Exhibit 2.15
CASH COLLATERAL
AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
among
The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A.,
as the
Disbursement Agent,
The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A.,
as the
Trustee,
and
155 EAST
TROPICANA, LLC
and
155 EAST TROPICANA
FINANCE CORP.,
together, as the
Issuers
Dated as of
March 29, 2005
CASH COLLATERAL
AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CASH
COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”)
is dated as of March 29, 2005, by and among The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A., having an office at 700 South Flower
Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90017, as trustee
(together with its successors and assigns, the
“Trustee”) under the Indenture (as defined below), The
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as disbursement agent
(together with its successors and assigns, the “Disbursement
Agent”), and 155 East Tropicana, LLC, a Nevada
limited-liability company (the “Company”) and 155 East
Tropicana Finance Corp., a Nevada corporation (“Finance
Corp.,” together with the Company, the
“Issuers”).
R E C I
T A L S
A.
Notes . The Issuers have issued One Hundred Thirty
Million Dollars ($130,000,000) in aggregate principal amount
of their 8¾% Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (the
“Original Notes” and, together with any additional
Notes issued under the Indenture and any new notes issued in
exchange for the Original Notes or such additional Notes, the
“Notes”) concurrently herewith. The Notes have
been issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Indenture”) dated the date hereof, among the Issuers,
the Guarantor named therein and the Trustee, on behalf of itself
and the holders of the Notes. Net proceeds from the issuance
of Notes will be disbursed as follows: (a) Fifty Million
Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($50,800,000) (the “Renovation
Proceeds”) will be deposited contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement into Account No. 171098 held at
the Disbursement Agent (said account, or any substitute account
selected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, is
referred to herein as the “Renovation Disbursement
Account”), to be maintained by the Disbursement Agent
pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement; and (b) Eleven
Million One Hundred Fifty Four Thousand Dollars ($11,154,000) (the
“Interest Reserve Proceeds,” which, together with the
Renovation Proceeds shall be referred to herein as the
“Proceeds”), will be deposited contemporaneously with
the execution of this Agreement into Account No. 171097, held
at the Disbursement Agent (said account, or any substitute account
selected in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, is
referred to herein as the “Interest Reserve Account”),
to be maintained by the Disbursement Agent pursuant to
Section 2 of this Agreement.
B.
Collateral and Collateral Assignment . As security for
their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture, the Issuers
have granted security interests to the Trustee, on behalf of itself
and the holders of Notes, in certain assets and has collaterally
assigned certain contracts to the Trustee. As further
security for its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture, the
Issuers also have granted pursuant to the Pledge Agreement a
security interest to the Trustee, on behalf of itself and the
holders of the Notes, in all of the Issuers’ right, title and
interest in the Renovation Disbursement Account, the Interest
Reserve Account and the Disbursed Funds Account (as defined herein)
and any Proceeds or other amounts held in any such accounts.
C.
Purpose . The parties intend that portions of the
Proceeds and the other amounts deposited from time to time in the
Renovation Disbursement Account be used to design, renovate and
equip the Resort (as defined herein) and complete the Hooters
Renovation, all in
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accordance with
this Agreement and the Indenture. The parties have entered
into this Agreement in order to set forth the conditions upon
which, and the manner in which, funds will be disbursed in order to
permit the Company to design, renovate and equip the Resort,
complete the Hooters Renovation and to pay certain Debt Financing
Costs when due and payable under the Notes.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions.
1.1
Defined
Terms . In this Agreement (including the
preamble and recitals), the terms defined in this Section 1
shall have the meanings herein specified, such definitions to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of
the terms defined:
“Accounts” means the Interest
Reserve Account and the Renovation Disbursement Account.
“Additional
Contract Certificate” means an Additional Contract
Certificate in the form of Exhibit F-2 attached
hereto.
“Additional
Revenue” means revenue (including, without limitation,
investment income (loss), less any losses or costs associated
therewith, earned on amounts in the Renovation Disbursement
Account) generated by the Issuers (other than from disposition of
its assets), but only to the extent that such revenue is held by
the Issuers, free and clear of any claims of any other parties
whatsoever, other than claims of the Trustee and holders of the
Notes; provided, however, that as of any date of measurement,
Additional Revenue also shall include investment income (loss),
less any losses or costs associated therewith, which the Issuers
reasonably determines (with the reasonable concurrence of the
Disbursement Agent (acting in its sole discretion exercised in good
faith)) will be earned on funds in the Renovation Disbursement
Account through the reasonably anticipated date of Re-Opening,
taking into account the current and future reasonably anticipated
rates of return on Cash Equivalents in the Renovation Disbursement
Account and the reasonably anticipated times and amounts of draws
therefrom for the payment of Renovation Expenses or in connection
with permitted amendments to the Renovation Disbursement Budget (as
applicable).
