ AND COLLEGE STATION, TX
Certificate Number
ZQ00000000
MGM GROWTH
PROPERTIESTM
MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC
FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
Shares
* * 000000 ******************
* * * 000000 *****************
**** 000000 ****************
***** 000000 ***************
****** 000000 **************
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
MR. SAMPLE & MRS. SAMPLE & MR. SAMPLE & MRS. SAMPLE
** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample **** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Alexander David Sample**** Mr. Sample**** Mr. Sample
CUSIP XXXXXX XX X
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
is the owner of
*** ZERO HUNDRED THOUSAND
ZERO HUNDRED AND ZERO***
**000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares*** *000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**
Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**Shares****000000**S

MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), hereby certifies that the person or entity named above (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of the number of Class A common shares shown above representing limited liability company interests in the Company (the “Class A Common Shares”), transferable on the books of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD (A) VIOLATE THE THEN APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTALAUTHORITY WITH JURISDICTION OVER SUCH TRANSFER OR (B) TERMINATE THE EXISTENCE OR QUALIFICATION OF THE COMPANY UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AND CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER FOR THE PURPOSE, AMONG OTHERS, OF THE COMPANY’S MAINTENANCE OF ITS QUALIFICATION AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST UNDER THE CODE. SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE COMPANY’S AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT, (I) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF ANY CLASS OF COMMON SHARES (OTHER THAN THE CLASS B COMMON SHARE) IN EXCESS OF 9.8% (IN VALUE OR NUMBER OF SHARES, WHICHEVER IS MORE RESTRICTIVE) OF SUCH CLASS OF OUTSTANDING COMMON SHARES UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH LIMITATION OR IS AN EXCEPTED HOLDER (IN WHICH CASE THE EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT SHALL BE APPLICABLE); (II) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF ANY CLASS OR SERIES OF PREFERRED SHARES IN EXCESS OF 9.8% (IN VALUE OR NUMBER OF SHARES, WHICHEVER IS MORE RESTRICTIVE) OF THE OUTSTANDING SHARES OF SUCH CLASS OR SERIES OF PREFERRED SHARES UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH LIMITATION OR IS AN EXCEPTED HOLDER (IN WHICH CASE THE EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT SHALL BE APPLICABLE); (III) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES IN EXCESS OF 9.8% (IN VALUE) OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING SHARES UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS EXEMPT FROM SUCH LIMITATION OR IS AN EXCEPTED HOLDER (IN WHICH CASE THE EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT SHALL BE APPLICABLE); (IV) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN AN AMOUNT OF SHARES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE COMPANY BEING “CLOSELY HELD” UNDER SECTION 856(H) OF THE CODE (WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER THE OWNERSHIP INTEREST IS HELD DURING THE LAST HALF OF A TAXABLE YEAR) OR OTHERWISE CAUSE THE COMPANY TO FAIL TO QUALIFY AS A REIT; (V) NO PERSON SHALL BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN AN AMOUNT OF SHARES TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH OWNERSHIP WOULD RESULT IN THE COMPANY
OWNING (ACTUALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY) AN INTEREST IN A TENANT THAT IS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 856(D)(2)(B) OF THE CODE IF THE INCOME DERIVED BY THE COMPANY FROM SUCH TENANT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY TO FAIL TO SATISFY ANY OF THE GROSS INCOME REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 856(C) OF THE CODE; AND (VI) NO TRANSFER SHALL BE MADE IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD RESULT IN THE SHARES BEING BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED (100) PERSONS (AS DETERMINED UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF SECTION 856(A)(5) OF THE CODE). ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SHARES OF SHARES THAT, IF EFFECTIVE WOULD RESULT IN VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (I) THROUGH (VI) ABOVE SHALL BE VOID AB INITIO, AND THE INTENDED TRANSFEREE SHALL ACQUIRE NO RIGHTS IN SUCH SHARES. THE SHARES IN EXCESS OR IN VIOLATION OF THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN (I) THROUGH (VI) WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO ONE OR MORE TRUSTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES. IN ADDITION, THE COMPANY MAY REDEEM SHARES OR REQUIRE THE DISPOSITION OF SHARES UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THAT OWNERSHIP OR A TRANSFER OR OTHER EVENT MAY VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE. ANY PERSON WHO BENEFICIALLY OWNS OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNS OR ATTEMPTS TO BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES WHICH CAUSES OR WILL CAUSE A PERSON TO BENEFICIALLY OWN OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES IN EXCESS OR IN VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MUST IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE COMPANY OR, IN THE CASE OF SUCH A PROPOSED OR ATTEMPTED TRANSACTION, GIVE AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) DAYS PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE. THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 4.5 AND 4.6 OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY MAY IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IF IT RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH RESTRICTIONS ARE NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE TO PRESERVE THE UNIFORMITY OF THE SHARES (OR ANY CLASS OR SERIES THEREOF). THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH ABOVE SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE SETTLEMENT OF ANY TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THIS SECURITY ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE FACILITIES OF ANY NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY IS LISTED OR ADMITTED FOR TRADING. ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS IN THIS LEGEND HAVE THE MEANINGS DEFINED IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, A COPY OF WHICH, INCLUDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP, WILL BE FURNISHED TO EACH HOLDER OF SHARES ON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE. REQUESTS FOR SUCH A COPY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
DATED DD-MMM-YYYY COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR,
FACSIMILE SIGNATURE TO COME Chief Executive Officer
MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC
SEAL10/23/2015 DELAWARE FACSIMILE SIGNATURE TO COME Chief Financial Officer By AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS ON RESERVE
1234567
MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES TM PO BOX 43004, Providence, RI 02940-3004 MR A SAMPLE DESIGNATION (IF ANY)
ADD 1 ADD 2 ADD 3 ADD 4
CUSIP XXXXXX XX X Holder ID XXXXXXXXXX Insurance Value 1,000,000.00 Number of Shares 123456
DTC 12345678 123456789012345
Certificate Numbers Num/No. Denom. Total
1234567890/1234567890 1 1 1
1234567890/1234567890 2 2 2
1234567890/1234567890 3 3 3
1234567890/1234567890 4 4 4
1234567890/1234567890 5 5 5
1234567890/1234567890 6 6 6
Total Transaction 7


LOGO

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC
THE RIGHTS, POWERS, PREFERENCES, RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE CLASS A COMMON SHARES ARE AS SET FORTH IN, AND THIS CERTIFICATE AND CLASS A COMMON SHARES REPRESENTED HEREBY ARE ISSUED AND SHALL IN ALL RESPECTS BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF, THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY, DATED AS OF , AS THE SAME MAY BE FURTHER AMENDED, RESTATED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME (THE “LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT”). BY ACCEPTANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND AS A CONDITION TO BEING ENTITLED TO ANY RIGHTS AND/OR BENEFITS WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS A COMMON SHARES EVIDENCED HEREBY, THE HOLDER IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH AND BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT AND TO BE ADMITTED AS A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT. A COPY OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE COMPANY TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. THE COMPANY MAINTAINS BOOKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGISTERING THE TRANSFER OF CLASS A COMMON SHARES.
THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT VALID UNLESS COUNTERSIGNED BY THE TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTERED BY THE REGISTRAR OF THE COMPANY.
EACH CLASS A COMMON SHARE AND THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL EACH CONSTITUTE A “SECURITY” WITHIN THE MEANING OF, AND GOVERNED BY, (I) ARTICLE 8 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE AS IN EFFECT FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND (II) ARTICLE 8 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OF ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION THAT NOW OR HEREAFTER SUBSTANTIALLY INCLUDES THE 1994 REVISIONS TO ARTICLE 8 THEREOF AS ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE AND THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS AND APPROVED BY THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ON FEBRUARY 14, 1995 (AND EACH SHARE AND THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL EACH BE TREATED AS SUCH A “SECURITY” FOR ALL PURPOSES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST THEREIN UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF EACH APPLICABLE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE).
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(State)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF TRF MIN ACT - Custodian (until age)
(Cust)
under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
(Minor)
(State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
Shares of the Class A Common Shares represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: 20
Signature(s) Guaranteed: Medallion Guarantee Stamp
THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.
Signature:
Signature:
Notice: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate, in every particular, without alteration or enlargement, or any change whatever.
SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS
TH S IS WATERMARKED PAPER, DO NOT ACCEPT W THOUT NOTI NG WATERMARK. HOLD TO LIGHT TO VERIFY WATERMARK
The IRS requires that the named transfer agent (“we”) report the cost basis of certain shares or units acquired after January 1, 2011. If your shares or units are covered by the legislation, and you requested to sell or transfer the shares or units using a specific cost basis calculation method, then we have processed as you requested. If you did not specify a cost basis calculation method, then we have defaulted to the first in, first out (FIFO) method. Please consult your tax advisor if you need additional information about cost basis. If you do not keep in contact with the issuer or do not have any activity in your account for the time period specified by state law, your property may become subject to state unclaimed property laws and transferred to the appropriate state.
1234567

EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

FORM OF

MASTER LEASE


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

MASTER LEASE

 

          Page  

ARTICLE I

   LEASED PROPERTY      1   

    1.1

   Leased Property      1   

    1.2

   Single, Indivisible Lease      2   

    1.3

   Term      3   

    1.4

   Renewal Terms      3   

    1.5

   Separation of Leases      4   

ARTICLE II

   DEFINITIONS      6   

    2.1

   Definitions      6   

ARTICLE III

   RENT      31   

    3.1

   Rent      31   

    3.2

   Late Payment of Rent      31   

    3.3

   Method of Payment of Rent      31   

    3.4

   Net Lease      32   

    3.5

   Fair Market Rent      32   

ARTICLE IV

   IMPOSITIONS      33   

    4.1

   Impositions      33   

    4.2

   Utilities and other Matters      34   

    4.3

   Impound Account      34   

ARTICLE V

   NO ABATEMENT      35   

    5.1

   No Termination, Abatement, etc.      35   

ARTICLE VI

   OWNERSHIP OF LEASED PROPERTY      36   

    6.1

   Ownership of the Leased Property      36   

    6.2

   Tenant’s Property      37   

    6.3

   Tenant’s Intellectual Property      37   

ARTICLE VII

   CONDITION AND USE OF LEASED PROPERTY      38   

    7.1

   Condition of the Leased Property      38   

    7.2

   Use of the Leased Property      38   

    7.3

   Development Facilities      39   

    7.4

   Landlord ROFO      39   

ARTICLE VIII

   COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; GROUND LEASES      40   

    8.1

   Representations and Warranties      40   

    8.2

   Compliance with Legal and Insurance Requirements, etc.      41   

    8.3

   Zoning and Uses      42   

    8.4

   Compliance with Ground Leases      42   

ARTICLE IX

   MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR      43   

    9.1

   Maintenance and Repair      43   

 

i


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

MASTER LEASE

(Continued)

 

          Page  

    9.2

   Encroachments, Restrictions, Mineral Leases, etc.      45   

ARTICLE X

   CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS      46   

    10.1

   Construction of Capital Improvements to the Leased Property      46   

    10.2

   Construction Requirements for Capital Improvements      47   

    10.3

   Tenant Capital Improvements Upon Deconsolidation      47   

    10.4

   Ownership of Tenant Capital Improvements at end of Term      49   

    10.5

   Funding of Tenant Capital Improvements      49   

ARTICLE XI

   NO LIENS      49   

    11.1

   Liens      49   

ARTICLE XII

   PERMITTED CONTESTS      51   

    12.1

   Permitted Contests      51   

ARTICLE XIII

   INSURANCE      52   

    13.1

   General Insurance Requirements      52   

    13.2

   Additional Insurance      54   

    13.3

   Waiver of Subrogation      54   

    13.4

   Policy Requirements      55   

    13.5

   Increase in Limits      56   

    13.6

   Blanket Policy      56   

    13.7

   No Separate Insurance      56   

ARTICLE XIV

   CASUALTY      57   

    14.1

   Property Insurance Proceeds      57   

    14.2

   Tenant’s Obligations Following Casualty      57   

    14.3

   No Abatement of Rent      60   

    14.4

   Waiver      60   

    14.5

   Insurance Proceeds Paid to Facility Mortgagee      60   

    14.6

   Termination of Master Lease; Abatement of Rent      60   

    14.7

   Multiple Facility Mortgagees      61   

ARTICLE XV

   CONDEMNATION      61   

    15.1

   Condemnation      61   

    15.2

   Award Distribution      62   

    15.3

   Temporary Taking      62   

    15.4

   No Abatement of Rent      62   

    15.5

   Waiver      63   

    15.6

   Award Paid to Facility Mortgagee      63   

    15.7

   Termination of Master Lease; Abatement of Rent      63   

ARTICLE XVI

   DEFAULT; REMEDIES      63   

    16.1

   Events of Default      63   

 

ii


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

MASTER LEASE

(Continued)

 

          Page  

    16.2

   Certain Remedies      66   

    16.3

   Damages      66   

    16.4

   Receiver      68   

    16.5

   Waiver      68   

    16.6

   Application of Funds      68   

ARTICLE XVII

   TENANT’S FINANCING      68   

    17.1

   Permitted Leasehold Mortgagees      68   

    17.2

   Landlord’s Right to Cure Tenant’s Default      76   

    17.3

   Tenant’s Debt Agreements      76   

    17.4

   Landlord Cooperation      76   

ARTICLE XVIII

   SALE OF LEASED PROPERTY      76   

    18.1

   Sale of the Leased Property      76   

ARTICLE XIX

   HOLDING OVER      77   

    19.1

   Holding Over      77   

ARTICLE XX

   RISK OF LOSS      77   

    20.1

   Risk of Loss      77   

ARTICLE XXI

   INDEMNIFICATION      77   

    21.1

   General Indemnification      77   

ARTICLE XXII

   SUBLETTING AND ASSIGNMENT      78   

    22.1

   Subletting and Assignment      78   

    22.2

   Permitted Assignments      78   

    22.3

   Permitted Sublease Agreements      80   

    22.4

   Required Assignment and Subletting Provisions      81   

    22.5

   Costs      82   

    22.6

   No Release of Tenant’s Obligations; Exception      82   

    22.7

   Separate Lease; Rent Allocated      82   

    22.8

   Management Agreements      83   

ARTICLE XXIII

   REPORTING; CONFIDENTIALITY      83   

    23.1

   Officer’s Certificates and Financial Statements      83   

    23.2

   Confidentiality; Public Offering Information      86   

    23.3

   Financial Covenants      87   

    23.4

   Landlord Obligations      87   

ARTICLE XXIV

   LANDLORD’S RIGHT TO INSPECT      88   

    24.1

   Landlord’s Right to Inspect      88   

 

iii


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

MASTER LEASE

(Continued)

 

          Page  

ARTICLE XXV

   NO WAIVER      88   

    25.1

   No Waiver      88   

ARTICLE XXVI

   REMEDIES CUMULATIVE      89   

    26.1

   Remedies Cumulative      89   

ARTICLE XXVII

   ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER      89   

    27.1

   Acceptance of Surrender      89   

ARTICLE XXVIII

   NO MERGER      89   

    28.1

   No Merger      89   

ARTICLE XXIX

   CONVEYANCE BY LANDLORD      89   

    29.1

   Conveyance by Landlord      89   

ARTICLE XXX

   QUIET ENJOYMENT      90   

    30.1

   Quiet Enjoyment      90   

ARTICLE XXXI

   LANDLORD’S FINANCING      90   

    31.1

   Landlord’s Financing      90   

    31.2

   Attornment      91   

ARTICLE XXXII

   HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES      92   

    32.1

   Hazardous Substances      92   

    32.2

   Notices      92   

    32.3

   Remediation      92   

    32.4

   Indemnity      92   

    32.5

   Environmental Inspections      93   

ARTICLE XXXIII

   MEMORANDUM OF LEASE      94   

    33.1

   Memorandum of Lease      94   

ARTICLE XXXIV

   APPOINTING EXPERTS      94   

    34.1

   Expert Dispute Resolution Process      94   

ARTICLE XXXV

   NOTICES      98   

    35.1

   Notices      98   

ARTICLE XXXVI

   TRANSITION UPON EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION      99   

    36.1

   Transfer of Tenant’s Assets at the Facilities      99   

ARTICLE XXXVII

   ATTORNEY’S FEES      99   

    37.1

   Attorneys’ Fees      99   

 

iv


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

MASTER LEASE

(Continued)

 

          Page  

ARTICLE XXXVIII

   BROKERS      100   

    38.1

   Brokers      100   

ARTICLE XXXIX

   OFAC      100   

    39.1

   Anti-Terrorism Representations      100   

ARTICLE XL

   REIT REQUIREMENTS      101   

    40.1

   REIT Protection      101   

ARTICLE XLI

   MISCELLANEOUS      102   

    41.1

   Survival      102   

    41.2

   Severability      102   

    41.3

   Non-Recourse      102   

    41.4

   Successors and Assigns      102   

    41.5

   Governing Law      102   

    41.6

   Waiver of Trial by Jury      103   

    41.7

   Entire Agreement      103   

    41.8

   Headings; Consent      103   

    41.9

   Counterparts      103   

    41.10

   Interpretation      104   

    41.11

   Time of Essence      104   

    41.12

   Further Assurances      104   

    41.13

   Gaming Regulations      104   

    41.14

   Certain Provisions of Nevada Law      104   

    41.15

   Sale/Leaseback Accounting      105   

 

 

EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
EXHIBIT A      LIST OF FACILITIES
EXHIBIT B      LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS
EXHIBIT C      DECONSOLIDATION GROWTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
EXHIBIT D      GAMING LICENSES
EXHIBIT E      FORM OF GUARANTY
EXHIBIT F-1      FORM OF NONDISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT F-2 AGREEMENT      FORM OF SUBORDINATION, NONDISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT
EXHIBIT G      FORM OF MEMORANDUM OF LEASE

 

v


TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO

MASTER LEASE

(Continued)

 

              Page
SCHEDULE 1      EXCLUDED ASSETS   

 

vi


FORM OF MASTER LEASE

This MASTER LEASE (the “ Master Lease ”) is entered into as of [                         ] , 2016, by and between MGP Lessor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( together with its permitted successors and assigns, “ Landlord ”), and MGM Lessee, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its permitted successors and assigns, “ Tenant ”).

RECITALS

A.        Capitalized terms used in this Master Lease and not otherwise defined herein are defined in Article II hereof.

B.        Pursuant to that certain Master Contribution Agreement , dated as of the date hereof (the “ Master Contribution Agreement ”), between MGM Resorts International , the one hundred percent (100%) owner of Tenant (“ Tenant’s Parent ”), and MGM Growth Properties LLC ( “MGM REIT” ), Landlord desires to lease the Leased Property to Tenant and Tenant desires to lease the Leased Property from Landlord upon the terms set forth in this Master Lease.

C.        A list of the ten (10) facilities covered by this Master Lease as of the date hereof is attached hereto as Exhibit A (each a “ Facility ,” and collectively, the “ Facilities ”). Each of the Facilities will be subleased by Tenant to Operating Subtenants pursuant to subleases (the “ Operating Subleases ”) between Tenant and each Operating Subtenant.

D.        Tenant and Landlord intend this Master Lease to constitute one indivisible lease of the Facilities and not separate leases governed by similar terms. The Facilities constitute one economic unit, and the Rent and all other provisions of this Master Lease have been negotiated and agreed to based on a demise of all of the Facilities to Tenant as a single, composite, inseparable transaction and would have been substantially different had separate leases or a divisible lease been intended.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

LEASED PROPERTY

1.1        Leased Property .  Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, Landlord leases to Tenant and Tenant leases from Landlord all of Landlord’s rights and interests in and to the following with respect to each of the Facilities (collectively, the “ Leased Property ”):

(a)        the real property or properties described in Part I of Exhibit B attached hereto together with the leasehold estates described in Part II of Exhibit B (as to which this Master Lease will constitute a sublease) (collectively, the “ Land ”);


(b)        all buildings, structures, barges, and other improvements of every kind now or hereafter located on the Land or connected thereto including, but not limited to, alleyways and connecting tunnels, sidewalks, utility pipes, conduits and lines (on-site and off-site to the extent Landlord has obtained any interest in the same), parking areas and roadways appurtenant to such buildings and structures of each such Facility (collectively, the “ Leased Improvements ”); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not affect or contradict the provisions of this Master Lease which specify that Tenant shall be entitled to certain benefits of the Tenant Capital Improvements ;

(c)        all easements, rights and appurtenances relating to the Land and the Leased Improvements;

(d)        all equipment, machinery, fixtures, and other items of property, including all components thereof, that are now or hereafter located in, on or used in connection with and permanently affixed to or otherwise incorporated into the Leased Improvements, together with all replacements, modifications, alterations and additions thereto (collectively, the “ Fixtures ”); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not affect or contradict the provisions of this Master Lease which specify that Tenant shall be entitled to certain benefits of the Tenant Capital Improvements; and

(e)        all other properties or rights, real, personal or otherwise, conveyed to Landlord or Landlord’s Subsidiaries pursuant to the Master Contribution Agreement;

in each case, with respect to clauses (b), (d) and (e) above, to the extent constituting “real property” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulation §1.856-3(d).

The Leased Property shall not, for any purposes under this Master Lease, include those assets described on Schedule 1 attached hereto (collectively, “ Excluded Assets ”).

The Leased Property is leased subject to all covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and other matters affecting the Leased Property as of the Commencement Date and such subsequent covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and other matters permitted by this Master Lease or as may be agreed to by Landlord or Tenant in accordance with the terms of this Master Lease, whether or not of record, including any matters which would be disclosed by an inspection or accurate survey of the Leased Property.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, following (a) the removal of any Facility from this Master Lease pursuant to Section 1.5 , (b) the assignment by Tenant of its Leasehold Estate with respect to any Facility pursuant to Section 22.2(a)(iii) , (c) the termination of this Master Lease with respect to any Facility pursuant to Section 14.2 , or (d) the termination of the Master Lease with respect to any Facility pursuant to Section 15.1 , such Facility shall no longer constitute Leased Property hereunder.

1.2        Single, Indivisible Lease .  (a)  This Master Lease constitutes one indivisible lease of the Leased Property and not separate leases governed by similar terms. The Leased Property constitutes one economic unit, and the Rent and all other provisions have been negotiated and agreed to based on a demise of all of the Leased Property to Tenant as a single, composite, inseparable transaction and would have been substantially different had separate leases or a

 

2


divisible lease been intended. Except as expressly provided in this Master Lease for specific, isolated purposes (and then only to the extent expressly otherwise stated), all provisions of this Master Lease apply equally and uniformly to all of the Leased Property as one unit. An Event of Default with respect to any portion of the Leased Property is an Event of Default as to all of the Leased Property. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Landlord shall be entitled to exercise any applicable remedies under Article XVI with respect to all of the Leased Property regardless of the portion of the Leased Property to which such Event of Default relates. The parties intend that the provisions of this Master Lease shall at all times be construed, interpreted and applied so as to carry out their mutual objective to create an indivisible lease of all of the Leased Property and, in particular but without limitation, that, for purposes of any assumption, rejection or assignment of this Master Lease under 11 U.S.C. Section 365, or any successor or replacement thereof or any analogous state law, this is one indivisible and non-severable lease and executory contract dealing with one legal and economic unit and that this Master Lease must be assumed, rejected or assigned as a whole with respect to all (and only as to all) of the Leased Property. The parties may amend this Master Lease from time to time to add or remove one or more additional Facilities as part of the Leased Property and such future addition to, or removal from, the Leased Property shall not in any way change the indivisible and nonseverable nature of this Master Lease and all of the foregoing provisions shall continue to apply in full force. Each party agrees that it shall not assert that this Master Lease is not, and shall not challenge the characterization of this Master Lease as, a single indivisible lease of all of the Leased Property. Each party hereby waives any claim or defense based on a recharacterization of this Master Lease as any agreement other than a single indivisible lease of all of the Leased Property.

(b)        Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that (x) none of (1) Landlord’s ability to remove one of more Facilities from this Master Lease pursuant to Section 1.5 , (2) Tenant’s ability to assign its Leasehold Estate with respect to one or more individual Facilities pursuant to Section 22.2(a)(iii) , (3) Tenant’s or Landlord’s ability to terminate this Master Lease with respect to an affected Facility following certain Casualty Events pursuant to Section 14.2 or (4) Tenant’s or Landlord’s ability to terminate this Master Lease with respect to an affected Facility following certain Condemnations pursuant to Section 15.1 shall in any way change the indivisible and nonseverable nature of this Master Lease (as set forth in this Section 1.2 ) and (y) following any such removal, assignment or termination, this Master Lease shall continue as a single indivisible lease with respect to the remaining Leased Property.

1.3        Term .  The “ Term ” of this Master Lease is the Initial Term plus all Renewal Terms, to the extent exercised. The initial term of this Master Lease (the “ Initial Term ”) shall commence on [                      ] , 2016 (the “ Commencement Date ”) and end on the last day of the calendar month in which the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Commencement Date occurs, subject to renewal as set forth in Section 1.4 below.

1.4        Renewal Terms .  (a)  The term of this Master Lease may be extended for four (4) separate “ Renewal Terms ” of five (5) years each if: (i) at least twelve (12), but not more than eighteen (18) months prior to the end of the then current Term, Tenant delivers to Landlord a “ Renewal Notice ” that Tenant desires to exercise its right to extend this Master Lease for one (1) Renewal Term; and (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date

 

3


Landlord receives the Renewal Notice (the “ Exercise Date ”) or on the last day of the then current Term; provided, however, that if Tenant fails to deliver to Landlord a Notice prior to the date that is twelve (12) months prior to the then current expiration date of the Term that Tenant does not intend to renew in accordance with this Section 1.4 , then it shall automatically and without further action be deemed for all purposes that Tenant has delivered the Renewal Notice required by this Section 1.4(a)(i) . During any such Renewal Term, except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, all of the terms and conditions of this Master Lease shall remain in full force and effect.

(b)         Tenant may exercise such options to renew with respect to all (and no fewer than all) of the Facilities which are subject to this Master Lease as of the Exercise Date.

(c)         During each Renewal Term, Rent shall continue to be equal to Base Rent and Percentage Rent as determined pursuant to the definitions of such terms set forth in this Master Lease; provided, however, that from and after the occurrence of a Deconsolidation Event, Tenant may make an irrevocable election (such election to be effective for the remainder of the Term) by providing Notice to Landlord, effective as of either the date of the Deconsolidation Event or the commencement of any Renewal Term commencing on or after the date of the Notice (as determined in Tenant’s sole discretion), to convert the calculation of Base Rent from the amount set forth in clause (a) of the definition of Base Rent to the amount set forth in clause (b) of the definition of Base Rent. In the event Tenant elects the option described in the preceding sentence, Base Rent shall, effective as of the date selected by Tenant pursuant to the preceding sentence and for each Renewal Term thereafter, equal the amount set forth in the preceding sentence.

1.5        Separation of Leases .  (a)  From time to time, at the election of Landlord, but only in connection with the sale of a Facility in accordance with Article XVIII , Landlord may remove one or more Facilities in accordance with Article XVIII (individually, “ Removal Facility ,” and collectively, “ Removal Facilities ”) from this Master Lease and place such Removal Facilities in one (1) or more separate leases on terms and conditions substantially similar to, and in any case no less favorable to Tenant than, those set forth in this Master Lease and as otherwise provided in this Section 1.5 (individually, “ Separate Lease ,” and collectively, “ Separate Leases ”), to facilitate the sale of such Removal Facilities.

(b)        If Landlord elects to so remove any Removal Facilities, Landlord shall give Tenant not less than thirty (30) days’ Notice thereof (a “ Removal Notice ”), and Tenant shall thereafter, within said thirty (30)-day period (or such other period of time as Landlord may reasonably require; it being understood that Landlord may delay removal or cancel the Removal Notice in the event that the underlying sale of a Removal Facility is delayed or cancelled for any reason), execute, acknowledge and deliver to the new owner of the Removal Facilities, as designated by Landlord) at no cost or expense to Tenant, one (1) or more Separate Leases with respect to the relevant Removal Facilities effective as of the date set forth in the Removal Notice (“ Removal Date ”) for the remaining Term and on substantially the same terms and conditions as, and in any case no less favorable to Tenant than the terms and conditions of, this Master Lease, except for appropriate adjustments (including to Exhibits and Schedules), including as follows:

 

4


(i)         Rent .  The initial Base Rent and Percentage Rent for each Removal Facility shall be equal to the Allocable Rent Amount in respect of such Removal Facility and thereafter shall be adjusted on the same basis as provided in this Master Lease; it being understood that the specification in this Section 1.5(b)(i) of the methodology for determining the initial Base Rent and Percentage Rent for a Removal Facility shall not in any way change the indivisible and nonseverable nature of this Master Lease (as set forth in Section 1.2 ).

(ii)        Liabilities and Obligations .  The Separate Lease shall provide that Landlord and Tenant shall be responsible for the payment, performance and satisfaction of all of the duties, obligations and liabilities of Landlord and Tenant, respectively, arising under this Master Lease, with respect to the Removal Facility, that were not paid, performed and satisfied in full prior to the commencement date of the Separate Lease, and shall further provide that (x) landlord and tenant under the Separate Lease shall not be responsible for the payment, performance or satisfaction of any duties, obligations or liabilities of Landlord or Tenant under this Master Lease first arising after the Removal Date and (y) Landlord and Tenant and Guarantor shall not be responsible for the payment, performance or satisfaction of any duties, obligations or liabilities of the landlord or tenant under the Separate Lease, except to the extent they are a party to such Separate Lease. Except as provided in clause (iv) below, Landlord and Tenant’s obligations under this Master Lease with respect to the remainder of the Facilities not removed in accordance with this Section 1.5 shall remain unaffected and shall continue in accordance with the terms of this Master Lease.

(iii)       Deletion of REIT Provisions .  At the election of Landlord or any new landlord, any one or more of the provisions of the Separate Lease pertaining to the REIT status of any member of Landlord (or any Affiliate of any member of Landlord) shall be deleted.

(iv)       Amendments to this Lease .  Upon execution of such Separate Lease, and effective as of the effective date of such Separate Lease, this Master Lease shall be deemed to be amended as follows: (i) the Removal Facilities shall be excluded from the Leased Property hereunder and (ii) Base Rent and Percentage Rent hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of the Allocable Rent Amount with respect to the Removal Facilities. Such amendments shall occur automatically and without the necessity of any further action by Landlord or Tenant, but, at Landlord’s or Tenant’s election, the same shall be reflected in a formal amendment to this Master Lease, which amendment shall be promptly executed by Landlord and Tenant.

(v)        Other Undertakings .  Landlord and Tenant shall each take such actions and execute and deliver such documents, including, without limitation, the Separate Lease and new or amended Memorandum(s) of Lease and, if requested by the other, an amendment to this Master Lease, as are reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate fully the provisions and intent of this Section 1.5 , and as otherwise are appropriate or as Landlord, Tenant or any title insurer may reasonably request to evidence such removal and new leasing of the Removal Facilities, including memoranda of lease with respect to such Separate Leases and amendments of all existing memoranda of lease with respect to this Master Lease and an amendment of this Master Lease.

(c)        No Cross Default .  No default under any Separate Lease shall be a default under this Master Lease and no default under this Master Lease shall be a default under

 

5


any Separate Lease. In all cases, so long as any Facility Mortgage shall apply to any Removal Facility or Separate Lease, such Removal Facility and/or Separate Lease shall continue to be subject either to any existing subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement with respect to the Master Lease, or subject to a new subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement to be delivered by Facility Mortgagee, the landlord under the Separate Lease and Tenant on substantially the same terms and conditions as the existing subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement (having regard to the terms and conditions of the Separate Lease).

(d)         Guaranty .  Upon the execution of a Separate Lease, Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the new owner of the Removal Facility a new Guaranty of Tenant’s obligations with respect to the Removal Facility. The original Guaranty delivered to Landlord shall be of no further force or effect with respect to any obligations related to the Removal Facilities.

(e)         Costs and Expenses .  All costs and expenses relating to a Separate Lease (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by Tenant or Guarantor for outside counsel, if any) shall be borne by Landlord and not Tenant.

(f)         Cooperation .  Landlord and Tenant shall cooperate with Gaming Authorities in all reasonable respects to facilitate all necessary regulatory reviews, approvals and/or authorization of the Separate Lease in accordance with applicable Gaming Regulations.

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

2.1        Definitions .  For all purposes of this Master Lease, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, (i) the terms defined in this Article II have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; (ii) all references in this Master Lease to designated “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this Master Lease; (iii) the word “including” shall have the same meaning as the phrase “including, without limitation,” and other similar phrases; (iv) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Master Lease as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and (v) for the calculation of any financial ratios or tests referenced in this Master Lease (including the Adjusted Revenue to Rent Ratio, and the Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio), this Master Lease, regardless of its treatment under GAAP, shall be deemed to be an operating lease and the Rent payable hereunder shall be treated as an operating expense and shall not constitute Indebtedness or interest expense.

10 Year Treasury Yield :  The yield published in The Wall Street Journal from time to time for the “U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note.” If The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note,” Landlord shall select an equivalent publication that publishes such “U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note,” and if such “U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note” is no longer

 

6


generally published or is limited, regulated or administered by a governmental or quasi-governmental body, then Landlord shall select a comparable yield index.

Accounts :  All accounts, including deposit accounts, all rents, profits, income, revenues or rights to payment or reimbursement derived from the use of any space within the Leased Property and/or from goods sold or leased or services rendered from the Leased Property (including, without limitation, from goods sold or leased or services rendered from the Leased Property by any subtenant) and all accounts receivable, in each case whether or not evidenced by a contract, document, instrument or chattel paper and whether or not earned by performance, including without limitation, the right to payment of management fees and all proceeds of the foregoing.

Additional Charges :  All Impositions and all other amounts, liabilities and obligations which Tenant assumes or agrees to pay under this Master Lease and, in the event of any failure on the part of Tenant to pay any of those items, except where such failure is due to the acts or omissions of Landlord, every fine, penalty, interest and cost which may be added for non-payment or late payment of such items.

Adjusted Revenue :  For any Test Period, with respect to any Person or Facility, EBITDA plus, without duplication, any rent expense associated with any ground leases forming part of the Leased Property and this Master Lease (as may be amended from time to time).

Adjusted Revenue to Rent Ratio :  As at any date of determination, the ratio for any period of Adjusted Revenue derived from the Facilities by Tenant or its Affiliates (without duplication) to Rent. For purposes of calculating the Adjusted Revenue to Rent Ratio, Adjusted Revenue and Rent shall be calculated on a pro forma basis to give effect to any increase or decrease in Rent as a result of the addition or removal of Leased Property to this Master Lease during any Test Period as if such increase or decrease had been effected on the first day of such Test Period.

Affiliate :  When used with respect to any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or any other Person, the term “ Affiliate ” shall mean any Person which, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such other Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control ” (including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person, through the ownership of voting securities, partnership interests or other equity interests.

Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value :  As defined in Section 10.3(d) .

Allocable Percentage Share :  For any Facility, the fraction converted to a percentage determined by dividing the EBITDA for such Facility by the EBITDA for all Facilities then subject to the Master Lease, with each such EBITDA being based on the EBITDA for the most recent 12 month period required to be reported by Tenant to Landlord.

 

7


   Allocable Rent Amount :  As of any date of determination, with respect to one or more Facilities, and with respect to any amount of Rent in question (whether Base Rent or Percentage Rent), the amount determined by multiplying the then current total amount of Rent in question by the Allocable Percentage Share of such Facility(ies).   To the extent any of the Development Facilities are purchased by Landlord and made subject to this Master Lease as a Leased Property in accordance with Section 7.4 , but have not been subject to this Master Lease as Leased Property for the entirety of the applicable 12 month period, the Allocable Rent Amount calculation for all purposes of this Master Lease that includes any such Development Facility shall reflect, with respect to any such Development Facility, the 12 month period immediately preceding the date of determination of Allocable Rent Amount regardless of the date on which such Development Facility may have been included in this Master Lease. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this definition, if a Deconsolidation Event has previously occurred, as of any date of determination of Allocable Rent Amount resulting from (i) a Casualty Event or (ii) Landlord’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 8.2(b) , in either case, with respect to one or more Facilities and with respect to any amount of rent in question (whether Base Rent or Percentage Rent), the “Allocable Rent Amount” for each Facility shall mean the percentage of the Rent in question determined based on the relative fair values of each Facility as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the date of the Deconsolidation Event. In the event that Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree on such relative fair value of each Facility, either party may elect to have the same determined by an Expert in accordance with Section 34.1 .

   Appraiser :  As defined in Section 3.5 .

   Assumed Rate :  The 10 Year Treasury Yield plus six percent (6%).

   Award :  All compensation, sums or anything of value awarded, paid or received on a total or partial Condemnation.

   Base Rent :  During the Initial Term, an annual amount equal to [Four Hundred Ninety-Five Million Dollars] ($[495,000,000]) ; provided, however, that commencing on April 1, 2017 and continuing at the beginning of each Lease Year thereafter during the Initial Term, the Base Rent shall increase to an annual amount equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rent for the immediately preceding Lease Year, and (ii) the Escalation.

(a)        The Base Rent for the first year of each Fixed Renewal Term shall be an annual amount equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rent for the immediately preceding Lease Year, and (ii) the Escalation. Commencing with the beginning of the second (2nd) Lease Year of any Fixed Renewal Term and continuing at the beginning of each Lease Year thereafter during such Fixed Renewal Term, the Base Rent shall increase to an annual amount equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rent for the immediately preceding Lease Year, and (ii) the Escalation.

(b)        If applicable in accordance with Section 1.4(c), Base Rent for the first (1st) full Lease Year in which Base Rent is calculated pursuant to this clause (b) shall be equal to the greater of (i) the amount determined pursuant to subparagraph (a) above, and (ii) the Fair Market Rent as determined pursuant to Section 3.5 hereof (and the Base Rent for any portion of a Lease Year for which Base Rent is calculated pursuant to this clause (b) prior to such first (1st)

 

8


full Lease Year shall be determined by prorating such amount). The Base Rent determined in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be payable throughout the remainder of the Term (including any additional Renewal Terms) except that the Base Rent shall increase to an annual amount equal to the sum of (x) the Base Rent for the immediately preceding Lease Year, and (y) the Escalation (1) if the calculation of Base Rent pursuant to this clause (b) is effective as of the beginning of any Lease Year (i.e. April 1), commencing on the beginning of the next Lease Year, and continuing on the beginning of each Lease Year thereafter throughout the remainder of the Term (including any additional Renewal Terms thereafter), or (2) if the preceding clause (1) does not apply, then commencing on the beginning of the second (2nd) Lease Year following the date on which the calculation of Base Rent pursuant to this clause (b) is effective, and continuing on the beginning of each Lease Year thereafter throughout the remainder of the Term (including any additional Renewal Terms thereafter). Percentage Rent shall continue to be payable throughout each Fair Market Renewal Term.

Base Rent shall be subject to further adjustment as and to the extent provided in Sections 7.4, 10.3 and 14.6 .

Business Day :  Each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which national banks in the City of New York, New York are authorized, or obligated, by law or executive order, to close.

Capital Improvements :  With respect to any Facility, any improvements or alterations or modifications of the Leased Improvements, including without limitation capital improvements and structural alterations, modifications or improvements, or one or more additional structures annexed to any portion of any of the Leased Improvements of such Facility, or the expansion of existing improvements, which are constructed on any parcel or portion of the Land of such Facility, during the Term, including construction of a new wing or new story, in each case which are permanently affixed to the Leased Property such that they constitute real property under applicable Legal Requirements.

Capital Lease :  As applied to any Person, any lease of any Property by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person (provided, that any lease that is accounted for by any Person as an operating lease as of the Commencement Date and any similar lease entered into after the Commencement Date by any Person may, in the sole discretion of Tenant, be treated as an operating lease and not as a Capital Lease and provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Master Lease will not be considered a Capital Lease).

Capital Lease Obligations :  For any Person, all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a Capital Lease, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Cash :  Cash and cash equivalents and all instruments evidencing the same or any right thereto and all proceeds thereof.

Casualty Event :  Any loss of title or any loss of or damage to or destruction of, or any Condemnation or other taking (including by any governmental authority) of, any portion of

 

9


the Leased Property for which Landlord, Tenant or any Operating Subtenant or any of their respective Subsidiaries receives cash insurance proceeds or proceeds of a Condemnation award or other similar compensation (excluding proceeds of business interruption insurance). “ Casualty Event ” shall include, but not be limited to, any taking of all or any portion of the Leased Property, in or by Condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any applicable law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any real property of or any part thereof by any governmental authority, civil or military.

Casualty Shortfall :  As defined in Section 14.2(g) .

Code :  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended from time to time.

Commencement Date :  As defined in Section 1.3 .

Common Units :  Shall have the meaning give to such term in the Operating Partnership’s Limited Partnership Agreement.

Condemnation :  A taking by the exercise of any governmental power, whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, by a Condemnor or a voluntary sale or transfer by Landlord to any Condemnor, either under threat of condemnation or while legal proceedings for condemnation are pending.

Condemnor :  Any public or quasi-public authority, or private corporation or individual, having the power of Condemnation.

Confidential Information :  Any and all financial, technical, proprietary, confidential, and other information, including data, reports, interpretations, forecasts, analyses, compilations, studies, summaries, extracts, records, know-how, statements (written or oral) or other documents of any kind, that contain information concerning the business and affairs of Landlord or Tenant or their respective Related Persons, whether furnished before or after the date of this Master Lease, and regardless of the manner in which it was furnished, and any material prepared by either Landlord or Tenant or their respective Related Persons, in whatever form maintained, containing, reflecting or based upon, in whole or in part, any such information; provided, however, that “ Confidential Information ” shall not include information which: (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by either Landlord or Tenant or their respective Related Persons in breach of this Master Lease; (ii) was or becomes available to either Landlord or Tenant or their respective Related Persons on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure hereunder as evidenced by the written records of Landlord or Tenant or their Related Persons, provided, that the source of the information is not bound by a confidentiality agreement or otherwise prohibited from transmitting such information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary duty; or (iii) was independently developed by the other without the use of any Confidential Information, as evidenced by its written records.

Control :  The ability, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise (including by being the managing member or general partner of the Person in question), to (i) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person or (ii) conduct the day-to-day business operations of a Person.

 

10


CPI :  The United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics Revised Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (1982-84=100), U.S. City Average, All Items, or, if that index is not available at the time in question, the index designated by such Department as the successor to such index, and if there is no index so designated, an index for an area in the United States that most closely corresponds to the entire United States, published by such Department, or if none, by any other instrumentality of the United States.

CPI Increase :  The product of (i) the CPI most recently published as of the beginning of each Lease Year, divided by (ii) the CPI most recently published as of the beginning of the first Lease Year. If the product is less than one, the CPI Increase shall be equal to one.

Date of Taking :  The date the Condemnor has the right to possession of the property being condemned.

Debt Agreement :  If designated by Tenant to Landlord in writing to be included in the definition of “ Debt Agreement ,” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, (i) entered into from time to time by Tenant, any Operating Subtenant and/or their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time, (iii) which may be secured by assets of Tenant, any Operating Subtenant and/or their respective Subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, their Cash, Accounts, Tenant’s Property, real property and leasehold estates in real property (including this Master Lease) and (iv) which shall provide Landlord, in accordance with Section 17.3 hereof, the right to receive copies of notices of Specified Debt Agreement Defaults thereunder.

Deconsolidation Event :  A transaction or series of transactions which upon consummation requires Tenant’s Parent to cease consolidation of Landlord and MGM REIT within Tenant Parent’s consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, a sale, transfer, assignment or any other disposition (i) by Tenant of Tenant’s leasehold estate in one or more individual Facilities to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Tenant, or (ii) by Landlord of Landlord’s fee interest in one or more individual Facilities to a Person that is not an Affiliate of Landlord, shall not constitute a Deconsolidation Event as to any such Facility (or any other Facility).

Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement :  Any Tenant Capital Improvement described in Exhibit C or constructed between the Commencement Date and the occurrence of a Deconsolidation Event which (i) has not been funded by Landlord in accordance with Section 10.5 , and (ii) which is not a Deconsolidation Maintenance Capital Improvement as reasonably agreed by Landlord and Tenant and if Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree, then as determined by Experts in accordance with Section 34.1 .

 

11


Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price :  The fair market value based on the amount that would be paid by a willing purchaser to a willing seller if neither were under any compulsion to buy or sell, as of the date of a Deconsolidation Event, of all Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements.

Deconsolidation Maintenance Capital Improvement :  Any Tenant Capital Improvement constructed between the Commencement Date and the occurrence of a Deconsolidation Event that qualifies as a normal tenant improvement in accordance with GAAP and therefore is recognized as a fixed asset of Tenant or any Operating Subtenant for accounting purposes. For this purpose, normal tenant improvements exclude the costs of structural elements of the Facilities, including capital improvements that expand the footprint or square footage of the Facilities or extend the useful life of the Facilities. In addition, equipment that would be a necessary improvement for any lessee, including elevators, air conditioning systems, or electrical wiring that are integral to the Facilities that would not qualify as normal tenant improvements under GAAP shall not constitute Deconsolidation Maintenance Capital Improvements.

Development Facilities :  Those certain properties under development by Affiliates of Tenant located in National Harbor, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts as more particularly described in Exhibit A .

Discretionary Transferee :  A transferee that meets all of the following requirements:

(a) such transferee has:

(1)    (i) except as provided in (a)(1)(ii) or (iii) below, at least five (5) years of experience (directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries) operating or managing casino properties with revenues in the immediately preceding fiscal year of at least (x) Five Hundred Million Dollars ($500,000,000) in the case of a transfer of any Facility located in Las Vegas, Nevada, (y) Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000) in the case of a transfer of any Facility not located in Las Vegas, Nevada or (z) Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000) in the case of a transfer of all Facilities then under the Master Lease (or, in any case, retains a manager with such qualifications, which manager shall not be replaced other than by another manager meeting the foregoing requirements) and as to which the primary business of such Person and its Affiliates taken as a whole is not the leasing of properties to gaming operators,

(ii) in the case of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party at least five (5) years of experience (directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries) operating or managing casino properties (or, in any case, retains a manager with such qualifications, which manager shall not be replaced other than by another manager meeting the foregoing requirements), or

(iii) in the case of a transfer of any Facility of which no material portion is a Gaming Facility, at least five (5) years of experience (directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries) operating or managing properties similar to the Facility being transferred (or

 

12


retains a manager with such qualifications, which manager shall not be replaced other than by another manager meeting the foregoing requirements); or

(2) agreement(s) in place in a form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord to retain for a period of eighteen (18) months (or more) after the effective time of the transfer at least

(i) eighty percent (80%) of Tenant Parties and their respective Subsidiaries personnel employed at the Facilities who have employment contracts as of the date of the relevant agreement to transfer, and

(ii) eighty percent (80%) of Tenant Parties and Tenant’s Parent’s ten most highly compensated corporate employees as of the date of the relevant agreement to transfer based on total compensation determined in accordance with Item 402 of Regulation S-K of the Exchange Act, as amended;

(b) such transferee (directly or through one or more of its Subsidiaries) is licensed or certified by each Gaming Authority with jurisdiction over any portion of the Leased Property as of the date of any proposed assignment or transfer to such entity (or will be so licensed upon its assumption of the Master Lease);

(c) such transferee is Solvent, and, other than in the case of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party, if such transferee has a Parent Company, the Parent Company of such transferee is Solvent, and

(d)          (i) except in the case of clause (ii) below, (x) the Parent Company of such transferee or, if such transferee does not have a Parent Company, such transferee, has sufficient assets so that, after giving effect to its assumption of Tenant’s obligations hereunder or the applicable assignment or other transaction, its Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP is less than 6:1 on a pro forma basis based on projected earnings and after giving effect to the proposed transaction, or (y) an entity that has an investment grade credit rating from a nationally recognized rating agency with respect to such entity’s long term, unsecured debt has provided a Guaranty, or

(ii) in the case of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party, (x) Tenant has an Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio of less than 6:1 on a pro forma basis based on projected earnings and after giving effect to the proposed transaction, (y) an entity that has an investment grade credit rating from a nationally recognized rating agency with respect to such entity’s long term, unsecured debt has provided a Guaranty, or (z) such entity is an entity whose only asset is or will be ownership of the leasehold estate created by this Master Lease and related assets reasonably necessary for conduct of the Primary Intended Use with respect to the Facilities and who, after giving effect to such entity becoming Tenant hereunder, has no Indebtedness.

Dollars ” and “ $ ”:  The lawful money of the United States.

EBITDA :  For any Test Period and with respect to any Person or Facility (as applicable), the sum of (a) Net Income of such Person or Facility for that period, plus or minus the following to the extent reflected in Net Income for that period, plus (b) any extraordinary

 

13


loss, and, without duplication, any loss associated with the early retirement of Indebtedness and with any disposition not in the ordinary course of business, minus (c) any extraordinary gain, and, without duplication, any gains associated with the early retirement of Indebtedness and with any disposition not in the ordinary course of business, plus (d) Interest Charges of such Person or Facility for that period, plus (e) the aggregate amount of expense for federal, foreign, state and local taxes on or measured by income of such Person or Facility for that period (whether or not payable during that period), minus (f) the aggregate amount of benefit for federal, foreign, state and local taxes on or measured by income of such Person or Facility for that period (whether or not receivable during that period), plus (g) depreciation, amortization and all non-recurring and/or other non-cash expenses to the extent deducted in arriving at Net Income for that period, plus (h) expenses classified as “pre-opening and start-up expenses” on the applicable financial statements of that Person or Facility for that fiscal period, plus (i) non-controlling interest reflected in Net Income, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Encumbrance :  Any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, encumbrance or other matter affecting title to any of the Leased Property, or any portion thereof or interest therein.

End of Term Asset Transfer Notice :  As defined in Section 36.1 .

Environmental Costs :  As defined in Section 32.4 .

Environmental Laws :  Any and all federal, state, municipal and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, guidances, policies, orders, decrees or judgments, whether statutory or common law, as amended from time to time, now or hereafter in effect, or promulgated, pertaining to the environment, public health and safety and industrial hygiene, including the use, generation, manufacture, production, storage, release, discharge, disposal, handling, treatment, removal, decontamination, cleanup, transportation or regulation of any Hazardous Substance, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Equity Interests :  With respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), of equity of such Person, including, if such Person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such partnership.

Escalated Base Rent :  For any Lease Year (other than the first Lease Year and, if applicable, the period beginning on the date on which Base Rent begins being calculated in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Base Rent until the first applicable Escalation thereafter in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Base Rent), an amount equal to one hundred and two percent (102%) of the Base Rent as of the end of the immediately preceding Lease Year.

 

14


Escalation :  For any Lease Year (other than the first Lease Year), an amount equal to the excess of (i) the Escalated Base Rent for such Lease Year over (ii) the Base Rent for the immediately preceding Lease Year; provided, that, beginning with the Lease Year commencing on April 1, 2022, if adding such amount to the Rent for the immediately preceding Lease Year would have resulted in a Net Revenue to Rent ratio for such immediately preceding Lease Year of less than [ 6.25:1 ], then, the escalation for such Lease Year shall be zero.

Event of Default :  As defined in Article XVI .

Event of Default Notice :  As defined in Section 16.2(b) .

Exchange Act :  The U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

Excluded Assets :  As defined in Section 1.1 .

Excluded Sublease :  The Operating Subleases and any subleases of the Leased Property, or any portion thereof, that are in existence as of the date hereof.

Exercise Date :  As defined in Section 1.4 .

Expert :  An independent third party professional, with expertise in respect of a matter at issue, appointed by the agreement of Landlord and Tenant or otherwise in accordance with Article XXXIV hereof.

Facilit(y)(ies) :  As defined in the Recitals, but excluding, from time to time, any Removal Facilities or Facilities otherwise removed from this Master Lease in accordance with the terms of this Master Lease, and including, from time to time, any Development Facilities or other facilities otherwise added to this Master Lease in accordance with the terms hereof.

Facility Mortgage :  As defined in Section 13.1 .

Facility Mortgage Documents :  With respect to each Facility Mortgage and Facility Mortgagee, the applicable Facility Mortgage, loan agreement, debt agreement, credit agreement or indenture, lease, note, collateral assignment instruments, guarantees, indemnity agreements and other documents or instruments evidencing, securing or otherwise relating to the loan made, credit extended, or lease or other financing vehicle entered into pursuant thereto.

Facility Mortgagee :  As defined in Section 13.1 .

Fair Market Renewal Terms :  Any Renewal Term as to which Tenant has elected to convert the calculation of Base Rent to the amount set forth in clause (b) of the definition of Base Rent pursuant to Section 1.4(c) and each Renewal Term thereafter.

Fair Market Rent :  With respect to the Leased Property or any Facility, at any time in question, the prevailing fair market Base Rent which would be determined in an arm’s-length negotiation by Landlord and Tenant if neither party were under any compulsion to enter into a lease, taking into account all of the material terms and conditions of this Master Lease

 

15


(including the obligation to pay Percentage Rent and Additional Charges and the presence of any remaining Renewal Terms) and, taking into account the fact that Landlord will not be entitled to the benefit of any of Tenant’s Property other than its rights with respect to Tenant’s Property pursuant to Article XXXVI , for a five-year term beginning as of the commencement of the applicable Renewal Term, such Fair Market Rent to be determined by mutual agreement by the parties or in accordance with Section 3.5 .

Financial Statements :  (i) For a Fiscal Year, consolidated statements of Tenant’s Parent and its Subsidiaries of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated balance sheet as at the end of such Fiscal Year, prepared in accordance with GAAP as at such date and audited by a “big four” or other independent public accountants of recognized standing, and (ii) for each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter in any Fiscal Year), the consolidated statement of operations of Tenant’s Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter, the consolidated statement of cash flows for the portion of the Fiscal Year ended with such fiscal quarter and the related consolidated balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Fiscal Year :  The annual period commencing January 1 and terminating December 31 of each year.

Fixed Renewal Terms :  Each Renewal Term other than any Fair Market Renewal Term.

Fixtures :  As defined in Section 1.1(d) .

Foreclosure Assignment :  As defined in Section 22.2(a)(ii) .

Foreclosure COC :  As defined in Section 22.2(a)(ii) .

Foreclosure Purchaser :  As defined in Section 31.1 .

GAAP :  Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification ® and rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission under authority of federal securities laws, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied; provided, that if any change in accounting principles is required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the FASB or the Securities and Exchange Commission and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of any financial ratio or term in this Master Lease, then Tenant and Landlord shall negotiate in good faith in order to amend such provision so as to equitably reflect such change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluation the relevant Person’s financial condition shall be the same after such change as if such change had not occurred ; provided further that until such time as an amendment shall have been executed, all such financial covenants and terms in this Master Lease shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such change had not occurred.

Gaming Authority :  As defined in the definition of Gaming License.

 

16


Gaming Corridor :  shall mean the greater Las Vegas Strip area bounded on the south by St. Rose Parkway (but, for the avoidance of doubt, including the M Resort), the north by US 95, on the east by Paradise Road or Maryland Parkway, as applicable, and on the west by Decatur Boulevard.

Gaming Equipment :  all equipment, software systems and/or gaming devices used to conduct gambling games authorized by applicable Gaming Regulations at a Gaming Facility including without limitation, all slot machines, video lottery terminals, table games, gaming kiosks, pari-mutuel wagering systems, and/or other software systems and devices used now or in the future (including any variation or derivative of any of the foregoing, or any newly created equipment, software system or gaming device) for the purposes of conducting gambling games.

Gaming Facility :  The portion of any property upon which Gaming Equipment is utilized to generate gaming revenues in accordance with a required Gaming License.

Gaming License :  Any license, permit, approval, finding of suitability , finding of qualification or other authorization issued by a state or local licensing or regulatory agency, commission, board or other governmental body (each a “ Gaming Authority ”) to operate, carry on or conduct any gambling game, race book or sports pool, pari-mutuel wagering and/or offer for play any Gaming Equipment on the Leased Property, as required by any Gaming Regulation, including each of the licenses, permits or other authorizations set forth on Exhibit D, as amended from time to time, and those related to any Facilities that are added to this Master Lease after the date hereof.

Gaming Regulation(s) :  Any and all laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, policies, orders, resolutions, codes, decrees or judgments, and Gaming License conditions or restrictions, and requirements of any agreement with a local municipality, as amended from time to time, now or hereafter in effect or promulgated, pertaining to the operation, control, maintenance or Capital Improvement of a Gaming Facility or the conduct of a Person holding a Gaming License, including, without limitation, any contractual requirements or requirements imposed by a regulatory agency, commission, board, municipality, county, parish or other governmental body (including any Gaming Authority) pursuant to the jurisdiction and authority granted to it under applicable law.

Ground Leased Property :  The real property leased pursuant to the Ground Leases.

Ground Leases :  Those certain leases with respect to real property that is a portion of the Leased Property, pursuant to which Landlord is a tenant and which leases have either been approved by Tenant or are in existence as of the date hereof and listed on Part II of Exhibit B hereto.

Ground Lessor :  As defined in Section 8.4(a) .

Guarantor :  Tenant’s Parent or any replacement guarantor pursuant to a replacement guaranty given in accordance with this Master Lease or consented to by Landlord.

 

17


Guaranty :  That certain Guaranty of Master Lease dated as of the date hereof, a form of which is attached as Exhibit E hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time, by and between Tenant’s Parent and Landlord, and any other form of guaranty in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord executed by a Guarantor in favor of Landlord (as the same may be amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time) pursuant to which such Guarantor agrees to guaranty all of the obligations of Tenant hereunder.

Handling :  As defined in Section 32.4 .

Hazardous Substances :  Collectively, any petroleum, petroleum product or by product or any substance, material or waste that is defined, regulated or classified pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law as “hazardous.” “toxic,” a “pollutant,” a “contaminant,” or words of similar meaning and regulatory effect.

Identified Subleases :  Those certain leases and/or subleases identified in a letter of even date herewith from Tenant to Landlord.

Impositions :  All taxes, special and general assessments, including assessments for public improvements or benefits, whether or not commenced or completed prior to the date hereof and whether or not to be completed within the Term, rents or other amounts payable under any Ground Leases, water rents, rates and charges, commercial rent taxes, sewer and other utility rents, rates and charges, excise tax levies, fees including license, permit, inspection, authorization and similar fees, and other governmental impositions, levies and charges of every kind and nature whatsoever, that may be assessed, levied, confirmed, imposed or become a lien on the Leased Property or any part thereof or any rent therefore or any estate, right, title or interest therein or any occupancy, operation, use or possession of, or sales from or activity conducted on or in connection with the Leased Property or the leasing or use of the Leased Property or any part thereof prior to, during or with respect to any period during the Term hereof through the expiration or earlier termination of this Master Lease together with (i) any taxes and assessments that may be levied, assessed or imposed upon the gross income arising from any Rent or in lieu of or as a substitute, in whole or in part, for any Imposition and (ii) all interest and penalties on the foregoing attributable to any failure in payment by Tenant (other than failures arising from the acts of Landlord). Except as described in clause (ii) above, the term “Impositions” shall, however, not include any of the following, all of which shall be the responsibility of Landlord: (a) any franchise, income, excess profits, estate, inheritance, succession, transfer, gift, corporation, business, capital levy, or profits tax of Landlord, (b) (x) any tax imposed with respect to the sale, exchange or other disposition by Landlord of the fee estate in the Leased Property and (y) the incremental portion of any of the items in this paragraph that would not have been levied, imposed or assessed but for any prohibited sale of the fee estate in the Leased Property, in each case during the period from the date of this Master Lease through the expiration or earlier termination of the Master Lease, and (c) interest, penalties and other charges with respect to the foregoing items “a” and “b”.

Indebtedness :  Of any Person, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person;

 

18


(d) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business); (e) all Indebtedness of others to the extent secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed; provided, that if such obligations have not been assumed, the amount of such Indebtedness included for the purposes of this definition will be the amount equal to the lesser of the fair market value of such property and the amount of the Indebtedness secured; (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person ; (g) the net amount of the obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements or other interest or exchange rate hedging arrangements (including swap contracts); (h) all obligations of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, except obligations in respect of letters of credit issued in support of obligations not otherwise constituting Indebtedness shall not constitute Indebtedness except to the extent such letter of credit is drawn and not reimbursed within ten Business Days; and (i) all guaranty obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above; provided, that for purposes of this definition, deferred purchase price obligations shall be calculated based on the net present value thereof. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general partner unless recourse is limited, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the amount such Person is liable therefor (except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor). The amount of Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (g) above of any Person shall be zero unless and until such Indebtedness becomes due, in which case the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the amount due that is payable by such Person. The amount of Indebtedness of the type described in clause (d) shall be determined in accordance with GAAP.

Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio :  As at any date of determination and with respect to any transferee, the ratio of (a) Indebtedness of the transferee and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (excluding (i) Indebtedness of the type referenced in clauses (g) or (h) of the definition of Indebtedness or Indebtedness referred to in clauses (e) or (j) of the definition of Indebtedness to the extent relating to Indebtedness of the type referenced in clauses (g) or (h) of the definition of Indebtedness), to (b) EBITDA of the transferee and its consolidated subsidiaries for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such date for which financial statements are available. For purposes of calculating the Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio, EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (and shall be calculated, except for pro forma adjustments reasonably contemplated by the potential transferee which may be included in such calculations, otherwise in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) to give effect to any material acquisitions and material asset sales consummated by the transferee or any such subsidiary since the beginning of such Test Period as if each such material acquisition had been effected on the first day of such Test Period and as if each such material asset sale had been consummated on the day prior to the first day of such Test Period. In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the transferee or any such subsidiary has incurred any Indebtedness or repaid, repurchased, acquired, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the end of the applicable Test Period, Indebtedness shall be calculated (for purposes of this definition) after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such incurrence, repayment, repurchase, acquisition, defeasance or discharge and the applications of any proceeds thereof as if it had occurred prior to the first day of such Test Period and (ii) the Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio shall give pro forma

 

19


effect to the transactions whereby the applicable transferee becomes party to the Master Lease permitted under Section 22.2 .

Initial Term :  As defined in Section 1.3 .

Insurance Requirements :  The terms of any insurance policy required by this Master Lease and all requirements of the issuer of any such policy and of any insurance board, association, organization or company necessary for the maintenance of any such policy.

Intellectual Property License Agreement :  That certain Intellectual Property License Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Tenant’s Parent and MGM REIT.

Interest Charges :  For any Person, as of the last day of any fiscal period, the sum of (a) all interest, fees, prepayment premiums, debt discount, charges and related expenses paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person to a lender in connection with borrowed money (including any obligations for fees, charges and related expenses payable to the issuer of any letter of credit) or the deferred purchase price of assets that are considered “interest expense” under GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without duplication) for that fiscal period by that Person under Capital Lease Obligations that should be treated as interest in accordance with FASB Accounting Standard Codification No. 840.

Investment Fund :  A bona fide private equity fund or bona fide investment vehicle arranged by and managed by or controlled by, or under common control with, a private equity fund (excluding any private equity fund investment vehicle the primary assets of which are Tenant and its Subsidiaries and/or this Master Lease and assets related thereto) that is engaged in making, purchasing, funding or otherwise investing in a diversified portfolio of businesses and companies and is organized primarily for the purpose of making equity investments in companies.

Land :  As defined in Section 1.1(a) .

Landlord :  As defined in the preamble.

Landlord Approved Capital Improvements :  As defined in Section 10.1(b) .

Landlord Change of Control :  (i) Any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute) other than Tenant’s Parent and its Affiliates, shall have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership or control of thirty-five percent (35%) or more on a fully diluted basis of the direct or indirect voting power in the Equity Interests of Landlord entitled to vote in an election of directors of Landlord or its direct or indirect parent, (ii) except as permitted or required hereunder, the direct or indirect sale by Landlord or its direct or indirect parent of all or substantially all of Landlord’s assets, whether held directly or through Subsidiaries, relating to the Facilities in one transaction or in a series of related transactions (excluding sales to Landlord or its Subsidiaries), (iii) Landlord ceasing to be a wholly-owned and controlled Subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of Operating Partnership , or (iv) Landlord or its direct or indirect parent consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, Landlord or its direct or indirect parent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction

 

20


in which any of the outstanding Equity Interests of Landlord or its direct or indirect parent ordinarily entitled to vote in an election of directors of Landlord or its direct or indirect parent or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Equity Interests of Landlord or its direct or indirect parent ordinarily entitled to vote in an election of directors of Landlord or its direct or indirect parent outstanding immediately prior to such transaction constitute or are converted into or exchanged into or exchanged for a majority (determined by voting power in an election of directors) of the outstanding Equity Interests ordinarily entitled to vote in an election of directors of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no acquisition of shares of MGM REIT or any direct or indirect owner thereof in one or multiple trades on a nationally recognized stock exchange, and no sale or other transfer of direct or indirect Equity Interests in Landlord by Tenant’s Parent or any Subsidiary of Tenant’s Parent (other than MGM REIT and its Subsidiaries), shall result in a Landlord Change of Control.

Landlord FMV Acceptance Notice :  As defined in Section 10.3(b) .

Landlord FMV Notice :  As defined in Section 10.3(b) .

Landlord Representatives :  As defined in Section 23.4 .

Landlord Tax Returns :  As defined in Section 4.1(b) .

Lease Year :  The first Lease Year shall be the period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on March 31, 2017, and each subsequent Lease Year shall be each period of twelve (12) full calendar months from April 1 until the following March 31.

Leased Improvements :  As defined in Section 1.1(b) .

Leased Property :  As defined in Section 1.1 .

Leased Property Rent Adjustment Event :  As defined in Section 14.6 .

Leasehold Estate :  As defined in Section 17.1(a) .

Legal Requirements :  All applicable federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, policies, guidance, codes, orders, regulations, ordinances, permits, licenses, covenants, conditions, restrictions, judgments, decrees and injunctions (including common law, Gaming Regulations and Environmental Laws) affecting any of the Leased Property, Tenant’s Property or Capital Improvements or the construction, use or alteration thereof, whether now or hereafter enacted and in force, including any which may (i) require repairs, modifications or alterations in or to the Leased Property and Tenant’s Property, (ii) in any way adversely affect the use and enjoyment thereof, or (iii) regulate the transport, handling, use, storage or disposal or require the cleanup or other treatment of any Hazardous Substance.

Lien :  As defined in Section 11.1 .

 

21


Liquor Authority :  As defined in Section 41.13(a) .

Liquor Laws :  As defined in Section 41.13(a) .

Master Contribution Agreement :  As defined in the Recitals.

Master Lease :  As defined in the preamble.

Material Indebtedness:   Any Indebtedness of the type referenced in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of Indebtedness of Tenant or the Operating Subtenants the outstanding principal amount of which is in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000).

MGM REIT :  As defined in the Recitals.

Net Income :  With respect to any fiscal period and with respect to any Person, the net income (or net loss) of that Person from continuing operations for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.

Net Revenue :  With respect to any fiscal period, the net revenue derived from the Facilities by Tenant or its Affiliates (without duplication) for that period, determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, adjusted as necessary such that any Rent will constitute “rents from real property” within the meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.856-4). For the avoidance of doubt, Net Revenues will not be reduced by any expenses whatsoever, except that in Tenant’s sole discretion, Net Revenues may, but shall not be required to, be reduced by any component thereof representing expense reimbursements by third parties at no profit to Tenant or its Affiliates or subtenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this definition, Net Revenues shall not include any amount received in respect of the Identified Subleases.

New Lease :  As defined in Section 17.1(f) .

Notice :  A notice given in accordance with Article XXXV .

Notice of Termination :  As defined in Section 17.1(f) .

NRS :  As defined in Section 41.14 .

OFAC :  As defined in Section 39.1 .

Officer’s Certificate :  A certificate of Tenant or Landlord, as the case may be, signed by an officer of such party authorized to so sign by resolution of its board of directors or by its sole member or by the terms of its by-laws or operating agreement, as applicable.

Operating Partnership :  MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP.

Operating Partnership’s Limited Partnership Agreement :  That certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of Operating Partnership dated as of the date hereof by and among MGM

 

22


Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, MGM REIT and Tenant’s Parent.

Operating Subleases :  As defined in the Recitals.

Operating Subtenant :  Each of the Persons listed as an Operating Subtenant in Exhibit A together with any other Person that is an Affiliate of Tenant to whom all or any portion of a Facility is sublet by Tenant pursuant to an Operating Sublease.

Overdue Rate :  On any date, a rate equal to two (2) percentage points above the Prime Rate, but in no event greater than the maximum rate then permitted under Legal Requirements.

Parent Company :  With respect to any Person in question, any other Person (other than an Investment Fund) (x) as to which such Person in question is a Subsidiary; and (y) which other Person is not a Subsidiary of any other Person (other than an Investment Fund , which shall be deemed not to have any Parent Company and, in the case of a Discretionary Transferee that is an Investment Fund, therefore shall not be required to provide a Parent Guaranty pursuant to Section 22.2 , if applicable).

Payment Date :  Any due date for the payment of the installments of Rent or any other sums payable under this Master Lease.

Percentage Rent :  An annual amount equal to [Fifty-Five Million Dollars] ($[55,000,000]) per Lease Year; provided, however, that the Percentage Rent for all Facilities shall be reset each Percentage Rent Reset Date to a fixed annual amount until the next Percentage Rent Reset Date equal to [one and four tenths of a percent (1.4%)] of the average annual Net Revenues of all the Facilities then subject to this Master Lease for the trailing five calendar year period (i.e., January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2021, January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026, January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031, January 1, 2032 through December 31, 2036, and January 1, 2037 through December 31, 2041). For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of (i) any Leased Property Rent Adjustment Event, the “average annual Net Revenues” shall be calculated as if such Leased Property Rent Adjustment Event occurred on the first day of such trailing five-year period, (ii) any Development Facility added to this Master Lease pursuant to Section 7.4 , “average annual Net Revenue” with respect to such Development Facility shall be based on the trailing 12 month period of operations (which may include periods prior to such Development Facility’s inclusion as a Leased Property), (iii) any Facility that becomes a Removal Facility or is otherwise removed from this Master Lease in accordance herewith, the calculation of the next occurring Percentage Rent reset shall not include any revenue generated by any such removed Facility, and (iv) any Facility that is not in operation pursuant to either Section 7.2(d) or Section 14.3 , the next occurring Percentage Rent reset (and any reset thereafter, if applicable) shall be calculated as provided in such Section 7.2(d) or Section 14.3 , respectively. Percentage Rent shall be subject to further adjustment as and to the extent provided in Section 14.6.

Percentage Rent Reset Date :  Each of April 1, 2022, April 1, 2027, April 1, 2032, April 1, 2037, April 1, 2042.

 

23


Permitted Capital Improvements :  As defined in Section 10.1(a) .

Permitted Encumbrance :

(i)        inchoate Liens incident to construction on or maintenance of Property; or Liens incident to construction on or maintenance of Property now or hereafter filed of record for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP (or deposits made pursuant to applicable law) and which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Article XII and have not proceeded to judgment, provided, that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such Liens, no such Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;

(ii)       Liens for taxes and assessments on Property which are not yet past due; or Liens for taxes and assessments on Property for which adequate reserves have been set aside and are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Article XII and have not proceeded to judgment, provided, that, by reason of nonpayment of the obligations secured by such Liens, no such Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;

(iii)      minor defects and irregularities in title to any Property which individually or in the aggregate do not materially impair or burden the fair market value or use of the Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;

(iv)      easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for the purpose of pipelines, conduits, cables, wire communication lines, power lines and substations, streets, trails, walkways, drainage, irrigation, water, and sewerage purposes, dikes, canals, ditches, the removal of oil, gas, coal, or other minerals, and other like purposes affecting Property, or facilities or equipment, which individually or in the aggregate do not materially burden or impair the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;

(v)       easements, exceptions, reservations, or other agreements for the purpose of facilitating the joint or common use of Property in or adjacent to a shopping center, utility company, public facility or other projects affecting Property which individually or in the aggregate do not materially burden or impair the fair market value or use of such Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;

(vi)      rights reserved to or vested in any governmental authority to control or regulate, or obligations or duties to any governmental authority with respect to, the use of any Property;

(vii)     rights reserved to or vested in any governmental authority to control or regulate, or obligations or duties to any governmental authority with respect to, any right, power, franchise, grant, license, or permit;

(viii)    present or future zoning laws and ordinances or other laws and ordinances restricting the occupancy, use, or enjoyment of Property;

 

24


(ix)      statutory Liens, other than those described in clauses   (i) or (ii)  above, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not delinquent or are being contested in good faith in accordance with Article XII , provided, that, if delinquent, adequate reserves have been set aside with respect thereto and, by reason of nonpayment, no Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;

(x)       covenants, conditions, and restrictions affecting the use of Property which individually or in the aggregate do not materially impair or burden the fair market value or use of the Property for the purposes for which it is or may reasonably be expected to be held;

(xi)      rights of tenants under leases and rental agreements covering Property entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Person owning such Property;

(xii)     Liens consisting of pledges or deposits to secure obligations under workers’ compensation laws or similar legislation, including Liens of judgments thereunder which are not currently dischargeable;

(xiii)    Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of Property to secure performance in connection with operating leases made in the ordinary course of business to which Tenant or its Subsidiaries are a party as lessee, provided, the aggregate value of all such pledges and deposits in connection with any such lease does not at any time exceed twenty percent (20%) of the annual fixed rentals payable under such lease;

(xiv)    Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure bids made with respect to, or performance of, contracts (other than contracts creating or evidencing an extension of credit to the depositor);

(xv)     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 established or maintained for the purpose of providing such right of offset or bankers’ lien;

(xvi)    Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure statutory obligations of Tenant or any of its Subsidiaries;

(xvii)   Liens consisting of deposits of Property to secure (or in lieu of) surety, appeal or customs bonds in proceedings to which Tenant or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;

(xviii)  Liens created by or resulting from any litigation or legal proceeding involving Tenant or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Article XII , provided, that adequate reserves have been set aside by Tenant or the relevant Subsidiary and no material Property is subject to a material risk of loss or forfeiture;

(xix)    non-consensual Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business but not in connection with an extension of credit, which do not in the aggregate, when taken together with all other Liens, materially impair the value or use of the Property of Tenant and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

25


(xx)     Liens arising under applicable Gaming Regulations;

(xxi)    Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by Tenant or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(xxii)   Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements filings regarding operating leases or consignment of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

(xxiii)  Liens on cash and cash equivalents deposited to discharge, redeem or defease Indebtedness.

Permitted Leasehold Mortgage :  A document creating or evidencing an encumbrance on Tenant’s leasehold interest (or a subtenant’s subleasehold interest) in the Leased Property, granted to or for the benefit of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee as security for the obligations under a Debt Agreement.

Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee :  The lender or agent or trustee or similar representative on behalf of one or more lenders or noteholders or other investors under a Debt Agreement, in each case as and to the extent such Person has the power to act on behalf of all lenders under such Debt Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof; provided, such lender, agent or trustee or similar representative (but not necessarily the lenders, noteholders or other investors which it represents) is a banking institution in the business of generally acting as a lender, agent or trustee or similar representative (in each case, on behalf of a group of lenders) under debt agreements or instruments similar to the Debt Agreement.

Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee :  An entity designated by a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and acting for the benefit of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, or the lenders, noteholders or investors represented by the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee.

Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party :  A Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee that forecloses on this Master Lease and assumes this Master Lease or a Subsidiary of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee that assumes this Master Lease in connection with a foreclosure on this Master Lease by a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee.

Person or person :  Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other form of entity.

Primary Intended Use :  Hospitality, entertainment, entertainment venues, gaming and/or pari-mutuel use generally consistent with prevailing hospitality, entertainment or gaming industry use at any time, together with all ancillary or complementary uses consistent with such use and operations (including hotels, resorts, convention centers, retail facilities, restaurants, clubs, bars, etc.), together with any other uses in effect on the date hereof and together with any other uses otherwise generally consistent with uses of property in the immediate vicinity of the Facilities.

 

26


Prime Rate :  On any date, a rate equal to the annual rate on such date publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (provided, that if JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ceases to publish such rate, the Prime Rate shall be determined according to the Prime Rate of another nationally known money center bank reasonably selected by Landlord), to be its prime rate for ninety (90)-day unsecured loans to its corporate borrowers of the highest credit standing, but in no event greater than the maximum rate then permitted under applicable law.

Proceeding :  As defined in Section 23.1(b)(iv) .

Prohibited Persons :  As defined in Section 39.1 .

Property :  any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, Personal (as defined in the UCC) or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including all contract rights, income or revenue rights, real property interests, trademarks, trade names, equipment and proceeds of the foregoing and, with respect to any Person, equity interests or other ownership interests of any other Person owned by the first Person.

Registration Rights Agreement :  That certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among MGM REIT, Operating Partnership and certain other parties thereto.

REIT Class A Share :  Shall have the meaning given to such term in the Operating Partnership’s Limited Partnership Agreement.

Related Persons :  With respect to a party, such party’s Affiliates and Subsidiaries and the directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, managers, members, advisors and controlling persons of such party and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries.

Removal Date :  As defined in Section 1.5(b) .

Removal Facility :  As defined in Section 1.5 .

Removal Notice :  As defined in Section 1.5 .

Renewal Notice :  As defined in Section 1.4 .

Renewal Term :  A period for which the Term is renewed in accordance with Section 1.4 .

Rent :  Collectively, the Base Rent and the Percentage Rent.

Representative :  With respect to the lenders or holders under a Debt Agreement, a Person designated as agent or trustee or a Person acting in a similar capacity or as representative for such lenders or holders.

Responsible Officer :  Tenant’s Parent’s chief executive officer, chief operating officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary, assistant secretary, executive vice presidents and

 

27


senior vice presidents and, regardless of designation, the chief financial officer of the Tenant’s Parent, provided, that the Tenant’s Parent may designate one or more other officers as Responsible Officers.

Restricted Information :  As defined in Section 23.1(c) .

Sale Offer :  As defined in Section 7.4(a) .

Sale Offer Notice :  As defined in Section 7.4(a) .

SEC :  The United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

SEC Filing Deadline :  As defined in Section 23.1(b)(i) .

SEC Reports :  All quarterly and annual reports required under the Exchange Act and related rules and regulations to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K.

Securities Act :  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Separate Lease :  As defined in Section 1.5 .

Solvent :  With respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person, on a going-concern basis, is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person, on a going-concern basis, is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person has not incurred, and does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur, debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital and (e) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Accounting Standards Codification No. 450).

Specified Debt Agreement Default :  Any event or occurrence under a Debt Agreement or Material Indebtedness that enables or permits the lenders or holders (or Representatives of such lenders or holders) to accelerate the maturity of the Indebtedness outstanding under a Debt Agreement or Material Indebtedness.

State :  With respect to each Facility, the state or commonwealth in which such Facility is located.

 

28


Subsidiary :  As to any Person, (i) any corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time of determination owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a fifty percent (50%) equity interest at the time of determination. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “ Subsidiary ” or to “ Subsidiaries ” in this Master Lease shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of Tenant.

Tenant :  As defined in the preamble.

Tenant Capital Improvement :  A Capital Improvement constructed by or at the direction of Tenant or any applicable Operating Subtenant at a Facility.

Tenant Change of Control :  (i) Any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute) other than Tenant’s Parent and its Affiliates, shall have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership or control of thirty-five percent (35%) or more on a fully diluted basis of the direct or indirect voting power in the Equity Interests of Tenant entitled to vote in an election of directors of Tenant or its direct or indirect parent, (ii) except as permitted or required hereunder, the direct or indirect sale by Tenant or Tenant’s Parent of all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets, whether held directly or through Subsidiaries, relating to the Facilities in one transaction or in a series of related transactions (excluding sales to Tenant or its Subsidiaries) to a Person that is not wholly owned and controlled (directly or indirectly) by Tenant’s Parent, or (iii) Tenant ceasing to be a wholly-owned and controlled Subsidiary (directly or indirectly) of Tenant’s Parent.

Tenant Competitor :  A Person or Affiliate of any Person (other than an Affiliate of Tenant) which is (i) among the top 25 global gaming companies by annual revenues, (ii) any Person that has or is proposing to build, own or operate a casino resort located in the Gaming Corridor, or (iii) any Person identified in a letter of even date herewith from Tenant to Landlord, or their Affiliates; provided, that the foregoing shall not include commercial or corporate banks, pension funds, mutual funds and any other funds that are managed or controlled by a commercial or corporate banks which funds principally invest in commercial loans or debt securities and shall not apply to any holder or purchaser of only unsecured Indebtedness, provided; further, that clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not include any Person that has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust and whose primary business activity is limited to acting as a landlord of properties under long-term triple-net leases that may include Gaming Facilities.

Tenant FMV Notice :  As defined in Section 10.3(b) .

Tenant Parties :  Collectively, Tenant and each of the Operating Subtenants.

Tenant Representatives :  As defined in Section 23.4 .

Tenant’s Intellectual Property :  As defined in Section 6.3 .

 

29


Tenant’s Parent :  MGM Resorts International and its successor by merger, consolidation or other transaction pursuant to which any such successor acquires all or substantially all of the assets of MGM Resorts International.

Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall :  As defined in Section 14.2(g) .

Tenant’s Property :  With respect to each Facility, all assets, including the Gaming Equipment, (other than the Leased Property and property owned by a third party (other than any Affiliate of Tenant)) located at the Leased Property primarily related to or used in connection with the operation of the business conducted on or about the Leased Property, together with all replacements, modifications, additions, alterations and substitutes therefor.

Tenant’s Property FMV :  As defined in Section 36.1 .

Term :  As defined in Section 1.3 .

Termination Notice :  As defined in Section 17.1(d) .

Test Period :  With respect to any Person, for any date of determination, the period of the four (4) most recently ended consecutive fiscal quarters of such Person for which financial statements are available or are required to have been delivered hereunder.

Title Insurance Proceeds :  As defined in Section 5.1 .

Treasury Regulations :  The regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time.

UCC :  Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York ; provided, that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

Unavoidable Delay :  Delays due to strikes, lock-outs, inability to procure materials, power failure, acts of God, governmental restrictions, enemy action, civil commotion, fire, unavoidable casualty or other causes beyond the reasonable control of the party responsible for performing an obligation hereunder; provided, that lack of funds shall not be deemed a cause beyond the reasonable control of a party.

Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use :  A state or condition of any Facility such that by reason of damage or destruction, or a partial Condemnation, such Facility cannot, following restoration thereof (to the extent commercially practical), be operated on a commercially practicable basis for its Primary Intended Use, taking into account, among other relevant factors, the amount of square footage and the estimated revenue affected by such damage or destruction.

