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EXHIBIT 10.2
CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
dated as of
November 7, 2003
among
U.S. Bank National Association, as USB Disbursement Agent,
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as WFB Disbursement Agent,
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
Merritt & Harris, Inc., as Independent Construction
Consultant
River Rock Entertainment Authority
and
The Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians of California
(solely with respect to its obligations under Section 13)
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1.
Definitions..............................................................................................2
1.1.
Defined
Terms...................................................................................2
1.2 Index of
Additional Defined
Terms...............................................................8
2.
Appointment of Disbursement Agents; Establishment of Collateral
Accounts; Related Provisions.............9
2.1
Appointment of the Disbursement
Agents..........................................................9
2.2
Establishment of Collateral
Accounts............................................................9
2.2.1
Establishment of Collateral
Accounts...................................................9
2.2.2
General...............................................................................10
2.2.3 Net
Loss
Proceeds.....................................................................10
2.3
Acknowledgement of Security Interest;
Control..................................................10
2.4 Control of
Collateral
Accounts.................................................................10
2.5 Control of
Specific Collateral
Accounts........................................................12
2.5.1
Control of Operating
Account..........................................................12
2.5.2
Control of Construction Disbursement Account, Dugan Property
Improvements
Account and Construction Escrow
Account...............................................12
2.6 The
Authority's
Rights.........................................................................12
2.7 Cash
Equivalents...............................................................................12
2.8
Remedies.......................................................................................13
2.9 Waiver of
Set-Off
Rights.......................................................................13
2.10
Cooperation....................................................................................13
3.
Certain Responsibilities of Disbursement Agents and Independent
Construction Consultant.................14
3.1
Disbursements from the Collateral
Accounts.....................................................14
3.2 Transfer
of Funds at Direction of
Trustee......................................................14
3.3 Payment of
Compensation........................................................................14
3.3.1
Independent Construction Consultant's
Compensation....................................14
3.3.2
Procedure.............................................................................14
3.4 Periodic
Review................................................................................15
3.4.1
Review by USB Disbursement
Agent......................................................15
3.4.2
Review by Independent Construction
Consultant.........................................15
4.
Disbursements During Construction
Period................................................................16
4.1 Initial
Disbursements from the Construction Disbursement
Account...............................16
4.2 Subsequent
Disbursements from the Construction Disbursement Account and
Construction
Escrow
Account.................................................................................16
4.2.1
Disbursement
Requests.................................................................16
4.2.2
Additional Conditions to Subsequent Disbursements from the
Construction
Disbursement
Account..................................................................17
4.2.3
Non-Satisfaction of
Conditions........................................................17
4.2.4
Disbursements from Construction Escrow
Account........................................18
4.2.5
Final Disbursement from Construction Escrow
Account...................................19
4.3
Disbursements from Dugan Property Improvements
Account.........................................19
4.3.1 Land
Development Disbursement
Requests................................................19
4.3.2
Additional Conditions to Disbursements from the Land Development
Disbursement
Account...............................................................................19
4.3.3
Non-Satisfaction of
Conditions........................................................20
4.3.4
Final Disbursement from Land Development Disbursement
Account.........................20
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5.
Certain Construction Period
Covenants...................................................................21
5.1 Available
Construction Funds
Certificate.......................................................21
5.2
Construction Cost
Overruns.....................................................................21
5.3 Project
Cost Schedule
Certificate..............................................................21
5.4 Final
Plans....................................................................................21
5.5 Amendment
to Authority
Budget..................................................................22
6.
Certain Operating Period
Covenants......................................................................22
6.1 Deposit of
Pledged Revenues Other Than Cage
Cash...............................................22
6.1.1
Transfer to WFB Disbursement
Agent....................................................22
6.1.2
Control
Agreement.....................................................................22
6.1.3
Discretionary
Deposits................................................................22
6.2 Funds in
Accounts..............................................................................22
6.3 Notice of
Substantial
Completion...............................................................22
7.
Limitation of
Liability.................................................................................23
7.1 Limitation
of a Disbursement Agent's
Liability.................................................23
7.2 Limitation
of Independent Construction Consultant's
Liability..................................23
8.
Indemnity and
Insurance.................................................................................24
8.1
Indemnification of Disbursement
Agent..........................................................24
8.2
Insurance......................................................................................24
9.
Termination.............................................................................................25
10.
Substitution or Resignation of Disbursement
Agent.......................................................25
10.1
Procedure......................................................................................25
10.2
Successor Disbursement
Agent...................................................................26
10.3
Eligibility;
Disqualification..................................................................26
10.4
Consent of Independent Construction
Consultant.................................................26
11. Statement
of Collateral
Accounts........................................................................26
12.