“Advance
Disbursements” means a disbursement from the Renovation
Disbursement Account to the Issuers pursuant to Section 7.3
and in accordance with the Renovation Disbursement Budget,
notwithstanding the fact that not all certifications and lien
releases have been obtained and other disbursement conditions have
not been satisfied; provided that the aggregate amount of Advance
Disbursements outstanding at any time shall not exceed an amount
greater than One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($1,500,000).
“Advanced
Disbursement Certificate” means an Officer’s
Certificate from the Issuers in the form of Exhibit D-2
attached hereto.
“Affiliate” has the meaning given
in the Indenture.
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“Agreed
Permits” has the meaning given in Exhibit B attached
hereto.
“Applicable
Permits” means the national, state and local license
authorizations, certifications, filings, recordings, permits or
other approvals with or of any Governmental Instrumentality,
including, without limitation, environmental, construction,
operating or occupancy permits and any agreements, consents or
approvals that are required or that are otherwise necessary for the
performance of the design, construction, operation or maintenance
of the Resort or the Hooters Renovation in accordance with the
Operative Documents. Without limiting the foregoing,
Applicable Permits also include Renovation Period permits for
temporary construction utilities and temporary sanitary facilities,
dump permits, road use permits, permits related to the use, storage
and disposal of hazardous materials introduced to the Property for
or in connection with the performance of the design, construction,
the operation or maintenance of the Resort or the Hooters
Renovation, and permits issued pursuant to any building,
mechanical, electrical, plumbing or similar codes.
“Architect” means C&B
Nevada, Inc., and its successors identified by notice from the
Company to the Disbursement Agent.
“Architect
Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and
Architect for the Hooters Renovation executed by the Architect and
the Company dated December 2, 2004 (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement).
“Available
Funds” means subject to Section 8.4, at any given time,
the sum of (a) the balance of the Renovation Disbursement
Account, (b) so long as there is no Default or Event of
Default, Additional Revenue expected to be earned from and after
such time, (c) the net proceeds of any FF&E Financing that
the Issuers have incurred or reasonably expects to incur in
accordance with the Indenture, less all amounts previously drawn
down from such FF&E Financing and (d) the net proceeds
available for loan under any Credit Agreement that the Issuers
execute or reasonably expects to execute in accordance with the
Indenture.
“Business
Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New
York, New York, are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close.
“Cash
Equivalent” has the meaning given in the
Indenture.
“Collateral” has the meaning given
in the Indenture.
“Collateral
Agreements” has the meaning given in the
Indenture.
“Contract” means a contract to
which the Company is a party pertaining to the design, development,
engineering, installation or construction of all or any portion of
the Resort or the Hooters Renovation, including, without
limitation, any contract, license and performance and payment bond
or guarantee, if any; provided, however, such term shall not
include any of the Subcontracts, the Subcontractors, the Financing
Agreements or any of the documents evidencing or securing the
FF&E Financing or the Credit Agreement.
“Contractor” means a party to a
Contract other than the Company.
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“Control
Account Agreement” means that certain Deposit Account Control
Agreement dated as of even date herewith by and among the Trustee,
the Issuers, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
securities intermediary.
“Credit
Agreement” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
“Debt
Financing Costs” means all principal, interest, premium fees
and other amounts payable or accrued from time to time under the
Notes.
“Deed of
Trust” means the Deed of Trust, Security Agreement,
Fixture Filing and Assignment of Rents, Leases and Leasehold
Interests and Assignment of Leases and Rents dated as of even date
herewith made by the Issuers in favor of the Trustee, on behalf of
itself and the holders of the Notes.
“Default” means any event, omission
or failure of a condition that is, or with the passage of time or
the giving of notice or both could be, an Event of Default
herein.
“Disbursed Funds Account” means
Account No. 11552783 held at Wells Fargo Brokerage
Services, LLC, in the name of the Company, or any substitute
account selected in accordance with this Agreement, which account
shall be funded from disbursements from the Renovation Disbursement
Account pursuant to this Agreement and shall be pledged as
collateral to the Trustee pursuant to the Control Account
Agreement, for the benefit of itself and the holders of the Notes,
and from which the Company shall have general check writing
authority.