 

30


ARTICLE III

RENT

3.1         Rent .  During the Term, Tenant will pay to Landlord the Rent and Additional Charges in lawful money of the United States of America and legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, in the manner provided in Section 3.3 . The Base Rent during any Lease Year is payable in advance in consecutive monthly installments on the fifth (5th) Business Day of each calendar month during that Lease Year and the Percentage Rent during any Lease Year for all the Facilities is payable in advance in consecutive monthly installments on the fifth (5th) Business Day of each calendar month during that Lease Year; provided, that Tenant shall be entitled to set off against a Rent payment due hereunder any rent payments made by Tenant, Tenant’s Parent or one of its respective Subsidiaries to third-party lessors (and not previously set off) under leases (or subleases) existing on the Commencement Date, which leases (or subleases) are related to any Facility subject to this Master Lease or provide access or other similar rights to such Facility, if such lease (or sublease) has not been transferred to Landlord either (i) solely because the requisite consents to transfer have not been obtained or (ii) because the rent payable under such lease is satisfied through the payment of local development taxes, fees or other amounts paid by Tenant (provided, that, in each case, Tenant shall certify to Landlord in writing on a periodic basis as reasonably requested by Landlord the applicable lease (or sublease) and third-party lessor and include reasonable detail regarding the amounts paid thereunder). Unless otherwise agreed by the parties, Rent and Additional Charges shall be prorated as to any partial months at the beginning and end of the Term. Rent payable during any Lease Year or portion thereof consisting of more or less than twelve (12) calendar months shall be prorated on a monthly basis such that the Rent for each calendar month is equal to the annual Rent divided by twelve (12).

3.2          Late Payment of Rent .  Tenant hereby acknowledges that late payment by Tenant to Landlord of Rent will cause Landlord to incur costs not contemplated hereunder, the exact amount of which is presently anticipated to be extremely difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, if any installment of Rent other than Additional Charges payable to a Person other than Landlord shall not be paid within five (5) days after its due date, Tenant will pay Landlord on demand a late charge equal to the lesser of (a) two percent (2%) of the amount of such installment or (b) the maximum amount permitted by law. The parties agree that this late charge represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs that Landlord will incur by reason of late payment by Tenant. The parties further agree that such late charge is Rent and not interest and such assessment does not constitute a lender or borrower/creditor relationship between Landlord and Tenant. Thereafter, if any installment of Rent other than Additional Charges payable to a Person other than Landlord shall not be paid within ten (10) days after its due date, the amount unpaid, including any late charges previously accrued, shall bear interest at the Overdue Rate from the due date of such installment to the date of payment thereof, and Tenant shall pay such interest to Landlord on demand. The payment of such late charge or such interest shall not constitute waiver of, nor excuse or cure, any default under this Master Lease, nor prevent Landlord from exercising any other rights and remedies available to Landlord.

3.3          Method of Payment of Rent .  Rent and Additional Charges to be paid to Landlord shall be paid by electronic funds transfer debit transactions through wire transfer of

 

31


immediately available funds and shall be initiated by Tenant for settlement on or before the Payment Date; provided, however, if the Payment Date is not a Business Day, then settlement shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day. Landlord shall provide Tenant with appropriate wire transfer information in a Notice from Landlord to Tenant. If Landlord directs Tenant to pay any Rent to any party other than Landlord, Tenant shall send to Landlord, simultaneously with such payment, a copy of the transmittal letter or invoice and a check whereby such payment is made or such other evidence of payment as Landlord may reasonably require.

3.4          Net Lease .  Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that (i) this Master Lease is and is intended to be what is commonly referred to as a “net, net, net” or “triple net” lease, and (ii) the Rent shall be paid absolutely net to Landlord, so that this Master Lease shall yield to Landlord the full amount or benefit of the installments of Rent and Additional Charges throughout the Term with respect to each Facility, all as more fully set forth in Article IV and subject to any other provisions of this Master Lease which expressly provide for adjustment or abatement of Rent or other charges. If Landlord commences any proceedings for non-payment of Rent, Tenant will not interpose any counterclaim or cross complaint or similar pleading of any nature or description in such proceedings unless Tenant would lose or waive such claim by the failure to assert it. This shall not, however, be construed as a waiver of Tenant’s right to assert such claims in a separate action brought by Tenant. The covenants to pay Rent and other amounts hereunder are independent covenants, and Tenant shall have no right to hold back, offset or fail to pay any such amounts for default by Landlord or for any other reason whatsoever, except as provided in Section 3.1 .

3.5         Fair Market Rent .  In the event that it becomes necessary to determine the Fair Market Rent of any Facility for any purpose of this Master Lease, and the parties cannot agree among themselves on such Fair Market Rent within twenty (20) days after the first request made by one of the parties to do so, then either party may notify the other of a person selected to act as appraiser (such person, and each other person selected as provided herein, an “ Appraiser ”) on its behalf. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of any such Notice, the other party shall by notice to the first party appoint a second person as Appraiser on its behalf. The Appraisers thus appointed, each of whom must be a member of The Appraisal Institute/American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers (or any successor organization thereto) with at least ten (10) years of experience appraising properties similar to the Facilities, shall, within forty-five (45) days after the date of the notice appointing the first appraiser, proceed to appraise the applicable Facility to determine the Fair Market Rent thereof as of the relevant date; provided , that if one Appraiser shall have been so appointed, or if two Appraisers shall have been so appointed but only one such Appraiser shall have made such determination within fifty (50) days after the making of the initial appointment, then the determination of such Appraiser shall be final and binding upon the parties. If two (2) Appraisers shall have been appointed and shall have made their determinations within the respective requisite periods set forth above and if the difference between the amounts so determined shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the lesser of such amounts, then the Fair Market Rent shall be an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the amounts so determined. If the difference between the amounts so determined shall exceed ten percent (10%) of the lesser of such amounts, either party may request the appointment of Experts pursuant to Article XXXIV.

 

32


ARTICLE IV

IMPOSITIONS

4.1          Impositions .  (a) Subject to Article XII relating to permitted contests, Tenant shall pay, or cause to be paid, all Impositions before any fine, penalty, interest or cost may be added for non-payment. Tenant shall make such payments directly to the taxing authorities where feasible, and, upon request of Landlord, promptly furnish to Landlord copies of official receipts or other satisfactory proof evidencing such payments. Tenant’s obligation to pay Impositions shall be absolutely fixed upon the date such Impositions become a lien upon the Leased Property or any part thereof subject to Article XII . If any Imposition may, at the option of the taxpayer, lawfully be paid in installments, whether or not interest shall accrue on the unpaid balance of such Imposition, Tenant may pay the same, and any accrued interest on the unpaid balance of such Imposition, in installments as the same respectively become due and before any fine, penalty, premium, further interest or cost may be added thereto.

(b)        Landlord or MGM REIT shall prepare and file all tax returns and reports as may be required by Legal Requirements with respect to Landlord’s net income, gross receipts, franchise taxes and taxes on its capital stock and any other returns required to be filed by or in the name of Landlord (the “ Landlord Tax Returns ”), and Tenant or Tenant’s Parent shall prepare and file all other tax returns and reports as may be required by Legal Requirements with respect to or relating to the Leased Property (including all Capital Improvements), and Tenant’s Property.

(c)        Any refund due from any taxing authority in respect of any Imposition paid by or on behalf of Tenant shall be paid over to or retained by Tenant.

(d)        Landlord and Tenant shall, upon request of the other, provide such data as is maintained by the party to whom the request is made with respect to the Leased Property as may be necessary to prepare any required returns and reports. If any property covered by this Master Lease is classified as personal property for tax purposes, Tenant shall file all personal property tax returns in such jurisdictions where it must legally so file. Landlord, to the extent it possesses the same, and Tenant, to the extent it or any Operating Subtenant possesses the same, shall provide the other party, upon request, with cost and depreciation records necessary for filing returns for any property so classified as personal property. Where Landlord is legally required to file personal property tax returns, Tenant shall be provided with copies of assessment notices indicating a value in excess of the reported value in sufficient time for Tenant to file a protest.

(e)        Billings for reimbursement by Tenant to Landlord of personal property or real property taxes and any taxes due under Landlord Tax Returns, if and to the extent Tenant is responsible for such taxes under the terms of this Section 4.1 , shall be accompanied by copies of a bill therefor and payments thereof which identify the personal property or real property or other tax obligations of Landlord with respect to which such payments are made.

 

33


(f)        Impositions imposed or assessed in respect of the tax-fiscal period during which the Term terminates shall be adjusted and prorated between Landlord and Tenant, whether or not such Imposition is imposed or assessed before or after such termination, and Tenant’s obligation to pay its prorated share thereof in respect of a tax-fiscal period during the Term shall survive such termination. Landlord will not voluntarily enter into agreements that will result in additional Impositions without Tenant’s consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld (it being understood that it shall not be reasonable to withhold consent to customary additional Impositions that other property owners of properties similar to the Leased Property customarily consent to in the ordinary course of business); provided, Tenant is given reasonable opportunity to participate in the process leading to such agreement.

4.2          Utilities and other Matters .  Tenant shall pay or cause to be paid all charges for electricity, power, gas, oil, water and other utilities used in the Leased Property (including all Capital Improvements). Tenant shall also pay or reimburse Landlord for all costs and expenses of any kind whatsoever which at any time with respect to the Term hereof with respect to any Facility may be imposed against Landlord by reason of any of the covenants, conditions and/or restrictions affecting the Leased Property or any portion thereof, or with respect to easements, licenses or other rights over, across or with respect to any adjacent or other property which benefits the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement, including any and all costs and expenses associated with any utility, drainage and parking easements. Landlord will not enter into agreements that will encumber the Leased Property (other than a Facility Mortgage) without Tenant’s consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld (it being understood that it shall not be reasonable to withhold consent to encumbrances that do not adversely affect the use or future development of the Facility as a Gaming Facility or any other use consistent with the Primary Intended Use or increase Additional Charges payable under this Master Lease); provided, Tenant is given reasonable opportunity to participate in the process leading to such agreement. Tenant will not enter into agreements that will encumber the Leased Property after the expiration of the Term without Landlord’s consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld (it being understood that it shall not be reasonable to withhold consent to encumbrances that do not adversely affect the value of the Leased Property or the Facility (other than a de minimis effect)); provided, Landlord is given reasonable opportunity to participate in the process leading to such agreement.

4.3          Impound Account .  At Landlord’s option following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (to be exercised by thirty (30) days’ Notice to Tenant); Tenant shall be required to deposit, at the time of any payment of Base Rent, an amount equal to one-twelfth of the sum of (i) Tenant’s estimated annual real and personal property taxes required pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof (as reasonably determined by Landlord), and (ii) Tenant’s estimated annual maintenance expenses and insurance premium costs pursuant to Articles IX and XIII hereof (as reasonably determined by Landlord). Such amounts shall be applied to the payment of the obligations in respect of which said amounts were deposited in such order of priority as Landlord shall reasonably determine, on or before the respective dates on which the same or any of them would become delinquent. The reasonable cost of administering such impound account shall be paid by Tenant. Nothing in this Section 4.3 shall be deemed to affect any right or remedy of Landlord hereunder.

 

34


ARTICLE V

NO ABATEMENT

5.1          No Termination, Abatement, etc.   Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Master Lease, Tenant shall remain bound by this Master Lease in accordance with its terms and shall not seek or be entitled to any abatement, deduction, deferment or reduction of Rent, or set-off against the Rent. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Master Lease, the respective obligations of Landlord and Tenant shall not be affected by reason of (i) any damage to or destruction of the Leased Property or any portion thereof from whatever cause or any Condemnation of the Leased Property, any Capital Improvement or any portion thereof; (ii) other than as a result of Landlord’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, the lawful or unlawful prohibition of, or restriction upon, Tenant’s use of the Leased Property, any Capital Improvement or any portion thereof, the interference with such use by any Person or by reason of eviction by paramount title; (iii) any claim that Tenant has or might have against Landlord by reason of any default or breach of any warranty by Landlord hereunder or under any other agreement between Landlord and Tenant or to which Landlord and Tenant are parties; (iv) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, consolidation, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, winding up or other proceedings affecting Landlord or any assignee or transferee of Landlord; or (v) for any other cause, whether similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing, other than a discharge of Tenant from any such obligations as a matter of law. Tenant hereby specifically waives all rights arising from any occurrence whatsoever which may now or hereafter be conferred upon it by law (a) to modify, surrender or terminate this Master Lease or quit or surrender the Leased Property or any portion thereof, or (b) which may entitle Tenant to any abatement, reduction, suspension or deferment of the Rent or other sums payable by Tenant hereunder except in each case as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Master Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Article V shall preclude Tenant from bringing a separate action against Landlord for any matter described in the foregoing clauses (ii), (iii) or (v) and Tenant is not waiving other rights and remedies not expressly waived herein. The obligations of Landlord and Tenant hereunder shall be separate and independent covenants and agreements and the Rent and all other sums payable by Tenant hereunder shall continue to be payable in all events unless the obligations to pay the same shall be terminated pursuant to the express provisions of this Master Lease or by termination of this Master Lease as to all or any portion of the Leased Property other than by reason of an Event of Default. Tenant’s agreement that, except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Master Lease, any eviction by paramount title as described in item (ii) above shall not affect Tenant’s obligations under this Master Lease, shall not in any way discharge or diminish any obligation of any insurer under any policy of title or other insurance and, to the extent the recovery thereof is not necessary to compensate Landlord for any damages incurred by any such eviction, Tenant shall be entitled to a credit for any sums recovered by Landlord under any such policy of title or other insurance up to the maximum amount paid by Tenant to Landlord under this Section 5.1 , and Landlord, upon request by Tenant, shall assign Landlord’s rights under such policies to Tenant; provided, that such assignment does not adversely affect Landlord’s rights under any such policy and provided, further, that Tenant shall indemnify, defend, protect and save Landlord harmless from and against any liability, cost or expense of any kind that may be imposed upon Landlord in connection with any such assignment except to the extent such liability, cost or expense arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord. In furtherance of the foregoing, in

 

35


the event that Landlord receives proceeds (“ Title Insurance Proceeds ”) from any policy of title or similar insurance maintained by Landlord, any such Title Insurance Proceeds shall be shared between Landlord and Tenant as follows. Tenant shall be entitled to the portion of such Title Insurance Proceeds that is attributable to the damage to the leasehold estate incurred by Tenant during the Term of this Master Lease (assuming that all Renewal Terms are exercised by Tenant) and Landlord shall be entitled to the portion of such Title Insurance Proceeds that is attributable to the damage to the residual estate remaining after the expiration of the Term (assuming that all Renewal Terms are exercised) provided that, if Tenant subsequently does not exercise one or more Renewal Terms, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the portion of such Title Insurance Proceeds received by or paid to Tenant pursuant to this Section 5.1 that is allocable to the Renewal Terms that are not exercised. In the event that Landlord and Tenant are unable, within thirty (30) days of receipt of any such Title Insurance Proceeds, to agree on the allocation between Landlord and Tenant of such Title Insurance Proceeds, either Landlord or Tenant may request that such allocation be determined by an Expert in accordance with Section 34.1. Landlord shall pay any amount owing pursuant to this Section 5.1 to Tenant within thirty (30) days after agreement upon, or determination by the Expert of, such amount.

ARTICLE VI

OWNERSHIP OF LEASED PROPERTY

6.1          Ownership of the Leased Property .  (a) Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that they have executed and delivered this Master Lease with the understanding that (i) the Leased Property (including any Tenant Capital Improvements) is the property of Landlord, (ii) Tenant has only the right to the possession and use of the Leased Property upon the terms and conditions of this Master Lease, (iii) this Master Lease is a “true lease,” is not a financing lease, capital lease, mortgage, equitable mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, security agreement or other financing or trust arrangement, and the economic realities of this Master Lease are those of a true lease, (iv) the business relationship created by this Master Lease and any related documents is and at all times shall remain that of landlord and tenant, (v) this Master Lease has been entered into by each party in reliance upon the mutual covenants, conditions and agreements contained herein, and (vi) none of the agreements contained herein is intended, nor shall the same be deemed or construed, to create a partnership between Landlord and Tenant, to make them joint venturers, to make Tenant an agent, legal representative, partner, subsidiary or employee of Landlord, or to make Landlord in any way responsible for the debts, obligations or losses of Tenant.

(b)        Each of the parties hereto covenants and agrees, subject to Section 6.1(c) , not to (i) file any income tax return or other associated documents; (ii) file any other document with or submit any document to any governmental body or authority; (iii) enter into any written contractual arrangement with any Person; or (iv) release any financial statements of Tenant, in each case that takes a position other than that this Master Lease is a “true lease” with Landlord as owner of the Leased Property and Tenant as the tenant of the Leased Property, including (x) treating Landlord as the owner of such Leased Property eligible to claim depreciation deductions under Sections 167 or 168 of the Code with respect to such Leased Property (except as otherwise provided in Section 11.1(b) ), (y) Tenant reporting its Rent

 

36


payments as rent expense under Section 162 of the Code, and (z) Landlord reporting the Rent payments as rental income under Section 61 of the Code.

(c)        If Tenant should reasonably conclude that GAAP or the SEC require treatment different from that set forth in Section 6.1(b) for applicable non-tax purposes, then (x) Tenant shall promptly give prior Notice to Landlord, accompanied by a written statement that references the applicable pronouncement that controls such treatment and contains a brief description and/or analysis that sets forth in reasonable detail the basis upon which Tenant reached such conclusion, and (y) notwithstanding Section 6.1(b) , Tenant may comply with such requirements.

(d)        The Rent is the fair market rent for the use of the Leased Property and was agreed to by Landlord and Tenant on that basis, and the execution and delivery of, and the performance by Tenant of its obligations under, this Master Lease does not constitute a transfer of all or any part of the Leased Property.

(e)        Tenant waives any claim or defense based upon the characterization of this Master Lease as anything other than a true lease and as a master lease of all of the Leased Property. Tenant stipulates and agrees (1) not to challenge the validity, enforceability or characterization of the lease of the Leased Property as a true lease and/or as a single, unseverable instrument pertaining to the lease of all, but not less than all, of the Leased Property, and (2) not to assert or take or omit to take any action inconsistent with the agreements and understandings set forth in Section 3.4 or this Section 6.1 .

6.2          Tenant s Property .  Tenant and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of Tenant’s Property in their discretion and Landlord shall have no rights to such Tenant’s Property. Subject to Section 36.1 , Tenant shall remove all of Tenant’s Property from the Leased Premises at the end of the Term. Subject to Section 36.1 , any Tenant’s Property left on the Leased Property at the end of the Term whose ownership was not transferred to a successor tenant or landlord shall be deemed abandoned by Tenant and shall become the property of Landlord. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, any transfer, conveyance or other disposition by Landlord or Tenant of any Gaming Equipment will be subject to the approval, to the extent required, of any applicable Gaming Authority.

6.3          Tenant s Intellectual Property .  Subject to the terms of the Intellectual Property License Agreement, (a) Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that all trademarks, trade names and trade dress used in connection with the Leased Property and all other forms of Tenant’s intellectual property (collectively, “ Tenant s Intellectual Property ”) shall be the sole and exclusive property of Tenant, (b) Tenant and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of, modify, use or discontinue use of Tenant’s Intellectual Property in their sole discretion, (c) Landlord shall have no rights in or to Tenant’s Intellectual Property, (d) Landlord shall not claim any rights in or to, or challenge, contest or otherwise interfere with Tenant’s sole and exclusive ownership of, Tenant’s Intellectual Property and (e) Tenant may remove or otherwise dispose of Tenant’s Intellectual Property from the Leased Property at the end of the Term, or may modify the Leased Property at the end of the Term such that Landlord’s or any successor tenant’s use of the Leased Property does not infringe upon Tenant’s ownership

 

37


of Tenant’s Intellectual Property. For the avoidance of doubt, no Tenant’s Intellectual Property shall be included in the provisions of Section 36.1 .

ARTICLE VII

CONDITION AND USE OF LEASED PROPERTY

7.1         Condition of the Leased Property .  Tenant acknowledges receipt and delivery of possession of the Leased Property and confirms that Tenant has examined and otherwise has knowledge of the condition of the Leased Property prior to the execution and delivery of this Master Lease and has found the same to be in good order and repair and, to the best of Tenant’s knowledge, free from Hazardous Substances not in compliance with Legal Requirements and satisfactory for its purposes hereunder. Regardless, however, of any examination or inspection made by Tenant and whether or not any patent or latent defect or condition was revealed or discovered thereby, Tenant is leasing the Leased Property “as is” in its present condition. Tenant waives any claim or action against Landlord in respect of the condition of the Leased Property including any defects or adverse conditions not discovered or otherwise known by Tenant as of the Commencement Date. LANDLORD MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN RESPECT OF THE LEASED PROPERTY OR ANY PART THEREOF, EITHER AS TO ITS FITNESS FOR USE, DESIGN OR CONDITION FOR ANY PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE OR OTHERWISE, OR AS TO THE NATURE OR QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP THEREIN, OR THE EXISTENCE OF ANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, IT BEING AGREED THAT ALL SUCH RISKS, LATENT OR PATENT, ARE TO BE BORNE SOLELY BY TENANT INCLUDING ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY FOR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

7.2          Use of the Leased Property .  (a) Tenant shall use or cause to be used the Leased Property and the improvements thereon of each Facility for its Primary Intended Use. Tenant shall not use or permit the use of the Leased Property or any portion thereof or any Capital Improvement thereto for any other use without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent Landlord may not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay. Landlord acknowledges that operation of each Gaming Facility for its Primary Intended Use generally requires a Gaming License under applicable Gaming Regulations and that without such a license neither Landlord nor any Affiliate of Landlord may operate, control or participate in the conduct of a Gaming Facility.

(b)        Tenant shall not commit or suffer to be committed any waste on the Leased Property (including any Capital Improvement thereto) or cause or permit any nuisance thereon or to, except as required by law, take or suffer any action or condition that will diminish the ability of the Leased Premises to be used as a Gaming Facility (except in connection with any use, or change of use, permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(a) above or in connection with a Facility (or any portion thereof) that is not and has not been operated as a Gaming Facility) after the expiration or earlier termination of the Term.

 

38


(c)        Tenant shall neither suffer nor permit the Leased Property or any portion thereof to be used in such a manner as (i) would reasonably be expected to impair Landlord’s title thereto or to any portion thereof or (ii) would reasonably be expected to result in a claim of adverse use or possession, or an implied dedication of the Leased Property or any portion thereof.

(d)        Except as a result of a Casualty Event, Tenant shall continuously operate each of the Facilities for the Primary Intended Use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant in its discretion may elect to cease operations at any of the Facilities; provided, that at the time of such cessation of operations of a Facility, Adjusted Revenue to Rent Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis as if the Facility(ies) for which operations are to be terminated were not included in Adjusted Revenue, for the trailing twelve (12) month period is not less than 1.9:1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Rent under this Master Lease will remain unchanged and upon the next occurring Percentage Rent reset (and any reset thereafter, if applicable), the calculation of Percentage Rent shall assume pro forma Net Revenues from any Facility which is not in operation in accordance with this paragraph (d) based on the Net Revenues of such Facility during the 12 month period immediately preceding the date on which Tenant ceases such operations.

7.3        Development Facilities .

Subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 7.4 , nothing contained in this Master Lease shall restrict Tenant’s or any Tenant’s Affiliates’ ability to develop, acquire, operate or sell any new Gaming Facilities (or any other property) which are not owned or operated by Tenant as of the date hereof and not subject to this Master Lease.

7.4        Landlord ROFO .

(a)         Landlord’s Right to Purchase Development Facilities .  Tenant agrees that during the Term, neither Tenant nor any of its Affiliates shall sell either Development Facility unless Tenant shall first offer Landlord the opportunity to purchase such Development Facility to be sold and, if consistent with the Sale Offer (as defined below), include such Development Facility as a Leased Property under this Master Lease, on the terms described herein below. In the event that Tenant intends to sell any Development Facility, Tenant shall deliver a notice to Landlord (a “ Sale Offer Notice ”) indicating the price and other material terms under which Tenant would agree to sell either or both of the Development Facilities (including, if applicable, as determined by Tenant in its sole discretion, the terms under which Tenant would agree to lease such Development Facility(ies) from a purchaser)(a “ Sale Offer ”). Within thirty (30) days of Landlord’s receipt of a Sale Offer Notice, Landlord shall notify Tenant as to whether Landlord intends to offer to purchase such Development Facility(ies) and on what terms. If Landlord shall offer to purchase the Development Facility(ies) subject to the Sale Offer for at least one hundred and five percent (105%) of the purchase price contained in the Sale Offer on an all cash basis (and, if applicable, on the same rental terms and other lease terms as the Sale Offer), Tenant shall sell such Development Facility(ies) subject to the Sale Offer to Landlord for such cash price and subject to the remaining terms set forth in the Sale Offer within sixty (60) days of Landlord’s receipt of the Sale Offer Notice, or such longer period of time as may reasonably be required to the extent necessary to comply with Section 41.13 or as otherwise

 

39


necessary to comply with Gaming Regulations. If Landlord shall indicate its willingness to purchase such Development Facility(ies) but shall offer less than one hundred and five percent (105%) of the purchase price stated in the Sale Offer (or shall otherwise not agree to any of the remaining material terms contained in the Sale Offer), the parties shall attempt to negotiate, in each party’s sole discretion, the terms and conditions upon which such sale would be effected. Should Landlord notify Tenant that Landlord does not intend to purchase such Development Facility(ies) subject to the Sale Offer (or should Landlord decline to notify Tenant of its affirmative response within such thirty (30) day period), or if the parties fail for any reason to reach agreement on the terms under which Landlord would acquire such Development Facility(ies) subject to the Sale Offer, in any event, within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s receipt of the Sale Office Notice, then Tenant shall have no further obligation to sell or offer to sell such Development Facility(ies) subject to the Sale Offer to Landlord and Tenant may freely sell such Development Facility(ies) subject to the Sale Offer to any third-party for no less than the purchase price contained in, and otherwise on terms not substantially more favorable to such third-party than the terms contained in, the Sale Offer. If Landlord purchases a Development Facility from Tenant and the Sale Offer or other terms agreed between Landlord and Tenant provide for Tenant to lease, from Landlord, such Development Facility, then such Development Facility shall become a Facility hereunder, and this Master Lease shall be amended, including amending the Base Rent, in accordance with such terms set forth in the Sale Offer or as otherwise agreed between Landlord and Tenant; provided that such amendments shall be consistent with the parties’ intent that this Master Lease shall be treated as a “true lease” as further described in Section 6.1(a)(iii) . In no event shall Landlord’s rights under this Section 7.4(a) be assignable to any other Person and such rights may only be exercised by Landlord.

(b)         No Other Restrictions .    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.4 , Landlord shall not have any right to purchase, nor shall Tenant have any obligation to make any offer to Landlord pursuant to this Section 7.4 in connection with, any Property other than the Development Facilities and in accordance with the terms of Article X ). Further, neither Landlord nor Tenant shall be restricted from participating in opportunities, including, without limitation, developing, building, purchasing or operating Gaming Facilities or any other property or asset, at any time; provided, however, that in no event shall Landlord at any time during the Term own or operate any Gaming Facility (other than holding the lessor’s interest pursuant to a triple net lease, or otherwise with the consent of Tenant, which consent Tenant may withhold in Tenant’s sole discretion).

ARTICLE VIII

COMPLIANCE WITH LAW; GROUND LEASES

8.1          Representations and Warranties .  Each party represents and warrants to the other that: (i) this Master Lease and all other documents executed or to be executed by it in connection herewith have been duly authorized and shall be binding upon it; (ii) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation and is duly authorized and qualified to perform this Master Lease within the State(s) where any portion of the Leased Property is located; and (iii) neither this Master Lease nor any other document executed or to be executed in connection herewith violates the terms of any other agreement of such party.

 

40


8.2       Compliance with Legal and Insurance Requirements, etc .

(a)        Subject to Article XII regarding permitted contests, Tenant, at its expense, shall promptly (a) comply in all material respects with all Legal Requirements and Insurance Requirements regarding the use, operation, maintenance, repair and restoration of the Leased Property (including all Capital Improvements thereto) and Tenant’s Property whether or not compliance therewith may require structural changes in any of the Leased Improvements or interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Leased Property, and (b) procure, maintain and comply in all material respects with all Gaming Regulations and Gaming Licenses, and other authorizations required for the use of the Leased Property (including all Capital Improvements) and Tenant’s Property for the applicable Primary Intended Use and any other use of the Leased Property (including Capital Improvements then being made) and Tenant’s Property, and for the proper erection, installation, operation and maintenance of the Leased Property and Tenant’s Property. In an emergency which is not being reasonably addressed by Tenant or in the event of a breach by Tenant of its obligations under this Section 8.2 which is not cured within any applicable cure period, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, subject to all Legal Requirements and the rights of subtenants, enter upon the Leased Property and take such reasonable actions and incur such reasonable costs and expenses to effect such compliance as it reasonably deems advisable to protect its interest in the Leased Property, and Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for all such reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection with such actions. Tenant covenants and agrees that the Leased Property and Tenant’s Property shall not be used for any unlawful purpose. In the event that a Gaming Authority notifies Tenant or an Operating Subtenant that Tenant or such Operating Subtenant is in jeopardy of losing a Gaming License material to this Master Lease or the continued operation of a Facility, and, assuming no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Tenant shall be given reasonable time to address (or cause such Operating Subtenant to address) the regulatory issue, after which period (but in all events prior to an actual revocation of such Gaming License), Tenant shall take (or shall cause such Operating Subtenant to take) reasonable steps to avoid the loss of such Gaming License (subject to the provisions of Section 7.2(d) ).

(b)        Landlord shall comply with any Gaming Regulations or other regulatory requirements required of it as owner of the Facilities taking into account their Primary Intended Use (except to the extent Tenant fulfills or is required to fulfill any such requirements hereunder). In the event that a Gaming Authority notifies Landlord that it is in jeopardy of failing to comply with any such Gaming Regulation or other regulatory requirements material to the continued operation of a Facility for its Primary Intended Use, Landlord shall be given reasonable time to address the regulatory issue, after which period (but in all events prior to an actual cessation of the use of the Facility for its Primary Intended Use as a result of the failure by Landlord to comply with such regulatory requirements) Landlord shall be required to sell the Leased Property relating to such Facility to the highest bidder (and Tenant or Tenant’s Affiliate shall be entitled to be one of the bidders) who would agree to lease such Facility to Tenant on the terms set forth in this Master Lease (including rent calculated in the manner provided pursuant to Section 14.6 hereof, and in such event the provisions of Section 1.5 shall apply); provided, that if Tenant is the bidder it shall not be required to agree to lease the Facility (given that if Tenant were to be the winning bidder, it would be the owner of the fee and leasehold interests in the Facilities), but the provisions of Section 1.5 shall apply with respect the remainder of the Facilities. In the event during the period in which Landlord conducts such auction such

 

41


regulatory agency notifies Landlord and Tenant that Tenant may not pay any portion of the Rent to Landlord, Tenant shall be entitled to fund such amount into an escrow account, to be released to Landlord or the party legally entitled thereto at or upon resolution of such regulatory issues and otherwise on terms reasonably satisfactory to the parties. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, no transfer of Tenant’s Property used in the conduct of gaming (including the purported or attempted transfer of a Gaming License) or the operation of a Gaming Facility shall be effected or permitted without receipt of all necessary approvals and/or Gaming Licenses in accordance with applicable Gaming Regulations.

8.3          Zoning and Uses .  Without the prior written consent of Landlord, Tenant may (i) initiate or support any limiting change in the permitted uses of the Leased Property (or to the extent applicable, limiting zoning reclassification of the Leased Property); (ii) seek any variance under existing land use restrictions, laws, rules or regulations (or, to the extent applicable, zoning ordinances) applicable to the Leased Property; (iii) impose or permit or suffer the imposition of any restrictive covenants, easements or encumbrances upon the Leased Property; (iv) execute or file any subdivision plat affecting the Leased Property, or institute, or permit the institution of, proceedings to alter any tax lot comprising the Leased Property; or (v) permit or suffer the Leased Property to be used by the public or any Person; provided, however, that Landlord shall have the right to approve any matter described in the preceding clauses (i)-(v) that is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Facility, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed unless the same is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the Primary Intended Use in which event Landlord may withhold its consent in Landlord’s sole discretion, and further; provided, that Tenant may enter into any matter described in clause (i)-(v) above if the same and any effect on the Facility is limited in duration to the Term (including all Renewal Terms) or earlier termination of this Master Lease. In addition, Landlord agrees to, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, reasonably cooperate with Tenant and all applicable authorities in connection with the foregoing clauses (i)-(v), including the provision and execution of such documents and other information as may be requested by Tenant or such authorities relating to the Leased Property and which are within Landlord’s reasonable control to obtain and provide.

8.4          Compliance with Ground Leases .

(a)        This Master Lease, to the extent affecting and solely with respect to any Ground Leased Property, is and shall be subject and subordinate to all of the terms and conditions of the Ground Leases. Tenant hereby acknowledges that Tenant has reviewed and agreed to all of the terms and conditions of the Ground Leases. Tenant hereby agrees that Tenant shall not do, or fail to do, anything that would cause any violation of the Ground Leases. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) Tenant shall pay Landlord on demand as an Additional Charge hereunder all rent required to be paid by, and other monetary obligations of, Landlord as tenant under the Ground Leases (and, at Landlord’s or Tenant’s option, Tenant shall make such payments directly to the Ground Lessors); provided, however, such Additional Charges payable by Tenant shall exclude any additional costs under the Ground Leases which are caused solely by Landlord after the date hereof without consent or fault of or omission by Tenant, (ii) to the extent Landlord is required to obtain the written consent of the lessor under any Ground Lease (a “ Ground Lessor ”) to alterations of or the subleasing of all or any portion of the Ground Leased Property pursuant to a Ground Lease, Tenant shall likewise obtain such Ground Lessor’s written

 

42


consent to alterations of or the subleasing of all or any portion of the Ground Leased Property, and (iii) Tenant shall carry and maintain general liability, automobile liability, property and casualty, worker’s compensation and employer’s liability insurance in amounts and with policy provisions, coverages and certificates as required of Landlord as tenant under the Ground Leases.

(b)        In the event of cancellation or termination of a Ground Lease for any reason whatsoever whether voluntary or involuntary (by operation of law or otherwise) prior to the expiration date of this Master Lease, including extensions and renewals granted thereunder, then, at the applicable Ground Lessor’s option, Tenant shall make full and complete attornment to such Ground Lessor with respect to the obligations of Landlord to such Ground Lessor in connection with the applicable Ground Leased Property for the balance of the term of such Ground Lease (notwithstanding that this Master Lease shall have expired with respect to such Ground Leased Property as a result of the cancellation or termination of such Ground Lease). Tenant’s attornment shall be evidenced by a written agreement which shall provide that Tenant is in direct privity of contract with such Ground Lessor (i.e., that all obligations previously owed to Landlord under this Master Lease with respect to such Ground Lease or such Ground Leased Property shall be obligations owed to such Ground Lessor for the balance of the term of this Master Lease, notwithstanding that this Master Lease shall have expired with respect to such Ground Leased Property as a result of the cancellation or termination of such Ground Lease) and which shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Ground Lessor. Tenant shall execute and deliver such written attornment within thirty (30) days after request by such Ground Lessor. Unless and until such time as an attornment agreement is executed by Tenant pursuant to this Section 8.4(b) , nothing contained in this Master Lease shall create, or be construed as creating, any privity of contract or privity of estate between any Ground Lessor and Tenant.

(c)        For so long as the property leased under any Ground Lease is part of the Leased Property, Landlord and Tenant each agree to cooperate and take any actions reasonably necessary to extend the term of any such Ground Lease so that such Ground Lease does not expire prior to the date that is thirty-seven years and six months after the Commencement Date. In addition, to the extent requested by Landlord, and at no cost or expense to Tenant, Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord and take any actions reasonably necessary to extend the term of such Ground Lease beyond such period set forth in the preceding sentence.

(d)        Nothing contained in this Master Lease amends, or shall be construed to amend, any provision of the Ground Leases.

ARTICLE IX

MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

9.1          Maintenance and Repair .  (a) Tenant, at its expense and without the prior consent of Landlord, shall maintain the Leased Property and every portion thereof, and all private roadways, sidewalks and curbs appurtenant to the Leased Property, and which are under Tenant’s or any subtenant’s control in reasonably good order and repair whether or not the need for such repairs occurs as a result of Tenant’s or any subtenant’s use, any prior use, the elements

 

43


or the age of the Leased Property, and, with reasonable promptness, make all reasonably necessary and appropriate repairs thereto of every kind and nature, including those necessary to ensure continuing compliance with all Legal Requirements, whether interior or exterior, structural or non-structural, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen or arising by reason of a condition existing prior to the Commencement Date. Tenant shall maintain Tenant’s Property as Tenant reasonably determines is necessary or desirable for conduct of the Primary Intended Use at the Facilities. Landlord acknowledges that the condition of the Facilities and the other matters described in the first sentence of this Section 9.1 on the date hereof satisfies the requirements of this Article IX .

(b)        Landlord shall not under any circumstances be required to (i) build or rebuild any improvements on the Leased Property; (ii) make any repairs, replacements, alterations, restorations or renewals of any nature to the Leased Property, whether ordinary or extraordinary, structural or non-structural, foreseen or unforeseen, or to make any expenditure whatsoever with respect thereto; or (iii) maintain the Leased Property in any way. Tenant hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, the right to make repairs at the expense of Landlord pursuant to any law in effect at the time of the execution of this Master Lease or hereafter enacted.

(c)        Subject to the specific provisions of Section 41.14 , nothing contained in this Master Lease and no action or inaction by Landlord shall be construed as (i) constituting the consent or request of Landlord, expressed or implied, to any contractor, subcontractor, laborer, materialman or vendor to or for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property for the construction, alteration, addition, repair or demolition of or to the Leased Property or any part thereof or any Capital Improvement thereto; or (ii) giving Tenant any right, power or permission to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against Landlord in respect thereof or to make any agreement that may create, or in any way be the basis for, any right, title, interest, lien, claim or other encumbrance upon the estate of Landlord in the Leased Property, or any portion thereof or upon the estate of Landlord in any Capital Improvement thereto.

(d)        Tenant shall, upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term, vacate and surrender the Leased Property (including all Capital Improvements, subject to the provisions of Article X ), in each case with respect to such Facility, to Landlord in the condition in which such Leased Property was originally received from Landlord and Capital Improvements were originally introduced to such Facility, except as repaired, rebuilt, restored, altered or added to as permitted or required by the provisions of this Master Lease and except for ordinary wear and tear, subject to casualty and Condemnation as provided in Article XIV and XV .

(e)        Without limiting Tenant’s obligations to maintain the Leased Property and Tenant’s Property under this Master Lease, within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar year (commencing with the calendar year ending December 31, 2016), Tenant shall provide Landlord with evidence satisfactory to Landlord in the reasonable exercise of Landlord’s discretion that Tenant has in such calendar year spent, with respect to the Leased Property and Tenant’s Property, an aggregate amount equal to at least one percent (1%) of the

 

44


actual Net Revenue of Tenant Parties (without duplication) from the Facilities for such calendar year on installation or restoration and repair or other improvement of items, which installations, restorations and repairs and other improvements are capitalized in accordance with GAAP with an expected life of not less than three (3) years. If Tenant fails to make at least the above amount of expenditures and fails within sixty (60) days after receipt of a Notice from Landlord to either (i) cure such deficiency or (ii) obtain Landlord’s written approval, in its reasonable discretion, of a repair and maintenance program satisfactory to cure such deficiency, then the same shall be deemed a default hereunder.

9.2          Encroachments, Restrictions, Mineral Leases, etc.   If any of the Leased Improvements shall, at any time, encroach upon any property, street or right-of-way, or shall violate any restrictive covenant or other agreement affecting the Leased Property, or any part thereof or any Capital Improvement thereto, or shall impair the rights of others under any easement or right-of-way to which the Leased Property is subject, or the use of the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement thereto is impaired, limited or interfered with by reason of the exercise of the right of surface entry or any other provision of a lease or reservation of any oil, gas, water or other minerals, then promptly upon the request of Landlord or any Person affected by any such encroachment, violation or impairment, each of Tenant and Landlord, subject to their right to contest the existence of any such encroachment, violation or impairment, shall protect, indemnify, save harmless and defend the other party hereto from and against fifty percent (50%) of all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, penalties, causes of action, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees and expenses) based on or arising by reason of any such encroachment, violation or impairment. In the event of an adverse final determination with respect to any such encroachment, violation or impairment, either (a) each of Tenant and Landlord shall be entitled to obtain valid and effective waivers or settlements of all claims, liabilities and damages resulting from each such encroachment, violation or impairment, whether the same shall affect Landlord or Tenant or (b) Tenant at the shared cost and expense of Tenant and Landlord on a 50-50 basis shall make such changes in the Leased Improvements, and take such other actions, as Tenant in the good faith exercise of its judgment deems reasonably practicable, to remove such encroachment or to end such violation or impairment, including, if necessary, the alteration of any of the Leased Improvements, and in any event take all such actions as may be necessary in order to be able to continue the operation of the Leased Improvements for the Primary Intended Use substantially in the manner and to the extent the Leased Improvements were operated prior to the assertion of such encroachment, violation or impairment. Tenant’s (and Landlord’s) obligations under this Section 9.2 shall be in addition to and shall in no way discharge or diminish any obligation of any insurer under any policy of title or other insurance and, to the extent the recovery thereof is not necessary to compensate Landlord and Tenant for any damages incurred by any such encroachment, violation or impairment, Tenant shall be entitled to fifty percent (50%) of any sums recovered by Landlord under any such policy of title or other insurance up to the maximum amount paid by Tenant under this Section 9.2 and Landlord, upon request by Tenant, shall assign Landlord’s rights under such policies to Tenant; provided, such assignment does not adversely affect Landlord’s rights under any such policy. Landlord agrees to use reasonable efforts to seek recovery under any policy of title or other insurance under which Landlord is an insured party for all losses, liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, penalties, causes of action, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees and expenses) based on or arising by reason of any such encroachment, violation or impairment as set forth in this Section 9.2 ;

 

45


provided, however, that in no event shall Landlord be obligated to institute any litigation, arbitration or other legal proceedings in connection therewith unless Landlord is reasonably satisfied that Tenant has the financial resources needed to fund such litigation and Tenant and Landlord have agreed upon the terms and conditions on which such funding will be made available by Tenant, including, but not limited to, the mutual approval of a litigation budget.

ARTICLE X

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

10.1          Construction of Capital Improvements to the Leased Property .

(a)     Tenant and each Operating Subtenant shall, with respect to any Facility, have the right to make Capital Improvements, including, without limitation, any Capital Improvement required by Section 8.2 or 9.1(a) , without the consent of, or any notice to, Landlord if the Capital Improvement (i) does not involve the removal of any material existing structures (unless Tenant reasonably promptly proceeds to replace such removed structures with structures of at least reasonably comparable value or utility), (ii) does not have a material adverse effect on the structural integrity of any remaining Leased Improvements (other than as contemplated to be maintained or improved in connection with such Capital Improvement), (iii) is not reasonably likely to reduce the value of the Facility when completed, and (iv) is consistent with the Primary Intended Use; each of the foregoing (i)-(iv) as reasonably determined by Tenant. Any Capital Improvements described in the preceding sentence are referred to as, “ Permitted Capital Improvements ”.

(b)     If Tenant or any subtenant desires to make a Capital Improvement that is not a Permitted Capital Improvement (a “ Landlord Approved Capital Improvement ”), Tenant shall submit to Landlord in reasonable detail a general description of the proposal, the projected cost of construction and such plans and specifications, permits, licenses, contracts and other information concerning the proposal as Landlord may reasonably request. Such description shall indicate the use or uses to which such Capital Improvement will be put and the impact, if any, on current and forecasted gross revenues and operating income attributable thereto. All proposed Landlord Approved Capital Improvements shall be subject to Landlord’s review and approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. It shall be reasonable for Landlord to condition its approval of any Capital Improvement upon any or all of the following terms and conditions:

(i)         Such construction shall be effected pursuant to detailed plans and specifications approved by Landlord, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; and

(ii)        No Capital Improvement will result in the Leased Property becoming a “limited use” property for purposes of United States federal income taxes as of the date such Capital Improvement is placed in service.

 

46


(iii)       All Capital Improvements will become Landlord’s property when made; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not affect the provisions of Section 11.1(b) .

10.2      Construction Requirements for Capital Improvements .  Tenant’s or any subtenant’s construction of Capital Improvements shall be performed in compliance with the following requirements which shall be applicable to Permitted Capital Improvements and Landlord Approved Capital Improvements except as indicated below:

(a)        Such construction shall not be commenced until Tenant shall have procured and paid for all municipal and other governmental permits and authorizations required to be obtained prior to such commencement, including those permits and authorizations required pursuant to any Gaming Regulations, and Landlord shall join in the application for such permits or authorizations whenever such action is necessary; provided, however, that (i) any such joinder shall be at no cost or expense to Landlord; and (ii) any plans required to be filed in connection with any such application in respect of any Landlord Approved Capital Improvements shall have been so approved by Landlord;

(b)        Such construction shall not impair the structural strength of any component of the applicable Facility or overburden the electrical, water, plumbing, HVAC or other building systems of any such component in a manner that would violate applicable building codes or prudent industry practices;

(c)        During and following completion of such construction, the parking and other amenities which are located in the applicable Facility or on the Land of such Facility shall remain adequate for the operation of such Facility for its Primary Intended Use and in no event shall such parking be less than that which is required by law (including any variances with respect thereto); provided, however, that to the extent additional parking is not already a part of a Capital Improvement, Tenant may construct additional parking on the Land in accordance with Section 10.1(a) ; or Tenant may acquire off-site parking to serve such Facility as long as such parking shall be reasonably proximate to, and dedicated to, or otherwise made available to serve, such Facility;

(d)        All work done in connection with such construction shall be done as soon as reasonably practicable and using materials and resulting in work that is at least as good product and condition as the remaining areas of the applicable Facility and in conformity with all Legal Requirements, including, without limitation, any applicable non-discrimination laws; and

(e)        Promptly following the completion of any Landlord Approved Capital Improvements only, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord “as built” drawings of such addition (or written confirmation from the relevant general contractor or architect that such Capital Improvement has been built in accordance with the plans and specifications), certified as accurate by the licensed architect or engineer selected by Tenant, and copies of any new or revised certificates of occupancy.

10.3      Tenant Capital Improvements Upon Deconsolidation .    (a) Upon the occurrence of a Deconsolidation Event, Landlord shall, at the sole option of Tenant which must

 

47


be exercised, if at all, within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of a Deconsolidation Event, be required to pay Tenant, an amount equal to the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price; provided, that such payment does not result in a default under any Facility Mortgage Document or other Indebtedness of Landlord. For the avoidance of doubt, all Tenant Capital Improvements will become the property of Landlord when made and will be deemed to be part of the Leased Property at all times but are subject to the provisions of Section 11.1(b) .

(b)        No later than thirty (30) days after a Deconsolidation Event, Tenant may, in its sole discretion, deliver to Landlord a Notice (“ Tenant FMV Notice ”) indicating Tenant’s good faith determination of the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price, including reasonable detail regarding the nature, location and cost of all Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements and allocating such price among the Facilities. Landlord will, within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s receipt of the Tenant FMV Notice provide a Notice to Tenant indicating either (i) that Landlord agrees with Tenant’s determination of the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price (a “ Landlord FMV Acceptance Notice ”) or (ii) Landlord’s good faith determination of the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price, and, if applicable, reasonable detail regarding any Capital Improvements that Landlord believes should or should not be considered Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements to the extent Landlord disagrees with Tenant’s determination of the same (a “ Landlord FMV Notice ”).

(c)        In the event that Landlord delivers to Tenant a Landlord FMV Notice, Landlord and Tenant will negotiate in good faith for a period of no less than thirty (30) days to agree upon the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price. If, following such thirty (30) day period, Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree upon the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price, Landlord and Tenant shall appoint Experts, and the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price will be determined, in accordance with Section 34.1 .

(d)        Upon the determination of the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price in accordance with paragraph (b) or (c) above, as applicable, (such determination, the “ Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value ”), Landlord will, within ten (10) Business Days after the determination of the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value, pay to Tenant or Tenant’s designee, an amount equal to the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value, either by wire transfer of immediately available funds, or, if elected by MGM REIT, by delivery of freely transferable Common Units of the Operating Partnership having a value equal to the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value, with the value of each Common Unit so delivered being assumed to have a value equal to the fair market value on the date of delivery (as determined in accordance with the Operating Partnership’s Limited Partnership Agreement) of a REIT Class A Share, and Tenant or Tenant’s designee receiving such Common Units becoming a party to, and having all rights under, the Registration Rights Agreement.

(e)        From and after the payment of the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value, (i) if, as of the date of a Deconsolidation Event there is less than five (5) years remaining in the then current Term, Tenant shall be deemed to have

 

48


elected to exercise Tenant’s right to extend the Term for the then next occurring Renewal Term, if any (for clarification purposes, if a Deconsolidation Event occurs during the last Renewal Term, there shall be no obligation or ability for Tenant to further extend the Term, however Landlord’s obligation to pay the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value shall remain unaffected), and (ii) annual Base Rent with respect to the Leased Property will be increased by an amount equal to the Assumed Rate multiplied by the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value and, to the extent required for any purposes under this Master Lease, such increase will be allocated in proportion to the amount of the Agreed Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Fair Market Value attributable to each of the Facilities as indicated in the Tenant FMV Notice.

(f)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Article X , in no event shall Landlord be required to pay a Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price in excess of an amount equal to One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) which amount of One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) shall be increased by Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000) on the first day of each Lease Year commencing at the beginning of the second Lease Year. Tenant shall provide to Landlord, within a reasonable time following each anniversary of the Commencement Date, a Notice indicating Tenant’s reasonable estimate of the cumulative amount Tenant has then expended on Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements. Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and agree that Tenant’s amount of cumulative Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements may, from time to time, exceed the limits of Landlord’s obligations to pay for Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements described in this clause (f), however any such excess shall not alter Landlord’s obligation with respect thereto or increase such limit, nor shall such limit in any way restrict the amount that Tenant may spend at any time with respect to any Tenant Capital Improvements.

10.4      Ownership of Tenant Capital Improvements at end of Term .  Upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Master Lease, all Tenant Capital Improvements shall remain the property of Landlord, regardless of whether a Deconsolidation Event has occurred.

10.5      Funding of Tenant Capital Improvements .  Landlord shall have the right, following a request from Tenant, to fund the cost of any proposed Tenant Capital Improvements on such arms-length terms and conditions as may be agreed to by Landlord and Tenant. In connection with any such funding, Landlord and Tenant may make agreed upon modifications to the Rent to reflect Landlord’s funding of the cost of such Tenant Capital Improvements.

ARTICLE XI

NO LIENS

11.1      Liens .  (a) Subject to the provisions of Article XII relating to permitted contests, Tenant will not directly or indirectly create and will promptly discharge at its expense any lien, encumbrance, attachment, title retention agreement or claim (“ Lien ”) upon the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement thereto or upon the Gaming Licenses (including indirectly through a pledge of shares in the direct or indirect entity owning an interest in the Gaming Licenses except as permitted by Article XVII ) or any attachment, levy, claim or encumbrance in respect of the Rent, excluding, however, (a) this Master Lease; (b) the matters that existed as of the

 

49


Commencement Date with respect to such Facility (and any renewals of such exiting matters that do not materially increase the scope of or amount secured by such Lien); (c) restrictions, liens and other encumbrances which are consented to in writing by Landlord (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld); (d) liens for Impositions which Tenant is not required to pay hereunder; (e) subleases permitted by Article XXII ; (f) liens for Impositions not yet delinquent or being contested in accordance with Article XII , provided, that no foreclosure or similar remedies with respect to such Impositions have been completed; (g) liens of mechanics, laborers, materialmen, suppliers or vendors for sums either disputed or not yet due; provided, any such liens are in the process of being contested as permitted by Article XII ; (h) any liens created by Landlord; (i) liens related to equipment leases or equipment financing for Tenant’s Property which are used or useful in Tenant’s business on the Leased Property; (j) liens granted as security for the obligations of Tenant under a Debt Agreement or completion guarantee; provided, however, in no event shall the foregoing be deemed or construed to permit Tenant to encumber its leasehold interest (or a subtenant to encumber its subleasehold interest) in the Leased Property or its direct or indirect interest (or the interest of any of its Subsidiaries or subtenants) in the Gaming Licenses (other than, in each case, to a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee), without the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be granted or withheld in Landlord’s sole discretion; and provided, further, that Tenant shall be required to provide Landlord with fully executed copies of any and all Permitted Leasehold Mortgages and related principal Debt Agreements; (k) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), covenants, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies on or with respect to any Leased Property, in each case whether now or hereafter in existence, not individually or in the aggregate materially interfering with the conduct of the business on the Leased Property, taken as a whole; (l) any Permitted Encumbrance, (m) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by Tenant or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (n) other Liens securing Indebtedness outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of no more than Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) and (o) any matters which are expressly limited in duration to the Term (including any Renewal Terms) subject to earlier termination of this Master Lease. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge and agree that Tenant has not granted any liens in favor of Landlord as security for its obligations hereunder and nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to prohibit the issuance of a lien on the Equity Interests in Tenant (it being agreed that any foreclosure by a lien holder on such interests in Tenant shall be subject to the restriction on Tenant Change of Control set forth in Article XXII ) or to prohibit Tenant from pledging its Accounts and other Tenant’s Property and other property of Tenant, including fixtures and personal property installed by Tenant at the Facilities, as collateral in connection with financings from equipment lenders (or to Permitted Leasehold Mortgagees); provided, that Tenant shall in no event pledge to any Person that is not a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee hereunder any of the Gaming Licenses or other of Tenant’s Property to the extent that such Tenant’s Property cannot be removed from the Leased Property without damaging or impairing the Leased Property (other than in a de minimis manner). For the further avoidance of doubt, by way of example, Tenant shall not grant to any lender (other than a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee) a lien on, and any and all lien holders (including a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee) shall not have the right to remove, carpeting, internal wiring, elevators, or escalators at the Leased Property, but lien holders may have the right to remove (and Tenant shall have the right to grant a lien on) Gaming Equipment even if the removal thereof from the Leased Premises could result in de minimis damage;

 

50


provided, any such damage is repaired by the lien holder or Tenant in accordance with the terms of this Master Lease.

(b)        Landlord and Tenant intend that this Master Lease be an indivisible true lease that affords the parties hereto the rights and remedies of landlord and tenant hereunder and does not represent a financing arrangement. This Master Lease is not an attempt by Landlord or Tenant to evade the operation of any aspect of the law applicable to any of the Leased Property. Except as otherwise required by applicable law or any accounting rules or regulations, Landlord and Tenant hereby acknowledge and agree that this Master Lease (i) shall be treated as an operating lease for financial accounting purposes and not as a synthetic lease, financing lease or loan, and (ii) is intended to constitute a “true lease” for all other purposes, including federal, state and local tax purposes, commercial purposes, and bankruptcy purposes and that Landlord shall be entitled to all the benefits of ownership of the Leased Property, including depreciation with respect to the Leased Property (but not with respect to any Tenant Capital Improvements, except as provided in the next sentence) for all federal, state and local tax purposes. Without prejudice to Sections 10.1(b)(iii) or 10.4 , Tenant shall be entitled to all benefits of ownership of any Tenant Capital Improvements during the Term, including depreciation for all federal, state and local tax purposes, except to the extent of any Tenant Capital Improvements that are actually paid for by Landlord (it being understood that Landlord has no right or obligation to pay for any Tenant Capital Improvements except in accordance with Section 10.3 ).

(c)        At any time and from time to time upon the request of Landlord or Tenant, and at the expense of the requesting party, Tenant or Landlord, as applicable, shall promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts as the requesting party may reasonably request in order to effect fully this Master Lease or to more fully perfect or renew the rights of the requesting party with respect to the Leased Property. Upon the exercise by Landlord or Tenant of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Master Lease which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any governmental authority, Tenant or Landlord, as applicable, will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the exercising party may be required to obtain from such other party for such consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.

ARTICLE XII

PERMITTED CONTESTS

12.1      Permitted Contests .    Tenant, upon prior Notice to Landlord, on its own or in Landlord’s name, at Tenant’s expense, may contest, by appropriate legal proceedings conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount, validity or application, in whole or in part, of any licensure or certification decision (including pursuant to any Gaming Regulation), Imposition, Legal Requirement, Insurance Requirement, or Lien; provided, however, that (a) in the case of an unpaid Imposition or Lien, the commencement and continuation of such proceedings shall suspend the collection thereof from Landlord and from the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement thereto; (b) neither the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement thereto, the Rent therefrom nor any part or interest in either thereof would be in any imminent danger of being sold, forfeited, attached or lost pending the outcome of such proceedings; (c) in

 

51


the case of a Legal Requirement, neither Landlord nor Tenant would be in any imminent danger of civil or criminal liability for failure to comply therewith pending the outcome of such proceedings; (d) in the case of a Legal Requirement, Imposition or Lien, Tenant shall give such reasonable security as may be required by Landlord to insure ultimate payment of the same and to prevent any sale or forfeiture of the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement thereto or the Rent by reason of such non-payment or noncompliance; (e) in the case of an Insurance Requirement, the coverage required by Article XIII shall be maintained; (f) Tenant shall keep Landlord reasonably informed as to the status of the proceedings; and (g) if such contest be finally resolved against Landlord or Tenant, Tenant shall promptly pay the amount required to be paid, together with all interest and penalties accrued thereon, or comply with the applicable Legal Requirement or Insurance Requirement. Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, shall execute and deliver to Tenant such authorizations and other documents as may reasonably be required in any such contest, and, if reasonably requested by Tenant or if Landlord so desires, Landlord shall join as a party therein. The provisions of this Article XII shall not be construed to permit Tenant to contest the payment of Rent or any other amount (other than Impositions or Additional Charges which Tenant may from time to time be required to impound with Landlord) payable by Tenant to Landlord hereunder. Tenant shall indemnify, defend, protect and save Landlord harmless from and against any liability, cost or expense of any kind that may be imposed upon Landlord in connection with any such contest and any loss resulting therefrom, except in any instance where Landlord opted to join and joined as a party in the proceeding despite Tenant’s having sent Notice to Landlord of Tenant’s preference that Landlord not join in such proceeding.

ARTICLE XIII

INSURANCE

13.1      General Insurance Requirements .  During the Term, Tenant shall at all times keep the Leased Property, and all property located in or on the Leased Property, including Capital Improvements, the Fixtures and Tenant’s Property, insured with the kinds and amounts of insurance described below. Each element of insurance described in this Article XIII shall be maintained with respect to the Leased Property of each Facility and Tenant’s Property and operations thereon. Such insurance shall be written by companies permitted to conduct business in the applicable State. All policies required under this Master Lease must name Landlord as an “additional named insured.” All business interruption policies shall name Landlord as “loss payee” with respect to Rent only. Property losses shall be payable to Landlord and/or Tenant as provided in Article XIV . In addition, the policies, as appropriate, shall name as an “additional insured” and/or “loss payee” each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and as an “additional insured” or “loss payee” the holder of any mortgage, deed of trust or other security agreement (“ Facility Mortgagee ”) securing any indebtedness or any other Encumbrance placed on the Leased Property in accordance with the provisions of Article XXXI (“ Facility Mortgage ”) by way of a 438BFU or other standard form of mortgagee’s loss payable endorsement. Except as otherwise set forth herein, any property insurance loss adjustment settlement shall require the written consent of Landlord, Tenant, and each Facility Mortgagee (to the extent required under the applicable Facility Mortgage Documents) unless the amount of the loss net of the applicable deductible is less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in which event no consent shall be required. Evidence of insurance shall be deposited with Landlord and, if requested, with any

 

52


Facility Mortgagee(s). The insurance policies required to be carried by Tenant hereunder shall insure against all the following risks with respect to each Facility:

(a)        Loss or damage by fire, vandalism and malicious mischief, extended coverage perils commonly known as “All Risk,” and all physical loss perils normally included in such All Risk insurance, including, but not limited to, sprinkler leakage, collapse, windstorm and terrorism in an amount not less than One Billion Dollars ($1,000,000,000) and including a building ordinance coverage endorsement, provided, that Tenant shall have the right (i) to limit maximum insurance coverage for loss or damage by earthquake (including earth movement) to a minimum amount of Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000) or as may be reasonably requested by Landlord and commercially available, and (ii) to limit maximum insurance coverage for loss or damage by windstorm (including but not limited to named windstorms) to a minimum amount of Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000) or as may be reasonably requested by Landlord and commercially available; provided, further, that in the event the premium cost of any earthquake, flood, windstorm (including named windstorm) or terrorism peril coverages are available only for a premium that is more than 2.5 times the average premium paid by Tenant (or prior operator of Facilities) over the three years preceding the date of determination for the insurance policy contemplated by this Section 13.1(a) , then Tenant shall be entitled and required to purchase the maximum amount of insurance coverage it reasonably deems most efficient and prudent to purchase for such peril and Tenant shall not be required to spend additional funds to purchase additional coverages insuring against such risks; and provided, further, that certain property coverages other than earthquake, flood and windstorm may be sub-limited as long as each sub-limit (x) is commercially reasonable and prudent as determined by Tenant and (y) to the extent that the amount of such sub-limit is less than the amount of such sub-limit in effect as of the Commencement Date, such sub-limit is approved by Landlord, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld;

(b)        Loss or damage by explosion of steam boilers, pressure vessels or similar apparatus, now or hereafter installed in each Facility, in such limits with respect to any one accident as may be reasonably requested by Landlord from time to time;

(c)        Flood (when any of the improvements comprising the Leased Property of a Facility is located in whole or in part within a designated 100-year flood plain area) in an amount not less than the greater of (i) the probable maximum loss of a 250 year event (as determined by a qualified engineer), and (ii) Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000), or such amount as may reasonably be requested by Landlord and commercially available;

(d)        Loss of rental value in an amount not less than twelve (12) months’ Rent payable hereunder or business interruption in an amount not less than twelve (12) months of income and normal operating expenses including 90-days ordinary payroll and Rent payable hereunder with an extended period of indemnity coverage of at least ninety (90) days necessitated by the occurrence of any of the hazards described in Sections 13.1(a) , 13.1(b) or 13.1(c) ;

(e)        Claims for injury to persons or property damage under a policy of commercial general liability insurance including but not limited to coverage for premises/operations, blanket contractual liability, liquor liability, special events or activities to

 

53


the extent insurable, independent contractors and personal injury with limits not less than Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000) each occurrence and Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($250,000,000) in the annual aggregate, provided, that such requirements may be satisfied through the purchase of a primary general liability policy and excess liability policies;

(f)        Claims for bodily injury and property damage under a policy of business automobile liability including garage and garagekeepers liability and containing provisions and endorsements in accordance with state legal requirements, with primary limits not less than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) per accident and excess limits provided in the excess liability policies referred to above;

(g)        During such time as Tenant or any subtenant is constructing any improvements at any Facility, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall carry, or cause to be carried (a) workers’ compensation insurance and employers’ liability insurance covering all persons employed in connection with the improvements in statutory limits, (b) a completed operations endorsement to the commercial general liability insurance policy referred to above, (c) builder’s risk insurance, completed value form (or its equivalent), covering all physical loss, in an amount and subject to policy conditions satisfactory to Landlord, and (d) such other insurance, in such amounts, as Landlord deems reasonably necessary to protect Landlord’s interest in the Leased Property from any act or omission of Tenant’s or such subtenant’s contractors or subcontractors; and

(h)        If any operations of Tenant or any subtenant require the use of any aircraft or watercraft that is owned, leased or chartered by Tenant or any subtenant with respect to the Leased Property, Tenant shall maintain or cause to be maintained aircraft or watercraft liability insurance, as appropriate, with limits not less than Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage including passengers and crew.

(i)        Tenant may provide self-insured retentions for portions of the insurance contemplated under this Section 13.1 in commercially reasonable amounts, it being agreed that the amounts of the self-insured retentions in effect as of the Commencement Date are commercially reasonable. Tenant may elect to increase Tenant’s self-insured retentions subject to the approval of Landlord, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Upon (i) the termination of this Master Lease with respect to any Facility pursuant to Section 14.2 , (ii) the election of any Facility Mortgagee pursuant to Section 14.1 to apply any proceeds payable under any property policy of insurance in accordance with the applicable Facility Mortgage, or (iii) any proceeds payable under any property policy of insurance being retained by Landlord pursuant to Section 14.2(f) , Tenant shall pay to Landlord the amount of any self-insured retentions.

13.2      Additional Insurance .    In addition to the insurance described above, Tenant shall at all times maintain adequate workers’ compensation coverage and any other coverage required by Legal Requirements for all Persons employed by Tenant or any Operating Subtenant on the Leased Property in accordance with Legal Requirements.

13.3      Waiver of Subrogation .    All insurance policies carried by either party covering the Leased Property or Tenant’s Property, including, without limitation, contents, fire and liability insurance, shall expressly waive any right of subrogation on the part of the insurer

 

54


against the other party. Each party, respectively, shall pay any additional costs or charges for obtaining such waiver.

13.4      Policy Requirements .    All of the policies of insurance referred to in this Article XIII shall be written in form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and any Facility Mortgagee and issued by insurance companies with a minimum Financial Strength Rating of “A-” and a Financial Size Rating of “VIII” or higher in the most recent version of Best’s Key Rating Guide, or a minimum rating of “A-” from Standard & Poor’s or equivalent. If Tenant obtains and maintains the general liability insurance described in Section 13.1(e) above on a “claims made” basis, Tenant shall provide continuous liability coverage for claims arising during the Term. In the event such “claims made” basis policy is canceled or not renewed for any reason whatsoever (or converted to an “occurrence” basis policy), Tenant shall either obtain (a) “tail” insurance coverage converting the policies to “occurrence” basis policies providing coverage for a period of at least three (3) years beyond the expiration of the Term, or (b) an extended reporting period of at least three (3) years beyond the expiration of the Term. Tenant shall pay all of the premiums therefor, and deliver certificates thereof to Landlord prior to their effective date (and with respect to any renewal policy, prior to the expiration of the existing policy), and in the event of the failure of Tenant either to effect such insurance in the names herein called for or to pay the premiums therefor, or to deliver such certificates thereof to Landlord, at the times required, Landlord shall be entitled, but shall have no obligation, to effect such insurance and pay the premiums therefor, in which event the cost thereof, together with interest thereon at the Overdue Rate, shall be repayable to Landlord upon demand therefor. Tenant shall obtain, to the extent available on commercially reasonable terms, the agreement of each insurer, by endorsement on the policy or policies issued by it, or by independent instrument furnished to Landlord, that it will give to Landlord thirty (30) days’ (or ten (10) days’ in the case of non-payment of premium) Notice before the policy or policies in question shall be altered, allowed to expire or cancelled. Notwithstanding any provision of this Article XIII to the contrary, Landlord acknowledges and agrees that the coverage required to be maintained by Tenant may be provided under one or more policies with various deductibles or self-insurance retentions by Tenant or its Affiliates, subject to Landlord’s approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Upon written request by Landlord, Tenant shall provide Landlord copies of the property and liability insurance policies when issued by the insurers providing such coverage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant may procure any of the policies required under this Article XIII from MGMM Insurance Company or any other captive insurance company that is an Affiliate of Tenant’s Parent regardless of the fact that such insurer is not “rated” as otherwise required under this Section 13.4 ; provided, that (i) Landlord has been provided (and continues to be provided annually and as otherwise reasonably requested by Landlord) with the applicable captive insurance company’s most recent financial statements and actuarial report, a list of such captive insurance company’s reinsurers and their subscribed amounts and such other information regarding the applicable captive insurance company as is reasonably requested by Landlord, (ii) Landlord has approved the use of such captive insurer, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that Landlord’s consent shall not be required to the extent that such captive insurance company reinsures all of its exposures (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such exposures that relate to properties other than the Facilities), other than with respect to terrorism risks (which shall be subject to the final two sentences of this Section 13.4 ), with insurers meeting the requirements of this Section 13.4 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall be deemed to have approved the use of a captive insurance company for terrorism risk coverage that is not

 

55


reinsured by other insurance companies to the extent consistent with Tenant’s terrorism risk insurance program in effect as of the Commencement Date. Any material increase in the level of un-reinsured terrorism risk shall require the consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

13.5      Increase in Limits .    If, from time to time after the Commencement Date, but not more than once in any 24 month period, Landlord determines in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment that the limits of the personal injury or property damage-public liability insurance then carried pursuant to Section 13.1(e) hereof are insufficient, Landlord may give Tenant Notice of acceptable limits for the insurance to be carried; provided, that in no event will Tenant be required to carry insurance in an amount which exceeds the product of (i) the amounts set forth in Section 13.1(e) hereof and (ii) the CPI Increase; and subject to the foregoing limitation, within ninety (90) days after the receipt of such Notice, the insurance shall thereafter be carried with limits as prescribed by Landlord until further increase pursuant to the provisions of this Section 13.5 .

13.6      Blanket Policy .    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XIII , Tenant’s obligations to carry the insurance provided for herein may be brought within the coverage of a so-called blanket policy or policies of insurance carried and maintained by Tenant with respect to the Facilities as well as other properties or assets owned or leased by Tenant and/or its Affiliates that are not subject to this Master Lease; provided, that (i) the requirements of this Article XIII (including satisfaction of the Facility Mortgagee’s requirements and the approval of the Facility Mortgagee) are otherwise satisfied, (ii) Tenant maintains specific allocations acceptable to Landlord, (iii) limits reduced below amounts required in Section 13.1 due to reduction or exhaustion of aggregate limits from loss at properties or assets not subject to this Master Lease are replaced or reinstated as respects the Master Lease within sixty (60) days, and (iv) Landlord is otherwise reasonably satisfied that any such blanket policy affords Tenant and Landlord substantially the same protection that would be obtained from one or more policies of insurance that are not blanket policies. Landlord acknowledges that Tenant’s insurance as in effect on the date hereof satisfies each of the foregoing items (i), (ii) and (iv). For the avoidance of doubt, neither Landlord, nor any Facility Mortgagee shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to proceeds of such blanket policy to the extent such proceeds relate to properties or assets other than the Facilities.

13.7      No Separate Insurance .    Tenant shall not, on Tenant’s own initiative or pursuant to the request or requirement of any third party, (i) take out separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required in this Article XIII to be furnished by, or which may reasonably be required to be furnished by, Tenant or (ii) increase the amounts of any then existing insurance by securing an additional policy or additional policies, unless all parties having an insurable interest in the subject matter of the insurance, including in all cases Landlord and all Facility Mortgagees, are included therein as additional named insureds or additional insureds, as appropriate, and the loss is payable under such insurance in the same manner as losses are payable under this Master Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prohibit Tenant from insuring against risks not required to be insured hereby, and as to such insurance, Landlord and any Facility Mortgagee need not be included therein as additional insureds, nor must the loss thereunder be payable in the same manner as losses are payable hereunder except to the extent required to avoid a default under the Facility Mortgage.

 

56


In addition, nothing contained herein shall limit Tenant’s ability to procure policies of insurance with limits in excess of the requirements set forth in this Article XIII .

ARTICLE XIV

CASUALTY

14.1      Property Insurance Proceeds .    All proceeds (except business interruption not allocated to rent expenses which shall be payable to and retained by Tenant) payable by reason of any property loss or damage to the Leased Property, or any portion thereof, under any property policy of insurance required to be carried hereunder shall be paid to Facility Mortgagee or to an escrow account held by a third party depositary reasonably acceptable to Landlord and Tenant (pursuant to an escrow agreement acceptable to the parties and intended to implement the terms hereof) and made available to Tenant upon request for the reasonable costs of preservation, stabilization, emergency restoration, business interruption, reconstruction and repair, as the case may be, of any damage to or destruction of the Leased Property, or any portion thereof; provided, however, that the portion of such proceeds that are attributable to Tenant’s obligation to pay Rent shall be applied against Rents due by Tenant hereunder as Rents become due; and provided, further, that if the total amount of proceeds payable net of the applicable deductibles is Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) or less, and, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the proceeds shall notwithstanding the foregoing provisions be paid to Tenant and, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article XIV used for the repair of any damage to the Leased Property, it being understood and agreed that Tenant shall have no obligation to rebuild any Tenant Capital Improvement (other than any Tenant Capital Improvement for which Landlord has paid Tenant pursuant to Section 10.3(d) or has funded pursuant to Section 10.5 ); provided, further, that, in each case, the Leased Property and such Tenant Capital Improvements for which Landlord has paid are rebuilt in a manner at least substantially equivalent to either that existing on the date of this Master Lease or existing immediately prior to the casualty or as otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Any excess proceeds of insurance remaining after the completion of the restoration or reconstruction of the Leased Property to substantially the condition described in the preceding sentence shall be paid to Tenant. All salvage resulting from any risk covered by insurance for damage or loss to the Leased Property shall belong to Landlord. Tenant shall have the right to prosecute and settle insurance claims, provided that Tenant shall consult with and involve Landlord in the process of adjusting any insurance claims under this Article XIV and any final settlement with the insurance company shall be subject to Landlord’s consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

14.2      Tenant s Obligations Following Casualty .   (a) Subject to paragraphs (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) below, if a Facility and/or any Tenant Capital Improvements to a Facility are damaged, whether or not from a risk covered by insurance carried by Tenant, except as otherwise provided herein, (i) Tenant shall restore such Leased Property (excluding any Tenant Capital Improvement (other than any Tenant Capital Improvement for which Landlord has paid Tenant pursuant to Section 10.3(d) or has funded pursuant to Section 10.5 )), to substantially the condition required by Section 14.1 , (ii) such damage shall not terminate this Master Lease and (iii) subject to Section 14.5 , Landlord shall cause the Facility Mortgagee to make the proceeds of any insurance held in accordance with Section 14.1 available to Tenant for such restoration in accordance with Section 14.1 .

 

57


(b)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any Facility is damaged and Tenant reasonably determines that the cost to restore such damage will exceed fifty percent (50%) of the then fair market value of such Facility immediately prior to such Casualty Event, Tenant may elect within one (1) year after the date of such Casualty Event to terminate this Master Lease as to such Facility (but not as to any other Facility) as of the date on which Notice of such determination is delivered to Landlord in which event, Rent will abate in accordance with Section 14.6 and all proceeds of insurance with respect to such Casualty Event (except business interruption not allocated to rent expenses which shall be payable to and retained by Tenant) shall be paid to Landlord.

(c)        In addition to the rights provided in paragraph (b) above, in the event that any Facility is damaged during the final two years of the then-current Term (after giving effect to any Renewal Notice that has been delivered or is delivered pursuant to the proviso below) and the cost to restore such damage will exceed ten percent (10%) of the then fair market value of such Facility immediately prior to such Casualty Event, either Landlord or Tenant may terminate this Master Lease as to such Facility (but not as to any other Facility) as of the date of such damage. If so terminated, Rent will continue unabated for the remainder of the Term and all proceeds of insurance with respect to such Casualty Event (except business interruption not allocated to rent expenses which shall be payable to and retained by Tenant) shall be paid to Landlord (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any proceeds paid to Tenant pursuant to the second proviso in Section 14.1 ); provided, however, such termination by Landlord shall not be effective in the event that Tenant elects, within sixty (60) days of Landlord’s election to terminate, to exercise Tenant’s next arising option for a Renewal Term. Any dispute between Landlord and Tenant with respect to fair market value will be determined by Experts pursuant to Section 34.1 . If Tenant elects to terminate this Master Lease with respect to a Facility during the final two years of the then-current Term in accordance with this Section 14.2 , Tenant shall be deemed to have forfeited Tenant’s right to exercise any further Renewal Terms.

(d)        If Tenant is required, or elects to, restore the affected Facility and the reasonably anticipated cost of the repair or restoration exceeds the amount of proceeds received from the insurance required to be carried hereunder, Tenant shall provide Landlord with evidence reasonably acceptable to Landlord that Tenant has available to it any excess amounts needed to restore such Facility. Such excess amounts necessary to restore such Facility shall be paid by Tenant. If Tenant elects, but is not required, to restore the affected Facility, Landlord shall only be required to make insurance proceeds available to Tenant for such restoration in accordance with Section 14.1 if Tenant reasonably demonstrates that such restoration can be completed within four (4) years of the date on which Tenant can reasonably access the Facility for the purpose of commencing restoration.

(e)        If Tenant has not restored the affected Leased Property and the Primary Intended Use has not recommenced by the date that is the fourth (4th) anniversary of the date on which Tenant can reasonably access the Facility for the purpose of commencing restoration, all remaining insurance proceeds shall be paid to and retained by Landlord free and clear of any claim by or through Tenant unless Tenant is continuing to prosecute the rebuilding or restoration with reasonable diligence.

 

58


(f)        In the event that Tenant is neither required nor elects to repair and restore the Leased Property, all property insurance proceeds, other than proceeds reasonably attributed to any Tenant Capital Improvements (other than any Tenant Capital Improvement for which Landlord has paid Tenant pursuant to Section 10.3(d) or has funded pursuant to Section 10.5 ) (and, subject to no Event of Default having occurred and being continuing, any business interruption proceeds in excess of Tenant’s Rent obligations hereunder), which proceeds shall be and remain the property of Tenant, shall be paid to and retained by Landlord free and clear of any claim by or through Tenant except as otherwise specifically provided below in this Article XIV .

(g)        In the event that (i) following a Casualty Event Tenant elects in accordance with Section 14.2(b) to terminate this Master Lease with respect to the affected Facility(ies) and (ii) the insurance proceeds payable to Landlord in accordance with Section 14.2(f) above with respect to such Casualty Event are less than the reasonable estimate of the cost to repair and restore the Leased Property (excluding any Tenant Capital Improvement (other than any Tenant Capital Improvement for which Landlord has paid Tenant pursuant to Section 10.3(d) or has funded pursuant to Section 10.5 )) to substantially the same condition as existed immediately prior to the relevant Casualty Event (such difference being a “ Casualty Shortfall ”), (x) Tenant shall have no responsibility for the first Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) of Casualty Shortfall with respect to any Casualty Event with respect to any individual Facility, and (y) with respect to any Casualty Shortfall with respect to any Casualty Event with respect to any individual Facility in excess of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000), Tenant shall pay to Landlord with respect to each such Facility an amount (the aggregate of such amounts for all affected Facilities, “ Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall ”) equal to the product of (x) one-half multiplied by (y) the difference between the amount of the Casualty Shortfall for such Casualty Event for such Facility less Twenty-Five Million dollars ($25,000,000), and upon such payment of Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall, Tenant shall have no further responsibility for such Casualty Shortfall and the same shall be borne by Landlord. Tenant may elect to pay to Landlord Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall either (i) as a lump sum in cash due and payable within ninety (90) days following the later to occur of (x) the date of final determination of the amount of the Casualty Shortfall and (y) the date Tenant elects to terminate the Master Lease with respect to the affected Facility, or (ii) as additional Rent over the remaining Term. If Tenant elects to pay Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall over the remaining Term in accordance with the preceding clause (ii) the following shall apply. The amount necessary to fully amortize Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall over the remaining Term (assuming all Renewal Terms are exercised) based on equal monthly payments with interest at the Assumed Rate shall be payable each month on each Payment Date as Additional Charges. If Tenant fails to exercise all remaining Renewal Terms or this Master Lease is terminated prior to its expiration, then the outstanding principal balance of the remaining Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall as of the expiration of the Term based on the foregoing amortization calculation shall be payable by Tenant to Landlord as Additional Charges upon the expiration or termination of this Master Lease. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 14.2(g) shall not apply to any Casualty Event as to which Section 14.2(c) is applicable and Tenant shall have no responsibility for any Casualty Shortfall with respect to any Casualty Event as to which Section 14.2(c) is applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant may, following the determination of the amount of any Casualty Shortfall, in Tenant’s sole discretion, elect to continue to pay Rent through the remaining Term of this Lease (including extensions) without

 

59


any abatement of Rent that would otherwise be applicable pursuant to Section 14.6 below as a result of a termination of this Master Lease with respect to the affected Facility(ies), in which case Tenant shall not be responsible for any portion of such Casualty Shortfall. In the event that Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree on the amount of any Casualty Shortfall, either Landlord or Tenant may elect to have such amount determined by an Expert in accordance with Section 34.1 .

14.3      No Abatement of Rent .   This Master Lease shall remain in full force and effect and Tenant’s obligation to pay the Rent and all other charges required by this Master Lease shall remain unabated during the period required for adjusting insurance, satisfying Legal Requirements, repair and restoration. Subject to Section 14.6 , if, as a result of a Casualty Event, any Facility is in operation for the Primary Intended Use for less than all of the five year period which is the basis for a Percentage Rent reset then the calculation of the Percentage Rent reset will be based on a pro forma Net Revenue of the Facility that would have been achieved in the absence of such Casualty Event. Any dispute regarding such pro forma calculation will be resolved by Experts pursuant to Section 34.1 and until resolved Tenant shall pay Rent based on Tenant’s determination and upon resolution by the Expert, Tenant shall pay any deficiency within ten (10) Business Days.

14.4      Waiver .  Tenant waives any statutory rights of termination which may arise by reason of any damage or destruction of the Leased Property but such waiver shall not affect any contractual rights granted to Tenant under this Article XIV .

14.5      Insurance Proceeds Paid to Facility Mortgagee .    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that any Facility Mortgagee is entitled to any insurance proceeds, or any portion thereof, under the terms of any Facility Mortgage, such proceeds (except business interruption not allocated to rent expenses which shall be payable to and retained by Tenant) shall be applied, held and/or disbursed in accordance with the terms of the Facility Mortgage but in all events subject to Tenant’s right to such insurance proceeds (including Tenant’s right to receive all insurance proceeds for a Casualty Event less than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) in accordance with Section 14.1 ) and provided, that, (i) in the event of a Casualty Event involving proceeds of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) or more where Tenant elects within twelve (12) months of the date of the relevant Casualty Event to restore the affected Facility and Tenant reasonably demonstrates that such restoration can be completed within four (4) years of the date on which Tenant can reasonably access the Facility for the purpose of commencing restoration (after the date of such Casualty Event but without regard to the date on which Tenant elects to restore the affected Facility), or (ii) in the event of a Casualty Event involving proceeds of Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000) or more where Tenant is required by this Master Lease to restore the affected Facility, Landlord will cause, subject to Section 14.2(e) , any Facility Mortgagee that has received, or thereafter does receive, insurance proceeds to make such proceeds available to Tenant for the reasonable costs of preservation, stabilization, emergency restoration, reconstruction and repair for the affected Facility.

14.6      Termination of Master Lease; Abatement of Rent .  In the event this Master Lease is terminated as to an affected Facility pursuant to Section 8.2 (in respect of Landlord being in jeopardy of failing to comply with a regulatory requirement material to the continued operation of a Facility), Section 14.2 (b) (in the event that Landlord or Tenant elect to terminate

 

60


the Master Lease with respect to a Facility following a Casualty Event), Article XV , or any other provision of this Master Lease which provides for termination of this Master Lease with respect to a Facility (a “ Leased Property Rent Adjustment Event ”), then:

(i)        the Rent due hereunder from and after the effective date of any such Leased Property Rent Adjustment Event shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Allocable Rent Amount with respect to any such affected Facility; and

(ii)       Landlord shall retain any claim which Landlord may have against Tenant for failure to insure such Leased Property as required by Article XIII , except that any portion of Tenant’s Portion of a Casualty Shortfall that was paid as a result of Tenant’s failure to comply with Article XIII shall reduce any such liability on a dollar for dollar basis.