Miscellaneous...........................................................................................26
12.1
Waiver.........................................................................................26
12.2
Invalidity.....................................................................................26
12.3
No
Authority...................................................................................26
12.4
Assignment.....................................................................................26
12.5
Benefit........................................................................................27
12.6
Time...........................................................................................27
12.7
Choice of
Law..................................................................................27
12.8
Entire Agreement;
Amendments...................................................................27
12.9
Notices........................................................................................27
12.10
Counterparts...................................................................................28
12.11
Captions.......................................................................................28
12.12
Right to Consult
Counsel.......................................................................28
12.13
Tribe
Authorization............................................................................28
12.14
Authority
Authorization........................................................................28
13. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Governing Law
Provisions...................................................29
13.1
Governing Law
Provisions.......................................................................29
13.2
Waiver of Sovereign
Immunity...................................................................29
13.3
Waiver of Tribal
Court.........................................................................29
13.4
Jurisdiction...................................................................................29
13.5
Arbitration....................................................................................30
13.6
Service of
Process.............................................................................30
13.7
Non-Impairment.................................................................................30
13.8
IGRA Savings
Provisions........................................................................30
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
Initial Disbursements Certificate
B
Form of Authority's Closing Certificate
C
Form of Trustee's Closing Certificate
D
Form of Construction Disbursement Request
E
Form of Available Construction Funds Certificate
F
Form of Project Cost Schedule Certificate
G
Form of Authority Budget Amendment Certificate
H
Initial Authority Budget
I
Form of Final Plans Amendment Certificate
J-1
Form of Officer's Certificate (First Phase)
J-2
Form of Officer's Certificate (Second Phase)
J-3
Form of Substantial Completion Certificate (Project)
J-4
Form of Officer's Certificate (Dugan Project)
K-1
Form of Control Agreement (Construction Accounts)
K-2
Control Agreement (Operating Accounts)
L
Form of Land Development Disbursement Request
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CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS CASH COLLATERAL AND DISBURSEMENT AGREEMENT (as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, this
"Agreement") is dated as of November 7,
2003, by and among U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking
association, as disbursement agent, securities
intermediary and depositary bank (the "USB
Disbursement Agent"), Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., a national banking association,
as disbursement agent, securities
intermediary and depositary bank (the "WFB
Disbursement Agent"), (the USB
Disbursement Agent and the WFB Disbursement
Agent, together with any successor
disbursement agent permitted hereunder,
being sometimes referred to herein
individually or collectively as the
"Disbursement Agent"), U.S. Bank National
Association, a national banking
association, as trustee under the Indenture (as
defined herein) (together with its
successors and assigns from time to time
under the Indenture, the "Trustee"),
Merritt & Harris, Inc. (the "Independent
Construction Consultant"), the River Rock
Entertainment Authority (the
"Authority"), an unincorporated
instrumentality of The Dry Creek Rancheria Band
of Pomo Indians of California (the "Tribe")
and the Tribe (solely with respect
to its obligations under Section 13).
RECITALS
A. Senior Notes. Concurrently herewith, the Authority is
issuing
$200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
its 9.75% Senior Notes due 2011
(together with all notes issued in exchange
or replacement therefor, the
"Initial Senior Notes"), pursuant to the
Indenture. In addition, the Authority
may issue additional senior notes (other
than the Initial Senior Notes) pursuant
to the Indenture in accordance with the
provisions thereof (collectively with
the Initial Senior Notes, the "Senior
Notes").
B. Facility. The Authority and the Tribe desire to design, develop
and
construct three parking structures and
certain infrastructure improvements (the
"Project") upon the Tribe's reservation
near Geyserville, California (the
"Rancheria") and an access road upon
certain property adjacent to the Rancheria
(the "Dugan Property") to support the
existing gaming facility of the Authority
(such gaming facility and the Project
collectively the "Facility"). The Tribe
has delegated to the Authority all rights
and decision-making authority with
respect to the development, construction
and operation of the Project pursuant
to the Authority Ordinance (as defined
below).
C. Use of Proceeds. The net proceeds from the issuance of the
Initial
Senior Notes (the "Proceeds") will be used
(among other things) to repay a
majority of the Authority's outstanding
indebtedness, to fund the completion of
the Project, to fund the settlement of
litigation involving the Tribe, to fund
the acquisition of and development of an
access road on the Dugan Property and
to repay outstanding indebtedness of the
Tribe.
D. Collateral Accounts. Contemporaneously with the execution of
this
Agreement, $64,600,000 of the Proceeds will
be deposited into the Construction
Disbursement Account (as defined below),
$5,000,000 of the Proceeds will be
deposited into the Dugan Property
Improvements Account (as defined below) and
$10,000,000 of the Proceeds will be
deposited into the Construction Escrow
Account (as defined below). In addition,
Pledged Revenues (as defined below)
will be deposited as they are received by
the Authority into the Operating
Account (as defined below). Assets
maintained in the Construction Escrow
Account, the Construction Disbursement
Account, the Dugan Property Improvements
Account and the Operating Account are owned
beneficially by the Authority,
subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
E. Purpose. The parties have entered into this Agreement to set
forth
the conditions upon which, and the manner
in which, funds will be disbursed from
(a) the Construction Disbursement Account
to fund the Project, (b) the Dugan
Property Improvements Account to fund the
development of an access road and
certain related improvements to the Dugan
Property (the "Dugan Project"), (c)
the Construction Escrow Account to permit
the Authority to fund cost overruns
with respect to the Project, and (d) all of
the accounts established hereby for
the further purposes set forth herein.
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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. The terms defined in this Section
1 shall have the meanings herein
specified:
"Additional Operating Revenue" means revenue generated by the
Authority, other than from disposition of
its assets, but only to the extent
that such revenue has been deposited in the
Collateral Accounts and is held by
the Authority, free and clear of any claims
of any other Person whatsoever;
provided, however, that as of any date of
measurement, Additional Operating
Revenue shall also include investment
income which the Authority reasonably
determines will accrue on funds in the
Collateral Accounts through the date that
the Authority reasonably anticipates that
Substantial Completion will occur.
"Affiliate" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"Authority Budget" means the Initial Authority Budget as the
Initial Authority Budget may be amended
from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.
"Authority's Closing Certificate" means an Officers'
Certificate of the Authority in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B.
"Authority Ordinance" means The River Rock Entertainment
Authority Act of 2003 duly and validly
adopted by the Tribe.