“Disbursement Agent’s Closing
Certificate” is an Officer’s Certificate from the
Disbursement Agent in the form of Exhibit B-2 attached
hereto.
“Disbursement Request” means any
Initial Disbursement Request, Renovation Disbursement Request,
Interest Disbursement Request, Advance Disbursement Request and any
other request for disbursement from the Accounts made pursuant to
this Agreement.
“Event of
Loss” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
“FF&E” has the meaning given in
the Indenture.
“FF&E
Financing” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
“Final
Plans” means Plans which (i) have received final
approval from all Governmental Instrumentalities required to
approve such Plans prior to completion of the work or improvements
and (ii) contain sufficient specificity to permit the
completion of the Hooters Renovation.
“Financing
Agreements” means, collectively, this Agreement, the
Indenture, the Collateral Agreements, the Notes and any other loan
or security agreement entered into on, prior to or after the Issue
Date with or for the benefit of the Trustee to finance the Hooters
Renovation or any portion thereof, as each of the same may be
amended from time to time as permitted thereunder and in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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“Gaming
Authority” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
“Gaming
License” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
“General
Contractor” means The PENTA Building
Group, Inc.
“Governmental Instrumentality”
means any national, state or local government (whether domestic or
foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other
governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or statutory
instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau or entity
(including any Gaming Authority, any zoning authority, the FDIC,
the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any
central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with
authority to bind a party at law.
“Hard
Costs” means the costs and expenses in respect of supplying
goods, materials and labor for the construction of improvements
relating to the Hooters Renovation or other amounts payable
pursuant to the Renovation Documents.
“Hooters
Renovation” means the redesign and renovation of the Hotel
San Remo Casino & Resort as a Hooters Casino, Resort and
Entertainment Center having and using the Hooters Brand and
concept. As part of the Hooters Renovation, the Hotel San
Remo Casino & Resort shall be re-themed and re-named,
shall include a Hooters Restaurant and may include such concepts
such as a Dan Marino Town Tavern, Martini Bar and Howl at the Moon
entertainment lounge.
“Hooters
Renovation Cost Schedule” means an itemized schedule in
the form of Schedule 1 to a Disbursement Request, a form of
which is attached hereto as Schedule 1 to
Exhibit D.
“Initial
Renovation Disbursement Budget” means, collectively, the
itemized schedule setting forth on a line item-basis all of
the costs which the Company anticipates to expend from and after
the Issue Date in connection with the design, development,
engineering, construction, installation, equipping and commencement
of operations of the Resort, including all Renovation Expenses but
excluding all Debt Financing Costs, attached as Exhibit 1 to
the Issuers’ Closing Certificate, which costs in the
aggregate shall not exceed the Available Funds.
“Initial
Disbursements Certificate” means an Officer’s
Certificate signed by the Issuers in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A, together with the schedule attached
thereto.
“Interest
Disbursement Certificate” means an Officer’s
Certificate from the Issuers in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C.
“Interest
Payment Date” has the meaning given in the Notes.
“Issuance
Fees and Expenses” means fees and expenses incurred on or
before the Issue Date by the Issuers or for which the Issuers are
liable in connection with the offering of the Notes.
“Issue
Date” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
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“Issuers’ Closing
Certificate” means an Officer’s Certificate from the
Issuers in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1, together
with the exhibits attached thereto.
“Lien”
has the meaning given in the Indenture.
“Manager” means Hawkeye
Construction and Millwork, Inc.
“Material
Renovation Document” means any of the Renovation Contract,
the Architect Agreement, and without duplication, any other
Contract with a total contract amount in excess of
$100,000.
“Net Loss
Proceeds” means Net Cash Proceeds from an Event of Loss, as
such terms are defined in the Indenture.
