FIRST AMENDMENTTO STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
PAULA T. DOW
Attorney General of New Jersey
Attorney for the State of New Jersey
Department of Law and Public Safety
David L. Rebuck, Acting Director
Division of Gaming Enforcement
140 E. Front Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08625
By: | George N. Rover, Assistant Attorney General | |
(609) 292-0282 |
FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP
Midtown Building, Suite 400
1301 Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ ###-###-####
Attorneys for MGM Resorts International
By: | Nicholas Casiello, Jr., Esq. | |
Patrick Madamba, Jr., Esq. |
Brian A. Larson
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Boyd Gaming Corporation
3883 Howard Hughes Parkway
Ninth Floor
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
(702) 792-7200
Joseph A. Corbo, Esquire
Vice President and General Counsel
Marina District Development Company, LLC
d/b/a Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
1 Borgata Way
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
(609) 317-7007
IN THE MATTER OF THE REOPENED 2005 CASINO LICENSE HEARING OF MARINA DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC | : | FIRST AMENDMENT TO STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT | ||
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This First Amendment To Stipulation Of Settlement (this First Amendment) having been discussed by and between the parties involved, Paula T. Dow, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Gaming Enforcement (the Division), David L. Rebuck, Acting Director, by George N. Rover, Assistant Attorney General, Fox Rothschild LLP by Nicholas Casiello, Jr., Esq. and Patrick Madamba, Jr., Esq., attorneys for MGM Resorts International (formerly, MGM MIRAGE) (MGM), Boyd Gaming Corporation (Boyd), by Brian A. Larson, its Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, and Marina District Development Company, LLC (MDDC), by Joseph A. Corbo, its Vice President and General Counsel, the following has been agreed upon and stipulated to by the parties:
BACKGROUND:
A. On May 18, 2009, the Division filed a report with the Casino Control Commission (the Commission) captioned Special Report of the Division of Gaming Enforcement to the Casino Control Commission on Its Investigation of MGM MIRAGEs Joint Venture with Pansy Ho in Macau, Special Administrative Region, Peoples Republic of China (the Special Report).
B. MGM and the Division agreed to settle and resolve the issues raised in the Special Report and, in connection therewith: (i) a Stipulation of Settlement dated March 11, 2010 was entered into by and between the Division and MGM (with Boyd, Boyd Atlantic City, Inc., Marina District Development Holding Co., LLC and MDDC joining in paragraphs Z and CC only) (the Stipulation); and a Trust Agreement dated March 24, 2010 was entered into by and among MGM (for and on behalf of itself and MAC), the Division and the Trustee (the Trust Agreement).
C. The Commission approved the Stipulation and Trust Agreement at its public meeting of March 17, 2010 as set forth in Commission Resolution No. 10-03-17-10.
D. The Effective Date of the Trust Agreement is March 24, 2010.
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E. MGM, Boyd and MDDC desire to amend the Stipulation to extend the Divestiture Period from eighteen (18) months to thirty-six (36) months, and the Division has agreed to so amend the Stipulation, all as set forth in this First Amendment (and a First Amendment To Trust Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A) to provide that the Divestiture Period be extended from September 24, 2011 to March 24, 2013.
F. The term of the Trustees divestiture period shall remain unchanged and shall commence on March 24, 2013 and terminate on March 24, 2014.
TERMS OF FIRST AMENDMENT:
IT IS THEREFORE AND HEREBY consented to and agreed upon by the Division, MGM, Boyd and MDDC that the Stipulation is amended as follows:
1. Paragraph D is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
The Trust Agreement shall be in the form attached to the Stipulation as Exhibit A together with the First Amendment To Trust Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof.
2. Paragraph H is hereby amended as follows:
(a) | In the first sentence, deleting thirty (30) months and inserting in its place forty-eight (48) months; and |
(b) | In the second sentence, deleting eighteen (18) months and inserting in its place thirty-six (36) months. |
3. Capitalized terms used herein but not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Stipulation.
4. This First Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered shall be an original and all of which together will constitute the same First Amendment.
5. Except as expressly herein amended, all terms and provisions of the Stipulation are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect.
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6. This First Amendment shall be final and binding upon the parties hereto only upon approval by the Commission.
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State of New Jersey, Department | ||||
of Law and Public Safety, | ||||
Division of Gaming Enforcement | ||||
Dated: 21 July 2011 | By: | /s/ George N. Rover | ||
George N. Rover | ||||
Assistant Attorney General | ||||
Fox Rothschild LLP | ||||
Dated: July 21, 2011 | By: | /s/ Nicholas Casiello, Jr. | ||
Nicholas Casiello, Jr., Esquire | ||||
Patrick Madamba, Jr., Esquire | ||||
Attorneys for MGM Resorts International | ||||
Marina District Development Company, | ||||
LLC d/b/a Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa | ||||
Dated: [not dated] | By: | /s/ Joseph A. Corbo, Jr. | ||
Joseph A. Corbo, Jr., Esquire | ||||
Vice President and General Counsel | ||||
Boyd Gaming Corporation | ||||
Dated: July 22, 2011 | By: | /s/ Brian A. Larson | ||
Brian A. Larson | ||||
Executive Vice President, Secretary | ||||
and General Counsel |
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