14.7      Multiple Facility Mortgagees .    In any provisions of this Article XIV, XV or any other provision of this Master Lease providing for any determination, decision or election by a Facility Mortgagee, the determination, decision or election of the Facility Mortgagee of the highest priority with respect to the Facility in question shall be controlling.

ARTICLE XV

CONDEMNATION

15.1      Condemnation .

(a)         Total Taking .  If there is a permanent Condemnation of Leased Property with respect to all or substantially all of any Facility, this Master Lease shall terminate with respect to such Facility (but no other portion of the Leased Property) as of the day before the Date of Taking for such Facility and Rent will abate in accordance with Section 14.6 .

(b)         Partial Taking .

(i)         If there is a Condemnation of a portion of a Facility, this Master Lease shall remain in effect if the affected Facility is not thereby rendered, in the reasonable determination of Tenant, Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use, but if such Facility is thereby rendered Unsuitable for Its Primary Intended Use, this Master Lease shall at Tenant’s option terminate with respect to such Facility as of the date on which Notice of such determination is delivered to Landlord and Rent will abate in accordance with Section 14.6 .

(ii)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Condemnation of a portion of a Facility representing fifty (50%) or more of the fair market value of such Facility, Tenant may terminate this Master Lease as to such Facility (but not as to any other Facility) as of the date on which Notice of such termination is delivered to Landlord in which event, Rent will abate in accordance with Section 14.6 .

(iii)       In the event of a Condemnation of a portion of a Facility representing ten percent (10%) or more of the fair market value of such Facility during the final two years of the then-current Term (after giving effect to any Renewal Notice that has been delivered or is delivered pursuant to the proviso below), either Landlord or Tenant may terminate

 

61


this Master Lease as to such Facility (but not as to any other Facility) as of the day before the Date of Taking and Rent will continue unabated for the remainder of the Term; provided, however, such termination by Landlord shall not be effective in the event that Tenant elects, within sixty (60) days of Landlord’s election to terminate, to exercise Tenant’s next arising option for a Renewal Term. Any dispute between Landlord and Tenant with respect to the extent of a Condemnation will be determined by Experts pursuant to Section 34.1 . If Tenant elects to terminate this Master Lease with respect to a Facility during the final two years of the then-current Term in accordance with this Section 15.1 , Tenant shall be deemed to have forfeited Tenant’s right to exercise any further Renewal Terms.

(c)         Restoration .  If there is a partial Condemnation of a Facility and this Master Lease remains in full force and effect with respect to such Facility, Landlord shall make available to Tenant the portion of the Award applicable to restoration of the Leased Property, and Tenant shall accomplish all necessary restoration whether or not the amount provided by the Condemnor for restoration is sufficient and the Base Rent shall be reduced by such amount as may be agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant or, if they are unable to reach such an agreement within a period of ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the Condemnation, then the Base Rent for such Facility shall be proportionately reduced based on the relative values of the property taken by condemnation and the portion of the affected Facility remaining subject to the Master Lease. In the event that Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree on such relative values within such ninety (90) day period, either Landlord or Tenant may request that such relative values be determined by an Expert in accordance with Section 34.1 . Tenant shall restore such Leased Property (as nearly as possible under the circumstances) to a complete architectural unit of the same general character and condition as such Leased Property existing immediately prior to such Condemnation. If Tenant has not so restored the affected Leased Property and the Primary Intended Use has not recommenced by the date that is the fourth (4th) anniversary of the date on which Tenant can reasonably access the Facility for the purpose of commencing restoration, any remaining Award shall be paid to and retained by Landlord free and clear of any claim by or through Tenant unless Tenant is continuing to prosecute the rebuilding or restoration with reasonable diligence.

15.2      Award Distribution .  Except as set forth below, the entire Award shall belong to and be paid to Landlord. Tenant shall, however, be entitled to pursue its own claim with respect to the Condemnation for Tenant’s lost profits value and moving expenses and, the portion of the Award, if any, allocated to any Tenant Capital Improvements (other than any Tenant Capital Improvement for which Landlord has paid Tenant pursuant to Section 10.3(d) or has funded pursuant to Section 10.5 ) and Tenant’s Property shall be and remain the property of Tenant free of any claim thereto by Landlord.

15.3      Temporary Taking .  The taking of the Leased Property, or any part thereof, shall constitute a Condemnation only when the use and occupancy by the taking authority is reasonably expected to exceed 180 consecutive days. During any shorter period, which shall be a temporary taking, all the provisions of this Master Lease shall remain in full force and effect and the Award allocable to the Term shall be paid to Tenant.

15.4      No Abatement of Rent .   This Master Lease shall remain in full force and effect and Tenant’s obligation to pay the Rent and all other charges required by this Master Lease shall

 

62


remain unabated during the period required for claiming an Award, satisfying Legal Requirements and restoration. Subject to Section 15.7 , if, as a result of a Condemnation, any Facility is in operation for the Primary Intended Use for less than all of the five year period which is the basis for a Percentage Rent reset then the calculation of the Percentage Rent reset will be based on a pro forma Net Revenue of the Facility that would have been achieved in the absence of such Condemnation. Any dispute regarding such pro forma calculation will be resolved by Experts pursuant to Section 34.1 and until resolved Tenant shall pay Rent based on Tenant’s determination and upon resolution by the Expert, Tenant shall pay any deficiency within ten (10) Business Days.

15.5      Waiver .  Tenant waives any statutory rights of termination which may arise by reason of any Condemnation of the Leased Property but such waiver shall not affect any contractual rights granted to Tenant under this Article XV .

15.6      Award Paid to Facility Mortgagee .    Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that any Facility Mortgagee is entitled to any Award, or any portion thereof, under the terms of any Facility Mortgage, such Award shall be applied, held and/or disbursed in accordance with the terms of the Facility Mortgage; provided, that, (i) in the event of a Condemnation where Tenant elects within twelve (12) months of the date of the relevant Condemnation to restore the affected Facility and Tenant reasonably demonstrates that such restoration can be completed within four (4) years of the date on which Tenant can reasonably access the Facility for the purpose of commencing restoration (after the date of such Condemnation but without regard to the date on which Tenant elects to restore the affected Facility), or (ii) in the event of a Condemnation where Tenant is required by this Master Lease to restore the affected Facility, Landlord will cause, subject to the final sentence of Section 15.1(c) , any Facility Mortgagee that has received, or thereafter does receive, any Award to make such Award available to Tenant for the reasonable costs of preservation, stabilization, emergency restoration, reconstruction and repair for the affected Facility.

15.7      Termination of Master Lease; Abatement of Rent .  In the event this Master Lease is terminated with respect to the affected portion of the Leased Property as a result of a Condemnation pursuant to Section 15.1(a), (b)(i) or (b)(ii), the Base Rent due hereunder from and after the effective date of such termination shall be reduced by an amount determined in the same manner as set forth in Section 14.6 hereof.

ARTICLE XVI

DEFAULT; REMEDIES

16.1      Events of Default .  (a) Any one or more of the following shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”:

(i)        Tenant shall fail to pay any installment of Rent within five (5) Business Days of when due and such failure is not cured within three (3) Business Days after Notice from Landlord of Tenant’s failure to pay such amount when due; provided, that Tenant shall be entitled to only one (1) such notice and additional three (3) Business Day cure period in any Lease Year;

 

63


(ii)      Tenant shall fail to pay any Additional Charge when due and such failure is not cured within five (5) Business Days after Notice from Landlord of Tenant’s failure to pay such amount when due;

(iii)     a default shall occur under the Guaranty which is not cured within thirty (30) days after Notice from Landlord to Guarantor;

(iv)     Tenant or Guarantor shall:

(1)        admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due;

(2)        file a petition in bankruptcy or a petition to take advantage of any insolvency act;

(3)        make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(4)        consent to the appointment of a receiver of itself or of the whole or any substantial part of its property; or

(5)        file a petition or answer seeking reorganization or arrangement under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of the United States of America or any state thereof;

(v)      Tenant or Guarantor shall be adjudicated as bankrupt or a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order or decree appointing, without the consent of Tenant or Guarantor, a receiver of Tenant or Guarantor or of the whole or substantially all of Tenant’s or Guarantor’s property, or approving a petition filed against Tenant or Guarantor seeking reorganization or arrangement of Tenant or Guarantor under the United States bankruptcy laws or any other applicable law or statute of the United States of America or any state thereof, and such judgment, order or decree shall not be vacated or set aside or stayed within sixty (60) days from the date of the entry thereof;

(vi)     Tenant or Guarantor shall be liquidated or dissolved (except that Guarantor may be liquidated or dissolved into Tenant or any other Person so long as its assets are distributed following such liquidation or dissolution to Tenant or such other Person);

(vii)    the estate or interest of Tenant in the Leased Property or any part thereof shall be levied upon or attached as a result of a final, non-appealable judgment in any proceeding relating to more than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and the same shall not be vacated, discharged (or bonded or otherwise similarly secured) within the later of ninety (90) days after such final, non-appealable judgment is entered or thirty (30) days after receipt by Tenant of notice thereof from Landlord; provided, however, that such notice shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any notice required under applicable law;

(viii)   except as permitted in accordance with Section 7.2(d) , Tenant voluntarily ceases operations for its Primary Intended Use at a Facility; and

 

64


(ix)      any representation made by Tenant pursuant to Section 8.1 proves to be untrue when made in any material respect and the same materially and adversely affects Landlord;

(x)       any applicable license material to a Facility’s operation for its Primary Intended Use is at any time terminated or revoked or suspended for more than thirty (30) days (and causes cessation of gaming activity at a Facility) and such termination, revocation or suspension is not stayed pending appeal and would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Tenant, the Facilities, or on the Leased Property, taken as a whole; provided, that the foregoing shall not constitute an Event of Default if Tenant would then be permitted to cease operating such Facility pursuant to Section 7.2(d) ;

(xi)      except to a permitted assignee pursuant to Section 22.2 or a permitted subtenant, or with respect to the granting of a permitted pledge hereunder to a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, the sale or transfer, without Landlord’s consent, of all or any portion of any Gaming License or similar certificate or license relating to the Leased Property;

(xii)     if Tenant shall fail to observe or perform any other term, covenant or condition of this Master Lease in any material respect and such failure is not cured by Tenant within thirty (30) days after Notice thereof from Landlord, unless such failure cannot with due diligence be cured within a period of thirty (30) days, in which case such failure shall not be deemed to be an Event of Default if Tenant proceeds promptly and with due diligence to cure the failure and diligently completes the curing thereof within one hundred twenty (120) days after such notice from Landlord; provided, however, that such notice shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any notice required under applicable law; and

(xiii)    breach by Tenant of Section 23.3 hereof for two consecutive Test Periods ending on the last day of two consecutive fiscal quarters, commencing with the two consecutive Test Periods ending on December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017.

(b)        No Event of Default (other than a failure to make payment of money) shall be deemed to exist under Section 16.1 during any time the curing thereof is prevented by an Unavoidable Delay, provided, that upon the cessation of the Unavoidable Delay, Tenant remedies the default without further delay.

(c)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Landlord believes that there has been a breach that would constitute an Event of Default under Section 16.1(a) (ii), (iii), subclause (1) of (iv), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii) or (xiii), above, Landlord shall notify Tenant of such breach and, if Tenant disagrees as to the existence of such breach or that such breach would constitute an Event of Default, Landlord and Tenant shall submit the determination of whether or not there exists an Event of Default to Experts pursuant to Section 34.1 . If the Expert determines that the matter in question is or would give rise to an Event of Default, Tenant shall have an additional thirty (30) day period to cure such breach before such breach constitutes an Event of Default, unless such breach cannot with due diligence be cured within a period of thirty (30) days, in which case such breach shall not be deemed to be an Event of Default if Tenant proceeds promptly and with due diligence to cure the breach and diligently completes the curing thereof within one hundred twenty (120) days after such determination.

 

65


16.2      Certain Remedies .

(a)      If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Landlord may (i) terminate this Master Lease by giving Tenant no less than ten (10) days’ Notice of such termination (and Tenant shall have the right to cure the event giving rise to the Event of Default during such ten (10) day period) and the Term shall terminate and all rights of Tenant under this Master Lease shall cease, (ii) seek damages as provided in Section 16.3 hereof, and/or (iii) exercise any other right or remedy at law or in equity available to Landlord as a result of any Event of Default. Tenant shall pay as Additional Charges all costs and expenses incurred by or on behalf of Landlord, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, as a result of any Event of Default hereunder. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, whether or not this Master Lease has been terminated pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 16.2 , Tenant shall, to the extent permitted by law (including applicable Gaming Regulations), if required by Landlord to do so, immediately surrender to Landlord possession of all or any portion of the Leased Property (including any Tenant Capital Improvements) as to which Landlord has so demanded and quit the same and Landlord may, to the extent permitted by law (including applicable Gaming Regulations), enter upon and repossess such Leased Property and any Capital Improvement thereto by reasonable force, summary proceedings, ejectment or otherwise, and, to the extent permitted by law (including applicable Gaming Regulations), may remove Tenant and all other Persons and any of Tenant’s Property from such Leased Property.

(b)      Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Landlord shall not be entitled to terminate this Master Lease by reason of an Event of Default (but Landlord may exercise all other rights and remedies), unless and until Landlord has, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, delivered a notice (“ Event of Default Notice ”) to Tenant stating the Event of Default, and containing the following caption (in bold 16 point type):

“THIS IS AN EVENT OF DEFAULT NOTICE. FAILURE TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND TO CURE THE EVENT(S) OF DEFAULT AS SPECIFIED BELOW WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS OF RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE MAY LEAD TO LANDLORD’S TERMINATION OF THE MASTER LEASE AND/OR THE EXERCISE OF OTHER REMEDIES THEREUNDER.”

16.3      Damages .  None of (i) the termination of this Master Lease, (ii) the repossession of the Leased Property (including any Capital Improvements to any Facility), (iii) the failure of Landlord to relet the Leased Property or any portion thereof, (iv) the reletting of all or any portion of the Leased Property, or (v) the inability of Landlord to collect or receive any rentals due upon any such reletting, shall relieve Tenant of its liabilities and obligations hereunder, all of which shall survive any such termination, repossession or reletting. Landlord and Tenant agree that Landlord shall have no obligation to mitigate Landlord’s damages under this Master Lease. If any such termination of this Master Lease occurs (whether or not Landlord terminates Tenant’s right to possession of the Leased Property), Tenant shall forthwith pay to Landlord all

 

66


Rent due and payable under this Master Lease to and including the date of such termination. Thereafter:

Tenant shall forthwith pay to Landlord, at Landlord’s option, as and for liquidated and agreed current damages, as Landlord’s sole monetary remedy (without prejudice to any rights of Landlord pursuant to Article XXI, the indemnity in the final proviso of Section 5.1 ,   the indemnity in the last sentence of Section 12.1 , Section 16.2(a) , Section 32.4 or Section 37.1 ), for the occurrence of an Event of Default, either:

 (A)      the sum of:

(i)        the worth at the time of award of the unpaid Rent which had been earned at the time of termination to the extent not previously paid by Tenant under this Section 16.3 ;

(ii)       the worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid Rent which would have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided;

(iii)      the worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid Rent for the balance of the Term after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could be reasonably avoided; plus

(iv)      any other amount reasonably necessary to compensate Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by Tenant’s failure to perform its obligations under this Master Lease or which in the ordinary course of things would be likely to result therefrom.

As used in clauses (i) and (ii) above, the “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by allowing interest at the Overdue Rate. As used in clause (iii) above, the “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by discounting such amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the time of award plus one percent (1%) and reducing such amount by the portion of the unpaid Rent that Tenant proves could be reasonably avoided. For purposes of determining the worth at the time of the award, Percentage Rent that would have been payable for the remainder of the Term shall be deemed to be the greater of (y) the same as the Percentage Rent for the then current Lease Year or, if not determinable, the immediately preceding Lease Year; and (z) such other amount as Landlord shall demonstrate could reasonably have been earned (assuming Net Revenues will have not been impacted by any of the conditions that contributed to the Event of Default).

or

 (B)      if Landlord chooses not to terminate Tenant’s right to possession of the Leased Property (whether or not Landlord terminates the Master Lease), each installment of said Rent and other sums payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Master Lease as the same becomes due and payable, together with interest at the Overdue Rate from the date when due until paid, and Landlord may enforce, by action or otherwise, any other term or

 

67


covenant of this Master Lease (and Landlord may at any time thereafter terminate Tenant’s right to possession of the Leased Property and seek damages under subparagraph (A) hereof, to the extent not already paid for by Tenant under this subparagraph (B)).

16.4      Receiver .  Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, and upon commencement of proceedings to enforce the rights of Landlord hereunder, but subject to any limitations of applicable law, Landlord shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to the appointment of a receiver or receivers acceptable to Landlord of the Leased Property and of the revenues, earnings, income, products and profits thereof, pending the outcome of such proceedings, with such powers as the court making such appointment shall confer.

16.5      Waiver .  If Landlord initiates judicial proceedings or if this Master Lease is terminated by Landlord pursuant to this Article XVI , Tenant waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) any right of redemption, re-entry or repossession; and (ii) the benefit of any laws now or hereafter in force exempting property from liability for rent or for debt.

16.6      Application of Funds .  Any payments received by Landlord under any of the provisions of this Master Lease during the existence or continuance of any Event of Default which are made to Landlord rather than Tenant due to the existence of an Event of Default shall be applied to Tenant’s obligations in the order which Landlord may reasonably determine or as may be prescribed by the laws of the State.

ARTICLE XVII

TENANT’S FINANCING

17.1      Permitted Leasehold Mortgagees .

(a)       On one or more occasions without Landlord’s prior consent Tenant may mortgage or otherwise encumber Tenant’s estate in and to the Leased Property (the “ Leasehold Estate ”) to one or more Permitted Leasehold Mortgagees under one or more Permitted Leasehold Mortgages and pledge its right, title and interest under this Master Lease as security for such Permitted Leasehold Mortgages or any Debt Agreement secured thereby; provided, that no Person shall be considered a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee unless (1) such Person delivers to Landlord a written agreement providing (i) that (unless this Master Lease has been terminated as to a particular Facility) such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and any lenders for whom it acts as representative, agent or trustee, will not use or dispose of any Gaming License for use at a location other than at the Facility to which such Gaming License relates as of the date such Person becomes a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (or, in the case of any Facility added to the Master Lease after such date, as of the date that such Facility is added to the Master Lease), and (ii) an express acknowledgement that, in the event of the exercise by the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee of its rights under the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage, the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall be required to (except for a transfer that meets the requirements of Section 22.2(a)(ii) ) secure the approval of Landlord for the replacement of Tenant with respect to the affected portion of the Leased Property and contain the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee’s acknowledgment that such approval may be granted or withheld by Landlord in accordance with the provisions of Article XXII of this Master Lease, and (2) the underlying Permitted Leasehold

 

68


Mortgage includes an express acknowledgement that any exercise of remedies thereunder that would affect the Leasehold Estate shall be subject to the terms of the Master Lease. Any Facility Mortgagee and its successors and assigns, by accepting any Facility Mortgage, shall be deemed without executing any further document or instrument, to have also agreed to recognize the rights of any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee as provided in this Article XVII and to have agreed not to disturb such rights in any way except through the exercise of the rights expressly granted to Landlord in this Master Lease or available at law or in equity to Landlord by reason of the default by Tenant under this Master Lease.

(b)        Notice to Landlord .

(i)       (1) If Tenant shall, on one or more occasions, mortgage Tenant’s Leasehold Estate and if the holder of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgage shall provide Landlord with Notice of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgage together with a true copy of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgage and the name and address of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, Landlord and Tenant agree that, following receipt of such Notice by Landlord, the provisions of this Section 17.1 shall apply in respect to each such Permitted Leasehold Mortgage.

  (2)       In the event of any assignment of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgage or in the event of a change of address of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or of an assignee of such Mortgage, Notice of the new name and address shall be provided to Landlord.

(ii)      Landlord shall promptly upon receipt of a communication purporting to constitute the notice provided for by subsection (b)(i) above acknowledge by an executed and notarized instrument receipt of such communication as constituting the notice provided for by subsection (b)(i) above and confirming the status of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee as such or, in the alternative, notify Tenant and the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee of the rejection of such communication as not conforming with the provisions of this Section 17.1 and specify the specific basis of such rejection.

(iii)     After Landlord has received the notice provided for by subsection (b)(i) above, Tenant, upon being requested to do so by Landlord, shall with reasonable promptness provide Landlord with copies of the note or other obligation secured by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgage and of any other documents pertinent to the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage as specified by Landlord. If requested to do so by Landlord, Tenant shall thereafter also provide Landlord from time to time with a copy of each amendment or other modification or supplement to such instruments. All recorded documents shall be accompanied by the appropriate recording stamp or other certification of the custodian of the relevant recording office as to their authenticity as true and correct copies of official records and all nonrecorded documents shall be accompanied by a certification by Tenant that such documents are true and correct copies of the originals. From time to time upon being requested to do so by Landlord, Tenant shall also notify Landlord of the date and place of recording and other pertinent recording data with respect to such instruments as have been recorded.

(c)       Default Notice .  Landlord, upon providing Tenant any notice of: (i) default under this Master Lease or (ii) a termination of this Master Lease, shall at the same time provide a copy of such notice to every Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for which notice has

 

69


been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof. No such notice by Landlord to Tenant shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until a copy thereof has been sent, in the manner prescribed in Section 35.1 of this Master Lease, to every Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof. From and after such notice has been sent to a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall have the same period, after the giving of such notice upon its remedying any default or acts or omissions which are the subject matter of such notice or causing the same to be remedied, as is given Tenant after the giving of such notice to Tenant, plus in each instance, the additional periods of time specified in subsections (d) and (e) of this Section 17.1 to remedy, commence remedying or cause to be remedied the defaults or acts or omissions which are the subject matter of such notice specified in any such notice. Landlord shall accept such performance by or at the instigation of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee as if the same had been done by Tenant. Tenant authorizes each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (to the extent such action is authorized under the applicable Debt Agreement) to take any such action at such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee’s option and does hereby authorize entry upon the premises by the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for such purpose.

  (d)        Notice to Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee .  Anything contained in this Master Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, if any default shall occur which entitles Landlord to terminate this Master Lease, Landlord shall have no right to terminate this Master Lease on account of such default unless, following the expiration of the period of time given Tenant to cure such default or the act or omission which gave rise to such default, Landlord shall notify every Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof of Landlord’s intent to so terminate at least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed effective date of such termination if such default is capable of being cured by the payment of money, and at least ninety (90) days in advance of the proposed effective date of such termination if such default is not capable of being cured by the payment of money (“ Termination Notice ”). The provisions of subsection (e) below of this Section 17.1 shall apply if, during such thirty (30) or ninety (90) days (as the case may be) Termination Notice period, any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall:

(i)        notify Landlord of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee’s desire to nullify such Termination Notice; and

(ii)       pay or cause to be paid all Rent, Additional Charges, and other payments (i) then due and in arrears as specified in the Termination Notice to such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and (ii) which may become due during such thirty (30) or ninety (90) day (as the case may be) period (as the same may become due); and

(iii)      comply or in good faith, with reasonable diligence and continuity, commence to comply with all nonmonetary requirements of this Master Lease then in default and reasonably susceptible of being complied with by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, provided, however, that such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall not be required during such ninety (90) day period to cure or commence to cure any default consisting of Tenant’s failure to satisfy and discharge any lien, charge or encumbrance against Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease or the Leased Property, or any of Tenant’s other assets junior in priority to the lien of the mortgage or other security documents held

 

70


by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or any matter which Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is prevented from performing because of any injunction or stay applicable during any bankruptcy or other judicial proceeding; and

(iv)         during such thirty (30) or ninety (90) day period, the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall respond, with reasonable diligence, to requests for information from Landlord as to the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee’s (and related lenders’) intent to pay such Rent and other charges and comply with this Master Lease.

  (e)           Procedure on Default .

  (i)        If Landlord shall elect to terminate this Master Lease by reason of any Event of Default of Tenant that has occurred and is continuing, and a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall have proceeded in the manner provided for by subsection (d) of this Section 17.1 , the specified date for the termination of this Master Lease as fixed by Landlord in its Termination Notice shall be extended for a period of six (6) months; provided, that such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall, during such six-month period (and during the period of any continuance referred to in subsection (e)(ii) below):

(1)       pay or cause to be paid the Rent, Additional Charges and other monetary obligations of Tenant under this Master Lease as the same become due, and continue its good faith efforts to perform or cause to be performed all of Tenant’s other obligations under this Master Lease, excepting (A) obligations of Tenant to satisfy or otherwise discharge any lien, charge or encumbrance against Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease or the Leased Property or any of Tenant’s other assets junior in priority to the lien of the mortgage or other security documents held by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and (B) past nonmonetary obligations then in default and not reasonably susceptible of being cured by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee; and

(2)       if not enjoined or stayed pursuant to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or other judicial order, diligently continue to pursue acquiring or selling Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease and the Leased Property by foreclosure of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage or other appropriate means and diligently prosecute the same to completion.

  (ii)         If at the end of such six (6) month period such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is complying with subsection (e)(i) above, this Master Lease shall not then terminate, and the time for completion by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee of its proceedings shall continue (provided that for the time of such continuance, such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is in compliance with subsection (e)(i) above) (x) so long as such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is enjoined or stayed pursuant to a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or other judicial order and if so enjoined or stayed, thereafter for so long as such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee proceeds to complete steps to acquire or sell Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease by foreclosure of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage or by other appropriate means with reasonable diligence and continuity but not to exceed twelve (12) months after the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is no longer so enjoined or stayed from prosecuting the same and in no event longer than twenty-four (24) months from the date of Landlord’s initial notification to Permitted Leasehold

 

71


Mortgagee pursuant to Section 17.1(d) hereof, and (y) if such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is not so enjoined or stayed, thereafter for so long as such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee proceeds to complete steps to acquire or sell Tenant’s interests in this Master Lease by foreclosure of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage or by other appropriate means with reasonable diligence and continuity but not to exceed twelve (12) months from the date of Landlord’s initial notification to Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee pursuant to Section 17.1(d) hereof. Nothing in this subsection (e) of this Section 17.1 , however, shall be construed to extend this Master Lease beyond the original term thereof as extended by any options to extend the Term of this Master Lease properly exercised by Tenant or a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee in accordance with Section 1.4 , nor to require a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee to continue such foreclosure proceeding after the default has been cured. If the default shall be cured pursuant to the terms and within the time periods allowed in subsections (d) and (e) of this Section 17.1 and the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall discontinue such foreclosure proceedings, this Master Lease shall continue in full force and effect as if Tenant had not defaulted under this Master Lease.

(iii)      If a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is complying with subsection (e)(i) of this Section 17.1 , upon the acquisition of Tenant’s Leasehold Estate herein by a Discretionary Transferee this Master Lease shall continue in full force and effect as if Tenant had not defaulted under this Master Lease, provided, that such Discretionary Transferee cures all outstanding defaults that can be cured through the payment of money and all other defaults that are reasonably susceptible of being cured.

(iv)      For the purposes of this Section 17.1 , the making of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgage shall not be deemed to constitute an assignment or transfer of this Master Lease nor of the Leasehold Estate hereby created, nor shall any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, as such, be deemed to be an assignee or transferee of this Master Lease or of the Leasehold Estate hereby created so as to require such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, as such, to assume the performance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions on the part of Tenant to be performed hereunder; but the purchaser at any sale of this Master Lease (including a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee if it is the purchaser at foreclosure) and of the Leasehold Estate hereby created in any proceedings for the foreclosure of any Permitted Leasehold Mortgage, or the assignee or transferee of this Master Lease and of the Leasehold Estate hereby created under any instrument of assignment or transfer in lieu of the foreclosure of any Permitted Leasehold Mortgage, shall be subject to Article XXII hereof (including the requirement that such purchaser assume the performance of the terms, covenants or conditions on the part of Tenant to be performed hereunder and meet the qualifications of Section 22.2 or be reasonably consented to by Landlord in accordance with Section 22.1 hereof).

(v)      Any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or other acquirer of the Leasehold Estate of Tenant pursuant to foreclosure, assignment in lieu of foreclosure or other proceedings in accordance with the requirements of Section 22.2(a)(ii) of this Master Lease may, upon acquiring Tenant’s Leasehold Estate, without further consent of Landlord, sell and assign the Leasehold Estate in accordance with the requirements of Article XXII of this Master Lease and enter into Permitted Leasehold Mortgages in the same manner as the original Tenant, subject to the terms hereof.

 

72


(vi)      Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Master Lease, any sale of this Master Lease and of the Leasehold Estate hereby created in any proceedings for the foreclosure of any Permitted Leasehold Mortgage, or the assignment or transfer of this Master Lease and of the Leasehold Estate hereby created in lieu of the foreclosure of any Permitted Leasehold Mortgage, shall be deemed to be a permitted sale, transfer or assignment of this Master Lease and of the Leasehold Estate hereby created to the extent that the successor tenant under this Master Lease is a Discretionary Transferee and the transfer otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 22.2(a)(ii) of this Master Lease or the transferee is reasonably consented to by Landlord in accordance with Section 22.1 hereof.

(f)         New Lease .  In the event of the termination of this Master Lease other than due to a default as to which the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee had the opportunity to, but did not, cure the default as set forth in Sections 17.1(d) and 17.1(e) above, Landlord shall provide each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee with Notice that this Master Lease has been terminated (“ Notice of Termination ”), together with a statement of all sums which would at that time be due under this Master Lease but for such termination, and of all other defaults, if any, then known to Landlord. Landlord agrees to enter into a new lease (“ New Lease ”) of the Leased Property with such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee (in each case if a Discretionary Transferee) for the remainder of the Term (including any Renewal Terms) of this Master Lease, effective as of the date of termination, at the rent and additional rent, and upon the terms, covenants and conditions (including all options to renew but excluding requirements which have already been fulfilled) of this Master Lease, provided:

(i)        Such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee shall make a binding, written, irrevocable commitment to Landlord for such New Lease within thirty (30) days after the date such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee receives Landlord’s Notice of Termination of this Master Lease given pursuant to this Section 17.1(f) ;

(ii)       Such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee shall pay or cause to be paid to Landlord at the time of the execution and delivery of such New Lease, any and all sums which would at the time of execution and delivery thereof be due pursuant to this Master Lease but for such termination and, in addition thereto, all reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, which Landlord shall have incurred by reason of such termination and the execution and delivery of the New Lease and which have not otherwise been received by Landlord from Tenant or other party in interest under Tenant; and

(iii)      Such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee shall agree to remedy any of Tenant’s defaults of which said Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee was notified by Landlord’s Notice of Termination (or in any subsequent notice) and which can be cured through the payment of money or are reasonably susceptible of being cured by Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee.

(g)        New Lease Priorities .  It is the intention of the parties that such New Lease shall continue to maintain the same priority as this Master Lease with regard to any Facility Mortgage or any other lien, charge or encumbrance created by the acts of Landlord on the Leased Premises or any part thereof or this Master Lease (but Landlord shall not be deemed

 

73


to make any representation or warranty to that effect). If more than one Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall request a New Lease pursuant to subsection (f)(i) of this Section 17.1 , Landlord shall enter into such New Lease with the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee whose mortgage is senior in lien, or with its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee acting for the benefit of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee prior in lien foreclosing on Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease. Landlord, without liability to Tenant or any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee with an adverse claim, may rely upon a title insurance policy issued by a reputable title insurance company as the basis for determining the appropriate Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee who is entitled to such New Lease.

(h)        Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Need Not Cure Specified Defaults .  Nothing herein contained shall require any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee as a condition to its exercise of the right hereunder to cure any default of Tenant not reasonably susceptible of being cured by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or its Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee (including but not limited to the default referred to in Section 16.1(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) ( if the levy or attachment is in favor of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (provided, such levy is extinguished upon foreclosure or similar proceeding or in a transfer in lieu of any such foreclosure) or is junior to the lien of such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and would be extinguished by the foreclosure of the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage that is held by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee) or (ix) and any other sections of this Master Lease which may impose conditions of default not susceptible to being cured by a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or a subsequent owner of the Leasehold Estate through foreclosure hereof), in order to comply with the provisions of Sections 17.1(d) and 17.1(e) , or as a condition of entering into the New Lease provided for by Section 17.1(f) .

(i)         Contest of Event of Default .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Master Lease, any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (and if more than one, the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee whose lien is most senior) may, in good faith, contest through appropriate proceedings whether an alleged non-monetary default in fact constitutes an Event of Default, and the cure period available under the terms hereof to such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall be extended so long as such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall be diligently pursuing such contest, provided, that: (i) such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall have commenced such contest prior to the expiration of the applicable notice and cure period herein for such alleged non-monetary Event of Default; (ii) Tenant shall not be, or shall not have, separately contested such alleged non-monetary Event of Default; (iii) pending the outcome of such contest, such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall make payment of all Rent due and payable hereunder, as and when due and payable, and shall make payment and shall otherwise cure all non-monetary Events of Default which are not being contested by such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee within applicable cure periods provided herein for such non-monetary Events of Default; and (iv) such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall make payment to Landlord of all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Landlord in connection with such contest in the event that such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee is not successful in such contest.

(j)           Casualty Loss .  A standard mortgagee clause naming each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof may be added to any and all insurance policies required to be

 

74


carried by Tenant hereunder on condition that the insurance proceeds are to be applied in the manner specified in this Master Lease and the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage shall so provide; except that the Permitted Leasehold Mortgage may provide a manner for the disposition of such proceeds, if any, otherwise payable directly to Tenant (but not such proceeds, if any, payable jointly to Landlord and Tenant or to Landlord, to the Facility Mortgagee or to a third-party escrowee) pursuant to the provisions of this Master Lease.

(k)        Arbitration; Legal Proceedings .  Landlord shall give prompt notice to each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof) of any arbitration or legal proceedings between Landlord and Tenant involving obligations under this Master Lease.

(l)         No Merger .  So long as any Permitted Leasehold Mortgage is in existence, unless all Permitted Leasehold Mortgagees for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof shall otherwise expressly consent in writing, the fee title to the Leased Property and the Leasehold Estate of Tenant therein created by this Master Lease shall not merge but shall remain separate and distinct, notwithstanding the acquisition of said fee title and said Leasehold Estate by Landlord or by Tenant or by a third party, by purchase or otherwise.

(m)       Notices .  Notices from Landlord to the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof shall be provided in the method provided in Section 35.1 hereof to the address or fax number furnished Landlord pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 17.1 , and those from the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee to Landlord shall be mailed to the address designated pursuant to the provisions of Section 35.1 hereof. Such notices, demands and requests shall be given in the manner described in this Section 17.1 and in Section 35.1 and shall in all respects be governed by the provisions of those sections.

(n)        Limitation of Liability .  Notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, (i) Landlord agrees that any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee’s liability to Landlord in its capacity as Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee hereunder howsoever arising shall be limited to and enforceable only against such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee’s interest in the Leasehold Estate and the other collateral granted to such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee to secure the obligations under its Debt Agreement, and (ii) each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee agrees that Landlord’s liability to such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee hereunder howsoever arising shall be limited to and enforceable only against Landlord’s interest in the Leased Property subject to the applicable Permitted Leasehold Mortgage, and no recourse against Landlord shall be had against any other assets of Landlord whatsoever.

(o)        Sale Procedure .  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee for which notice has been properly provided to Landlord pursuant to Section 17.1(b) hereof with the most senior lien on the Leasehold Estate shall have the right to make all determinations and agreements on behalf of Tenant under Article XXXVI (including, without limitation, requesting that the process described in Article XXXVI be commenced, the determination and agreement of the Tenant’s Property FMV and negotiation

 

75


with Landlord with respect thereto), in each case, in accordance with and subject to the terms and provisions of Article XXXVI .

(p)        Third Party Beneficiary .  Each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (for so long as such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee holds a Permitted Leasehold Mortgage) is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Article XVII entitled to enforce the same as if a party to this Master Lease.

17.2      Landlord s Right to Cure Tenant s Default .  If Tenant shall fail to make any payment or to perform any act required to be made or performed hereunder when due or within any cure period provided for herein, Landlord, without waiving or releasing any obligation or default, may, but shall be under no obligation to, make such payment or perform such act for the account and at the expense of Tenant, and may, to the extent permitted by law, enter upon the Leased Property for such purpose and take all such action thereon as, in Landlord’s opinion, may be necessary or appropriate therefor. No such entry shall be deemed an eviction of Tenant. All sums so paid by Landlord and all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, so incurred, together with interest thereon at the Overdue Rate from the date on which such sums or expenses are paid or incurred by Landlord, shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand as an Additional Charge.

17.3      Tenant s Debt Agreements .  Tenant agrees that each and any agreement related to Material Indebtedness and any Debt Agreement (or the principal or controlling agreement relating to such Material Indebtedness or series of related Debt Agreements) in each case entered into after the date hereof will include a provision requiring the lender or lenders thereunder (or the Representative of such lenders) to provide a copy to Landlord of any notices issued by such lenders or the Representative of such lenders to Tenant of a Specified Debt Agreement Default.

17.4      Landlord Cooperation .  If, in connection with granting any Permitted Leasehold Mortgage or entering into a Debt Agreement, Tenant shall reasonably request reasonable cooperation from Landlord, Landlord shall provide the same at no cost or expense to Landlord, it being understood and agreed that Tenant shall be required to reimburse Landlord for all such costs and expenses so incurred by Landlord, including, but not limited to, its reasonable attorneys’ fees.

ARTICLE XVIII

SALE OF LEASED PROPERTY

18.1      Sale of the Leased Property .  Landlord shall not sell or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Leased Property (including by entering into a merger or similar transaction or by any Landlord Change of Control) during the Term to a Tenant Competitor without the prior written consent of Tenant, which consent may be given or withheld in Tenant’s sole discretion. Except as provided above and except as provided in the last sentence of this Section 18.1 , Landlord shall not be restricted from selling all or any portion of the Leased Property (including by entering into a merger or similar transaction or by any Landlord Change of Control). Any sale or other transfer by Landlord of all or any portion of the Leased Property shall be subject in each instance to all of the rights of Tenant under this Master Lease, and Landlord and Landlord’s

 

76


successor or purchaser must comply with the provisions of Section 8.2 applicable to Landlord and, to the extent necessary, any purchaser or successor Landlord and/or other Related Person of purchaser or successor Landlord (or other Landlord Change of Control) must be approved by all applicable Gaming Authorities to ensure that there is not reasonably likely to be any material impact on the validity of any of the Gaming Licenses or the ability of Tenant to continue to use the Gaming Facilities for gaming activities in substantially the same manner as immediately prior to Landlord’s sale or other transfer.

ARTICLE XIX

HOLDING OVER

19.1      Holding Over .  If Tenant shall for any reason remain in possession of the Leased Property of a Facility after the expiration or earlier termination of the Term without the consent, or other than at the request, of Landlord, such possession shall be as a month-to-month tenant during which time Tenant shall pay as Base Rent each month twice the monthly Base Rent applicable to the prior Lease Year for such Facility, together with all Percentage Rent and Additional Charges and all other sums payable by Tenant pursuant to this Master Lease. During such period of month-to-month tenancy, Tenant shall be obligated to perform and observe all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Master Lease, but shall have no rights hereunder other than the right, to the extent given by law to month-to-month tenancies, to continue its occupancy and use of the Leased Property of, and/or any Tenant Capital Improvements to, such Facility. Nothing contained herein shall constitute the consent, express or implied, of Landlord to the holding over of Tenant after the expiration or earlier termination of this Master Lease.

ARTICLE XX

RISK OF LOSS

20.1      Risk of Loss .  The risk of loss or of decrease in the enjoyment and beneficial use of the Leased Property as a consequence of the damage or destruction thereof by fire, the elements, casualties, thefts, riots, wars or otherwise, or in consequence of foreclosures, attachments, levies or executions (other than by Landlord and Persons claiming from, through or under Landlord) is assumed by Tenant, and except as otherwise provided herein no such event shall entitle Tenant to any abatement of Rent.

ARTICLE XXI

INDEMNIFICATION

21.1      General Indemnification .  In addition to the other indemnities contained herein, and notwithstanding the existence of any insurance carried by or for the benefit of Landlord or Tenant, and without regard to the policy limits of any such insurance, Tenant shall protect, indemnify, save harmless and defend Landlord from and against all liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, penalties, causes of action, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees and expenses, imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against Landlord by reason of: (i) any accident, injury to or death of Persons or loss of or damage to

 

77


property occurring on or about the Leased Property or adjoining sidewalks under the control of Tenant or any subtenant; (ii) any use, misuse, non-use, condition, maintenance or repair by Tenant or any subtenant of the Leased Property; (iii) any failure on the part of Tenant to perform or comply with any of the terms of this Master Lease; (iv) the non-performance of any of the terms and provisions of any and all existing and future subleases of the Leased Property to be performed by any party thereunder; (v) any claim for malpractice, negligence or misconduct committed by any Person on or working from the Leased Property; and (vi) the violation by Tenant or any subtenant of any Legal Requirement. Any amounts which become payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Article XXI shall be paid within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of Notice from Landlord requesting payment of the same, which notice may not be given until liability therefor has been determined by a final non appealable judgment or settlement or other agreement of the parties, and if not timely paid shall bear interest at the Overdue Rate from the date of such determination to the date of payment. Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall contest, resist and defend any such claim, action or proceeding asserted or instituted against Landlord. For purposes of this Article XXI , any acts or omissions of Tenant or any subtenant, or by their respective employees, agents, assignees, contractors, subcontractors or others acting for or on behalf of Tenant or any subtenant (whether or not they are negligent, intentional, willful or unlawful), shall be strictly attributable to Tenant.

ARTICLE XXII

SUBLETTING AND ASSIGNMENT

22.1          Subletting and Assignment .  Tenant shall not, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Master Lease, without Landlord’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, voluntarily or by operation of law assign (which term includes any transfer, sale, encumbering, pledge or other transfer or hypothecation and undergoing any Tenant Change of Control) this Master Lease or Tenant’s Leasehold Estate with respect to any Facility or sublet all or any portion of any Facility. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord is relying upon the expertise of Tenant in the operation of the Facilities and that Landlord entered into this Master Lease with the expectation that Tenant would remain in and operate such Facilities during the entire Term. Any Tenant Change of Control or transfer of any direct or indirect ownership interests in Tenant shall not constitute an assignment of Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease within the meaning of this Article XXII and shall not be prohibited, and the provisions requiring consent of Landlord contained herein shall not apply thereto, if and for so long as, Tenant remains wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by, or under common Control with, Tenant’s Parent.

22.2          Permitted Assignments .  (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Section 40.1 , Tenant may, without Landlord’s prior written consent:

(i)        assign this Master Lease to a Discretionary Transferee in conjunction with a sale by Tenant of all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets relating to the Facilities; provided, that (1) such Discretionary Transferee becomes party to and bound by this Master Lease and agrees in writing to assume the obligations of Tenant under this Master Lease without amendment or modification other than as provided below; (2) the Parent Company of such Discretionary Transferee, if any, has become a Guarantor and provides

 

78


a Guaranty; (3) the use of the Leased Property continues to comply with the requirements of this Master Lease; and (4) Landlord shall have received executed copies of all documents for such assignment;

(ii)       (x) assign this Master Lease by way of foreclosure of the Leasehold Estate or an assignment-in-lieu of foreclosure to any Person (any such foreclosure or assignment, a “ Foreclosure Assignment ”) or (y) undergo a Tenant Change of Control whereby a Person acquires beneficial ownership and control of one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests in Tenant as a result of the purchase at a foreclosure of a permitted pledge of the Equity Interests in Tenant or an assignment in lieu of such foreclosure (a “ Foreclosure COC ”) or (z) effect the first subsequent sale or assignment of the Leasehold Estate or Tenant Change of Control after a Foreclosure Assignment or a Foreclosure COC whereby a Person so acquires the Leasehold Estate or beneficial ownership and control of one hundred percent (100%) of the Equity Interests in Tenant or the Person who acquired the Leasehold Estate in connection with the Foreclosure Assignment, in each case, effected by a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party, in each case if (1) such Person is a Discretionary Transferee, (2) such Discretionary Transferee agrees in writing to assume the obligations of Tenant under this Master Lease without amendment or modification other than as provided below (which written assumption may be made by a Subsidiary of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee or a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Designee after a Foreclosure Assignment or Foreclosure COC) and (3) except in the case of a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party, the Parent Company of (x) Tenant (after giving effect to the transfer or assignment) or (y) the entity that succeeds to the assets of Tenant, if any, has become a Guarantor and provided a Guaranty or, if such Discretionary Transferee does not have a Parent Company and such Discretionary Transferee has not assumed the obligations of Tenant under this Master Lease, such Discretionary Transferee has become a Guarantor and provided a Guaranty;

(iii)      assign Tenant’s Leasehold Estate in this Master Lease with respect to one or more individual Facilities to a Discretionary Transferee; provided, that (1) such Discretionary Transferee enters into a Separate Lease in accordance with Section 1.5 mutatis mutandis ; (2) the Parent Company of such Discretionary Transferee, if any, has become a Guarantor and provided a Guaranty, (3) the use of each Facility continues to comply with the requirements of this Master Lease; (4) Landlord shall have received executed copies of all documents for such assignment; and (5) in no event shall Tenant during the Term of this Master Lease be permitted to assign its Leasehold Estate pursuant to this clause (iii) with respect to more than two (2) Facilities a material portion of which is a Gaming Facility and which are located in Las Vegas, Nevada (for the avoidance of doubt, there shall be no such restriction with respect to any Facilities that are not located in Las Vegas, Nevada or of which no material portion is or has been operated as a Gaming Facility);

(iv)      assign this Master Lease, or Tenant’s Leasehold Estate in this Master Lease with respect to all, but not less than all, of the Facilities, to Tenant’s Parent, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Tenant’s Parent or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Tenant; provided, (1) such assignee becomes party to and bound by this Master Lease and agrees

 

79


in writing to assume the obligations of Tenant under this Master Lease without amendment or modification other than as provided below; (2) Tenant remains fully liable hereunder; (3) the use of the Leased Property continues to comply with the requirements of this Master Lease; and (4) Landlord shall have received executed copies of all documents for such assignment; and

(v)       pledge or mortgage its Leasehold Estate to a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee and/or pledge the direct or indirect Equity Interests in Tenant to a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee.

Upon the effectiveness of any assignment permitted pursuant to this Section 22.2 , such Discretionary Transferee or Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party (and, if applicable, its Parent Company) and Landlord shall make such amendments and other modifications to this Master Lease as are reasonably requested by either party to give effect to such assignment and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of such requesting party in connection with such assignment. After giving effect to any such assignment, unless the context otherwise requires, references to Tenant and Tenant’s Parent hereunder shall be deemed to refer to the Discretionary Transferee (or Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee Foreclosing Party) or its Parent Company, as applicable.

22.3        Permitted Sublease Agreements .  (a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 22.1 , but subject to compliance with the provisions of this Section 22.3 and of Section 40.1 , Tenant or any Operating Subtenant may, without Landlord’s prior written consent:

(i)        sublease the Leased Property or any Facility, or portion thereof to Tenant’s Parent, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Tenant’s Parent or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Tenant ;

(ii)       enter into, allow to continue or renew the Excluded Subleases;

(iii)      sublease any portion of any Facility (but not an entire Facility) to any Person; provided, that Tenant or any applicable Operating Subtenant retains and does not sublet a material portion of any such Facility; and

(iv)      sublet a Facility in order to comply with Section 8.2 hereof.

 (b)       After an Event of Default has occurred and while it is continuing, Landlord may collect rents from any subtenant and apply the net amount collected to the Rent, but no such collection shall be deemed (i) a waiver by Landlord of any of the provisions of this Master Lease, (ii) the acceptance by Landlord of such subtenant as a tenant or (iii) a release of Tenant from the future performance of its obligations hereunder.

 (c)       If reasonably requested by Tenant in connection with a sublease permitted under this Section 22.3 with a subtenant that is not an Affiliate of Tenant, Landlord and such sublessee shall enter into a nondisturbance and attornment agreement with respect to any sublease which is entered into by Tenant in good faith with a subtenant that is not an Affiliate of Tenant which will occupy space in a Facility, such non-disturbance and attornment agreement to be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1 (and if a Facility

 

80


Mortgage is then in effect, Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Facility Mortgagee to enter into such non-disturbance and attornment agreement) whereby the subtenant agrees to attorn to Landlord (or a Facility Mortgagee) and Landlord (and the Facility Mortgagee) agree to recognize such subtenant rights under its sublease.

 (d)       Tenant shall have the right, with the consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned of delayed, to enter into subleases with terms, including extensions thereof, that exceed the then current Term or Renewal Term of this Master Lease or which assume the exercise of Tenant’s right to one or more Renewal Terms with subtenants which will occupy space primarily for the purpose of retail sales, food and beverage sales (including clubs and other uses customarily considered “food and beverage” in the hotel industry) or race and gaming operations which are not material to the Primary Intended Use (such as, but not limited to, a sports book) in a Facility and any such sublease shall be subject to the foregoing provisions of Section 22.3(c) regarding a non-disturbance and attornment agreement. Landlord’s withholding of consent to any of the foregoing shall be deemed unreasonable if such sublease is on commercially reasonable terms at the time in question taking into consideration, among other things, the identity of the sublessee, the extent of sublessee’s investment in the subleased space, the term of such sublease and Landlord’s interest in the applicable Facility (including the resulting impact on Landlord’s ability to lease such Facility on commercially reasonably terms after the Term of this Master Lease).

22.4         Required Assignment and Subletting Provisions .  Any assignment and/or sublease must provide that:

(i)        in the case of a sublease, it shall be subject and subordinate to all of the terms and conditions of this Master Lease;

(ii)       the use of the applicable Facility (or portion thereof) shall not conflict with any Legal Requirement or any other provision of this Master Lease and any restrictions on Tenant’s activities at the relevant Facility shall also similarly apply to any sublessee’s activities at the relevant Facility;

(iii)      except as otherwise provided herein, no subtenant or assignee shall be permitted to further sublet all or any part of the applicable Facility or assign this Master Lease or its sublease except insofar as the same would be permitted if it were a sublease by Tenant under this Master Lease (it being understood that any subtenant may pledge and mortgage its subleasehold estate (or allow the pledge of its Equity Interests) to a Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee);

(iv)      in the case of a sublease, in the event of cancellation or termination of this Master Lease for any reason whatsoever or of the surrender of this Master Lease (whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law) prior to the expiration date of such sublease, including extensions and renewals granted thereunder, then, at Landlord’s option, the subtenant shall make full and complete attornment to Landlord for the balance of the term of the sublease, which the subtenant shall execute and deliver within thirty (30) days after request by Landlord and the subtenant shall waive the provisions of any law now or hereafter in effect which may give the subtenant any right of election to

 

81


terminate the sublease or to surrender possession in the event any proceeding is brought by Landlord to terminate this Master Lease; and

(v)       in the event the subtenant receives a Notice from Landlord stating that this Master Lease has been cancelled, surrendered or terminated, then, the subtenant shall thereafter be obligated to pay all rentals accruing under said sublease directly to Landlord (or as Landlord shall so direct); all rentals received from the subtenant by Landlord shall be credited against the amounts owing by Tenant under this Master Lease.

22.5         Costs .  Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for Landlord’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in conjunction with the processing and documentation of any assignment or subletting, including reasonable attorneys’, architects’, engineers’ or other consultants’ fees whether or not such sublease or assignment agreement is actually consummated.

22.6         No Release of Tenant s Obligations; Exception .  No assignment (other than a permitted transfer pursuant to this Article XXII , in connection with a sale or assignment of the entire Leasehold Estate), subletting or management agreement shall relieve Tenant of its obligation to pay the Rent and to perform all of the other obligations to be performed by Tenant hereunder or reduce any such obligations. All obligations and other terms of this Master Lease applicable to Tenant and Tenant’s activities and properties shall also apply to each assignee of this Master Lease. The liability of Tenant and any immediate and remote successor in interest of Tenant (by assignment or otherwise), and the due performance of the obligations of this Master Lease on Tenant’s part to be performed or observed, shall not in any way be discharged, released or impaired by any (i) stipulation which extends the time within which an obligation under this Master Lease is to be performed, (ii) waiver of the performance of an obligation required under this Master Lease that is not entered into for the benefit of Tenant or such successor, or (iii) failure to enforce any of the obligations set forth in this Master Lease, provided, that Tenant shall not be responsible for any additional obligations or liability arising as the result of any modification or amendment of this Master Lease by Landlord and any assignee of Tenant that is not an Affiliate of Tenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of an assignment permitted under Section 22.2(a)(iii) , Landlord will agree, with respect only to those Facilities so assigned, to release Tenant and Guarantor from their respective obligations under this Master Lease and any Guaranty, provided; that the assignment is to a Discretionary Transferee and the Parent Company of the Discretionary Transferee, if any, executes a Guaranty as required by Section 22.2(a)(iii) . As a condition precedent to Landlord’s release of Tenant and/or Guarantor, the successor guarantor shall execute and deliver a Guaranty in substantially the same form and substance as the Guaranty being released and Landlord and such Discretionary Transferee, as the successor tenant, shall execute a new master lease with respect to the assigned Facilities in substantially the same form and substance as this Master Lease as provided in Section 1.5 mutatis mutandis .

22.7         Separate Lease; Rent Allocated .    If reasonably requested by Tenant in connection with an assignment of Tenant’s Leasehold Estate with respect to one or more Facilities permitted under Section  22.2(a)(iii) , Landlord will agree to enter into a replacement master lease with respect to the relevant Facility(ies) with the assignee thereof in form and substance substantially identical to this Master Lease, with Rent equal to (or, if applicable, apportioned between such new master lease and this Master Lease based on) the Allocable Rent

 

82


Amount and to remove such Leased Property from this Master Lease, all in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 1.5 mutatis mutandis . In such case, the Parent Company of the Discretionary Transferee, if any, shall deliver a Guaranty to Landlord with respect to all obligations under the Separate Lease, and Tenant and Guarantor shall have no further obligations under this Master Lease or the Guaranty with respect to the applicable Facility(ies).

22.8       Management Agreements .  Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or restrict Tenant’s ability to enter into management agreements or similar arrangements with third parties so long as the same are limited in duration to the Term, as may be extended or terminated pursuant to the provisions of this Master Lease and do not relate to the entirety of any Facility.

ARTICLE XXIII

REPORTING; CONFIDENTIALITY

23.1       Officer s Certificates and Financial Statements .

(a)         Officer’s Certificate .  Each of Landlord and Tenant shall, at any time and from time to time, but no more frequently than once per Lease Year, upon receipt of not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written request from the other party hereto, furnish an Officer’s Certificate certifying (i) that this Master Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect, or that this Master Lease is in full force and effect as modified and setting forth the modifications; (ii) the Rent and Additional Charges payable hereunder and the dates to which the Rent and Additional Charges payable have been paid; (iii) that the address for notices to be sent to the party furnishing such Officer’s Certificate is as set forth in this Master Lease (or, if such address for notices has changed, the correct address for notices to such party); (iv) whether or not, to its actual knowledge, such party or the other party hereto is in default in the performance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Master Lease (together with back-up calculation and information reasonably necessary to support such determination) and, if so, specifying each such default of which such party may have knowledge; (v) that Tenant is in possession of the Leased Property; and (vi) responses to such other questions or statements of fact as such other party, any ground or underlying landlord, any purchaser or any current or prospective Facility Mortgagee or Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall reasonably request. Landlord’s or Tenant’s failure to deliver such statement within such time shall constitute an acknowledgement by such failing party that, to such party’s knowledge, (x) this Master Lease is unmodified and in full force and effect except as may be represented to the contrary by the other party; (y) the other party is not in default in the performance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Master Lease; and (z) the other matters set forth in such request, if any, are true and correct. Any such certificate furnished pursuant to this Article XXIII may be relied upon by the receiving party and any current or prospective Facility Mortgagee, Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, ground or underlying landlord or purchaser of the Leased Property.

(b)         Statements .  Tenant shall furnish the following statements to Landlord:

(i)       On the earlier of (x) each date specified in the Exchange Act and the SEC’s related rules and regulations (including any additional time permitted under

 

83


Rule 12b-25 or any successor provision thereof) that the Tenant’s Parent is (or would be, if not required to file SEC Reports at that time) required to file SEC Reports (each a “ SEC Filing Deadline ”) and (y) the date the Tenant’s Parent files its SEC Reports with the SEC: (A) Tenant’s Parent’s Financial Statements required to be included in such SEC Report or the SEC Report containing such Financial Statements; (B) a certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Tenant’s Parent certifying that no default has occurred under this Master Lease or, if such a default has occurred, specifying the nature and status of such default; and (C) (1) with respect to annual Financial Statements, a report with respect to Tenant’s Parent’s Financial Statements from Tenant’s Parent’s independent registered public accounting firm, which report shall not be subject to any qualification or exception expressing substantial doubt about the ability of the Tenant’s Parent and its Subsidiaries to continue as a “going concern” or any exception as to the scope of such audit (excluding any qualification as to going concern relating to any debt maturities in the twelve month period following the date such report is delivered or any projected financial performance or covenant default in any Indebtedness or this Master Lease in such twelve month period) and that the examination by Tenant’s Parent’s accountants in connection with such Financial Statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as at such date or (2) with respect to quarterly Financial Statements, a certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Tenant’s Parent, certifying that such Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of Tenant’s Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as at such date and for such period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, the absence of footnotes and other informational disclosures customarily omitted from interim financial statements);

(ii)        Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of the Tenant’s Fiscal Years (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2016), (a) a budget and projection by fiscal quarter for that Fiscal Year and by Fiscal Year for the Fiscal Year in which such materials are furnished and the next two succeeding Fiscal Years, including projected Net Revenue and EBITDA with respect to each Facility and (b) a capital and operating budget for each Facility for the Fiscal Year in which such materials are furnished;

(iii)     (a) Such additional financial information and projections as may be reasonably requested by Landlord in connection with syndications, private placements or public offerings by MGM REIT the Operating Partnership or Landlord of debt securities or loans or equity or hybrid securities and (b) such additional information and unaudited quarterly financial information concerning the Leased Property and Tenant as Landlord, the Operating Partnership or MGM REIT may require for its ongoing filings with the SEC under both the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including, but not limited to SEC Reports and registration statements to be filed by Landlord, Operating Partnership or MGM REIT during the Term of this Master Lease, the Internal Revenue Service (including in respect of MGM REIT’s qualification as a “real estate investment trust” (within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code)) and any other federal, state or local regulatory agency with jurisdiction over MGM REIT or its Subsidiaries subject to Section 23.1(c) below); provided, however , that if the SEC requires Landlord, Operating Partnership or MGM REIT to include Tenant’s Parent’s Financial Statements in its SEC Reports, Tenant shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to furnish substantially complete drafts of Tenant’s Parent’s Financial Statements for such reporting period

 

84


to Landlord no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the applicable SEC Filing Deadline for the filing of such SEC Reports;

(iv)      Prompt Notice to Landlord of any action, proposal or investigation by any agency or entity, or complaint to such agency or entity, (any of which is called a “ Proceeding ”), known to Tenant, the result of which Proceeding would reasonably be expected to be to revoke or suspend or terminate or modify in a way adverse to Tenant, or fail to renew or fully continue in effect, any license or certificate or operating authority pursuant to which Tenant or any Operating Subtenant carries on any part of the Primary Intended Use of all or any portion of the Leased Property;

(v)       Tenant further agrees to provide the financial and operational reports to be delivered to Landlord under this Master Lease in such electronic format(s) as may reasonably be required by Landlord from time to time in order to (i) facilitate Landlord’s internal financial and reporting database and (ii) permit Landlord to calculate any rent, fee or other payments due under Ground Leases. Tenant also agrees that Landlord shall have audit rights with respect to such information to the extent required to confirm Tenant’s compliance with the Master Lease terms (including, without limitation, calculation of Net Revenues).

(c)         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 23.1 , Tenant shall not be obligated (1) to provide information that is subject to (i) a bona fide confidentiality agreement, (ii) the quality assurance immunity, (iii) attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine or (iv) in the case of Section 23.1(b)(v) only, creates an unreasonably excessive expense or burden on Tenant or any of its Subsidiaries to produce or otherwise disclose or (2) to provide information or assistance that could give Landlord or its Affiliates a “competitive” advantage with respect to markets in which Landlord or any of Landlord’s Affiliates and Tenant, Tenant’s Parent or any of Tenant’s Affiliates might be competing at any time (“ Restricted Information ”) it being understood that Restricted Information shall not include revenue and expense information relevant to Landlord’s calculation and verification of (i) the Escalation amount and Percentage Rent hereunder and (ii) Tenant’s compliance with Section 23.3 hereof, provided, that the foregoing information shall be provided on a portfolio-wide (as opposed to Facility-by-Facility) basis, except where required by Landlord to be able to make submissions to, or otherwise to comply with requirements of, gaming and other regulatory authorities, in which case such additional information (including Facility-by-Facility performance information) will be provided by Tenant to Landlord to the extent so required (provided, that Landlord shall in such instance first execute a nondisclosure agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to Tenant with respect to such information. Landlord shall retain audit rights with respect to Restricted Information to the extent required to confirm Tenant’s compliance with the Master Lease terms (and Landlord’s or its Affiliates compliance with SEC, Internal Revenue Service and other legal and regulatory requirements) and provided, that appropriate measures are in place to ensure that only Landlord’s auditors and attorneys (and not Landlord or any of Landlord’s other Affiliates) are provided access to such information). In addition, Landlord shall not disclose any Restricted Information to any Person or any employee, officer or director of any Person (other than Landlord or a Subsidiary of Landlord) that directly or indirectly owns or operates any gaming business or is a Tenant Competitor.

 

85


23.2      Confidentiality; Public Offering Information .

(a)       The parties recognize and acknowledge that they may receive certain Confidential Information of the other party. Each party agrees that neither such party nor any of its Representatives acting on its behalf shall, during or within five (5) years after the termination or expiration of this Master Lease, directly or indirectly use any Confidential Information of the other party or disclose Confidential Information of the other party to any person for any reason or purpose whatsoever, except as reasonably required in order to comply with the obligations and otherwise as permitted under the provisions of this Master Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a party or any of its Representatives is requested or becomes legally compelled (pursuant to any legal, governmental, administrative or regulatory order, authority or process) to disclose any Confidential Information of the other party, it will, to the extent reasonably practicable and not prohibited by law, provide the party to whom such Confidential Information belongs prompt Notice of the existence, terms or circumstances of such event so that the party to whom such Confidential Information belongs may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 23.2(a) . In the event that such protective order or other remedy is not obtained or the party to whom such Confidential Information belongs waives compliance with this Section 23.2(a) , the party compelled to disclose such Confidential Information will furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information or take only such action as, based upon the advice of your legal counsel, is legally required and will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded any Confidential Information so furnished. The party compelled to disclose the Confidential Information shall cooperate with any action reasonably requested by the party to whom such Confidential Information belongs to obtain a protective order or other reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the Confidential Information.

(b)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 23.2(a) , Tenant specifically agrees that Landlord may include financial information and such information concerning the operation of the Facilities (1) which is approved by Tenant in its sole discretion, (2) which is publicly available, (3) the Adjusted Revenue to Rent Ratio of the Tenant Parties, or (4) the inclusion of which is approved by Tenant in writing, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld, in offering memoranda or prospectuses or confidential information memoranda, or similar publications or marketing materials, rating agency presentations, investor presentations or disclosure documents in connection with syndications, private placements or public offerings of MGM REIT’s or Landlord’s securities or loans or securities or loans of any direct or indirect parent entity of Landlord, and any other reporting requirements under applicable federal and state laws, including those of any successor to Landlord, provided, that, with respect to matters permitted to be disclosed solely under clauses (1) and (4), the recipients thereof shall be obligated to maintain the confidentiality thereof pursuant to Section 23.2(a) or pursuant to confidentiality provisions substantially similar thereto and to comply with all federal, state and other securities laws applicable with respect to such information. Unless otherwise agreed by Tenant, neither Landlord nor Operating Partnership nor MGM REIT shall revise or change the wording of information previously publicly disclosed by Tenant and furnished to Landlord, Operating Partnership or MGM REIT or any direct or indirect parent entity of Landlord pursuant to Section 23.1 or this Section 23.2 and Landlord’s Form 10-Q or Form 10-K (or supplemental report filed in connection therewith) shall not disclose the operational results of

 

86


the Facilities prior to Tenant’s Parent’s, Tenant’s or its Affiliate’s public disclosure thereof so long as Tenant’s Parent, Tenant or such Affiliate reports such information in a timely manner consistent with historical practices and SEC disclosure requirements. Tenant agrees to provide such other reasonable information and, if necessary, reasonable participation in road shows and other presentations at Landlord’s or MGM REIT’s sole cost and expense, with respect to Tenant and its Leased Property to facilitate a public or private debt or equity offering or syndication by Landlord or MGM REIT or any direct or indirect parent entity of Landlord or MGM REIT or to satisfy MGM REIT’s or Landlord’s SEC disclosure requirements or the disclosure requirements of any direct or indirect parent entity of Landlord or MGM REIT. In this regard, Landlord shall provide to Tenant a copy of any information prepared by Landlord to be published, and Tenant shall have a reasonable period of time (not to exceed three (3) Business Days) after receipt of such information to notify Landlord of any corrections.

(c)       Except as provided in clause (a) or (b) above, nothing herein shall permit the disclosure of Confidential Information regarding Tenant, Tenant’s Parent or their Affiliates to any Tenant Competitor.

23.3      Financial Covenants .  Tenant’s Parent on a consolidated basis with Tenant shall maintain a ratio of EBITDA (plus, without duplication, any rent expense associated with any ground leases pursuant to which Tenant’s Parent or any of its Subsidiaries leases real property, and Rent under this Master Lease (as may be amended from time to time)) to Rent determined on the last day of any fiscal quarter on a cumulative basis for the preceding Test Period (commencing with the Test Period ending on December 31, 2016) of at least 1.1:1. In the event that Tenant’s interest in this Master Lease is assigned, the foregoing financial covenant shall apply on a consolidated basis to such successor Tenant and any parent entity(ies) of any successor Tenant that has provided a Guaranty.

23.4      Landlord Obligations .  Landlord acknowledges and agrees that certain of the information contained in the Financial Statements or any other information provided by Tenant may be non-public financial or operational information with respect to Tenant and/or the Leased Property. Landlord further agrees (i) to maintain the confidentiality of such non-public information; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 23.2(a) hereof or otherwise herein, Landlord shall have the right to share such information with MGM REIT and Operating Partnership and their respective officers, employees, directors, Facility Mortgagee, agents and lenders party to material debt instruments entered into by MGM REIT, Operating Partnership or Landlord, actual or prospective arrangers, underwriters, investors or lenders with respect to Indebtedness or Equity Interests that may be issued by MGM REIT, Operating Partnership or Landlord, rating agencies, accountants, attorneys and other consultants (the “ Landlord Representatives ”), provided, that (x) such Landlord Representative is advised of the confidential nature of such information and agrees, to the extent such information is not publicly available, to maintain the confidentiality thereof pursuant to Section 23.2(a) or pursuant to confidentiality provisions substantially similar thereto (or in accordance with the standard syndication process or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, including “click through” or other affirmative actions on the part of the recipient to receive such information) and to comply with all federal, state and other securities laws applicable with respect to such information and (y) such information shall not be disclosed to any Tenant Competitor and (ii) that neither it nor any

 

87


Landlord Representative shall be permitted to engage in any transactions with respect to the stock or other equity or debt securities or syndicated loans of Tenant or Tenant’s Parent based on any such non-public information provided by or on behalf of Landlord, Operating Partnership or MGM REIT (provided, that this provision shall not govern the provision of information by Tenant or Tenant’s Parent). In addition to the foregoing, Landlord agrees that, upon request of Tenant, it shall from time to time provide such information as may be reasonably requested by Tenant with respect to Landlord’s capital structure and/or any financing secured by this Master Lease or the Leased Property in connection with Tenant’s review of the treatment of this Master Lease under GAAP. In connection therewith, Tenant agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any such non-public information; provided, however, Tenant shall have the right to share such information with Tenant’s Parent and their respective officers, employees, directors, Permitted Leasehold Mortgagees, agents and lenders party to material debt instruments entered into by Tenant or Tenant’s Parent, actual or prospective arrangers, underwriters, investors or lenders with respect to Indebtedness or Equity Interests that may be issued by Tenant or Tenant’s Parent, rating agencies, accountants, attorneys and other consultants (the “ Tenant Representatives ”) so long as such Tenant Representative is advised of the confidential nature of such information and agrees, to the extent such information is not publicly available, (i) to maintain the confidentiality thereof pursuant to Section 23.2(a) or pursuant to confidentiality provisions substantially similar thereto (or in accordance with the standard syndication process or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, including “click through” or other affirmative actions on the part of the recipient to receive such information) and to comply with all federal, state and other securities laws applicable with respect to such information and (ii) not to engage in any transactions with respect to the stock or other equity or debt securities or syndicated loans of MGM REIT, Operating Partnership or Landlord based on any such non-public information provided by or on behalf of Tenant or Tenant’s Parent (provided, that this provision shall not govern the provision of information by Landlord, Operating Partnership or MGM REIT).

ARTICLE XXIV

LANDLORD’S RIGHT TO INSPECT

24.1      Landlord s Right to Inspect .  Subject to any restrictions imposed by any Gaming Regulations or Gaming Authorities, upon reasonable advance notice to Tenant, Tenant shall permit Landlord and its authorized representatives to inspect its Leased Property during usual business hours. Landlord shall take care to minimize disturbance of the operations on the Leased Property, except in the case of emergency. Landlord shall indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from and against any claims, losses, costs or expenses arising as a result of Landlord’s or its representative’s entry onto the Leased Property.

ARTICLE XXV

NO WAIVER

25.1      No Waiver .  No delay, omission or failure by Landlord or Tenant to insist upon the strict performance of any term hereof or to exercise any right, power or remedy hereunder and no acceptance of full or partial payment of Rent during the continuance of any default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or constitute a waiver of any such breach or of any

 

88


such term. No waiver of any breach shall affect or alter this Master Lease, which shall continue in full force and effect with respect to any other then existing or subsequent breach.

ARTICLE XXVI

REMEDIES CUMULATIVE

26.1      Remedies Cumulative .  Unless otherwise provided herein and to the extent permitted by law, each legal, equitable or contractual right, power and remedy of Landlord now or hereafter provided either in this Master Lease or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power and remedy and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by Landlord of any one or more of such rights, powers and remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or subsequent exercise by Landlord of any or all of such other rights, powers and remedies.

ARTICLE XXVII

ACCEPTANCE OF SURRENDER

27.1      Acceptance of Surrender .  No surrender to Landlord of this Master Lease or of any Leased Property or any part thereof, or of any interest therein, shall be valid or effective unless agreed to and accepted in writing by Landlord, and no act by Landlord or any representative or agent of Landlord, other than such a written acceptance by Landlord, shall constitute an acceptance of any such surrender.

ARTICLE XXVIII

NO MERGER

28.1      No Merger .  There shall be no merger of this Master Lease or of the Leasehold Estate created hereby by reason of the fact that the same Person may acquire, own or hold, directly or indirectly, (i) this Master Lease or the Leasehold Estate created hereby or any interest in this Master Lease or such Leasehold Estate and (ii) the fee estate in the Leased Property.

ARTICLE XXIX

CONVEYANCE BY LANDLORD

29.1      Conveyance by Landlord .  If Landlord or any successor owner of the Leased Property shall convey the Leased Property in accordance with Section 18.1 and the other terms of this Master Lease other than as security for a debt, and the grantee or transferee expressly assumes all obligations of Landlord arising after the date of the conveyance, Landlord or such successor owner, as the case may be, shall thereupon be released from all future liabilities and obligations of Landlord under this Master Lease arising or accruing from and after the date of such conveyance or other transfer and all such future liabilities and obligations shall thereupon be binding upon the new owner.

 

89


ARTICLE XXX

QUIET ENJOYMENT

30.1      Quiet Enjoyment .  So long as Tenant shall pay the Rent as the same becomes due and shall fully comply with all of the terms of this Master Lease and fully perform its obligations hereunder, Tenant shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Leased Property for the Term, free of any claim or other action by Landlord or anyone claiming by, through or under Landlord, but subject to all liens and encumbrances of record as of the Commencement Date or specifically provided for in this Master Lease or consented to by Tenant in writing. No failure by Landlord to comply with the foregoing covenant shall give Tenant any right to cancel or terminate this Master Lease or abate, reduce or make a deduction from or offset against the Rent or any other sum payable under this Master Lease, or to fail to perform any other obligation of Tenant hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant shall have the right, by separate and independent action to pursue any claim it may have against Landlord as a result of a breach by Landlord of the covenant of quiet enjoyment contained in this Article XXX .

ARTICLE XXXI

LANDLORD’S FINANCING

31.1      Landlord s Financing .  Without the consent of Tenant, Landlord may from time to time, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause to exist any Facility Mortgage upon the Leased Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.   This Master Lease is and at all times shall be subject and subordinate to any such Facility Mortgage which may now or hereafter affect the Leased Property or any portion thereof or interest therein and to all renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements, restatements and extensions thereof or any parts or portions thereof; provided, however, that the subjection and subordination of this Master Lease and Tenant’s leasehold interest hereunder to any Facility Mortgage or any Foreclosure Purchaser (as defined below) shall be conditioned upon the execution by the holder of each Facility Mortgage and delivery to Tenant of a subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 and with respect to any Facility Mortgage on any vessel or barge, Landlord shall be required to deliver such subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement to Tenant from each holder of a Facility Mortgage on such vessel or barge prior to the recording or registration of such Facility Mortgage on such vessel or barge in a manner that would, or the enforcement of remedies thereunder would, affect or disturb the rights of Tenant under this Master Lease or the provisions of Article XVII which benefit any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, in the case of any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee; provided, that upon the request of Landlord, such subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement shall be executed by Tenant as well as Landlord and be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 . Each such subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement shall bind such holder of such Facility Mortgage and its successors and assigns as well as any person who acquires any portion of the Leased Property by assignment or in a foreclosure or similar proceeding or in a transfer in lieu of any such foreclosure or a successor owner of the Leased Property as well as their respective successors and assigns (each, a “ Foreclosure Purchaser ”) and which shall provide that the holder of such Facility Mortgage,

 

90


and any Foreclosure Purchaser shall not disturb Tenant’s leasehold interest or possession of the Leased Property in accordance with the terms hereof, or any of Tenant’s rights, privileges and options, and shall give effect to this Master Lease, including the provisions of Article XVII which benefit any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (as if such Facility Mortgagee or Foreclosure Purchaser were the landlord under this Master Lease (it being understood that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time such parties shall be subject to the terms and provisions hereof concerning the exercise of rights and remedies upon such Event of Default including the provisions of Articles XVI and XXXVI )). In connection with the foregoing and at the request of Landlord, Tenant shall promptly execute a subordination, nondisturbance and attornment agreement, in form and substance substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Tenant, and the Facility Mortgagee or prospective Facility Mortgagee, as the case may be, which will incorporate the terms set forth in the preceding sentence. Except for the documents described in the preceding sentences, this provision shall be self-operative and no further instrument of subordination shall be required to give it full force and effect. If, in connection with obtaining any Facility Mortgage for the Leased Property or any portion thereof or interest therein, a Facility Mortgagee or prospective Facility Mortgagee shall request reasonable cooperation from Tenant, Tenant shall provide the same at no cost or expense to Tenant, it being understood and agreed that Landlord shall be required to reimburse Tenant for all such costs and expenses so incurred by Tenant, including, but not limited to, its reasonable attorneys’ fees.

31.2      Attornment .  If Landlord’s interest in the Leased Property or any portion thereof or interest therein is sold, conveyed or terminated upon the exercise of any remedy provided for in any Facility Mortgage Documents (or in lieu of such exercise), or otherwise by operation of law: (a) at the request and option of the new owner or superior lessor, as the case may be, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize the new owner or superior lessor as Tenant’s “landlord” under this Master Lease or enter into a new lease substantially in the form of this Master Lease with the new owner or superior lessor, and Tenant shall take such actions to confirm the foregoing within ten (10) Business Days after request; and (b) the new owner or superior lessor shall not be (i) liable for any act or omission of Landlord under this Master Lease occurring prior to such sale, conveyance or termination; (ii) subject to any offset, abatement or reduction of rent because of any default of Landlord under this Master Lease occurring prior to such sale, conveyance or termination; (iii) bound by any previous material modification or amendment to this Master Lease or any previous prepayment of more than one month’s rent, unless such material modification, amendment or prepayment shall have been approved in writing by such Facility Mortgagee (to the extent such approval was required at the time of such amendment or modification or prepayment under the terms of the applicable Facility Mortgage Documents) or, in the case of such prepayment, such prepayment of rent has actually been delivered to such new owner or superior lessor or in either case, such modification, amendment or prepayment occurred before Landlord provided Tenant with notice of the Facility Mortgage and the identity and address of the Facility Mortgagee; or (iv) liable for any security deposit or other collateral deposited or delivered to Landlord pursuant to this Master Lease unless such security deposit or other collateral has actually been delivered to such new owner or superior lessor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained in the preceding sentence shall lessen or affect the obligation of the then current Landlord pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof.

 

91


ARTICLE XXXII

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

32.1     Hazardous Substances .  Tenant shall not allow any Hazardous Substance to be located in, on, under or about the Leased Property or incorporated in any Facility; provided, however, that Hazardous Substances may be brought, kept, used or disposed of in, on or about the Leased Property in quantities and for purposes similar to those brought, kept, used or disposed of in, on or about similar facilities used for purposes similar to the Primary Intended Use or in connection with the construction of facilities similar to the applicable Facility or to the extent in existence at any Facility and which are brought, kept, used and disposed of in strict compliance with Legal Requirements. Tenant shall not allow the Leased Property to be used as a waste disposal site or for the manufacturing, handling, storage, distribution or disposal of any Hazardous Substance other than in the ordinary course of the business conducted at the Leased Property and in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements.

32.2      Notices .  Tenant shall provide to Landlord, within five (5) Business Days after Tenant’s receipt thereof, a copy of any notice, or notification with respect to, (i) any violation of a Legal Requirement relating to Hazardous Substances located in, on, or under the Leased Property or any adjacent property; (ii) any enforcement or other governmental or regulatory action instituted, completed or threatened with respect to the Leased Property; (iii) any claim made or threatened by any Person against Tenant or the Leased Property relating to damage, contribution, cost recovery, compensation, loss, or injury resulting from or claimed to result from any Hazardous Substance; and (iv) any reports made to any federal, state or local environmental agency arising out of or in connection with the release of any Hazardous Substance in, on, under or removed from the Leased Property, including any complaints, notices, warnings or assertions of violations in connection therewith.

32.3      Remediation .  If Tenant becomes aware of a violation of any Legal Requirement relating to any Hazardous Substance in, on, under or about the Leased Property or any adjacent property, or if Tenant, Landlord or the Leased Property becomes subject to any order of any federal, state or local agency to repair, close, detoxify, decontaminate or otherwise remediate Hazardous Substance in, on, under or about the Leased Property, Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord of such event and, at its sole cost and expense, cure such violation or effect such repair, closure, detoxification, decontamination or other remediation. If Tenant fails to implement and diligently pursue any such cure, repair, closure, detoxification, decontamination or other remediation, Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to carry out such action and to recover from Tenant all of Landlord’s costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith.

32.4      Indemnity .  Tenant shall indemnify, defend, protect, save, hold harmless, and reimburse Landlord for, from and against any and all costs, losses (including, losses of use or economic benefit or diminution in value), liabilities, damages, assessments, lawsuits, deficiencies, demands, claims and expenses (collectively, “ Environmental Costs ”) (whether or not arising out of third-party claims and regardless of whether liability without fault is imposed, or sought to be imposed, on Landlord) incurred in connection with, arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, the following, but only to the extent such occurs before or during (but not after) the Term and is not caused solely by the actions of Landlord: (i) the production,

 

92


use, generation, storage, treatment, transporting, disposal, discharge, release or other handling or disposition of any Hazardous Substances from, in, on or about the Leased Property (collectively, “ Handling ”), including the effects of such Handling of any Hazardous Substances on any Person or property within or outside the boundaries of the Leased Property, (ii) the presence of any Hazardous Substances in, on, under or about the Leased Property and (iii) the violation of any Environmental Law. “Environmental Costs” include interest, costs of response, removal, remedial action, containment, cleanup, investigation, design, engineering and construction, damages (including actual and consequential damages) for personal injuries and for injury to, destruction of or loss of property or natural resources, relocation or replacement costs, penalties, fines, charges or expenses, attorney’s fees, expert fees, consultation fees, and court costs, and all amounts paid in investigating, defending or settling any of the foregoing.

Without limiting the scope or generality of the foregoing, Tenant expressly agrees that, in the event of a breach by Tenant in its obligations under this Section 32.4 that is not cured within any applicable cure period, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for any and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord in connection with, arising out of, resulting from or incident to, directly or indirectly, before (with respect to any period of time in which Tenant or its Affiliate was in possession and control of the applicable Leased Property) or during (but not after) the Term or such portion thereof during which the Leased Property is leased to Tenant of the following:

(a)       in investigating any and all matters relating to the Handling of any Hazardous Substances, in, on, from, under or about the Leased Property;

(b)       in bringing the Leased Property into compliance with all Legal Requirements; and

(c)       in removing, treating, storing, transporting, cleaning-up and/or disposing of any Hazardous Substances used, stored, generated, released or disposed of in, on, from, under or about the Leased Property or off-site other than in the ordinary course of the business conducted at the Leased Property and in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements.

If any claim is made by Landlord for reimbursement for Environmental Costs incurred by it hereunder, Tenant agrees to pay such claim promptly, and in any event to pay such claim within sixty (60) calendar days after receipt by Tenant of Notice thereof and any amount not so paid within such sixty (60) calendar day period shall bear interest at the Overdue Rate from the date due to the date paid in full.

32.5      Environmental Inspections .  In the event Landlord has a reasonable basis to believe that Tenant is in breach of its obligations under this Article XXXII , Landlord shall have the right, from time to time, during normal business hours and upon not less than five (5) days’ Notice to Tenant, except in the case of an emergency in which event no notice shall be required, to conduct an inspection of the Leased Property to determine the existence or presence of Hazardous Substances on or about the Leased Property. Landlord shall have the right to enter and inspect the Leased Property, conduct any testing, sampling and analyses it deems necessary and shall have the right to inspect materials brought into the Leased Property. Landlord may, in its discretion, retain such experts to conduct the inspection, perform the tests referred to herein,

 

93


and to prepare a written report in connection therewith. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Landlord under this Section 32.5 shall be paid on demand as Additional Charges by Tenant to Landlord. Failure to conduct an environmental inspection or to detect unfavorable conditions if such inspection is conducted shall in no fashion be intended as a release of any liability for environmental conditions subsequently determined to be associated with or to have occurred during Tenant’s tenancy. Tenant shall remain liable for any environmental condition related to or having occurred during its tenancy regardless of when such conditions are discovered and regardless of whether or not Landlord conducts an environmental inspection at the termination of this Master Lease. The obligations set forth in this Article XXXII shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Master Lease.