"Available Construction Funds" means, with respect to the
Authority at any given time, the Original
Allocation less the amount of
disbursements theretofore made from the
Construction Disbursement Account.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
"Business Day" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Cash Equivalents" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Collateral" means all of the following:
(a) the
Collateral Accounts;
(b) all cash,
Cash Equivalents, instruments,
investments and other securities or
Financial Assets at any time on deposit in
or credited to the Collateral Accounts;
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(c) the Pledged Revenues, whether now or hereafter
owned, existing, arising or acquired,
wherever held or located, and whenever
received;
(d) each Operating Account and each other operating
account of the Authority in each Collection
Bank;
(e) any other collateral under any of the Collateral
Documents; and
(f) all proceeds of any of the foregoing;
excluding, however, any Pledged Revenues
and all proceeds therefrom released to
the Authority or the Tribe or to its order
in accordance with the terms hereof
or pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture.
"Collateral Documents" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Collection Bank" means each bank into which the Authority
initially deposits Pledged Revenues upon
receipt thereof.
"Construction Contracts" means the direct contracts between
the Authority and any Person pertaining to
the construction of the Project or
the Dugan Project.
"Construction Expenses" means Project Costs incurred in
accordance with the Authority Budget,
excluding, however, (a) any Pre-Issuance
Expenses, and (b) any Debt Financing
Costs.
"Construction Period" means the period from the Issuance Date
to and including Substantial
Completion.
"Construction Schedule" means a schedule describing the
sequencing of the components of work to be
undertaken in connection with the
Project, which schedule (as the same may be
amended) demonstrates that
Substantial Completion will occur on or
before the Operating Deadline.
"Contractor" means a contractor or supplier of materials or
services in connection with the
construction of the Project pursuant to a direct
contract with the Authority or contract
assigned by the Tribe to the Authority.
"Control Agreement" means an agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibits K-1 or K-2 attached
hereto.
"Debt Financing Costs" means all payments of principal,
interest and other amounts payable by the
Authority from time to time under the
Indenture, and any other senior debt or
subordinated debt, if any, incurred as
permitted by the terms of the
Indenture.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passage of time
or the giving of notice or both would be,
an Event of Default.
"Event of Default" means the occurrence of any of the
following specified events:
(a) The occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default under the Indenture.
(b) The USB Disbursement Agent, after appropriate
consultation with the Authority, is unable
to approve a Construction
Disbursement Request in excess of $100,000
due to the failure of the Authority
to satisfy the conditions precedent thereto
set forth herein, including, without
limitation, the condition precedent that
the Authority deliver the certificates
required under this Agreement, and such
failure continues for thirty (30) days
after notice thereof without being
cured.
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(c)
Any time that the Available Construction Funds
are less than the Remaining Costs and such
deficiency continues for a period of
thirty (30) days without being cured.
(d) The failure of the Authority to deliver any
material documents required to be delivered
by the Authority pursuant to this
Agreement and any such failure continues
for thirty (30) days after notice
thereof without being cured.
"Final Plans" means, with respect to any particular component
of the Project:
(a) the Plans for such component, if any, that have
been submitted to and approved by the
Independent Construction Consultant; and
(b) to the extent Plans for such component have not
been submitted to and approved by the
Independent Construction Consultant or to
the extent such Plans do not contain
sufficient specificity to permit the
completion of such component, the Plans for
such component to the extent such
Plans:
(i) have received final approval from all
governmental authorities required to
approve such Plans prior to completion of
the component, if any;
(ii) contain sufficient specificity to
permit the completion of such
component;
(iii) are consistent with constructing the
Project to include the Minimum Project;
(iv) have been signed by an architect
licensed to practice architecture in the
State of California;
(v) call for construction of the Project
which will permit Substantial Completion to
occur on or prior to the Operating
Deadline;
provided, however, that the Final Plans may
be modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.
"Final Plans Amendment Certificate" means an Officers'
Certificate from the Authority in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I.
"GAAP" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"Gaming Assets" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Gaming Business" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Governmental Action" means any resolution, ordinance,
statute, regulation, order or decision
regardless of how constituted having the
force of law or legal authorization of the
Tribe, the Authority or any
instrumentality or agency of the Tribe.
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"Hard Costs" means the costs and expenses in respect of
supplying goods, materials and labor for
the construction of improvements
relating to the Project or other amounts
payable pursuant to a Construction
Contract.
"Holders" means holders from time to time of the Senior Notes.
"IGRA" means the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, PL
100-497, 25 U.S.C. ss.ss. 2701 et seq., as
same may, from time to time, be
amended.
"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of the date hereof,
among the Authority, the Tribe and the
Trustee, relating to the Senior Notes.
"Independent Construction Consultant" means Merritt &
Harris,
Inc. and its successors and replacements,
as designated by the Trustee.
"Initial Authority Budget" means the itemized schedules
setting forth on a line-item basis all of
the estimated Project Costs attached
hereto as Exhibit H (except that the
Initial Authority Budget shall not include
the Issuance Fees and Expenses).
"Initial Disbursements Certificate" means the Certificate
signed by the Disbursement Agent in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"Intercreditor Agreement" has the meaning ascribed thereto in
the Indenture.
"Issuance Date" means the date of the Indenture.
"Issuance Fees and Expenses" means fees and expenses (a)
incurred by the Authority or the Tribe in
connection with the issuance of the
Initial Senior Notes and (b) paid on or
before the Issuance Date. The Issuance
Fees and Expenses are identified on Exhibit
1 to the Authority's Closing
Certificate as "Fees and Expenses."