“Obligations” means (a) all
loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, howsoever
arising, owed by the Company and its direct and indirect
Subsidiaries under the Indenture or otherwise to the Trustee or any
holder of the Notes of every kind and description (whether or not
evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the
payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due
or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, any of the other Financing Agreements
or any of the other Operative Documents, including all interest,
fees, charges, expenses, attorney’s fees and accountants fees
chargeable to the Company in connection with its dealings with the
Company and payable by the Company hereunder or thereunder;
(b) any and all sums advanced by the Disbursement Agent or the
Trustee in order to preserve the Collateral or preserve the
Disbursement Agent’s or the Trustee’s security interest
in the Collateral, including all advances pursuant to
Section 7.5(ii) of this Agreement; and (c) in the
event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of the
Obligations after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing
for sale or lease, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing
on the Collateral, or of any exercise by the Disbursement Agent or
the Trustee of its respective rights under the Collateral
Documents, together with reasonable attorney’s fees and court
costs.
“Officer’s Certificate” means
a certificate signed by one of the following officers of the Person
on whose behalf or for whose benefit the certificate is being
executed or delivered: the Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Executive
Vice President, Vice President, Treasurer or Assistant
Treasurer.
“Operative
Documents” means the Financing Agreements and the Renovation
Documents.
“Operator
Licensing Event” has the meaning given in the
Indenture.
“Operator
Licensing Event Certificate” means an Officer’s
Certificate from the Issuers in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D-3.
“Permitted
Lien” has the meaning given in the Indenture.
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“Person” means any individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited
liability partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental
regulatory entity, county, state, agency or political subdivision
thereof, municipality or other entity.
“Plans” means the plans,
specifications, working drawings, design documents and any change
orders relating thereto, which may be amended by the Company as
necessary or appropriate, that collectively: (a) provide
for and detail the manner of construction of improvements for the
Resort; (b) call for construction which will permit the
Re-Opening to occur on or prior to the Re-Opening Deadline;
(c) call for construction which will cause the Hooters
Renovation to be completed for a total cost consistent with the
Renovation Disbursement Budget and the line items set forth
therein, taking into consideration the availability of Available
Funds, including Realized Savings; (d) are consistent with
constructing the Hooters Renovation; (e) have been signed by
an architect who is licensed to practice architecture in the State
of Nevada; and (f) to the extent such Plans are amended, such
Plans are consistent with previous Plans and are reasonably
inferable therefrom, as the same may be amended or supplemented
form time to time.
“Pledge
Agreement” means each of the Security Agreement and/or
Control Account Agreement among any of the Disbursement Agent, the
Trustee and the Issuers relating to the Trustee’s security
interest in the Accounts and the Disbursed Funds Account and the
proceeds thereof.
“Property” means the real property
located at 115 and 155 East Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
“Property
Documents” means each easement or material agreement
affecting the Property or the Company’s use
thereof.
“Realized
Savings” means the excess of the amount budgeted in the
Renovation Disbursement Budget for a line item over the amount of
funds expended or owed by the Company to complete the tasks set
forth in such line item and for the materials and services used to
complete such tasks, so long as the terms for such tasks are final
and unconditional (other than the satisfactory completion of such
tasks), including without limitation the execution of fixed price
purchase orders to acquire the materials that are the subject of
such line item (as applicable); provided, however, that Realized
Savings for any line item shall be deemed to be zero (i) if
such savings are obtained in a manner that materially detracts from
the overall value, quality and amenities of the Resort and
(ii) unless and until the Issuers have delivered a fully
executed Renovation Disbursement Budget Amendment Certificate
(together with all exhibits thereto) which includes such Realized
Savings.
“Remaining
Costs” means, at any given time, the amount of Renovation
Expenses (including Retainage Amounts) set forth in the Renovation
Disbursement Budget that remain unpaid at such time (including
amounts that have not yet accrued at such time).
“Renovation
Contract” means the Standard Form of Agreement Between
Owner and Contractor for the Hooters Renovation executed by the
General Contractor and the Company,
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dated
February 25, 2005 (as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with this Agreement).
“Renovation
Disbursement Budget” means the Initial Renovation
Disbursement Budget, as the same may be amended from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Renovation
Disbursement Budget Amendment Certificate” means an
Officer’s Certificate in the form of Exhibit E attached
hereto.
“Renovation
Disbursement Certificate” means an Officer’s
Certificate from the Issuers in the form of Exhibit D-1
attached hereto.
“Renovation
Documents” means the Renovation Contract, the Architect
Agreement, and any other Contract entered into by the Company on,
prior to or after the Issue Date with respect to construction of
all or any portion of the Resort or the Hooters Renovation (other
than the Financing Agreements and the documents evidencing or
securing the FF&E Financing or a Credit Agreement), as the same
may be amended from time to time as permitted thereunder and in
accordance with this Agreement.