ARTICLE XXXIII

MEMORANDUM OF LEASE

33.1     Memorandum of Lease .  Landlord and Tenant shall enter into one or more short form memoranda of this Master Lease, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G . Tenant shall pay all costs and expenses of recording any such memorandum and shall fully cooperate with Landlord in removing from record any such memorandum upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term with respect to the applicable Facility.

ARTICLE XXXIV

APPOINTING EXPERTS

34.1      Expert Dispute Resolution Process .

(a)        In the event that the opinion of “Experts” is required under this Master Lease, Landlord and Tenant shall negotiate in good faith for no longer than ten (10) Business Days to appoint a single Expert. If Landlord and Tenant have not been able to reach agreement on such Person after such ten (10) Business Days of good faith negotiations, then Landlord and Tenant shall each within ten (10) Business Days after either party notifying the other of the need to appoint Experts and the subject matter of the dispute, appoint an Expert and Landlord’s and Tenant’s Experts shall, within ten (10) Business Days of their appointment, jointly appoint a third Expert (such three Experts, or such single Expert agreed upon by Landlord and Tenant, as applicable, shall be referred to herein as the “ Experts ”). The three Experts so appointed, if applicable, shall make all decisions by majority vote of such Experts. If the two Experts so appointed are unable to appoint a third Expert within such ten (10) Business Day period, then either Landlord or Tenant may ask any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint the third Expert. If either Landlord or Tenant fails to timely appoint an Expert, the Expert appointed by the other party shall be the sole Expert in determining the relevant matter. Each Expert appointed hereunder shall have at least ten (10) years of experience valuing commercial real estate and/or in leasing or with respect to the matters to be determined, as applicable with respect to any of the matters to be determined by the Experts.

 

94


(b)       Once the Expert or Experts are selected, either by agreement of the parties or by selection of separate Experts followed by the appointment of a third Expert, the Experts will determine the matter in question, by proceeding as follows:

(i)        In the case of Experts required for the purposes of the definition of Allocable Rent Amount, Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of the relative fair value of each Facility in accordance with GAAP. The Experts will determine which determination of relative fair value most closely approximates the relative fair value of such Facility and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts in writing of their decision as the conclusive determination of relative fair value.

(ii)       In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 10.3 , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts the Tenant FMV Notice and the Landlord FMV Notice. The Experts may only select either the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price set forth in the Tenant FMV Notice or the Landlord FMV Notice and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts in writing of their selection of either the Tenant FMV Notice or the Landlord FMV Notice as the conclusive determination of the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price. In the event that the Landlord FMV Notice identifies any disagreement regarding which Capital Improvements constitute Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements, the Experts shall, within thirty (30) days of submission of the matter to the Experts select either the Landlord FMV Notice or the Tenant FMV Notice as the conclusive determination of the identity of all Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvements. The party whose notice was not so selected may then amend the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price set forth in such party’s Landlord FMV Notice or Tenant FMV Notice, as applicable, within ten (10) Business Days thereof and the Experts shall within ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such amended Landlord FMV Notice or Tenant FMV Notice, select either the Landlord FMV Notice or Tenant FMV Notice (as so revised, as applicable) as the conclusive determination of the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price in accordance with the foregoing procedure.

(iii)      In the case of Experts required for the purposes of Section 3.5 hereof, Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of Fair Market Rent of each Appraiser. The Experts will determine which determination of Fair Market Rent most closely approximates Fair Market Rent and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts in writing of their decision as the conclusive determination of Fair Market Rent.

(iv)      In the case of Experts required for the purposes of Section 5.1 hereof, Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of the allocation of Title Insurance Proceeds. The Experts will determine which determination of such allocation is most appropriate and may not select any other allocation or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties within thirty (30) days of

 

95


the submission of the matter to the Experts in writing of their decision as the conclusive determination of the allocation of Title Insurance Proceeds.

(v)       In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 14.2(b) or (c) , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations for fair market value of the relevant Facility. The Experts may only select either the fair market value set forth by Landlord or by Tenant and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their selection of either Tenant’s or Landlord’s determination of fair market value as the conclusive determination of the fair market value.

(vi)      In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 14.2(g) , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of the amount of the relevant Casualty Shortfall. The Experts may only select either the amount of the Casualty Shortfall set forth by Landlord or by Tenant and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their selection of either Tenant’s or Landlord’s determination of the amount of the Casualty Shortfall as the conclusive determination of the Casualty Shortfall .

(vii)     In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 14.3 , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of pro forma Net Revenue of the relevant Facility. The Experts may only select either the pro forma Net Revenue set forth by Landlord or by Tenant and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their selection of either Tenant’s or Landlord’s determination of such pro forma Net Revenue as the conclusive determination of such pro forma Net Revenue.

(viii)    In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 15.1 , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of the percentage of a Facility taken by Condemnation and/or the fair market value of the relevant Facility. The Experts may only select either the percentage of a Facility and/or the fair market value set forth by Landlord or Tenant and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their selection of either Tenant’s or Landlord’s determination of the percentage of a Facility and/or the fair market value as the conclusive determination of such percentage and/or fair market value.

(ix)      In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 15.1(c) , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of the relative values of the property taken by Condemnation and the portion of the affected Facility remaining subject to the Master Lease. The Experts may only select either such relative values set forth by Landlord or Tenant and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their selection of either Tenant’s or

 

96


Landlord’s determination of such relative values as the conclusive determination of such relative values.

(x)       In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 16.1 , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective written descriptions of the events giving rise to Landlord’s belief that an Event of Default exists. The Experts may only determine whether or not the Event of Default alleged by Landlord has occurred and may not make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their determination as to whether or not such an Event of Default has occurred as the conclusive determination such matter.

(xi)      In the case of Experts required for the purpose of Section 36.1 , Landlord and Tenant shall submit to the Experts their respective determinations of the Tenant’s Property FMV. The Experts may only select either the Tenant’s Property FMV set forth by Landlord or Tenant and may not select any other amount or make any other determination (and the Experts shall be so instructed). The Experts shall notify the parties in writing within thirty (30) days of the submission of the matter to the Experts of their determination of the Tenant’s Property FMV as the conclusive determination of such matter.

(c)       In each case, the Experts will make the relevant determination by a “baseball arbitration” proceeding with the Experts limited to awarding only one or the other of the two positions submitted (and not any position in between or other compromise or ruling not consistent with one of the two positions submitted), which shall then be final and binding on the parties and not subject to appeal or court review. Either party may seek an order of a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce such determination. The Experts, in their sole discretion, shall consider any and all materials that they deem relevant, except that there shall be no live hearings and the parties shall not be permitted to take discovery. The Experts may submit written questions or information requests to the parties, and the parties may respond with written materials within a time frame set by the Experts to allow the Experts to make the relevant determination in the time allowed pursuant to this Section 34.1 .

(d)       All communications between a party and the Experts shall also be copied to the other party. The parties shall cooperate in good faith to facilitate the valuation or other determination by the Experts.

(e)       Each of Landlord and Tenant shall pay the cost of the Expert appointed by it. The costs of the third Expert engaged with respect to any issue under Section 34.1 of this Master Lease shall be borne by the party against whom the Experts rule on such issue. If Landlord pays such Expert and is the prevailing party, such costs shall be Additional Charges hereunder and if Tenant pays such Expert and is the prevailing party, such costs shall be a credit against the next Rent payment hereunder.

 

97


ARTICLE XXXV

NOTICES

35.1     Notices .  Any notice, request or other communication to be given by any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, by hand delivery or nationally recognized express courier service to the following address:

 

To Tenant:   
  

Attention:

Email:

With a copy to:

(that shall not

constitute notice)

  

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention:  Michael Aiello

                  W. Michael Bond

Email: michael.aiello@weil.com

              michael.bond@weil.com

To Landlord:   
  

Attention:

Email:

And with copy to

(which shall not

constitute notice):

  

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

Attention:  Michael Aiello

                  W. Michael Bond

Email: michael.aiello@weil.com

              michael.bond@weil.com

or to such other address as either party may hereafter designate. Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery if such delivery is made on a Business Day, or if not, on the first Business Day after delivery. If delivery is refused, Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date delivery was first attempted. A confirmatory copy of any such notice shall also be sent by email.

 

98


ARTICLE XXXVI

TRANSITION UPON EXPIRATION OR TERMINATION

36.1      Transfer of Tenant s Assets at the Facilities .  Upon the written notice (an “ End of Term Asset Transfer Notice ”) of (i) upon expiration or earlier termination of the Term, Landlord or (ii) upon expiration of the Term at the end of the fourth (4th) Renewal Term, Tenant, in each case at least six months prior to the expiration (or, if applicable, within ten (10) days following the earlier termination) of the Term, in the case of clause (i), Landlord may require that Tenant sell, or, in the case of clause (ii), Tenant may require that Landlord buy, as applicable, all tangible personal property constituting Tenant’s Property (including Gaming Equipment and hotel furniture, fixtures and equipment, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Tenant’s business operations, Tenant’s Intellectual Property, Gaming Licenses, Excluded Assets, customer lists and other proprietary information used by Tenant in connection with its business operations and any Tenant Capital Improvements) for consideration to be received by Tenant (or its Subsidiaries) from Landlord in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Tenant’s Property (the “ Tenant s Property FMV ”). Within ten (10) Business Days of Landlord’s delivery or receipt of an End of Term Asset Transfer Notice, Landlord shall notify Tenant in writing of Landlord’s good faith determination of the Tenant’s Property FMV. If Tenant disagrees with Landlord’s determination of the Tenant’s Property FMV, Tenant shall, within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of Landlord’s determination, notify Landlord in writing of Tenant’s determination of Tenant’s Property FMV. Landlord and Tenant shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon the Tenant’s Property FMV for an additional thirty (30) day period and if Landlord and Tenant are unable to agree during such 30 day period, the Tenant’s Property FMV will be determined by Experts in accordance with Section 34.1. Following the determination of the Tenant’s Property FMV, Landlord shall, on the later of ten (10) Business Days following such determination and the expiration of the Term, pay to Tenant or Tenant’s designee an amount equal to the Tenant’s Property FMV and Tenant shall sell, transfer and assign (subject to compliance with any applicable Gaming Regulations) all of Tenant’s right, title and interest in such Tenant’s Property to Landlord or Landlord’s designee free and clear of any liens or encumbrances but on an “as-is” basis with no representations or warranties whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, it shall be a condition precedent to Tenant’s obligation to transfer any of Tenant’s Property pursuant to this Article XXXVI that the transferee shall comply with all Legal Requirements, including any Gaming Regulations with respect to the ownership of such property.

ARTICLE XXXVII

ATTORNEY’S FEES

37.1      Attorneys Fees .  If Landlord or Tenant brings an action or other proceeding against the other to enforce or interpret any of the terms, covenants or conditions hereof or any instrument executed pursuant to this Master Lease, or by reason of any breach or default hereunder or thereunder, the party prevailing in any such action or proceeding and any appeal thereupon shall be paid all of its costs and reasonable outside attorneys’ fees incurred therein. In addition to the foregoing and other provisions of this Master Lease that specifically require Tenant to reimburse, pay or indemnify against Landlord’s attorneys’ fees, Tenant shall pay, as

 

99


Additional Charges, all of Landlord’s reasonable outside attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the enforcement of this Master Lease (except to the extent provided above), including reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with the review, negotiation or documentation of any subletting, assignment, or management arrangement or any consent requested in connection therewith, and the collection of past due Rent.

ARTICLE XXXVIII

BROKERS

38.1      Brokers .  Tenant warrants that it has not had any contact or dealings with any Person or real estate broker which would give rise to the payment of any fee or brokerage commission in connection with this Master Lease, and Tenant shall indemnify, protect, hold harmless and defend Landlord from and against any liability with respect to any fee or brokerage commission arising out of any act or omission of Tenant. Landlord warrants that it has not had any contact or dealings with any Person or real estate broker which would give rise to the payment of any fee or brokerage commission in connection with this Master Lease, and Landlord shall indemnify, protect, hold harmless and defend Tenant from and against any liability with respect to any fee or brokerage commission arising out of any act or omission of Landlord.

ARTICLE XXXIX

OFAC

39.1      Anti-Terrorism Representations .

(a)       Landlord and Tenant each hereby represent and warrant that neither they, nor, to the their knowledge, MGM REIT or Tenant’s Parent, as applicable, is (i) in material violation of any sanctions program that is established by Executive Order of the President or published by the Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury (“ OFAC ”); (ii) in material violation of the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 5, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-06, the Patriot Act, Public Law 107-56, Executive Order 13224 (September 23, 2001) or any Executive Order of the President issued pursuant to such statutes; or (iii) named on the following list that is published by OFAC: “List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” (collectively, “ Prohibited Persons ”).

(b)       Neither Landlord nor Tenant will, during the Term of this Master Lease, knowingly engage in any transactions or dealings, or knowingly be otherwise associated with, any Prohibited Persons in connection with the ownership, or use or occupancy of, the Leased Property, as applicable. A breach of the representations (being untrue at any time during the Term) or covenants contained in this Section 39.1 by Landlord or Tenant as a result of which the other party suffers actual damages shall constitute a material breach of this Master Lease and shall entitle the other party to any and all remedies available hereunder, or at law or in equity.

 

100


ARTICLE XL

REIT REQUIREMENTS

40.1      REIT Protection .  (a) The parties hereto intend that Rent and other amounts paid by Tenant hereunder will qualify as “rents from real property” within the meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, or any similar or successor provision thereto and this Master Lease shall be interpreted consistent with this intent.

(b)       Anything contained in this Master Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, Tenant shall not without Landlord’s advance written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) (i) except with respect to the Identified Subleases, sublet, assign or enter into a management arrangement for the Leased Property on any basis such that the rental or other amounts to be paid by the subtenant, assignee or manager thereunder would be based, in whole or in part, on either (x) the income or profits derived by the business activities of the subtenant, assignee or manager or (y) any other formula such that any portion of any amount received by Landlord would fail to qualify as “rents from real property” within the meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, or any similar or successor provision thereto; (ii) sublet, assign or enter into a management arrangement for the Leased Property to or with any Person (other than a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code) of MGM REIT) in which MGM REIT owns an interest, directly or indirectly (by applying constructive ownership rules set forth in Section 856(d)(5) of the Code); or (iii) sublet, assign or enter into a management arrangement for the Leased Property in any other manner which could cause any portion of the amounts received by Landlord pursuant to this Master Lease or any sublease to fail to qualify as “rents from real property” within the meaning of Section 856(d) of the Code, or any similar or successor provision thereto, or which could cause any other income of Landlord to fail to qualify as income described in Section 856(c)(2) of the Code. The requirements of this Section 40.1(b) shall likewise apply to any further subleasing by any subtenant.

(c)       Anything contained in this Master Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, the parties acknowledge and agree that Landlord, in its sole discretion, may assign this Master Lease or any interest herein to another Person (including without limitation, a “taxable REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code)) in order to maintain MGM REIT’s status as a “real estate investment trust” (within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code); provided, however, Landlord shall be required to (i) comply with any applicable legal requirements related to such transfer and (ii) give Tenant notice of any such assignment; and provided, further, that any such assignment shall be subject to all of the rights of Tenant hereunder.

(d)       Anything contained in this Master Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, upon request of Landlord, Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in good faith and at no cost or expense to Tenant, and provide such documentation and/or information as may be in Tenant’s possession or under Tenant’s control and otherwise readily available to Tenant as shall be reasonably requested by Landlord in connection with verification of MGM REIT’s “real estate investment trust” (within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code) compliance requirements. Anything contained in this Master Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, Tenant shall take such reasonable action as may be requested by Landlord from time to time in order to

 

101


ensure compliance with the Internal Revenue Service requirement that Rent allocable for purposes of Section 856 of the Code to personal property, if any, at the beginning and end of a calendar year does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total Rent due hereunder as long as such compliance does not (i) increase Tenant’s monetary obligations under this Master Lease or (ii) materially and adversely increase Tenant’s nonmonetary obligations under this Master Lease or (iii) materially diminish Tenant’s rights under this Master Lease.

ARTICLE XLI

MISCELLANEOUS

41.1      Survival .  Anything contained in this Master Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, all claims against, and liabilities and indemnities of Tenant or Landlord arising prior to the expiration or earlier termination of the Term shall survive such expiration or termination.

41.2      Severability .  If any term or provision of this Master Lease or any application thereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Master Lease and any other application of such term or provision shall not be affected thereby.

41.3      Non-Recourse .  Tenant specifically agrees to look solely to the Leased Property for recovery of any judgment from Landlord (and Landlord’s liability hereunder shall be limited solely to its interest in the Leased Property, and no recourse under or in respect of this Master Lease shall be had against any other assets of Landlord whatsoever). It is specifically agreed that no constituent partner in Landlord or officer or employee of Landlord shall ever be personally liable for any such judgment or for the payment of any monetary obligation to Tenant. The provision contained in the foregoing sentence is not intended to, and shall not, limit any right that Tenant might otherwise have to obtain injunctive relief against Landlord, or any action not involving the personal liability of Landlord. Furthermore, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in no event shall Landlord ever be liable to Tenant for any indirect or consequential damages suffered by Tenant from whatever cause. Neither Landlord nor Tenant shall be liable to the other, nor shall either make any claim against the other, for punitive damages.

41.4      Successors and Assigns .  This Master Lease shall be binding upon Landlord and its successors and assigns and, subject to the provisions of Article XXII , upon Tenant and its successors and assigns.

41.5      Governing Law .  THIS MASTER LEASE WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY. ACCORDINGLY, IN ALL RESPECTS THIS MASTER LEASE (AND ANY AGREEMENT FORMED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OR CONFLICTS OF LAW) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EXCEPT THAT ALL PROVISIONS HEREOF RELATING

 

102


TO THE CREATION OF THE LEASEHOLD ESTATE AND ALL REMEDIES SET FORTH IN ARTICLE XVI RELATING TO RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY OF ANY FACILITY (SUCH AS AN ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DETAINER, IN REM ACTION OR OTHER SIMILAR ACTION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED ACCORDING TO, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE LEASED PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

41.6      Waiver of Trial by Jury .  EACH OF LANDLORD AND TENANT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS HAD THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE WITH RESPECT TO ITS RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE. EACH OF LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS MASTER LEASE (OR ANY AGREEMENT FORMED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF) OR (ii) IN ANY MANNER CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF LANDLORD AND TENANT WITH RESPECT TO THIS MASTER LEASE (OR ANY AGREEMENT FORMED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF) OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREINAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; EACH OF LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT EITHER PARTY MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

41.7      Entire Agreement .  This Master Lease and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto constitute the entire and final agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be changed or modified except by an agreement in writing signed by the parties and, with respect to the provisions set forth in Section 40.1 , no such change or modification shall be effective without the explicit reference to such section by number and paragraph. Landlord and Tenant hereby agree that all prior or contemporaneous oral understandings, agreements or negotiations relative to the leasing of the Leased Property are merged into and revoked by this Master Lease.

41.8      Headings; Consent .  All titles and headings to sections, subsections, paragraphs or other divisions of this Master Lease are only for the convenience of the parties and shall not be construed to have any effect or meaning with respect to the other contents of such sections, subsections, paragraphs or other divisions, such other content being controlling as to the agreement among the parties hereto. When the consent of any party hereunder may not be unreasonably withheld, such consent also may not be unreasonably conditioned or delayed.

41.9      Counterparts .  This Master Lease may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be a valid and binding original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

103


41.10     Interpretation .  Both Landlord and Tenant have been represented by counsel and this Master Lease and every provision hereof has been freely and fairly negotiated. Consequently, all provisions of this Master Lease shall be interpreted according to their fair meaning and shall not be strictly construed against any party.

41.11     Time of Essence .  TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS MASTER LEASE AND EACH PROVISION HEREOF IN WHICH TIME OF PERFORMANCE IS ESTABLISHED.

41.12     Further Assurances .  The parties agree to promptly sign all documents reasonably requested to give effect to the provisions of this Master Lease.

41.13     Gaming Regulations .  (a)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Lease, this Master Lease and any agreement formed pursuant to the terms hereof are subject to the Gaming Regulations and the laws involving the sale, distribution and possession of alcoholic beverages (the “ Liquor Laws ”). Without limiting the foregoing, Landlord, and its respective Related Persons, successors and assigns acknowledges that (i) it is subject to being called forward by the Gaming Authority or governmental authority enforcing the Liquor Laws (the “ Liquor Authority ”), in each of their discretion, for licensing or a finding of suitability or to file or provide other information, and (ii) all rights, remedies and powers under this Master Lease and any agreement formed pursuant to the terms hereof, including with respect to the entry into and ownership and operation of the Gaming Facilities, and Landlord’s right to possession or control of Gaming Equipment, alcoholic beverages or a Gaming License or liquor license, may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provisions of the Gaming Regulations and Liquor Laws and only to the extent that required approvals (including prior approvals) are obtained from the requisite Gaming Authority and/or Liquor Authority.

(b)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Master Lease or any agreement formed pursuant to the terms hereof, each of Tenant, Landlord, and each of Tenant’s or Landlord’s successors and assigns agrees to cooperate with each Gaming Authority and each Liquor Authority in connection with the administration of their regulatory jurisdiction over the parties hereto and/or the Facilities, including, without limitation, the provision of such documents or other information as may be requested by any such Gaming Authorities and/or Liquor Authorities relating to Tenant, Landlord, Tenant’s or Landlord’s successors and assigns or to this Master Lease or any agreement formed pursuant to the terms hereof.

41.14     Certain Provisions of Nevada Law .  To the extent a Facility is located in Nevada, Landlord shall, pursuant to Section 108.2405(1)(b) of the Nevada Revised Statutes (“ NRS ”), record a written notice of waiver of Landlord’s rights set forth in NRS 108.234 with the office of the recorder of Clark County, Nevada before the commencement of construction of any work of improvement with respect to such Facility. Pursuant to NRS 108.2405(2), Landlord shall serve such notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the prime contractor of such work of improvement and all other lien claimants who may give the owner a notice of right to lien pursuant to NRS 108.245, within ten (10) days after Landlord’s receipt of a notice of right to lien or ten (10) days after the date on which the notice of waiver is recorded. Without limiting Tenant’s obligations with respect to Liens under this Master Lease, Tenant, upon the written

 

104


request of Landlord, shall fully bond or give such other security as may be reasonably required by Landlord to insure ultimate payment of any Lien filed against any portion of the Leased Property as a result of this Section 41.14 and to prevent any sale or forfeiture of the Leased Property or any Capital Improvement thereto or the Rent by reason of any such Lien.

41.15     Sale/Leaseback Accounting .  Landlord and Tenant agree to enter into any modifications to this Master Lease or such other agreements reasonably necessary, in the opinion of a “Big Four” accounting firm, to achieve “sale/leaseback accounting treatment” for Tenant; provided, that such modifications do not materially increase either party’s obligations, or materially diminish either parties rights, under the Master Lease or affect the other party’s tax or accounting treatment of the transactions contemplated by this Master Lease.

SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE

 

105


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Master Lease has been executed by Landlord and Tenant as of the date first written above.

 

LANDLORD :

[                    ]

By:        

 

  Name:
  Title:
TENANT :

[                    ]

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

S-1


EXHIBIT A

LIST OF FACILITIES

 

A-1


EXHIBIT B

LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS

[Part I Fee Property/Part II Ground Leased Property]

 

B-1


EXHIBIT C

DECONSOLIDATION GROWTH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

 

C-1


EXHIBIT D

GAMING LICENSES

 

D-1


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF GUARANTY

This GUARANTY OF MASTER LEASE (this “ Guaranty ”), is made and entered into as of the              day of, 2016 by and between MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL , a Delaware corporation, (“ Guarantor ”), and MGP Lessor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord ”).

RECITALS

A.        Landlord and MGM Lessee, LLC (“ Tenant ”) have entered into that certain Master Lease dated of even date herewith (as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Master Lease ”). All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings given such terms in the Master Lease.

B.        Guarantor is an affiliate of Tenant, will derive substantial benefits from the Master Lease and acknowledges and agrees that this Guaranty is given in accordance with the requirements of the Master Lease and that Landlord would not have been willing to enter into the Master Lease unless Guarantor was willing to execute and deliver this Guaranty.

AGREEMENTS

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of Landlord entering into the Master Lease with Tenant, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor agrees as follows:

1.           Guaranty .  In consideration of the benefit derived or to be derived by it therefrom, as to the Master Lease, from and after the Commencement Date thereof, Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, (i) the payment when due of all Rent and all other sums payable by Tenant under the Master Lease, and (ii) the faithful and prompt performance when due of each and every one of the terms, conditions and covenants to be kept and performed by Tenant under the Master Lease, including, without limitation, all indemnification obligations, insurance obligations, and all obligations to operate, rebuild, restore or replace any facilities or improvements now or hereafter located on the Leased Property covered by the Master Lease (collectively, the “ Obligations ”). In the event of the failure of Tenant to pay any such Rent or other sums, or to render any other performance required of Tenant under the Master Lease, when due or within any applicable cure period, Guarantor shall forthwith perform or cause to be performed all provisions of the Master Lease to be performed by Tenant thereunder, and pay all reasonable costs of collection or enforcement and other damages that may result from the non-performance thereof to the full extent provided under the Master Lease. As to the Obligations, Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty is without limit except as provided in Section 12 and 13 hereof. Guarantor agrees that its guarantee provided herein constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection.

2.           Survival of Obligations .  The obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall survive and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding:

 

E-1


(a)        any amendment, modification, or extension of the Master Lease pursuant to its terms;

(b)        any compromise, release, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction in respect of any terms of the Master Lease;

(c)        any substitution or release, in whole or part, of any security for this Guaranty which Landlord may hold at any time;

(d)        any exercise or non-exercise by Landlord of any right, power or remedy under or in respect of the Master Lease or any security held by Landlord with respect thereto, or any waiver of any such right, power or remedy or any other guarantor;

(e)        any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation, or the like of Tenant or any other guarantor;

(f)         any limitation of Tenant’s liability under the Master Lease or any limitation of Tenant’s liability thereunder which may now or hereafter be imposed by any statute, regulation or rule of law, or any illegality, irregularity, invalidity or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of the Master Lease or any term thereof;

(g)        except as otherwise expressly provided in the Master Lease, including, without limitation Section 1.5 and Article XXII, and subject to Section 13 hereof, any sale, lease, or transfer of all or any part of any interest in any Facility or any or all of the assets of Tenant to any other Person other than to Landlord;

(h)        any act or omission by Landlord with respect to any security instrument or any failure to file, record or otherwise perfect the same;

(i)         any extensions of time for performance under the Master Lease;

(j)         the release of Tenant from performance or observation of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in the Master Lease by operation of law or otherwise;

(k)        the fact that Tenant may or may not be personally liable, in whole or in part, under the terms of the Master Lease to pay any money judgment;

(l)         the failure to give Guarantor any notice of acceptance, default or otherwise;

(m)       any other guaranty now or hereafter executed by Guarantor or anyone else in connection with the Master Lease;

(n)        any rights, powers or privileges Landlord may now or hereafter have against any other Person; or

 

E-2


(o)        any other circumstances, whether or not Guarantor had notice or knowledge thereof.

This Guaranty shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, in whole or in part, as and when, and to the extent, expressly so provided under the terms of the Master Lease. In connection with any such termination or other limitation or modification to Guarantor’s Obligations hereunder, Landlord agrees to execute and deliver to Guarantor any releases, terminations or other documents reasonable requested by Guarantor to evidence any such termination, limitation or modification of this Guaranty.

3.            Primary Liability .  The liability of Guarantor with respect to the Master Lease shall be primary, direct and immediate, and Landlord may proceed against Guarantor: (a) prior to or in lieu of proceeding against Tenant, its assets, any security deposit, or any other guarantor; and (b) prior to or in lieu of pursuing any other rights or remedies available to Landlord. All rights and remedies afforded to Landlord by reason of this Guaranty or by law are separate, independent and cumulative, and the exercise of any rights or remedies shall not in any way limit, restrict or prejudice the exercise of any other rights or remedies.

In the event of any default under the Master Lease, a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor whether or not Tenant is joined therein or a separate action or actions are brought against Tenant. Landlord may maintain successive actions for other defaults. Landlord’s rights hereunder shall not be exhausted by its exercise of any of its rights or remedies or by any such action or by any number of successive actions until and unless all Obligations the payment and performance of which are hereby guaranteed have been paid and fully performed.

4.            Obligations Not Affected .  In such manner, upon such terms and at such times as Landlord in its sole discretion deems necessary or expedient, and without notice to Guarantor, Landlord may: (a) amend, alter, compromise, accelerate, extend or change the time or manner for the payment or the performance of any Obligation hereby guaranteed; (b) extend, amend or terminate the Master Lease; or (c) release Tenant by consent to any assignment (or otherwise) as to all or any portion of the Obligations hereby guaranteed, in each case pursuant to the terms of the Master Lease. Any exercise or non-exercise by Landlord of any right hereby given Landlord, dealing by Landlord with Guarantor or any other guarantor, Tenant or any other Person, or change, impairment, release or suspension of any right or remedy of Landlord against any Person including Tenant and any other guarantor will not affect any of the Obligations of Guarantor hereunder or give Guarantor any recourse or offset against Landlord.

5.            Waiver .  With respect to the Master Lease, Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes all rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to sureties and/or guarantors or any other accommodation parties, under any statutory provisions, common law or any other provision of law, custom or practice, and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such rights or remedies including, but not limited to:

 (a)        any right to require Landlord to proceed against Tenant or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by Landlord at any time or to pursue any other remedy in Landlord’s power before proceeding against Guarantor

 

E-3


or to require that Landlord cause a marshaling of Tenant’s assets or any assets given as collateral for this Guaranty, or to proceed against Tenant and/or any collateral held by Landlord at any time or in any particular order;

(b)        any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity or lack of authority of any other Person or Persons;

(c)        notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of Tenant, Landlord, any creditor of Tenant or Guarantor or on the part of any other Person whomsoever under this or any other instrument in connection with any obligation held by Landlord or in connection with any obligation hereby guaranteed;

(d)        any defense based upon an election of remedies by Landlord which destroys or otherwise impairs the subrogation rights of Guarantor or the right of Guarantor to proceed against Tenant for reimbursement, or both;

(e)        any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;

(f)        any duty on the part of Landlord to disclose to Guarantor any facts Landlord may now or hereafter know about Tenant, regardless of whether Landlord has reason to believe that any such facts materially increase the risk beyond that which Guarantor intends to assume or has reason to believe that such facts are unknown to Guarantor or has a reasonable opportunity to communicate such facts to Guarantor, it being understood and agreed that Guarantor is fully responsible for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Tenant and of all circumstances bearing on the risk of non-payment or non-performance of any Obligations hereby guaranteed;

(g)        any defense arising because of Landlord’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the federal Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the federal Bankruptcy Code;

(h)        any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the federal Bankruptcy Code; and

(i)         all rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors, including without limitation, any extension of time conferred by any law now or hereafter in effect and any requirement or notice of acceptance of this Guaranty or any other notice to which the undersigned may now or hereafter be entitled to the extent such waiver of notice is permitted by applicable law.

6.           Information .  Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition and assets of Tenant and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder and agrees that Landlord will not have any duty to advise Guarantor of information regarding such circumstances or risks.

 

E-4


7.           No Subrogation .  Until all Obligations of Tenant under the Master Lease have been satisfied and discharged in full, Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation and waives any right to enforce any remedy which Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Tenant (including any such remedy of Landlord) and any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security now or hereafter held by Landlord with respect to the Master Lease.

8.           Agreement to Comply with terms of Master Lease .  Guarantor hereby agrees (a) to comply with any terms of the Master Lease applicable to it, (b) that it shall take no action, and that it shall not omit to take any action, which action or omission, as applicable, would cause a breach of the terms of the Master Lease and (c) that it shall not commence an involuntary proceeding or file an involuntary petition in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of Tenant or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Tenant or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Tenant or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Tenant or any of its Significant Subsidiaries. As used herein, the term “Significant Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article I, Rule 1 02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

9.           Agreement to Pay; Contribution; Subordination .  Without limitation of any other right of Landlord at law or in equity, upon the failure of Tenant to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to Landlord in cash the amount of such unpaid Obligation. Upon payment by Guarantor of any sums to Landlord as provided above, all rights of Guarantor against Tenant arising as a result thereof by way of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall be subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 9. If for any reason whatsoever Tenant now or hereafter becomes indebted to Guarantor or any Affiliate of Guarantor, such indebtedness and all interest thereon shall at all times be subordinate to Tenant’s obligation to Landlord to pay as and when due in accordance with the terms of the Master Lease the guaranteed Obligations, it being understood that Guarantor and each Affiliate of Guarantor shall be permitted to receive payments from Tenant on account of such obligations except during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Master Lease relating to failure to pay amounts due under the Master Lease. During any time in which an Event of Default relating to failure to pay amounts due under the Master Lease has occurred and is continuing under the Master Lease (and provided that Guarantor has received written notice thereof), Guarantor agrees to make no claim for such indebtedness that does not recite that such claim is expressly subordinate to Landlord’s rights and remedies under the Master Lease.

10.         Application of Payments .  With respect to the Master Lease, and with or without notice to Guarantor, Landlord, in Landlord’s sole discretion and at any time and from time to time and in such manner and upon such terms as Landlord deems appropriate, may (a) apply any or all payments or recoveries following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default from Tenant or from any other guarantor under any other instrument or realized from any security, in such manner and order of priority as Landlord may determine, to

 

E-5


any obligation of Tenant with respect to the Master Lease and whether or not such obligation is guaranteed hereby or is otherwise secured, and (b) refund to Tenant any payment received by Landlord under the Master Lease.

11.         Guaranty Default .  Upon the failure of Guarantor to pay the amounts required to be paid hereunder when due following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Master Lease, Landlord shall have the right to bring such actions at law or in equity, including appropriate injunctive relief, as it deems appropriate to compel compliance, payment or deposit, and among other remedies to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees in any proceeding, including any appeal therefrom and any post judgment proceedings.

12.         Maximum Liability .  Guarantor and, by its acceptance of the guarantees provided herein, Landlord, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that the guarantees provided herein and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to the guarantees provided herein and the obligations of Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, Landlord hereby irrevocably agrees that the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in such obligations not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

13.         Release .  Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations (in whole or in part, as applicable) hereunder (other than with respect to amounts then due and payable by Guarantor) upon the consummation of a Tenant Change of Control permitted by the Master Lease, the result of which is that Tenant is neither wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by, nor under common Control with Guarantor; provided that Landlord shall have consented to such transaction to the extent such consent is required by the terms of the Master Lease; and provided further that no release of Guarantor shall be permitted to occur in a Foreclosure COC or Foreclosure Assignment.

14.         Notices .  Any notice, request or other communication to be given by any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, by hand delivery or express courier service, by facsimile transmission or by an overnight express service to the following address:

To Guarantor :

With a copy to

(that shall not constitute notice):

And with a copy to:

(that shall not constitute notice)

To Landlord :

MGP Lessor, LLC

 

E-6


And with a copy to

(which shall not constitute notice):

or to such other address as either party may hereafter designate. Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of delivery if such delivery is made on a Business Day, or if not, on the first Business Day after delivery. If delivery is refused, Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date delivery was first attempted. Notice sent by facsimile transmission shall be deemed given upon confirmation that such Notice was received at the number specified above or in a Notice to the sender.

15.         Miscellaneous .

(a)        No term, condition or provision of this Guaranty may be waived except by an express written instrument to that effect signed by Landlord. No waiver of any term, condition or provision of this Guaranty will be deemed a waiver of any other term, condition or provision, irrespective of similarity, or constitute a continuing waiver of the same term, condition or provision, unless otherwise expressly provided. No term, condition or provision of this Guaranty may be amended or modified with respect to Guarantor except by an express written instrument to that effect signed by Landlord and Guarantor.

(b)        If any one or more of the terms, conditions or provisions contained in this Guaranty is found in a final award or judgment rendered by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining terms, conditions and provisions of this Guaranty shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and this Guaranty shall be interpreted and construed as if the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable term, condition or provision had never been contained in this Guaranty.

(c)        THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK , EXCEPT THAT THE LAWS OF THE STATE WHERE THE LEASED PROPERTY IS LOCATED SHALL GOVERN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY (I) TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SET FORTH HEREIN WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE LEASED PROPERTY AND (II) FOR PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE. GUARANTOR CONSENTS TO IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION BEFORE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF NEW YORK AND AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES CONCERNING THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE HEARD IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. GUARANTOR FURTHER CONSENTS TO IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION BEFORE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS OF EACH STATE WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION COMMENCED BY LANDLORD SEEKING TO RETAKE POSSESSION OF ANY OR ALL OF THE LEASED PROPERTY IN WHICH GUARANTOR IS REQUIRED TO BE NAMED AS A NECESSARY PARTY. GUARANTOR AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE EFFECTED UPON IT UNDER ANY METHOD PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR, TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE

 

E-7


IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF, LOCATED IN THE STATE WHERE THE RELEVANT PORTION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY IS LOCATED.

(d)        GUARANTOR, BY ITS EXECUTION OF THIS GUARANTY, AND LANDLORD, BY ITS EXECUTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THIS GUARANTY, EACH HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT THERETO IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND ARISING ON, UNDER, OUT OF, BY REASON OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE INTERPRETATION, BREACH OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

(e)        In the event of any suit, action, arbitration or other proceeding to interpret this Guaranty, or to determine or enforce any right or obligation created hereby, the prevailing party in the action shall recover such party’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of appeal, post judgment enforcement proceedings (if any) and bankruptcy proceedings (if any). Any court, arbitrator or panel of arbitrators shall, in entering any judgment or making any award in any such suit, action, arbitration or other proceeding, in addition to any and all other relief awarded to such prevailing party, include in such judgment or award such party’s reasonable costs and expenses as provided in this Section 15(e).

(f)        Guarantor (i) represents that it has been represented and advised by counsel in connection with the execution of this Guaranty; (ii) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Master Lease; and (iii) further represents that Guarantor has been advised by counsel with respect thereto. This Guaranty shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the plain meaning of its language, and not for or against Guarantor or Landlord, and as a whole, giving effect to all of the terms, conditions and provisions hereof.

(g)        Except as provided in any other written agreement now or at any time hereafter in force between Landlord and Guarantor, this Guaranty shall constitute the entire agreement of Guarantor with Landlord with respect to the subject matter hereof, and no representation, understanding, promise or condition concerning the subject matter hereof will be binding upon Landlord or Guarantor unless expressed herein.

(h)        All stipulations, obligations, liabilities and undertakings under this Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Landlord and to the benefit of Landlord’s successors and assigns.

(i)        Whenever the singular shall be used hereunder, it shall be deemed to include the plural (and vice-versa) and reference to one gender shall be construed to include all other genders, including neuter, whenever the context of this Guaranty so requires. Section captions or headings used in the Guaranty are for convenience and reference only, and shall not affect the construction thereof.

(j)        This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be a valid and binding original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

E-8


16.         No Third Party Beneficiaries . The Landlord and its permitted successors and assigns is the beneficiary of this Guarantee. No other Person shall be a third-party beneficiary hereof. Without limiting the foregoing, no other creditor or equity holder of the Landlord, any parent company or its Subsidiaries shall have any rights or be entitled to any benefits hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, Guarantor hereby consents to the collateral assignment of this Guaranty to any Facility Mortgagee and agrees that any Person who succeeds to Landlord’s interest under the Master Lease in accordance with the terms thereof (or enters into a new lease with Tenant in accordance with Section 31.2 of the Master Lease) shall constitute a permitted successor and/or assignee and intended beneficiary hereof (and shall become, be recognized by Guarantor as, and have all of the rights of “Landlord” hereunder).

[Signature Page to Follow]

 

E-9


EXECUTED as of the date first set forth above.

 

GUARANTOR :

 

By:

Name:
Title:

 

LANDLORD :

 

By:

Name:
Title:

 

S-1


EXHIBIT F-1

FORM OF NONDISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT

(SUBLEASE)

This NON-DISTURBANCE AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated as of [                                  ], and is made by and among MGP LESSOR, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company, having an address at [ ] (together with its successors and assigns, “ Overlandlord ”), [and] [SUBTENANT], LLC, a [                          ] [                                      ], having an office at [                                                               ] (“ Subtenant ”) [and [LENDER] a [ ] [ ], having an address at [ ] (together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender” ),] 1 .

WHEREAS, by a Master Lease (as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented, the “ Master Lease ”) dated as of [                          ], 2016, between Overlandlord (or Overlandlord’s predecessor in interest) and [MGM LESSEE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company] (“ Sublandlord ”), Overlandlord leased to Sublandlord, among other things, certain real property and improvements located at [                          ] (the “ Property ”), a portion of which has been subleased by Sublandlord to Subtenant pursuant to the certain [SUBLEASE] dated as of [                          ] between Sublandlord and Subtenant (“ Sublease ”), as said portion of the Property is more particularly described in the Sublease (such portion of the Property hereinafter referred to as the “ Subleased Premises ”);

[WHEREAS, Lender has made or intends to make (or represents one or more lenders who have made or intend to make) one or more loans or other extensions of credit to Overlandlord, including extensions of credit in the form of letters of credit, secured interest rate hedging agreements and secured cash management agreements (the “ Extensions of Credit ”), which Extensions of Credit shall be evidenced by one or more loan or credit agreements or other agreements or instruments (as the same may be amended, modified, restated, severed, consolidated, renewed, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, collectively the “ Credit Agreements ”) and secured by, among other things, those certain [Mortgage or Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreements] (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, severed, split, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, collectively, the “ Mortgage ” and together with the Credit Agreements, the “ Financing Documents ”) encumbering [the Property, including the Subleased Premises];] 2

WHEREAS, Overlandlord[, Lender] and Subtenant desire to evidence their understanding with respect to the Master Lease[, the Mortgage] and the Sublease as hereinafter provided; and

 

1  NTD: Include bracketed language relating to Lender, Credit Agreements and Mortgage throughout this Agreement if Lender is signing the NDA as contemplated by Section 22.3(c) of the Master Lease. References to “Lender” may be modified to reflect an agent, trustee or other representative acting for a group of debt holders.

2  NTD: Subject to modification to reflect terms and type of financing secured by the applicable mortgage.

 

F1-1


WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 22.3 of the Master Lease, Overlandlord has agreed to deliver this Agreement and has agreed not to disturb Subtenant’s possessory rights in the Subleased Premises under the Sublease on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.         Subtenant covenants, stipulates and agrees that the Sublease and all of Subtenant’s right, title and interest in and to the Subleased Premises thereunder (including, but not limited to, any option to purchase, right of first refusal to purchase or right of first offer to purchase the Subleased Premises or any portion thereof) is hereby, and shall at all times continue to be, subordinated and made secondary and inferior in each and every respect to the Mortgage and the lien thereof, to all of the terms, conditions and provisions thereof and to any and all advances made or to be made thereunder, so that at all times the Mortgage shall be and remain a lien on the Property, including the Subleased Premises, prior to and superior to the Sublease for all purposes, subject to the provisions set forth herein. Such subordination is to have the same force and effect as if the Mortgage and such renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions had been executed, acknowledged, delivered and recorded prior to the Sublease, any amendments or modifications thereof and any notice thereof.

2.         Overlandlord [(and, if Lender exercises any of its rights under the Mortgage, including entry or foreclosure of the Mortgage or exercise of a power of sale under the Mortgage, Lender or any person who acquires any portion of the Property in a foreclosure or similar proceeding or in a transfer in lieu of any such foreclosure (a “ Foreclosing Party ”))] agrees that if Sublandlord’s interest in the Subleased Premises or any portion thereof or interest therein is sold, conveyed or terminated upon the exercise by Overlandlord [(or such Foreclosing Party)] of any remedy provided for in the Master Lease (or in lieu of such exercise) or otherwise by operation of law [(in each case, other than in connection with the expiration of the term of the Master Lease)] 3 [and notwithstanding any expiration of the Term of the Master Lease] 4 , Overlandlord [(or such Foreclosing Party)], or any person who acquires any portion of the Subleased Premises in such a sale or conveyance, (a) will not terminate or disturb Subtenant’s right to use, occupy and possess the Subleased Premises, nor any of Subtenant’s rights, privileges and options under the terms of the Sublease, so long as Subtenant is not in default beyond any applicable notice and cure period under any term, covenant or condition of the Sublease. In addition, Overlandlord or any person prosecuting such rights and remedies [(including a Foreclosing Party)] agrees that so long as the Sublease has not been terminated on account of Subtenant’s default that has continued beyond applicable notice and cure periods [and the term of the Master Lease has not expired] 5 , Overlandlord or such other person, as the case may be, shall not name or join Subtenant as a defendant in any exercise of Overlandlord’s or

 

3  NTD: Include bracketed language unless NDA relates to a Sublease with respect to which Overlandlord has consented to the term exceeding the term of the Master Lease pursuant to Section 22.3(d) of the Master Lease.

4  NTD: Include bracketed language where NDA relates to a Sublease with respect to which Overlandlord has consented to the term exceeding the term of the Master Lease pursuant to Section 22.3(d) of the Master Lease.

5  Same as footnote 3 above.

 

F1-2


such person’s rights and remedies arising upon a default under the Master Lease unless applicable law requires Subtenant to be made a party thereto as a condition to proceeding against Sublandlord. In the latter case, Overlandlord or any person prosecuting such rights and remedies may join Subtenant as a defendant in such action only for such purpose and not to terminate the Sublease or otherwise adversely affect Subtenant’s rights under the Sublease or this Agreement in such action [other than upon the expiration of the term of the Master Lease] 6 .

3.         If, at any time Overlandlord (or any person, or such person’s successors or assigns, who acquires the interest of Overlandlord under the Master Lease through foreclosure of a mortgage granted by Overlandlord or otherwise[, including a Foreclosing Party]) shall succeed to the rights of Sublandlord under the Master Lease or otherwise take possession of the Subleased Premises, Subtenant shall attorn to and recognize Overlandlord or such other person (herein sometimes called “ Successor Sublandlord ”) as Subtenant’s sublandlord under the Sublease and shall be bound by the provisions of Article XXXI of the Master Lease, mutatis mutandis , for the benefit of each Facility Mortgagee (as defined in the Master Lease), said attornment and agreement to be effective and self-operative without the execution of any further instruments.

4.         Subtenant shall honor and rely on any written demand or notice from [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord instructing Subtenant to pay rent or other sums to [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord rather than to Sublandlord (a “ Payment Demand ”), regardless of any other or contrary notice or instruction which Subtenant may receive from Sublandlord before or after Subtenant’s receipt of such Payment Demand[; provided that in the event of any conflict between a Payment Demand by Lender and a Payment Demand by Overlandlord or any successor Sublandlord, Subtenant shall honor and rely on such Payment Demand received from Lender in which case Subtenant shall be fully protected from any claim by Overlandlord arising as a result of Subtenant’s reliance on such Payment Demand by Lender].

5.         If Sublandlord’s interest in the Subleased Premises or any portion thereof or interest therein is sold, conveyed or terminated upon the exercise by Overlandlord [(or a Foreclosing Party)] of any remedy provided for in the Master Lease (or in lieu of such exercise) or otherwise by operation of law [(in each case, other than in connection with the expiration of the term of the Master Lease)] 7 , the Sublease shall continue as a direct sublease between Subtenant and Overlandlord (or any Successor Sublandlord [(including a Foreclosing Party, if applicable)]); provided, that Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord [(including a Foreclosing Party, if applicable)] shall not be:

(a)        liable for any act or omission of Sublandlord under the Sublease occurring prior to such sale, conveyance or termination;

(b)        obligated to cure any defaults of Sublandlord which occurred, or to make any payment to Subtenant which was required to be paid by Sublandlord, prior to

 

6  Same as footnote 3 above.

7  Same as footnote 3 above.

 

F1-3


such sale, conveyance or termination (excluding non-monetary defaults of Sublandlord of a continuing nature that are susceptible of cure);

(c)        obligated to perform any construction obligations of Sublandlord under the Sublease or liable for any defects (latent, patent or otherwise) in the design, workmanship, materials, construction or otherwise with respect to improvements and buildings constructed on the Property (excluding any continuing construction, maintenance or repair obligations of Sublandlord expressly provided for in the Sublease);

(d)        subject to any offset, abatement or reduction of rent because of any default of Sublandlord under the Sublease occurring prior to such sale, conveyance or termination;

(e)        bound by any previous material modification or amendment to the Sublease or any previous prepayment of more than one month’s rent, unless such material modification, amendment or prepayment shall have been approved in writing by Overlandlord (to the extent such approval was required at the time of such amendment or modification or prepayment under the terms of the Master Lease) [and by Lender (to the extent such approval was required at the time of such amendment or modification or prepayment under the terms of the Financing Documents)] or, in the case of such prepayment, such prepayment of rent has actually been delivered to Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord [(or in the case of a Foreclosing Party, to such Foreclosing Party or any person becoming a Successor Sublandlord after the applicable foreclosure or transfer in lieu)]; or

(e)        liable for any amount or collateral deposited or delivered to Sublandlord pursuant to the Sublease unless such amount or collateral has actually been delivered to Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord [(or in the case of a Foreclosing Party, to such Foreclosing Party or any person becoming a Successor Sublandlord after the applicable foreclosure or transfer in lieu)].

6.         Subtenant hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with Overlandlord:

(a)        to deliver to [Lender and] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord, by certified mail, return receipt requested, a duplicate of each notice of default delivered by Subtenant to Sublandlord at the same time as such notice is given to Sublandlord and no such notice of default shall be deemed given by Subtenant under the Sublease unless and until a copy of such notice shall have been so delivered to [Lender and] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord. [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord or its designee shall have the right (but shall not be obligated) to cure such default. Subtenant shall accept performance by [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord or its designee of any term, covenant, condition or agreement to be performed by Sublandlord or its designee under the Sublease with the same force and effect as though performed by Sublandlord. Subtenant further agrees to afford [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord or its designee a period of thirty (30) days beyond any period afforded to Sublandlord for the curing of such default during which

 

F1-4


period [Lender,] Overlandlord or such Successor Sublandlord or its designee may elect (but shall not be obligated) to seek to cure such default, or, if such default cannot be cured within that time, then such additional time as may be necessary to cure such default (including, but not limited to, commencement of eviction proceedings) during which period [Lender,] Overlandlord or such Successor Sublandlord or its designee may elect (but shall not be obligated) to seek to cure such default, prior to taking any action to terminate the Sublease to the extent permitted by the terms of the Sublease. If the Sublease shall terminate for any reason, upon [Lender’s,] Overlandlord’s or any Successor Sublandlord’s written request given within thirty (30) days after such termination, Subtenant, within fifteen (15) days after such request, shall execute and deliver to [Lender,] Overlandlord or such Successor Sublandlord (or its designee to the extent constituting a permitted successor landlord under the Sublease) a new sublease of the Subleased Premises for the remainder of the term of the Sublease and upon all of the same terms, covenants and conditions of the Sublease;

(b)        that Subtenant is the sole owner of the leasehold estate created by the Sublease; and

(c)        to promptly upon the written request of [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord certify in writing to [Lender,] Overlandlord or such Successor Sublandlord, in connection with any proposed assignment of the [Mortgage or] Master Lease, whether or not any default on the part of Sublandlord then exists under the Sublease and to deliver to [Lender,] Overlandlord or any Successor Sublandlord any tenant estoppel certificates required under the Sublease.

7.         Subtenant acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided herein, Overlandlord shall have no duty, liability or obligation under the Sublease or any extension or renewal thereof, unless Overlandlord shall or has specifically undertake such liability in writing or Overlandlord becomes and then only with respect to periods in which Overlandlord becomes and remains a Successor Sublandlord. [Subtenant acknowledges that the interest of Overlandlord under the Master Lease is assigned to Lender solely as security for the Credit Agreements, 8 and Lender shall have no duty, liability or obligation under the Sublease or any extension or renewal thereof, unless Lender shall specifically undertake such liability in writing or Lender becomes and then only with respect to periods in which Lender becomes and remains the fee owner of the Property and a Successor Sublandlord].

8.         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Property is located.

9.         This Agreement and each and every covenant, agreement and other provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any successor fee owner of the Subleased Premises [and any successor holder of the Financing Documents]) and may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the

 

8  Subject to modification to reflect terms of debt.

 

F1-5


party against which enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought. Each Facility Mortgagee (as defined in the Master Lease) is an intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement entitled to enforce the same as if a party to this Agreement.

10.  All notices to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed served upon receipt by the addressee if served personally or, if mailed, upon the first to occur of receipt or the refusal of delivery as shown on a return receipt, after deposit in the United States Postal Service certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the address of Overlandlord[, Lender] or Subtenant appearing below. Such addresses may be changed by notice given in the same manner. If any party consists of multiple individuals or entities, then notice to any one of same shall be deemed notice to such party.

 

Subtenant’s Address:   [         ]
  Attn:
With a copy to:   [         ]
[Lender’s Address:  
With a copy to:   [         ]]

Overlandlord’s

Address:

  [                      ], L.P.
With a copy to:   [         ]

 

11.       If this Agreement conflicts with the Sublease, then this Agreement shall govern as between the parties and any Successor Sublandlord, including upon any attornment pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes, and constitutes full compliance with, any provisions in the Sublease that provide for subordination of the Sublease to the Master Lease or for delivery of nondisturbance agreements to Subtenant.

12.       If Sublandlord’s interest in the Subleased Premises or any portion thereof or interest therein is sold, conveyed or terminated upon the exercise by Overlandlord [or a Foreclosing Party] of any remedy provided for in the Master Lease (or in lieu of such exercise) or otherwise by operation of law, Subtenant shall look only to the estate and interest of Overlandlord [or such Foreclosing Party, as applicable, if any,] in the Subleased Premises for the satisfaction of Subtenant’s remedies for the collection of a judgment (or other judicial process)

 

F1-6


requiring the payment of money in the event of any default by Overlandlord [or such Foreclosing Party] as a Successor Sublandlord under the Sublease or under this Agreement, and no other property or assets of Overlandlord [or such Foreclosing Party] shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of Subenant’s remedies under or with respect to the Sublease, the relationship of the landlord and tenant under the Sublease or Subtenant’s use or occupancy of the Subleased Premises or any claim arising under this Agreement.

13.       If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to be enforceable, or if such modification is not practicable, such provision shall be deemed deleted from this Agreement, and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

14.       The rights granted pursuant to this Agreement and any exercise of such rights are subject to compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements (as defined in the Master Lease), including, without limitation, compliance with all Gaming Regulations and the approval of any Gaming Authority, as applicable.

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

[ REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ]

 

F1-7


EXHIBIT F-2

FORM OF SUBORDINATION, NONDISTURBANCE

AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT

This SUBORDINATION, NON-DISTURBANCE, AND ATTORNMENT AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated as of [                          ], and is made by and among [LENDER], a [  ] [  ], having an address at [  ] (together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender” ), 9 [                          ], L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, having an office at [                                                           ] (“ Landlord ”), and [                          ], LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an office at [                                               ] (“ Tenant ”).

WHEREAS, by a Master Lease (as amended, modified or supplemented, the “ Master Lease ”) dated as of [                  ], 2016, between Landlord (or Landlord’s predecessor in interest) and Tenant, Landlord leased to Tenant various parcels of real property together with improvements located thereon, as said property is more particularly described in the Master Lease (such property hereinafter referred to as the “ Leased Property ”);

WHEREAS, Lender has made or intends to make (or is the agent or trustee for one or more lenders who have made or intend to make) one or more loans or other extensions of credit to Landlord, including extensions of credit in the form of letters of credit, secured interest rate hedging agreements and secured cash management agreements (the “ Extensions of Credit ”), which Extensions of Credit shall be evidenced by one or more loan or credit agreements or other agreements or instruments (as the same may be amended, modified, restated, severed, consolidated, renewed, replaced, or supplemented from time to time, collectively the “ Credit Agreements ”) and secured by, among other things, those certain [Mortgage or Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreements] (as the same may be amended, restated, replaced, severed, split, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, collectively, the “ Mortgage ” and together with the Credit Agreements, the “ Financing Documents ”) encumbering [the Leased Property][the real property located in [                        ] more particularly described on Exhibit A annexed hereto and made a part hereof] (the “ Property ”); 10

WHEREAS, Tenant acknowledges that Lender will rely on this Agreement in making the Extensions of Credit to Landlord;

WHEREAS, Lender and Tenant desire to evidence their understanding with respect to the Mortgage and the Master Lease as hereinafter provided; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 31.1 of the Master Lease, Tenant has agreed, subject to Lender’s simultaneous delivery of this Agreement, to deliver this Agreement and will subordinate the Master Lease to the Mortgage and to the lien thereof and, in consideration of

 

 

9  References to “Lender” may be modified to reflect an agent, trustee or other representative acting for a group of debt holders.

10  Subject to modification to reflect terms and type of financing secured by the applicable mortgage.

 

F2-1


Tenant’s delivery of this Agreement, Lender has agreed not to disturb Tenant’s possessory rights in the Leased Property under the Master Lease on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.         Tenant covenants, stipulates and agrees that the Master Lease and all of Tenant’s right, title and interest in and to the Property thereunder (including, but not limited to, any option to purchase, right of first refusal to purchase or right of first offer to purchase the Property or any portion thereof) is hereby, and shall at all times continue to be, subordinated and made secondary and inferior in each and every respect to the Mortgage and the lien thereof, to all of the terms, conditions and provisions thereof and to any and all advances made or to be made thereunder, so that at all times the Mortgage shall be and remain a lien on the Property prior to and superior to the Master Lease for all purposes, subject to the provisions set forth herein. Such subordination is to have the same force and effect as if the Mortgage and such renewals, modifications, consolidations, replacements and extensions had been executed, acknowledged, delivered and recorded prior to the Master Lease, any amendments or modifications thereof and any notice thereof.

2.         Lender agrees that if Lender exercises any of its rights under the Mortgage, including entry or foreclosure of the Mortgage or exercise of a power of sale under the Mortgage, Lender or any person who acquires any portion of the Property in a foreclosure or similar proceeding or in a transfer in lieu of any such foreclosure, (a) will not terminate or disturb Tenant’s right to use, occupy and possess the Leased Property, nor any of Tenant’s rights, privileges and options under the terms of the Master Lease, so long as Tenant is not in default beyond any applicable notice and cure periods under any term, covenant or condition of the Master Lease and (b) will be bound by the provisions of Article XVII of the Master Lease for the benefit of each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (as defined in the Master Lease). In addition, Lender or any person prosecuting such rights and remedies agrees that so long as the Master Lease has not been terminated on account of Tenant’s default that has continued beyond applicable notice and cure periods, Lender or such other person, as the case may be, shall not name or join Tenant as a defendant in any exercise of Lender’s or such person’s rights and remedies arising upon a default under the Mortgage unless applicable law requires Tenant to be made a party thereto as a condition to proceeding against Landlord. In the latter case, Lender or any person prosecuting such rights and remedies may join Tenant as a defendant in such action only for such purpose and not to terminate the Master Lease or otherwise adversely affect Tenant’s rights under the Master Lease or this Agreement in such action.

3.         If, at any time Lender (or any person, or such person’s successors or assigns, who acquires the interest of Landlord under the Master Lease through foreclosure of the Mortgage or otherwise) shall succeed to the rights of Landlord under the Master Lease as a result of a default or event of default under the Mortgage, Tenant shall attorn to and recognize such person so succeeding to the rights of Landlord under the Master Lease (herein sometimes called “ Successor Landlord ”) as Tenant’s landlord under the Master Lease, said attornment to be effective and self-operative without the execution of any further instruments.

 

F2-2


4.         Landlord authorizes and directs Tenant to honor any written demand or notice from Lender instructing Tenant to pay rent or other sums to Lender rather than Landlord (a “ Payment Demand ”), regardless of any other or contrary notice or instruction which Tenant may receive from Landlord before or after Tenant’s receipt of such Payment Demand. Tenant may rely upon any notice, instruction, Payment Demand, certificate, consent or other document from, and signed by, Lender and shall have no duty to Landlord to investigate the same or the circumstances under which the same was given. Any payment made by Tenant to Lender or in response to a Payment Demand shall be deemed proper payment by Tenant of such sum pursuant to the Master Lease.

5.         If Landlord’s interest in the Property or any portion thereof or interest therein is sold, conveyed or terminated upon the exercise by Lender of any remedy provided for in the Financing Documents (or in lieu of such exercise), or otherwise by operation of law, the Master Lease shall continue as a direct lease between Tenant and Lender or any Successor Landlord; provided, that Lender or any Successor Landlord shall not be:

(a)       liable for any act or omission of Landlord under the Master Lease occurring prior to such sale, conveyance or termination;

(b)       obligated to cure any defaults of Landlord which occurred, or to make any payment to Tenant which was required to be paid by Landlord, prior to such sale, conveyance or termination (excluding non-monetary defaults of Landlord of a continuing nature that are susceptible of cure);

(c)       obligated to perform any construction obligations of Landlord under the Master Lease or liable for any defects (latent, patent or otherwise) in the design, workmanship, materials, construction or otherwise with respect to improvements and buildings constructed on the Property (excluding any continuing construction, maintenance or repair obligations of Landlord expressly provided for in the Master Lease);

(d)       subject to any offset, abatement or reduction of rent because of any default of Landlord under the Master Lease occurring prior to such sale, conveyance or termination;

(e)       bound by any previous material modification or amendment to the Master Lease or any previous prepayment of more than one month’s rent, unless such material modification, amendment or prepayment shall have been approved in writing by Lender (to the extent such approval was required at the time of such amendment or modification or prepayment under the terms of the applicable Financing Documents) or, in the case of such prepayment, such prepayment of rent has actually been delivered to Lender or any Successor Landlord or in either case, such modification, amendment or prepayment occurred before Landlord provided Tenant with notice of the Financing Documents and the identity and address of Lender; or

 

F2-3


(f)       liable for any security deposit or other collateral deposited or delivered to Landlord pursuant to the Master Lease unless such security deposit or other collateral has actually been delivered to Lender or Successor Landlord.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tenant reserves its right to any and all claims or causes of action (i) against Landlord for prior losses or damages and (ii) against the Successor Landlord for all losses or damages arising from and after the date that such Successor Landlord takes title to the Property. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Lender or any Successor Landlord, upon any such sale, conveyance or termination, shall remain fully obligated to pay the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price (as defined in the Master Lease) pursuant to Section 10.3 of the Master Lease, to the extent the same is payable by Landlord under the Master Lease.

6.         Tenant hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees to and with Lender:

(a)       to deliver to Lender, by certified mail, return receipt requested, a duplicate of each notice of default delivered by Tenant to Landlord at the same time as such notice is given to Landlord and no such notice of default shall be deemed given by Tenant under the Master Lease unless and until a copy of such notice shall have been so delivered to Lender. Lender shall have the right (but shall not be obligated) to cure such default. Tenant shall accept performance by Lender or its designee of any term, covenant, condition or agreement to be performed by Landlord under the Master Lease with the same force and effect as though performed by Landlord. Tenant further agrees to afford Lender or its designee a period of thirty (30) days beyond any period afforded to Landlord or its designee for the curing of such default during which period Lender or its designee may elect (but shall not be obligated) to seek to cure such default, or, if such default cannot be cured within that time, then such additional time as may be necessary to cure such default (including, but not limited to, commencement of foreclosure proceedings) during which period Lender or its designee may elect (but shall not be obligated) to seek to cure such default, prior to taking any action to terminate the Master Lease to the extent permitted by the terms of the Master Lease. If the Master Lease shall terminate for any reason, upon Lender’s written request given within thirty (30) days after such termination, Tenant, within fifteen (15) days after such request, shall execute and deliver to Lender (or its designee to the extent constituting a permitted successor landlord under the Master Lease) a new lease of the Leased Property for the remainder of the term of the Master Lease and upon all of the same terms, covenants and conditions of the Master Lease;

(b)       that Tenant is the sole owner of the leasehold estate created by the Master Lease; and

(c)       to promptly upon the written request of Lender certify in writing to Lender, in connection with any proposed assignment of the Mortgage, whether or not any default on the part of Landlord then exists under the Master Lease and to deliver to Lender any tenant estoppel certificates required under the Master Lease.

 

F2-4


7.         Tenant acknowledges that the interest of Landlord under the Master Lease is assigned to Lender solely as security for the Credit Agreements, 11 and Lender shall have no duty, liability or obligation under the Master Lease or any extension or renewal thereof, unless Lender shall specifically undertake such liability in writing or Lender becomes and then only with respect to periods in which Lender becomes, the fee owner of the Property.

8.         This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Property is located.

9.         This Agreement and each and every covenant, agreement and other provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any successor holder of the Financing Documents) and may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified only by an instrument in writing executed by the party against which enforcement of the termination, amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is sought. Each Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (as defined in the Master Lease) (for so long as such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee holds a Permitted Leasehold Mortgage (as defined in the Master Lease)) is an intended third party beneficiary of Section 2(b) entitled to enforce the same as if a party to this Agreement. Upon the request of the Lender this Agreement shall be recorded in the property records in the county in which the Property is located.

10.          All notices to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed served upon receipt by the addressee if served personally or, if mailed, upon the first to occur of receipt or the refusal of delivery as shown on a return receipt, after deposit in the United States Postal Service certified mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the address of Landlord, Tenant or Lender appearing below. Such addresses may be changed by notice given in the same manner. If any party consists of multiple individuals or entities, then notice to any one of same shall be deemed notice to such party.

 

Lender’s Address:    [      ]
   Attn:
With a copy to:    [      ]
Tenant’s Address:   
With a copy to:    [      ]
Landlord’s Address:    [                          ], L.P.

 

 

 

11  Subject to modification to reflect terms of debt.

 

F2-5


With a copy to:    [      ]

11.       If this Agreement conflicts with the Master Lease, then this Agreement shall govern as between the parties and any Successor Landlord, including upon any attornment pursuant to this Agreement. This Agreement supersedes, and constitutes full compliance with, any provisions in the Master Lease that provide for subordination of the Master Lease to, or for delivery of nondisturbance agreements by the holder of, the Mortgage.

12.       In the event Lender shall acquire Landlord’s interest in the Leased Property, Tenant shall look only to the estate and interest, if any, of Lender in the Leased Property for the satisfaction of Tenant’s remedies for the collection of a judgment (or other judicial process) requiring the payment of money in the event of any default by Lender as a Successor Landlord under the Master Lease or under this Agreement, and no other property or assets of Lender shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of Tenant’s remedies under or with respect to the Master Lease, the relationship of the landlord and tenant under the Master Lease or Tenant’s use or occupancy of the Leased Property or any claim arising under this Agreement.

13.       If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such provision shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to be enforceable, or if such modification is not practicable, such provision shall be deemed deleted from this Agreement, and the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

14.       The rights granted pursuant to this Agreement and any exercise of such rights are subject to compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements, including, without limitation, compliance with all Gaming Regulations and the approval of any Gaming Authority, as applicable.

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

[ REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ]

 

F2-6


FORM OF MEMORANDUM OF MASTER LEASE

MEMORANDUM OF MASTER LEASE dated [                          ], 2016 is made by and between MGP Lessor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Landlord ”) and MGM Lessee, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tenant ”).

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Master Lease, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Landlord and Tenant (the “ Master Lease ”).

 

NAME AND ADDRESS    MGP Lessor, LLC
OF LANDLORD:   

 

  
  

 

  
  

 

  
NAME AND ADDRESS    MGM Lessee, LLC
OF TENANT:   

 

  
  

 

  
  

 

  
DATE OF LEASE:    [                      ], 2016

DESCRIPTION OF

LEASED PROPERTY:

  

The Leased Property consists of the real properties described in Part I of Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the “ Land ”) [together with the Leasehold Estates described in Part II of Exhibit A attached hereto] , together with the Leased Improvements, all easements, rights and appurtenances relating to the Land and the Leased Improvements, the Fixtures, and all other properties or rights, real, personal or otherwise, conveyed to Landlord or Landlord’s Subsidiaries pursuant to the Master Contribution Agreement.

COMMENCEMENT

DATE:

   [                      ], 2016
EXPIRATION DATE:   

[                      ], 2026, subject to renewal as set forth in Section 1.4 of the Master Lease.

This instrument is intended to be only a Memorandum of Master Lease, and reference to the Master Lease is hereby made for all of the terms, conditions and covenants of the parties. This instrument shall not be construed to modify, change, vary or interpret said Master Lease or any of the terms, covenants or conditions thereof. In all instances, reference to the Master Lease should be made for a full description of the rights and obligations of the parties. The recordation of this Memorandum is in lieu of, and with like effect as, the recordation of the Lease.

[REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 

G-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Memorandum of Master Lease has been duly executed by Landlord and Tenant as of the date first written above.

LANDLORD :

[                                       ]

 

By:  

 

 
Name:  
Title:  
     State of                     
       County of                   

 

 

This instrument was acknowledged before me on            , 2016 by                as                of                .

[ NEVADA NOTARY BLOCK – TO BE REVISED IF NOTARIZED OUTSIDE OF NEVADA]

 

 

[ADDITIONAL SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

G-2


TENANT :

[                    ]

 

By:  

 

 
Name:  
Title:  
     State of                     
       County of                   

 

 

This instrument was acknowledged before me on           , 2016 by                as                of                .

[ NEVADA NOTARY BLOCK – TO BE REVISED IF NOTARIZED OUTSIDE OF NEVADA]

 

G-3


SCHEDULE 1

EXCLUDED ASSETS

Any and all artwork, paintings, sculptures or other artistic installments or displays that would otherwise constitute a portion of the Leased Property, whether permanently or temporarily located at or on, or affixed to, any portion of the Leased Property as of the date of this Master Lease, whether owed by Tenant or any Affiliate of Tenant or any third-party, together with any and all replacements of or additional artwork, paintings, sculptures or other artistic works at any time located on or attached to the Leased Property, even if same would otherwise constitute Leased Property pursuant to this Master Lease.

 

Schedule 1

Exhibit 10.2

FORM OF CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of [●], 2016 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and among MGM Resorts International (“ Service Provider ”), MGM Growth Properties LLC (“ MGP ”) and MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (the “ OP ”; together with MGP, the “ Recipients ”; and, each individually, a “ Recipient ”). Service Provider and Recipients are referred to herein collectively as the “ Parties ” and each individually as a “ Party .”

RECITALS

WHEREAS , Service Provider, MGP and the OP have entered into that certain Master Contribution Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Contribution Agreement ”), in order to carry out, effect and consummate the Formation Transaction (as defined in the Contribution Agreement);

WHEREAS , Service Provider has employees and/or Subcontractors (as defined below) who have experience and expertise in providing the Services (as defined below) and the capabilities and experience to provide the Services to each Recipient; and

WHEREAS , in connection with the Formation Transaction and with a view to, among other things, more efficiently utilize the Recipients’ financial, administrative and operational resources, each Recipient desires the financial, administrative and operational support of Service Provider’s employees and/or Subcontractors, and Service Provider is willing to provide such service support, in the provision of the Services under the terms and conditions provided by this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises and obligations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1. APPOINTMENT OF SERVICE PROVIDER; SCOPE OF WORK

 

1.1 Appointment of Service Provider; Scope . During the Term (as defined below) and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Recipient hereby engages Service Provider and grants to Service Provider the power and authority necessary to provide, and Service Provider accepts this engagement and agrees to provide, or cause one or more of its employees, its affiliate’s employees or Subcontractors to provide, to such Recipient the services described in that certain Scope of Services (the “ Scope of Services ”), executed concurrently with this Agreement (the “ Services ”), which Scope of Services may be reviewed and amended by Service Provider from time to time without the consent of any Recipient as necessary to reflect the list of Recipients then receiving the Services and the Services then being provided to such Recipients. Service Provider shall conduct and/or coordinate and oversee, as applicable, all Services from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Scope of Services.

 

1.2 Additional Services . The Parties agree that if a Recipient requires any additional services from Service Provider after the Effective Date that could not reasonably be deemed to be contained in the Services described in the Scope of Services (any such service, an “ Additional Service ”), the provision of which is within the capabilities of Service Provider or the Subcontractors, Service Provider and such Recipient shall work together in good faith to develop a service plan for Service Provider to provide such Additional Services to such Recipient on terms and conditions to be mutually agreed upon by Service Provider and such Recipient. Any such agreement or the provision of any such Additional Service shall be deemed an amendment to, and be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such Additional Service was a Service included in the Scope of Services as of the Effective Date.


1.3 Service Standard . Service Provider shall perform the Services in accordance with any standards, practices, policies, procedures and guidelines Service Provider has established for the provision of the Services; provided , that Service Provider shall be relieved of its obligations under this Agreement and the Scope of Services to provide or make available the Services to the extent (i) such Recipient’s operations or systems, or acts or omissions of such Recipient and/or its employees, adversely impact Service Provider’s ability to provide such Services (but only for the duration and to the extent of such adverse impact) or (ii) such Services are prohibited by applicable law (but only for the duration and to the extent of such prohibition). Service Provider agrees, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any of the Subcontractors providing any Services agrees, that all Services shall be performed in compliance with applicable laws. All Services dependent on rights or services obtained under Third Party Contracts (as defined below) shall be rendered in a manner consistent with (and shall be subject to any limitations imposed in) the applicable Third Party Contracts.

 

1.4 Location . The Services are to be performed by, or on behalf of, Service Provider from its principal office or, in Service Provider’s sole discretion, any other location as long as Service Provider is in compliance with Section 1.3 (Service Standard).

 

1.5 Access to Premises . In order to enable the provision of the Services by Service Provider, each Recipient agrees that it shall provide to Service Provider and the Subcontractors, at no cost to Service Provider, access to the facilities, assets and books and records of such Recipient in all cases to the extent necessary for Service Provider to fulfill its obligations under this Agreement.

 

1.6 No Agency Relationship or Partnership . Notwithstanding the fact that, in relation to the Services performed hereunder, Service Provider may, from time to time, make various payments for the account, or on behalf, of a Recipient with such Recipient’s prior approval, the Parties understand and agree that this Agreement does not make either of them an agent or legal representative of the other for any purpose whatsoever. The provision of the Services hereunder is between separate entities for their own individualized benefit and is governed solely by the terms of this Agreement. The provision or receipt of the Services shall not constitute an express or implied partnership of any kind, a joint venture, an alter ego relationship or any other form of arrangement that does not respect the corporate separateness of each Party hereto or that would otherwise give rise to alter ego, veil piercing or other types of remedies or liability. No Party is granted, by this Agreement or otherwise, any right or authority to assume or create any obligations or responsibilities, express or implied, on behalf of or in the name of any other Party, or to bind any other Party in any manner whatsoever. The Parties expressly acknowledge (i) that Service Provider is an independent contractor with respect to each Recipient in all respects, including, without limitation, the provision of the Services, and (ii) that Service Provider, on the one hand, and each Recipient, on the other hand, are not agents, partners, joint venturers, fiduciaries, alter egos or employees of or with each other by virtue of this Agreement or the provision or receipt of the Services.

 

1.7 Prohibited Activities . Service Provider shall not, in its capacity as a Service Provider under this Agreement, enter into, amend, terminate or otherwise modify any agreement in the name of Recipient; provided , however , that, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including Article 2 ), Service Provider shall be entitled to hire or engage on its behalf any Subcontractors incident to the provision of, and necessary to perform, the Services in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and, in connection with the provision of the Services, may assist a Recipient in sourcing products and services under Third Party Contracts to which Service Provider is a party.

 

1.8 Non-exclusivity . Service Provider will not be required to perform the Services hereunder on an exclusive basis, but will devote such time to its duties hereunder as is reasonably necessary for the performance of such Services. This Agreement will not prevent Service Provider, or be construed as preventing any affiliate of Service Provider or a Subcontractor, from engaging in any business.

 

2


1.9 No Fiduciary Duty . Each Recipient hereby expressly and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all fiduciary and similar duties under all applicable laws with respect to Service Provider in connection with the performance of the Services. Furthermore, no Party by the provision or receipt of the Services is or shall be deemed a fiduciary for any other Party and each Party hereto expressly acknowledges that this Agreement does not give rise to a fiduciary relationship or create fiduciary duties of any kind with any other Party hereto.

 

1.10 New Recipients . Additional subsidiaries of MGP may become Recipients under this Agreement upon such subsidiaries and Service Provider executing a counterpart signature page to this Agreement; provided that such additional subsidiaries may be provided with the Services prior to such entity executing a counterpart signature page so long as such entity executes such counterpart as promptly as commercially practicable following commencement of its receipt of the Services, and upon execution of a counterpart signature page, any prior services provided by Service Provider to such entity shall be deemed Services governed by this Agreement and such entity shall be deemed a Recipient for purposes hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Service Provider shall not be obligated to provide the Services to new Recipients unless the scope, pricing and terms for such new Recipients have been agreed upon by such subsidiary and Service Provider and such subsidiary executes a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.

 

1.11 Third Party Contracts . Each of Service Provider, on the one hand, and each Recipient, on the other hand, acknowledges that (i) the other is (or may become) party to certain contracts with third parties used in the ultimate provision of certain of the Services to such Recipient (each a “ Third Party Contract ”) and (ii) any Party to a Third Party Contract shall make all decisions, in its sole discretion, regarding whether to renew or terminate (including early termination) each such Third Party Contract; provided , however , that (A) the terminating Party shall not incur any incremental obligation for termination charges that could be passed through to the other Party hereunder without the other Party’s prior written consent and (B) any such decision by Service Provider to elect not to renew or to terminate any such Third Party Contract shall not affect Service Provider’s obligations to provide the Services as provided herein.

 

2. PROVISION OF SERVICES; CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITY

 

2.1 Subcontractors . Service Provider may hire or engage one or more third parties (each, a “ Subcontractor ”) to perform any or all of its obligations under this Agreement; provided , that Service Provider shall use the same degree of care in selecting each Subcontractor as it would if such Subcontractor was being retained to provide similar services to Service Provider.

 

2.2 Responsibility . Service Provider accepts and agrees to be responsible for the appointment of the appropriate employees and/or Subcontractors to carry out the Services. At all times during the Term, each Subcontractor and each employee of Service Provider shall continue to be solely a Subcontractor or an employee of Service Provider, as applicable, and shall not, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, become a Subcontractor or an employee of any Recipient. Subcontractors and employees of Service Provider shall be subject to the personnel policies and other terms and conditions administered by Service Provider with respect to its employees and subcontractors generally. It shall be the responsibility of Service Provider to pay all necessary employment taxes as required by applicable law with respect to any of its employees and report such employees’ income to the appropriate tax authorities and withhold all taxes from such income, in each case, as required by applicable law.

 

2.3 Compliance with Law . Each Party shall be responsible for its own compliance with all applicable laws related to the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement. The provision of the Services described in the Scope of Services is subject to Service Provider obtaining applicable gaming or other regulatory approvals to the extent such approvals are required by applicable law.

 

3


3. PAYMENT

 

3.1 Service Fee . In consideration of providing the Services, Service Provider will charge the OP fees indicated for each Service as described in the Scope of Services (each, as estimated in the Scope of Services based on projected actual costs to be incurred, a “ Service Fee ” and collectively, the “ Service Fees ”), which amount or method of allocation may be modified, supplemented or amended or otherwise determined by Service Provider from time to time in its commercially reasonable good faith business judgment upon three (3) months prior notice to Recipient.

 

3.2 Expenses . In addition to the Service Fees, Service Provider shall also be entitled to charge the OP for its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Service Provider in providing the Services to the Recipients (“ Expenses ”).

 

3.3 Invoices . Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month or as frequently as otherwise determined by Service Provider from time to time, Service Provider shall send the OP an invoice that includes in reasonable detail the Service Fees and Expenses due for the Services provided to the Recipients for the preceding period. Payments of invoices shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds to one or more accounts specified in writing by Service Provider. Payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of Service Provider’s invoice.

 

3.4 No Set Off . All amounts payable to Service Provider hereunder shall be paid, and all payments to Service Provider hereunder shall be made, without set-off, deduction, abatement or counterclaim.

 

3.5 Maintenance of Books and Records . Service Provider shall keep reasonably detailed books and records related to its provision of the Services, including the Services rendered and amounts paid in accordance with this Agreement.

 

3.6 Access to Books and Records .

 

3.6.1 Service Provider shall make the books and records referred to in Section 3.5 available for inspection by the Recipient or its authorized representatives during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice to Service Provider, and shall retain such books and records for periods consistent with the retention policies applicable to Service Provider’s business (or such longer period as reasonably requested in writing by the Recipient)

 

3.6.2 Upon thirty (30) days’ advance notice to Service Provider, a Recipient may inspect (or cause an independent third party inspector to inspect), during regular business hours and in a manner that complies with the building and security requirements of Service Provider, the books, records and facilities of Service Provider pertaining to the provision of the Services pursuant to this Agreement to the extent necessary to determine Service Provider’s compliance with this Agreement or as may otherwise be required to ensure compliance with applicable laws or regulations. A Recipient shall have the right to inspect such books, records and facilities of Service Provider once for each twelve (12) month period during the term of this Agreement (or on other occasions to the extent required by applicable law or regulations). Any inspection under this Section 3.6.2 shall not interfere unreasonably with the operations of Service Provider. Such Recipient shall reimburse Service Provider for any reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with such inspection.

 

4. INDEMNIFICATION

 

4.1

The OP shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend Service Provider and each of its Affiliates (as defined in the Contribution Agreement) or any permitted successors and permitted assigns (the “ Indemnified

 

4


  Parties ”) from and against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, claims, actions, judgments, settlements, interest, awards, penalties, fines, costs, or expenses of whatever kind, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (each, a “ Loss ”), relating to, resulting from or arising out of the Services provided to the Recipients, whether or not in connection with any third party claim and whether or not Service Provider or any of its Indemnified Parties is a party to such third party claim, except to the extent that any such Loss is a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Service Provider or any of its Indemnified Parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the foregoing indemnification obligations shall not include any Loss relating to, resulting from or arising out of Service Provider’s material breach of this Agreement.

 

4.2 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing in Section 4.1 and subject to Article 5 , in the event of a material breach of this Agreement, or the gross negligence or willful misconduct by Service Provider, Service Provider shall indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Recipient and each of its respective Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses incurred as a result of such material breach, gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

4.3 Each of Service Provider, on the one hand, or a Recipient, on the other hand, shall provide written notice to other Party of any event allegedly giving rise to a Loss under this Agreement, and such other Party shall have fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice to cure or correct the error or defect at such other Party’s expense.