"Knowledge" of the Authority means the actual knowledge of any
officer, director or management employee of
the Authority, without duty of
inquiry.
"Land Development Expenses" means costs of constructing the
access road on the Dugan Property.
"Liquidity Requirement" means the amount of cash or Cash
Equivalents that is reasonably necessary at
any date of determination to be
available in the Collateral Accounts to
fund the Remaining Costs and other known
or reasonably anticipated
contingencies.
"Material Construction Contract" means each Construction
Contract identified by the Authority to be
material to the Project (which the
Authority agrees shall include each
Construction Contract with a total contract
amount in excess of $100,000).
"Minimum Project" means three parking structures containing an
aggregate of not less than 1,350 parking
spaces.
"Net Loss Proceeds" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"New York UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same
may, from time to time, be enacted and in
effect in the State of New York.
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"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by two
officers of the Authority, one of whom must
be the chairperson, the principal
executive officer, the principal financial
officer, the treasurer or the
principal accounting officer of the
Authority.
"Operating Deadline" means fifteen (15) months from the date
of the Indenture.
"Operating Period" means the period commencing on Substantial
Completion of the Project and continuing
until the date of termination of this
Agreement.
"Original Allocation" means the total amount of the Proceeds
deposited in the Construction Disbursement
Account and the Construction Escrow
Account less (x) the Initial Disbursements
listed in the Initial Disbursements
Certificate and (y) the Issuance Fees and
Expenses.
"Permitted Investments" has the meaning ascribed thereto in
the Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Person" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
"Plans" means all drawings, plans and specifications prepared
by or on behalf of the Authority, as
amended or supplemented from time to time
in accordance with this Agreement, and, if
required, submitted to and approved
by the appropriate regulatory authorities,
which describe and show the Project
and the labor and materials necessary for
the construction thereof.
"Pledge and Security Agreement" has the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Indenture.
"Pledged Revenues" means, whether now existing or hereafter
arising, and wherever located, all
receipts, revenues, rents and Pledged
Revenues (as defined in the Tribal UCC)
from:
(a) the operation of any portion of the Gaming
Business or Gaming Assets, including
without limitation the Facility, including:
(i) receipts from (A) class II gaming and
class III gaming (as such terms are used in
IGRA), (B) food, beverage,
restaurant and other concessions derived
from the Facility, (C) parking derived
from the Facility, (D) the lease or
sublease of space or equipment within, on or
at the Facility, (E) the disposition of all
or any portion of the Facility, and
(F) any other activities carried on within
the Facility; and
(ii) the net proceeds of business
interruption or delay in opening insurance
(or its equivalent) obtained by or on
behalf of the Authority with respect to the
Facility; and
(b) any other receipts from class II gaming and class
III gaming (as such terms are used in IGRA)
that are conducted by or for the
Authority or the Tribe, or any Affiliates
of either of them or on the Rancheria
or any other trust lands of the Tribe;
and
(c) Net Loss Proceeds;
provided that in no event shall Pledged
Revenues include (I) amounts collected
and paid out for a sales or excise tax
imposed by a governmental authority
(other than the Tribe or any Affiliate of
the Tribe) where such tax is billed to
the purchaser as a separate item and
remitted by the Tribe or the Authority to
such governmental authority, (II) credits
for the exchange of goods or
merchandise, (III) uncollected credit
transactions written off as bad debt in
accordance with GAAP, (IV) any casualty
insurance proceeds related to the
Facility (except for business interruption
or delay in opening insurance or its
equivalent), any trust or rancheria lands
or trust assets of the Tribe or the
Authority or (V) any revenues or receipts
of any Person other than the
Authority, including revenues and receipts
of subtenants that are not related
entities.
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"Preliminary Plans" means, with respect to any particular work
or improvement, the Plans for such work or
improvement, if any, that are
described on Schedule 1 to the Authority's
Closing Certificate.
"Project Cost Schedule" means an itemized schedule in the form
attached as Schedule 1 to Exhibit F
hereto.
"Project Costs" means the costs to be incurred in connection
with the design, development and
construction of the Project, including all
Construction Expenses and Debt Financing
Costs.
"Remaining Costs" means, at any given time, the amount of
Construction Expenses (including Retainage
Amounts) set forth in the Authority
Budget that remain unpaid at such time
(including amounts that have not yet
accrued at such time).
"Retainage Amounts" means, at any given time, amounts that
have accrued and are owing under the terms
of a Construction Contract for work
or services to the Authority already
provided but which at such time (in
accordance with the terms of the
Construction Contract) are being withheld from
payment to the Contractor thereunder until
certain subsequent events (e.g.,
completion benchmarks) have been
achieved.
"Senior Note Obligations" means any principal, interest,
premium (if any), penalties, fees,
indemnification, reimbursements, damages and
other liabilities payable with respect to
the Senior Notes pursuant to the
Indenture and any other obligations of the
Authority pursuant to the Indenture
or the Collateral Documents.
"Soft Costs" means all costs and expenses (other than Hard
Costs) set forth in the Authority
Budget.
"Subordinated Note" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Substantial Completion" means, with respect to the Project
(or a specified component thereof) or the
Dugan Project, as appropriate, that:
(a) all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) related to
the development, construction and equipping
of, and beginning operations at, the
Project (or such component) or the Dugan
Project, as appropriate, have been
discharged or, if payment is not yet due or
if such payment is contested in good
faith by the Authority, sufficient funds
remain in the Construction Disbursement
Account (as to the Project) or the Dugan
Project Improvements Account (as to the
Dugan Project) to discharge such Liens;
and
(b) the Independent Construction Consultant shall
have delivered a certificate to the
Authority and the Trustee certifying that
the Project (or such component) is
substantially complete in all material
respects in accordance with the Final Plans
and all applicable building laws,
ordinances and regulations.