“Renovation
Expenses” means expenses incurred in connection with the
design, development, engineering, construction, installation,
equipping and commencement of operations of the Hooters Renovation
in accordance with the Renovation Disbursement Budget, excluding,
however (a) any such expenses paid on or prior to the Issue
Date, (b) any Debt Financing Costs and (c) any Issuance
Fees and Expenses.
“Renovation
Period” means the period from the Issue Date to and including
the initial date of the Re-Opening.
“Renovation
Schedules” mean, collectively, schedules describing the
sequencing of the components of work to be undertaken in connection
with the Hooters Renovation, which schedules demonstrate that the
Re-Opening will occur on or prior to the Re-Opening
Deadline.
“Re-Opening” means the time when
the Hooters Renovation shall have been substantially completed and
the facilities of the Hooters Hotel Casino have been opened to the
general public, are receiving customers in the ordinary course of
business and are operating in accordance with applicable
laws.
“Re-Opening
Deadline” means June 1, 2006.
“Reserved
Renovation Amount” means the amount (exclusive of any
Retainage Amounts) necessary as of the date of the Final CDA
Disbursement to complete the Hooters Renovation in accordance with
the Final Plans, including punch list items.
“Resort” means that certain resort
hotel and all restaurants therein and other facilities, related
assets and real and personal property used in connection therewith,
which, upon completion of the Hooters Renovation, will be commonly
known as the Hooters Casino, Resort and Entertainment Center and
located at 115 and 155 East Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
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“Retainage
Amounts” means, at any given time, amounts which have accrued
and are owing under the terms of a Contract for work or services to
the Company already provided but which at such time (and in
accordance with the terms of the Contract) are being withheld from
payment to the respective Contractor until certain subsequent
events (e.g., completion benchmarks or required to release to a
Subcontractor) have been achieved under the Contract.
“Security
Agreement” means that certain Senior Secured Note Security
Agreement dated as of even date herewith, made by the Issuers in
favor of the Trustee, acting in the capacity of collateral agent
for the benefit of itself and the holders of the Notes.
“Soft
Costs” means all costs and expenses (other than Hard Costs)
set forth in the Renovation Disbursement Budget, including without
limitation pre-opening costs.
“Subcontracts” has the meaning
given in the Renovation Contract.
“Subcontractors” means the Persons performing the
obligations under the Subcontracts.
“Title
Insurer” means Lawyers Title of Nevada, Inc.
“Title
Policy” means the lender’s policy or policies of title
insurance to be provided by the Title Insurer to the Trustee with
respect to the Properties, together with all endorsements thereto,
in the form attached as Exhibit H.
“Trustee’s Closing
Certificate” is the Officer’s Certificate from the
Trustee in the form of Exhibit B-3 attached hereto.
1.2
Additional Defined
Terms . In addition, the terms listed below in the
left column below shall have the respective meanings assigned to
such terms in the Section of this Agreement listed opposite
such terms in the right column below. All other capitalized
terms not defined herein, but defined in the Indenture, shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.
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Defined
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Section
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Advance Disbursement
Request
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4.1
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Agreement
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Introduction
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Company
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Introduction
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Disbursement
Agent
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Introduction
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Event of
Default
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Final CDA
Disbursement
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7.6.1
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Indenture
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A of
Recitals
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Initial
Disbursements
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7.1
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Initial Disbursement
Request
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4.1
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Interest Disbursement
Request
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4.1
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Interest Reserve
Account
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A of
Recitals
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Interest Reserve
Proceeds
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A of
Recitals
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Issuers
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Introduction
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Operator Licensing
Event Disbursement Request
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4.1
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Notes
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A of
Recitals
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Original
Notes
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A of
Recitals
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Proceeds
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A of
Recitals
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Renovation Disbursement
Account
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A of
Recitals
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Renovation Disbursement
Request
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4.1
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Renovation
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Trustee
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Introduction
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1.3
Rules of
Interpretation . The following rules of
interpretation shall apply herein.
1.3.1
The singular includes
the plural and the plural includes the singular.
1.3.2
The word
“or” is not exclusive.
1.3.3
A reference to a
Person includes its permitted successors and permitted
assigns.
1.3.4
Accounting terms have
the meanings assigned to them by U.S. GAAP (as defined in the
Indenture), as applied by the accounting entity to which they
refer.
1.3.5
The words
“include,” “includes” and
“including” are not limiting.