 

5. LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

 

5.1 Service Provider shall not have any liability, in contract, tort or otherwise, for or in connection with any Services rendered or to be rendered by Service Provider or the Subcontractors pursuant to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Service Provider’s or Subcontractor’s actions or inactions in connection with any such Services or transactions, except to the extent that a Recipient suffers a Loss that results from Service Provider’s or any Subcontractor’s material breach of this Agreement or any gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the provision of any such Services or transactions, actions or inactions; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except with respect to any breach of Section 7 (Confidentiality), the aggregate liability of Service Provider with respect to Losses incurred by any Recipient and its Indemnified Parties shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of the total amounts paid by such Recipient to Service Provider under Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

 

5.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except with respect to any breach of Section 7 (Confidentiality), the aggregate liability of a Recipient under this Agreement with respect to Losses incurred by Service Provider and its Indemnified Parties shall not exceed an amount equal to the sum of the total amounts paid by such Recipient to Service Provider under Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

 

5.3 In no event shall Service Provider be liable for any Loss arising from, or connected with, a Recipient’s and/or its employees’ (i) non-compliance with or inappropriate implementation of the instructions of Service Provider or any of the Subcontractors in connection with provision of the Services, (ii) fraudulent acts or omissions, (iii) misrepresentations or (iv) breach of this Agreement.

 

5.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in no event shall any party be liable to another party for (i) punitive damages, (ii) damages that are not the natural, probable and reasonably foreseeable result of a breach of this Agreement or (iii) damages based on loss of business reputation, unless, in each case, any such damages become payable to a third party.

 

5


5.5 Nothing in this Article 5 shall be deemed to eliminate or limit, in any respect, a Recipient’s express obligation in this Agreement to pay the Service Fees for the Services rendered in accordance herewith or reimburse other costs and Expenses to the extent expressly provided herein.

 

6. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

 

6.1 Each Recipient acknowledges that any and all copyrights, trademarks, patents, patentable inventions, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights, whether or not registered (“ IP Rights ”), owned by Service Provider or the applicable Subcontractors and used in connection with the provision of the Services rendered hereunder are and shall remain the property of Service Provider or the applicable Subcontractors, as applicable. Service Provider and each of the applicable Subcontractors acknowledge that all IP Rights owned by each Recipient and used in connection with the provision of the Services rendered hereunder are and shall remain the property of such Recipient.

 

6.2 No Party shall, during or at any time after the expiry or termination of this Agreement, in any way contest or dispute the ownership of any IP Rights of any other Party.

 

6.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary under this Agreement, no Recipient is granted a license or any right to use any IP Right belonging to Service Provider or any of the Subcontractors. To the extent a Recipient has the right to grant a license to its IP Rights, such Recipient hereby grants to Service Provider a world-wide, royalty-free, non-transferable (but sub-licensable to a Subcontractor solely for purposes of providing the Services) license to use, for the duration of the Term (but only to provide the Services hereunder), any IP Rights that such Recipient owns or has a license to use (to the extent such license is sub-licensable) and that is needed by Service Provider or any Subcontractor in connection with the provision of the Services hereunder.

 

7. CONFIDENTIALITY

 

7.1 The confidentiality obligations of Section 7.2 of the Contribution Agreement shall govern, mutatis mutandis .

 

8. FORCE MAJEURE

 

8.1 Neither of Service Provider, on the one hand, nor any Recipient, on the other hand, (or any person or entity acting on their behalf) shall have any liability or responsibility for the failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement so long as, and to the extent, the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a result of the circumstances of a Force Majeure Event (as defined below); provided , that such Party (or such person or entity acting on its behalf) shall have exercised commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the effect of such Force Majeure Event on its obligations hereunder.

 

8.2 During the pendency of a Force Majeure Event, upon written notice to Service Provider, each Recipient shall be (i) entitled to seek an alternative service provider with respect to any Services that Service Provider is unable to provide as a result of the Force Majeure Event and (ii) shall be relieved of the obligation to pay for such Services throughout the duration of such Force Majeure Event other than with respect to the Services that have already been performed, in each case, if a Force Majeure Event shall continue to exist for more than fifteen (15) consecutive days.

 

8.3 For purposes of this Agreement, a “ Force Majeure Event ” means an event the circumstances of which are beyond the control of the Party concerned, which shall include (but shall not be limited to) acts of God, perils of the sea or air, fire, flood, drought, explosion, any other natural disaster, financial crisis in the United States or globally, sabotage, accident, riot, civil commotion, national or regional emergency, acts of government, acts of war, strikes, lockouts or any other event which is beyond the reasonable control of such Party.

 

6


9. EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM AND TERMINATION

 

9.1 This Agreement shall be effective on the Effective Date and end on the date upon which the Agreement is terminated in accordance with this Article 9 (the “ Term ”).

 

9.2 Each of Service Provider, on the one hand, and each Recipient, on the other hand, has the right to terminate this Agreement if the other Party is in material breach or is in material default of any obligation hereunder (i) which breach or default is incapable of being cured, upon written notice of such default by the non-defaulting Party, or (ii) which breach or default is capable of being cured and has not been cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of such default by the non-defaulting Party (or such other cure period as the non-defaulting Party may authorize in writing). The Parties shall cooperate in good faith to cure any such breach within the time period provided in the immediately preceding sentence. Any termination in accordance with this Section 9.2 shall not require the initiation or completion of any legal proceeding or other formality.

 

9.3 Each of Service Provider, on the one hand, and each Recipient, on the other hand, has the right to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other Party in the event such other Party (i) is or becomes insolvent, (ii) commences voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or receivership proceedings or (iii) initiates the winding-up or dissolution of such Party.

 

9.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 9 , this Agreement or any individual Service listed in the Scope of Services may be terminated as between Service Provider and a Recipient (i) by mutual written consent of both Service Provider and such Recipient, (ii) by Service Provider upon three (3) months prior written notice to such Recipient, or (iii) by such Recipient upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to Service Provider; provided , that with respect to (iii) above only, to the extent there are any break-up costs (including commitments made to or in respect of personnel or third parties due to the requirement to provide the Services and prepaid expenses related to the Services, or costs related to terminating such commitments) incurred by Service Provider as a result of such termination, Service Provider shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate such costs and the OP shall bear such costs and reimburse Service Provider in full for the same. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 9 , and for the avoidance of doubt, the termination of this Agreement by one or more Recipients shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement (or the requirement to continue to provide the Services hereunder) with respect to Service Provider or any other Recipient that has not provided written notice or consent of the termination of this Agreement.

 

9.5 Notwithstanding the expiration or early termination of this Agreement, upon any expiration or early termination of this Agreement, (i) all payments for the Services already performed by Service Provider or the Subcontractors as of such expiration or early termination shall be immediately due and payable by Recipient and (ii) the following provisions of this Agreement shall survive until the earlier of the applicable statute of limitations or their respective term as provided therein: Article 4 , Article 5 , Article 6 , Article 7 , this Article 9 , Article 10 , Article 11 and Article 12 .

 

7


10. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Party hereby represents and warrants, as of the Effective Date, for the benefit of each other Party as follows:

 

10.1 Organization and Authority . Such Party is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, has all the corporate, limited liability company, partnership or other similar power, as applicable, and authority to own its property and carry on its business and has taken all necessary action authorizing it to execute deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

10.2 No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by such Party of this Agreement does not violate or conflict with, or result in a default under, its organizational documents, any agreement or instrument by which such Party is bound or any provision of applicable law.

 

10.3 Consents and Approvals . Subject to the receipt of any applicable consent or authorization from any third party or governmental entity that is a condition to the effectiveness of this Agreement with respect to any Recipient as provided in Section 9.1 , each such Party has obtained any and all authorizations and consents and approvals of any third party or governmental entity that are required for such Party to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement or in order for such Party to receive the Services hereunder.

 

10.4 Binding Agreement. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other Party, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

 

10.5 No Litigation . There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to such Party’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting such Party before any court or administrative body or arbitral tribunal that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of such Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

10.6 No Bankruptcy . Such Party is not subject to any bankruptcy, temporary receivership, liquidation or insolvency proceedings, or any order by a court having jurisdiction for its dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

 

10.7 NO OTHER WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS . EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1.3 OR THIS ARTICLE 10 , THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND SERVICE PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, NONINFRINGEMENT OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.

 

11. NOTICES

 

11.1 All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service, by facsimile or email with receipt confirmed (followed by delivery of an original via overnight courier service) or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 11.1 ):

If to Service Provider, to:

MGM Resorts International

3600 Las Vegas Blvd. So.,

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

 

8


If to MGP, to:

MGM Growth Properties LLC

3950 Las Vegas Blvd. So.,

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

If to the OP, to:

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP

3950 Las Vegas Blvd. So.,

Las Vegas, Nevada 89119

 

12. MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1 Entire Agreement . This Agreement as well as any other agreements and documents referred to herein (including the Scope of Services and the Contribution Agreement, to the extent applicable), constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, understandings, writings, commitments and conversations between the Parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

12.2 Modification and Waiver . No provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified with respect to Service Provider or any Recipient unless such amendment or modification is agreed to in writing and signed by the authorized representative of Service Provider, on the one hand, and the affected Recipient, on the other hand. No waiver by any Party of any breach by another Party of any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other Party shall be deemed a waiver of any similar or dissimilar provision or condition at the same or any prior or subsequent time, nor shall the failure of or delay by any of the Parties in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder operate as a waiver thereof to preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

 

12.3 Dispute Resolution . The provisions of Article VIII of the Contribution Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to all disputes, controversies or claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

12.4 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any law or as a matter of public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the affected Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of such Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

12.5

Assignments and Successors . This Agreement may not be assigned by a Recipient, on the one hand, or Service Provider, on the other hand (each, an “ Assigning Party ”), whether by operation of law or otherwise, unless approved in writing by the non-Assigning Party; provided , that an Assigning Party may

 

9


  assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in this Agreement, without such other non-Assigning Party’s consent to (i) any of the Assigning Party’s lenders or other third parties providing credit to such Assigning Party, (ii) any of the Assigning Party’s affiliates or (iii) any purchaser of all or substantially all of the Assigning Party’s assets, or any successor to such Assigning Party by merger, consolidation or any similar transaction. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding on and inure solely to the benefit of the Parties and their permitted successors and permitted assigns.

 

12.6 No Third Party Beneficiaries . Except as provided in Article VIII of the Contribution Agreement with respect to the Indemnified Parties (which are express third party beneficiaries to this Agreement), this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their permitted successors and permitted assigns and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, including any rights of employment for any specified period, under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

12.7 Further Assurances . Each Party covenants and agrees that, without any additional consideration, it shall execute and deliver any further legal instruments and perform any acts that are or may become necessary to effectuate this Agreement.

 

12.8 Rules of Construction . Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (i) references to the terms Article and Section are references to the Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (ii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto,” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (iii) references to “$” shall mean U.S. dollars; (iv) references to “written” or “in writing” include in electronic form; (v) the headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement; (vi) each Party has participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and if an ambiguity or question of interpretation should arise, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or burdening either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions in any of this Agreement; (vii) any reference to “days” means calendar days unless business days are expressly specified; and (viii) when calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded, if the last day of such period is not a business day, and the period shall end on the next succeeding business day.

 

12.9 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by a Party in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic methods shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

12.10 Non-Recourse . No past, present or future officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, principal, employee, agent, affiliate, attorney or representative of any Party or its respective affiliates shall have any responsibility for any obligations or liabilities of such Party under this Agreement of or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the Services or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

12.11 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York irrespective of the choice of laws principles thereof. In addition, other than disputes, controversies or claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) governed by the mediation and/or arbitration procedures set forth in Article VIII of the Contribution Agreement, the Parties agree that any legal action or proceeding regarding this Agreement shall be brought and determined exclusively in a state or federal court located within the State of New York.

 

10


[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

11


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

 

SERVICE PROVIDER:
[●]  
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

RECIPIENT:
[●]  
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

[●]  
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CORPORATE SERVICES AGREEMENT]

Exhibit 10.5

 

 

FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

 

 

Dated as of             , 2016

THE PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNLESS THEY ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS, OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. SUCH PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

              Page  

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINED TERMS

     1   
 

Section 1.1

  

Definitions

     1   

ARTICLE 2

 

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

     14   
 

Section 2.1

  

Organization

     14   
 

Section 2.2

  

Name

     14   
 

Section 2.3

  

Resident Agent; Principal Office

     14   
 

Section 2.4

  

Power of Attorney

     14   
 

Section 2.5

  

Term

     16   
 

Section 2.6

  

Number of Partners

     16   
 

Section 2.7

  

Partnership Interests are Securities

     16   

ARTICLE 3

 

PURPOSE

        16   
 

Section 3.1

  

Purpose and Business

     16   
 

Section 3.2

  

Powers

     17   
 

Section 3.3

  

Partnership Only for Purposes Specified

     17   
 

Section 3.4

  

Representations and Warranties by the Parties

     17   

ARTICLE 4

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

     19   
 

Section 4.1

  

Capital Contributions of the Partners

     19   
 

Section 4.2

  

Loans by Third Parties

     20   
 

Section 4.3

  

Additional Funding and Capital Contributions

     20   
 

Section 4.4

  

Stock Plans and Equity Plans

     22   
 

Section 4.5

  

Other Contribution Provisions

     25   
 

Section 4.6

  

Capital Accounts

     25   
 

Section 4.7

  

No Preemptive Rights

     26   

ARTICLE 5

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

        26   
 

Section 5.1

  

Requirement and Characterization of Distributions

     26   
 

Section 5.2

  

Distributions in Kind

     26   
 

Section 5.3

  

Distributions upon Liquidation

     27   

ARTICLE 6

 

ALLOCATIONS

     27   
 

Section 6.1

  

Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss

     27   
 

Section 6.2

  

General Allocations

     27   
 

Section 6.3

  

Regulatory Allocations

     28   
 

Section 6.4

  

Tax Allocations

     29   

ARTICLE 7

 

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

     30   
 

Section 7.1

  

Management

     30   
 

Section 7.2

  

Certificate of Limited Partnership

     33   
 

Section 7.3

  

Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority

     33   
 

Section 7.4

  

Reimbursement of the General Partner and MGP

     35   
 

Section 7.5

  

Outside Activities of the General Partner

     36   
 

Section 7.6

  

Contracts with Affiliates

     36   

 

-i-


TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)

 

              Page  
 

Section 7.7

  

Indemnification

     37   
 

Section 7.8

  

Liability of Indemnitees

     39   
 

Section 7.9

  

Modification of Duties

     40   
 

Section 7.10

  

Other Matters Concerning the General Partner

     40   
 

Section 7.11

  

Title to Partnership Assets

     41   
 

Section 7.12

  

Reliance by Third Parties

     41   

ARTICLE 8

 

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

     42   
 

Section 8.1

  

Limitation of Liability

     42   
 

Section 8.2

  

Management of Business

     42   
 

Section 8.3

  

Outside Activities of Unrestricted Persons

     42   
 

Section 8.4

  

Return of Capital

     43   
 

Section 8.5

  

Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership

     43   
 

Section 8.6

  

Redemption Rights

     44   

ARTICLE 9

 

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

     48   
 

Section 9.1

  

Records and Accounting

     48   
 

Section 9.2

  

Fiscal Year

     49   
 

Section 9.3

  

Reports

     49   

ARTICLE 10

 

TAX MATTERS

     49   
 

Section 10.1

  

Preparation of Tax Returns

     49   
 

Section 10.2

  

Tax Matters Representative

     49   
 

Section 10.3

  

Withholding

     50   
 

Section 10.4

  

State and Local Tax Sharing

     51   

ARTICLE 11

 

TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

     52   
 

Section 11.1

  

Transfer

     52   
 

Section 11.2

  

Substituted Limited Partners

     52   
 

Section 11.3

  

Assignees

     53   
 

Section 11.4

  

General Provisions

     53   
 

Section 11.5

  

REIT Termination Transaction

     54   

ARTICLE 12

 

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

     55   
 

Section 12.1

  

Admission of Successor General Partner

     55   
 

Section 12.2

  

Admission of Additional Limited Partners

     55   
 

Section 12.3

  

Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

     55   

ARTICLE 13

 

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

     56   
 

Section 13.1

  

Dissolution

     56   
 

Section 13.2

  

Winding Up

     56   
 

Section 13.3

  

Rights of Limited Partners

     57   
 

Section 13.4

  

Notice of Dissolution

     58   
 

Section 13.5

  

Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

     58   
 

Section 13.6

  

Reasonable Time for Winding Up

     58   
 

Section 13.7

  

Waiver of Partition

     58   
 

Section 13.8

  

Liability of Liquidator

     58   

 

-ii-


TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)

 

              Page  

ARTICLE 14

 

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; CONSENTS

     59   
 

Section 14.1

  

Amendments

     59   
 

Section 14.2

  

Action by the Partners

     59   

ARTICLE 15

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

     60   
 

Section 15.1

  

Addresses and Notice

     60   
 

Section 15.2

  

Titles and Captions

     60   
 

Section 15.3

  

Pronouns and Plurals

     60   
 

Section 15.4

  

Further Action

     60   
 

Section 15.5

  

Binding Effect

     60   
 

Section 15.6

  

Creditors

     60   
 

Section 15.7

  

Waiver

     61   
 

Section 15.8

  

Counterparts

     61   
 

Section 15.9

  

Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

     61   
 

Section 15.10

  

Invalidity of Provisions

     61   
 

Section 15.11

  

Entire Agreement

     61   
 

Section 15.12

  

No Rights as Shareholders

     62   
 

Section 15.13

  

Sole Discretion

     62   

 

-iii-


FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, dated as of [●], 2016, is entered into by and among MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company as the General Partner, MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ MGP ”), and the other Persons listed as Limited Partners on Exhibit A attached hereto, together with MGP, as Limited Partners (together with any other Persons who become Partners in the Partnership as provided herein).

WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Certificate;

WHEREAS, the original partners of the Partnership entered into that certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of January 6, 2016 (the “ Original Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Partners, with the consent of the partners of the Partnership existing immediately prior to the date hereof, desire to amend and restate, and do hereby amend and restate, the Original Agreement in its entirety pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINED TERMS

 

  Section 1.1 Definitions .

The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement.

Act ” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, and any successor to such statute.

Additional Funds ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.A .

Additional Limited Partner ” means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 12.2 and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.

Adjustment Date ” means, with respect to any Capital Contribution, the close of business on the Business Day last preceding the date of the Capital Contribution, provided , that if such Capital Contribution is being made by MGP in respect of the proceeds from the issuance


of REIT Common Shares (or the issuance of MGP’s securities exercisable for, convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Common Shares), then the Adjustment Date shall be as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of the issuance of such securities.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct 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.

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may be further amended or restated from time to time.

Appraisal ” means, with respect to any assets, the opinion of an independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner in good faith; provided , that such opinion may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party that the value for such property or asset as set by the General Partner is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Partnership.

Assignee ” means a Person to whom one or more Partnership Units have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to be closed.

Capital Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.6.A .

Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property (other than money) contributed to the Partnership with respect to the Partnership Units held by such Partner (net of Liabilities secured by such property which the Partnership assumes or takes subject to). The names and addresses of the Partners, number of Partnership Units issued to each Partner, and the non-cash Capital Contributions as of the date of contribution are set forth on Exhibit A , as it may be amended or restated from time to time.

Cash Amount ” means, with respect to any Common Units subject to a Redemption, an amount of cash equal to the Deemed Value of a Partner’s Interest attributable to such Common Units.

Certificate ” means that certain Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 6, 2016 (as corrected by that certain Certificate of Correction of Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 12, 2016), as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

-2-


Common Unit ” means a Partnership Unit representing a Partnership Interest that is without preference as to distributions and allocations or rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Consent ” means the consent to, approval of, or vote on a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14 .

Consent of the Limited Partners ” means the Consent of a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent may be obtained prior to or after the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, in their sole and absolute discretion.

Consolidated State Tax Return ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4 .

Contributed Property ” means each property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or deemed contributed to the Partnership on termination and reconstitution thereof pursuant to Section 708 of the Code).

Conversion Factor ” means 1.0; provided , that in the event that:

(i) MGP (a) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Class A Shares wholly or partly in REIT Class A Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Class A Shares wholly or partly in REIT Class A Shares; (b) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Class A Shares or (c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines or reclassifies its outstanding REIT Class A Shares into a smaller number of REIT Class A Shares, then the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, (I) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Class A Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such purpose that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time), and (II) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Class A Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or combination;

(ii) MGP distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its REIT Class A Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise acquire REIT Class A Shares (or other securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for REIT Class A Shares) at a price per share less than the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share on the record date for such distribution (each, a “ Distributed Right ”), then, as of the distribution date of such Distributed Rights or, if later, the time such Distributed Rights become exercisable, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Class A Shares issued and outstanding on the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus the maximum number of REIT Class A Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights and (b) the denominator of which shall be the number of REIT Class A Shares issued and outstanding on the

 

-3-


record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) plus a fraction, (I) the numerator of which is the minimum aggregate purchase price under such Distributed Rights of the maximum number of REIT Class A Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights and (II) the denominator of which is the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share as of the record date (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable); provided , however , that, if any such Distributed Rights expire or become no longer exercisable, then the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted, effective retroactive to the date of distribution (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable) of the Distributed Rights, to reflect a reduced maximum number of REIT Class A Shares or any change in the minimum aggregate purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction; and

(iii) MGP shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its REIT Class A Shares evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to in subsection (i) or (ii) above), which evidences of indebtedness or assets relate to assets not received by MGP or its Subsidiaries pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the Conversion Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction, (a) the numerator of which shall be such Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share on the date fixed for such determination and (b) the denominator of which shall be the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair market value (as reasonably determined by the General Partner) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Class A Share.

Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event (or, if later, the date such Distributed Rights become exercisable). If, however, the General Partner received a Notice of Redemption after the record date, if any, but prior to the effective date of such event, the Conversion Factor shall be determined as if the General Partner had received the Notice of Redemption immediately prior to the record date for such event.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Conversion Factor shall not be adjusted in connection with an event described in clauses (i) or (ii) above if, in connection with such event, the Partnership makes a distribution of cash, Partnership Units, REIT Class A Shares and/or rights, options or warrants to acquire Partnership Units and/or REIT Class A Shares with respect to all applicable Common Units or effects a reverse split of, or otherwise combines, the Common Units, as applicable, that is comparable as a whole in all material respects with such event.

Debt ” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect to reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.

 

-4-


Deemed Value of a Partner’s Interest ” means, as of any date with respect to any class of Partnership Interests, the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of such class multiplied by the applicable Partner’s Percentage Interest of such class.

Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests ” means, as of any date with respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests, the total number of REIT Shares corresponding to such class or series of Partnership Interests (as provided for in Sections 4.1 and 4.3 ) issued and outstanding as of the close of business on such date (excluding any treasury shares) multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a share of such REIT Shares on such date, divided by the Percentage Interest of MGP.

Depreciation ” means, for each Partnership Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable under the Code with respect to a Partnership asset for such year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided , however , that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.

Distributed Right ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “ Conversion Factor .”

Equity Plan ” means any stock or equity purchase plan, restricted stock or equity plan or other similar equity compensation plan now or hereafter adopted by the Partnership or MGP, including the Plan.

ERISA ” means the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Excess Units ” means Tendered Units, the issuance of REIT Common Shares in exchange for which would result in a violation of the restrictions on ownership and transfer of REIT Common Shares set forth in the MGP LLC Agreement.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any REIT Share, the average of the daily market price for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date with respect to which “Fair Market Value” must be determined hereunder or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The market price for each such Trading Day shall be (i) if such shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of

 

-5-


the closing bid and asked prices on such day, (ii) if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided , that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the Fair Market Value of such shares shall be determined by the General Partner acting reasonably and in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate; provided , further , that in connection with determining the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests for purposes of determining the number of additional Partnership Units issuable upon a Capital Contribution funded by an underwritten public offering of REIT Shares, the Fair Market Value of such shares shall be the public offering price per share of such class of REIT Shares sold.

Flow Through Entity ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.6 .

Funding Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.B .

General Partner ” means MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC or its successor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as general partner of the Partnership.

General Partner Interest ” means the Partnership Interest held by the General Partner in its capacity as General Partner, which Partnership Interest is an interest as a general partner under the Act. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of any type of Partnership Units.

Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset of the Partnership, such asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(i) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as determined by the contributing Partner and the General Partner; provided , that if the contributing Partner and the General Partner cannot agree on such determination, such determination shall be made by Appraisal.

(ii) The Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, immediately prior to the following events:

 

  (a) a Capital Contribution (other than a de minimis Capital Contribution, within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(5)(i)) to the Partnership by a new or existing Partner as consideration for Partnership Units, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership;

 

-6-


  (b) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(5)(i)) of Partnership property as consideration for the redemption of Partnership Units, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership;

 

  (c) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); and

 

  (d) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.

(iii) The Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets distributed to any Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution as determined by the distributee and the General Partner, or if the distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a determination, by Appraisal.

(iv) If the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (i) or (ii), such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Losses.

Group Member ” means a member of the Partnership Group.

Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ” means, (i) as to any natural person that is a Partner, death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him or her incompetent to manage his or her Person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any corporation that is a Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any partnership that is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any estate that is a Partner, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or

 

-7-


liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.

Indemnitee ” means (a) any General Partner, (b) any Person who is or was an Affiliate of the General Partner, (c) any Person who is or was a manager, managing member, officer, director, agent, tax matters partner, partnership representative (or similar), fiduciary or trustee of any Group Member, a General Partner or any of their respective Affiliates, (d) any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group Member, (e) any Person who is or was serving at the request of the General Partner or any of its Affiliates as a manager, managing member, officer, director, agent, tax matters partner, partnership representative (or similar), fiduciary or trustee of another Person; provided , that a Person shall not be an Indemnitee by reason of providing, on a fee-for-services basis, trustee, fiduciary or custodial services, (f) MGM and its Affiliates and (g) any Person that the General Partner designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement.

IRS ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Landlord ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.H .

Lead Tendering Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.G(3)(b) .

Liability ” means any liability or obligation of any nature, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise.

Limited Partner ” means any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.

Limited Partnership Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.

Liquidating Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 .

Liquidator ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.A .

Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners holding, in the aggregate, Percentage Interests of Limited Partnership Interests that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of Limited Partnership Interests held by all Limited Partners.

 

-8-


Master Lease ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.H .

MGM ” means MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation.

MGP ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

MGP LLC Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of MGP, as may be further amended or restated from time to time.

Minimum Gain ” means an amount determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(d) by computing, with respect to each Nonrecourse Liability of the Partnership, the amount of gain, if any, that the Partnership would realize if it disposed of the property subject to such Liability for no consideration other than full satisfaction thereof, and by then aggregating the amounts so computed.

Net Income ” or “ Net Loss ” means, for each Partnership Year, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such Partnership Year, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in taxable income or loss), adjusted as follows:

(i) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of Net Income or Net Loss shall be added to such taxable income or loss;

(ii) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year;

(iii) In the event that the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” herein, the amount of such adjustments shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Loss;

(iv) Any items that are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 6.3 and 6.4 shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss; and

(v) Any expenditures of the Partnership described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or treated as such under Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i)) and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of Net Income or Net Loss shall be deducted in calculating such taxable income or loss.

New Securities ” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, excluding grants under any Stock Plan, or (ii) any Debt issued by MGP that provides any of the rights described in clause (i).

 

-9-


Nonrecourse Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).

Notice of Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement.

Offered Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.G(1)(a) .

Offering Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.G(1)(a) .

Optionee ” means a Person to whom a stock option is granted under any Stock Plan.

Original Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Partner ” means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “ Partners ” means the General Partner(s) and the Limited Partners.

Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” shall have the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner’s share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5).

Partner Nonrecourse Deduction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1) and (2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.

Partnership Employee ” means an employee or other service provider of the Partnership or of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, if any, acting in such capacity.

Partnership Group ” means the Partnership and its Subsidiaries treated as a single consolidated entity.

Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in the Partnership of either a Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more classes or series of Partnership Interests as provided in Section 4.3 . A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. Unless otherwise expressly provided for by the General Partner at the time of the original issuance of any Partnership Interests, all Partnership Interests (whether of a Limited Partner or a General Partner) shall be of the same class or series.

 

-10-


Partnership Minimum Gain ” shall have the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2).

Partnership Record Date ” means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution of available cash with respect to Partnership Interests that are not entitled to any preference in distribution pursuant to Section 5.1 , which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution.

Partnership Tax Audit Rules ” means Sections 6221 through 6241 of the Code, as amended by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, together with any guidance issued thereunder or successor provisions and any similar provision of state or local tax laws.

Partnership Unit ” means, with respect to any class of Partnership Interest, a fractional, undivided share of such class of Partnership Interest issued pursuant to Sections 4.1 , 4.3 , and 4.4 . The ownership of Partnership Units may be (but is not required to be) evidenced by a certificate for units substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or as the General Partner may otherwise determine with respect to any class of Partnership Units issued from time to time under Sections 4.1 , 4.3 , and 4.4 .

Partnership Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.

Percentage Interest ” means, as to a Partner holding a class or series of Partnership Interests, its interest in such class or series as determined by dividing the Partnership Units of such class or series owned by such Partner by the total number of Partnership Units of such class then outstanding as specified on Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time. If the Partnership issues more than one class or series of Partnership Interests, the interest in the Partnership among the classes or series of Partnership Interests shall be determined as set forth in the amendment to the Partnership Agreement setting forth the rights and privileges of such additional classes or series of Partnership Interest, if any, as contemplated by Section 4.3.C .

Permitted Transfer ” means a Transfer by a Limited Partner of a Partnership Interest to MGM or any of its controlled Affiliates.

Person ” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association or other entity.

Plan ” means that certain MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Properties ” means such interests in real property and personal property, including, without limitation, fee interests, interests in ground leases, interests in joint ventures, interests in mortgages and Debt instruments, as the Partnership may hold directly or indirectly from time to time.

Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A .

 

-11-


Regulations ” means the final, temporary or proposed income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

Regulatory Allocations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.F .

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.

REIT Class A Share ” means a Class A Common Share as such term is defined in the MGP LLC Agreement.

REIT Common Share ” means a Common Share as such term is defined in the MGP LLC Agreement.

REIT Requirements ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.B .

REIT Share ” means a Share as such term is defined in the MGP LLC Agreement.

REIT Shares Amount ” means, as of any date, an aggregate number of REIT Class A Shares equal to the number of Tendered Units or Repurchased REIT Common Shares, as applicable, multiplied by the Conversion Factor.

REIT Shares Election ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.B .

Repurchased REIT Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Section 7.5.C .

Safe Harbors ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.4.E .

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Separate Return Taxable Income ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4 .

Single Funding Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.G(1)(b) .

Specified Redemption Date ” means the day of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided that if MGP elects a Stock Offering Funding pursuant to Section 8.6.G , such Specified Redemption Date shall be deferred until the next Business Day following the date of the closing of the Stock Offering Funding.

Stock Offering Funding ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.G(1)(a) .

Stock Plan ” means any share incentive, share option, share ownership or employee benefits plan of MGP.

 

-12-


Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity of which 50% or more of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.2 .

Tax Adjustment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.4 .

Tax Matters Representative ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.2.A .

Tenant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.H .

Tendered Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A .

Tendering Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A .

Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.

Termination Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.5.A .

Trading Day ” means, if REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, any day on which such shares are traded on such securities exchange (or, if there are more than one such exchange, the principal such exchange) or (ii) if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, any date for which sales prices or closing bid and asked prices (or, if they are not available, high bid and low asked prices) are reported by a reliable quotation source designated by MGP.

Transfer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 .

Unrestricted Person ” means (a) each Indemnitee, (b) each Partner, (c) each Person who is or was a member, partner, director, officer, employee or agent of any Group Member or General Partner or any of their respective Affiliates and (d) any Person that the General Partner designates as an “Unrestricted Person” for purposes of this Agreement.

Vesting Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.4.C(2)

 

-13-


ARTICLE 2

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS

 

  Section 2.1 Organization

The Partnership is a limited partnership formed and continued pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all purposes.

 

  Section 2.2 Name

The name of the Partnership is MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP. The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “LP,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners.

 

  Section 2.3 Resident Agent; Principal Office

The registered agent of the Partnership for service of process in the State of Delaware and the registered office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The General Partner may from time to time designate in its sole and absolute discretion another registered agent or another location for the registered office or principal place of business, and shall provide the Limited Partners with notice of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners. The principal office of the Partnership shall be located at 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 or at such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable.

 

  Section 2.4 Power of Attorney

A. Each Limited Partner and each Assignee constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator and the authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each of the foregoing, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to:

(1) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements

 

-14-


thereof) that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited Liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement duly adopted in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; (d) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Articles 11 , 12 or 13 or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (e) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of Partnership Interests; and

(2) execute, swear to, seal, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the sole discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article 14 or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

B. The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner and any Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee or the Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or any Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or any Liquidator, as the case may be, may reasonably deem necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.

 

-15-


  Section 2.5 Term

The term of the Partnership shall be perpetual unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 or as otherwise provided by law.

 

  Section 2.6 Number of Partners

Without the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole discretion, the Partnership shall not at any time have more than 100 partners (including as partners those persons indirectly owning an interest in the Partnership through a partnership, limited liability company (that is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes), S corporation or grantor trust (such entity, a “ Flow Through Entity ”), but only if substantially all of the value of such person’s interest in the Flow Through Entity is attributable to the Flow Through Entity’s interest (direct or indirect) in the Partnership).

 

  Section 2.7 Partnership Interests are Securities

All Partnership Interests shall be securities within the meaning of, and governed by, (i) Article 8 of the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware and (ii) Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 3

PURPOSE

 

  Section 3.1 Purpose and Business

The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership shall be to (a) engage directly in, or enter into or form, hold and dispose of any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other arrangement to engage indirectly in, any business activity that is approved by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act and, in connection therewith, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Partnership pursuant to the agreements relating to such business activity; and (b) do anything necessary or appropriate to the foregoing, including the making of capital contributions or loans to any Subsidiary or Affiliate, provided , however , that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit MGP at all times to be classified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, unless the board of directors of MGP shall have determined that it is no longer in the best interests of MGP to attempt to, or continue to, qualify as a REIT. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the General Partner shall have no duty or obligation to propose or approve, and may, in its sole discretion, decline to propose or approve, the conduct by the Partnership of any business, free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or any Partner and, in declining to so propose or approve, shall not be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. Without limiting MGP’s right, in its sole discretion, to cease to qualify as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that MGP’s continued qualification as a REIT and the avoidance of income and excise taxes on MGP inure to the

 

-16-


benefit of all the Partners and not only MGP. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code.

 

  Section 3.2 Powers

The Partnership is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership, including, without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through its ownership interest in other entities, to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, acquire, own, manage, improve and develop real property, and lease, sell, transfer and dispose of real property; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not take, or refrain from taking, any action which, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, would be reasonably likely to (i) adversely affect the ability of MGP to continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) subject MGP to any additional taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code or (iii) violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over MGP or its securities or the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries, unless any such action (or inaction) under clause (i), (ii) or (iii) shall have been specifically consented to by MGP in writing.

 

  Section 3.3 Partnership Only for Purposes Specified

The Partnership shall be a partnership only for the purposes specified in Section 3.1 , and this Agreement shall not be deemed to create a company, venture or partnership among the Partners with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution or delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, Liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act.

 

  Section 3.4 Representations and Warranties by the Parties

A. Each Partner that is a natural person represents and warrants to each other Partner that (i) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject, and (iii) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms.

 

-17-


B. Each Partner that is not a natural person represents and warrants to each other Partner that (i) its execution and delivery of this Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including, without limitation, that of its general partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), member(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or shareholder(s), as the case may be, as required, (ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, its certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, trust agreement, limited liability company operating agreement, charter or bylaws, as the case may be, any agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s properties or any of its partners, beneficiaries, trustees, members, directors or shareholders, as the case may be, is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, trustees, beneficiaries, members, directors or shareholders, as the case may be, is or are subject, and (iii) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms.

C. Each Partner represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) it has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof in violation of applicable laws, nor with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances in violation of applicable laws. Each Partner further represents and warrants that it is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment.

D. The representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A , 3.4.B and 3.4.C shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner and the dissolution, liquidation, termination and winding up of the Partnership.

E. Each Partner hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership, MGP or any other Person have been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial and descriptive information and documentation, which may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied, and no representation or warranty of any kind or nature has been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner with respect thereto.

F. Each Partner hereby acknowledges that, except for any express representations, warranties and covenants of the General Partner or the Partnership contained in this Agreement, no Partner has relied upon nor will any Partner rely upon, either directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty of the General Partner or the Partnership or any other Partner or any of their respective agents, and each Partner acknowledges that no such representations have been made. Each Partner represents that it is a knowledgeable, experienced

 

-18-


and sophisticated investor and that it is relying solely on its own expertise and that of such Partner’s consultants in acquiring a Partnership Interest and thereby an interest in the Properties from time to time acquired by the Partnership. Except for the express representations, warranties and covenants of the General Partner or the Partnership contained in this Agreement, each Partner is relying solely upon its own independent inspection, investigation and analysis as it deems necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, an analysis of any and all matters concerning the condition of the Properties and their suitability for the Partnership’s intended purposes, and a review of all applicable laws, ordinances, rules and governmental regulations (including, but not limited to, those relative to building, zoning and land use) affecting the development, use, occupancy or enjoyment of the Properties. Each Partner assumes the risk that adverse matters, including, but not limited to, adverse physical and environmental conditions, may not have been revealed by any Partner’s inspections and investigations. Each Partner acknowledges and agrees that such Partner is acquiring its Partnership Interest “AS-IS, WHERE-IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS.” Neither the General Partner nor the Partnership is liable or bound in any manner by any oral or written statements, representations, or information furnished by any broker, agent, employee, servant or other person, unless the same are specifically set forth or referred to herein. Each Partner has fully reviewed the disclaimers and waivers set forth in this Agreement with its counsel and understands the significance and effect thereof. Each Partner acknowledges and agrees that the disclaimers and other agreements set forth in this Agreement are an integral part of this Agreement and that the General Partner would not have entered into this Agreement without this disclaimer and other agreements set forth in this Agreement.

G. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, permit the modification of any of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A , 3.4.B and 3.4.C above as applicable to any Partner; provided , that such representations and warranties, as modified, shall be set forth in a separate writing addressed to the Partnership and the General Partner.

ARTICLE 4

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

  Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the Partners

At the time of their respective execution of this Agreement, the Partners shall make Capital Contributions as set forth on Exhibit A . The Partners shall own Partnership Units of the class or series and in the amounts and Percentage Interests set forth on Exhibit A , which Exhibit A shall be adjusted from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately exchanges, redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units or similar events. Except as required by law or as otherwise provided in Sections 4.3 and 4.4 , no Partner shall be required or permitted to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. Unless otherwise specified by the General Partner at the time of the creation of any class of Partnership Interests, such Partnership Interests shall be Common Units and the class or series of REIT Shares corresponding thereto shall be REIT Class A Shares.

 

-19-


  Section 4.2 Loans by Third Parties

The Partnership may incur Debt, or enter into other similar credit, guarantee, financing or refinancing arrangements for any purpose (including, without limitation, in connection with any acquisition of Properties) upon such terms as the General Partner determines appropriate; provided , that the Partnership shall not incur any Debt that is recourse to any Partner, except to the extent otherwise agreed to by the applicable Partner in its sole discretion.

 

  Section 4.3 Additional Funding and Capital Contributions

A. General . The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires additional funds (“ Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition of additional Properties, redemption of Partnership Units or any other purposes as the General Partner may determine. Additional Funds may be raised by the Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, from (i) outside borrowings (subject to Section 4.2 ), (ii) MGP or any of its Affiliates or (iii) additional Capital Contributions (subject to this Section 4.3 ).

B. Funding Notice . The General Partner shall give written notice (the “ Funding Notice ”) to the Limited Partners of the need for Additional Funds and the anticipated source(s) thereof.

C. Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests . Upon delivery of a Funding Notice, the General Partner may raise all or any portion of the Additional Funds by accepting additional Capital Contributions. In connection with any such additional Capital Contributions (of cash or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue to Partners (including the General Partner) or other Persons (including, without limitation, in connection with the contribution of property to the Partnership) additional Common Units or other Partnership Interests in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to then-existing Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the General Partner, subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to such class or series of Partnership Interests, (ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions and (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided , that this Agreement shall be amended to the extent necessary to reflect the terms of any such Partnership Interests in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, including such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, at the time of the issuance of additional Partnership Interests.

D. Issuance of REIT Common Shares or Other Securities by MGP . MGP may not issue any additional REIT Common Shares (other than REIT Common Shares issued pursuant to Section 8.6 or pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any share split) of REIT Common Shares to all of its shareholders that would result in an adjustment to the Conversion Factor in accordance with its terms), other REIT Shares or New Securities unless (i)

 

-20-


the General Partner causes the Partnership to issue to MGP, Partnership Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests thereof are substantially similar to those of the REIT Common Shares, other REIT Shares or New Securities being issued and (ii) MGP makes a Capital Contribution of the net proceeds from the issuance of such additional REIT Common Shares, other REIT Shares or New Securities, as the case may be, and from the exercise of the rights contained in such additional New Securities, as the case may be; provided , that MGP may use a portion of the proceeds received from such issuance to acquire other assets ( provided , that such other assets are contributed to the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement). Without limiting the foregoing, MGP is expressly authorized to issue REIT Common Shares, other REIT Shares or New Securities for no tangible value or for less than fair market value, and the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue to MGP corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as (x) the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance of Partnership Interests is in the interests of the Partnership, and (y) MGP contributes all proceeds, if any, from such issuance and exercise to the Partnership.

E. Percentage Interest Adjustments in the Case of Capital Contributions for Partnership Units . Upon the acceptance of additional Capital Contributions in exchange for any class or series of Partnership Units, the Percentage Interest related thereto shall be equal to a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is equal to the amount of such additional Capital Contribution as of the Adjustment Date and (ii) the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (a) the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and (b) the aggregate amount of additional Capital Contributions contributed to the Partnership on such Adjustment Date in respect of such class or series of Partnership Interests. The Percentage Interest of each other Partner holding Partnership Interests of such class or series not making a full pro rata Capital Contribution (without implying any right to make such a pro rata Capital Contribution) shall be adjusted to equal a fraction, (I) the numerator of which is equal to the sum of (x) the Deemed Value of a Partner’s Interest of such Limited Partner in respect of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and (y) the amount of additional Capital Contributions made by such Partner to the Partnership in respect of such class or series of Partnership Interests as of such Adjustment Date and (II) the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (1) the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and (2) the aggregate amount of additional Capital Contributions contributed by all Partners and/or third parties to the Partnership on such Adjustment Date in respect of such class or series; provided , however , that solely for purposes of calculating a Partner’s Percentage Interest pursuant to this Section 4.3.E , cash Capital Contributions by MGP will be deemed to equal the actual cash contributed by MGP net, in the case of cash contributions funded by an offering of any REIT Shares, of any offering costs attributable to the cash contributed to the Partnership. The General Partner shall promptly give each Partner written notice of its Percentage Interest, as adjusted.

F. In the event that the actual proceeds received by MGP in connection with any issuance of additional REIT Common Shares, other REIT Shares or New Securities are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid in connection with such issuance, then, except as provided in Section 7.4 , MGP shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount equal to

 

-21-


the sum of the net proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such underwriter’s discount and other expenses paid by MGP (which discount and expense shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4.B ). In the case of the issuance of REIT Common Shares by MGP in any offering, whether registered under the Securities Act or exempt from such registration, underwritten, offered and sold directly to investors or through agents or other intermediaries, or otherwise distributed, for purposes of determining the number of additional Common Units issuable upon a Capital Contribution funded by the net proceeds thereof consistently with the immediately preceding sentence, any discount from the then current market price of REIT Common Shares shall be disregarded such that an equal number of Common Units can be issued to MGP as the number of REIT Common Shares sold by MGP in such offering. In the case of issuances of REIT Common Shares, other capital stock of MGP or New Securities pursuant to any Stock Plan at a discount from fair market value or for no value, the amount of such discount representing compensation to the employee, as determined by the General Partner, shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4.B and, as a result, MGP shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the sum of any net proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such expense.

G. In the event that the Partnership issues Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 4.3 , the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement (without any requirement of receiving approval of the Limited Partners) as it deems necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests and the special rights, powers, and duties associated therewith.

H. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the General Partner or MGP from adopting, modifying or terminating Stock Plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of the General Partner, MGP, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates. The Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such Stock Plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the General Partner or MGP, amendments to this Agreement may become necessary or advisable and that any such amendments requested by the General Partner or MGP shall not require any Consent or approval by the Limited Partners.

I. Except as provided in Section 7.3.C(2) , it is the intention of the Partners that at all times each Common Unit shall be equivalent in value to each Class A REIT Share and the definition of Conversion Factor is intended to achieve such result. If at any time the application of the Conversion Factor would work an unfair or unintended result taking into account the intention of the Partners, then the General Partner shall revise the definition of Conversion Factor so as to give effect to the intention of the Partners.

 

  Section 4.4 Stock Plans and Equity Plans

A. Options Granted to Persons other than Partnership Employees . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Stock Plan, a stock option granted for REIT Common Shares to a Person other than a Partnership Employee is duly exercised:

(1) MGP shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the exercise price paid to MGP by such exercising party in connection with the exercise of such stock option.

 

-22-


(2) Notwithstanding the amount of the Capital Contribution actually made pursuant to Section 4.4.A(1) , MGP shall be deemed to have contributed to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution, in lieu of the Capital Contribution actually made and in consideration of an additional Limited Partner Interest (expressed in and as additional Common Units), an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share as of the date of exercise multiplied by the number of REIT Common Shares then being issued in connection with the exercise of such stock option.

(3) An equitable Percentage Interest adjustment shall be made in which MGP shall be treated as having made a cash contribution equal to the amount described in Section 4.4.A(2) .

B. Options Granted to Partnership Employees . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Stock Plan, a stock option granted for REIT Common Shares to a Partnership Employee is duly exercised:

(1) MGP shall sell to the Optionee, and the Optionee shall purchase from MGP, for a cash price per share equal to the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share at the time of the exercise, the number of REIT Common Shares equal to (a) the exercise price payable by the Optionee in connection with the exercise of such stock option divided by (b) the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share at the time of such exercise.

(2) MGP shall sell to the Partnership (or if the Optionee is an employee or other service provider of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, MGP shall sell to such Subsidiary of the Partnership), and the Partnership (or such Subsidiary, as applicable) shall purchase from MGP, a number of REIT Common Shares equal to (a) the number of REIT Common Shares as to which such stock option is being exercised less (b) the number of REIT Common Shares sold pursuant to Section 4.4.B(1) . The purchase price per REIT Common Share for such sale of REIT Common Shares to the Partnership (or such subsidiary) shall be the Fair Market Value as of the date of exercise of such stock option.

(3) The Partnership shall transfer to the Optionee (or if the Optionee is an employee or other service provider of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, such Subsidiary shall transfer to the Optionee) at no additional cost, as additional compensation, the number of REIT Common Shares described in Section 4.4.B(2) .

(4) MGP shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership of an amount equal to all proceeds received (from whatever source, but excluding any payment in respect of payroll taxes or other withholdings) by MGP in connection with the exercise of such stock option. An equitable Percentage Interest adjustment shall be made as a result of such contribution.

C. Restricted Stock Granted to Persons other than Partnership Employees . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan (other than a Stock Plan),

 

-23-


any REIT Common Shares are issued to a Person other than a Partnership Employee in consideration for services performed for MGP:

(1) MGP shall issue such number of REIT Common Shares as are to be issued to such Person in accordance with the Equity Plan; and

(2) On the date (such date, the “ Vesting Date ”) that the Fair Market Value of such shares is includible in the taxable income of such Person, the following events will be deemed to have occurred: (a) MGP shall be deemed to have contributed the Fair Market Value of such REIT Class A Shares to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution, and (b) the Partnership shall issue to MGP on the Vesting Date a number of Common Units equal to the number of newly issued REIT Common Shares divided by the Conversion Factor then in effect.

D. Restricted Stock Granted to Partnership Employees . If at any time or from time to time, in connection with any Equity Plan (other than a Stock Plan), any REIT Common Shares are issued to a Partnership Employee (including any REIT Common Shares that are subject to forfeiture in the event such Partnership Employee terminates his employment by the Partnership or the Partnership Subsidiaries) in consideration for services performed for the Partnership or the Partnership Subsidiaries:

(1) MGP shall issue such number of REIT Common Shares as are to be issued to the Partnership Employee in accordance with the Equity Plan;

(2) on the Vesting Date, the following events will be deemed to have occurred: (a) MGP shall be deemed to have sold such shares to the Partnership (or if the Partnership Employee is an employee or other service provider of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, to such Subsidiary) for a purchase price equal to the Fair Market Value, (b) the Partnership (or such Subsidiary) shall be deemed to have delivered the shares to the Partnership Employee, (c) MGP shall be deemed to have contributed the purchase price to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution, and (d) in the case where the Partnership Employee is an employee of a Subsidiary of the Partnership, the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed such amount to the capital of such Subsidiary; and

(3) the Partnership shall issue to MGP on the Vesting Date a number of Common Units equal to the number of newly issued REIT Common Shares divided by the Conversion Factor then in effect in consideration for the Capital Contribution described in Section 4.4.D(2)(c) .

E. Future Stock Incentive Plans . Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain MGP or the General Partner from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans for the benefit of employees, directors or other business associates of MGP, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates. The Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by MGP or the General Partner, amendments to this Section 4.4 may become necessary or advisable and that any approval or consent to any such amendments requested by the General Partner shall be deemed granted by the Limited Partners.

 

-24-


F. Issuance of Partnership Common Units . The Partnership is expressly authorized to issue Common Units in accordance with any Stock Plan or Equity Plan pursuant to this Section 4.4 without any further act, approval or vote of any Partner or any other Persons.

 

  Section 4.5 Other Contribution Provisions

In the event that any Partner is admitted to the Partnership (or any existing Partner is issued additional Partnership Interests) and is given a Capital Account in exchange for services rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had compensated such Partner in cash and the Partner had contributed such cash to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the consent of the General Partner, one or more Limited Partners may enter into contribution agreements with the Partnership which have the effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the Partnership.

 

  Section 4.6 Capital Accounts

A. The Partnership shall establish and maintain a separate capital account (each, a “ Capital Account ”) for each Partner, including a Partner who shall pursuant to the provisions hereof acquire a Partnership Interest, which Capital Account shall be:

(1) Credited with the amount of cash contributed by such Partner to the capital of the Partnership; the initial Gross Asset Value (net of Liabilities secured by such Contributed Property that the Partnership assumes or takes subject to) of any Contributed Property contributed by such Partner to the capital of the Partnership; such Partner’s distributive share of Net Income; and any other items in the nature of income or gain that are allocated to such Partner pursuant to Article 6 , but excluding tax items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i); and

(2) Debited with the amount of cash distributed to such Partner pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; the Gross Asset Value (net of Liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Partner assumes or takes subject to) of any Partnership property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement; the amount of unsecured Liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership; such Partner’s distributive share of Net Loss; and any other items in the nature of expenses or losses that are allocated to such Partner pursuant to Article 6 , but excluding tax items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i).

B. In the event that any or all of a Partner’s Partnership Units are transferred within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(l), the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that it relates to the Partnership Units so transferred.

C. In the event that the Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets are adjusted pursuant to the definition of “Gross Asset Value,” the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted to reflect the aggregate net adjustments as if the Partnership sold all of its Properties for their fair market values and recognized gain or loss for federal income tax purposes equal to the amount of such aggregate net adjustment.

 

-25-


D. Except as required by law, no Limited Partner shall be liable for any deficit in its Capital Account or be obligated to return any distributions of any kind received from the Partnership.

E. The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted and applied as provided in the Regulations.

 

  Section 4.7 No Preemptive Rights

Except to the extent expressly granted by the Partnership pursuant to another agreement, no Person including, without limitation, any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to (i) capital contributions or loans to the Partnership or (ii) the issuance or sale of any Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests.

ARTICLE 5

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

  Section 5.1 Requirement and Characterization of Distributions

A. Subject to Article 13 , the other provisions of this Article 5 and the rights and preferences of any additional class or series of Partnership Units established pursuant to this Agreement, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute at such times as are determined by the General Partner all, or such portion as the General Partner may in its sole discretion determine, of the available cash generated by the Partnership to the Partners who are Partners on the applicable record date with respect to such distribution in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests of Limited Partnership Interests on the applicable record date.

B. Unless otherwise expressly provided for herein or in an agreement at the time a new class of Partnership Interests is created in accordance with Article 4 , no Partnership Interest shall be entitled to a distribution in preference to any other Partnership Interest. The General Partner shall take such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the qualification of MGP as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts, in accordance with this Section 5.1 , to enable MGP to pay shareholder dividends or distributions that will (i) satisfy all actions or omissions as may be necessary (including making appropriate distributions from time to time) to permit MGP and, where applicable, each of its respective Subsidiaries to qualify or continue to qualify as a REIT within the meaning of Section 856 et seq . of the Code, as such provisions may be amended from time to time, or the corresponding provisions of succeeding law (“ REIT Requirements ”) and (ii) avoid any federal income or excise tax Liability of MGP.

 

  Section 5.2 Distributions in Kind

No right is given to any Partner to demand and receive property of the Partnership, except as set forth in Section 8.6 . No distribution of any property of the Partnership other than cash shall be made except following the occurrence of a Liquidating Event and in accordance with Article 13 .

 

-26-


  Section 5.3 Distributions upon Liquidation

Proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section 13.2 .

ARTICLE 6

ALLOCATIONS

 

  Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss

Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year as of the end of each such year. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 6 , an allocation to a Partner of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss.

 

  Section 6.2 General Allocations

Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6 , Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership (and each item thereof) for each Partnership Year shall be allocated to each of the Partners holding the same class of Partnership Interests in accordance with their respective Percentage Interest of such class. If any Partner’s Percentage Interest “varies” during a taxable year within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.706-4(a)(1), then for purposes of making such allocations, a method, convention or additional extraordinary item, each as permitted under Regulations Section 1.706-4, shall be selected by agreement of all the Partners which selection shall be set forth in a dated, written statement maintained with the Partnership’s books and records. A selection shall be considered made by agreement of all the Partners for purposes hereof and within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.706-4(f) if the General Partner provides notice of its intended selection to the Limited Partners within a reasonable amount of time prior to the date on which the Partnership’s tax return for the relevant taxable year is due and a majority of the Limited Partners and each Limited Partner impacted by such election consent to the selection, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld. The General Partner is authorized to modify the allocations in this Section 6.2 and amend such provisions (including the defined terms used therein) in such manner as the General Partner determines is necessary or appropriate to reflect the issuance of additional series or classes of Partnership Interests pursuant to Sections 4.3 or 4.4 . Any such modification may be made pursuant to the certificate of designations or similar instrument establishing such new class or series.

 

-27-


  Section 6.3 Regulatory Allocations

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6 , the following provisions shall apply:

A. Minimum Gain Chargeback . A Partner shall not receive an allocation of any Partnership deduction that would result in total loss allocations attributable to Nonrecourse Liabilities in excess of such Partner’s share of Minimum Gain (as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)). If the Partnership makes a distribution allocable to the proceeds of a Nonrecourse Liability, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(h), the distribution will be treated as allocable to an increase in Partnership Minimum Gain to the extent the increase results from encumbering Partnership property with aggregate Nonrecourse Liabilities that exceed the property’s adjusted tax basis. If there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain for a Partnership Year, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the exceptions contained therein, the Partners shall be allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such Partnership Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Partnership Years) equal to the Partners’ respective shares of the net decrease in Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). The items to be allocated pursuant to this Section 6.3.A shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and (j).

B. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions; Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback . Any item of Partner Nonrecourse Deduction with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be allocated to the Partner or Partners who bear the economic risk of loss for such Partner Nonrecourse Debt in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1). If the Partnership makes a distribution allocable to the proceeds of a Partner Nonrecourse Debt, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(6) the distribution will be treated as allocable to an increase in Partner Minimum Gain to the extent the increase results from encumbering Partnership property with aggregate Partner Nonrecourse Debt that exceeds the property’s adjusted tax basis. Subject to Section 6.2 , but not withstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in the event that there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain for a Partnership Year, then after taking into account allocations pursuant to Section 6.2 , but before any other allocations are made for such taxable year, and subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), each Partner with a share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such Partnership Year shall be allocated items of income and gain for such Partnership Year (and, if necessary, for subsequent Partnership Years) equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain as determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). The items to be so allocated pursuant to this Section 6.3.B shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and (j).

C. Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities . Pursuant to Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), for the purpose of determining each Partner’s share of excess Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Partnership, and solely for such purpose, each Partner’s interest in Partnership profits shall be determined by any reasonable method chosen by the General Partner.

D. Limitation on Allocation of Net Loss; Qualified Income Offset . No Limited Partner shall be allocated any item of deduction or loss of the Partnership if such allocation would cause such Limited Partner’s Capital Account to become negative by more than the sum of (i) any amount such Limited Partner is obligated to restore upon liquidation of the Partnership, plus (ii) such Limited Partner’s share of the Partnership’s Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. An item of deduction or loss that cannot be allocated to a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 6.3.D shall be allocated to the General Partner. For this purpose, in determining the Capital Account balance of such Limited Partner, the items

 

-28-


described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) shall be taken into account. In the event that (a) any Limited Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), and (b) such adjustment, allocation, or distribution causes or increases a deficit balance (net of amounts which such Limited Partner is obligated to restore or deemed obligated to restore under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) and determined after taking into account any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6) that, as of the end of the Partnership Year, reasonably are expected to be made to such Limited Partner) in such Limited Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the Partnership Year to which such adjustment, allocation, or distribution relates, then items of Partnership income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of income or gain) for such Partnership Year and each subsequent Partnership Year shall be allocated to such Limited Partner until such deficit balance or increase in such deficit balance, as the case may be, has been eliminated. In the event that this Section 6.3.D and Section 6.3.A and/or B apply, Section 6.3.A and/or B shall be applied prior to this Section 6.3.D .

E. Capital Account Deficits . In the event any Partner has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership Year which is in excess of the amount such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided , that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.3.E shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit Capital Account in excess of such amount after all other allocations provided for under this Agreement have been made as if this Section 6.3.E and Section 6.3.D were not in this Agreement.

F. Curative Allocation . The Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Partners so that, to the extent possible, the cumulative net amount of allocations of Partnership items under this Section 6.3 shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each Partner if the Regulatory Allocations had not been made. This Section 6.3.F is intended to minimize to the extent possible and to the extent necessary any economic distortions which may result from application of the Regulatory Allocations and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith. For purposes hereof, “ Regulatory Allocations ” shall mean the allocations provided under this Section 6.3 (other than this Section 6.3.F ).

 

  Section 6.4 Tax Allocations

A. Allocations Respecting Section 704(c) Revaluations . In accordance with Section 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Partnership shall, solely for federal income tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners on a property by property basis so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Partnership for federal income tax purposes and the initial Gross Asset Value of such property. If the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership property is adjusted as described in the definition of Gross Asset Value, subsequent allocations of income, gains or losses from taxable sales or other dispositions and deductions with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation

 

-29-


between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and the Gross Asset Value of such asset in the manner prescribed under Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder. Any elections or other decisions relating to allocations under Section 704(c) of the Code (including under Regulations Section 1.704-3, whether to use the “traditional method,” the “traditional method with curative allocations” or the “remedial method) shall be made by the General Partner.

B. The Net Income, Net Loss, gains, deductions and credits of the Partnership (and all items thereof) for each Partnership Year shall be determined in accordance with the accounting method followed by the Partnership for federal income tax purposes.

C. Except as provided in Section 6.3.A , for income tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction has been allocated pursuant to this Article 6 .

ARTICLE 7

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS

 

  Section 7.1 Management

A. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners with or without cause, except with the consent of the General Partner. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 7.3 , shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.2 and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.1 , including, without limitation:

(1) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit MGP (so long as MGP has determined to qualify as a REIT) to avoid the incurrence of any federal income tax (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and to make distributions to its shareholders sufficient to permit MGP to maintain REIT status), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other Liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership’s assets) and the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership;

 

-30-


(2) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership;

(3) the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any or all of the assets of the Partnership or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity;

(4) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the financing of the conduct of operations of MGP or the Partnership; the lending of funds to other Persons (including MGP, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate); the repayment or guarantee of obligations and the making of capital contributions;

(5) the negotiation, execution, and performance of any contracts, leases, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership’s operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement;

(6) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement;

(7) the selection, employment, retention and dismissal of employees of the Partnership and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or hiring, including waivers of conflicts of interest and the payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets, and the creation and operation of employee benefit plans, employee programs and employee practices;

(8) the maintenance of such insurance (including, without limitation, directors and officers insurance) for the benefit of the Partnership, the Partners or any other Person as it deems necessary or appropriate;

(9) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to any Subsidiary and any other Person in which it has an equity investment from time to time); provided , that as long as MGP has determined to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Partnership may not engage in any such formation, acquisition or contribution that would be reasonably likely to cause MGP to fail to qualify as a REIT without the consent of MGP;

(10) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the bringing and defending of actions at law or in equity and otherwise engaging in the conduct of litigation, arbitration or mediation and the incurring of legal expenses and the settlement of claims and litigation, and the indemnification of any Person against Liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;

 

-31-


(11) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in any Person;

(12) the entering into of agreements with any Affiliates of the Partnership to render services to the Partnership or any Subsidiary or Affiliate;

(13) subject to the other provisions in this Agreement, the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt; provided , that such methods are otherwise consistent with requirements of this Agreement;

(14) the management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition or improvement of any real property or improvements owned by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any Person in which the Partnership has made a direct or indirect equity investment;

(15) holding, managing, investing and reinvesting cash and other assets of the Partnership;

(16) the collection and receipt of revenues and income of the Partnership;

(17) the exercise, directly or indirectly through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;

(18) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;

(19) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person;

(20) the maintenance of the Partnership’s books and records; and

(21) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases or legal instruments or agreements in writing necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the General Partner for the accomplishment of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement.

B. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that the General Partner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the above-mentioned agreements and transactions on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement (except as provided in Section 7.3 ), the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation. The execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner or the

 

-32-


Partnership of any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity.

C. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain (i) casualty, Liability and other insurance on the properties of the Partnership and (ii) Liability insurance for the Indemnities hereunder.

D. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time to time.

E. Except as provided in this Agreement with respect to the qualification of MGP as a REIT, and as may be provided in a separate written agreement between the Partnership and a Limited Partner, in exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner (including the General Partner) of any action taken by the General Partner. Except as may be provided in a separate written agreement between the Partnership and a Limited Partner, the General Partner and the Partnership shall not have Liability to a Partner under any circumstances as a result of an income tax Liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.

 

  Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership

To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited Liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware and each other state, the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of Section 8.5 , the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited Liability) in the State of Delaware, any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property.

 

  Section 7.3 Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority

A. The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of an express prohibition or limitation of this Agreement, including, without limitation:

(1) taking any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;

 

-33-


(2) possessing Partnership property, or assigning any rights in specific Partnership property, for other than a Partnership purpose except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;

(3) admitting a Person as a Partner, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;

(4) performing any act that would subject a Limited Partner to Liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other personal Liability except as provided herein or under the Act without the consent of such Limited Partner; or

(5) entering into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that expressly prohibits or restricts MGP or the Partnership from performing their respective obligations under this Agreement in connection with a Redemption or prohibits or restricts the ability of a Limited Partner to exercise its rights to a Redemption in full, except with the written consent of such Limited Partner; provided , that any agreement that allows for the settlement of a redemption in the form of equity interests shall not be deemed to prohibit or restrict MGP or the Partnership from performing their respective obligations under this Agreement in connection with a Redemption or prohibit or restrict the ability of a Limited Partner to exercise its rights to a Redemption in full.

B. Without the prior Consent of the Limited Partners, neither the General Partner nor the Partnership may engage in, cause or permit at any time:

(1) any voluntary withdrawal of the General Partner as general partner;

(2) any change in any election relating to the tax status of the Partnership or MGP, including, without limitation, the status of MGP as a REIT;

(3) any admission into the Partnership of any Additional or Substitute General Partners, except pursuant to and in accordance with Article 11 or Article 12 ;

C. Notwithstanding Section 7.3.B , but subject to Section 7.3.D , the General Partner shall have the power to amend this Agreement in any manner deemed necessary or desirable in the sole discretion of the General Partner, including, without limitation, to implement the following purposes:

(1) to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 4.3.C or the admission, substitution, termination or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with Articles 11 and 12 ; and

(2) permit and reflect (a) a conversion of the Partnership and MGP from an “UPREIT” structure to a “DownREIT” structure, or (b) such other transactions as the General Partner may determine are necessary or desirable, including transactions whereby MGP will hold assets outside of the Partnership, which in the case of either (a) or (b) may involve, and the General Partner shall be permitted to make, among other things, modifications to the Conversion Factor.

 

-34-


The General Partner will provide notice to the Limited Partners of any action under this Section 7.3.C .

D. Notwithstanding Section 7.3.B , 7.3.C , and 14.1 , this Agreement shall not be amended with respect to any Partner adversely affected, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, without the Consent of such Partner adversely affected if such amendment or action would (i) convert a Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership into a general partner’s interest (except as the result of the General Partner acquiring such interest), (ii) modify the limited Liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter rights of the Partner to receive distributions pursuant to Article 5 or Section 13.2.A(3) or the allocations specified in Article 6 (except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.3 and Section 7.3.C ), (iv) materially alter or modify the rights of Redemption or the REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Section 8.6 and related definitions thereof, or (v) except as necessary in accordance with Section 7.3.C(2) above, amend this Section 7.3.D ; provided , that if all holders of Partnership Units of the same class or series are adversely affected on a uniform or pro rata basis, this Agreement may be amended with respect to such Partners by the consent of Partners holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests of such class or series that are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of such class or series held by all Partners. Further, no amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the Consent specified in such section. This Section 7.3D does not require unanimous consent of all Partners adversely affected unless the amendment is to be effective against all Partners adversely affected (subject to the provisions of this Section 7.3.D ).

 

  Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the General Partner and MGP

A. Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership.

B. The General Partner and MGP shall each be reimbursed on a monthly basis for all expenses each incurs relating to the operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership or MGP, as applicable. The Limited Partners acknowledge that the General Partner’s sole business is the ownership of interests in and operation of the Partnership and that such expenses are incurred for the benefit of the Partnership. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any reimbursement to the General Partner or MGP as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 .

C. If and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner or MGP pursuant to this Section 7.4 constitute gross income of the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by the General Partner or MGP on behalf of the Partnership), such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

 

-35-


  Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the General Partner

A. The General Partner, MGP and any Affiliates of the General Partner or MGP may acquire Limited Partnership Interests and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited Partner relating to such Limited Partnership Interests.

B. Without the Consent of the Limited Partners the General Partner shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any business, other than in connection with the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Partnership Interests as a General Partner and the management of the business of the Partnership and such activities as are incidental to the same. Without the Consent of the Limited Partners, the General Partner shall not, directly or indirectly, participate in or otherwise acquire (i) any interest in any real or personal property or (ii) any equity securities or other interests (or securities convertible into or exercisable for such equity securities or other interests) of any Person other than the Partnership, except its General Partner Interest and such bank accounts, similar instruments or other short-term investments as each deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities contemplated under this Agreement.

C. In the event MGP exercises its rights under the MGP LLC Agreement to purchase REIT Common Shares (such REIT Common Shares, the “ Repurchased REIT Shares ”), then the purchase price paid by MGP for such Repurchased REIT Shares and any other expenses incurred by MGP in connection with such purchase shall be considered expenses of the Partnership and shall be advanced to MGP or reimbursed to MGP, subject, to the extent that the Repurchased REIT Shares are REIT Class A Shares, to the condition that the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to redeem a number of Common Units held by MGP equal to the REIT Shares Amount.

 

  Section 7.6 Contracts with Affiliates

A. The Partnership may lend or contribute to Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established on the Partnership’s behalf in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. Any Person that has an equity investment in the Partnership may lend or contribute to the Partnership, and the Partnership may borrow funds from such Person, on terms and conditions established on the Partnership’s behalf in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Person.

B. Except as provided in Section 7.5.B and subject to Section 7.3.B , the Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and determined by the General Partner and subject to such conditions as are consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.

C. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Limited Partners, may propose and adopt on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in respect of services

 

-36-


performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries. The General Partner also is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue to MGP Common Units corresponding to REIT Class A Shares issued by MGP pursuant to any Stock Plan or any similar or successor plan and to repurchase such Common Units from MGP to the extent necessary to permit MGP to repurchase such REIT Class A Shares in accordance with such plan.

D. The General Partner is expressly authorized to enter into, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, a right of first opportunity arrangement and other conflict avoidance agreements with various Affiliates of the Partnership and the General Partner, on such terms as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes are advisable.

 

  Section 7.7 Indemnification

A. To the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this Agreement, all Indemnitees shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, Liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising from any and all threatened, pending or completed claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal and including appeals, in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of its status as an Indemnitee and acting (or refraining to act) in such capacity on behalf of or for the benefit of the Partnership; provided , that the Indemnitee shall not be indemnified and held harmless pursuant to this Agreement if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful.

B. To the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to Section 7.7.A for appearing at, participating in or defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Partnership prior to a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 , the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified upon receipt by the Partnership of any undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized by this Section 7.7 .

C. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnitee’s capacity as an Indemnitee and as to actions in any other capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of such Indemnitee.

 

-37-


D. The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any Liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities or such Person’s activities on behalf of the Partnership, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such Liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

E. For purposes of this Section 7.7 , the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested that an Indemnitee serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by such Indemnitee of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such Indemnitee to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute “fines” as such term is used in Section 7.7.A ; and any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee with respect to any employee benefit plan in the performance of such Indemnitee’s duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be in the best interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose that is in the best interests of the Partnership.

F. In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal Liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.

G. An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.7 solely because such Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which such indemnification applies.

H. The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees and their heirs, successors, assigns, executors and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnitee to be indemnified by the Partnership, nor the obligations of the Partnership to indemnify any such Indemnitee under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

I. If and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner or MGP pursuant to this Section 7.7 constitute gross income of the General Partner or MGP (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by the General Partner or MGP on behalf of the Partnership) such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts.

J. This Section 7.7 is intended solely to define the parties’ rights and obligations concerning indemnification, and this Section 7.7 is not intended to impose any new or different obligations or standards of conduct on any Indemnitee.

 

-38-


  Section 7.8 Liability of Indemnitees

A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no Indemnitee shall be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership, any Partner, any Group Members, any other Persons who acquire an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement for losses sustained or Liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnitee unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, in respect of the matter in question, the Indemnitee acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that the Indemnitee’s conduct was criminal. The Partners, any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit and any other Person who is bound by this Agreement, each on their own behalf and on behalf of the Partnership, waives any and all rights to claim punitive damages or damages based upon the federal or state income taxes paid or payable by any such Partner or other Person.

B. The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and MGP’s shareholders collectively, that the General Partner is under no obligation to give priority to the separate interests of the Limited Partners or the General Partner’s shareholders (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or Assignees or to shareholders) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions and that the General Partner shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Partner for monetary damages for losses sustained, Liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions so long as the General Partner acted in good faith. A determination, other action or failure to act by the General Partner will be deemed to be in good faith unless the applicable party believed such determination, other action or failure to act was adverse to the interests of the Partnership. In any proceeding brought by the Partnership, any Partner, any Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement challenging such action, determination or failure to act, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of proving that such determination, action or failure to act was not in good faith.

C. Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 7.1.A , the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by the General Partner in good faith.

D. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnitee has duties and Liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership, any Partner, any other Group Members, any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement, any Indemnitee acting in connection with the Partnership’s business or affairs shall not be liable, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to the Partnership, any Partner, any Group Member, any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement for its reliance on the provisions of this Agreement.

 

-39-


E. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the Liability of the Indemnitees under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted, and provided such Person became an Indemnitee hereunder prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

F. This Section 7.8 is intended merely to exculpate Indemnitees from Liability, and is not intended to impose any new or different duties or obligations on any Indemnitee.

 

  Section 7.9 Modification of Duties

Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Indemnitee shall have any duties or Liabilities, including any fiduciary duties, to the Partnership, any Partner, any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or otherwise modify or eliminate the duties and Liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of an Indemnitee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are expressly agreed and approved by the General Partner and the Partners, any other Group Member, any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement to replace such other duties and Liabilities of an Indemnitee.

 

  Section 7.10 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner

A. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

B. The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion of such Persons as to matters which such General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.

C. The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized officers and a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and duty which is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner hereunder.

D. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any nonmandatory provision of the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or

 

-40-


advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of MGP to continue to qualify as a REIT or (ii) to avoid MGP incurring any taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.

 

  Section 7.11 Title to Partnership Assets

Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partners, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided , however , that the General Partner shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.

 

  Section 7.12 Reliance by Third Parties

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if it were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that may be available against such Person to contest, negate or disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (iii) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership.

 

-41-


ARTICLE 8

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS

 

  Section 8.1 Limitation of Liability

The Limited Partners shall have no Liability under this Agreement (other than for breach thereof) except as expressly provided in this Agreement or under the Act.

 

  Section 8.2 Management of Business

No Limited Partner or Assignee shall take part in the operations, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the Liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.

 

  Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Unrestricted Persons

A. Each Unrestricted Person (other than the General Partner) shall have the right to engage in businesses of every type and description and other activities for profit and to engage in and possess an interest in other business ventures of any and every type or description, whether in businesses engaged in or anticipated to be engaged in by any Group Member, independently or with others, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the business and activities of any Group Member. No such business interest or activity shall constitute a breach of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise or obligation of any type whatsoever, to the Partnership, any Partner, any Group Member or any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement. None of any Group Member, any Partner or any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any Unrestricted Person.

B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the engagement in competitive activities by any Unrestricted Person in accordance with the provisions of this Section 8.3 is hereby approved by the Partnership and all Partners, (ii) it shall be deemed not to be a breach by any Unrestricted Person of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise or obligation of any type whatsoever, to the Partnership, any Partner, any Group Member or any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement for any Unrestricted Person to engage in any business interests or activities in preference to or to the exclusion of the Partnership, any Partner or any other Group Member and (iii) the Unrestricted Persons shall have no obligation hereunder or as a result of any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise or obligation of any type whatsoever, to present business opportunities to the Partnership or any other Group Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to

 

-42-


any Unrestricted Person. No Unrestricted Person who acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Partnership, shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Partnership, and such Unrestricted Person shall not be liable to the Partnership, any Partner or any other Person who acquires an interest in a Partnership Unit or any other Person who is bound by this Agreement for breach of this Agreement or any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise or obligation of any type whatsoever, by reason of the fact that such Unrestricted Person pursues or acquires such opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Partnership.

 

  Section 8.4 Return of Capital

No Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of his or her Capital Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership as provided herein and with respect to the rights of Redemption set forth in Section 8.6 . No Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions or as to profits, losses, distributions or credits, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

  Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership

A. In addition to the other rights specifically set forth in this Agreement, except as limited by Section 8.5.C , and subject to such reasonable standards (including standards governing what information and documents are to be furnished and at what time and location and at whose expense) as may be established by the General Partner, each Partner is entitled to all information to which a partner in a Delaware limited partnership is entitled to have access pursuant to the Act under the circumstances and subject to the conditions therein stated.

B. The Partnership shall notify each Limited Partner in writing of any adjustment made in the Conversion Factor or the calculation of the REIT Shares Amount within ten (10) Business Days of the date such change becomes effective.

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner or MGP may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner of MGP reasonably determines, (i) any information that the General Partner or MGP reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or (ii) other information the disclosure of which the General Partner or MGP believes (a) is not in the best interests of the Partnership, (b) could damage the Partnership or its business or (c) the Partnership, the General Partner or MGP is required by law or by agreements with any third party to keep confidential (other than agreements with Affiliates of the General Partner the primary purpose of which is to circumvent the obligations set forth in this Section 8.5 ).

D. Representatives of the General Partner shall meet with representatives of the Limited Partners quarterly, or more frequently upon the request of any holder of Partnership Units whose Percentage Interest equals or exceeds thirty percent (30%), in order to discuss matters that Limited Partners may reasonably request, including, without limitation, the management, operations and strategy of the Partnership.

 

-43-


  Section 8.6 Redemption Rights

A. Subject to Sections 8.6.D and 8.6.H , commencing on the date that is the first anniversary of the first day of the first full calendar month after a Limited Partner’s acquisition of Common Units, any such Limited Partner shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Common Units held by such Limited Partner (such Common Units being hereafter referred to as “ Tendered Units ”) in exchange for the Cash Amount (calculated as of the Specified Redemption Date) (a “ Redemption ”); provided , that no Partnership Units other than Common Units are entitled to a right of Redemption under this Agreement unless the terms of such Partnership Units so provide. Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Limited Partner who is exercising the right (the “ Tendering Partner ”). The Cash Amount shall be delivered as a certified check payable, or wire transfer of immediately available funds, to the Tendering Partner within ten (10) days of the Specified Redemption Date.

B. Notwithstanding Section 8.6.A , if a Limited Partner has delivered to the General Partner a Notice of Redemption, then the General Partner shall deliver a copy of the Notice of Redemption to MGP, and MGP may, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to Section 8.6.D ), elect to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount (calculated as of the Specified Redemption Date) and, if MGP so elects, the Tendering Partner shall sell the Tendered Units to MGP in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount. In such event, the Tendering Partner shall have no right to cause the Partnership to redeem such Tendered Units for cash. MGP shall give the Tendering Partner written notice of its election (the “ REIT Shares Election ”) on or before the close of business on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after its receipt of the Notice of Redemption, and the Tendering Partner may elect to withdraw its redemption request at any time before the close of business on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the Tendering Partner receives the REIT Shares Election.

C. The REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable REIT Class A Shares, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than those provided in the MGP LLC Agreement, the Securities Act, relevant state securities or blue sky laws and any applicable registration rights agreement with respect to such REIT Class A Shares entered into by the Tendering Partner.

D. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other provision of this Agreement, a Limited Partner (i) shall not be entitled to effect a Redemption to the extent the ownership or right to acquire REIT Class A Shares pursuant to such exchange by such Partner on the Specified Redemption Date would cause such Partner or any other Person to violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of REIT Common Shares set forth in the MGP LLC Agreement and (ii) shall have no rights under this Agreement to acquire REIT Common Shares which would otherwise be prohibited under the MGP LLC Agreement. To the extent any attempted Redemption or other exchange for REIT Common Shares would be in violation of this Section 8.6.D , it shall be null and void ab initio and such Partner shall not acquire any rights or economic interest in the cash otherwise payable upon such Redemption or the REIT Common Shares otherwise issuable upon such exchange.

 

-44-


E. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (but subject to Section 8.6.D ), with respect to any Redemption or other exchange for REIT Class A Shares pursuant to this Section 8.6 :

(1) Without the consent of the General Partner, a Limited Partner may effect the Redemption right only one time in each fiscal quarter.

(2) Without the consent of the General Partner, a Limited Partner may not effect the Redemption for less than 1,000 Common Units or, if such Limited Partner holds less than 1,000 Common Units, all of the Common Units held by such Limited Partner.

(3) Without the consent of the General Partner, no Limited Partner may effect a Redemption during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a distribution by the Partnership and before the record date established by MGP for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution by the Partnership, provided , that the distribution by MGP occurs within 30 Business Days of the distribution by the Partnership.

(4) The consummation of any Redemption or other exchange for REIT Class A Shares shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

(5) Each Tendering Partner shall continue to own all Common Units subject to any Redemption or other exchange for REIT Class A Shares, and be treated as a Limited Partner with respect to such Common Units for all purposes of this Agreement, until such Tendering Partner is deemed the owner of such REIT Class A Shares for all purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or consent, and receive dividends or distributions, under the terms of this Agreement.

F. MGP shall take all actions necessary to effect any registration of REIT Class A Shares under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the securities or “blue sky” laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and appropriate actions ancillary thereto, as may be required in connection with any Redemption or other exchange for REIT Class A Shares as promptly as practicable.

G. Stock Offering Funding Option .

(1) (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8.6.A or 8.6.B (but subject to Section 8.6.D ), if (i) a Limited Partner has delivered to the General Partner a Notice of Redemption with respect to a number of Excess Units that, together with any other Tendered Units that such Limited Partner agrees to treat as Excess Units (collectively, the “ Offering Units ”), exceeds $5,000,000 gross value, based on a Common Unit price equal to the Fair Market Value of a REIT Class A Share and (ii) MGP is eligible to file a registration statement under Form S-3 (or any successor form similar thereto), then either: (I) MGP may cause the Partnership to redeem the Offering Units with the proceeds of an offering, whether registered under the Securities Act

 

-45-


or exempt from such registration, underwritten, offered and sold directly to investors or through agents or other intermediaries, or otherwise distributed (a “ Stock Offering Funding ”) of a number of REIT Class A Shares (“ Offered Shares ”) equal to the REIT Shares Amount with respect to the Offering Units pursuant to the terms of this Section 8.6.G ; (II) the Partnership shall pay the Cash Amount with respect to the Excess Units pursuant to the terms of Section 8.6.A ; or (III) MGP shall acquire the Excess Units in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount pursuant to the terms of Section 8.6.B , but only if the Tendering Partner provides the General Partner with any representations or undertakings which MGP has determined, in its sole and absolute discretion, are sufficient to prevent a violation of the MGP LLC Agreement. MGP must provide notice of its exercise of the election described in clause (I) above to purchase the Tendered Units through a Stock Offering Funding on or before the fifth (5 th ) Business Day following its receipt of a Notice of Redemption.

(b) If MGP elects a Stock Offering Funding with respect to a Notice of Redemption, MGP may give notice (a “ Single Funding Notice ”) of such election to all Limited Partners and require that all Limited Partners elect whether or not to effect a Redemption to be funded through such Stock Offering Funding. If a Limited Partner elects to effect such a Redemption, it shall give notice thereof and of the number of Common Units to be made subject thereto in writing to the General Partner within five (5) Business Days after receipt of the Single Funding Notice, and such Limited Partner shall be treated as a Tendering Partner for all purposes of this Section 8.6.G .

(2) If MGP elects a Stock Offering Funding, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Partnership shall redeem each Offering Unit that is still a Tendered Unit on such date for cash in immediately available funds in an amount equal to the net proceeds per Offered Share received by MGP from the Stock Offering Funding, determined after deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions but no other expenses of MGP or any other Limited Partner related thereto, including, without limitation, legal and accounting fees and expenses, SEC registration fees, state “blue sky” and securities laws fees and expenses, printing expenses, FINRA filing fees, exchange listing fees and other out of pocket expenses.

(3) If MGP elects a Stock Offering Funding, the following additional terms and conditions shall apply:

(a) As soon as practicable after MGP elects to effect a Stock Offering Funding, MGP shall use its reasonable efforts to effect as promptly as possible a registration, qualification or compliance (including, without limitation, the execution of an undertaking to file post-effective amendments, appropriate qualifications under applicable “blue sky” or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with applicable regulations issued under the Securities Act and any other governmental requirements or regulations) as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of the Offered Shares; provided , that if MGP shall deliver a certificate to the Tendering Partner stating that MGP’s Board of Directors has determined in its good faith judgment that such filing, registration or qualification would require disclosure of material non-public information, the disclosure of which would have a material adverse effect on MGP, then MGP may delay making any filing or delay the effectiveness of any registration or qualification for the shorter of (i) the period ending on the date upon which such information is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material or (ii) an aggregate period of ninety (90) days in connection with any Stock Offering Funding.