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"Suspended Covenant" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Indenture.
"Total Budgeted Amount" with respect to any line item in the
Authority Budget at any given time means
the total amount budgeted for such line
item in the Authority Budget at such
time.
"Transaction Documents" means each of this Agreement, the
Indenture, the Senior Notes, the Pledge and
Security Agreement and the Control
Agreements.
"Tribal UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same
may, from time to time, be in effect on the
Rancheria.
"Trustee's Closing Certificate" means a closing certificate
from the Trustee in the form of Exhibit C
attached hereto.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from
time to time, be enacted and in effect in
the State of New York; provided, that
to the extent that the Code is used to
define any term herein and such term is
defined differently in different Articles
or Divisions of the Code, the
definition of such term contained in
Article or Division 9 shall govern;
provided further, that in the event that,
by reason of mandatory provisions of
law, any or all of the attachment,
perfection or priority of, or remedies with
respect to, the Trustee's lien on any
Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in
a jurisdiction other than the State
of New York (including without limitation
the Tribal UCC), the term "UCC" shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted
and in effect in such other
jurisdiction solely for purposes of the
provisions thereof relating to such
attachment, perfection, priority or
remedies and for purposes of definitions
related to such provisions.
1.2 Index of Additional Defined Terms. In addition, the terms
listed 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:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Defined Term
Section
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<C>
AAA............................................................................................................13.5
Dugan
Property........................................................................................B
of Recitals
Agreement..............................................................................................Introduction
Applicable
Courts..............................................................................................13.4
Authority..............................................................................................Introduction
Authority Extraordinary Item Disbursement
Certificate...........................................................4.3
Available Construction Funds
Certificate........................................................................5.1
Cage
Cash.....................................................................................................2.2.1
Construction Account
Order....................................................................................2.5.2
Construction
Accounts.........................................................................................2.5.2
Construction Cost
Overruns....................................................................................4.2.4
Construction Disbursement
Account.............................................................................2.2.1
Construction Disbursement Request
.........................................................................4.2.1(a)
Construction Escrow
Account...................................................................................2.2.1
Disbursement
Agent.....................................................................................Introduction
Dugan
Project.........................................................................................E
of Recitals
Dugan
Property........................................................................................B
of Recitals
Dugan Property Improvements
Account...........................................................................2.2.1
Entitlement
Order...............................................................................................2.4
Facility..............................................................................................B
of Recitals
Financial
Assets................................................................................................2.4
Indenture.............................................................................................A
of Recitals
Independent Construction
Consultant....................................................................Introduction
Initial
Disbursements...........................................................................................4.1
Initial Senior
Notes..................................................................................A
of Recitals
Land Development Disbursement
Request.........................................................................4.3.1
Obligations.....................................................................................................2.3
Operating
Account.............................................................................................2.2.1
Operating Account
Order.........................................................................................2.5
Permitted
Claims...............................................................................................13.2
Proceeds..............................................................................................C
of Recitals
Project...............................................................................................C
of Recitals
Project Cost Schedule
Certificate...............................................................................5.3
Rancheria.............................................................................................B
of Recitals
Security Entitlements
..........................................................................................2.4
Senior
Notes..........................................................................................A
of Recitals
Substantial Completion Certificate (Dugan
Project)..............................................................4.3
Tribe..................................................................................................Introduction
Trustee................................................................................................Introduction
USB Disbursement
Agent.................................................................................Introduction
WFB Disbursement
Agent.................................................................................Introduction
</TABLE>
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2. Appointment of Disbursement Agents; Establishment of
Collateral
Accounts; Related Provisions.
2.1. Appointment of the Disbursement Agents. Each of the USB
Disbursement Agent and the WFB Disbursement
Agent is hereby appointed by the
Authority and the Trustee as disbursement
agent hereunder, and each Disbursement
Agent hereby agrees to act as such and to
accept all cash, payments, other
amounts and Cash Equivalents to be
delivered to or held by the Disbursement
Agent pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. Each Disbursement Agent shall
hold and safeguard the respective
Collateral Accounts (and the cash, instruments
and securities on deposit therein) during
the term of this Agreement and shall
treat the Collateral Accounts and the cash,
instruments, and securities in the
Collateral Accounts as funds, instruments
and securities pledged by the
Authority to the Trustee for the ratable
benefit of the Holders to be held in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
2.2. Establishment of Collateral Accounts.
2.2.1 Establishment of Collateral Accounts. The USB
Disbursement Agent hereby establishes at
its offices located at 60 Livingstone
Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-3913 the
following accounts, which shall be
maintained as special, segregated
securities accounts at all times until such
accounts are closed as set forth in Section
4.4, unless earlier termination is
otherwise provided for herein:
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<CAPTION>
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Account:
Account Number:
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<S>
<C>
Construction Disbursement Account
743811001
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Construction Escrow Account
743811002
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Dugan Property Improvements Account
743811003
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The WFB Disbursement Agent hereby establishes at its
offices located at 5340 Kietzke Lane, Suite
201, Reno, Nevada 89511, the
following account, which shall be
maintained as a special, segregated securities
account at all times until such account is
closed as set forth in Section 4.4,
unless earlier termination is otherwise
provided for herein:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Account:
Account Number:
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<S>
<C>
Operating Account
4945092500
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</TABLE>
The terms set forth in the left column
above, as used in this Agreement, shall
be deemed to refer to the accounts having
the account numbers listed in the
right column above or any substitute
account selected in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement. The Construction
Disbursement Account, the Dugan
Property Improvements Account, the
Construction Escrow Account and the Operating
Account are sometimes referred to
collectively herein as the "Collateral
Accounts." Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Operating Account shall be
maintained at all times until the
termination of this Agreement unless earlier
termination is otherwise provided for
herein, and notwithstanding anything
contained in the Collateral Documents to
the contrary, the Operating Account
shall contain at all times all cash and
Cash Equivalents of the Authority (other
than an amount ("Cage Cash") not to exceed
$5,000,000 which may be maintained at
the Facility), subject to the obligation of
the Authority to deposit Pledged
Revenues as set forth in Section 6.1.1.