1.3.6
A reference in a
document to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule is to the
Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix of such
document unless otherwise indicated. Exhibits, Schedules,
Annexes or Appendices to any document shall be deemed incorporated
by reference in such document.
1.3.7
References to any
document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all
exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall
include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed
in replacement thereof, and (c) shall mean such document,
instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as
amended, modified and supplemented from time to time and in effect
at any given time.
1.3.8
The words
“hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
any document shall refer to such document as a whole and not to any
particular provision of such document.
1.3.9
References to
“days” shall mean calendar days, unless the term
“Business Days” shall be used.
2.
Establishment of Accounts .
2.1
Appointment of
Disbursement Agent . The Trustee and the Company
hereby appoint The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as the
Disbursement Agent, and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
hereby accepts such appointment, as the Disbursement Agent upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The
Disbursement Agent agrees to act in good faith at all times
herein.
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2.2
Establishment of
Accounts . Concurrently with the execution
and delivery hereof, the Disbursement Agent shall establish the
Accounts and the Disbursed Funds Account at the Disbursement Agent
and credit thereto, in accordance with the provisions of Recital A
hereof, the Proceeds. All funds in the Accounts and the
Disbursed Funds Account shall be held in trust and not commingled
with any deposit or commercial bank account. The Disbursement
Agent hereby waives any and all liens, claims, encumbrances and
rights of set off which it may have in the Accounts and the
Disbursed Funds Account, including all rights of offset, deductions
and liens, whether statutory or otherwise afforded by law,
agreement or otherwise set forth herein. All funds accepted
by the Disbursement Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be held
in the appropriate Account or the Disbursed Funds Account for the
benefit of the Issuers subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Pledge Agreement (including, without limitation,
the rights of the Trustee hereunder and thereunder). The
Disbursement Agent may, upon the written request of the Issuers,
establish sub-accounts for accounting purposes within the Accounts
and the Disbursed Funds Account, it being understood and agreed
that the creation of such sub-accounts shall in no way affect the
pledge in favor of the Trustee in the Accounts and the Disbursed
Funds Account hereunder.
2.3
Pledge
Agreement . Pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, the
Issuers have granted to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders
of the Notes, a first priority security interest in the Accounts
and the Disbursed Funds Account and all funds and assets from time
to time deposited therein, and all products and proceeds
thereof. The Disbursement Agent shall note in its records
that all funds and other assets in the Accounts and the Disbursed
Funds Account have been pledged to the Trustee and that the
Disbursement Agent is holding such items as agent for the Trustee,
as secured party. The Disbursement Agent shall maintain
dominion and control over the Accounts and the Disbursed Funds
Account and the funds and assets therein solely for the benefit of
the Trustee, as secured party, and for no other parties or Persons;
provided, however, that the Issuers shall be able to obtain
disbursements from the Accounts and the Disbursed Funds Account in
accordance with the terms hereof and upon such disbursement to the
Issuers, such pledge and security interest shall be extinguished
and released with respect to the amount so disbursed.
Accordingly, it is the intention of the parties that all such funds
and assets shall not be within the bankruptcy “estate”
(as such term is used in 11 U.S.C. § 541, as amended) of
the Disbursement Agent. All such funds and all earnings
accruing from time to time thereon shall be held in the applicable
Account or the Disbursed Funds Account until disbursed or
transferred in accordance with the terms hereof or until
transferred to such other account as the Trustee and the Issuers
may direct the Disbursement Agent to establish.
2.4
Investment of
Funds in Accounts . All funds from time to time
credited to and contained in each of the Renovation Disbursement
Account (other than those to be disbursed pursuant to the Initial
Disbursement Request, which shall be so disbursed on the Issue
Date) and the Interest Reserve Account shall be invested only in
Cash Equivalents from time to time by written instructions by the
Issuers delivered to the Disbursement Agent, pending disbursement
of such funds pursuant to this Agreement. If no such investment
instructions are received by the Disbursement Agent within 15 days
of the date hereof or after the occurrence and during a continuance
of a Default or Event of Default, such funds shall be invested in
Black Rock Temp Fund No. 9999054 Dollar Share Account
No. 20. The Disbursement Agent shall not be liable for
any investment, reinvestment or similar losses, fees, taxes or
charges or for the availability or liquidity of funds in the
Accounts as a result of any investments made or reduced to cash
in
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accordance with this Agreement, and the
Disbursement Agent is hereby authorized to direct the Financial
Institution (as defined in the Control Agreement) in writing
(i) to purchase Cash Equivalents in accordance herewith and
(ii) to reduce to cash any Cash Equivalents (without regard to
maturity) in any Account in order to make any application or
disbursement required hereunder.