 

-46-


(b) MGP shall advise each Tendering Partner, regularly and promptly upon any request, of the status of the Stock Offering Funding process, including the timing of all filings, the selection of and understandings with underwriters, agents, dealers and brokers, the nature and contents of all communications with the SEC and other governmental bodies, the expenses related to the Stock Offering Funding as they are being incurred, the nature of marketing activities, and any other matters reasonably related to the timing, price and expenses relating to the Stock Offering Funding and the compliance by MGP with its obligations with respect thereto. MGP will have reasonable procedures whereby the Tendering Partner with the largest number of Offered Units may represent all the Tendering Partners in connection with the Stock Offering Funding (the “ Lead Tendering Partner ”) by allowing it to participate in meetings with the underwriters of the Stock Offering Funding. In addition, MGP and each Tendering Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, enter into understandings in writing whereby the Tendering Partner will agree in advance as to the acceptability of an amount of net proceeds to be received for the Offered Shares. Furthermore, MGP shall establish pricing notification procedures with each such Tendering Partner, such that the Tendering Partner will have the maximum opportunity practicable to determine whether to withdraw from the Redemption pursuant to Section 8.6.G(3)(c) below.

(c) MGP will permit the Lead Tendering Party to participate in the pricing discussions for the Stock Offering Funding and, upon notification of the price per REIT Common Share in the Stock Offering Funding from the managing underwriter(s), in the case of a registered public offering, or lead placement agent(s), in the event of an unregistered offering, engaged by MGP in order to sell the Offered Shares, shall immediately use its reasonable efforts to notify each Tendering Partner of the price per REIT Class A Share in the Stock Offering Funding and resulting net proceeds (determined in accordance with Section 8.6.G(2) ). Each Tendering Partner shall have one hour from the receipt of such written notice (as such time may be extended by MGP) to elect to withdraw its Redemption, and Common Units with a REIT Shares Amount equal to such excluded Offered Shares shall be considered to be withdrawn from the Redemption; provided , however , that MGP shall keep each of the Tendering Partners reasonably informed as to the likely timing of delivery of its notice. If a Tendering Partner, within such time period, does not notify MGP of such Tendering Partner’s election to withdraw, then such Tendering Partner shall, except as otherwise provided in an agreement between MGP and such Tendering Partner, be deemed not to have withdrawn from the Redemption, without liability to MGP. To the extent that MGP is unable to notify any Tendering Partner, such non-notified Tendering Partner shall, except as otherwise provided in any agreement between MGP and such Tendering Partner, be deemed not to have elected to withdraw its Redemption. Each Tendering Partner whose Redemption is being funded through the Stock Offering Funding who does not withdraw shall have the right, subject to the approval of the managing underwriter(s) or placement agent(s) and restrictions of any applicable securities laws, to submit for Redemption additional Common Units in a number no greater than the number of Common Units withdrawn. If more than one Tendering Partner so elects to redeem additional Common Units, then such Common Units shall be redeemed on a pro rata basis, based on the number of additional Common Units sought to be so redeemed.

 

-47-


(d) MGP shall take all reasonable actions in order to effectuate the sale of the Offered Shares including, but not limited to, the entering into of an underwriting or placement agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter(s) or placement agent(s) selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the managing underwriter(s) or placement agent(s) advises MGP in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be offered, then MGP shall so advise all Tendering Partners and the number of Common Units to be sold to MGP pursuant to the Redemption shall be allocated among all Tendering Partners in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective number of Common Units as to which each Tendering Partner elected to effect a Redemption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if MGP is also offering to sell shares for purposes other than to fund the redemption of Offering Units and to pay related expenses, then those other shares may, in MGP’s sole discretion, be given priority over any shares to be sold in the Stock Offering Funding, and any shares to be sold in the Stock Offering Funding shall be removed from the offering prior to removing shares the proceeds of which would be used for other purposes of MGP. No Offered Shares excluded from the underwriting by reason of the managing underwriter’s or placement agent’s marketing limitation shall be included in such offering.

H. Pursuant to that certain Master Lease dated as of the date hereof (the “ Master Lease ”) by and between MGM Lessee, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Tenant ”), and MGP Lessor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership (“ Landlord ”), Landlord is obligated upon the occurrence of a Deconsolidation Event (as defined in the Master Lease) to make a payment to Tenant or Tenant’s designee in an amount equal to the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price (as defined in the Master Lease). The Partners agree that the General Partner will cause the Landlord to make such payment, or, if elected in the sole discretion of the General Partner, the General Partner will issue to Tenant, or Tenant’s designee, Common Units with an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the Deconsolidation Growth Capital Improvement Purchase Price. Any such Common Units issued pursuant to this Section 8.6.H shall be freely redeemable in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.6 except that Tenant or Tenant’s designee, as applicable, may require the Partnership to redeem such Common Units immediately following the issuance thereof, or at any time thereafter, without regard to the minimum twelve (12) month ownership limitation set forth in Section 8.6.A . Tenant or Tenant’s designee, as applicable, contemporaneously with the issuance of Common Units pursuant to this Section 8.6.H shall become a party to, and have all rights under, that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among MGP, the Partnership and certain other parties thereto.

ARTICLE 9

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS

 

  Section 9.1 Records and Accounting

The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect to the Partnership’s business, including,

 

-48-


without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 9.3 . Any records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on, or be in the form of, any information storage device, provided , that the records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

  Section 9.2 Fiscal Year

The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year.

 

  Section 9.3 Reports

The Partnership shall further cause to be prepared and transmitted to MGP such other reports and/or information as are necessary for MGP to determine and maintain its qualification as a REIT under the REIT Requirements, its earnings and profits derived from the Partnership, its Liability for a tax as a consequence of its Partnership Interest and distributive share of taxable income or loss and items thereof, in each case in a manner that will permit MGP to comply with its respective obligations to file federal, state and local tax returns and information returns and to provide its shareholders with tax information.

ARTICLE 10

TAX MATTERS

 

  Section 10.1 Preparation of Tax Returns

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall determine the methods to be used in the preparation of federal, state, and local income and other tax returns for the Partnership in connection with all items of income and expense, including, but not limited to, valuation of assets, the methods of Depreciation and cost recovery, credits and tax accounting methods and procedures, and all tax elections.

B. The Partnership shall timely cause to be prepared and transmitted to the Partners, federal and appropriate state and local Partnership Income Tax Schedules “K-1” or any substitute therefor, with respect to each Partnership Year on appropriate forms prescribed. The Partnership shall make reasonable efforts to prepare and submit such forms before the due date for filing federal income tax returns for the fiscal year in question (determined without extensions), and shall in any event prepare and submit such forms on or before July 15 of the year following the fiscal year in question.

 

  Section 10.2 Tax Matters Representative

A. The General Partner (or its designee) shall be the “tax matters partner” or “partnership representative” of the Partnership within the meaning of the Code, and shall have any similar role under applicable state, local or foreign tax law (in such roles, the “ Tax Matters Representative ”). As Tax Matters Representative, the General Partner (or its designee) shall

 

-49-


have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code and applicable state, local and foreign tax law. The General Partner shall have the right to retain professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership by the IRS, and all out-of-pocket expenses and fees incurred by the General Partner (or its designee) on behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters Representative shall constitute Partnership expenses. In the event the Tax Matters Representative receives notice of a final Partnership adjustment under the Code, the Tax Matters Representative shall either (i) file a court petition for judicial review of such final adjustment in the manner and within the period provided under the Code, a copy of which petition shall be mailed to all Limited Partners on the date such petition is filed, or (ii) mail a written notice to all Limited Partners, within such period, that describes the General Partner’s reasons for determining not to file such a petition.

B. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all elections and determinations required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code or any applicable state, local or foreign tax law shall be made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion.

C. The General Partner shall attempt to allocate the portion of (or any diminution in distributable proceeds resulting from) any taxes, penalties or interest imposed on the Partnership pursuant to the Partnership Tax Audit Rules to those Partners to whom such amounts are specifically attributable (whether as a result of their status, actions, inactions or otherwise) where such allocations can be achieved without unwarranted expense and effort (as measured in relation to the aggregate amount in question) as determined by the General Partner in its discretion, provided that under no circumstances shall the General Partner be liable for any such amounts.

D. In the event that the General Partner shall be removed or replaced pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the successor to the General Partner shall assume the rights and obligations of this Section 10.2 .

 

  Section 10.3 Withholding

Each Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Partner any amount of federal, state, local, or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Partner pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Section 1441, 1442, 1445 or 1446 of the Code and any amounts allocable to such Partner under Section 10.2.C . Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Partner shall constitute a loan by the Partnership to such Partner, which loan shall be due within fifteen (15) days after repayment is demanded of the Partner in question, and shall be repaid through withholding of subsequent distributions to such Partner. Nothing in this Section 10.3 shall create any obligation on the General Partner to advance funds to the Partnership or to borrow funds from third parties in order to make payments on account of any Liability of the Partnership under a withholding tax act. Any amounts payable by a Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal , plus two (2) percentage points (but not higher than the

 

-50-


maximum lawful rate), such interest to accrue from the date such amount is due (i.e., fifteen (15) days after demand) until such amount is paid in full. To the extent the payment or accrual of withholding tax results in a federal, state or local tax credit to the Partnership, such credit shall be allocated to the Partner to whose distribution the tax is attributable.

 

  Section 10.4 State and Local Tax Sharing

In the event that MGM or any of its Subsidiaries files (or is required to file) an affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary group tax return under state or local tax law (a “ Consolidated State Tax Return ”) with the Partnership or MGP, the Partnership or MGP shall pay to MGM or the relevant Subsidiary of MGM an amount equal to the product of (i) the statutory rate imposed by the relevant state or locality for the tax covered by the applicable Consolidated State Tax Return and (ii) the amount of positive Separate Return Taxable Income for the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) with respect to such Consolidated State Tax Return; provided , that the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) shall not pay a greater amount of taxes than would have been payable by the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) on a standalone basis (calculated by assuming that the apportionment formula for the relevant Consolidated State Tax Return applies for purposes of determining such amount); provided , further , that MGM and its Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to not file a Consolidated State Tax Return with the Partnership or MGP if such action (x) will result in less taxes payable in the aggregate by MGM, Subsidiaries of MGM, and the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) and (y) will not limit the ability of MGM or any of its Subsidiaries to file a Consolidated State Tax Return with any Subsidiary of MGM. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the Partnership or MGP shall pay such amount within thirty (30) days of being notified of the amount due by MGM. The notice by MGM requesting such payment shall be accompanied by the calculations and other information used to determine the Partnership’s or MGP’s obligations hereunder. The parties shall discuss in good faith any objections with respect to such calculations raised by the Partnership or MGP. In the event that the parties are unable to agree with respect to such calculations, then any disputed issues shall be submitted to an independent accounting firm for resolution. The costs of the independent accounting firm shall be shared equally by MGM and the Partnership or MGP (as applicable). If, as a result of any audit, amendment, other change or adjustment (a “ Tax Adjustment ”) to the state or local taxes of an affiliated, combined, consolidated or unitary group that includes MGM or any of its Subsidiaries, there is an additional amount of such state or local taxes due and payable or a refund of such state or local taxes previously paid, the obligations of the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) shall be redetermined pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.4 , as if the adjustments made as a result of such Tax Adjustment were included as part of the originally filed tax return, and any payments made under this Section 10.4 shall be adjusted or reimbursed. The parties shall cooperate fully at such time and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party in connection with the preparation and filing of any Consolidated State Tax Return or the conduct of any pending or threatened audit, dispute, suit, action, proposed assessment or other proceeding concerning any matter contemplated under this Section 10.4 . For purposes of this Section 10.4 , “ Separate Return Taxable Income ” means, with respect to each taxable period or portion thereof and each state or locality for which the allocation is being computed, the amount of income calculated by multiplying the tax base of the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) for that state or locality by the apportionment formula for the relevant Consolidated State Tax Return, and taking into consideration nonapportionable items of income for the Partnership or MGP (as applicable). It is

 

-51-


the intention of the parties that, in each jurisdiction in which MGM or any of its Subsidiaries files (or is required to file) a Consolidated State Tax Return with the Partnership or MGP, the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) shall be responsible for an amount of taxes that would have been payable by the Partnership or MGP (as applicable) on a standalone basis (calculated by assuming that the apportionment formula for the relevant Consolidated State Tax Return applied for purposes of determining such amount), and the parties agree to amend this provision, if necessary, after the date hereof in order to effectuate such intent.

ARTICLE 11

TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS

 

  Section 11.1 Transfer

No Partnership Interest and no portion of any Partnership Interest (or the proceeds thereof) and no rights, benefits or obligations of any Partner hereunder may be sold, transferred, pledged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of, whether by way of agreement or otherwise, directly or indirectly, or by transfer or assignment of interests in any Person (other than a publicly traded Person) (including, without limitation, by exit from the Partnership of a transferring Partner and entry by a new Partner to the Partnership or by means of any swap, derivative or similar transaction) (the foregoing being collectively, a “ Transfer ”), without the prior written consent of the General Partner, except in connection with a Permitted Transfer. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article 11 shall be null and void ab initio . For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not in any way restrict the transfer of REIT Shares.

 

  Section 11.2 Substituted Limited Partners

A. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee as a Limited Partner in his, her or its place (including any transferee which may be approved by the General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1 ). The General Partner shall, however, have the right to consent to the admission of a transferee of the interest of a Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 11.2 as a Substituted Limited Partner, which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The General Partner’s failure or refusal to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or any Partner. For the avoidance of doubt, a Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee as a Limited Partner in its place, without the consent of the General Partner, so long as the transferee is MGM or a controlled Affiliate of MGM.

B. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article 11 shall have all the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and Liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement. The admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner shall be conditioned upon the transferee executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 2.4 and such other documents or instruments as may be required or advisable to effect the admission, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner).

 

-52-


C. Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the name, address, number of Partnership Units, and Percentage Interest of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and interest of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner.

 

  Section 11.3 Assignees

If the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, does not consent to the admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.2 , such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net Losses, gain and loss attributable to the Partnership Units assigned to such transferee, the rights to Transfer the Partnership Units provided in this Article 11 , and the rights of Redemption provided in Section 8.6 , but shall not be deemed to be a holder of Partnership Units for any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to effect a Consent with respect to such Partnership Units on any matter presented to the Limited Partners for approval (such Consent right remaining with the transferor Limited Partner). In the event any such transferee desires to make a further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Partnership Units.

 

  Section 11.4 General Provisions

A. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than (i) as a result of a permitted Transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units in accordance with this Article 11 and the transferee(s) of such Partnership Units being admitted to the Partnership as a Substituted Limited Partner or (ii) pursuant to the exercise of its rights of Redemption of all of its Common Units under Section 8.6 .

B. Any Limited Partner who shall Transfer all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units in a Transfer permitted pursuant to this Article 11 where such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner or pursuant to the exercise of its rights of Redemption of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units under Section 8.6 shall cease to be a Limited Partner.

C. If any Partnership Interest is Transferred during any quarterly segment of the Partnership’s fiscal year in compliance with the provisions of this Article 11 or exchanged or redeemed pursuant to Section 8.6 on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then all distributions of available cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such Transfer shall be made to the transferor Partner, and all distributions of available cash thereafter, in the case of a Transfer other than a redemption, shall be made to the transferee Partner.

 

-53-


D. In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, including, without limitation the provisions of this Article 11 and Section 2.6 , in no event may any Transfer of a Partnership Interest by any Partner (including by way of a Redemption) be made (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest; (iv) if such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a “party-in-interest” (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Section 4975(c) of the Code); (v) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of counsel to the Partnership, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; (vi) if such Transfer requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities laws; or (vii) if such Transfer subjects the Partnership to be regulated under ERISA, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, each as amended.

E. The General Partner shall monitor the transfers of interests in the Partnership (including any acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership or the General Partner) to determine (i) if such interests could be treated as being traded on an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and (ii) whether such transfers of interests could result in the Partnership being unable to qualify for the “safe harbors” set forth in Regulations Section 1.7704-1 (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code) (the “ Safe Harbors ”). The General Partner shall have the authority (but shall not be required) to take any steps it determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion to prevent any trading of interests which could cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Code Section 7704, or any recognition by the Partnership of such transfers, or to ensure that one or more of the Safe Harbors is met.

 

  Section 11.5 REIT Termination Transaction

A. MGP may engage in any merger (including a triangular merger), consolidation or other combination with or into another Person, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or any reclassification, recapitalization or change of outstanding REIT Common Shares (collectively, a “ Termination Transaction ”) without any consent or approval by the Limited Partners.

B. In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner (including MGP) of any action taken (or not taken) by any of them. The General Partner shall not have Liability to any Partner for monetary damages or otherwise for losses sustained, Liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by such Partner in connection with such decisions.

 

-54-


ARTICLE 12

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS

 

  Section 12.1 Admission of Successor General Partner

A successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 11.1 who is proposed to be admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective upon such Transfer. Any such transferee shall carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission. In the case of such admission on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, all items attributable to the General Partner Interest for such Partnership Year shall be allocated between the transferring General Partner and such successor as provided in Article 11 .

 

  Section 12.2 Admission of Additional Limited Partners

A. After the admission to the Partnership of the initial Limited Partners on the date hereof, a Person who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon (i) execution of a joinder to this Agreement evidencing such Additional Limited Partner’s acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.4 and (ii) furnishing to the General Partner such other documents or instruments as may be required in the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner.

B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2 , no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the receipt of the Capital Contribution in respect of such Limited Partner and the consent of the General Partner to such admission. All distributions of available cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners and Assignees other than the Additional Limited Partner (other than in its capacity as an Assignee) and, except as otherwise agreed to by the Additional Limited Partners and the General Partner, all distributions of available cash thereafter shall be made to all Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited Partner.

 

  Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership

For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A ) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 .

 

-55-


ARTICLE 13

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

  Section 13.1 Dissolution

Subject to Section 13.1.A , the Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner (selected as described in Section 13.1.A ) shall continue the business of the Partnership. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (“ Liquidating Events ”):

A. an event of withdrawal of the General Partner, as defined in the Act, unless, within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal, a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners agree in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion, to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such withdrawal, of a successor General Partner;

B. an election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion;

C. entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act;

D. the sale, in accordance with this Agreement of all of the assets and properties of the Partnership for cash or marketable securities;

E. the Incapacity of the General Partner, unless a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners in their sole and absolute discretion agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such Incapacity, of a substitute General Partner; or

F. the Redemption or other exchange for REIT Class A Shares of all Partnership Units (other than those of the General Partner) pursuant to this Agreement, unless waived by the General Partner.

 

  Section 13.2 Winding Up

A. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of its creditors and Partners, and no Partner shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event there is no remaining General Partner, any Person elected by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners (the “ Liquidator ”)) shall be

 

-56-


responsible for overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s Liabilities and property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by MGP, include REIT Shares) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

(1) First, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s debts and Liabilities to creditors other than the General Partner;

(2) Second, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s debts and Liabilities to the General Partner; and

(3) The balance, if any, to the General Partner and Limited Partners in accordance with their positive Capital Account balances, determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the Partnership’s taxable year during which the liquidation occurs.

If, upon dissolution and termination of the Partnership, the Capital Account of any Partner (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs) is less than zero, then such Partner shall have no obligation to restore the negative balance in its Capital Account, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.

The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any services performed pursuant to this Article 13 other than reimbursement of its expenses as provided in Section 7.4 .

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2.A which require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership the General Partner or the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners, the General Partner or the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer (including by establishing reserves and/or distributing into escrow) for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to satisfy Liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Partners as creditors) and/or distribute to the Partners, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2.A , undivided interests in such Partnership assets as the General Partner or the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the General Partner or the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Partners, and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the General Partner or the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The General Partner or the Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt.

 

  Section 13.3 Rights of Limited Partners

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of such Limited Partner’s Capital

 

-57-


Contribution and shall have no right or power to demand or receive property from the General Partner. No Limited Partner shall have priority over any other Limited Partner as to the return of his Capital Contributions, distributions or allocations.

 

  Section 13.4 Notice of Dissolution

In the event a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for the provisions of Section 13.1 , result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner or the Liquidator shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners and to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the General Partner) and shall publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the General Partner).

 

  Section 13.5 Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership

Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 13.2 , the Partnership shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed, and the Certificate and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be cancelled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be taken.

 

  Section 13.6 Reasonable Time for Winding Up

A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to Section 13.2 in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between the Partners during the period of liquidation.

 

  Section 13.7 Waiver of Partition

Each Partner hereby waives any right to partition of the Partnership property.

 

  Section 13.8 Liability of Liquidator

Any Liquidator shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership in the same manner and to the same degree as an Indemnitee may be indemnified pursuant to Section 7.7 .

 

-58-


ARTICLE 14

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; CONSENTS

 

  Section 14.1 Amendments

A. The actions requiring consent or approval of Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement, including Section 7.3 , or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures in this Article 14 .

B. Amendments to this Agreement may be effectuated pursuant to Section 7.3.C and 7.3.D . Any amendment to this Agreement shall be deemed effective when made by the General Partner.

 

  Section 14.2 Action by the Partners

A. Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a written request by Limited Partners holding thirty percent (30%) or more of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less than seven (7) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Whenever the vote or Consent of the Limited Partners or of the Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or Consent may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedures prescribed in this Article 14 .

B. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Partners holding the Percentage Interests as are expressly required by this Agreement for the action in question. Such Consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as a vote of the Percentage Interests of the Partners (expressly required by this Agreement). Such Consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective date so certified.

C. Each Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for him by proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or his attorney-in-fact. A proxy may be granted in writing, by means of electronic transmission or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it, such revocation to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written notice of such revocation from the Limited Partner executing such proxy.

D. Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate.

 

-59-


ARTICLE 15

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

  Section 15.1 Addresses and Notice

Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United States mail, nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or electronic mail to the Partner or Assignee at the address set forth on Exhibit A or such other address as the Partners shall notify the General Partner in writing.

 

  Section 15.2 Titles and Captions

All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” and “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

 

  Section 15.3 Pronouns and Plurals

Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa.

 

  Section 15.4 Further Action

The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement.

 

  Section 15.5 Binding Effect

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

  Section 15.6 Creditors

Other than as expressly set forth herein with respect to Indemnitees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of, or shall be enforceable by, any creditor of the Partnership in its capacity as such or other third party having dealings with the Partnership.

 

-60-


  Section 15.7 Waiver

No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon any breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

  Section 15.8 Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.

 

  Section 15.9 Applicable Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

A. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.

B. Each Partner hereby stipulates that any dispute or disagreement between or among any of the parties hereto as to the interpretation of any provision of, or the performance of obligations under, this Agreement shall be commenced and prosecuted in its entirety in, and consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and proper venue of, the Delaware Court of Chancery (and if the Delaware Court of Chancery shall be unavailable, any federal court located within the State of Delaware), and each party hereto consents to personal and subject matter jurisdiction and venue in such courts and waives and relinquishes all right to attack the suitability or convenience of such venue or forum by reason of its present or future domiciles, or by any other reason, for any such dispute or disagreement. The parties hereto acknowledge that all directions issued by the forum court, including all injunctions and other decrees, will be binding and enforceable in all jurisdictions and countries. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

  Section 15.10 Invalidity of Provisions

If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.

 

  Section 15.11 Entire Agreement

This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the Partners with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among them with respect thereto.

 

-61-


  Section 15.12 No Rights as Shareholders

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as holders of REIT Common Shares or otherwise as shareholders of MGP, including, without limitation, any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to shareholders of MGP or to vote or to consent or to receive notice as shareholders in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of trustees of MGP or any other matter.

 

  Section 15.13 Sole Discretion

Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any action, consent or approval or any decision or election of the General Partner may be granted or withheld or made, taken or not taken, in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion.

[ Signature Page Follows ]

 

-62-


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership as of the date first written above.

 

GENERAL PARTNER:
[ ]  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
LIMITED PARTNERS:
[ ]  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
[ ]  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
[ ]  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO A&R AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP]


Joinder of Additional Limited Partner

The undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership Agreement of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (the “ Limited Partnership Agreement ”) as a Limited Partner. The undersigned is hereby fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms, conditions and obligations of the Limited Partnership Agreement applicable to Limited Partners, and entitled to all the rights incidental thereto, with the same force and effect as though the undersigned had executed the Limited Partnership Agreement as a signatory party thereto.

 

ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNERS:
[                                           ]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
Date:  


EXHIBIT A

PARTNERS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS

 

Name and Address

      of Partner

  Cash
 Contributions 
      Agreed Value of  
Contributed
Property (*)
    Total
    Contributions    
     Partnership 
Units
     Percentage 
Interest

COMMON UNITS

         

General Partner

                                        

MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

      --                      $                              

Limited Partners

         

MGM Growth Properties LLC

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

MGM Grand Detroit, LLC

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

Mandalay Corp.

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

Ramparts, Inc.

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

New Castle Corp.

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

MGM Resorts Mississippi, Inc.

875 Beach Boulevard

Biloxi, MS 39530

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

Victoria Partners

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

Park District Holdings, LLC

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

The Mirage Casino-Hotel, LLC

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

New York-New York Hotel & Casino, LLC

3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, NV 89119

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

Beau Rivage Resorts, LLC

875 Beach Boulevard

Biloxi, MS 39530

    $ XXXXXX            $ XXXXXX              XXXXXX      .XXX

* Net of Debt (if any)

 

A-1


EXHIBIT B

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION

The undersigned hereby (i) transfers                                    Common Units of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP and the rights of Redemption and/or exchange, as applicable, referred to therein, (ii) surrenders such Common Units and all right, title and interest therein and (iii) directs that the cash or REIT Class A Shares deliverable upon Redemption or exchange be delivered to the address specified below, and if applicable, that such REIT Class A Shares be registered or placed in the name(s) and address(es) specified below.

Underwriter Redemption:            Yes              No

Dated:                                                

             Name of Limited Partner

             or Underwriter:

 

 

 

  (Signature of Limited Partner or Underwriter)
 

 

  (Street Address)
 

 

  (City) (State) (Zip Code)
 
  Signature Guaranteed by:
 

 

 

Deliver cash or issue REIT Class A Shares to:   

 

Please insert social security or identifying number:

  

 

Name:

  

 

B-1


EXHIBIT C

FORM OF PARTNERSHIP UNIT CERTIFICATE

CERTIFICATE FOR PARTNERSHIP UNITS OF

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

 

No.                                                          COMMON UNITS

MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, as the General Partner of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), hereby certifies that                                      is a Limited Partner of the Partnership whose Partnership Interests therein, as set forth in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP (the “ Partnership Agreement ”), under which the Partnership is existing (copies of which are on file at the Partnership’s principal office at 3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, represent                            units of limited partnership interest in the Partnership.

THE COMMON UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT AS OF                            ,          AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP). EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUCH AGREEMENT, NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE COMMON UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ ACT ”), OR (B) IF THE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH A SATISFACTORY OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER THAT SUCH TRANSFER, SALE ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE ACT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN EFFECT THEREUNDER.

DATED:                                          ,          .

 

  

MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC ,

 

General Partner of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP

 

ATTEST:   
By:                                                   By:                                               

 

C-1

EXHIBIT 10.6

Form of

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC

2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan

 

 


Table of Contents

 

  ARTICLE 1       Establishment, Purpose, and Duration      1   
  1.1         

Establishment

     1   
  1.2         

Purpose of this Plan

     1   
  1.3         

Duration of this Plan

     1   
  ARTICLE 2       Definitions      1   
  ARTICLE 3       Administration      6   
  3.1         

General

     6   
  3.2         

Authority of the Board

     6   
  3.3         

Delegation

     6   
  ARTICLE 4       Shares Subject to this Plan and Maximum Awards      6   
  4.1         

Number of Shares Available for Awards

     6   
  4.2         

Share Usage

     6   
  4.3         

Annual Award Limits

     7   
  4.4         

Adjustments in Authorized Shares

     7   
  ARTICLE 5       Eligibility and Participation      8   
  5.1         

Eligibility

     8   
  5.2         

Actual Participation

     8   
  ARTICLE 6       Stock Options      8   
  6.1         

Grant of Options

     8   
  6.2         

Award Agreement

     8   
  6.3         

Option Price

     8   
  6.4         

Term of Options

     8   
  6.5         

Exercise of Options

     9   
  6.6         

Payment

     9   
  6.7         

Restrictions on Share Transferability

     9   
  6.8         

Termination of Employment

     9   
  ARTICLE 7       Stock Appreciation Rights      10   
  7.1         

Grant of SARs

     10   
  7.2         

SAR Agreement

     10   
  7.3         

Term of SAR

     10   
  7.4         

Exercise of Freestanding SARs

     10   
  7.5         

Exercise of Tandem SARs

     10   
  7.6         

Settlement of SAR Amount

     10   
  7.7         

Termination of Employment

     10   
  7.8         

Other Restrictions

     11   
  ARTICLE 8       Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units      11   
  8.1         

Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units

     11   
  8.2         

Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement

     11   
  8.3         

Other Restrictions

     11   
  8.4         

Certificate Legend

     12   
  8.5         

Shareholder Rights

     12   
  8.6         

Termination of Employment

     12   


  8.7           

Section 83(b) Election

     12   
  ARTICLE 9       Performance Share Units/Performance Shares      12   
  9.1           

Grant of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares

     12   
  9.2           

Value of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares

     13   
  9.3           

Earning of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares

     13   
  9.4           

Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares

     13   
  9.5           

Termination of Employment

     13   
  ARTICLE 10       Other Stock-Based Awards      13   
  10.1         

Other Stock-Based Awards

     13   
  10.2         

Value of Other Stock-Based Awards

     13   
  10.3         

Payment of Other Stock-Based Awards

     14   
  10.4         

Termination of Employment

     14   
  ARTICLE 11       Transferability of Awards      14   
  ARTICLE 12       Performance Measures      14   
  12.1         

Performance Measures

     14   
  12.2         

Evaluation of Performance

     16   
  ARTICLE 13       Dividend Equivalents Rights      16   
  ARTICLE 14       Treatment on Change of Control      16   
  ARTICLE 15       Beneficiary Designation      17   
  ARTICLE 16       Rights of Participants      17   
  16.1         

Employment

     17   
  16.2         

Participation

     18   
  16.3         

Rights as a Shareholder

     18   
  ARTICLE 17       Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination      18   
  17.1         

Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination

     18   
  17.2         

Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events

     18   
  17.3         

Awards Previously Granted

     18   
  17.4         

Amendment to Conform to Law

     19   
  ARTICLE 18       Withholding      19   
  18.1         

Tax Withholding

     19   
  18.2         

Share Withholding

     19   
  ARTICLE 19       Successors      19   
  ARTICLE 20       General Provisions      19   
  20.1         

Legend

     19   
  20.2         

Gender and Number

     20   
  20.3         

Severability

     20   
  20.4         

Requirements of Law

     20   
  20.5         

Delivery of Title

     20   
  20.6         

Inability to Obtain Authority

     20   

 

ii


              20.7           

Investment Representations

     20   
  20.8           

Participants Based Outside of the United States

     20   
  20.9           

Uncertificated Shares

     21   
  20.10         

Unfunded Plan

     21   
  20.11         

No Fractional Shares

     21   
  20.12         

Retirement and Welfare Plans

     21   
  20.13         

Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code

     21   
  20.14         

Nonexclusivity of this Plan

     22   
  20.15         

No Constraint on Corporate Action

     22   
  20.16         

Governing Law

     22   

 

iii


MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES LLC

2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan

ARTICLE 1

Establishment, Purpose, and Duration

1.1 Establishment . MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as the “ Company ”), establishes an incentive compensation plan to be known as the MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “ Plan ”), as set forth in this document. This Plan permits the grant of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Share Units and Other Stock-Based Awards.

1.2 Purpose of this Plan . The purpose of this Plan is to provide a means whereby Employees, Directors and non-employee directors of the Company’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates develop a sense of proprietorship and personal involvement in the development and financial success of the Company, and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to the business of the Company, thereby advancing the interests of the Company and its shareholders. A further purpose of this Plan is to provide a means through which the Company may attract able individuals to provide services to or for the benefit of the Company and to provide a means for such individuals to acquire and maintain share ownership in the Company, thereby strengthening their concern for the welfare of the Company.

1.3 Duration of this Plan . Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, this Plan shall terminate on                     , 2026. After this Plan is terminated, no Awards may be granted but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and this Plan’s terms and conditions.

ARTICLE 2

Definitions

Whenever used in this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below, and when the meaning is intended, the initial letter of the word shall be capitalized.

Annual Award Limit ” or “ Annual Award Limits ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

Affiliate ” means any corporation or other entity (including, but not limited to, a partnership or a limited liability company), that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the corporation or other entity in question.

Award ” means, individually or collectively, a grant under this Plan of Options, SARs, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares, Performance Share Units, or Other Stock-Based Awards, in each case subject to the terms of this Plan.


Award Agreement ” means either (a) a written agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under this Plan, or (b) a written or electronic statement issued by the Company to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of such Award, including any amendment or modification thereof. The Board may provide for the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper Award Agreements, and the use of electronic, internet or other non-paper means for the acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant.

Beneficial Owner ” or “ Beneficial Ownership ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

Board ” or “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Change of Control ” means, with respect to (x) the Company or (y) provided that it is an Affiliate of the Company at the relevant time, MGM (each of (x) and (y), a “ Referenced Entity ”), the first to occur of:

(1) the date that a reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or similar transaction (other than a spinoff, exchange offer or similar transaction to or with the applicable Referenced Entity’s public shareholders) is consummated, unless: (i) at least 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting entity (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“Resulting Entity”) are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the persons who were the beneficial owners of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership, immediately prior to such transaction, of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation and (ii) immediately following such transaction no person or persons acting as a group beneficially owns capital stock of the Resulting Entity possessing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Resulting Entity;

(2) the date that a majority of members of the Referenced Entity’s Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Referenced Entity’s Board before the date of the appointment or election; provided that no individual shall be considered to be so endorsed if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;

(3) the date that any one person, or persons acting as a group, acquires (or has or have acquired as of the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) beneficial ownership of stock of the Referenced Entity possessing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Referenced Entity; or

(4) the date that any one person acquires, or persons acting as a group acquire (or has or have acquired as of the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons), assets

 

2


from the Referenced Entity that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Referenced Entity immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions.

For the avoidance of doubt, there can only be one Change of Control for purposes of the Plan.

Code ” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. For purposes of this Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include references to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar provision.

Company ” means MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor thereto as provided in Article 19 herein.

Director ” means any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Dividend Equivalent Right ” means a right, to be credited to an Award granted to a Participant, as described in Article 13 hereof.

Eligible Individual ” means an individual who is (i) an Employee, (ii) a Director or (iii) a non-employee director of any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, including, without limitation, the Operating Partnership, in each case of (i), (ii) and (iii), to the extent permissible under Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Employee ” means any person designated as an employee of the Company, its Affiliates and/or its Subsidiaries on the payroll records thereof. An Employee shall not include any individual during any period he or she is classified or treated by the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary as an independent contractor, a consultant, or any employee of an employment, consulting, or temporary agency or any other entity other than the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary, without regard to whether such individual is subsequently determined to have been, or is subsequently retroactively reclassified as a common-law employee of the Company, Affiliate, and/or Subsidiary during such period.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor act thereto.

Fair Market Value ” or “ FMV ” means a price that is based on the opening, closing, actual, high, low, or average selling prices of a Share reported on the New York Stock Exchange (“ NYSE ”) or other established stock exchange (or exchanges) on the applicable date, the preceding trading day, the next succeeding trading day, or an average of trading days, as determined by the Board in its discretion. Unless the Board determines otherwise, Fair Market Value shall be deemed to be equal to the reported closing price of a Share on the most recent date on which Shares were publicly traded. In the event Shares are not publicly determined at the time a determination of their value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of their Fair Market Value shall be made by the Board in such manner as it deems appropriate. Such definition(s) of FMV may be specified in an Award Agreement and may differ depending on whether FMV is in reference to the grant, exercise, vesting, settlement, or payout of an Award.

 

3


Family Members ” of a Participant means any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of such Participant, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing such Participant’s household (other than a tenant or employee), a trust in which such individuals have more than fifty percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these individuals (or the Participant) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these individuals (or the Participant) own more than fifty percent of the voting interest.

Freestanding SAR ” means an SAR that is granted independently of any Options, as described in Article 7.

Full Value Award ” means an Award other than in the form of an Option or SAR, and which is settled by the issuance of Shares.

Grant Price ” means the price established at the time of grant of an SAR pursuant to Article 7, used to determine whether there is any payment due upon exercise of the SAR.

MGM ” means MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation.

Nonemployee Director ” means a Director who is not an Employee.

Operating Partnership ” means MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership and Affiliate of the Company.

Option ” means an option to purchase one or more Shares, granted pursuant to Article 6.

Option Price ” means the price at which a Share may be purchased by a Participant pursuant to an Option.

Other Stock-Based Award ” means an equity-based or equity-related Award not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan, granted pursuant to Article 10.

Participant ” means any Eligible Individual as set forth in Article 5 to whom an Award is granted.

Performance Measures ” means measures as described in Article 12 on which the performance goals of certain Awards may be based.

Performance Period ” means the period of time during which the performance goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an Award.

Performance Share ” means an Award under Article 9 herein and subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in Shares, the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.

Performance Share Unit ” means an Award under Article 9 herein and subject to the terms of this Plan, denominated in units, the value of which at the time it is payable is determined as a function of the extent to which corresponding performance criteria have been achieved.

 

4


Period of Restriction ” means the period when Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (based on the passage of time, the achievement of performance goals, or upon the occurrence of other events as determined by the Board, in its discretion), as provided in Article 8.

Permitted Transfer ” means any transfer of an Award by a Participant to a Participant’s Family Member made by gift or domestic relations order if such transfer is not for value; provided, however, that neither (a) a transfer under a domestic relations order in settlement of marital property rights nor (b) a transfer to an entity in which more than fifty percent of the voting interests are owned by Family Members or the Participant in exchange for an interest in that entity shall be deemed a transfer for value for the purposes of determining whether a transfer is a Permitted Transfer.

Plan ” means the MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan.

Plan Year ” means the Company’s fiscal year.

Restricted Stock ” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8.

Restricted Stock Unit ” means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to Article 8, where no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.

Section 409A ” means Code Section 409A, the regulations thereunder promulgated by the United States Department of Treasury and other guidance issued thereunder.

Share ” means a share of Class A common shares representing limited liability company interests of the Company.

Stock Appreciation Right ” or “ SAR ” means an Award, designated as an SAR, pursuant to the terms of Article 7 herein.

Subsidiary ” means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, in which the Company has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a proprietary interest of fifty percent (50%) or more by reason of share ownership or otherwise.

Tandem SAR ” means an SAR that is granted in connection with a related Option pursuant to Article 7 herein, the exercise of which shall require forfeiture of the right to purchase a Share under the related Option (and when a Share is purchased under the Option, the Tandem SAR shall similarly be canceled).

 

5


ARTICLE 3

Administration

3.1 General . The Board shall be responsible for administering this Plan, subject to this Article 3 and the other provisions of this Plan. In connection with its administration of the Plan, the Board may employ attorneys, consultants, accountants, agents, and other individuals, any of whom may be an Employee, and the Board, the Company, and its officers and Directors shall be entitled to rely upon the advice, opinions, or valuations of any such individuals. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Board shall be final and binding upon the Participants, the Company, and all other interested individuals.

3.2 Authority of the Board . The Board shall have full and exclusive discretionary power to interpret the terms and the intent of this Plan and any Award Agreement or other agreement or document ancillary to or in connection with this Plan, to determine eligibility for Awards and to adopt such rules, regulations, forms, instruments, and guidelines for administering this Plan as the Board may deem necessary or proper. Such authority shall include, but not be limited to, selecting Award recipients, establishing all Award terms and conditions, including the terms and conditions set forth in Award Agreements, granting Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under compensation plans or arrangements of the Company, construing any ambiguous provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, and, subject to Article 17, correcting a defect or supplying any omission, or reconciling any inconsistency so that this Plan or any Award Agreement complies with applicable law, regulations and listing requirements and so as to avoid unanticipated consequences or address unanticipated events (including any temporary closure of the stock exchange on which the Company’s Shares are listed, disruption of communications or natural catastrophe), or adopting modifications and amendments to this Plan or any Award Agreement, including without limitation, any that are necessary to comply with the laws of the countries and other jurisdictions in which the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries operate.

3.3 Delegation . The Board may delegate to a committee of one or more of its members all or any number of its administrative or other duties or powers under this Plan. If the Board delegates such duties or powers to a committee, all references under this Plan to the “ Board ” shall be interpreted to include such committee.

ARTICLE 4

Shares Subject to this Plan and Maximum Awards

4.1 Number of Shares Available for Awards . Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.4 herein, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance to Participants under this Plan (the “ Share Authorization ”) shall be [●] Shares.

4.2 Share Usage . Shares covered by an Award shall only be counted as used to the extent they are actually issued. Any Shares related to Awards which terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such Shares, are settled in cash in lieu of Shares, or are exchanged with the Board’s permission, prior to the issuance of Shares, for Awards not involving Shares, shall be available again for grant under this Plan. Moreover, if the Option Price of any Option granted under this Plan or the tax withholding requirements with respect to any Award granted under this Plan are satisfied by tendering Shares to the Company (by either actual delivery or by attestation), or if an SAR is exercised, only the number of Shares

 

6


issued, net of the Shares tendered, if any, will be deemed delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of Shares available for delivery under this Plan. The Shares available for issuance under this Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares.

4.3 Annual Award Limits . The following limits (each an “ Annual Award Limit ” and, collectively, “ Annual Award Limits ”) shall apply to grants of such Awards under this Plan:

(a) Options and SARs : The maximum aggregate number of Shares subject to all Options and SARs granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be [●] Shares.

(b) All Other Awards : The maximum aggregate grant with respect to all other Awards granted in any one Plan Year to any one Participant shall be [●] Shares, or equal to the value of [●] Shares determined as of the grant of the Award, as applicable.

(c) Nonemployee Director Limits : The maximum aggregate grant (regardless of the type(s) of Award granted) in any one Plan Year to any one Participant who is a Nonemployee Director shall be an Award or Awards having an aggregate grant date fair value (as determined for financial reporting purposes) of no more than $600,000. Without limitation of the foregoing, the aggregate value of all compensation paid or provided to a Nonemployee Director in respect of a single fiscal year of the Company shall not exceed $600,000, and for purposes of determining such aggregate value, compensation in the form of Awards shall be valued at the aggregate grant date fair value (as determined for financial reporting purposes).

4.4 Adjustments in Authorized Shares .

(a) If the outstanding securities of the class then subject to this Plan are increased, decreased or exchanged for or converted into cash, property or a different number or kind of securities, or if cash, property or securities are distributed in respect of those outstanding securities, in any case as a result of a reorganization, merger consolidation, recapitalization, restructuring, reclassification, extraordinary dividend or other distribution (other than regular, quarterly cash dividends), stock split, reverse stock split or the like, or if substantially all of the property and assets of the Company are sold, then, the Board shall make appropriate and proportionate adjustments in (a) the number, price (if applicable) and type of shares or other securities or cash or other property that may be subject to Awards previously granted under this Plan, (b) the maximum number and type of shares or other securities or cash or other property that may be issued pursuant to Awards thereafter granted under this Plan, and (c) the maximum number of Shares for which Awards may be granted during any one Plan Year.

(b) Subject to Section 17.3 and Article 12, the Board, in its sole discretion, may also make appropriate adjustments in the terms of any Awards under this Plan to reflect or related to such changes or distributions and to modify any other terms of outstanding Awards, including modifications of performance goals and changes in the length of Performance Periods. Subject to Section 17.3, the determination of the Board as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.

(c) Subject to the provisions of Article 17 and notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, without affecting the number of Shares reserved or available hereunder,

 

7


the Board may authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under this Plan in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate (including, but not limited to, a conversion of equity awards into Awards under this Plan in a manner consistent with applicable regulations), subject to compliance with the rules under Code Section 424, as and where applicable.

ARTICLE 5

Eligibility and Participation

5.1 Eligibility . Subject to Section 20.8 hereof, individuals eligible to participate in this Plan shall consist of all Eligible Individuals.

5.2 Actual Participation . Subject to the provisions of this Plan, the Board may, from time to time, select from all Eligible Individuals, those individuals to whom Awards shall be granted and shall determine, in its sole discretion, the nature of, any and all terms permissible by law, and the amount of each Award; provided that, (i) in the case of Awards to Eligible Individuals engaged by Affiliates rather than by the Company, the Board has determined that such individuals have provided, or are expected to provide, services to the Company, and (ii) in the case of Options, that the Shares subject thereto qualify as “service recipient stock” with respect to the Participant for purposes of Section 409A.

ARTICLE 6

Stock Options

6.1 Grant of Options . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, Options may be granted to Participants in such number, and upon such terms, and at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion. All Options granted under the Plan shall be nonqualified stock options not intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 422.

6.2 Award Agreement . Each Option grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Option Price, the maximum duration of the Option, the number of Shares to which the Option pertains, the conditions upon which an Option shall become vested and exercisable, and such other provisions as the Board shall determine which are not inconsistent with the terms of this Plan.

6.3 Option Price . The Option Price for each grant of an Option under this Plan shall be determined by the Board in its sole discretion and shall be specified in the Award Agreement; provided, however, the Option Price on the date of grant must be at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares as determined on the date of grant.

6.4 Term of Options . Each Option granted to a Participant shall expire at such time as the Board shall determine at the time of grant; provided, however, no Option shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary date of its grant.

 

8


6.5 Exercise of Options . Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercisable at such times and be subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Board shall in each instance approve, which terms and restrictions need not be the same for each grant or for each Participant.

6.6 Payment .

(a) Options granted under this Article 6 shall be exercised by the delivery of a notice of exercise to the Company or an agent designated by the Company in a form specified or accepted by the Board, or by complying with any alternative procedures which may be authorized by the Board, setting forth the number of Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised, accompanied by full payment for the Shares.

(b) A condition of the issuance of the Shares as to which an Option shall be exercised shall be the payment of the Option Price. The Option Price of any Option shall be payable to the Company in full either: (i) in cash or its equivalent; (ii) by tendering (either by actual delivery or attestation) previously acquired Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the Option Price; (iii) a cashless exercise (broker-assisted exercise) through a “ same day sale ” commitment; (iv) by a combination of (i), (ii), and (iii); or (v) any other method approved or accepted by the Board in its sole discretion.

(c) Subject to any governing rules or regulations, as soon as practicable after receipt of written notification of exercise and full payment (including satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding), the Company shall deliver to the Participant evidence of book entry Shares, or upon the Participant’s request, Share certificates in an appropriate amount based upon the number of Shares purchased under the Option(s).

(d) Unless otherwise determined by the Board, all payments under all of the methods indicated above shall be paid in United States dollars.

6.7 Restrictions on Share Transferability . The Board may impose such restrictions on any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option granted under this Article 6 as it may deem advisable, including, without limitation, minimum holding period requirements, restrictions under applicable federal securities laws, under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares are then listed and/or traded, or under any blue sky or state securities laws applicable to such Shares.

6.8 Termination of Employment . Each Participant’s Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the Option following termination of the Participant’s employment or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Options issued pursuant to this Article 6, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

 

9


ARTICLE 7

Stock Appreciation Rights

7.1 Grant of SARs .

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, SARs may be granted to Participants at any time and from time to time as shall be determined by the Board. The Board may grant Freestanding SARs, Tandem SARs, or any combination of these forms of SARs.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, the Board shall have complete discretion in determining the number of SARs granted to each Participant and, consistent with the provisions of this Plan, in determining the terms and conditions pertaining to such SARs.

(c) The Grant Price for each grant of a Freestanding SAR shall be determined by the Board and shall be specified in the Award Agreement; provided, however, the Grant Price on the date of grant must be at least equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the FMV of the Shares as determined on the date of grant. The Grant Price of Tandem SARs shall be equal to the Option Price of the related Option.

7.2 SAR Agreement . Each SAR Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Grant Price, the term of the SAR, and such other provisions as the Board shall determine.

7.3 Term of SAR . The term of an SAR granted under this Plan shall be determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, and except as determined otherwise by the Board and specified in the SAR Award Agreement, no SAR shall be exercisable later than the tenth (10th) anniversary date of its grant.

7.4 Exercise of Freestanding SARs . Freestanding SARs may be exercised upon whatever terms and conditions the Board, in its sole discretion, imposes.

7.5 Exercise of Tandem SARs . Tandem SARs may be exercised for all or part of the Shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option. A Tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the Shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

7.6 Settlement of SAR Amount . Subject to Section 20.11 herein, upon the exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment from the Company, in the form of cash or Shares, in an amount determined by multiplying:

(a) The excess of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the Grant Price, less applicable tax withholding; by

(b) The number of Shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised.

7.7 Termination of Employment . Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to exercise the SAR following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with Participants, need not be uniform among all SARs issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

 

10


7.8 Other Restrictions . The Board shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares received upon exercise of an SAR granted pursuant to this Plan as it may deem advisable or desirable. These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, a requirement that the Participant hold the Shares received upon exercise of an SAR for a specified period of time.

ARTICLE 8

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units

8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Board, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units to Participants in such amounts as the Board shall determine. Restricted Stock Units shall be similar to Restricted Stock except that no Shares are actually awarded to the Participant on the date of grant.

8.2 Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit Agreement . Each Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Unit grant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the Period(s) of Restriction, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock or the number of Restricted Stock Units granted, and such other provisions as the Board shall determine.

8.3 Other Restrictions .

(a) The Board shall impose such other conditions and/or restrictions on any Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units granted pursuant to this Plan as it may deem advisable including, without limitation, a requirement that Participants pay a stipulated purchase price for each Share of Restricted Stock or each Restricted Stock Unit, restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals, time-based restrictions on vesting following the attainment of the performance goals, time-based restrictions, restrictions under applicable laws or under the requirements of any stock exchange or market upon which such Shares are listed or traded, and/or holding requirements or sale restrictions placed on the Shares by the Company upon vesting of such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units.

(b) To the extent deemed appropriate by the Board, the Company may retain the certificates representing Shares of Restricted Stock in the Company’s possession until such time as all conditions and/or restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Article 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock Award shall become freely transferable by the Participant after all conditions and restrictions applicable to such Shares have been satisfied or lapse (including satisfaction of any applicable tax withholding obligations), and Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash, Shares, or a combination of cash and Shares as the Board, in its sole discretion shall determine.

 

11


8.4 Certificate Legend . In addition to any legends placed on certificates pursuant to Section 8.3, each certificate representing Shares of Restricted Stock granted pursuant to this Plan may bear a legend such as the following or as otherwise determined by the Board in its sole discretion:

The sale or transfer of Shares of stock represented by this certificate, whether voluntary, involuntary, or by operation of law, is subject to certain restrictions on transfer as set forth in the MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, and in the associated Award Agreement. A copy of this Plan and such Award Agreement may be obtained from MGM Growth Properties LLC.

8.5 Shareholder Rights . Unless otherwise determined by the Board and set forth in a Participant’s Award Agreement, to the extent permitted or required by law, as determined by the Board, Participants holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder shall have the right to receive dividends in cash or other property or distribution rights in respect of their Shares of Restricted Stock, to the extent made available under the terms of the Awards granting the Shares of the Restricted Stock, and may be granted the right to exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares during the Period of Restriction. A Participant shall have no voting rights at any time with respect to any Restricted Stock Units granted hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends and/or Dividend Equivalent Rights that relate to Awards that vest in whole or in part subject to performance goals or conditions shall, to the extent made available under the terms of the Awards, be subject to the same performance goals or conditions as the underlying Award.

8.6 Termination of Employment . Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Restricted Stock and/or Restricted Stock Units following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

8.7 Section 83(b) Election . The Board may provide in an Award Agreement that the Award of Restricted Stock is conditioned upon the Participant making or refraining from making an election with respect to the Award under Code Section 83(b). If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Code Section 83(b) concerning a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall be required to file promptly a copy of such election with the Company.

ARTICLE 9

Performance Share Units/Performance Shares

9.1 Grant of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares . Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, the Board, at any time and from time to time, may grant Performance Share Units and/or Performance Shares to Participants in such amounts and upon such terms as the Board shall determine.

 

12


9.2 Value of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares . Each Performance Share Unit shall have an initial value that is established by the Board at the time of grant. Each Performance Share shall have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant. The Board shall set performance goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value and/or number of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares that will be paid out to the Participant.

9.3 Earning of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares . Subject to the terms of this Plan, after the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares shall be entitled to receive payout on the value and number of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance goals have been achieved.

9.4 Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Share Units/Performance Shares . Payment of earned Performance Share Units/Performance Shares shall be as determined by the Board and as evidenced in the Award Agreement. Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Board, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Share Units/Performance Shares in the form of cash or in Shares (or in a combination thereof) equal to the value of the earned Performance Share Units/Performance Shares at the close of the applicable Performance Period, or as soon as practicable after the end of the Performance Period. Any Shares may be granted subject to any restrictions deemed appropriate by the Board. The determination of the Board with respect to the form of payout of such Awards shall be set forth in the Award Agreement pertaining to the grant of the Award.

9.5 Termination of Employment . Each Award Agreement shall set forth the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to retain Performance Share Units and/or Performance Shares following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, shall be included in the Award Agreement entered into with each Participant, need not be uniform among all Awards of Performance Share Units or Performance Shares issued pursuant to this Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

ARTICLE 10

Other Stock-Based Awards

10.1 Other Stock-Based Awards . The Board may grant other types of equity-based or equity-related Awards not otherwise described by the terms of this Plan (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares) in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions, as the Board shall determine. Such Awards may involve the transfer of actual Shares to Participants, and may include, without limitation, Awards designed to comply with or take advantage of the applicable local laws of jurisdictions other than the United States.

10.2 Value of Other Stock-Based Awards . Each Other Stock-Based Award shall be expressed in terms of Shares or units based on Shares, as determined by the Board. The Board

 

13


may establish performance goals in its discretion. If the Board exercises its discretion to establish performance goals, the number and/or value of Other Stock-Based Awards that will be paid out to the Participant will depend on the extent to which the performance goals are met.

10.3 Payment of Other Stock-Based Awards . Payment, if any, with respect to an Other Stock-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award, in cash or Shares as the Board determines.

10.4 Termination of Employment . The Board shall determine the extent to which the Participant shall have the right to receive Other Stock- Based Awards following termination of the Participant’s employment with or provision of services to the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be. Such provisions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, and may be included in an agreement entered into with each Participant, but need not be uniform among all Other Stock-Based Awards issued pursuant to the Plan, and may reflect distinctions based on the reasons for termination.

ARTICLE 11

Transferability of Awards

Except for any Permitted Transfers provided for in a Participant’s Award Agreement, which Permitted Transfers may be subject to additional restrictions determined by the Board and as set forth in the Award Agreement, no other Award granted under this Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. Further, except with respect to interests in Awards which have been subject to a Permitted Transfer provided for in a Participant’s Award Agreement, all Awards granted to a Participant under this Plan, as applicable, shall be exercisable during his or her lifetime only by such Participant. With respect to those Awards, if any, that are subject to Permitted Transfers, references in this Plan to exercise or payment related to such Awards by or to the Participant shall be deemed to include, as determined by the Board, the Participant’s Family Members to whom such Permitted Transfers were made.

ARTICLE 12

Performance Measures

12.1 Performance Measures . Awards under this Plan may be granted or may become vested or payable based upon the achievement of Performance Measures specified by the Board. Performance Measures under this Plan include:

(a) Market share;

(b) Gross revenue;

(c) Pretax operating income;

(d) Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);

 

14


(e) Earnings per Share (or other equity interest);

(f) Net sales or revenue growth;

(g) Net operating profit;

(h) Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue);

(i) Cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment);

(j) Earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization;

(k) Gross or operating margins;

(l) Productivity;

(m) Productivity ratios;

(n) Cost reductions and savings;

(o) Share (or other equity) price (including, but not limited to, growth measures);

(p) Consummation of debt and equity offerings;

(q) Equity capital raised;

(r) Expense targets;

(s) Margins;

(t) Operating efficiency;

(u) Market share;

(v) Customer satisfaction;

(w) Working capital targets;

(x) Economic value added or EVA ® (net operating profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital);

(y) Total shareholder return;

(z) Actual or adjusted funds from operations (FFO);

(aa) Actual or adjusted funds from acquisitions (FFA); and

 

15


(bb) Such other business and/or personal criteria as may be deemed appropriate by the Board.

Any Performance Measure(s) may be used to measure the performance of the Company, any of its Affiliates or operating units or any combination of the foregoing, annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to a previous year’s result as the Board may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Measures as compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies, or published or special index that the Board, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Company may select Performance Measure (o) above as compared to various stock market indices. The Board also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the Performance Measures specified in this Article 12.

12.2 Evaluation of Performance . The Board may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude, and may adjust the performance goals (including to prorate goals and payments for a partial Performance Period) in the event of, any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in applicable accounting provisions and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year, (f) other nonrecurring events such as mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, spinoffs or divestitures, (g) foreign exchange gains and losses, (h) financing transactions and (i) such other occurrences as may be deemed appropriate by the Board in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE 13

Dividend Equivalents Rights

Any Participant selected by the Board may be granted Dividend Equivalent Rights based on the dividends paid on Shares that are subject to any Award other than Options or SARs, to be credited as of dividend payment dates, during the period between the date the Award is granted and the date the Award is exercised, is settled, is paid, vests or expires, as determined by the Board. Such Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Dividend Equivalents Right that relate to Awards that vest or become payable or earned in whole or in part subject to performance goals or conditions shall, to the extent made available under the terms of the Award, be subject to the same performance goals or conditions as the underlying Award.

ARTICLE 14

Treatment on Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, the Board is authorized (but not obligated) to make adjustments in the terms and

 

16


conditions of outstanding Awards, including without limitation the following (or any combination thereof): (a) continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving company or corporation) or by the surviving company or corporation or its parent; (b) substitution by the surviving company or corporation or its parent of awards with substantially the same terms for outstanding Awards (with appropriate adjustments to the type of consideration payable upon settlement of the Awards); (c) accelerated exercisability, vesting and/or payment under outstanding Awards immediately prior to or upon the occurrence of such event or upon a termination of employment or other service following such event; and (d) if all or substantially all of the Company’s outstanding Shares transferred in exchange for cash consideration in connection with such Change of Control: (i) upon written notice, provide that any outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights are exercisable during a reasonable period of time immediately prior to the scheduled consummation of the event or such other reasonable period as determined by the Board (contingent upon the consummation of the event), and at the end of such period, such Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall terminate to the extent not so exercised within the relevant period; and (ii) cancellation of all or any portion of outstanding Awards for fair value (in the form of cash, shares, other property or any combination thereof) as determined in the sole discretion of the Board; provided, that, in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, the fair value may equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change of Control transaction to holders of Shares (or, if no such consideration is paid, Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such outstanding Awards or portion thereof being canceled) over the aggregate exercise or base price, as applicable, with respect to such Awards or portion thereof being canceled, or if no such excess, zero.

ARTICLE 15

Beneficiary Designation

Each Participant under this Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) to whom any benefit under this Plan is to be paid in case of the Participant’s death before the Participant receives any or all of such benefit. Each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Board, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such beneficiary designation, benefits remaining unpaid or rights remaining unexercised at the Participant’s death shall be paid or exercised by the Participant’s executor, administrator, or legal representative.

ARTICLE 16

Rights of Participants

16.1 Employment .

(a) Nothing in this Plan or an Award Agreement shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries, to terminate any Participant’s employment or service on the Board or to the Company at any time or for any reason not prohibited by law, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue his or her employment or other service for any specified period of time.

 

17


(b) Neither an Award nor any benefits arising under this Plan shall constitute an employment contract with the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries and, accordingly, subject to Articles 3 and 17, this Plan and the benefits hereunder may be terminated at any time in the sole and exclusive discretion of the Board without giving rise to any liability on the part of the Company, its Affiliates, and/or its Subsidiaries.

16.2 Participation . No Eligible Individual shall have the right to be selected to receive an Award under this Plan, or, having been so selected, to be selected to receive a future Award.

16.3 Rights as a Shareholder . Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.

ARTICLE 17

Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination

17.1 Amendment, Modification, Suspension, and Termination . Subject to Section 17.3, the Board may, at any time and from time to time, alter, amend, modify, suspend, or terminate this Plan and any Award Agreement in whole or in part; provided, however, that, without the prior approval of the Company’s shareholders and except as provided in Section 4.4, the Option Price of outstanding Options or the Grant Price of outstanding SARs issued under this Plan will not be reduced; at any time when the Option Price of outstanding Options or the Grant Price of outstanding SARs is above the Fair Market Value of a Share, no alteration, amendment or modification shall provide that any such outstanding Option or SAR be cancelled and regranted or exchanged for either cash or a new Award with a lower (or no) Exercise Price or Grant Price; and no other action shall be taken with respect to an Option or SAR that would be treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of the principal U.S. national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed. No material amendment of this Plan shall be made without shareholder approval if shareholder approval is required by law, regulation, or stock exchange rule.

17.2 Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or Nonrecurring Events . The Board may make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events described in Section 4.4 hereof) affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company or of changes in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Board determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent unintended dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under this Plan. The determination of the Board as to the foregoing adjustments, if any, shall be conclusive and binding on Participants under this Plan.

17.3 Awards Previously Granted . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary (other than Section 17.4), no termination, amendment, suspension, or modification

 

18


of this Plan or an Award Agreement shall adversely affect in any material way any Award previously granted under this Plan, without the written consent of the Participant holding such Award.

17.4 Amendment to Conform to Law . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the Board of Directors may amend the Plan or an Award Agreement, to take effect retroactively or otherwise, as deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of conforming the Plan or an Award Agreement to any present or future law relating to plans of this or similar nature (including, but not limited to, Section 409A), and to the administrative regulations and rulings promulgated thereunder.

ARTICLE 18

Withholding

18.1 Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of this Plan, or such other rate as may be approved without adverse accounting consequences.

18.2 Share Withholding . With respect to withholding required upon the exercise of Options or SARs, upon the lapse of restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units, or upon the achievement of performance goals related to Performance Shares, or any other taxable event arising as a result of an Award granted hereunder, Participants may elect, subject to the approval of the Board, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed on the transaction. All such elections shall be irrevocable, made in writing, and signed by the Participant, and shall be subject to any restrictions or limitations that the Board, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

ARTICLE 19

Successors

All obligations of the Company under this Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

ARTICLE 20

General Provisions

20.1 Legend . The certificates for Shares may include any legend which the Board deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer of such Shares.

 

19


20.2 Gender and Number . Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine, the plural shall include the singular, and the singular shall include the plural.

20.3 Severability . In the event any provision of this Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of this Plan, and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

20.4 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under this Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

20.5 Delivery of Title . The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for Shares issued under this Plan prior to:

(a) Obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and

(b) Completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.

20.6 Inability to Obtain Authority . The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary or advisable to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

20.7 Investment Representations . The Board may require any individual receiving Shares pursuant to an Award under this Plan to represent and warrant in writing that the individual is acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares.

20.8 Participants Based Outside of the United States . Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in countries other than the United States in which the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates operate or engage persons who would otherwise qualify as Eligible Individuals, the Board, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to:

(a) Determine which Employees, Directorsand non-employee directors of the Company’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and which Subsidiaries and Affiliates, shall be covered by this Plan;

(b) Determine which Employees, Directors and non-employee directors of the Company’s Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be eligible to participate in this Plan;

 

20


(c) Modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to Eligible Individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable non-U.S. laws;

(d) Establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable under applicable law, provided that any subplans and modifications to Plan terms and procedures established under this Section 20.8 by the Board shall be attached to this Plan document as appendices; and

(e) Take any action, before or after an Award is made, that it deems advisable to obtain approval or comply with any necessary local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals.

Notwithstanding the above, the Board may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate applicable law.

20.9 Uncertificated Shares . To the extent that this Plan provides for issuance of certificates to reflect the transfer of Shares, the transfer of such Shares may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange.

20.10 Unfunded Plan . Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company, and/or its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under this Plan. Nothing contained in this Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other individual. To the extent that any person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates under this Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in this Plan.

20.11 No Fractional Shares . No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to this Plan or any Award. The Board shall determine whether cash, Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

20.12 Retirement and Welfare Plans . Neither Awards made under this Plan nor Shares or cash paid pursuant to such Awards may be included as “ compensation ” for purposes of computing the benefits payable to any Participant under the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s or Affiliate’s retirement plans (both qualified and non-qualified) or welfare benefit plans unless such other plan expressly provides that such compensation shall be taken into account in computing a Participant’s benefit.

20.13 Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code .

 

21


(a) To the maximum extent possible, it is intended that the Plan and all Awards hereunder are, and shall be, exempt from or otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 409A, and that the Plan and all Award Agreements shall be interpreted and applied by the Board in a manner consistent with this intent in order to avoid the imposition of any taxes under Section 409A. In the event that any (i) provision of the Plan or an Award Agreement, (ii) Award, payment or transaction or (iii) other action or arrangement contemplated by the provisions of the Plan is determined by the Board to not comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A, the Board shall have the authority to take such actions and to make such changes to the Plan or an Award Agreement as the Board deems necessary to comply with such requirements.

(b) No payment that constitutes deferred compensation under Section 409A that would otherwise be made under the Plan or an Award Agreement upon a termination of Service will be made or provided unless and until such termination is also a “ separation from service, ” as determined in accordance with Section 409A. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything elsewhere in the Plan or an Award Agreement to the contrary, if a Participant is a “ specified employee ” as defined in Section 409A at the time of termination of service with respect to an Award, then solely to the extent necessary to avoid the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A, the commencement of any payments or benefits under the Award shall be deferred until the date that is six months following the Participant’s termination of service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Agreement) on the payment date that immediately follows the end of such six-month period (or death) or as soon as administratively practicable within thirty (30) days thereafter, but in no event later than the end of the applicable taxable year.

(c) In no event whatsoever shall the Company be liable for any additional taxes, interest or penalties that may be imposed on a Participant by Section 409A or any damages for failing to comply with Section 409A.

20.14 Nonexclusivity of this Plan . The adoption of this Plan shall not be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other compensation arrangements as it may deem desirable for any Participant.

20.15 No Constraint on Corporate Action . Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to: (i) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s or a Subsidiary’s or an Affiliate’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets; or, (ii) limit the right or power of the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

20.16 Governing Law . The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction. Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, recipients of an Award under this Plan are deemed to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the federal or state courts of Delaware, to resolve any and all issues that may arise out of or relate to this Plan or any related Award Agreement.

 

22

EXHIBIT 10.7

FORM OF

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN

PURPOSE

The MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP Annual Performance-Based Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”) is an annual short-term incentive plan designed to reward employees of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), for achieving pre-established corporate performance goals. The Plan is intended to provide an incentive for superior performance and to motivate participating officers toward the highest levels of achievement and business results, to tie their goals and interests to those of the Company, its affiliates and, ultimately, the shareholders of MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect affiliate of the Company (“ MGP ”), and to enable the Company to attract and retain highly qualified executive officers.

ARTICLE 1

ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

1.1 All employees of the Company are eligible to participate in the Plan. At or prior to the time performance objectives for a “ Performance Period ” are established, as defined in Section 2.2 below, the board of managers of MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is the general partner of the Company (the “ Board ”), will designate which of its employees of the Company among those eligible shall participate in the Plan for such Performance Period (the “ Participants ”).

ARTICLE 2

PLAN YEAR, PERFORMANCE PERIODS AND PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

2.1 The fiscal year of the Plan (the “ Plan Year ”) shall be the fiscal year beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31; provided, that for 2016, the Plan year shall be the short year commencing on [●], 2016, and ending on December 31, 2016. The performance period with respect to which bonuses shall be calculated and paid under the Plan (the “ Performance Period ”) shall generally be the Plan Year but may be longer or shorter than a Plan Year; provided, however, that the Board shall have the authority to designate different Performance Periods under the Plan, which need not be identical for all Participants.

2.2 Generally, within the first ninety days of each Performance Period, the Board shall establish in writing, with respect to such Performance Period, (a) one or more performance goals, (b) a target objective or objectives with respect to such performance goals and (c) a formula or method for computing the amount of bonus compensation awardable to a Participant if the performance goals are attained.


2.3 Performance goals shall be based upon achievement of performance measures specified by the Board. Performance measures under this Plan include:

(a) Market share;

(b) Gross revenue;

(c) Pretax operating income;

(d) Net earnings or net income (before or after taxes);

(e) Earnings per share (or other equity interest);

(f) Net sales or revenue growth;

(g) Net operating profit;

(h) Return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales, or revenue);

(i) Cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment);

(j) Earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation, and/or amortization;

(k) Gross or operating margins;

(l) Productivity;

(m) Productivity ratios;

(n) Cost reductions and savings;

(o) Share (or other equity) price (including, but not limited to, growth measures);

(p) Consummation of debt and equity offerings;

(q) Equity capital raised;

(r) Expense targets;

(s) Margins;

(t) Operating efficiency;

(u) Market share;

(v) Customer satisfaction;

(w) Working capital targets;

 

2


(x) Economic value added or EVA ® (net operating profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital);

(y) Total shareholder return;

(z) Actual or adjusted funds from operations (FFO);

(aa) Actual or adjusted funds from acquisitions (FFA); and

(bb) Such other business and/or personal criteria as may be deemed appropriate by the Board.

Any performance measures may be used to measure the performance of the Company, any of its affiliates (including MGP) or operating units or any combination of the foregoing, annually or cumulatively over a period of years, on an absolute basis or relative to a pre-established target, to a previous year’s result as the Board may deem appropriate, or any of the above performance measures as compared to the performance of a group of comparator companies, or published or special index that the Board, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate, or the Board may select performance measure (o) above as compared to various stock market indices. The Board also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any bonus award based on the achievement of performance goals pursuant to the performance measures specified in this Section 2.3.

2.4 The Board may provide that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude, and may adjust the performance goals (including to prorate goals and payments for a partial Performance Period) in the event of, any of the following events that occurs during a Performance Period: (a) asset write-downs, (b) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (c) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (d) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (e) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in applicable accounting provisions and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in MGP’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year, (f) other nonrecurring events such as mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, spinoffs or divestitures, (g) foreign exchange gains and losses, (h) financing transactions and (i) such other occurrences as may be deemed appropriate by the Board in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE 3

DETERMINATION OF BONUS AWARDS

3.1 As soon as practicable after the end of each Performance Period (or such sooner time as the performance goals have been met), the Board shall certify to what extent the Company and the Participants have achieved the performance goal or goals for such Performance Period, and the Board shall calculate the amount of each Participant’s bonus for such Performance Period based upon the performance goals, objectives and computation formulae for such Performance Period established pursuant to Section 2.2 above.

3.2 No Participant’s bonus award for any Plan Year shall exceed the sum of $8,000,000.

 

3


ARTICLE 4

PAYMENT OF BONUS AWARDS

4.1 Approved bonus awards shall be payable by the Company or any of its affiliates. Payment may be made in cash and/or, solely in the case of payment by MGP, Class A common shares of MGP, issued pursuant to the MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan and subject to such terms and conditions, including performance hurdles, vesting and contingencies, as may be permitted thereunder. Payment shall be made to a Participant, or to the Participant’s estate in the event of the Participant’s death, as soon as practicable during, and generally by March 15th of, the Plan Year following the Plan Year to which the bonus awards relate.

4.2 A bonus award that would otherwise be payable to a Participant who is not employed by the Company or one of its affiliates on the last day of a Performance Period or on such sooner date as the performance goals have been met may be prorated or not paid based on rules to be established by the Board for the administration of the Plan.

ARTICLE 5

OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

5.1 No person shall have any legal claim to be granted an award under the Plan, and the Board shall have no obligation to treat Participants uniformly. Except as may be otherwise required by law, bonus awards under the Plan shall not be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, charge, garnishment, execution or levy of any kind, either voluntary or involuntary. Bonuses awarded under the Plan shall be payable from the general assets of the Company, and no Participant shall have any claim with respect to any specific assets of the Company.

5.2 Neither the Plan nor any action taken under the Plan shall be construed as giving any employee the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or any affiliate or to obligate the Company or any affiliate to maintain any employee’s compensation at any level.

5.3 The Company or any of its affiliates may deduct from any award any applicable withholding taxes or any amounts owed by the employee to the Company or any of its affiliates.

5.4 All bonus awards shall be subject to the Company’s and MGP’s clawback policies as may be in effect from time to time.

5.5 The Company intends that the Plan and all bonus awards avoid the imposition of additional taxes, interest, and penalties pursuant to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), and, accordingly, the Plan shall be interpreted to that end. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan, any payments of “nonqualified deferred compensation” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) that are otherwise required to be paid under the Plan to a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A of the Code) as a result of his or her termination of employment (which for this purpose shall mean a “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Code) shall be delayed for the first six months

 

4


following such termination (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid on the first payroll date that immediately follows the end of such six-month period (or the first payroll date scheduled after the death of the specified employee).

ARTICLE 6

ADMINISTRATION

6.1 The Plan shall be administered by the Board, which shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the provisions of the Plan, to resolve any inconsistencies or ambiguities, provide for any omissions and resolve any conflicts under the Plan, and to adopt such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines and instruments for the administration of the Plan and for the conduct of its business as it deems necessary or advisable.

6.2 The Board shall have full power to delegate to a Committee comprised of one or more of its members all or any number of its administrative or other duties or powers under this Plan. If the Board delegates such duties or powers to a Committee, all references under this Plan to the “ Board ” shall be interpreted to include such Committee.

6.3 The Board may rely on opinions, reports or statements of officers or employees of the Company or any affiliate thereof and of Company counsel (inside or retained counsel), public accountants and other professional or expert persons.

6.4 The Board reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time.

6.5 No member of the Board shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or for any determination made by him or her in good faith with respect to the Plan, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of the Board against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the Board) arising out of any act or omission in connection with the administration or interpretation of the Plan, unless arising out of such person’s own fraud or bad faith.

6.6 The place of administration of the Plan shall be the State of Nevada, and the validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan and of its rules and regulations, and rights relating to the Plan, shall be determined solely in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

*            *             *

 

5

EXHIBIT 10.8

F ORM OF

MGM G ROWTH P ROPERTIES O PERATING P ARTNERSHIP LP

C HANGE OF C ONTROL P OLICY FOR E XECUTIVE O FFICERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A DOPTED : [ ], 2016


MGM G ROWTH P ROPERTIES O PERATING P ARTNERSHIP LP

C HANGE OF C ONTROL P OLICY FOR E XECUTIVE O FFICERS

1. Definitions

For purposes of the Change of Control Policy for Executive Officers, the following terms are defined as set forth below (unless the context clearly indicates otherwise):

 

Administrator

The third-party accounting, actuarial, consulting or similar firm which shall be retained by the Company prior to a Change of Control to administer this Policy following a Change of Control.

 

Annual Base Salary

The Participant’s base salary as in effect as of the date of a Change of Control.

 

Board

The Board of Managers of MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is the general partner of the Company.

 

Change of Control

“Change of Control” means, with respect to (x) MGP or (y) provided that it directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with MGP at the relevant time, MGM (each of (x) and (y), a “ Referenced Entity ”), the first to occur of:

 

  (1) the date that a reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or similar transaction (other than a spinoff, exchange offer or similar transaction to or with the applicable Referenced Entity’s public shareholders) is consummated, unless: (i) at least 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting entity (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns the Company either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“Resulting Entity”) are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the persons who were the beneficial owners of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership, immediately prior to such transaction, of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation and (ii) immediately following such transaction no person or persons acting as a group beneficially owns capital stock of the Resulting Entity possessing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Resulting Entity;

 

  (2) the date that a majority of members of the Referenced Entity’s Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Referenced Entity’s Board before the date of the appointment or election; provided that no individual shall be considered to be so endorsed if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or other actual or threatened solicitation of


 

proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Referenced Entity’s Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;

 

  (3) the date that any one person, or persons acting as a group, acquires (or has or have acquired as of the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) beneficial ownership of stock of the Referenced Entity possessing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Referenced Entity; or

 

  (4) the date that any one person acquires, or persons acting as a group acquire (or has or have acquired as of the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons), assets from the Referenced Entity that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Referenced Entity immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions.

 

  For the avoidance of doubt, there can only be one Change of Control for purposes of the Policy.

 

Code

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Company

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto.

 

Current Employment Agreement

The Participant’s employment agreement with the Company or any of its affiliates (including, without limitation, any Parent or Subsidiary) in effect as of the applicable date of determination, if any.

 

Date of Termination

If the Participant’s employment is terminated by:

 

  (i) the Employer with Employer’s Good Cause or by the Participant for Participant’s Good Cause, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Participant or the Employer, as the case may be, receives the Notice of Termination (as described in Section 3.2(b)) or any later date specified therein, as the case may be.

 

  (ii) the Employer without Employer’s Good Cause or by the Participant without Participant’s Good Cause, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Employer or the Participant, as applicable, notifies the other party of such termination.

 

  Notwithstanding the above, in the event that the Participant’s employment is terminated within six months prior to a Change of Control under circumstances entitling the Participant to the benefits described in Section 3 hereof were such termination of employment within the period commencing on the Change of Control and ending on the one-year anniversary thereof, the Participant’s Date of Termination for purposes of Section 3 hereof shall be the date of the Change of Control.

 

2


Effective Date

[●], 2016.

 

Employer

As applicable, the Company, the Subsidiaries, any Parent and any affiliated companies.

 

Employer’s Good Cause

As defined in Section 3.2(a).

 

Excise Tax

The excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, together with any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such excise tax.

 

Executive Officer

Any executive officer of the Company.

 

MGM

MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation, and any successor entity.

 

MGP

MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any successor entity.

 

Net After-Tax Benefit

The present value (as determined in accordance with Sections 280G(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 280G(d)(4) of the Code) of a Participant’s Payments less any Federal, state, and local income taxes and any Excise Tax payable on such amount.

 

Parent

A parent corporation as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

Participant

An Executive Officer who meets the eligibility requirements of Section 2.1.

 

Participant’s Good Cause

As defined in Section 3.2(a).

 

Payment

Any payment or distribution in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) to or for the benefit of the Participant, whether paid or payable pursuant to this Policy or otherwise.

 

Policy

This MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP Change of Control Policy for Executive Officers.

 

Separation Benefits

The amounts and benefits payable or required to be provided in accordance with Section 3.3 of this Policy.

 

Subsidiary

A subsidiary corporation of the Company as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code or corporation or other entity, whether domestic or foreign, direct or indirect, in which the Company has or obtains a proprietary interest of more than fifty percent (50%) by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.

 

3


Target Bonus

The annual target bonus award for which a Participant is eligible under the Company’s Annual Performance-Based Incentive Plan for Executive Officers, or any successor plan, as in effect as of the date of a Change of Control (or, if greater, as of the Date of Termination).

2. Eligibility

2.1.  Participation . Each Executive Officer set forth on Schedule A hereto shall be a Participant subject to the Policy effective as of the Effective Date and each other employee added to Schedule A by the Board from time to time shall become a Participant subject to the Policy effective as of the date of such Board action.

2.2.  Duration of Participation . A Participant shall cease to be a Participant subject to the Policy if (i) the Participant terminates employment with the Employer under circumstances not entitling him or her to Separation Benefits or (ii) the Board determines that Participant shall cease to be subject to the Policy prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, provided that no Executive Officer may be so removed from Policy participation subsequent to or in connection with a Change of Control that actually occurs. In the event that a Participant is removed from the Policy pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall, effective as of the date of such removal, amend the terms of any equity award or other agreement between the Company and such Participant, to the minimum extent necessary, to avoid the imposition of any additional taxes and/or penalties under Section 409A of the Code on such Participant as a result of such removal. Additionally, in the event that a Participant was removed from Policy participation in the six months prior to a Change of Control, such Participant will be deemed retroactively eligible to participate in the Policy. Furthermore, a Participant who is entitled to receive benefits under the Policy shall remain a Participant subject to the Policy until the amounts and benefits payable pursuant to the Policy have been paid or provided to the Participant in full.

3. Separation Benefits

3.1.  Right to Separation Benefits . A Participant shall be entitled to receive from the Employer the Separation Benefits as provided in Section 3.3, if a Change of Control occurs and the Participant’s employment with the Employer is terminated under circumstances specified in Section 3.2(a) during the period commencing on the date that is six months prior to such Change of Control and ending on the first anniversary of such Change of Control. Termination of employment shall have the same meaning as “separation from service” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.409A-1(h).

3.2.  Termination of Employment .

 

(a) Terminations which give rise to Separation Benefits under this Policy . The circumstances specified in this Section 3.2(a) are any termination of employment with the Employer by action of the Employer without Employer’s Good Cause (and not by reason of Participant’s death or disability) or by a Participant with Participant’s Good Cause.

 

4


(x) For purposes of this Policy, “Employer’s Good Cause” shall have the following meaning, regardless of the definition given such term in any Current Employment Agreement:

 

  (i) Participant’s failure to reasonably abide by Employer’s policies and procedures, misconduct, insubordination, failure to perform the duties required of Participant up to reasonable standards established by the Employer’s senior management, or material breach of Participant’s Current Employment Agreement, which failure or breach is not cured by the Participant within ten (10) days after written notice thereof from Employer specifying the facts and circumstances of the alleged failure or breach, provided, however, that such notice and opportunity to cure shall not be required if, in the good faith judgment of the Board, such breach is not capable of being cured within ten (10) days;

 

  (ii) Participant’s failure or inability to apply for and obtain any license, qualification, clearance or other similar approval which the Employer or any regulatory authority which has jurisdiction over the Employer requests or requires that the Participant obtain;

 

  (iii) The Employer is directed by any governmental authority in Nevada, New Jersey, Michigan, Mississippi, Illinois, Macau S.A.R., or any other jurisdiction in which the Employer is engaged in a gaming business or where the Employer has applied to (or during the term of the Participant’s employment under the Current Employment Agreement, may apply to) engage in a gaming business to cease business with the Participant; or

 

  (iv) Any of the Employer’s gaming business licenses are threatened to be, or are, denied, curtailed, suspended or revoked as a result of the Participant’s employment by the Employer or as a result of the Participant’s actions.

(y) For purposes of this Policy, “Participant’s Good Cause” shall have the following meaning, regardless of the definition given such term in any Current Employment Agreement:

 

  (i) The failure of Employer to pay Participant any compensation when due; or

 

  (ii) A material reduction in the scope of duties or responsibilities of Participant or any reduction in Participant’s salary or Target Bonus.