2.2.2 General. All moneys, investments and securities
at any time on deposit in any of the
above-referenced Collateral Accounts shall
constitute trust funds to be held in the
custody of the respective Disbursement
Agent for the purposes and on the terms set
forth in this Agreement.
2.2.3 Net Loss Proceeds. Any Net Loss Proceeds
otherwise payable to the Authority shall be
deposited into the Operating Account
for disposition in accordance with Section
4.19 of the Indenture.
2.3. Acknowledgement of Security Interest; Control. Pursuant
to the Pledge and Security Agreement and in
reliance on the UCC and the Tribal
UCC, to secure the payment and performance
of all covenants, agreements and
payment and other obligations of the
Authority or the Tribe under the Indenture
and the Collateral Documents (the
"Obligations"), the Authority has pledged to
create and has created in favor of the
Trustee a security interest in and to the
Collateral Accounts, all cash, Cash
Equivalents, instruments, investments and
securities at any time on deposit in the
Collateral Accounts and all proceeds of
any of the foregoing. All cash, Cash
Equivalents, instruments, investments and
securities at any time on deposit in any of
the Collateral Accounts shall
constitute collateral security for the
payment and performance by the Authority
of its obligations and shall at all times
be subject to the control of the
Trustee, and shall be held in the custody
of the respective Disbursement Agent
in trust for the purposes of, and on the
terms set forth in, the Indenture and
this Agreement.
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2.4. Control of Collateral Accounts. Each Disbursement Agent
hereby agrees and confirms that it has
established the Collateral Accounts as
set forth and defined in this Agreement.
Each Disbursement Agent and the
Authority agree that (a) such Disbursement
Agent is acting as a "securities
intermediary" (within the meaning of
Section 8-102(14) of the UCC) with respect
to the Collateral Accounts and the
"financial assets" (within the meaning of
Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC, the
"Financial Assets") credited to the
Collateral Accounts; (b) each such
Collateral Account established by the
respective Disbursement Agent is and will
be maintained as a "securities
account" (within the meaning of Section
8-501 of the UCC); (c) the Authority is
an "entitlement holder" (within the meaning
of Section 8-102(a)(7) of the UCC)
in respect of the Financial Assets credited
to such Collateral Accounts and with
respect to such Collateral Account and the
respective Disbursement Agent shall
so note in its records pertaining to such
Financial Assets and Collateral
Accounts; and (d) all Financial Assets in
registered form or payable to or to
the order of and credited to any such
Collateral Account shall be registered in
the name of, payable to or to the order of,
or specially endorsed to, the
respective Disbursement Agent, or in blank,
or credited to another securities
account maintained in the name of the
respective Disbursement Agent, as
applicable, and in no case will any
Financial Asset credited to any such
Collateral Account be registered in the
name of, payable to or to the order of,
or endorsed to, the Authority except to the
extent the foregoing have been
subsequently endorsed by the Authority to
the respective Disbursement Agent or
in blank. Each item of property (including
a security, security entitlement,
investment property, instrument or
obligation, share, participation, interest or
other property whatsoever) credited to any
Collateral Account shall be treated
as a Financial Asset. Until this Agreement
terminates in accordance with the
terms hereof, the Trustee shall have
"control" (within the meaning of Section
8-106(d)(2)of the UCC) of the Authority's
"security entitlements" (within the
meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC,
"Security Entitlements") with
respect to the Collateral Accounts and the
Financial Assets credited to the
Collateral Accounts. All property delivered
to a Disbursement Agent by or on
behalf of the Authority pursuant to this
Agreement will be promptly credited to
the respective Collateral Account and shall
be treated as Financial Assets. If
at any time a Disbursement Agent shall
receive from the Trustee any "entitlement
order" (within the meaning of Section
8-102(8) of the UCC, an "Entitlement
Order") relating to the Collateral Accounts
or Financial Assets credited to the
Collateral Accounts, such Disbursement
Agent shall comply with such Entitlement
Order without further consent by the
Authority or any other Person. In the event
that a Disbursement Agent receives
conflicting Entitlement Orders relating to
the Collateral Accounts or Financial Assets
credited to the Collateral Accounts
from the Trustee and any other Person
(including, without limitation, the
Authority), such Disbursement Agent shall
comply with the Entitlement Orders
originated by the Trustee. Each of the
Authority and the Disbursement Agents
agrees that it has not and will not execute
and deliver, or otherwise become
bound by, any agreement under which it
agrees with any Person other than the
Trustee (and, to the extent provided
herein, the Authority) to comply with
Entitlement Orders originated by such
Person relating to the Collateral Accounts
or Financial Assets credited to the
Collateral Accounts. Except for the claims
and interests of the Trustee and the
Authority in the Collateral Accounts and
the Financial Assets credited to the
Collateral Accounts, neither the
Disbursement Agents nor the Authority knows
of any claim to, or interest in, any
Collateral Account or Financial Assets
credited to the Collateral Accounts. If
the Disbursement Agents or the Authority
obtains actual knowledge that any
Person has asserted a lien, encumbrance or
adverse claim against any of the
Collateral Accounts or Financial Assets
credited to the Collateral Accounts,
such party will promptly notify the Trustee
thereof. In the event that either of
the Disbursement Agents has or subsequently
obtains by agreement, operation of
law or otherwise a lien or security
interest in any Collateral Account, any
Security Entitlement carried therein or
credited thereto or any Financial Asset
that is the subject of any such Security
Entitlement, such Disbursement Agent
agrees that such lien or security interest
shall be subordinate to the lien and
security interest of the Trustee. The
Financial Assets standing to the credit of
the Collateral Accounts will not be subject
to deduction, set-off, banker's lien
or any other right, and the Disbursement
Agents shall not grant, permit or
consent to any other right or interest in
such Financial Assets, in favor of any
Person (including the Disbursement Agents)
other than the Trustee. Regardless of
any provision in any other agreement, for
purposes of the UCC, the State of New
York shall be deemed to be the Disbursement
Agents' jurisdiction (within the
meaning of Section 8-110 of the UCC). The
Collateral Accounts held by the
Disbursement Agents shall be subject to the
internal laws of the State of New
York except as specified in Section
12.7.