2.5
Agency
. The Disbursement Agent shall act solely as the
Trustee’s agent in connection with its duties under this
Agreement, notwithstanding any other provision contained herein,
without any authority to obligate the Trustee outside of the scope
of the authority set forth in this Agreement or to compromise or
pledge its security interest hereunder; provided, however, that the
Disbursement Agent is authorized to make disbursements from the
Accounts on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. The Issuers acknowledge and agree that in no event
shall the Trustee or the holders of the Notes be liable for, nor
shall the obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture, the Notes
or the other Collateral Agreements be affected or diminished as a
consequence of, any action or inaction of the Disbursement Agent
with respect to the Accounts or the Disbursed Funds Account or any
funds or other assets credited thereto or deposited herein.
2.6
Waiver of Set-off
Rights . The Disbursement Agent hereby
acknowledges the Trustee’s security interest as set forth in
this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and waives any security
interest or other lien in the Accounts or the Disbursed Funds
Account or any funds or other assets credited thereto or deposited
herein and further waives any right to set-off said funds, assets
or investments now or in the future against any indebtedness of the
Issuers to the Disbursement Agent. The waivers set forth in
this Section are of rights which may exist now or hereafter in
favor of the Disbursement Agent in its individual capacity, and not
of any such rights which may exist now or hereafter in favor of the
Disbursement Agent in its capacity as agent for the Trustee.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed as waiving,
limiting or diminishing any rights of the Trustee or the Issuers
against the Disbursement Agent or one another.
3.
Disbursements from Accounts .
3.1
Conditions to
Disbursement . The Disbursement Agent shall
disburse funds from the Accounts only upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions to disbursement set forth herein.
3.2
Method of
Disbursement . Upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions to disbursement set forth herein, the Disbursement Agent
shall disburse funds from the applicable Account as specified in
the applicable Disbursement Request.
3.3
Disbursement
Agent’s Compensation . So long as the
Trustee also serves as Disbursement Agent hereunder, the
Disbursement Agent shall not, except as otherwise provided in
Section 13, be entitled to any fee for its services
hereunder. If the Trustee is not also serving as Disbursement
Agent hereunder, the Disbursement Agent shall be entitled to such
reasonable fee payable by the Issuers as is set forth in the
separate agency agreement with the Trustee. The Disbursement
Agent hereunder (whether or not serving as the Trustee) shall be
entitled to reimbursement for its reasonable expenses (including,
without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of the
Disbursement Agent’s counsel) as compensation for services
performed under this Agreement. The Disbursement Agent shall
receive such payments without the requirement
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of obtaining any further consent or action on
the part of the Issuers with respect to the payment; provided,
however, that, without limiting the foregoing, the Disbursement
Agent shall provide written itemization of requested reimbursement
of such expenses within thirty (30) days of receiving a written
request therefor from the Issuers. Disbursements for each
calendar month shall be made on the first day of the subsequent
calendar month. The provisions of this Section 3.3 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
3.4
Transfer of Funds
to the Trustee . Upon the receipt of written
notice executed by the Trustee, which states that (a) an Event
of Default hereunder has occurred and is continuing and
(b) the Trustee is entitled to the funds in the Accounts and
the Disbursed Funds Account (a copy of which notice shall be sent
by the Trustee to the Issuers concurrently therewith), the
Disbursement Agent shall, without need for further authorization or
notice to the Issuers, deliver to the Trustee all funds in the
Accounts and the Disbursed Funds Account, other than amounts the
Trustee has directed the Disbursement Agent to disburse under
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7.5
hereof.
4.
Agreements of the Issuers, the Disbursement Agent and the
Trustee . The Issuers, the Disbursement Agent and the
Trustee severally agree as follows:
4.1
Disbursement Requests and Disbursements .
(a)
The Issuers shall
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement have
the right to submit to the Disbursement Agent, with a copy to the
Trustee, the Initial Disbursement Certificate, requesting the
disbursement of funds from the Renovation Disbursement Account in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 for the Initial
Disbursements (the “Initial Disbursement
Request”).