Within ten (10) days following the first occurrence of circumstances constituting Participant’s Good Cause, the Participant shall give the Employer thirty (30) days’ advance written notice specifying the facts and circumstances of the alleged breach. During such thirty (30) day period, the Employer may either cure the breach (in which case such notice will be considered withdrawn) or declare (to the Participant in writing) that the Employer disputes that Participant’s Good Cause exists, in which case Participant’s Good Cause shall not exist until the dispute is resolved in accordance with the methods for resolving disputes specified in Exhibit A hereto.

 

(b)

Notice of Termination . Any termination of employment initiated by the Employer for Employer’s Good Cause, or by the Participant for Employee’s Good Cause, shall be communicated by a Notice of Termination to the other party. For purposes of this Policy, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice which (i) indicates the specific

 

5


  termination provision in this Policy relied upon, and (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of the Participant’s employment under the provision so indicated. The failure by the Participant or the Employer to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Employer’s Good Cause or Employee’s Good Cause shall not waive any right of the Employer or the Participant, respectively, hereunder or preclude the Employer or the Participant, respectively, from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing the Employer’s or the Participant’s rights hereunder.

3.3.  Separation Benefits .

 

(a) If a Participant’s employment is terminated under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.2(a) entitling the Participant to Separation Benefits:

 

  (i) The Employer shall pay to the Participant, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination, or on such earlier date as required by applicable law, the sum of (i) the Participant’s Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination to the extent not theretofore paid, (ii) any bonus attributable to the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year to the extent not previously paid, and (iii) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid.

 

  (ii) In addition, if the Participant executes the general release of claims described in Section 3.5 within 21 days following the Date of Termination, then, contingent upon the expiration of any revocation period provided in such release and subject to Section 7.6, within 30 days following the Date of Termination, the Participant shall become entitled to the following benefits (the “Separation Benefits”):

(1) The Employer shall pay to the Participant, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination, an amount (“Separation Pay”) equal to the product of (A) two and (B) the sum of (x) the Participant’s Annual Base Salary and (y) the Participant’s Target Bonus; provided, however, that the Separation Pay amount pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed $4,000,000 per Participant (or, in the case of a Participant who served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company at any point within the six (6) months prior to the Change of Control (not taking into account any change in title that would qualify as Employee’s Good Cause), $10,000,000).

(2) The Employer also shall pay to the Participant, in a lump sum in cash within 30 days after the Date of Termination, an amount (“Benefits Pay”) equal in value to 24 months of continued health and other insurance benefits provided by the Employer to the Participant immediately prior to the Change of Control (or, if greater, as of the Date of Termination).

 

(b)

If a Participant’s employment is terminated under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.2(a) entitling the Participant to Separation Benefits and such termination of employment occurs prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Participant’s benefits under this Policy as described in this Section 3.3 shall commence upon the occurrence of the Change of Control (or such later date as may be required pursuant to

 

6


  Section 409A of the Code) and (i) shall be reduced by any severance compensation or benefits the Participant was entitled to and received as a result of such termination of employment prior to the Change of Control under any other agreement between the Participant and the Company or any other Company plan or policy, and (ii) shall replace and supersede any severance compensation or benefits the Participant would otherwise receive pursuant to such other agreement, plan or policy following the date of the Change of Control.

3.4.  Excise Tax . Unless otherwise provided in a Current Employment Agreement, notwithstanding anything in this Policy to the contrary, in the event it shall be determined that any Payment would be subject to the Excise Tax, and if the Participant’s Net After-Tax Benefit would be greater if the amount of the Payments was one dollar less than the smallest amount that would give rise to any Excise Tax (the “Reduced Amount”), then the amount of the Payments will be reduced to the Reduced Amount. The Company and its affiliates shall bear no responsibility for any Excise Tax payable on any Reduced Amount pursuant to a subsequent claim by the Internal Revenue Service or otherwise. For purposes of determining the Reduced Amount under this Section 3.4, amounts otherwise payable to the Participant shall be reduced such that the reduction of compensation to be provided to the Participant as a result of this Section 3.4 is minimized. In applying this principle, the reduction shall be made in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and where two economically equivalent amounts are subject to reduction but payable at different times, such amounts shall be reduced on a pro rata basis but not below zero. All determinations required to be made under this Section 3.4, including whether a Reduced Amount or a Net After-Tax Benefit is payable, and the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determinations, shall be made by the Company’s independent auditors or such other nationally recognized certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the Company and approved by the Participant (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Participant within 15 business days of the receipt of notice from the Participant that there has been a Payment, or such earlier time as is requested by the Company. All fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Company. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company, its Affiliates and the Participant.

3.5.  Payment Obligations Absolute . Upon a Change of Control and termination of employment under the circumstances described in Section 3.2(a), subject to Participant’s execution of a general release, the obligations of the Employer to pay or provide the Separation Benefits described in Section 3.3 shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstances, including, without limitation, any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Employer may have against any Participant. In no event shall a Participant be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to a Participant under any of the provisions of this Policy, nor shall the amount of any payment or value of any benefits hereunder be reduced by any compensation or benefits earned by a Participant as a result of employment by another employer.

 

7


3.6.  General Release of Claims; Compliance With Restrictive Covenants . Upon a Change of Control and termination of employment under the circumstances described in Section 3.2(a), the obligations of the Employer to pay or provide the Separation Benefits described in Section 3.3 are contingent on:

 

(a) the Participant’s (for him/herself, his/her heirs, legal representatives and assigns) agreement to execute a general release in the form and substance to be provided by Employer, releasing the Employer, its affiliated companies and their officers, directors, agents and employees from any claims or causes of action of any kind that the Participant might have against any one or more of them as of the date of the release, regarding his/her employment or the termination of that employment; and

 

(b) the Participant’s continued compliance with any restrictive covenants (including, without limitation, noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure, intellectual property assignment and confidentiality covenants), whether set forth in the Current Employment Agreement or elsewhere, that are binding on the Participant following termination of the Participant’s employment with the Employer (or, if no such restrictive covenants are otherwise in effect, as may be set forth in the release described in clause (a) above consistent with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Current Employment Agreements of other Participants), and in the event that a Participant breaches any such restrictive covenant, the Participant shall have no further right to Separation Benefits pursuant to this Policy, and any Separation Benefits previously provided to the Participant shall be subject to clawback by the Employer.

3.7.  Non-Exclusivity of Rights; Non-Duplication of Benefits . Nothing in this Policy shall prevent or limit the Participant’s continuing or future participation in any plan, program, policy or practice provided by the Employer and for which the Participant may qualify, nor shall anything herein limit or otherwise affect such rights as the Participant may have under any contract or agreement with the Employer; provided, however, that in the event the Participant becomes eligible for Severance Benefits hereunder, the Participant shall cease to be eligible for severance or termination benefits under any Current Employment Agreement or any other contract or agreement with the Employer that might otherwise apply.

4. Treatment of Equity Awards . In the event that a Participant holds any equity award (whether issued pursuant to the MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan or otherwise) at the time of a Change of Control, such award shall be eligible to accelerate and vest as and to the extent provided in the applicable plan and/or award agreement governing the terms of such award.

5. Successor to Company

5.1. This Policy shall bind any successor of the Company, its assets or its businesses (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise), in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company or its Subsidiaries would be obligated under this Policy if no succession had taken place.

5.2. In the case of any transaction in which a successor would not by the foregoing provision or by operation of law be bound by this Policy, the Company shall require such successor expressly and unconditionally to assume and agree to perform the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ obligations under this Policy, in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place. The term “Company,” as used in this Policy, shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor or assignee to the business or assets which by reason hereof becomes bound by this Policy.

 

8


6. Duration, Amendment and Termination

6.1.  Duration . This Policy shall remain in effect until terminated as provided in Section 6.2. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Change of Control occurs, this Policy shall continue in full force and effect and shall not terminate or expire until after all Participants who become entitled to any payments or benefits hereunder shall have received such payments or benefits in full.

6.2.  Amendment and Termination . The Policy may be terminated or amended in any respect by resolution adopted by the Board prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control. However, after the Board has knowledge of a possible transaction or event that if consummated would constitute a Change of Control, this Policy may not be terminated or amended in any manner which would adversely affect the rights or potential rights of Participants, unless and until the Board has determined that all transactions or events that, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control have been abandoned and will not be consummated, and, provided that, the Board does not have knowledge of other transactions or events that, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the Policy shall no longer be subject to amendment, change, substitution, deletion, revocation or termination in any respect that adversely affects the rights of Participants, and no Participant shall be removed from Policy participation.

7. Miscellaneous

7.1.  Legal Fees . The Employer agrees to pay, to the full extent permitted by law, all reasonable legal fees and expenses which the Participant may reasonably incur as a result of any contest by the Employer, the Participant or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Policy or any guarantee of performance thereof (including as a result of any contest by the Participant about the amount of any payment pursuant to this Policy); provided that the Employer shall have no obligation under this Section 7.1 to the extent the resolution of any such contest includes a finding denying, in total, the Participant’s claims in such contest. Such fees and expenses shall be paid within thirty (30) days following an invoice from the Participant to the Company following the initial resolution of any contest.

7.2.  Employment Status . This Policy does not constitute a contract of employment or impose on the Participant, the Company or the Participant’s Employer any obligation to retain the Participant as an employee or to change the Employer’s policies regarding termination of employment.

7.3.  Tax Withholding . The Employer may withhold from any amounts payable under this Policy such federal, state, local or foreign taxes as shall be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

7.4.  Validity and Severability . The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of the Policy shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of the Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect, and any prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

9


7.5.  Governing Law . The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of the Policy shall in all respects be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without reference to principles of conflict of law.

7.6.  Section 409A of the Code . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary:

 

(a) The Policy shall be interpreted, construed and operated to reflect the intent of the Company that all aspects of the Policy shall be interpreted either to be exempt from the provisions of Section 409A of the Code or, to the extent subject to Section 409A of the Code, comply with Section 409A of the Code and any regulations and other guidance thereunder. This Policy may be amended at any time, without the consent of any Participant, to avoid the application of Section 409A of the Code in a particular circumstance or to the extent determined necessary or desirable to satisfy any of the requirements under Section 409A of the Code, but the Employer shall not be under any obligation to make any such amendment. Nothing in the Policy shall provide a basis for any person to take action against the Employer based on matters covered by Section 409A of the Code, including the tax treatment of any award made under the Policy, and the Employer shall not under any circumstances have any liability to any Participant or other person for any taxes, penalties or interest due on amounts paid or payable under the Policy, including taxes, penalties or interest imposed under Section 409A of the Code.

 

(b) To the extent that any payment or benefit pursuant to this Policy constitutes a “deferral of compensation” subject to Section 409A of the Code (after taking into account to the maximum extent possible any applicable exemptions) (a “409A Payment”) treated as payable upon a separation from service (as defined under Section 409A of the Code, then, if on the date of the Participant’s separation from service, the Participant is a specified employee (as defined under Section 409A of the Code), then to the minimum extent required for the Participant not to incur additional taxes pursuant to Section 409A of the Code, no such 409A Payment shall be made to the Participant sooner than the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the Participant’s separation from service; or (ii) the date of the Participant’s death, at which time all such delayed payments shall be paid in lump sum without interest.

 

(c) No 409A Payment payable under this Policy shall be subject to acceleration or to any change in the specified time or method of payment, except as otherwise provided under this Policy and consistent with Section 409A. If under this Policy, a 409A Payment is to be paid in two or more installments, for purposes of Section 409A, each installment shall be treated as a separate payment. Moreover, if the Company determines in good faith that any provision of this Policy has the effect of impermissibly delaying or accelerating any payment schedule initially set forth in any applicable employment agreement or equity award, the applicable provision (or part thereof) of this Policy shall be disregarded and have no force or effect and the payment schedule shall be governed by the applicable provision of the applicable employment agreement or equity award agreement.

7.7.  Claim Procedure . If a Participant makes a written request alleging a right to receive Separation Benefits under the Policy or alleging a right to receive an adjustment in benefits being paid under the Policy, the Company shall treat it as a claim for benefits. All claims for

 

10


Separation Benefits under the Policy shall be sent to the General Counsel of the Company and must be received within 30 days after the Date of Termination. If the Company determines that any individual who has claimed a right to receive Separation Benefits under the Policy is not entitled to receive all or a part of the benefits claimed, it will inform the claimant in writing of its determination and the reasons therefore in terms calculated to be understood by the claimant. The notice will be sent within 90 days of the written request, unless the Company determines additional time, not exceeding 90 days, is needed and provides the Participant with notice, during the initial 90-day period, of the circumstances requiring the extension of time and the length of the extension. The notice shall make specific reference to the pertinent Policy provisions on which the denial is based, and describe any additional material or information that is necessary. Such notice shall, in addition, inform the claimant what procedure the claimant should follow to take advantage of the review procedures set forth below in the event the claimant desires to contest the denial of the claim. The claimant may within 90 days thereafter submit in writing to the Administrator a notice that the claimant contests the denial of his or her claim by the Company and desires a further review. The Administrator shall within 60 days thereafter review the claim and authorize the claimant to appear personally and review the pertinent documents and submit issues and comments relating to the claim to the persons responsible for making the determination on behalf of the Administrator. The Administrator will render its final decision with specific reasons therefor in writing and will transmit it to the claimant within 60 days of the written request for review, unless the Administrator determines additional time, not exceeding 60 days, is needed, and so notifies the Participant during the initial 60-day period. The Board may revise the foregoing procedures as it determines necessary to comply with changes in the applicable U.S. Department of Labor regulations.

7.8.  Unfunded Status . This Policy is intended to be an unfunded plan and to qualify as a severance pay plan within the meaning of Department of Labor regulations Section 2510.3-2(b). All payments pursuant to the Policy shall be made from the general funds of the Employer and no special or separate fund shall be established or other segregation of assets made to assure payment. No Participant or other person shall have under any circumstances any interest in any particular property or assets of the Employer as a result of being subject to the Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to assist in accumulating funds to meet the obligations created under the Policy; provided, however, that, unless the Board otherwise determines, the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the “unfunded” status of the Policy.

7.9.  Reliance on Adoption of Policy . Subject to Section 6.2, each person who shall become a Participant shall be deemed to have served and continue to serve in such capacity in reliance upon the Change on Control provisions contained in this Policy.

 

11


SCHEDULE A

1. James Stewart

2. Andrew Chien

 

12


EXHIBIT A

ARBITRATION

This Exhibit A sets forth the methods for resolving disputes should any arise under the Policy, and accordingly, this Exhibit A shall be considered a part of the Policy.

 

1. Except for a claim by either Participant or the Company for injunctive relief where such would be otherwise authorized by law, any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Policy or the breach hereof including without limitation any claim involving the interpretation or application of the Policy, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the employment arbitration rules then in effect of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”), to the extent not inconsistent with this paragraph. This Exhibit A covers any claim Participant might have against the Company, any officer, director, employee, or agent of the Company, or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates, and all successors and assigns of any of them. The promises by the Company and Participant to arbitrate differences, rather than litigate them before courts or other bodies, provide consideration for each other, in addition to other consideration provided under the Policy.

 

2. Claims Subject to Arbitration : This Exhibit A contemplates mandatory arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law. Only claims that are justiciable under applicable state or federal law are covered by this Exhibit A. Such claims include any and all alleged violations of any state or federal law whether common law, statutory, arising under regulation or ordinance, or any other law, brought by any current or former employees.

 

3. Non-Waiver of Substantive Rights : This Exhibit A does not waive any rights or remedies available under applicable statutes or common law. However, it does waive Participant’s right to pursue those rights and remedies in a judicial forum. By accepting benefits under the Policy, the Participant shall be deemed to have voluntarily agreed to arbitrate his or her claims covered by this Exhibit A.

 

4. Time Limit to Pursue Arbitration; Initiation : To ensure timely resolution of disputes, Participant and the Company must initiate arbitration within the statute of limitations (deadline for filing) provided for by applicable law pertaining to the claim. The failure to initiate arbitration within this time limit will bar any such claim. The parties understand that the Company and Participant are waiving any longer statutes of limitations that would otherwise apply, and any aggrieved party is encouraged to give written notice of any claim as soon as possible after the event(s) in dispute so that arbitration of any differences may take place promptly. The parties agree that the aggrieved party must, within the time frame provided by this Exhibit A, give written notice of a claim. In the event such notice is to be provided to the Company, the Participant shall provide a copy of such notice of a claim to the Company’s designated legal counsel for purposes of arbitration. Written notice shall identify and describe the nature of the claim, the supporting facts and the relief or remedy sought.

 

13


5. Selecting an Arbitrator : This Exhibit A mandates Arbitration under the then current rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS) regarding employment disputes. The arbitrator shall be either a retired judge or an attorney experienced in employment law and licensed to practice in the state in which arbitration is convened. The parties shall select one arbitrator from among a list of three qualified neutral arbitrators provided by JAMS. If the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator, each party shall strike one name and the remaining named arbitrator shall be selected.

 

6. Representation/Arbitration Rights and Procedures :

 

  a. Participant may be represented by an attorney of his/her choice at his/her own expense.

 

  b. The arbitrator shall apply the substantive law (and the law of remedies, if applicable) of Nevada (without regard to its choice of law provisions) and/or federal law when applicable. In all cases, this Exhibit A shall provide for the broadest level of arbitration of claims between the Company and Participant under Nevada or applicable federal law. The arbitrator is without jurisdiction to apply any different substantive law or law of remedies.

 

  c. The arbitrator shall have no authority to award non-economic damages or punitive damages except where such relief is specifically authorized by an applicable state or federal statute or common law. In such a situation, the arbitrator shall specify in the award the specific statute or other basis under which such relief is granted.

 

  d. The applicable law with respect to privilege, including attorney-client privilege, work product, and offers to compromise must be followed.

 

  e. The parties shall have the right to conduct reasonable discovery, including written and oral (deposition) discovery and to subpoena and/or request copies of records, documents and other relevant discoverable information consistent with the procedural rules of JAMS. The arbitrator shall decide disputes regarding the scope of discovery and shall have authority to regulate the conduct of any hearing and/or trial proceeding. The arbitrator shall have the right to entertain a motion to dismiss and/or motion for summary judgment.

 

  f. The parties shall exchange witness lists at least 30 days prior to the trial/hearing procedure. The arbitrator shall have subpoena power so that either Participant or the Company may summon witnesses. The arbitrator shall use the Federal Rules of Evidence. Both parties have the right to file a post hearing brief. Any party, at its own expense, may arrange for and pay the cost of a court reporter to provide a stenographic record of the proceedings.

 

  g. Any arbitration hearing or proceeding shall take place in private, not open to the public, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

7.

Arbitrator’s Award : The arbitrator shall issue a written decision containing the specific issues raised by the parties, the specific findings of fact, and the specific conclusions of

 

14


  law. The award shall be rendered promptly, typically within 30 days after conclusion of the arbitration hearing, or the submission of post-hearing briefs if requested. The arbitrator may not award any relief or remedy in excess of what a court could grant under applicable law. The arbitrator’s decision is final and binding on both parties. Judgment upon an award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction.

 

  a. Either party may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel arbitration under this Exhibit A and to enforce an arbitration award.

 

  b. In the event of any administrative or judicial action by any agency or third party to adjudicate a claim on behalf of Participant which is subject to arbitration under this Exhibit A, Participant hereby waives the right to participate in any monetary or other recovery obtained by such agency or third party in any such action, and Participant’s sole remedy with respect to any such claim shall be any award decreed by an arbitrator pursuant to the provisions of this Exhibit A.

 

8. Fees and Expenses : The Company shall be responsible for paying any filing fee and the fees and costs of the arbitrator; provided, however, that if Participant is the party initiating the claim, Participant will contribute an amount equal to the filing fee to initiate a claim in the court of general jurisdiction in the state in which Participant is (or was last) employed by the Company. Participant and the Company shall each pay for their own expenses, attorney’s fees (a party’s responsibility for his/her/its own attorney’s fees is only limited by any applicable statute specifically providing that attorney’s fees may be awarded as a remedy), and costs and fees regarding witness, photocopying and other preparation expenses. If any party prevails on a statutory claim that affords the prevailing party attorney’s fees and costs, or if there is a written agreement providing for attorney’s fees and/or costs, the arbitrator may award reasonable attorney’s fees and/or costs to the prevailing party, applying the same standards a court would apply under the law applicable to the claim(s).

 

9. The arbitration provisions of this Exhibit A shall survive the termination of Participant’s employment with the Company. These arbitration provisions can only be modified or revoked in a writing signed by both parties and which expressly states an intent to modify or revoke the provisions of this Exhibit A.

 

10. The arbitration provisions of this Exhibit A do not alter or affect the termination provisions of the Policy.

 

11. Capitalized terms not defined in this Exhibit A shall have the same definition as in the Policy to which this is Exhibit A.

 

12. If any provision of this Exhibit A is adjudged to be void or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the remainder of Exhibit A. All other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

 

15


ACKNOWLEDGMENT

BOTH PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: THEY HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS EXHIBIT A IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, EXHIBIT A CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL TERM AND CONDITION OF POLICY TO WHICH IT IS EXHIBIT A, AND THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY ITS TERMS.

The parties also specifically acknowledge that by accepting benefits under the Policy and thereby agreeing to the terms of this Exhibit A, they are waiving the right to pursue claims covered by this Exhibit A in a judicial forum and instead agree to arbitrate all such claims before an arbitrator without a court or jury. It is specifically understood that this Exhibit A does not waive any rights or remedies which are available under applicable state and federal statutes or common law. Both parties enter into this Exhibit A voluntarily and not in reliance on any promises or representation by the other party other than those contained in the Agreement or in this Exhibit A.

Participant further acknowledges that Participant has been given the opportunity to discuss this Exhibit A with Participant’s private legal counsel and that Participant has availed himself/herself of that opportunity to the extent Participant wishes to do so.

*        *        *

 

16

EXHIBIT 10.9

Form of

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan

Master Plan Document

Effective [●], 2016


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

Purpose

     1   

ARTICLE 1

  

DEFINITIONS

     1   

ARTICLE 2

  

SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY

     5   

2.1

  

Selection by Committee

     5   

2.2

  

Enrollment Requirements

     5   

2.3

  

Eligibility; Commencement of Participation

     6   

2.4

  

Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals

     6   

ARTICLE 3

  

DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/CREDITING/TAXES

     6   

3.1

  

Minimum Deferrals

     6   

3.2

  

Maximum Deferrals

     7   

3.3

  

Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form

     7   

3.4

  

Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts

     7   

3.5

  

Vesting

     7   

3.6

  

Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances

     8   

3.7

  

FICA and Other Taxes

     9   

ARTICLE 4

   SHORT-TERM PAYOUT; UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES; WITHDRAWAL ELECTIONS; SMALL SUM CASHOUTS      9   

4.1

  

Short-Term Payout

     9   

4.2

  

Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term

     10   

4.3

  

Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies

     10   

4.4

  

Small Sum Cashouts

     10   

ARTICLE 5

  

RETIREMENT BENEFIT

     11   

5.1

  

Retirement Benefit

     11   

5.2

  

Payment of Retirement Benefit

     11   

5.3

  

Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit

     11   

ARTICLE 6

  

PRE-RETIREMENT SURVIVOR BENEFIT

     11   

6.1

  

Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit

     11   

6.2

  

Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit

     11   

ARTICLE 7

  

TERMINATION BENEFIT

     12   

7.1

  

Termination Benefit

     12   

7.2

  

Payment of Termination Benefit

     12   

7.3

  

Death Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit

     12   

ARTICLE 8

  

DISABILITY BENEFIT

     13   

8.1

  

Disability Benefit

     13   

ARTICLE 9

  

BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

     13   

9.1

  

Beneficiary

     13   

9.2

  

Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent

     13   

9.3

  

Acknowledgment

     13   

9.4

  

No Beneficiary Designation

     13   

 

i


          Page  

9.5

  

Doubt as to Beneficiary

     14   

9.6

  

Discharge of Obligations

     14   

ARTICLE 10

  

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

     14   

10.1

  

Leaves of Absence

     14   

ARTICLE 11

  

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION

     14   

11.1

  

Termination

     14   

11.2

  

Amendment

     14   

11.3

  

Plan Agreement

     15   

11.4

  

Effect of Payment; Non-Discretionary Cashout

     15   

ARTICLE 12

  

ADMINISTRATION

     15   

12.1

  

Committee Duties

     15   

12.2

  

Agents

     15   

12.3

  

Binding Effect of Decisions

     15   

12.4

  

Indemnity of Committee

     16   

12.5

  

Employer Information

     16   

ARTICLE 13

  

OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS

     16   

13.1

  

Coordination with Other Benefits

     16   

ARTICLE 14

  

CLAIMS PROCEDURES

     16   

14.1

  

Presentation of Claim

     16   

14.2

  

Notification of Decision

     16   

14.3

  

Review of a Denied Claim

     17   

14.4

  

Decision on Review

     17   

14.5

  

Legal Action

     17   

ARTICLE 15

  

TRUST

     17   

15.1

  

Establishment of the Trust

     17   

15.2

  

Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust

     18   

15.3

  

Distributions from the Trust

     18   

15.4

  

Investment of Trust Assets

     18   

15.5

  

No Claim on Trust Assets

     18   

ARTICLE 16

  

MISCELLANEOUS

     18   

16.1

  

Status of Plan

     18   

16.2

  

Unsecured General Creditor

     19   

16.3

  

Employer’s Liability

     19   

16.4

  

Nonassignability

     19   

16.5

  

Not a Contract of Employment

     19   

16.6

  

Furnishing Information

     19   

16.7

  

Terms

     19   

16.8

  

Captions

     20   

16.9

  

Governing Law

     20   

16.10

  

Notice

     20   

16.11

  

Successors

     20   

16.12

  

Spouse’s Interest

     20   

16.13

  

Validity

     20   

 

ii


          Page  

16.14

  

Incompetent

     20   

16.15

  

Court Order

     21   

16.16

  

Distribution in the Event of Taxation

     21   

16.17

  

Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control

     21   

 

iii


MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Effective [●], 2016

Purpose

The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and its subsidiaries that sponsor this Plan. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

ARTICLE 1

Definitions

For purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated meanings:

Account Balance ” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, a credit on the records of the Employer equal to the Deferral Account balance. The Account Balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or the Participant’s designated Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.

Annual Deferral Amount ” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Base Annual Salary and Bonus that a Participant elects to have, and is, deferred in accordance with Article 3, for any one Plan Year. In the event of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability, death or a Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.

Base Annual Salary ” shall mean the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during any calendar year, whether or not paid in such calendar year or included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, equity or equity-based incentives, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards and other fees and automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Annual Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of any Employer and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the Participant’s gross income under Code Sections 125, 402(e)(3), 402(h), or 403(b) pursuant to plans established by any Employer; provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Employee.

Beneficiary ” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant or the death of a predecessor Beneficiary receiving benefits under the Plan.

 

1


Beneficiary Designation Form ” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

Board ” shall mean the board of managers of MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is the general partner of the Company.

Bonus ” shall mean any cash compensation, other than Base Salary, earned by a Participant for services rendered during a Plan Year, under any Employer’s bonus, commission or other cash incentive arrangements (whether written or oral).

Change of Control ” shall mean, with respect to (x) MGP or (y) provided that it controls, is controlled by or is under common control with MGP at the relevant time, MGM (each of (x) and (y), a “ Referenced Entity ”), the first to occur of:

(1) the date that a reorganization, merger, consolidation, recapitalization, or similar transaction (other than a spinoff, exchange offer or similar transaction to or with the applicable Referenced Entity’s public shareholders) is consummated, unless: (i) at least 50% of the outstanding voting securities of the surviving or resulting entity (including, without limitation, an entity which as a result of such transaction owns MGP either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) (“Resulting Entity”) are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the persons who were the beneficial owners of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership, immediately prior to such transaction, of the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation and (ii) immediately following such transaction no person or persons acting as a group beneficially owns capital stock of the Resulting Entity possessing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Resulting Entity;

(2) the date that a majority of members of the Referenced Entity’s Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Referenced Entity’s Board before the date of the appointment or election; provided that no individual shall be considered to be so endorsed if such individual initially assumed office as a result of either an actual or threatened “Election Contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Referenced Entity’s Board (a “Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;

(3) the date that any one person, or persons acting as a group, acquires (or has or have acquired as of the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) beneficial ownership of stock of the Referenced Entity possessing thirty-five percent (35%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Referenced Entity; or

(4) the date that any one person acquires, or persons acting as a group acquire (or has or have acquired as of the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons), assets from the Referenced Entity that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than forty percent (40%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Referenced Entity immediately before such acquisition or acquisitions.

 

2


For the avoidance of doubt, there can only be one Change of Control for purposes of the Plan.

Claimant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.

Committee ” shall mean the committee described in Article 12.

Company ” shall mean MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.

Deferral Account ” shall mean (a) the sum (i) the aggregate amount of all of a Participant’s Annual Deferral Amounts and (ii) amounts credited or debited in accordance with all applicable crediting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Deferral Account less (b) all distributions made to the Participant or the Participant’s Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Deferral Account.

Disability ” shall mean that a Participant (a) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as certified by a licensed physician, or (b) is receiving income replacement benefits for a period of not less than 3 months under an accident and health plan covering employees of the Participant’s Employer by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as certified by a licensed physician in each case.

Disability Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.

Election Form ” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to make an election under the Plan.

Employee ” shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.

Employer(s) ” shall mean the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries (now in existence or hereafter formed or acquired) that have been selected by the Board to participate in the Plan and have adopted the Plan as a sponsor.

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

MGM ” shall mean MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation.

 

3


MGP ” shall mean MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Participant ” shall mean any Employee (a) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (b) who elects to participate in the Plan, (c) who signs a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, (d) whose signed Plan Agreement, Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, (e) who commences participation in the Plan, and (f) whose Plan Agreement has not terminated. A spouse or former spouse of a Participant, as such, shall not be treated as a Participant in the Plan or have an account balance under the Plan, even if the Participant has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan in accordance with Article 5 or 6 of the Plan, or as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal separation or divorce.

Plan ” shall mean the MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument and by each Plan Agreement, as they may be amended from time to time.

Plan Agreement ” shall mean a written agreement, as may be amended from time to time, which is entered into by and between an Employer and a Participant. Each Plan Agreement executed by a Participant and the Participant’s Employer shall provide for the entire benefit to which such Participant is entitled under the Plan; should there be more than one Plan Agreement, the Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and shall govern such entitlement. The terms of any Plan Agreement may be different for any Participant, and any Plan Agreement may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the Employer and the Participant.

Plan Year ” shall mean (a) the short year commencing [●], 2016, and continuing through December 31, 2016, and (b) January 1 of each calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year, while the Plan is in effect.

Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 6.

Quarterly Installment Method ” shall mean quarterly installment payments over the number of quarters selected by the Participant in accordance with this Plan, calculated as follows: the Account Balance of the Participant shall be calculated as of the close of business on the last business day of the calendar quarter in which the Participant becomes entitled to a quarterly installment payment under this Plan. The quarterly installment shall be calculated by multiplying this balance by a fraction, the numerator of which is one, and the denominator of which is the remaining number of quarterly payments due the Participant. By way of example, if the Participant elects 40 quarters, the first payment shall be 1/40 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. For the following calendar quarter, the payment shall be 1/39 of the Account Balance, calculated as described in this definition. Continuing Payments pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method shall be made no later than 60 days following the last business day of the applicable calendar quarter for which the installment payment is made.

 

4


Retirement ”, “ Retire(s) ” or “ Retired ” shall mean separation from service (as defined in accordance with Code Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder) from all Employers for any reason other than an authorized leave of absence, death or Disability on or after the earlier of the attainment of (a) age sixty-five (65) or (b) age fifty-five (55) with ten (10) Years of Service.

Retirement Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 5.

Short-Term Payout ” shall mean the payout set forth in Section 4.1.

Termination Benefit ” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 7.

Termination of Employment ” shall mean separation from service (as defined in accordance with Code Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder) from all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death.

Trust ” shall mean one or more trusts established in accordance with Section 15.1.

Unforeseeable Financial Emergency ” shall mean severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee consistent with Code Section 409A.

Years of Service ” shall mean the total number of full years of employment in which a Participant has been employed by one or more Employers. For purposes of this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365-day period (or 366-day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of employment, commences on the Employee’s date of hiring and that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. Any partial year of employment shall not be counted.

ARTICLE 2

Selection, Enrollment, Eligibility

2.1 Selection by Committee . Participation in the Plan shall be limited to a select group of management and highly compensated Employees, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. From that group, the Committee shall select, in its sole discretion, Employees to participate in the Plan, who upon selection become eligible to participate in the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee cannot be selected to be a participant in the Plan until the Employee has been employed with an Employer for at least 90 days.

2.2 Enrollment Requirements . As a condition to participation, each selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Committee, in a manner determined by the Committee, a Plan Agreement, an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all by October 1 st of the Plan Year in which the Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. If an Employee is selected to participate in the Plan after October 1 st of a given Plan Year, the

 

5


Employee shall complete the required enrollment materials by October 1 st of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.2, each Employee selected to participate in the short 2016 Plan Year shall complete, execute and return the required enrollment materials within 30 days following the effective date of this Plan (or, if later, within 30 days following the date the Employee first becomes eligible to participate in this Plan), and any elections shall be made with respect to Base Annual Salary and/or Bonus earned following the date the elections contained within the enrollment materials become effective. In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary.

2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of Participation . Subject to the next sentence, an Employee selected to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.1 by October 1 st of a given Plan Year shall commence participation in the Plan as of the first day of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Committee selects that Employee to participate in the Plan. However, if the Employee fails to return the required enrollment materials by October 1 st of the Plan Year in which the Employee was selected to participate in the Plan and thus fails to meet the requirements of Section 2.2, that Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the subsequent Plan Year, subject to the delivery to and acceptance by the Committee of the required documents by October 1 st of the Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Employee was selected to participate in the Plan. An Employee selected to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.1 after October 1 st of a given Plan Year shall not be eligible to commence participation in the Plan as of the first day of the Plan Year following selection but instead will become eligible to participate in the Plan in the following Plan Year, subject to the Employee meeting the applicable requirements of Section 2.2.

2.4 Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals . If the Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to prevent the Participant from making future deferral elections.

ARTICLE 3

Deferral Commitments/Crediting/Taxes

3.1 Minimum Deferrals . For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as the Participant’s Annual Deferral Amount in whole percentages, Base Annual Salary and/or Bonus in the following minimum percentages for each deferral elected:

 

Deferral    Minimum Amount  

Base Annual Salary

     3

Bonus

     3

If an election is made for less than the stated minimum amounts, or if no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.

 

6


3.2 Maximum Deferrals . For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as the Participant’s Annual Deferral Amount in whole percentages, Base Annual Salary and/or Bonus up to the following maximum percentages for each deferral elected:

 

Deferral    Maximum Amount  

Base Annual Salary

     50

Bonus

     75

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant first becomes a Participant after the first day of a Plan Year, the maximum Annual Deferral Amount, with respect to Base Annual Salary and Bonus, shall be limited to the amount of such compensation earned by the Participant after the Participant commences participation in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.3 above.

3.3 Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form.

(a) First Plan Year . In connection with a Participant’s commencement of participation in the Plan, the Participant shall make an irrevocable deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant, timely delivered to the Committee (in accordance with Section 2.2) and accepted by the Committee.

(b) Subsequent Plan Years . For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other elections as the Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan, shall be made by timely delivering to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made (or such earlier time as the Committee may establish, in its sole discretion), a new Election Form. If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year.

(c) Performance-Based Compensation . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, determine that an irrevocable deferral election pertaining to performance-based compensation may be made by timely delivering a new Election Form to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, no later than six (6) months before the end of the performance service period. “ Performance-based compensation ” shall be compensation based on services performed over a period of at least twelve (12) months, in accordance with Code Section 409A and related guidance.

3.4 Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts . For each Plan Year, the Base Annual Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in the percentage elected by the Participant. The Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Bonus is paid to the Participant.

3.5 Vesting . A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in the Participant’s Deferral Account.

 

7


3.6 Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances . In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant’s Account Balance in accordance with the following rules:

(a) Election of Measurement Funds . A Participant, in connection with the Participant’s initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.3(a), shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.6(c)) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited or debited to the Participant’s Account Balance. A Participant may (but is not required to) elect to add or delete one or more available Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited or debited to the Participant’s Account Balance, or to change the portion of the Participant’s Account Balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement Fund. A Participant may elect to make such a change by submitting an Election Form, whether written or electronic (as determined by the Committee from time to time and in its sole discretion), to the Committee. Any election so made and accepted by the Committee shall apply no later than the third business day following the Committee’s acceptance of the election. Any such election shall continue to apply, unless subsequently changed in accordance with this Section 3.6(a).

(b) Proportionate Allocation . In making any election described in Section 3.6(a), the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of the Participant’s Account Balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the Participant were making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of the Participant’s Account Balance).

(c) Measurement Funds . A Participant may elect one or more measurement funds (the “ Measurement Funds ”) from among those selected by the Committee for the purpose of crediting or debiting additional amounts to the Participant’s Account Balance. As necessary, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add Measurement Funds. Each such action will take effect as of the first day of the calendar quarter that follows by thirty (30) days or more the day on which the Committee gives Participants advance written notice of such change. In selecting the Measurement Funds that are available from time to time, neither the Committee nor any Employer shall be liable to any Participant for such selection or adding, deleting or continuing any available Measurement Fund.

(d) Crediting or Debiting Method . The performance of each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be reasonably determined by the Committee. A Participant’s Account Balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the Participant.

(e) No Actual Investment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to the Participant’s Account Balance thereof, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Account Balance shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of the Participant’s Account Balance in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the Company or the Trustee (as that term is defined in

 

8


the Trust), in its sole discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Account Balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on the Participant’s behalf by the Company or the Trust; and the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.

(f) Employer Discretion . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.6, the Committee shall retain the overriding discretion regarding the Participant’s designation of Measurement Funds under this Section 3.6. If a Participant fails to designate any Measurement Fund under this Section 3.6, the Participant shall be deemed to have elected the money market fund, or such other fund as determined from time to time by the Committee in its sole discretion.

(g) Selection Results . The Participant shall bear full responsibility for all results associated with the Participant’s selection of Measurement Funds under this Section 3.6, and the Employers shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the Participant’s selection of such Measurement Funds.

3.7 FICA and Other Taxes.

(a) Annual Deferral Amounts . For each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Participant’s Employer(s) shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Annual Salary and Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer(s), the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount. If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.7.

(b) Distributions . The Participant’s Employer(s), or the Trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer(s), or the Trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in good faith in the sole discretion of the Employer(s) and the Trustee of the Trust.

ARTICLE 4

Short-Term Payout; Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies;

Withdrawal Elections; Small Sum Cashouts

4.1 Short-Term Payout .

(a) In connection with each election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive a future “ Short-Term Payout ” from the Plan with respect to such Annual Deferral Amount. The Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount that is equal to the Annual Deferral Amount plus amounts credited or debited in the manner provided in Section 3.6 above on that amount, determined at the time that the Short-Term Payout becomes payable. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Plan, each Short-Term Payout elected shall be paid out during a 60 day period commencing immediately after the last day of any Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least five Plan Years after the Plan

 

9


Year in which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually deferred. By way of example, if a five-year Short-Term Payout is elected for Annual Deferral Amounts that are deferred in the Plan Year commencing January 1, 2017, the five-year Short-Term Payout would become payable during a 60 day period commencing January 1, 2023.

(b) A Participant may make a one time election to postpone a Short-Term Payout described above, and have such amount paid out during a sixty (60) day period commencing immediately after an allowable alternative distribution date designated by the Participant in accordance with the following rules. To make this one time election, the Participant must submit a new Election Form to the Committee in accordance with the following criteria: (i) the Election Form is submitted at least 1 year prior to the schedule distribution date of the Short-Term Payout, (ii) the election cannot take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made, (iii), the first payment with respect to which such election is made must be deferred for a period of 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made, (iv) the election cannot accelerate the payment of such benefit and (v) the election is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion.

4.2 Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term . Should an event occur that triggers a benefit under Article 5, 6, 7 or 8, any Annual Deferral Amount, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, that is subject to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 4.1 shall not be paid in accordance with Section 4.1 but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable Article. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall interpret this Section in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder, including without limitation guidance issued in connection with that Section.

4.3 Withdrawal Payout/Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies . If the Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant may petition the Committee to (a) suspend any deferrals required to be made by a Participant during the remaining portion of the Plan Year and/or (b) receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant’s Account Balance, calculated as if such Participant were receiving a Termination Benefit, or the amount necessary to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship). If, in the sole discretion of the Committee, the petition for a suspension and/or payout is approved, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made within 60 days of the date of approval.

4.4 Small Sum Cashouts . The Company may elect in writing to effect a cashout pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(v), where the Account Balance under the Plan (together with account balances of any other aggregated arrangements) do not exceed the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) (or a lower threshold set by the Company in such election). An Employee whose entire Account Balance has been distributed in a lump sum pursuant to this Section 4.4 and who recommences making deferral elections shall be treated for the Plan Year of such recommencement as a new Participant under the Plan and shall for such Plan Year be eligible to make a new payout election with respect to such new participation.

 

10


ARTICLE 5

Retirement Benefit

5.1 Retirement Benefit . A Participant who Retires shall receive, as a Retirement Benefit, the Participant’s Account Balance.

5.2 Payment of Retirement Benefit . In connection with the Participant’s commencement of participation in the Plan, a Participant will elect on an Election Form to receive the Retirement Benefit within sixty (60) days following the six month anniversary of the Participant’s Retirement, in a lump sum or in installments of up to 60 quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method. The Participant may change the Participant’s election once to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that (a) the election cannot take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made, (b) the payment with respect to which such election is made must be deferred for a period of 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made under the previous election, (c) the election cannot accelerate the payment of such benefit and (d) the election is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. Subject to the prior sentence, the Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of the Retirement Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Retirement Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum. The lump sum payment shall be made, or installment payments shall commence, no earlier than six months after the Participant’s Retirement and no later than 60 days after that six month anniversary.

5.3 Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit . If a Participant dies after Retirement but before the Retirement Benefit is paid in full, the Participant’s unpaid Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) over the remaining number of quarters and in the same amounts as the Retirement Benefit would have been paid had the participant survived.

ARTICLE 6

Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit

6.1 Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit . The Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive a Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit equal to the Participant’s Account Balance if the Participant dies before the Participant Retires, experiences a Termination of Employment or is determined by the Committee to have a Disability.

6.2 Payment of Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit . A Participant, in connection with the Participant’s commencement of participation in the Plan, will elect on an Election Form whether the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit shall be received by the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum or in installments of up to 60 quarters pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method, payable or commencing within sixty (60) days after the last business day of the calendar quarter

 

11


in which the Committee receives proof of the Participant’s death that it deems satisfactory. The Participant may change this election once to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that (a) the election cannot take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made, (b) the election cannot accelerate the payment of such benefit and (c) the election is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. Subject to the prior sentence, the Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death shall govern the payout of the Participant’s Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Pre-Retirement Survivor Benefit, then such benefit shall be paid in a lump sum payment made no later than 60 days after the last business day of the calendar quarter in which the Committee is provided with proof of the Participant’s death that it deems satisfactory.

ARTICLE 7

Termination Benefit

7.1 Termination Benefit . The Participant shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to the Participant’s Account Balance, if a Participant experiences a Termination of Employment prior to the Participant’s Retirement, death or Disability.

7.2 Payment of Termination Benefit . In connection with the commencement of participation in the Plan, a Participant will elect on an Election Form to receive the Termination Benefit in a lump sum or in installments of up to 20 quarters, pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method, commencing or paid no later than sixty (60) days following the date that is six months after the Participant’s Termination of Employment. The Participant may change the Participant’s election once to an allowable alternative payout period by submitting a new Election Form to the Committee, provided that (a) the election cannot take effect for at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made, (b), the payment with respect to which such election is made must be deferred for a period of 5 years from the date such payment would otherwise have been made, (c) the election cannot accelerate the payment of such benefit and (d) the election is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion. Subject to the prior sentence, the Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee shall govern the payout of the Termination Benefit. If a Participant does not make any election with respect to the payment of the Termination Benefit, then such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum, payable no later than 60 days after the date that is six months after the Participant’s Termination of Employment.

7.3 Death Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit . If a Participant dies after Termination of Employment but before the Termination Benefit is paid in full, the Participant’s unpaid Termination Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary over the remaining number of quarters and in the same amounts as that benefit would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived.

 

12


ARTICLE 8

Disability Benefit

8.1 Disability Benefit . A Participant who is determined by the Committee to have a Disability shall receive a Disability Benefit equal to the Participant’s Account Balance. In connection with commencement of participation in the Plan, the Participant will elect on an Election Form receive the Disability Benefit in a lump sum or in installments of up to 60 quarters, pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method, payable or commencing within sixty days of the last business day of the calendar quarter in which the Committee determines that the Participant has a Disability. In the event a Participant does not make any election, the Disability Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum payment commencing within sixty days after the last business day of the calendar quarter in which the Committee determines that the Participant has a Disability.

ARTICLE 9

Beneficiary Designation

9.1 Beneficiary . Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate the Participant’s Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a Participant or the death of a predecessor Beneficiary receiving benefits under the Plan. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of an Employer in which the Participant participates.

9.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent . A Participant shall designate the Participant’s Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee or its designated agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. If a married Participant names someone other than the Participant’s spouse as a primary Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the Committee, must be signed by that Participant’s spouse and returned to the Committee. Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death.

9.3 Acknowledgment . No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the Committee or its designated agent.

9.4 No Beneficiary Designation . If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 or, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, then the Participant’s designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be the Participant’s surviving spouse. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

 

13


9.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary . If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Participant’s Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committee’s satisfaction.

9.6 Discharge of Obligations . The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant, and that Participant’s Plan Agreement shall terminate upon such full payment of benefits.

ARTICLE 10

Leave of Absence

10.1 Leaves of Absence . A Participant on a leave of absence will be treated as employed by the Employer if the period of leave does not exceed six months (extended to 29 months in the case of Disability leave) or, if longer, the period during which the Participant retains a right to reemployment under applicable law or contract. A participant on an unpaid leave of absence shall not be required to make deferrals until the Participant returns to a paid employment status. Upon such return, the Participant may make a deferral election in accordance with the terms of the Plan, to take effect in the following Plan Year. If a Participant is authorized by the Participant’s Employer for any reason to take a paid leave of absence from the employment of the Employer, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3.

ARTICLE 11

Termination, Amendment or Modification

11.1 Termination . Although each Employer anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that any Employer will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time in the future. Accordingly, each Employer reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees by action of either the Committee or its board of directors, consistent with the requirements of Code Section 409A and the regulations thereunder. Termination of the Plan shall not result in a reduction in any Participant’s Account Balance under the Plan.

11.2 Amendment . The Committee may, at any time in its sole discretion, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part with respect to any Employer; provided, however, that: (a) no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict the value of a Participant’s Account Balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made, calculated as if the Participant had experienced a Termination of Employment as of the effective date of the

 

14


amendment or modification or, if the amendment or modification occurs after the date upon which the Participant was eligible to Retire, the Participant had Retired as of the effective date of the amendment or modification, and (b) no amendment or modification of this Section 11.2 shall be effective. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification, except to the extent permitted or required under Code Section 409A and the regulations issued thereunder.

11.3 Plan Agreement . Despite the provisions of Section 11.1 and 11.2, if a Participant’s Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are not in this Plan document, the Employer may only amend or terminate such provisions with the consent of the Participant.

11.4 Effect of Payment; Non-Discretionary Cashout . The full payment of the applicable benefit under Article 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiary under this Plan and the Participant’s Plan Agreement shall terminate. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in the event a Participant’s Account Balance under the Plan, determined as of the last business day of the calendar quarter following the date the Participant first becomes entitled to a benefit pursuant to Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, is less than $25,000, the Participant’s Account Balance shall be paid in a lump sum within sixty (60) days after the last business day of the applicable calendar quarter in which the Account Balance determination is made by the Employer.

ARTICLE 12

Administration

12.1 Committee Duties . Except as otherwise provided in this Article 12, this Plan shall be administered by a Committee which shall consist of the Board, or such committee as the Board shall appoint from time to time. Members of the Committee may be Participants under this Plan and need not be members of the Board. The Committee shall also have the discretion and authority to (a) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and the governance of the Committee and (b) decide or resolve any and all inconsistencies, ambiguities, omissions and questions, including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on the Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Company.

12.2 Agents . In the administration of this Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer. The Company shall pay all expenses of such agents.

12.3 Binding Effect of Decisions . The decision or action of the Committee with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation or application of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

 

15


12.4 Indemnity of Committee . All Employers shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs, arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by such member of the Committee or such Employee.

12.5 Employer Information . To enable the Committee to perform its functions, the Company and each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee may reasonably require.

ARTICLE 13

Other Benefits and Agreements

13.1 Coordination with Other Benefits . The benefits provided for a Participant and Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Participant’s Employer. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided.

ARTICLE 14

Claims Procedures

14.1 Presentation of Claim . Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “ Claimant ”) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

14.2 Notification of Decision . The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:

(a) that the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full; or

 

16


(b) that the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

 

  (i) the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;

 

  (ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based;

 

  (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

 

  (iv) an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 14.3.

14.3 Review of a Denied Claim . Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):

(a) may review pertinent documents;

(b) may submit written comments or other documents; and/or

(c) may request a hearing, which the Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant.

14.4 Decision on Review . The Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional time, in which case the Committee’s decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:

(a) specific reasons for the decision;

(b) specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based; and

(c) such other matters as the Committee deems relevant.

14.5 Legal Action . A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan.

ARTICLE 15

Trust

15.1 Establishment of the Trust . On or as soon as practicable following the effective date of this Plan, the Company shall establish the Trust, with sub-trusts for each Employer. Each

 

17


Employer shall at least annually transfer over to the Trust such assets as the Employer determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to provide, on a present value basis, for its respective future liabilities created with respect to the Annual Deferral Amounts for such Employer’s Participants for all periods prior to the transfer, as well as any debits and credits to the Participants’ Account Balances for all periods prior to the transfer, taking into consideration the value of the assets in the trust at the time of the transfer. Such assets shall be allocated to the respective sub-trust of each participating Employer.

15.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust . The provisions of the Plan and the Plan Agreement shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employers, Participants and the creditors of the Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust. Each Employer shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan with respect to its Participants. In this regard, if a Participant has been employed by only one Employer, such Employer shall be responsible for the total amounts credited to such Participant’s Account Balance under this Plan. If a Participant has been employed by more than one Employer, each Employer shall be responsible only for the amounts credited to the Participant’s Account Balance by such Employer.

15.3 Distributions from the Trust . Each Employer’s obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer’s obligations under this Plan.

15.4 Investment of Trust Assets . The Trustee of the Trust shall be authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or investment manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement.

15.5 No Claim on Trust Assets . A Participant shall have no preferred claim on, or any beneficial interest in, any assets of the Trust. Any assets held by the Trust shall be subject to the claims of general creditors of each Employer that is the grantor of the Trust under federal and state law in the event of the Employer’s “ insolvency ” (i.e., the Employer is unable to pay its debts as they become due or is subject to a pending proceeding as a debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code), but only with respect to the assets of the Trust held for the benefit of Participants employed or formerly employed by such Employer.

ARTICLE 16

Miscellaneous

16.1 Status of Plan . The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that “ is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees ” within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1). In addition, the Plan is intended to comply with Code Sections 409A(a)(1) to (4) and (b)(1) to (2). The Plan shall be administered and interpreted in a manner consistent with those foregoing intents. Should any provision of this Plan not comply the

 

18


provisions of Code Section 409A listed above, that provision shall have no effect on the remaining parts of this Plan and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provision had never been inserted herein.

16.2 Unsecured General Creditor . Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of an Employer. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer. An Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.

16.3 Employer’s Liability . An Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and the Plan Agreement, as entered into between the Employer and a Participant. An Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and the Participant’s Plan Agreement.

16.4 Nonassignability . Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency or be transferable to a spouse as a result of a property settlement or otherwise.

16.5 Not a Contract of Employment . The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an “ at will ” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless otherwise expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

16.6 Furnishing Information . A Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including but not limited to taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.

16.7 Terms . Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.

 

19


16.8 Captions . The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

16.9 Governing Law . Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

16.10 Notice . Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP

c/o MGM Resorts

3600 Las Vegas Blvd So.

Las Vegas, NV 89109

Attention: Designated legal counsel for purposes of administration of the MGM

Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP Nonqualified Deferred

Compensation Plan

Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.

Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

16.11 Successors . The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant’s Employer and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries. No other person shall be a third-party beneficiary or acquire any rights under this Plan.

16.12 Spouse’s Interest . The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.

16.13 Validity . In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

16.14 Incompetent . If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Committee may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

 

20


16.15 Court Order . The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by court order in any action in which the Plan or the Committee has been named as a party. In addition, if a court determines that a spouse or former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or otherwise, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, notwithstanding any election made by a Participant, to immediately distribute the spouse’s or former spouse’s interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan to that spouse or former spouse. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall interpret this provision in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and other applicable tax law, including but not limited to guidance issued after the effective date of this Plan.

16.16 Distribution in the Event of Taxation.

(a) In General . If, for any reason, all or any portion of a Participant’s benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee before a Change in Control, or the Trustee of the Trust after a Change in Control, for a distribution of that portion of the Participant’s benefit that has become taxable. Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld (and, after a Change in Control, shall be granted), a Participant’s Employer shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to the taxable portion of the Participant’s benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participant’s unpaid Account Balance under the Plan). If the petition is granted, the tax liability distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the Participant’s petition is granted. Such a distribution shall affect and reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall interpret this provision in a manner that is consistent with Code Section 409A and other applicable tax law, including but not limited to guidance issued after the effective date of this Plan.

(b) Trust . If the Trust terminates in accordance with its terms and benefits are distributed from the Trust to a Participant in accordance therewith, the Participant’s benefits under this Plan shall be reduced to the extent of such distributions.

16.17 Legal Fees To Enforce Rights After Change in Control . The Company and each Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Board or the board of directors of a Participant’s Employer (which might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or the Participant’s Employer, or of any successor corporation, might cause or attempt to cause, the Company, the Participant’s Employer or such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and might cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participant’s Employer to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the benefits intended under the Plan. In these circumstances, the purpose of the Plan could be frustrated. Accordingly, if, following a Change in Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company, the Participant’s Employer or any successor corporation has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institutes any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to

 

21


recover from any Participant the benefits intended to be provided (collectively, the “ Dispute ”), then the Company and the Participant’s Employer shall pay, if the Participant prevails in the Dispute, the Participant’s reasonable legal fees and court costs actually incurred by the Participant in the initiation or defense of the Dispute, whether by or against the Company or the Participant’s Employer or any director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the Company, the Participant’s Employer or any successor thereto.

 

22

EXHIBIT 10.10

Form of

MGM Growth Properties LLC

2016 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), hereby establishes this nonqualified deferred compensation plan for (i) members of the Board of Directors of the Company and (ii) member of any Affiliate Board, in each case, who are not employees or officers of the Company (“ Non-Employee Directors ”), which plan is known as the MGM Growth Properties LLC 2016 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “ Plan ”). The purpose of the Plan is to enhance the Company’s and its Affiliates’ ability to attract and retain Non-Employee Directors whose training, experience and ability will promote the interests of the Company and to directly align the interests of such Non-Employee Directors with the interests of the Company’s stockholders. The Plan is designed to permit Non-Employee Directors to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the compensation otherwise payable to them for services to the Company.

The Plan is effective as of [●], 2016 (the “ Effective Date ”). The Plan is intended to be, and shall be administered as, an unfunded plan maintained for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for the Non-Employee Directors and, as such, is not an “ employee benefit plan ” within the meaning of Title I of ERISA (as defined below).

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 “ Administrator ” means the administrator that has been appointed by the Board pursuant to Article V of the Plan.

1.2 “ Affiliate means any corporation or any other entity (including, but not limited to, a partnership or a limited liability company), that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the corporation or other entity in question.

1.3 “ Affiliate Board ” means the board of directors, board of managers or similar administrative body of any Affiliate of the Company.

1.4 “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company or such committee thereof (for avoidance of doubt, comprised solely of one or more members of the Board of Directors of the Company) to which the Board of Directors of the Company delegates one or more of its obligations, responsibilities and authorities under the Plan from time to time.

1.5 “ Cash Fees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(b) of the Plan.

1.6 “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

1.7 “ Common Stock ” means the Class A common shares, par value $0.01, of the Company.

1.8 “ Company ” means MGM Growth Properties LLC.

1.9 “ Deferred Compensation Accounts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article III of the Plan.

1.10 “ Deferred Stock Unit ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of the Plan.


1.11 “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

1.12 “ Fees ” includes all fee income payable to Non-Employee Directors for their service on the Board, including, but not limited to (a) annual retainer fees (whether paid in equity (including RSUs) or cash) and (b) compensation that may be payable to such Non-Employee Directors for serving on any of the committees of the Board, as chairperson of any of the committees of the Board or as Lead Director. The term “ Fees ” does not include travel payments that may be made to such Non-Employee Directors as a result of attending meetings of the Board or payments that constitute reimbursement for expenses incurred by a Non-Employee Director in connection with his or her services to the Board. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, fee income payable to Non-Employee Directors for the service to Affiliate Boards shall not be considered “Fees” for purposes of this Plan unless approved by the Board.

1.13 “ Measurement Fund ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of the Plan.

1.14 “ Participant ” means a Non-Employee Director (and, if applicable, his or her beneficiaries) who has elected to participate in the Plan.

1.15 “ Plan Year ” means (a) initially, the period commencing [●], 2016, and terminating on December 31, 2016, and (b) thereafter, each full or partial calendar year during which this Plan is in effect.

1.16 “ Restricted Stock Unit ” or “ RSU ” means an award granted to a Non-Employee Director who is a member of either the Board or an Affiliate Board pursuant to Article 8 of the Company’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, in consideration of the Participant’s past or expected future provision of services to the Company.

1.17 “ Service End Date ” means the first day of the month following the month in which the Participant terminates his or her services as a Non-Employee Director.

1.18 “ Subsidiary ” means any corporation, limited liability company or partnership in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of such corporation or of the capital interest or profits interest of such partnership.

ARTICLE II

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Eligibility . All Non-Employee Directors are eligible to participate in the Plan. A Non-Employee Director will be deemed a Participant in the Plan if he or she defers all or a portion of the RSUs and/or other Fees to be earned during a Plan Year as provided herein.

2.2 Elections .

(a) General Rules . The election to defer all or a portion of the Participant’s RSUs and/or other Fees for the next Plan Year, as well as the election of the form and timing of any distributions on the Participant’s behalf with respect to the amount deferred during such Plan Year, shall be made by written notice delivered by the Participant to the Company in the manner specified by the Company and not later than the last day immediately preceding such Plan Year.

 

2


In the case of a Non-Employee Director who first becomes eligible during a Plan Year, such election must be made by written notice not later than thirty (30) days after such Non-Employee Director first becomes eligible to participate in this Plan; provided, however, that with respect to such initial elections, no RSUs and/or other Fees attributable to the period before which the election is made and presented to the Company are eligible for deferral under this Plan. Each such election shall be irrevocable during such Plan Year and thereafter, except as set forth below.

(b) Amendment of Election Form . Each Participant may amend his or her election forms with respect to his or her Deferred Compensation Account balance (i) to change the previously-elected form of distribution in respect of all distributions under the Plan to another distribution form permitted under Section 4.1, or (ii) to change the starting date for commencement of all payments under the Plan to another definitely determinable date, provided, however that such election shall be made in the manner specified by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to be effective, any election made pursuant to this Section 2.2(b) must satisfy the following conditions: (x) it must be made at least twelve months prior to the date as of which distribution to the Participant in respect of his or her Deferred Compensation Account would otherwise have been made to the Participant and (y) it must defer the commencement date of distribution to the Participant in respect of his or her Deferred Compensation Account for at least five (5) years from the date that would have applied absent such election.

ARTICLE III

DEFERRED COMPENSATION ACCOUNTS

3.1 Establishment of Deferred Compensation Accounts . An account shall be established for each Participant which shall be designated as his or her Deferred Compensation Account. Each Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account may be sub-allocated as a recordkeeping matter and accounting convenience, but the Company shall not be required to segregate any amounts credited to the Deferred Compensation Accounts in any manner or in any form, except in its sole discretion.

3.2 Crediting Deferred Compensation Accounts .

(a) Crediting of RSUs to Deferred Compensation Accounts . Upon the execution of a valid election form pursuant to Section 2.2(a) with respect to the deferral of RSUs, such deferred RSUs shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Accounts as of the date the award would have otherwise vested.

(b) Crediting of Other Fees to Deferred Compensation Accounts . Upon the execution of a valid election form pursuant to Section 2.2(a) with respect to the deferral of Fees other than RSUs attributable to services performed by the Participant in the next Plan Year (such Fees referred to herein as “ Cash Fees ”), such Fees shall be credited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Accounts on the last day of the fiscal quarter to which such Fees relate.

3.3 Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances . In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Board, in its sole discretion,

 

3


amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account in accordance with the following rules:

(a) Election of Measurement Funds . Solely with respect to Cash Fees deferred under the Plan, a Participant may elect, on an election form provided by the Board, one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.3(c)) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited or debited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account. A Participant may elect to add or delete one or more available Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited or debited to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account, or, other than with respect to changes between the Company stock fund and any other Measurement Fund, to change the portion of the Cash Fees deferred under the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement Fund. A Participant may elect to make such a change by submitting an election form, whether written or electronic (as determined by the Board from time to time and in its sole discretion), to the Board. Any election so made and accepted by the Board shall apply no later than the third business day following the Board’s acceptance of the election. Any such election shall continue to apply to Cash Fees deferred under the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account, unless subsequently changed in accordance with this Section 3.3(a). Once an election has been made to allocate deferred Cash Fees to the Company stock fund, the Participant shall not be permitted to change such election to allocate such Cash Fees to a different Measurement Fund.

(b) Proportionate Allocation . In making any election described in Section 3.3(a), the Participant shall specify on the election form, in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of the Cash Fees deferred under the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the Participant were making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account).

(c) Measurement Funds . A Participant may elect one or more measurement funds (the “ Measurement Funds ”) from among those selected by the Board for the purpose of crediting or debiting additional amounts to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account. Measurement Funds selected by the Board may include one or more mutual funds, a fixed interest crediting rate formula, a Company stock fund and/or other investment alternatives. As necessary, the Board may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add Measurement Funds. Each such action will take effect as of the first day of the calendar quarter that follows by thirty (30) days or more the day on which the Board gives Participants advance written notice of such change, unless such advance notice cannot be given due to reasons beyond the control of the Board, in which case notice of the change shall be given as soon as administratively practical. In selecting the Measurement Funds that are available from time to time, neither the Board nor the Company shall be liable to any Participant for such selection or adding, deleting or continuing any available Measurement Fund. The Participant shall bear full responsibility for all results associated with the Participant’s selection of Measurement Funds under this Section 3.3, and the Company shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the Participant’s selection of such Measurement Funds.

 

4


(d) Crediting or Debiting Method . The performance of each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be reasonably determined by the Board. The portion of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account that relates to Cash Fees deferred under the Plan shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the Participant.

(e) No Actual Investment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account thereof, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the Company, in its sole discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on the Participant’s behalf by the Company; and the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.

(f) Deferred Stock Units . With respect to the portion of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account attributable to deferred RSUs and the portion of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account attributable to Cash Fees for which the Measurement Fund selected is the Company stock fund, such amounts will be deemed invested in deferred stock units that are intended to mirror the performance of shares of Common Stock, with each deferred stock unit the equivalent of one share of Common Stock (“ Deferred Stock Units ”). Any such Deferred Stock Units attributable to Cash Fees shall be treated as Restricted Stock Units (which, for avoidance of doubt, have granted pursuant to Article 8 of the Company’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, subject to a period of restriction). Such amounts will be credited under the Plan as if the Participant had actually purchased shares of Common Stock on the date of such deferral. If dividends on the Common Stock are declared while a Participant holds Deferred Stock Units in his or her Deferred Compensation Account, additional Deferred Stock Units will be credited to such Deferred Compensation Account in the following manner. First, a notional value equal to the cash value of dividends that would be paid upon the same number of whole shares of Common Stock as the Participant has Deferred Stock Units in his or her Deferred Compensation Account on the dividend crediting date (e.g., the date such dividend is payable) will be calculated. Second, such notional value will be deemed to be allocated to the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account and credited to a corresponding number of Deferred Stock Units to such Deferred Compensation Account (in whole or fractional units) as of the same date, as soon as administratively practicable. For the avoidance of doubt, deferred RSUs must always be hypothetically invested in Deferred Stock Units, however, although Cash Fees deferred under the Plan may be hypothetically invested in any of the Measurement Funds, including Deferred Stock Units, once invested in Deferred Stock Units, deferred Cash Fees may not be transferred to any other Measurement Funds.

(g) Valuation of Deferred Compensation Account . With respect to any distribution for a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account as provided for in Article IV of the Plan, the aggregate value of any such distribution shall be valued as of the date of distribution.

 

5


ARTICLE IV

DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE PLAN

4.1 Timing and Form of Distribution . The Company shall pay to the Participant (or, in the event of the Participant’s death, to the Participant’s designated beneficiary) a sum equal to the amount then standing to his or her credit in his or her Deferred Compensation Account (plus earnings or losses as provided for under Section 3.3 herein), in the following manner:

(a) Lump Sum or Installment Payments . Payments shall be made in a lump sum, or in installments (to the extent made available by the Administrator), as elected by the Participant in his or her deferral election form, to begin within 90 days following the Participant’s Service End Date. In the event an installment option is chosen, such installments shall be as nearly equal as practicable and shall continue even if the Participant again serves on the Board. The form of distribution for that portion of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account deemed invested in Deferred Stock Units shall be Common Stock. The form of distribution for that portion of a Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account deemed invested in Measurement Fund(s) other than Deferred Stock Units shall be cash.

(b) Small Account Balances—Lump Sum Payout . Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the amount scheduled for distribution on or following the Participant’s Service End Date in installments (rather than lump sum) is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or less at the time distributions would commence by reason of the application of this Section 4.1(b), payment of such portion of Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account balance shall be made in a single lump sum within 90 days of the date such distribution would otherwise have commenced, notwithstanding the form of benefit payment elected by the Participant.

(c) Normal Form of Benefits . In the event no election is made pursuant to this Article IV, payments shall be made in lump sum within 90 days following the Participant’s Service End Date.

(d) Death of Participant . Notwithstanding the above, if the Participant dies (either before payments commence from the Plan or while such payments are being made), the balance of the Participant’s Deferred Compensation Account shall immediately become due and payable in one lump sum to the Participant’s beneficiary or, if no beneficiary is designated or then living, to the Participant’s estate within 90 days of the date of the Participant’s death.

ARTICLE V

ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

5.1 Administration of the Plan . The Board shall appoint an Administrator to administer the Plan, which Administrator shall be comprised of one or more executive officers of the Company. The Administrator shall maintain such procedures and records as will enable the Administrator to determine the Participants and their beneficiaries who are entitled to receive benefits under the Plan and the amounts thereof.

 

6


5.2 General Powers of Administration . The Board shall have the exclusive right, power, and authority to interpret, in its sole discretion, any and all of the provisions of the Plan; to resolve any ambiguity or inconsistency or provide for any omission under the Plan; and to consider and decide conclusively any questions (whether of fact or otherwise) arising in connection with the administration of the Plan or any claim for benefits arising under the Plan. Any decision or action of the Board or the Administrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Participants. The Plan is designed to comply with the applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and shall be administered and construed to the maximum extent possible consistent with the requirements of such Section and such regulations.

ARTICLE VI

AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

6.1 Amendment of the Plan . The Administrator shall have the authority to adopt minor amendments to the Plan without prior approval by the Board that:

(a) are necessary or advisable for purposes of complying with applicable laws and regulations;

(b) relate to administrative practices under the Plan (including, but not limited to, the establishment of any procedures or processes or accounts related to the distribution of Common Stock or other amounts under the Plan); or

(c) have an insubstantial financial effect on the Plan.

The Board shall have the authority to adopt any other amendments to the Plan not encompassed under the terms of the preceding sentence. Any such amendments must be made by written instrument, and notice of such amendments shall be provided as soon as practicable to Participants after their adoption.

6.2 Limitations on Amendment or Termination of the Plan . The Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan in any respect and at any time, without the consent of Participants or beneficiaries; provided, however, that the following conditions with respect to such amendment or termination must be satisfied in order for such amendment or termination to be binding and in effect:

(a) Such amendment or termination must be made pursuant to a written resolution of the Board which is approved thereafter by the Board; and

 

7


(b) Such amendment or termination resolution may not adversely affect the rights of any Participant or beneficiary to receive benefits earned and accrued under the Plan prior to such amendment or termination; provided, however, that the following shall not be deemed to violate this provision:

(i) any acceleration of payments of amounts accrued under the Plan by action of the Board or by operation of the Plan’s terms; or

(ii) any decision by the Board to limit participation (or other features of the Plan) prospectively under the Plan.

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

7.1 Common Stock Issued Under the Plan . Any shares of Common Stock that are distributed under the Plan in accordance with Article IV shall be funded from the share pool available under the Company’s 2016 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time, or any other equity incentive plan of the Company. No shares shall be separately issuable under the Plan.

7.2 Participant’s Rights Unsecured and Unfunded . This Plan is an unfunded plan maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation benefits for Non-Employee Directors, and therefore is exempt from the provisions of Parts 2, 3 and 4 of Title I of ERISA. Accordingly, no assets of the Company shall be segregated or earmarked to represent the liability for accrued benefits under the Plan. Amounts referenced in Participant account statements are only recordkeeping devices reflecting such liability for accrued benefits, and do not reflect any actual amounts credited. The right of a Participant (or his or her Beneficiary) to receive a payment hereunder shall be an unsecured claim against the general assets of the Company or any successor to the Company. All payments under the Plan shall be made from the general funds of the Company or any successor. The Company is not required to set aside money or any other property to fund its obligations under the Plan, and all amounts that may be set aside by the Company prior to the distribution of account balances under the terms of the Plan remain the property of the Company (or, if applicable, any successor). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7.2 shall preclude the Company, in its sole discretion, from establishing a “ rabbi trust ” or other vehicle in connection with the operation of this Plan, provided that no such action shall cause the Plan to fail to be an unfunded plan designed to provide deferred compensation benefits for Non-Employee Directors within the meaning of Title I of ERISA.

7.3 No Guarantee of Benefits . Nothing contained in the Plan shall constitute a guaranty by the Company or any other person or entity that the assets of the Company will be sufficient to pay any benefit hereunder.

7.4 No Creation of Employee Rights; Plan is Not A Contract of Employment . Participation in the Plan shall not be construed to give or deem any Participant to be an employee of the Company. This Plan shall not constitute a contract of employment between the Company and any Participant.

7.5 Non-Alienation Provision . No interest of any person or entity in, or right to receive a benefit or distribution under, the Plan shall be subject in any manner to sale, transfer, anticipation, assignment, pledge, attachment, garnishment, or other alienation or encumbrance of any kind; nor may such interest or right to receive a distribution be taken, either voluntarily or

 

8


involuntarily for the satisfaction of the debts of, or other obligations or claims against, such person or entity, including claims for alimony, support, separate maintenance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings.

7.6 Applicable Law; Severability . The Plan shall be construed and administered under the laws of the State of Delaware, except to the extent that such laws are preempted by ERISA, if applicable. In the event any provision of this Plan shall be determined to be illegal or invalid for any reason, the remaining portion(s) shall continue in full force and effect as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein.

7.7 No Impact on Other Benefits . Amounts accrued under the Plan shall not be included in a Participant’s compensation for purposes of calculating benefits under any other plan, program or arrangement sponsored by the Company.

7.8 Incapacity of Recipient . If a Participant or other beneficiary entitled to a distribution under the Plan is living under guardianship or conservatorship, distributions payable under the terms of the Plan to such Participant or beneficiary shall be paid to his or her appointed guardian or conservator and such payment shall be a complete discharge of any liability of the Company under the Plan.

7.9 Usage of Terms and Headings . Words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless qualified by the context. Any headings are included for ease of reference only, and are not to be construed to alter the terms of the Plan.

*        *        *

 

9

Exhibit 10.11

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of April 5, 2016 by and between MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP , a Delaware limited partnership (“Employer”), James Stewart (“Employee”) and for the limited purpose of Section 21 hereof, MGM Resorts International (“MGM”).

 

1.

Employment . Employer hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accept employment by Employer as Chief Executive Officer of MGM Growth Properties LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“MGP”), as well as of Employer, to perform such executive, managerial or administrative duties as Employer may specify from time to time during the Specified Term (as defined in Section 2).

 

2.

Term . The term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement commences on the closing of the initial public offering of Class A common shares of MGP representing limited liability company interests as contemplated pursuant to that certain Form S-11 filed on March 22, 2016 (“Effective Date”), and it terminates on the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Specified Term”), unless a new written employment agreement is executed by the parties. If Employee remains employed after the expiration of the Specified Term, and the parties do not execute a new employment agreement, then Employee shall be employed at-will and none of the provisions of the Agreement shall apply to Employee’s continued employment at-will, except Sections 8, 10.5, 11 and 12, and Employer shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with or without cause or notice, for any reason or no reason, and (unless otherwise provided herein) without any payment of severance or compensation.

 

3.

Compensation . During the Specified Term, Employer shall pay Employee a minimum annual salary of $800,000.00 payable in arrears at such frequencies and times as Employer pays its other employees. Employee is also eligible to receive generally applicable fringe benefits commensurate with Employer’s employees in positions comparable to Employee. For purposes of eligibility for participation in and levels of benefits under any retirement, health, welfare and fringe benefit arrangements of Employer, Employer shall credit your prior service with MGM, which, pursuant to the Prior Agreement, commenced as of January 19, 2016. Employer will also reimburse Employee for all reasonable business and travel expenses Employee incurs in performing Employee’s duties under this Agreement, payable in accordance with Employer’s customary practices and policies, as Employer may modify and amend them from time to time. Employee’s performance may be reviewed periodically. Employee is eligible for consideration for a discretionary raise, promotion, and/or participation in discretionary benefit plans; provided, however, whether and to what extent Employee will be granted any of the above will be determined by Employer in its sole and absolute discretion.


  3.1

In addition, Employee is eligible for consideration for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Employer’s management incentive program (the “Program”). Employee will be eligible for consideration for an annual bonus targeted to be equal to 100% of Employee’s base salary which is established under the Program (the “Target Bonus”). The terms and conditions of the Program may be changed from time to time.

 

4.

Extent of Services . Employee agrees that Employee’s employment by Employer is full time and exclusive. Employee further agrees to perform Employee’s duties in a competent, trustworthy and businesslike manner. Employee agrees that during the Specified Term, Employee will not render any services of any kind (whether or not for compensation) for any person or entity other than Employer, and that Employee will not engage in any other business activity (whether or not for compensation) that is similar to or conflicts with Employee’s duties under this Agreement, without the approval of the Board or the person or persons designated by the Board to determine such matters.

 

5.

Policies and Procedures . Employee agrees and acknowledges that Employee is bound by Employer’s policies and procedures as they may be modified, amended or adopted by Employer from time to time, including, but not limited to, the Employer’s Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies. In the event the terms in this Agreement conflict with Employer’s policies and procedures, the terms of this Agreement shall take precedence. As Employee is aware, problem gaming and underage gambling can have adverse effects on individuals and the gaming industry as a whole. Employee acknowledges that Employee has read and is familiar with Employer’s policies, procedures and manuals and agrees to abide by them. Because these matters are of such importance to Employer, Employee specifically confirms that Employee is familiar with and will comply with Employer’s policies of prohibiting underage gaming, supporting programs to treat compulsive gambling, and promoting diversity in all aspects of Employer’s business.

 

6.

Licensing Requirements . Employee acknowledges that Employer is engaged in a business that is or may be subject to and exists because of privileged licenses issued by governmental authorities in Nevada, Michigan, Mississippi, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Macau S.A.R., and other jurisdictions in which Employer is engaged in a gaming business or where Employer has applied to (or during the Specified Term may apply to) engage in a gaming business. Employee shall apply for and obtain any license, qualification, clearance or other similar approval which Employer or any regulatory authority which has jurisdiction over Employer requests or requires that Employee obtain.

 

7.

Failure to Satisfy Licensing Requirement . Employer has the right to terminate Employee’s employment under Section 10.1 of this Agreement if: (i) Employee fails to satisfy any licensing requirement referred to in Section 6 above; (ii) Employer is directed to cease business with Employee by any governmental

 

2


 

authority referred to in Section 6 above; (iii) Employer determines in good faith, in its reasonable judgment, that Employee was, is or with the support of specific evidence reasonably believes that Employee may be involved in, or are about to be involved in, any activity, relationship(s) or circumstance which could or does jeopardize Employer’s business, reputation or such licenses; or (iv) any of Employer’s licenses is threatened to be, or is, denied, curtailed, suspended or revoked as a result of Employee’s employment by Employer or as a result of Employee’s actions.

 

8.

Restrictive Covenants .

Employee acknowledges that, in the course of performing Employee’s responsibilities under this Agreement, Employee will form relationships and become acquainted with “Confidential Information” (defined below in Section 22). Employee further acknowledges that such relationships and the Confidential Information are valuable to Employer and the Company Group, and the restrictions on Employee’s future employment contained in this Agreement, if any, are reasonably necessary in order for Employer to remain competitive in Employer’s various businesses and to prevent Employee from engaging in unfair competition against Employer after termination of Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason.

In consideration of this Agreement and the compensation payable to Employee under this Agreement, and in recognition of Employer’s heightened need for protection from abuse of relationships formed or disclosure and misuse of Confidential Information garnered before and during the Specified Term of this Agreement, Employee covenants and agree as follows:

 

  8.1

Competition . Except as otherwise explicitly provided in Section 10 of this Agreement, during the entire Specified Term and thereafter for the “Restrictive Period” (defined below in Section 22) Employee shall not directly or indirectly be employed by, provide consultation or other services to, engage in, participate in or otherwise be connected in any way with any “Competitor” (defined below in Section 22) in any capacity that is the same, substantially the same or similar to the position or capacity (irrespective of title or department) as that held at any time during Employee’s employment with Employer; provided, however, that if Employee remains employed at-will by Employer after expiration of the Specified Term Employee shall not be subject to this Section 8.1 unless (i) Employee is terminated for Employer’s Good Cause or (ii) Employee resigns his or her position, in which case Employee will remain subject to this Section 8.1 for the remainder of the Restrictive Period.

 

  8.2

Non-Solicitation . At all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer and at all times thereafter, Employee shall not use, access, disclose, make known to, or otherwise disseminate for personal gain or for the benefit of a third party (or induce, encourage or assist others in doing

 

3


 

any of the foregoing acts) any Company Group “Trade Secrets” (as defined in Section 22) for any purpose whatsoever. Further, at all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer, and for 12 months thereafter, Employee will not, without the prior written consent of Employer:

 

  (a)

make known to any Competitor and/or any member, manager, officer, director, employee or agent of a Competitor, the “Business Contacts” (defined in Section 22) of Company Group;

 

  (b)

induce to leave and/or take away, or attempt to induce to leave and/or take away, any Business Contacts of Company Group; and/or

 

  (c)

entice any Business Contact to cease his/her/its relationship with Company Group or end his/her employment with Company Group, without the prior written consent of Employer, in each and every instance, such consent to be within Employer’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

  8.3

Confidentiality . At all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer, and at all times thereafter, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of Employer in each and every instance--such consent to be within the Employer’s sole and absolute discretion--use, disclose or make known to any person, entity or other third party outside of the Company Group any Confidential Information belonging to Company Group or its individual members.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of Section 8.3 shall not apply to Confidential Information: (i) that is required to be disclosed by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) in any litigation, arbitration, mediation or legislative hearing, with jurisdiction to order Employee to disclose or make accessible any information, provided, however, that Employee provides Employer with ten (10) days’ advance written notice of such disclosure to enable Employer to seek a protective order or other relief to protect the confidentiality of such Confidential Information; (ii) that becomes generally known to the public or within the relevant trade or industry other than due to Employee’s or any third party’s violation of this Agreement or other obligation of confidentiality; or (iii) that becomes available to Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source that is legally entitled to disclose it to Employee.

 

  8.4

Third Party Information . Employee understands and acknowledges that the Company Group has received, and in the future will receive, from third parties, their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty to

 

4


 

maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. At all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer, whether pursuant to this Agreement or at-will, and at all times thereafter, Employee shall hold any and all such third party confidential or proprietary information of third parties in the strictest confidence and will not intentionally or negligently disclose it to any person or entity or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Employee’s duties and obligations hereunder consistent with the Company Group’s agreement with such third party. Employee shall not be in violation of Employee’s obligations hereunder if such third party confidential or proprietary information is already generally known to the public through no wrongful act of Employee or any other party.

 

  8.5

Acknowledgement of Ownership of Confidential Information Property Acquired or Developed During Employment; Non-Transfer . Employee understands, agrees, and hereby confirms that Employee’s duties and responsibilities include acquiring Confidential Information and developing Relationships for the benefit of Employer and, as applicable, Company Group. Employee acknowledges that Confidential Information acquired, obtained, learned, or developed during Employee’s employment with Employer, including but not limited to, Business Contacts developed during Employee’s employment, constitutes the sole and exclusive property of Company Group, regardless of whether the information qualifies for protection as a Trade Secret.

 

  8.5.1

Employee further understands, agrees, and hereby confirms that during Employee’s employment, Employee shall not, at any time or for any reason whatsoever, except upon the express written authorization of the Employer, store, transfer, maintain, copy, duplicate or otherwise possess Confidential Information on any device or in any form or format except on devices and in such formats as expressly approved and issued by Employer to Employee. By way of example, and without limitation, Employee shall not text, copy, or otherwise transfer in any form or format Confidential Information to any document, paper, computer, tablet, Blackberry, cellular phone, personal mobile device, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, thumb drive, smart phone memory, zip drive or disk, flash drive, external drive or any other similar device used for storing or recording data of any kind (the “Devices”) unless such Device is issued by the Employer to Employee, or unless such text, copy or transfer is expressly approved in writing by the Employer before Employee’s use of such Device.

 

  8.6

Return of Confidential Information . Upon termination of Employee’s employment for any reason at any time, Employee shall immediately return to the Employer, and retain no copies of, any all Confidential Information in Employee’s possession or control. If any Confidential

 

5


 

Information is recorded or saved in any format or on any Devices, Employee shall delete the Confidential Information and, upon Employer’s request, allow Employer to inspect such Devices to confirm the deletion. Upon Employer’s request, Employee shall allow Employer reasonable access to Employee’s personal computers, email accounts, and Devices to confirm that Employee does not possess any Confidential Information of Company Group in contravention of this Agreement.