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2.5. Control of Specific Collateral Accounts.
2.5.1 Control of Operating Account. For so long as
this Agreement remains in effect, the WFB
Disbursement Agent waives its rights
of chargeback, setoff (including such right
of setoff as set forth in Section
9-340 of the UCC) and/or banker's lien
against the Operating Account. Until this
Agreement terminates in accordance with the
terms hereof, the Trustee shall have
"control" (within the meaning of Section
9-104 of the UCC) of the Operating
Account. If at any time the WFB
Disbursement Agent shall receive from the
Trustee any instruction directing
disposition of any funds in the Operating
Account (an "Operating Account Order"), the
WFB Disbursement Agent shall comply
with such Operating Account Order without
further consent by the Authority or
any other Person. In the event that the WFB
Disbursement Agent receives
conflicting Operating Account Orders
relating to the Operating Account, the WFB
Disbursement Agent shall comply with the
Operating Account Orders originated by
the Trustee. Each of the Authority and the
WFB Disbursement Agent agrees that it
has not and will not execute and deliver,
or otherwise become bound by, any
agreement under which it agrees with any
Person other than the Trustee to comply
with Operating Account Orders originated by
such Person relating to the
Operating Account.
2.5.2 Control of Construction Disbursement Account,
Dugan Property Improvements Account and
Construction Escrow Account. The USB
Disbursement Agent hereby agrees and
confirms that it has established the
Construction Disbursement Account, the
Dugan Property Improvements Account and
the Construction Escrow Account
(collectively, the "Construction Accounts") as
set forth and defined in this Agreement.
For so long as this Agreement remains
in effect, the USB Disbursement Agent
waives its rights of chargeback, setoff
(including such right of setoff as set
forth in Section 9-340 of the UCC) and/or
banker's lien against the Construction
Accounts. Until this Agreement terminates
in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Trustee shall have "control" (within
the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of
the Construction Accounts. If at any
time the USB Disbursement Agent shall
receive from the Trustee any instruction
directing disposition of any funds in the
Construction Accounts (a "Construction
Account Order"), the USB Disbursement Agent
shall comply with such Construction
Account Order without further consent by
the Authority or any other Person. In
the event that the USB Disbursement Agent
receives conflicting Construction
Account Orders relating to the Construction
Accounts, the USB Disbursement Agent
shall comply with the Construction Account
Orders originated by the Trustee.
Each of the Authority and the USB
Disbursement Agent agrees that it has not and
will not execute and deliver, or otherwise
become bound by, any agreement under
which it agrees with any Person other than
the Trustee to comply with
Construction Account Orders originated by
such Person relating to the
Construction Accounts.
2.6 The Authority's Rights. The Authority shall not have any
rights or powers with respect to any
amounts in the Collateral Accounts or any
part thereof except (a) as provided in
Section 2.7 and (b) the right to have
such amounts applied in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, the
Indenture, the Control Agreement (Operating
Account) and the Control Agreement
(Construction Accounts).
2.7 Cash Equivalents. The Disbursement Agent shall invest any
money held in any Collateral Account in
such Permitted Investments as may be
directed in writing by the Authority from
time to time. In the event that a
Disbursement Agent has not received any
such written directions, such
Disbursement Agent shall be under no
obligation to invest any such money. Any
income or gain realized as a result of any
such investment shall be held as part
of the applicable Collateral Account and
reinvested as provided in this
Agreement until released in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement. Any
income tax payable on account of any such
income or gain shall be paid by the
Authority. The Disbursement Agents shall
have no liability for any loss
resulting from any such investment other
than solely by reason of its willful
misconduct or gross negligence or bad faith
or from failure to exercise such
care in the custody of any such investments
as it does for accounts held by
other customers or in the custody of its
own investments. Any such investment
may be sold (without regard to maturity
date) by the respective Disbursement
Agent as directed in writing by the
Authority to make any distribution required
by this Agreement. In addition, if an Event
of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the respective Disbursement
Agent shall liquidate and sell any
investment if so directed in writing by the
Trustee, and shall invest any money
held in any Collateral Account only as
directed by the Trustee.