(b)
The Issuers or, as
set forth in Section 5.1, the Trustee (with a copy provided to
the Issuers), shall have the right to submit to the Disbursement
Agent, with a copy to the Trustee, the Interest Disbursement
Certificate, requesting the disbursement of funds from the Interest
Reserve Account to pay the interest due on the Notes (an
“Interest Disbursement Request”) on the applicable
Interest Payment Date.
(c)
In accordance with
Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 hereof, the Issuers shall have
the right from time to time during the course of this Agreement
(but no more frequently than twice per calendar month (other than
disbursements related to the Initial Disbursements Certificate), to
submit to the Disbursement Agent, with a copy to the Trustee, a
Renovation Disbursement Certificate (a “Renovation
Disbursement Request”) or an Advance Disbursement Certificate
(an “Advanced Disbursement Request”).
(d)
In accordance with
Section 7.2 and Section 7.4 hereof, upon the occurrence
of the Operator Licensing Event, the Issuers shall have the right
to submit to the Disbursement Agent, with a copy to the Trustee, an
Operator Licensing Event Disbursement Certificate, requesting the
disbursement of funds from the Renovation Disbursement Account in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,300,000 for cage and other
working capital cash required upon the Company receiving its Gaming
License (a “Operator Licensing Event Disbursement
Request”).
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(e)
The Disbursement
Agent shall review each Disbursement Request submitted pursuant to
Sections 4.1(a) through (d) above to determine that
they meet the requirements of this Agreement and of
Exhibits A, C, D-1, D-2 and D-3 respectively, including all
attachments, exhibits and certificates required thereby (as the
case may be) have been satisfied, and provided, that a Responsible
Officer (as defined in the Indenture, except substituting
“Trustee” for “Disbursement Agent”) of the
Disbursement Agent (i) has determined that the requirements of
this Agreement and of Exhibits A, C, D-1, D-2 and D-3, as
applicable, including all attachments, exhibits and certificates
required thereby (as the case may be), and (ii) has no actual
knowledge of any material error, inaccuracy, misstatement or
omission of fact in such Disbursement Request or an attachment,
exhibit or certificate attached thereto or information provided by
the Issuers upon the request of the Disbursement Agent, then the
Disbursement Agent shall approve the request. Except as to
the Initial Disbursement, which shall be made on the Issue Date,
the Disbursement Agent shall notify the Issuers and the Trustee as
soon as reasonably possible (and in any event within two
(2) Business Days after the Disbursement Agent receives the
required documents) if any Disbursement Request, or any portion
thereof, is disapproved and the reason(s) therefor.
(f)
Provided that a
Disbursement Request submitted in accordance with to
Sections 4.1(a) through (d) above is approved by the
Disbursement Agent in accordance with this Agreement, then, within
two (2) Business Days following submission of such
Disbursement Request, the Disbursement Agent shall disburse to the
Disbursed Funds Account the funds requested in such Disbursement
Request (other than those to be disbursed pursuant to (i) the
Initial Disbursement Request, which shall be disbursed on the Issue
Date, or (ii) an Interest Disbursement Request, which shall be
disbursed on the applicable Interest Payment Date), or such portion
thereof as is approved by the Disbursement Agent. The Issuers
shall withdraw funds from and write checks on the Disbursed Funds
Account solely for the purpose of paying Renovation Expenses
identified on such Disbursement Request.
4.2
Insufficient
Available Funds . The Issuers shall promptly, and
in no event later than two (2) Business Days following
knowledge thereof, notify the Trustee and the Disbursement Agent in
writing if at any time the Issuers reasonably believe that there
are insufficient Available Funds (a) to permit the Re-Opening
on or before the Re-Opening Deadline or (b) to complete the
Hooters Renovation in accordance with the Final Plans and/or the
Renovation Disbursement Budget (as in effect at such time).
Such notice shall specify in reasonable detail (i) the amount
of such deficiency and (ii) the steps which the Issuers intend
to take to cure such deficiency and the anticipated timing
thereof.
5.
Interest Reserve .
5.1
Interest
Disbursements . Ten (10) days prior to each
of the first two (2) Interest Payment Dates, the Issuers shall
deliver to the Disbursement Agent an Interest Disbursement Request,
setting forth the amount required to be paid and the Interest
Payment Date upon which such payment is due and payable.
Subject to the Disbursement Agent’s review and approval under
Section 4.1(e), on each such Interest Payment Date, the
Disbursement Agent sh

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