 

  8.7

Acknowledgement of Copyrights in and to Compilations of Confidential Information . Employee acknowledges that Company Group owns copyrights in any and all compilations of Confidential Information in any tangible or electronic form (including, but not limited to, printed lists, handwritten lists, spreadsheets, and databases) in any storage media, including, but not limited to, Devices, (collectively, “Copyrighted Works”). Employee further acknowledges that unauthorized copying, distributing, or creating derivative works, or inducing or contributing to such conduct by others, based on such Copyrighted Works constitutes infringement of Company Group’s copyrights in and to the Copyrighted Works. Employee acknowledges that only the Employer is authorized to grant authorization to Employee copy, distribute or create derivative works based on the Copyrighted Works. Employee shall obtain any such authorization from Employer in writing, in advance of any copying, distribution or creation of derivative works by Employee. Employee acknowledges that federal law provides for civil liability and criminal penalties for copyright infringement. Employee agrees not to challenge, contest or dispute Company Group’s right, title and interest in the Copyrighted Works and waives any legal or equitable defense to infringement of such Copyrighted Works.

 

9.

Representations and Warranties .

Employee hereby represents and warrants to Employer, and hereby agrees with Employer, as follows:

 

  9.1

A portion of Employee’s compensation and consideration under this Agreement is (i) Employer’s agreement to employ Employee; (ii) Employee’s agreement that the covenants contained in Sections 4 and 8 hereof are reasonable, appropriate and suitable in their geographic scope, duration and content; (iii) Employee’s agreement that Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, raise any issue of the reasonableness, appropriateness and suitability of the geographic scope, duration or content of such covenants and agreements in any proceeding to enforce such covenants and agreements; (iv) Employee’s agreement that such covenants and agreements shall survive the termination of this Agreement, in accordance with their terms; and (v) the free and full assignability by Employer of such covenants and agreements upon a sale, reorganization or

 

6


 

other transaction of any kind relating to the ownership and/or control of Company Group or its members or assigns.

 

  9.2

The enforcement of any remedy under this Agreement will not prevent Employee from earning a livelihood, because Employee’s past work history and abilities are such that Employee can reasonably expect to find work irrespective of the covenants and agreements contained in Section 8 hereof.

 

  9.3

The covenants and agreements stated in Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8 hereof are essential for the Employer’s reasonable protection of its Trade Secrets, Business Contacts, and Confidential Information.

 

  9.4

The Employer has reasonably relied on Employee’s covenants, representations and agreements in this Agreement.

 

  9.5

Employee has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform Employee’s duties and obligations hereunder, and the entering into and performance of this Agreement by Employee will not violate or conflict with any arrangements or other agreements Employee may have or agreed to have with any other person or entity.

 

  9.6

Employee acknowledges that the Employer has and will continue to invest substantial time and expense in developing and protecting Confidential Information, all of which Employee expressly understands and agrees belongs solely and exclusively to Company Group. Employee further acknowledges and agrees that because the Company Group has and will continue to invest substantial time and expense in developing and protecting Confidential Information, that any loss of or damage to the Company Group as a result of a breach or threatened breach of any of the covenants or agreements set forth in Sections 4 and 8 hereof, the Company Group will suffer irreparable harm. Consequently, Employee covenants and agrees that any violation by Employee of Sections 4 or 8 of this Agreement shall entitle the Employer to immediate injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction without the necessity of posting any bond or waiving any claim for damages. Employee further covenants and agrees that Employee will not contest the enforceability of just an injunction in any state or country in which such an injunction is not, itself, a violation of law.

 

10.

Termination .

 

  10.1

Employer’s Good Cause Termination . Employer has the right to terminate this Agreement at any time during the Specified Term hereof for “Employer’s Good Cause” (defined below in Section 22). Upon any such termination, Employer shall have no further liability or obligations

 

7


 

whatsoever to Employee under this Agreement except as provided under Sections 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 below.

 

  10.1.1

In the event Employer’s Good Cause termination is the result of Employee’s death during the Specified Term, Employee’s beneficiary (as designated by Employee on Employer’s benefit records) shall be entitled to receive Employee’s salary for a three (3) month period following Employee’s death, such amount to be paid at regular payroll intervals.

 

  10.1.2

In the event Employer’s Good Cause termination is the result of Employee’s “Disability” (defined below in Section 22), Employer shall pay Employee (or Employee’s beneficiary in the event of Employee’s death during the period in which payments are being made) an amount equal to Employee’s salary for three (3) months following Employee’s termination, such amount to be paid at regular payroll intervals, net of payments received by Employee from any short term disability policy which is either self-insured by Employer or the premiums of which were paid by Employer (and not charged as compensation to Employee).

 

  10.2

Employer’s No Cause Termination . Employer has the right to terminate this Agreement on written notice to Employee in its sole discretion for any cause Employer deems sufficient or for no cause, at any time during the Specified Term, including on the last day of the Specified Term. Subject to the conditions set forth below, Employer’s sole liability to Employee upon such termination shall be as follows:

 

  10.2.1

Employee shall receive an amount equal to: (i) Employee’s annual base salary and (ii) Target Bonus (the “Severance Payment”), less all applicable taxes, payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of separation; plus any earned but unpaid discretionary bonus due to Employee, payable in accordance with the provisions of the Program. In addition, Employee shall receive a lump sum payment equal to 1.5 times the cost of COBRA coverage for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following separation (the “COBRA Payment”), payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon separation.

 

  10.2.2

If Employee remains employed at-will by Employer after expiration of the Specified Term and is thereafter separated during the Restrictive Period for no cause, Employee shall receive a lump sum payment (less all applicable taxes) equal to the greater of: (i) twenty-six (26) weeks of base salary or (ii) two (2) times the amount the employee would otherwise receive under the Employer’s then-effective discretionary severance policy.

 

8


  10.2.3

Employee’s eligibility for the Severance Payment and COBRA Payment set forth in Section 10.2.1 or the payment set forth in Section 10.2.2 shall be expressly subject to, conditioned upon, and in consideration of Employee’s execution, within twenty-one (21) days following the date of Employee’s termination of employment (or such shorter time period as may be required by the Employer consistent with applicable law) and non-revocation of a release prepared by Employer and waiving and releasing Employer and the Company Group, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, agents, benefit plan trustees and employees, from any and all claims whether known or unknown, and regardless of type, cause or nature, including but not limited to claims arising under any and all express or implied employment agreements, any and all statutory and common law tort claims, any and all salary, bonus, stock, vacation (PTO), insurance and other benefit plans, and all state and federal laws, ordinances and statutes applicable to Employee’s employment or the cessation of that employment that may be released by private agreement (including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended; the Equal Pay Act; the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Chapter 608, Compensation, Wages and Hours, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; Chapter 613, Employment Practices, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”); Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act, as Amended (42 U.S.C. §1981-1988); the National Labor Relations Act; the Labor Management Relations Act; any other federal, state or local law prohibiting employment discrimination or otherwise regulating employment; which release becomes irrevocable in accordance with its terms (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will occur within thirty (30) days or fewer following the date of Employee’s termination of employment).

 

  10.2.4

As a further condition to Employer’s obligations under Section 10.2.1 or 10.2.2 above, Employee agrees to cooperate with Employer regarding matters on which Employee has worked, on a reasonable basis and at times mutually convenient to both parties. Employee further agrees to fully cooperate with the Employer in any ongoing or future legal matters about which Employee has knowledge or information, or that concern Employee’s former position with the Employer.

 

9


  10.2.5

Upon a termination as set forth in Section 10.2.1 or 10.2.2 above, Employee shall continue to be bound by the restrictions in Section 8 above; provided, however, that if the reason for the termination is the elimination of Employee’s position, Employee shall not be bound by Section 8.1 but will continue to be bound by all other restrictions in Section 8 above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Employer’s conditional obligation under Section 10.2.1 to pay Employee’s salary shall cease if Employee breaches in any material respect any of the covenants set forth in Section 8 above; additionally, and without waiving any rights to other damages resulting from said breach, Employer shall be entitled to recover any and all amounts already paid to Employee under Section 10.2.1.

 

  10.3

Employee’s Good Cause Termination . Employee may terminate this Agreement for “Employee’s Good Cause” (defined below in Section 22). Prior to any termination under this Section 10.3 being effective, Employee agrees to give Employer thirty (30) days’ advance written notice, within thirty (30) days of the initial event comprising Employee’s Good Cause, specifying the facts and circumstances that comprise Employee’s Good Cause. During such thirty (30) day period, Employer may either cure the breach (in which case Employee’s notice will be considered withdrawn and this Agreement will continue in full force and effect) or declare that Employer disputes that Employee’s Good Cause exists, in which case this Agreement will continue in full force until the dispute is resolved in accordance with Section 12. For the avoidance of doubt, following 30 day cure period, Employee shall not be required to continue to report to work in order to maintain the right to assert claims under this section through the contemplated arbitration process. In the event this Agreement is terminated under this Section 10.3, subject to the conditions set forth below, Employer’s sole liability to Employee upon such termination shall be as follows:

 

  10.3.1

Employee shall receive an amount equal to: (i) Employee’s annual base salary and (ii) Target Bonus (the “Severance Payment”), less all applicable taxes, payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of separation; plus any earned but unpaid discretionary bonus due to Employee, payable in accordance with the provisions of the Program. In addition, Employee shall receive a lump sum payment equal to 1.5 times the cost of COBRA coverage for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following separation (the “COBRA Payment”), payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon separation. If this Agreement is terminated under this Section within six (6) months of Employee’s date of hire, Employee shall only receive an amount equal to six (6)

 

10


 

months of base salary; and further, the Restrictive Period shall be limited to six (6) months.

 

  10.3.2

Employee’s eligibility for the salary payments and health benefits set forth in Section 10.3.1 shall be expressly subject to, conditioned upon, and in consideration of Employee’s execution, within twenty-one (21) days following the date of Employee’s termination of employment (or such shorter time period as may be required by the Employer consistent with applicable law), and non-revocation of a release prepared by Employer and waiving and releasing Employer and the Company Group, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, agents, benefit plan trustees and employees, from any and all claims whether known or unknown, and regardless of type, cause or nature, including but not limited to claims arising under any and all express or implied employment agreements, any and all statutory and common law tort claims, any and all salary, bonus, stock, vacation (PTO), insurance and other benefit plans, and all state and federal laws, ordinances and statutes applicable to Employee’s employment or the cessation of that employment that may be released by private agreement (including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended; the Equal Pay Act; the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Chapter 608, Compensation, Wages and Hours, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; Chapter 613, Employment Practices, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; WARN; Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act, as Amended (42 U.S.C. §1981-1988); the National Labor Relations Act; the Labor Management Relations Act; any other federal, state or local law prohibiting employment discrimination or otherwise regulating employment; which release becomes irrevocable in accordance with its terms (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will occur within thirty (30) days or fewer following the date of Employee’s termination of employment).

 

  10.3.3

As a further condition to Employer’s salary obligations under Section 10.2.1 above, Employee agrees to cooperate with Employer regarding matters on which Employee has worked, on a reasonable basis and at times mutually convenient to both parties. Employee further agrees to fully cooperate with the Employer in any ongoing or future legal matters about which Employee has knowledge or information, or that concern Employee’s former position with the Employer.

 

11


  10.3.4

In the event of termination of this Agreement under this Section 10.3, the restrictions of Section 8.1 shall no longer apply.

 

  10.4

Employee’s No Cause Termination . In the event Employee terminates Employee’s employment under this Agreement without cause, Employer will have no further liability or obligations whatsoever to Employee hereunder. Employer will be entitled to all of Employer’s rights and remedies by reason of such termination, including without limitation, the right to enforce the covenants and agreements contained in Section 8 and Employer’s right to recover damages.

 

  10.5

Survival of Covenants . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except as specifically provided in Sections 10.2.4 and 10.3.4 with respect to the undertaking contained in Section 8.1, the covenants and agreements contained in Section 8 shall survive a termination of this Agreement or the cessation of Employee’s employment to the extent and for the period provided for in Section 8, regardless of the reason for such termination.

 

11.

Arbitration . Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and in Exhibit B to this Agreement (which constitutes a material provision of this Agreement), any controversy, dispute or claim directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, or arising out of or relating to the employment of Employee, or the termination thereof, shall be resolved by binding arbitration pursuant to Exhibit B.

 

12.

Disputed Claim . In the event of any “Disputed Claim” (defined below in Section 22), such Disputed Claim shall be resolved by binding arbitration pursuant to Exhibit B. Unless and until the arbitration process for a Disputed Claim is finally resolved in Employee’s favor and Employer thereafter fails to satisfy such award within thirty (30) days of its entry, Employee shall not have affected an Employee’s Good Cause termination and Employee shall not have any termination rights pursuant to Section 10.3 with respect to such Disputed Claim. Nothing herein shall preclude or prohibit Employer from invoking the provisions of Section 10.2, or of Employer seeking or obtaining injunctive or other equitable relief.

 

13.

Severability . If any section, provision, paragraph, phrase, word, and/or line (collectively, “Provision”) of this Agreement is declared to be unenforceable, then this Agreement will be deemed retroactively modified to the extent necessary to render the otherwise unenforceable Provision, and the rest of the Agreement, valid and enforceable. If a court or arbitrator declines to modify this Agreement as provided herein, the invalidity or unenforceability of any Provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining Provisions. This Section 13 does not limit Employer’s rights to seek damages or such additional relief as may be allowed by law and/or equity in respect to any breach by Employee of the enforceable provisions of this Agreement.

 

12


14.

No Waiver of Breach or Remedies . No failure or delay on the part of Employee or Employer in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

15.

Amendment or Modification . No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Employee and a duly authorized member of Employer’s senior management. No consent to any departure by Employee from any of the terms of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same is signed by a duly authorized member of Employer’s senior management. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

16.

Governing Law . The laws of the State in which the Employer’s principal place of business is located shall govern the validity, construction and interpretation of this Agreement, and except for Disputed Claims and subject to the Arbitrations provisions included herewith, exclusive jurisdiction over any claim with respect to this Agreement shall reside in the courts of the State of Nevada.

 

17.

Number and Gender . Where the context of this Agreement requires the singular shall mean the plural and vice versa and references to males shall apply equally to females and vice versa.

 

18.

Headings . The headings in this Agreement have been included solely for convenience of reference and shall not be considered in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

19.

Assignment . This Agreement is personal to Employee and may not be assigned by Employee. Employee agrees that Employer may assign this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, Employee expressly agrees that Employer’s successors, affiliates and assigns may enforce the provisions of Section 8 above, and that five percent (5%) of the annual salary Employer has agreed to pay in Section 3 above is in consideration for Employee’s consent to the right of Employer’s successors, affiliates and assigns to enforce the provisions of Section 8.

 

20.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Employer’s successors and assigns.

 

21.

Prior Agreements. This Agreement shall supersede and replace any and all other employment agreements which may have been entered into by and between Employee and Employer or any member of the Company Group, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement, all of which agreements shall terminate on the Effective Date and be of no further force or effect. Without limitation of

 

13


 

the foregoing, Employee and MGM acknowledge and agree that neither such party shall have any obligation or liability under the Prior Agreement from and following the Effective Date.

 

22.

Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement:

“Board” means the board of managers of MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is the general partner of Employer.

“Business Contacts” are defined as the names, addresses, contact information or any information pertaining to any persons, advertisers, suppliers, vendors, independent contractors, brokers, partners, employees, entities, patrons or customers (excluding Company Group’s Trade Secrets, which are protected from disclosure in accordance with Section 8.2 above) upon whom or which Employee: contacted or attempted to contact in any manner, directly or indirectly, or which Employer reasonably anticipated Employee would contact within six months of Employee’s last day of employment at Employer, or with whom or which Employee worked or attempted to work during Employee’s employment by Employer.

“Company Group” means Employer, and all of its parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities (including, without limitation, MGP and MGM), together with all of their respective officers, directors, joint venturers, members, shareholders, employees, ERISA plans, attorneys and assigns.

“Competitor” means any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity which is either directly, indirectly or through an affiliated company, engaged in or proposes to engage in the development, acquisition, ownership, operation or management of casino gaming facilities to be held in a Real Estate Investment Trust or similar form of ownership in the United States. This shall also include Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Boyd Gaming, Caesar’s Entertainment, Pinnacle Entertainment, Stations Casinos, Penn National Gaming and their affiliates.

“Confidential Information” is defined as all Trade Secrets, Business Contacts, business practices, business procedures, business processes, financial information, contractual relationships, marketing practices and procedures, management policies and procedures, and/or any other information of Company Group or otherwise regarding Company Group’s operations and/or Trade Secrets or those of any member of Company Group and all information maintained or entered on any database, document or report set forth on Exhibit A or any other loyalty, hotel, casino or other customer database or system, irrespective of whether such information is used by Employee during Employee’s employment by Employer.

“Disputed Claim” means that Employee maintains pursuant to Section 10.3 that Employer has materially breached its duty to Employee and Employer has denied such material breach.

 

14


“Employee’s Good Cause” shall mean (i) any assignment to Employee of duties that are materially and significantly different than those contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or are clearly inappropriate or demeaning and not customary for someone serving as a chief executive officer; (ii) any material and significant limitation on the powers of the Employee not contemplated by the terms of the Agreement; or (iii) the failure of Employer to pay Employee any compensation when due, save and except a Disputed Claim to compensation.

“Employee’s Physician” shall mean a licensed physician selected by Employee for purposes of determining Employee’s disability pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Employer’s Good Cause” shall mean:

 

  (1)

Employee’s death;

 

  (2)

Employee’s “Disability,” which is hereby defined to include incapacity for medical reasons certified to by “Employer’s Physician” (defined below) which precludes the Employee from performing the essential functions of Employee’s duties hereunder for a consecutive or predominately consecutive period of six (6) months, with or without reasonable accommodations. (In the event Employee disagrees with the conclusions of Employer’s Physician, Employee (or Employee’s representative) shall designate a physician of Employee’s choice, (“Employee’s Physician”) and Employer’s Physician and Employee’s Physician shall then jointly select a third physician, who shall make a final determination regarding Employee’s Disability, which shall be binding on the parties). Employee acknowledges that consistent and reliable attendance is an essential function of Employee’s position. Employee agrees and acknowledges that a termination under this paragraph does not violate any federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance, including but not limited to the Americans With Disabilities Act;

 

  (3)

Employee’s failure to abide by Employer’s policies and procedures, misconduct, insubordination, inattention to Employer’s business, failure to perform the duties required of Employee up to the standards established by the Employer’s senior management, dishonesty, or other material breach of this Agreement. Employer reserves the sole and absolute discretion to determine whether any of the foregoing circumstances exist or have occurred, provided that such discretion is exercised lawfully and in good faith; or

 

  (4)

Employee’s failure or inability to satisfy the requirements stated in Section 6 above.

 

15


“Employer’s Physician” shall mean a licensed physician selected by Employer for purposes of determining Employee’s disability pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Prior Agreement” shall mean that certain Employment Agreement between Employee and MGM entered into as of January 19, 2016.

“Restrictive Period” means the twelve (12) month period immediately following any separation of Employee from active employment for any reason occurring during the Specified Term or the twelve (12) month period immediately following the expiration of the Specified Term.

“Trade Secrets” are defined in a manner consistent with the broadest interpretation of Nevada law. Trade Secrets shall include, without limitation, Confidential Information, formulas, inventions, patterns, compilations, vendor lists, customer lists, contracts, business plans and practices, marketing plans and practices, financial plans and practices, programs, devices, methods, know-hows, techniques or processes, any of which derive economic value, present or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who may or could obtain any economic value from its disclosure or use, including but not limited to the general public.

 

23.

Employee acknowledges that MGP is a publicly traded company and agrees that in the event there is any default or alleged default by Employer under the Agreement, or Employee has or may have any claims arising from or relating to the Agreement, Employee shall not commence any action or otherwise seek to impose any liability whatsoever against any person or entity in its capacity as a shareholder of MGP (“Stockholder”). Employee further agrees that Employee shall not permit any party claiming through Employee, to assert a claim or impose any liability against any Stockholder (in its capacity as a Stockholder) as to any matter or thing arising out of or relating to the Agreement or any alleged breach or default by Employer.

 

24.

Section 409A .

 

  24.1

This Agreement is intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, Section 409A of Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and any regulations and Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”). If Employer determines in good faith that any provision of this Agreement would cause Employee to incur an additional tax, penalty, or interest under Section 409A, the Board and Employee shall use reasonable efforts to reform such provision, if possible, in a mutually agreeable fashion to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions of Section 409A or causing the imposition of such additional tax, penalty, or interest under Section 409A. The preceding provisions, however, shall

 

16


 

not be construed as a guarantee by Employer of any particular tax effect to Employee under this Agreement.

 

  24.2

“Termination of employment,” or words of similar import, as used in this Agreement means, for purposes of any payments under this Agreement that are payments of deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, Employee’s “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A.

 

  24.3

For purposes of Section 409A, the right to a series of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.

 

  24.4

With respect to any reimbursement of Employee’s expenses, or any provision of in-kind benefits to Employee, as specified under this Agreement, such reimbursement of expenses or provision of in-kind benefits shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year, except for any medical reimbursement arrangement providing for the reimbursement of expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code; (2) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made pursuant to Employer’s reimbursement policy but no later than the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (3) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

  24.5

If a payment obligation under this Agreement that constitutes a payment of “deferred compensation” (as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1), after giving effect to the exemptions in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(3) through (b)(12)) arises on account of Employee’s separation from service while Employee is a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), any payment thereof that is scheduled to be paid within six (6) months after such separation from service shall accrue without interest and shall be paid within 15 days after the end of the six-month period beginning on the date of such separation from service or, if earlier, within 15 days following Employee’s death.

 

25.

Ownership of Intellectual Property . Employee expressly acknowledges that all trademarks, trade dress, copyrightable works, patentable inventions, ideas, new or novel inventions, concepts, systems, methods of operation, improvements, strategies, techniques, trade secrets including, but not limited to, customers (including, but not limited to, customer names, contact information, historical and/or theoretical play, or other information, and the right to market to such customers), data of any type or nature and regardless of the form or media, as well as all materials of any type of nature that comprise, reflect or embody any of the foregoing including, without limitation, databases, software, artistic works,

 

17


 

advertisements, brochures, marketing plans, customer lists, memoranda, business plans, and proposals (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) created, conceived, developed, contributed to, or otherwise obtained, in whole or in part by the Employee during the term of Employee’s employment by Employer shall at all times be owned by Employer (and is hereby expressly assigned by Employee to Employer) if the Intellectual Property: (a) was created, conceived, developed, or contributed to: (1) using any of Employer’s property or resources; (2) on Employer’s premises; or (3) during Employee’s hours of employment; or (b) relates to Employee’s employment by Employer, even though creation of such Intellectual Property was not within the scope of Employee’s duties and responsibilities for which the Employer employs the Employee. All works of authorship created by Employee within the scope of this provision shall be deemed works made for hire as defined in the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101. To the extent such works are deemed not to be works of authorship, Employee hereby irrevocably assigns (or authorizes Employer to act as Employee’s agent to assign) all right, title and interest in and to the copyrights in the works, including, without limitation, right of attribution and all related moral rights, to the Employer. Employee further agrees that any inventions and trade secrets covered by this provision shall be owned absolutely and exclusively by Employer, including all patent rights throughout the world. Employee acknowledges that this provision provides Employer with rights greater than provided under certain applicable laws including, without limitation, Nevada Revised Statutes § 600.500. Employee shall promptly inform Employer about such patentable inventions and shall not disclose to any third parties any information about the inventions without the prior written consent of Employer. Employee agrees to execute and deliver to Employer, upon request, such documents as may be necessary for Employer to perfect its rights in any and all Intellectual Property covered by this provision. To fulfill the intent of this paragraph, Employee irrevocably appoints Employer and Employer’s authorized agents as his/her agent and attorney in fact to transfer, vest or confirm Employer’s rights and to execute and file any such applications and to do all other lawful acts to further the prosecution and issuance of letters, patents or trademark or copyright registrations with the same legal force as if done by Employee, in all instances in which Employer is unable for any reason to secure Employee’s personal signature. Employee shall not be entitled to any compensation or other consideration for any Intellectual Property covered by this provision.

*        *        *

 

18


            IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement in Las Vegas, Nevada, as of the date first written above.

 

EMPLOYEE –

/s/ James Stewart

By: James Stewart

Dated: April 5, 2016

 

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP –

/s/ Andy H. Chien

By: Andy H. Chien, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Dated: April 5, 2016

 

MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL , for the limited purpose of Section 21 hereof

/s/ John M. McManus

By: John M. McManus, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Dated: April 5, 2016

 

19


EXHIBIT A

 

              Name of Report                                                                                  Generated By

Including, but not limited to:

    

Arrival Report

    

Room Reservation/Casino Marketing

Departure Report

    

Room Reservation/Casino Marketing

Master Gaming Report

    

Casino Audit

Department Financial Statement

    

Finance

$5K Over High Action Play Report

    

Casino Marketing

$50K Over High Action Play Report

    

Casino Marketing

Collection Aging Report(s)

    

Collection Department

Accounts Receivable Aging

    

Finance

Marketing Reports

    

Marketing

Daily Player Action Report

    

Casino Operations

Daily Operating Report

    

Slot Department

Database Marketing Reports

    

Database Marketing

Special Event Calendar(s)

    

Special Events/Casino Marketing

Special Event Analysis

    

Special Events/Casino Marketing

Tenant Gross Sales Reports

    

Finance

Convention Group Tentative/Confirmed
Pacing Reports

    

Convention Sales

Entertainment Event Settlement Reports

    

Finance

Event Participation Reports

    

Casino Marketing

Table Ratings

    

Various

Top Players

    

Various

Promotion Enrollment

    

Promotions

Player Win/Loss

    

Various

 

20


EXHIBIT B - ARBITRATION

This Exhibit B sets forth the methods for resolving any controversy, dispute or claim directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Employment Agreement (“Agreement”), or the breach thereof, or arising out of or relating to the employment of Employee, or the termination thereof, and accordingly, this Exhibit B shall be considered to be a part of the Agreement.

 

1.

Except for a claim by either Employee or Employer for injunctive relief where such would be otherwise authorized by law, any controversy, dispute or claim directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or the breach hereof, or arising out of or relating to the employment of Employee, or the termination thereof, including without limitation any claim involving the interpretation or application of the Agreement or wrongful termination or discrimination claims, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the employment arbitration rules then in effect of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”), to the extent not inconsistent with this paragraph. This Exhibit B covers any claim Employee might have against any officer, director, employee, or agent of Employer, or any of Employer’s subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates, and all successors and assigns of any of them. The promises by Employer and Employee to arbitrate differences, rather than litigate them before courts or other bodies, provide consideration for each other, in addition to other consideration provided under the Agreement.

 

2.

Claims Subject to Arbitration . This Exhibit B covers all claims arising in the course of Employee’s employment by Employer except for those claims specifically excluded from coverage as set forth in paragraph 3 of this Exhibit B. It contemplates mandatory arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law. Only claims that are justifiable under applicable state or federal law are covered by this Exhibit B. Such claims covered by this arbitration provision include, but are not limited to, any dispute or controversy arising out of Employee’s employment, the events leading up to Employee being offered employment, the cessation of Employee’s employment, the compensation, terms, and other conditions of Employee’s employment, or statements made or actions taken at any time regarding Employee’s employment at the Employer which could have been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended; the federal Family and Medical Leave Act; the Lilly Ledbetter Act; GINA; all laws arising under the State of Nevada pertaining to civil rights, employment, whistleblower, or common law, and any other federal, state, or local civil or human rights law, or any other local, state or federal law, regulation, or ordinance, as well as any claim based on any public policy, contract, tort, or common law or any claim for costs, attorney’s or other fees, or other expenses, wages or other compensation; work related injury claims not

 

21


 

covered under workers’ compensation laws; wrongful discharge; and any and all unlawful employment discrimination and/or harassment claims (collectively, “Claims”). Employee expressly understands and agrees that Employee shall have no right or authority to raise any dispute or to have any dispute heard or arbitrated as a class or collective action or in a representative or private attorney general capacity on behalf of a class of persons or the general public. This arbitration provision does not require arbitration of claims for workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance. This Arbitration Agreement is intended to be construed as broadly as possible under applicable law so that all claims and defenses that could be raised before a court must instead be raised in arbitration. However, nothing in this arbitration provision shall be construed as precluding Employee from filing a charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or equivalent state agency, the National Labor Relations Board, or any other similar state or federal agency seeking administrative resolution of a dispute or claim.

 

3.

Claims Not Subject to Arbitration . Claims under state workers’ compensation statutes or unemployment compensation statutes are specifically excluded from this Exhibit B. Claims pertaining to any of Employer’s employee welfare benefit and pension plans are excluded from this Exhibit B. In the case of a denial of benefits under any of Employer’s employee welfare benefit or pension plans, the filing and appeal procedures in those plans must be utilized. Claims by Employer or Employee for injunctive or other relief for violations of non-competition and/or confidentiality agreements are also specifically excluded from this Exhibit B.

 

4.

Non-Waiver of Substantive Rights . This Exhibit B does not waive any rights or remedies available under applicable statutes or common law. However, it does waive Employee’s right to pursue those rights and remedies in a judicial forum. By signing the Agreement and the acknowledgment at the end of this Exhibit B, the undersigned Employee voluntarily agrees to arbitrate Employee’s claims covered by this Exhibit B. This Exhibit B also does not waive the Employee’s right to file a charge or complaint with any federal or state agency, including with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

 

5.

Time Limit to Pursue Arbitration; Initiation : To ensure timely resolution of disputes, Employee and Employer must initiate arbitration within the statute of limitations (deadline for filing) provided for by applicable law pertaining to the claim. The failure to initiate arbitration within this time limit will bar any such claim. Any aggrieved party is encouraged to give written notice of any claim as soon as possible after the event(s) in dispute so that arbitration of any differences may take place promptly. The parties agree that the aggrieved party must, within the time frame provided by this Exhibit B, give written notice of a claim to the other party. If the Employee is the aggrieved party, notice must be given to the President of Employer with a copy to Employer’s designated legal counsel for purposes of arbitration. If the Employer is the aggrieved party, notice must be given to the Employee at the last known address provided by Employee. The

 

22


 

written notice shall identify and describe the nature of the claim, the supporting facts and the relief or remedy sought.

 

6.

Selecting an Arbitrator : This Exhibit B mandates Arbitration under the then current rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS) regarding employment disputes. The arbitrator shall be either a retired judge or an attorney experienced in employment law and licensed to practice in the state in which arbitration is convened. The parties shall select one arbitrator from among a list of seven qualified neutral arbitrators provided by JAMS. If the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator, each party shall strike one name and the remaining named arbitrator shall be selected.

 

7.

Representation/Arbitration Rights and Procedures :

 

  a.

Employee may be represented by an attorney of Employee’s choice at Employee’s own expense.

 

  b.

The arbitrator shall apply the substantive law (and the law of remedies, if applicable) of Nevada (without regard to its choice of law provisions) and/or federal law when applicable. In all cases, this Exhibit B shall provide for the broadest level of arbitration of claims between an employer and employee under Nevada law. The arbitrator is without jurisdiction to apply any different substantive law or law of remedies.

 

  c.

The arbitrator shall have no authority to award non-economic damages or punitive damages except where such relief is specifically authorized by an applicable state or federal statute or common law. In such a situation, the arbitrator shall specify in the award the specific statute or other basis under which such relief is granted.

 

  d.

The applicable law with respect to privilege, including attorney-client privilege, work product, and offers to compromise must be followed.

 

  e.

The parties shall have the right to conduct reasonable discovery, including written and oral (deposition) discovery and to subpoena and/or request copies of records, documents and other relevant discoverable information consistent with the procedural rules of JAMS. The arbitrator shall decide disputes regarding the scope of discovery and shall have authority to regulate the conduct of any hearing and/or trial proceeding. The parties shall have the right to file a motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment, and the arbitrator shall entertain such motions.

 

  f.

The parties shall exchange witness lists at least 30 days prior to the trial/hearing procedure. The arbitrator shall have subpoena power so that either Employee or Employer may summon witnesses. The arbitrator shall use the Federal Rules of Evidence. Both parties have the right to file a post hearing brief. Any party, at its own expense, may arrange for and

 

23


 

pay the cost of a court reporter to provide a stenographic record of the proceedings.

 

  g.

Any arbitration hearing or proceeding shall take place in private, not open to the public, in Las Vegas, Nevada, except that if the Employee is employed by the Employer in the United States but outside Clark County, Nevada, the arbitration hearing or proceeding shall take place in the county and State in which Employee is employed or was last employed.

 

8.

Arbitrator’s Award : The arbitrator shall issue a written decision containing the specific issues raised by the parties, the specific findings of fact, and the specific conclusions of law. The award shall be rendered promptly, typically within 30 days after conclusion of the arbitration hearing, or the submission of post-hearing briefs if requested. The arbitrator may not award any relief or remedy in excess of what a court could grant under applicable law. The arbitrator’s decision is final and binding on both parties. Judgment upon an award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction.

 

  a.

Either party may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel arbitration under this Exhibit B and to confirm, enforce, vacate or modify an arbitration award.

 

  b.

In the event of any administrative or judicial action by any agency or third party to adjudicate a claim on behalf of Employee which is subject to arbitration under this Exhibit B, Employee hereby waives the right to participate in any monetary or other recovery obtained by such agency or third party in any such action, and Employee’s sole remedy with respect to any such claim shall be any award decreed by an arbitrator pursuant to the provisions of this Exhibit B.

 

9.

Fees and Expenses : Employer shall be responsible for paying any filing fee and the fees and costs of the arbitrator. Employee and Employer shall each pay for their own expenses, attorney’s fees (a party’s responsibility for his/her/its own attorney’s fees is only limited by any applicable statute specifically providing that attorney’s fees may be awarded as a remedy), and costs and fees regarding witness, photocopying and other preparation expenses. If any party prevails on a statutory claim that affords the prevailing party attorney’s fees and costs, or if there is a written agreement providing for attorney’s fees and/or costs, the arbitrator may award reasonable attorney’s fees and/or costs to the prevailing party, applying the same standards a court would apply under the law applicable to the claim(s).

 

10.

The arbitration provisions of this Exhibit B shall survive the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer and the expiration of the Agreement. These arbitration provisions can only be modified or revoked in a writing signed by both parties and which expressly states an intent to modify or revoke the provisions of this Exhibit B.

 

24


11.

The arbitration provisions of this Exhibit B do not alter or affect the termination provisions of this Agreement.

 

12.

Capitalized terms not defined in this Exhibit B shall have the same definition as in the Employment Agreement to which this is Exhibit B.

 

13.

If any provision of this Exhibit B is adjudged to be void or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the remainder of Exhibit B. All other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

 

25


ACKNOWLEDGMENT

BOTH PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: THEY HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS EXHIBIT B IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, EXHIBIT B CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL TERM AND CONDITION OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO WHICH IT IS EXHIBIT B, AND THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY ITS TERMS.

The parties also specifically acknowledge that by agreeing to the terms of this Exhibit B, they are waiving the right to pursue claims covered by this Exhibit B in a judicial forum and instead agree to arbitrate all such claims before an arbitrator without a court or jury. It is specifically understood that this Exhibit B does not waive any rights or remedies which are available under applicable state and federal statutes or common law. Both parties enter into this Exhibit B voluntarily and not in reliance on any promises or representation by the other party other than those contained in the Agreement or in this Exhibit B.

Employee further acknowledges that Employee has been given the opportunity to discuss this Exhibit B with Employee’s private legal counsel and that Employee has availed himself/herself of that opportunity to the extent Employee wishes to do so.

 

EMPLOYEE –

    

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP –

 

    

 

    

By:

 

26

Exhibit 10.12

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of April 5, 2016 by and between MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP , a Delaware limited partnership (“Employer”), Andy Chien (“Employee”) and for the limited purpose of Section 21 hereof, MGM Resorts International (“MGM”).

 

1.

Employment . Employer hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accept employment by Employer as Chief Financial Officer of MGM Growth Properties LLC , a Delaware limited liability company (“MGP”), as well as of Employer, to perform such executive, managerial or administrative duties as Employer may specify from time to time during the Specified Term (as defined in Section 2).

 

2.

Term . The term of Employee’s employment under this Agreement commences on the closing of the initial public offering of Class A common shares of MGP representing limited liability company interests as contemplated pursuant to that certain Form S-11 filed on March 22, 2016 (“Effective Date”), and it terminates on the third anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Specified Term”), unless a new written employment agreement is executed by the parties. If Employee remains employed after the expiration of the Specified Term, and the parties do not execute a new employment agreement, then Employee shall be employed at-will and none of the provisions of the Agreement shall apply to Employee’s continued employment at-will, except Sections 8, 10.5, 11 and 12, and Employer shall have the right to terminate Employee’s employment with or without cause or notice, for any reason or no reason, and (unless otherwise provided herein) without any payment of severance or compensation.

 

3.

Compensation . During the Specified Term, Employer shall pay Employee a minimum annual salary of $400,000.00 payable in arrears at such frequencies and times as Employer pays its other employees. Employee is also eligible to receive generally applicable fringe benefits commensurate with Employer’s employees in positions comparable to Employee. For purposes of eligibility for participation in and levels of benefits under any retirement, health, welfare and fringe benefit arrangements of Employer, Employer shall credit your prior service with MGM, which, pursuant to the Prior Agreement, commenced as of January 19, 2016. Employer will also reimburse Employee for all reasonable business and travel expenses Employee incurs in performing Employee’s duties under this Agreement, payable in accordance with Employer’s customary practices and policies, as Employer may modify and amend them from time to time. Employee’s performance may be reviewed periodically. Employee is eligible for consideration for a discretionary raise, promotion, and/or participation in discretionary benefit plans; provided, however, whether and to what extent Employee will be granted any of the above will be determined by Employer in its sole and absolute discretion.


  3.1

In addition, Employee is eligible for consideration for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Employer’s management incentive program (the “Program”). Employee will be eligible for consideration for an annual bonus targeted to be equal to 50% of Employee’s base salary which is established under the Program (the “Target Bonus”). The terms and conditions of the Program may be changed from time to time.

 

4.

Extent of Services . Employee agrees that Employee’s employment by Employer is full time and exclusive. Employee further agrees to perform Employee’s duties in a competent, trustworthy and businesslike manner. Employee agrees that during the Specified Term, Employee will not render any services of any kind (whether or not for compensation) for any person or entity other than Employer, and that Employee will not engage in any other business activity (whether or not for compensation) that is similar to or conflicts with Employee’s duties under this Agreement, without the approval of the Board or the person or persons designated by the Board to determine such matters.

 

5.

Policies and Procedures . Employee agrees and acknowledges that Employee is bound by Employer’s policies and procedures as they may be modified, amended or adopted by Employer from time to time, including, but not limited to, the Employer’s Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies. In the event the terms in this Agreement conflict with Employer’s policies and procedures, the terms of this Agreement shall take precedence. As Employee is aware, problem gaming and underage gambling can have adverse effects on individuals and the gaming industry as a whole. Employee acknowledges that Employee has read and is familiar with Employer’s policies, procedures and manuals and agrees to abide by them. Because these matters are of such importance to Employer, Employee specifically confirms that Employee is familiar with and will comply with Employer’s policies of prohibiting underage gaming, supporting programs to treat compulsive gambling, and promoting diversity in all aspects of Employer’s business.

 

6.

Licensing Requirements . Employee acknowledges that Employer is engaged in a business that is or may be subject to and exists because of privileged licenses issued by governmental authorities in Nevada, Michigan, Mississippi, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Macau S.A.R., and other jurisdictions in which Employer is engaged in a gaming business or where Employer has applied to (or during the Specified Term may apply to) engage in a gaming business. Employee shall apply for and obtain any license, qualification, clearance or other similar approval which Employer or any regulatory authority which has jurisdiction over Employer requests or requires that Employee obtain.

 

7.

Failure to Satisfy Licensing Requirement . Employer has the right to terminate Employee’s employment under Section 10.1 of this Agreement if: (i) Employee fails to satisfy any licensing requirement referred to in Section 6 above; (ii) Employer is directed to cease business with Employee by any governmental

 

2


 

authority referred to in Section 6 above; (iii) Employer determines in good faith, in its reasonable judgment, that Employee was, is or, with the support of specific evidence reasonably believes that Employee may be involved in, or are about to be involved in, any activity, relationship(s) or circumstance which could or does jeopardize Employer’s business, reputation or such licenses; or (iv) any of Employer’s licenses is threatened to be, or is, denied, curtailed, suspended or revoked as a result of Employee’s employment by Employer or as a result of Employee’s actions.

 

8.

Restrictive Covenants .

Employee acknowledges that, in the course of performing Employee’s responsibilities under this Agreement, Employee will form relationships and become acquainted with “Confidential Information” (defined below in Section 22). Employee further acknowledges that such relationships and the Confidential Information are valuable to Employer and the Company Group, and the restrictions on Employee’s future employment contained in this Agreement, if any, are reasonably necessary in order for Employer to remain competitive in Employer’s various businesses and to prevent Employee from engaging in unfair competition against Employer after termination of Employee’s employment with Employer for any reason.

In consideration of this Agreement and the compensation payable to Employee under this Agreement, and in recognition of Employer’s heightened need for protection from abuse of relationships formed or disclosure and misuse of Confidential Information garnered before and during the Specified Term of this Agreement, Employee covenants and agree as follows:

 

  8.1

Competition . Except as otherwise explicitly provided in Section 10 of this Agreement, during the entire Specified Term and thereafter for the “Restrictive Period” (defined below in Section 22) Employee shall not directly or indirectly be employed by, provide consultation or other services to, engage in, participate in or otherwise be connected in any way with any “Competitor” (defined below in Section 22) in any capacity that is the same, substantially the same or similar to the position or capacity (irrespective of title or department) as that held at any time during Employee’s employment with Employer; provided, however, that if Employee remains employed at-will by Employer after expiration of the Specified Term Employee shall not be subject to this Section 8.1 unless (i) Employee is terminated for Employer’s Good Cause or (ii) Employee resigns his or her position, in which case Employee will remain subject to this Section 8.1 for the remainder of the Restrictive Period.

 

  8.2

Non-Solicitation . At all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer and at all times thereafter, Employee shall not use, access, disclose, make known to, or otherwise disseminate for personal gain or for the benefit of a third party (or induce, encourage or assist others in doing

 

3


 

any of the foregoing acts) any Company Group “Trade Secrets” (as defined in Section 22) for any purpose whatsoever. Further, at all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer, and for 12 months thereafter, Employee will not, without the prior written consent of Employer:

 

  (a)

make known to any Competitor and/or any member, manager, officer, director, employee or agent of a Competitor, the “Business Contacts” (defined in Section 22) of Company Group;

 

  (b)

induce to leave and/or take away, or attempt to induce to leave and/or take away, any Business Contacts of Company Group; and/or

 

  (c)

entice any Business Contact to cease his/her/its relationship with Company Group or end his/her employment with Company Group, without the prior written consent of Employer, in each and every instance, such consent to be within Employer’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

  8.3

Confidentiality . At all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer, and at all times thereafter, Employee shall not, without the prior written consent of Employer in each and every instance--such consent to be within the Employer’s sole and absolute discretion--use, disclose or make known to any person, entity or other third party outside of the Company Group any Confidential Information belonging to Company Group or its individual members.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of Section 8.3 shall not apply to Confidential Information: (i) that is required to be disclosed by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) in any litigation, arbitration, mediation or legislative hearing, with jurisdiction to order Employee to disclose or make accessible any information, provided, however, that Employee provides Employer with ten (10) days’ advance written notice of such disclosure to enable Employer to seek a protective order or other relief to protect the confidentiality of such Confidential Information; (ii) that becomes generally known to the public or within the relevant trade or industry other than due to Employee’s or any third party’s violation of this Agreement or other obligation of confidentiality; or (iii) that becomes available to Employee on a non-confidential basis from a source that is legally entitled to disclose it to Employee.

 

  8.4

Third Party Information . Employee understands and acknowledges that the Company Group has received, and in the future will receive, from third parties, their confidential or proprietary information subject to a duty to

 

4


 

maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only for certain limited purposes. At all times during Employee’s employment with the Employer, whether pursuant to this Agreement or at-will, and at all times thereafter, Employee shall hold any and all such third party confidential or proprietary information of third parties in the strictest confidence and will not intentionally or negligently disclose it to any person or entity or to use it except as necessary in carrying out Employee’s duties and obligations hereunder consistent with the Company Group’s agreement with such third party. Employee shall not be in violation of Employee’s obligations hereunder if such third party confidential or proprietary information is already generally known to the public through no wrongful act of Employee or any other party.

 

  8.5

Acknowledgement of Ownership of Confidential Information Property Acquired or Developed During Employment; Non-Transfer . Employee understands, agrees, and hereby confirms that Employee’s duties and responsibilities include acquiring Confidential Information and developing Relationships for the benefit of Employer and, as applicable, Company Group. Employee acknowledges that Confidential Information acquired, obtained, learned, or developed during Employee’s employment with Employer, including but not limited to, Business Contacts developed during Employee’s employment, constitutes the sole and exclusive property of Company Group, regardless of whether the information qualifies for protection as a Trade Secret.

 

  8.5.1

Employee further understands, agrees, and hereby confirms that during Employee’s employment, Employee shall not, at any time or for any reason whatsoever, except upon the express written authorization of the Employer, store, transfer, maintain, copy, duplicate or otherwise possess Confidential Information on any device or in any form or format except on devices and in such formats as expressly approved and issued by Employer to Employee. By way of example, and without limitation, Employee shall not text, copy, or otherwise transfer in any form or format Confidential Information to any document, paper, computer, tablet, Blackberry, cellular phone, personal mobile device, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, thumb drive, smart phone memory, zip drive or disk, flash drive, external drive or any other similar device used for storing or recording data of any kind (the “Devices”) unless such Device is issued by the Employer to Employee, or unless such text, copy or transfer is expressly approved in writing by the Employer before Employee’s use of such Device.

 

  8.6

Return of Confidential Information . Upon termination of Employee’s employment for any reason at any time, Employee shall immediately return to the Employer, and retain no copies of, any all Confidential Information in Employee’s possession or control. If any Confidential

 

5


 

Information is recorded or saved in any format or on any Devices, Employee shall delete the Confidential Information and, upon Employer’s request, allow Employer to inspect such Devices to confirm the deletion. Upon Employer’s request, Employee shall allow Employer reasonable access to Employee’s personal computers, email accounts, and Devices to confirm that Employee does not possess any Confidential Information of Company Group in contravention of this Agreement.

 

  8.7

Acknowledgement of Copyrights in and to Compilations of Confidential Information . Employee acknowledges that Company Group owns copyrights in any and all compilations of Confidential Information in any tangible or electronic form (including, but not limited to, printed lists, handwritten lists, spreadsheets, and databases) in any storage media, including, but not limited to, Devices, (collectively, “Copyrighted Works”). Employee further acknowledges that unauthorized copying, distributing, or creating derivative works, or inducing or contributing to such conduct by others, based on such Copyrighted Works constitutes infringement of Company Group’s copyrights in and to the Copyrighted Works. Employee acknowledges that only the Employer is authorized to grant authorization to Employee copy, distribute or create derivative works based on the Copyrighted Works. Employee shall obtain any such authorization from Employer in writing, in advance of any copying, distribution or creation of derivative works by Employee. Employee acknowledges that federal law provides for civil liability and criminal penalties for copyright infringement. Employee agrees not to challenge, contest or dispute Company Group’s right, title and interest in the Copyrighted Works and waives any legal or equitable defense to infringement of such Copyrighted Works.

 

9.

Representations and Warranties .

Employee hereby represents and warrants to Employer, and hereby agrees with Employer, as follows:

 

  9.1

A portion of Employee’s compensation and consideration under this Agreement is (i) Employer’s agreement to employ Employee; (ii) Employee’s agreement that the covenants contained in Sections 4 and 8 hereof are reasonable, appropriate and suitable in their geographic scope, duration and content; (iii) Employee’s agreement that Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, raise any issue of the reasonableness, appropriateness and suitability of the geographic scope, duration or content of such covenants and agreements in any proceeding to enforce such covenants and agreements; (iv) Employee’s agreement that such covenants and agreements shall survive the termination of this Agreement, in accordance with their terms; and (v) the free and full assignability by Employer of such covenants and agreements upon a sale, reorganization or

 

6


 

other transaction of any kind relating to the ownership and/or control of Company Group or its members or assigns.

 

  9.2

The enforcement of any remedy under this Agreement will not prevent Employee from earning a livelihood, because Employee’s past work history and abilities are such that Employee can reasonably expect to find work irrespective of the covenants and agreements contained in Section 8 hereof.

 

  9.3

The covenants and agreements stated in Sections 4, 6, 7, and 8 hereof are essential for the Employer’s reasonable protection of its Trade Secrets, Business Contacts, and Confidential Information.

 

  9.4

The Employer has reasonably relied on Employee’s covenants, representations and agreements in this Agreement.

 

  9.5

Employee has the full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement and perform Employee’s duties and obligations hereunder, and the entering into and performance of this Agreement by Employee will not violate or conflict with any arrangements or other agreements Employee may have or agreed to have with any other person or entity.

 

  9.6

Employee acknowledges that the Employer has and will continue to invest substantial time and expense in developing and protecting Confidential Information, all of which Employee expressly understands and agrees belongs solely and exclusively to Company Group. Employee further acknowledges and agrees that because the Company Group has and will continue to invest substantial time and expense in developing and protecting Confidential Information, that any loss of or damage to the Company Group as a result of a breach or threatened breach of any of the covenants or agreements set forth in Sections 4 and 8 hereof, the Company Group will suffer irreparable harm. Consequently, Employee covenants and agrees that any violation by Employee of Sections 4 or 8 of this Agreement shall entitle the Employer to immediate injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction without the necessity of posting any bond or waiving any claim for damages. Employee further covenants and agrees that Employee will not contest the enforceability of just an injunction in any state or country in which such an injunction is not, itself, a violation of law.

 

10.

Termination .

 

  10.1

Employer’s Good Cause Termination . Employer has the right to terminate this Agreement at any time during the Specified Term hereof for “Employer’s Good Cause” (defined below in Section 22). Upon any such termination, Employer shall have no further liability or obligations

 

7


 

whatsoever to Employee under this Agreement except as provided under Sections 10.1.1 and 10.1.2 below.

 

  10.1.1

In the event Employer’s Good Cause termination is the result of Employee’s death during the Specified Term, Employee’s beneficiary (as designated by Employee on Employer’s benefit records) shall be entitled to receive Employee’s salary for a three (3) month period following Employee’s death, such amount to be paid at regular payroll intervals.

 

  10.1.2

In the event Employer’s Good Cause termination is the result of Employee’s “Disability” (defined below in Section 22), Employer shall pay Employee (or Employee’s beneficiary in the event of Employee’s death during the period in which payments are being made) an amount equal to Employee’s salary for three (3) months following Employee’s termination, such amount to be paid at regular payroll intervals, net of payments received by Employee from any short term disability policy which is either self-insured by Employer or the premiums of which were paid by Employer (and not charged as compensation to Employee).

 

  10.2

Employer’s No Cause Termination .

 

  10.2.1

Employer has the right to terminate this Agreement on written notice to Employee in its sole discretion for any cause Employer deems sufficient or for no cause, at any time during the Specified Term, including on the last day of the Specified Term. Subject to the conditions set forth below, Employer’s sole liability to Employee upon such termination shall be as follows: Employee shall receive an amount equal to: (i) Employee’s annual base salary and (ii) Target Bonus (the “Severance Payment”), less all applicable taxes, payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of separation; plus any earned but unpaid discretionary bonus due to Employee, payable in accordance with the provisions of the Program. In addition, Employee shall receive a lump sum payment equal to 1.5 times the cost of COBRA coverage for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following separation (the “COBRA Payment”), payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon separation.

 

  10.2.2

If Employee remains employed at-will by Employer after expiration of the Specified Term and is thereafter separated during the Restrictive Period for no cause, Employee shall receive a lump sum payment (less all applicable taxes) equal to the greater of: (i) twenty-six (26) weeks of base salary or (ii) two (2) times the

 

8


 

amount the employee would otherwise receive under the Employer’s then-effective discretionary severance policy.

 

  10.2.3

Employee’s eligibility for the Severance Payment and COBRA Payment set forth in Section 10.2.1 or the payment set forth in Section 10.2.2 shall be expressly subject to, conditioned upon, and in consideration of Employee’s execution, within twenty-one (21) days following the date of Employee’s termination of employment (or such shorter time period as may be required by the Employer consistent with applicable law) and non-revocation of a release prepared by Employer and waiving and releasing Employer and the Company Group, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, agents, benefit plan trustees and employees, from any and all claims whether known or unknown, and regardless of type, cause or nature, including but not limited to claims arising under any and all express or implied employment agreements, any and all statutory and common law tort claims, any and all salary, bonus, stock, vacation (PTO), insurance and other benefit plans, and all state and federal laws, ordinances and statutes applicable to Employee’s employment or the cessation of that employment that may be released by private agreement (including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended; the Equal Pay Act; the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Chapter 608, Compensation, Wages and Hours, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; Chapter 613, Employment Practices, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; the Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”); Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act, as Amended (42 U.S.C. §1981-1988); the National Labor Relations Act; the Labor Management Relations Act; any other federal, state or local law prohibiting employment discrimination or otherwise regulating employment; which release becomes irrevocable in accordance with its terms (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will occur within thirty (30) days or fewer following the date of Employee’s termination of employment).

 

  10.2.4

As a further condition to Employer’s obligations under Section 10.2.1 or 10.2.2 above, Employee agrees to cooperate with Employer regarding matters on which Employee has worked, on a reasonable basis and at times mutually convenient to both parties. Employee further agrees to fully cooperate with the Employer in any ongoing or future legal matters about which Employee has

 

9


 

knowledge or information, or that concern Employee’s former position with the Employer.

 

  10.2.5

Upon a termination as set forth in Section 10.2.1 or 10.2.2 above, Employee shall continue to be bound by the restrictions in Section 8 above; provided, however, that if the reason for the termination is the elimination of Employee’s position, Employee shall not be bound by Section 8.1 but will continue to be bound by all other restrictions in Section 8 above. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Employer’s conditional obligation under Section 10.2.1 to pay Employee’s salary shall cease if Employee breaches in any material respect any of the covenants set forth in Section 8 above; additionally, and without waiving any rights to other damages resulting from said breach, Employer shall be entitled to recover any and all amounts already paid to Employee under Section 10.2.1.

 

  10.3

Employee’s Good Cause Termination . Employee may terminate this Agreement for “Employee’s Good Cause” (defined below in Section 22). Prior to any termination under this Section 10.3 being effective, Employee agrees to give Employer thirty (30) days’ advance written notice, within thirty (30) days of the initial event comprising Employee’s Good Cause, specifying the facts and circumstances that comprise Employee’s Good Cause. During such thirty (30) day period, Employer may either cure the breach (in which case Employee’s notice will be considered withdrawn and this Agreement will continue in full force and effect) or declare that Employer disputes that Employee’s Good Cause exists, in which case this Agreement will continue in full force until the dispute is resolved in accordance with Section 12. For the avoidance of doubt, following 30 day cure period, Employee shall not be required to continue to report to work in order to maintain the right to assert claims under this section through the contemplated arbitration process. In the event this Agreement is terminated under this Section 10.3, subject to the conditions set forth below, Employer’s sole liability to Employee upon such termination shall be as follows:

 

  10.3.1

Employee shall receive an amount equal to: (i) Employee’s annual base salary and (ii) Target Bonus (the “Severance Payment”), less all applicable taxes, payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon the date that is thirty (30) days after the date of separation; plus any earned but unpaid discretionary bonus due to Employee, payable in accordance with the provisions of the Program. In addition, Employee shall receive a lump sum payment equal to 1.5 times the cost of COBRA coverage for a period of twelve (12) months immediately following separation (the “COBRA Payment”), payable in twelve (12) monthly installments commencing upon separation. If this Agreement is terminated

 

10


 

under this Section within six (6) months of Employee’s date of hire, employee shall only receive an amount equal to six (6) months of base salary; and further, the Restrictive Period shall be limited to six (6) months.

 

  10.3.2

Employee’s eligibility for the salary payments and health benefits set forth in Section 10.3.1 shall be expressly subject to, conditioned upon, and in consideration of Employee’s execution, within twenty-one (21) days following the date of Employee’s termination of employment (or such shorter time period as may be required by the Employer consistent with applicable law), and non-revocation of a release prepared by Employer and waiving and releasing Employer and the Company Group, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, agents, benefit plan trustees and employees, from any and all claims whether known or unknown, and regardless of type, cause or nature, including but not limited to claims arising under any and all express or implied employment agreements, any and all statutory and common law tort claims, any and all salary, bonus, stock, vacation (PTO), insurance and other benefit plans, and all state and federal laws, ordinances and statutes applicable to Employee’s employment or the cessation of that employment that may be released by private agreement (including but not limited to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended; the Equal Pay Act; the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; Chapter 608, Compensation, Wages and Hours, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; Chapter 613, Employment Practices, of the Nevada Revised Statutes; WARN; Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act, as Amended (42 U.S.C. §1981-1988); the National Labor Relations Act; the Labor Management Relations Act; any other federal, state or local law prohibiting employment discrimination or otherwise regulating employment; which release becomes irrevocable in accordance with its terms (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will occur within thirty (30) days or fewer following the date of Employee’s termination of employment).

 

  10.3.3

As a further condition to Employer’s salary obligations under Section 10.2.1 above, Employee agrees to cooperate with Employer regarding matters on which Employee has worked, on a reasonable basis and at times mutually convenient to both parties. Employee further agrees to fully cooperate with the Employer in any ongoing or future legal matters about which Employee has

 

11


 

knowledge or information, or that concern Employee’s former position with the Employer.

 

  10.3.4

In the event of termination of this Agreement under this Section 10.3, the restrictions of Section 8.1 shall no longer apply.

 

  10.4

Employee’s No Cause Termination . In the event Employee terminates Employee’s employment under this Agreement without cause, Employer will have no further liability or obligations whatsoever to Employee hereunder. Employer will be entitled to all of Employer’s rights and remedies by reason of such termination, including without limitation, the right to enforce the covenants and agreements contained in Section 8 and Employer’s right to recover damages.

 

  10.5

Survival of Covenants . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, except as specifically provided in Sections 10.2.4 and 10.3.4 with respect to the undertaking contained in Section 8.1, the covenants and agreements contained in Section 8 shall survive a termination of this Agreement or the cessation of Employee’s employment to the extent and for the period provided for in Section 8, regardless of the reason for such termination.

 

11.

Arbitration . Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement and in Exhibit B to this Agreement (which constitutes a material provision of this Agreement), any controversy, dispute or claim directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, or arising out of or relating to the employment of Employee, or the termination thereof, shall be resolved by binding arbitration pursuant to Exhibit B.

 

12.

Disputed Claim . In the event of any “Disputed Claim” (defined below in Section 22), such Disputed Claim shall be resolved by binding arbitration pursuant to Exhibit B. Unless and until the arbitration process for a Disputed Claim is finally resolved in Employee’s favor and Employer thereafter fails to satisfy such award within thirty (30) days of its entry, Employee shall not have affected an Employee’s Good Cause termination and Employee shall not have any termination rights pursuant to Section 10.3 with respect to such Disputed Claim. Nothing herein shall preclude or prohibit Employer from invoking the provisions of Section 10.2, or of Employer seeking or obtaining injunctive or other equitable relief.

 

13.

Severability . If any section, provision, paragraph, phrase, word, and/or line (collectively, “Provision”) of this Agreement is declared to be unenforceable, then this Agreement will be deemed retroactively modified to the extent necessary to render the otherwise unenforceable Provision, and the rest of the Agreement, valid and enforceable. If a court or arbitrator declines to modify this Agreement as provided herein, the invalidity or unenforceability of any Provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining

 

12


 

Provisions. This Section 13 does not limit Employer’s rights to seek damages or such additional relief as may be allowed by law and/or equity in respect to any breach by Employee of the enforceable provisions of this Agreement.

 

14.

No Waiver of Breach or Remedies . No failure or delay on the part of Employee or Employer in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

 

15.

Amendment or Modification . No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Employee and a duly authorized member of Employer’s senior management. No consent to any departure by Employee from any of the terms of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same is signed by a duly authorized member of Employer’s senior management. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

16.

Governing Law . The laws of the State in which the Employer’s principal place of business is located shall govern the validity, construction and interpretation of this Agreement, and except for Disputed Claims and subject to the Arbitrations provisions included herewith, exclusive jurisdiction over any claim with respect to this Agreement shall reside in the courts of the State of Nevada.

 

17.

Number and Gender . Where the context of this Agreement requires the singular shall mean the plural and vice versa and references to males shall apply equally to females and vice versa.

 

18.

Headings . The headings in this Agreement have been included solely for convenience of reference and shall not be considered in the interpretation or construction of this Agreement.

 

19.

Assignment . This Agreement is personal to Employee and may not be assigned by Employee. Employee agrees that Employer may assign this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, Employee expressly agrees that Employer’s successors, affiliates and assigns may enforce the provisions of Section 8 above, and that five percent (5%) of the annual salary Employer has agreed to pay in Section 3 above is in consideration for Employee’s consent to the right of Employer’s successors, affiliates and assigns to enforce the provisions of Section 8.

 

20.

Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Employer’s successors and assigns.

 

21.

Prior Agreements. This Agreement shall supersede and replace any and all other employment agreements which may have been entered into by and between

 

13


 

Employee and Employer or any member of the Company Group, including, without limitation, the Prior Agreement, all of which agreements shall terminate on the Effective Date and be of no further force or effect. Without limitation of the foregoing, Employee and MGM acknowledge and agree that neither such party shall have any obligation or liability under the Prior Agreement from and following the Effective Date.

 

22.

Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement:

“Board” means the board of managers of MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is the general partner of Employer.

“Business Contacts” are defined as the names, addresses, contact information or any information pertaining to any persons, advertisers, suppliers, vendors, independent contractors, brokers, partners, employees, entities, patrons or customers (excluding Company Group’s Trade Secrets, which are protected from disclosure in accordance with Section 8.2 above) upon whom or which Employee: contacted or attempted to contact in any manner, directly or indirectly, or which Employer reasonably anticipated Employee would contact within six months of Employee’s last day of employment at Employer, or with whom or which Employee worked or attempted to work during Employee’s employment by Employer.

“Company Group” means Employer, and all of its parent, subsidiary and affiliated entities (including, without limitation, MGP and MGM), together with all of their respective officers, directors, joint venturers, members, shareholders, employees, ERISA plans, attorneys and assigns.

“Competitor” means any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity which is either directly, indirectly or through an affiliated company, engaged in or proposes to engage in the development, acquisition, ownership, operation or management of casino gaming facilities to be held in a Real Estate Investment Trust or similar form of ownership in the United States. This shall also include Wynn Resorts, Las Vegas Sands, Boyd Gaming, Caesar’s Entertainment, Pinnacle Entertainment, Stations Casinos, Penn National Gaming and their affiliates.

“Confidential Information” is defined as all Trade Secrets, Business Contacts, business practices, business procedures, business processes, financial information, contractual relationships, marketing practices and procedures, management policies and procedures, and/or any other information of Company Group or otherwise regarding Company Group’s operations and/or Trade Secrets or those of any member of Company Group and all information maintained or entered on any database, document or report set forth on Exhibit A or any other loyalty, hotel, casino or other customer database or system, irrespective of whether such information is used by Employee during Employee’s employment by Employer.

 

14


“Disputed Claim” means that Employee maintains pursuant to Section 10.3 that Employer has materially breached its duty to Employee and Employer has denied such material breach.

“Employee’s Good Cause” shall mean (i) any assignment to Employee of duties that are materially and significantly different than those contemplated by the terms of this Agreement or are clearly inappropriate or demeaning and not customary for someone serving as a chief financial officer; (ii) any material and significant limitation on the powers of the Employee not contemplated by the terms of the Agreement; or (iii) the failure of Employer to pay Employee any compensation when due, save and except a Disputed Claim to compensation.

“Employee’s Physician” shall mean a licensed physician selected by Employee for purposes of determining Employee’s disability pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Employer’s Good Cause” shall mean:

 

  (1)

Employee’s death;

 

  (2)

Employee’s “Disability,” which is hereby defined to include incapacity for medical reasons certified to by “Employer’s Physician” (defined below) which precludes the Employee from performing the essential functions of Employee’s duties hereunder for a consecutive or predominately consecutive period of six (6) months, with or without reasonable accommodations. (In the event Employee disagrees with the conclusions of Employer’s Physician, Employee (or Employee’s representative) shall designate a physician of Employee’s choice, (“Employee’s Physician”) and Employer’s Physician and Employee’s Physician shall then jointly select a third physician, who shall make a final determination regarding Employee’s Disability, which shall be binding on the parties). Employee acknowledges that consistent and reliable attendance is an essential function of Employee’s position. Employee agrees and acknowledges that a termination under this paragraph does not violate any federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance, including but not limited to the Americans With Disabilities Act;

 

  (3)

Employee’s failure to abide by Employer’s policies and procedures, misconduct, insubordination, inattention to Employer’s business, failure to perform the duties required of Employee up to the standards established by the Employer’s senior management, dishonesty, or other material breach of this Agreement. Employer reserves the sole and absolute discretion to determine whether any of the foregoing circumstances exist or have occurred, provided that such discretion is exercised lawfully and in good faith; or

 

15


  (4)

Employee’s failure or inability to satisfy the requirements stated in Section 6 above.

“Employer’s Physician” shall mean a licensed physician selected by Employer for purposes of determining Employee’s disability pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

“Prior Agreement” shall mean that certain Employment Agreement between Employee and MGM entered into as of January 19, 2016.

“Restrictive Period” means the twelve (12) month period immediately following any separation of Employee from active employment for any reason occurring during the Specified Term or the twelve (12) month period immediately following the expiration of the Specified Term.

“Trade Secrets” are defined in a manner consistent with the broadest interpretation of Nevada law. Trade Secrets shall include, without limitation, Confidential Information, formulas, inventions, patterns, compilations, vendor lists, customer lists, contracts, business plans and practices, marketing plans and practices, financial plans and practices, programs, devices, methods, know-hows, techniques or processes, any of which derive economic value, present or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who may or could obtain any economic value from its disclosure or use, including but not limited to the general public.

 

23.

Employee acknowledges that MGP is a publicly traded company and agrees that in the event there is any default or alleged default by Employer under the Agreement, or Employee has or may have any claims arising from or relating to the Agreement, Employee shall not commence any action or otherwise seek to impose any liability whatsoever against any person or entity in its capacity as a shareholder of MGP (“Stockholder”). Employee further agrees that Employee shall not permit any party claiming through Employee, to assert a claim or impose any liability against any Stockholder (in its capacity as a Stockholder) as to any matter or thing arising out of or relating to the Agreement or any alleged breach or default by Employer.

 

24.

Section 409A .

 

  24.1

This Agreement is intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, Section 409A of Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and any regulations and Treasury guidance promulgated thereunder (“Section 409A”). If Employer determines in good faith that any provision of this Agreement would cause Employee to incur an additional tax, penalty, or interest under Section 409A, the Board and Employee shall use reasonable efforts to reform such provision, if possible, in a mutually agreeable fashion to maintain to the maximum extent practicable the original intent of the applicable provision without violating the provisions

 

16


 

of Section 409A or causing the imposition of such additional tax, penalty, or interest under Section 409A. The preceding provisions, however, shall not be construed as a guarantee by Employer of any particular tax effect to Employee under this Agreement.

 

  24.2

“Termination of employment,” or words of similar import, as used in this Agreement means, for purposes of any payments under this Agreement that are payments of deferred compensation subject to Section 409A, Employee’s “separation from service” as defined in Section 409A.

 

  24.3

For purposes of Section 409A, the right to a series of installment payments under this Agreement shall be treated as a right to a series of separate payments.

 

  24.4

With respect to any reimbursement of Employee’s expenses, or any provision of in-kind benefits to Employee, as specified under this Agreement, such reimbursement of expenses or provision of in-kind benefits shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in one taxable year shall not affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the amount of in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year, except for any medical reimbursement arrangement providing for the reimbursement of expenses referred to in Section 105(b) of the Code; (2) the reimbursement of an eligible expense shall be made pursuant to Employer’s reimbursement policy but no later than the end of the year after the year in which such expense was incurred; and (3) the right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

  24.5

If a payment obligation under this Agreement that constitutes a payment of “deferred compensation” (as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1), after giving effect to the exemptions in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(3) through (b)(12)) arises on account of Employee’s separation from service while Employee is a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A), any payment thereof that is scheduled to be paid within six (6) months after such separation from service shall accrue without interest and shall be paid within 15 days after the end of the six-month period beginning on the date of such separation from service or, if earlier, within 15 days following Employee’s death.

 

25.

Ownership of Intellectual Property . Employee expressly acknowledges that all trademarks, trade dress, copyrightable works, patentable inventions, ideas, new or novel inventions, concepts, systems, methods of operation, improvements, strategies, techniques, trade secrets including, but not limited to, customers (including, but not limited to, customer names, contact information, historical and/or theoretical play, or other information, and the right to market to such customers), data of any type or nature and regardless of the form or media, as well

 

17


 

as all materials of any type of nature that comprise, reflect or embody any of the foregoing including, without limitation, databases, software, artistic works, advertisements, brochures, marketing plans, customer lists, memoranda, business plans, and proposals (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) created, conceived, developed, contributed to, or otherwise obtained, in whole or in part by the Employee during the term of Employee’s employment by Employer shall at all times be owned by Employer (and is hereby expressly assigned by Employee to Employer) if the Intellectual Property: (a) was created, conceived, developed, or contributed to: (1) using any of Employer’s property or resources; (2) on Employer’s premises; or (3) during Employee’s hours of employment; or (b) relates to Employee’s employment by Employer, even though creation of such Intellectual Property was not within the scope of Employee’s duties and responsibilities for which the Employer employs the Employee. All works of authorship created by Employee within the scope of this provision shall be deemed works made for hire as defined in the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 101. To the extent such works are deemed not to be works of authorship, Employee hereby irrevocably assigns (or authorizes Employer to act as Employee’s agent to assign) all right, title and interest in and to the copyrights in the works, including, without limitation, right of attribution and all related moral rights, to the Employer. Employee further agrees that any inventions and trade secrets covered by this provision shall be owned absolutely and exclusively by Employer, including all patent rights throughout the world. Employee acknowledges that this provision provides Employer with rights greater than provided under certain applicable laws including, without limitation, Nevada Revised Statutes § 600.500. Employee shall promptly inform Employer about such patentable inventions and shall not disclose to any third parties any information about the inventions without the prior written consent of Employer. Employee agrees to execute and deliver to Employer, upon request, such documents as may be necessary for Employer to perfect its rights in any and all Intellectual Property covered by this provision. To fulfill the intent of this paragraph, Employee irrevocably appoints Employer and Employer’s authorized agents as his/her agent and attorney in fact to transfer, vest or confirm Employer’s rights and to execute and file any such applications and to do all other lawful acts to further the prosecution and issuance of letters, patents or trademark or copyright registrations with the same legal force as if done by Employee, in all instances in which Employer is unable for any reason to secure Employee’s personal signature. Employee shall not be entitled to any compensation or other consideration for any Intellectual Property covered by this provision.

*        *        *

 

18


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have entered into this Agreement in Las Vegas, Nevada, as of the date first written above.

 

EMPLOYEE –

 

/s/ Andy H. Chien
By: Andy H. Chien

Dated: April 5, 2016

MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP –

 

/s/ James Stewart

By: James Stewart, Chief Executive Officer

Dated: April 5, 2016

MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL , for the limited purpose of Section 21 hereof

 

/s/ John M. McManus

By: John M. McManus, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: April 5, 2016

 

19


EXHIBIT A

 

Name of Report                                                                               Generated By

Including, but not limited to:

    

Arrival Report

    

Room Reservation/Casino Marketing

Departure Report

    

Room Reservation/Casino Marketing

Master Gaming Report

    

Casino Audit

Department Financial Statement

    

Finance

$5K Over High Action Play Report

    

Casino Marketing

$50K Over High Action Play Report

    

Casino Marketing

Collection Aging Report(s)

    

Collection Department

Accounts Receivable Aging

    

Finance

Marketing Reports

    

Marketing

Daily Player Action Report

    

Casino Operations

Daily Operating Report

    

Slot Department

Database Marketing Reports

    

Database Marketing

Special Event Calendar(s)

    

Special Events/Casino Marketing

Special Event Analysis

    

Special Events/Casino Marketing

Tenant Gross Sales Reports

    

Finance

Convention Group Tentative/Confirmed
Pacing Reports

    

Convention Sales

Entertainment Event Settlement Reports

    

Finance

Event Participation Reports

    

Casino Marketing

Table Ratings

    

Various

Top Players

    

Various

Promotion Enrollment

    

Promotions

Player Win/Loss

    

Various

 

20


EXHIBIT B - ARBITRATION

This Exhibit B sets forth the methods for resolving any controversy, dispute or claim directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Employment Agreement (“Agreement”), or the breach thereof, or arising out of or relating to the employment of Employee, or the termination thereof, and accordingly, this Exhibit B shall be considered to be a part of the Agreement.

 

1.

Except for a claim by either Employee or Employer for injunctive relief where such would be otherwise authorized by law, any controversy, dispute or claim directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Agreement, or the breach hereof, or arising out of or relating to the employment of Employee, or the termination thereof, including without limitation any claim involving the interpretation or application of the Agreement or wrongful termination or discrimination claims, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the employment arbitration rules then in effect of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (“JAMS”), to the extent not inconsistent with this paragraph. This Exhibit B covers any claim Employee might have against any officer, director, employee, or agent of Employer, or any of Employer’s subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates, and all successors and assigns of any of them. The promises by Employer and Employee to arbitrate differences, rather than litigate them before courts or other bodies, provide consideration for each other, in addition to other consideration provided under the Agreement.

 

2.

Claims Subject to Arbitration . This Exhibit B covers all claims arising in the course of Employee’s employment by Employer except for those claims specifically excluded from coverage as set forth in paragraph 3 of this Exhibit B. It contemplates mandatory arbitration to the fullest extent permitted by law. Only claims that are justifiable under applicable state or federal law are covered by this Exhibit B. Such claims covered by this arbitration provision include, but are not limited to, any dispute or controversy arising out of Employee’s employment, the events leading up to Employee being offered employment, the cessation of Employee’s employment, the compensation, terms, and other conditions of Employee’s employment, or statements made or actions taken at any time regarding Employee’s employment at the Employer which could have been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code; the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended; the federal Family and Medical Leave Act; the Lilly Ledbetter Act; GINA; all laws arising under the State of Nevada pertaining to civil rights, employment, whistleblower, or common law, and any other federal, state, or local civil or human rights law, or any other local, state or federal law, regulation, or ordinance, as well as any claim based on any public policy, contract, tort, or common law or any claim for costs, attorney’s or other fees, or other expenses, wages or other compensation; work related injury claims not

 

21


 

covered under workers’ compensation laws; wrongful discharge; and any and all unlawful employment discrimination and/or harassment claims (collectively, “Claims”). Employee expressly understands and agrees that Employee shall have no right or authority to raise any dispute or to have any dispute heard or arbitrated as a class or collective action or in a representative or private attorney general capacity on behalf of a class of persons or the general public . This arbitration provision does not require arbitration of claims for workers’ compensation or unemployment insurance. This Arbitration Agreement is intended to be construed as broadly as possible under applicable law so that all claims and defenses that could be raised before a court must instead be raised in arbitration. However, nothing in this arbitration provision shall be construed as precluding Employee from filing a charge or complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or equivalent state agency, the National Labor Relations Board, or any other similar state or federal agency seeking administrative resolution of a dispute or claim.

 

3.

Claims Not Subject to Arbitration . Claims under state workers’ compensation statutes or unemployment compensation statutes are specifically excluded from this Exhibit B. Claims pertaining to any of Employer’s employee welfare benefit and pension plans are excluded from this Exhibit B. In the case of a denial of benefits under any of Employer’s employee welfare benefit or pension plans, the filing and appeal procedures in those plans must be utilized. Claims by Employer or Employee for injunctive or other relief for violations of non-competition and/or confidentiality agreements are also specifically excluded from this Exhibit B.

 

4.

Non-Waiver of Substantive Rights . This Exhibit B does not waive any rights or remedies available under applicable statutes or common law. However, it does waive Employee’s right to pursue those rights and remedies in a judicial forum. By signing the Agreement and the acknowledgment at the end of this Exhibit B, the undersigned Employee voluntarily agrees to arbitrate Employee’s claims covered by this Exhibit B. This Exhibit B also does not waive the Employee’s right to file a charge or complaint with any federal or state agency, including with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

 

5.

Time Limit to Pursue Arbitration; Initiation : To ensure timely resolution of disputes, Employee and Employer must initiate arbitration within the statute of limitations (deadline for filing) provided for by applicable law pertaining to the claim. The failure to initiate arbitration within this time limit will bar any such claim. Any aggrieved party is encouraged to give written notice of any claim as soon as possible after the event(s) in dispute so that arbitration of any differences may take place promptly. The parties agree that the aggrieved party must, within the time frame provided by this Exhibit B, give written notice of a claim to the other party. If the Employee is the aggrieved party, notice must be given to the President of Employer with a copy to Employer’s designated legal counsel for purposes of arbitration. If the Employer is the aggrieved party, notice must be given to the Employee at the last known address provided by Employee. The

 

22


 

written notice shall identify and describe the nature of the claim, the supporting facts and the relief or remedy sought.

 

6.

Selecting an Arbitrator : This Exhibit B mandates Arbitration under the then current rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service (JAMS) regarding employment disputes. The arbitrator shall be either a retired judge or an attorney experienced in employment law and licensed to practice in the state in which arbitration is convened. The parties shall select one arbitrator from among a list of seven qualified neutral arbitrators provided by JAMS. If the parties are unable to agree on the arbitrator, each party shall strike one name and the remaining named arbitrator shall be selected.

 

7.

Representation/Arbitration Rights and Procedures :

 

  a.

Employee may be represented by an attorney of Employee’s choice at Employee’s own expense.

 

  b.

The arbitrator shall apply the substantive law (and the law of remedies, if applicable) of Nevada (without regard to its choice of law provisions) and/or federal law when applicable. In all cases, this Exhibit B shall provide for the broadest level of arbitration of claims between an employer and employee under Nevada law. The arbitrator is without jurisdiction to apply any different substantive law or law of remedies.

 

  c.

The arbitrator shall have no authority to award non-economic damages or punitive damages except where such relief is specifically authorized by an applicable state or federal statute or common law. In such a situation, the arbitrator shall specify in the award the specific statute or other basis under which such relief is granted.

 

  d.

The applicable law with respect to privilege, including attorney-client privilege, work product, and offers to compromise must be followed.

 

  e.

The parties shall have the right to conduct reasonable discovery, including written and oral (deposition) discovery and to subpoena and/or request copies of records, documents and other relevant discoverable information consistent with the procedural rules of JAMS. The arbitrator shall decide disputes regarding the scope of discovery and shall have authority to regulate the conduct of any hearing and/or trial proceeding. The parties shall have the right to file a motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment, and the arbitrator shall entertain such motions.

 

  f.

The parties shall exchange witness lists at least 30 days prior to the trial/hearing procedure. The arbitrator shall have subpoena power so that either Employee or Employer may summon witnesses. The arbitrator shall use the Federal Rules of Evidence. Both parties have the right to file a post hearing brief. Any party, at its own expense, may arrange for and

 

23


 

pay the cost of a court reporter to provide a stenographic record of the proceedings.

 

  g.

Any arbitration hearing or proceeding shall take place in private, not open to the public, in Las Vegas, Nevada, except that if the Employee is employed by the Employer in the United States but outside Clark County, Nevada, the arbitration hearing or proceeding shall take place in the county and State in which Employee is employed or was last employed.

 

8.

Arbitrator’s Award : The arbitrator shall issue a written decision containing the specific issues raised by the parties, the specific findings of fact, and the specific conclusions of law. The award shall be rendered promptly, typically within 30 days after conclusion of the arbitration hearing, or the submission of post-hearing briefs if requested. The arbitrator may not award any relief or remedy in excess of what a court could grant under applicable law. The arbitrator’s decision is final and binding on both parties. Judgment upon an award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction.

 

  a.

Either party may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to compel arbitration under this Exhibit B and to confirm, enforce, vacate or modify an arbitration award.

 

  b.

In the event of any administrative or judicial action by any agency or third party to adjudicate a claim on behalf of Employee which is subject to arbitration under this Exhibit B, Employee hereby waives the right to participate in any monetary or other recovery obtained by such agency or third party in any such action, and Employee’s sole remedy with respect to any such claim shall be any award decreed by an arbitrator pursuant to the provisions of this Exhibit B.

 

9.

Fees and Expenses : Employer shall be responsible for paying any filing fee and the fees and costs of the arbitrator. Employee and Employer shall each pay for their own expenses, attorney’s fees (a party’s responsibility for his/her/its own attorney’s fees is only limited by any applicable statute specifically providing that attorney’s fees may be awarded as a remedy), and costs and fees regarding witness, photocopying and other preparation expenses. If any party prevails on a statutory claim that affords the prevailing party attorney’s fees and costs, or if there is a written agreement providing for attorney’s fees and/or costs, the arbitrator may award reasonable attorney’s fees and/or costs to the prevailing party, applying the same standards a court would apply under the law applicable to the claim(s).

 

10.

The arbitration provisions of this Exhibit B shall survive the termination of Employee’s employment with Employer and the expiration of the Agreement. These arbitration provisions can only be modified or revoked in a writing signed by both parties and which expressly states an intent to modify or revoke the provisions of this Exhibit B.

 

24


11.

The arbitration provisions of this Exhibit B do not alter or affect the termination provisions of this Agreement.

 

12.

Capitalized terms not defined in this Exhibit B shall have the same definition as in the Employment Agreement to which this is Exhibit B.

 

13.

If any provision of this Exhibit B is adjudged to be void or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the remainder of Exhibit B. All other provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

 

25


ACKNOWLEDGMENT

BOTH PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT: THEY HAVE CAREFULLY READ THIS EXHIBIT B IN ITS ENTIRETY, THEY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, EXHIBIT B CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL TERM AND CONDITION OF THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO WHICH IT IS EXHIBIT B, AND THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY ITS TERMS.

The parties also specifically acknowledge that by agreeing to the terms of this Exhibit B, they are waiving the right to pursue claims covered by this Exhibit B in a judicial forum and instead agree to arbitrate all such claims before an arbitrator without a court or jury. It is specifically understood that this Exhibit B does not waive any rights or remedies which are available under applicable state and federal statutes or common law. Both parties enter into this Exhibit B voluntarily and not in reliance on any promises or representation by the other party other than those contained in the Agreement or in this Exhibit B.

Employee further acknowledges that Employee has been given the opportunity to discuss this Exhibit B with Employee’s private legal counsel and that Employee has availed himself/herself of that opportunity to the extent Employee wishes to do so.

 

EMPLOYEE –

  

        MGM GROWTH PROPERTIES

  

        OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP –

                                                          

  

                                             

  
  

        By:

  

 

26

EXHIBIT 21.1

MGP Subsidiaries

 

Name of Subsidiary

  State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation

MGM Growth Properties OP GP LLC

  Delaware