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2.8
Remedies. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, in addition to the rights
provided hereunder and at law or in equity
and to any rights and remedies provided in
the Collateral Documents, upon an
Event of Default and for so long as such
Event of Default continues, the
Disbursement Agents shall disburse funds
from the Collateral Accounts only as
directed by the Trustee pursuant to
Entitlement Orders or Operating Account
Orders, as the case may be, and the Trustee
may exercise any or all of the
following remedies, successively or
concurrently and in such order as the
Trustee elects:
(a) The Trustee may deliver some or all of the
notices contemplated by Section 2.4, 2.5,
2.7 or 2.8.
(b) Any cash that is Collateral held by a
Disbursement Agent and all cash proceeds
received by such Disbursement Agent in
respect of any sale of, collection from, or
other realization upon all or any
part of the Collateral shall be applied
(after payment of any and all amounts
payable to such Disbursement Agent pursuant
to the Collateral Documents) against
the Obligations for the benefit of the
Trustee. Any surplus of such cash or cash
proceeds held by a Disbursement Agent and
remaining after payment in full of all
the Obligations shall be paid over to the
Authority or to whomsoever may be
lawfully entitled to receive such surplus
or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct.
(c) The Authority hereby irrevocably appoints the
Trustee as its attorney-in-fact effective
upon and during the continuance of an
Event of Default with full power of
substitution to do any act which the
Authority is obligated hereby to do, to
exercise such rights as the Authority
might exercise with respect to the
Collateral and to execute and file in the
Authority's name any financing statements
and amendments thereto required or
advisable to protect the Trustee's rights
or security interest hereunder and
under any other Collateral Documents. Such
appointment and power of attorney
shall be irrevocable and coupled with an
interest. The Trustee shall exercise
all remedies under this Section 2.8 in
accordance with the terms of the
Indenture.
2.9 Waiver of Set-Off Rights. Each Disbursement Agent hereby
acknowledges the Trustee's security
interests as set forth above and under any
other Collateral Documents and waives any
security interest or other lien in the
Collateral and further waives any right to
set off the Collateral now or in the
future against any indebtedness of the
Authority. The waivers set forth in this
Section 2.9 are of rights which may exist
now or hereafter in favor of each
Disbursement Agent in its individual
capacity, and not of any such rights which
may exist now or hereafter in favor of such
Disbursement Agent in its capacity
as Disbursement Agent for the Trustee.
Nothing in this Section 2.9 shall be
construed as waiving, limiting or
diminishing any rights of the Trustee
vis-a-vis the Authority.
2.10 Cooperation. Each Disbursement Agent is hereby directed
to cooperate with the Trustee in the
exercise of its rights in the Collateral
provided for herein. The Trustee may take
all necessary action to preserve and
protect the security interests created
hereby and by the other Collateral
Documents as a lien and encumbrance upon
such Collateral and, upon demand, the
Authority and each Disbursement Agent will
execute and deliver to the Trustee
such instruments and documents as the
Trustee may reasonably deem necessary or
advisable to confirm or perfect the rights
of the Trustee under this Agreement
and the Trustee's interest in the
Collateral.
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3. Certain Responsibilities of Disbursement Agents and
Independent
Construction Consultant.
3.1 Disbursements from the Collateral Accounts. Each
Disbursement Agent shall disburse funds
from the Collateral Accounts only upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions
to disbursement set forth herein. Upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions
to disbursement set forth herein, each
Disbursement Agent shall disburse funds
from the applicable Collateral Account
as specified in the applicable disbursement
request or certificate.
3.2 Transfer of Funds at Direction of Trustee. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement,
from and after the date on which a
Disbursement Agent receives notice from the
Trustee or the Authority that an
Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture) exists until such time as such
Disbursement Agent receives notice from the
Trustee that such Event of Default
no longer exists, such Disbursement Agent
shall only withdraw or transfer
amounts in any Collateral Account at the
direction of the Trustee pursuant to
Entitlement Orders or Operating Account
Orders, as the case may be; provided,
however, that during the pendency of any
Event of Default, the Trustee shall
continue to authorize disbursements from
the Operating Account at the request of
the Authority to pay Operating Expenses (as
defined in the Indenture), unless
the holders of 25% or more in aggregate
principal amount of the Senior Notes
direct the Trustee not to authorize such
disbursements.
3.3 Payment of Compensation.
3.3.1 Independent Construction Consultant's
Compensation. The Independent Construction
Consultant shall deliver to the USB
Disbursement Agent, on or prior to the last
Business Day of each month up
through and including the month following
Substantial Completion, an invoice
setting forth the amounts owed to it as
compensation for its services during
such month and reasonable documentation of
its out-of-pocket expenses incurred
in connection with such services. On the
first Business Day of each month
following the month in which such invoice
was received (except for the initial
payment, which shall be disbursed as set
forth below), the USB Disbursement
Agent shall disburse funds to the
Independent Construction Consultant from the
Construction Disbursement Account as
compensation for services performed by the
Independent Construction Consultant during
the previous month, in a reasonable
and customary amount for each hour of the
Independent Construction Consultant's
services as set forth on such invoice
(which amount shall not exceed a
reasonable and customary amount for such
services during any calendar quarter),
plus the total amount of all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of the
Independent Construction Consultant
incurred in connection with the performance
of its duties hereunder during such month,
unless the Trustee notifies the USB
Disbursement Agent and the Independent
Construction Consultant that the
Independent Construction Consultant is in
default.
3.3.2 Procedure. The payments contemplated by th