MGM MIRAGE (a Delaware corporation) 143,000,000 Shares of Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

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Exhibit 1.1
MGM MIRAGE
(a Delaware corporation)
143,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Dated: May 13, 2009

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
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SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties by the Company
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SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing
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SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company
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SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses
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SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations
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SECTION 6. Indemnification
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SECTION 7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery
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SECTION 8. Termination of Agreement
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SECTION 9. Default by One or More of the Underwriters
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SECTION 10. Notices
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SECTION 11. Parties
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SECTION 12. Governing Law and Time
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SECTION 13. Effect of Headings
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SECTION 14. Agreement Regarding Tracinda
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SECTION 15. No Fiduciary Responsibility
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SECTION 16. Entire Agreement
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MGM MIRAGE
(a Delaware corporation)

143,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
May 13, 2009
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated
          as Representative of the several Underwriters
c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated
One Bryant Park
New York, NY 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch & Co. and Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 9 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in said Schedule A, and with respect to the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 21,450,000 additional shares of Common Stock to cover overallotments, if any. The aforesaid 143,000,000 shares of Common stock (the “Initial Securities”), including 14,300,000 shares of the Initial Securities designated for sale to Tracinda Corporation by the Underwriters (the “Designated Securities”), to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the 21,450,000 shares of Common Stock subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “Option Securities”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “Securities.”
     Concurrently with the offering of the Securities, the Company (i) is offering (the “Notes Offering”) (x) senior secured notes due 2014 (the ”2014 Notes”) and (y) senior secured notes due 2017 (the”2017 Notes,” and together with the 2014 Notes the “New Secured Notes”) and (ii) has entered into an amendment to its senior credit facility to allow for the offering of the Securities and the Notes Offering (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”), the effectiveness of such Credit Agreement Amendment being conditioned upon the consummation of this offering and the Notes Offering.
     The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
     The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-158956), including a related base prospectus, relating to the registration of debt and common stock of the Company (the “Shelf Securities”), including the Securities, which registration statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the rules and regulations of the Commission (the “1933 Act Regulations”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Such registration statement, at any given time, including the amendments thereto to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by 1933 Act Regulations, including any required information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B (“Rule 430B”) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein called the “Registration Statement” and the related prospectus covering the

 


 

Shelf Securities included in the Registration Statement at any given time, including the amendments thereto at such time, is herein called the “Basic Prospectus.” The Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective is herein called the “Original Registration Statement.”
     The Company has prepared, filed and delivered to each Underwriter, copies of a preliminary prospectus supplement dated May 12, 2009 in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B and paragraph (b) of Rule 424 (“Rule 424(b)”) of the 1933 Act Regulations (together with the Basic Prospectus (to the extent not superseded or modified), the “Preliminary Prospectus”), and has provided to each Underwriter the information set forth on Schedule B hereto (the “Pricing Information”), each for use by the Underwriters in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Prospectus and the Pricing Information, together with the other Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below), if any, identified on Schedule B hereto and any other free writing prospectus (as defined below) that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Pricing Disclosure Package, are herein referred to as the “Pricing Disclosure Package”. All references herein to the terms “Pricing Disclosure Package” shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) or the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”), prior to the Applicable Time and incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package. “Applicable Time” means 6:12 pm (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.
     Promptly after the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company will prepare and deliver to each Underwriter a final prospectus supplement dated the date hereof. The Basic Prospectus (to the extent not superseded or modified) together with the final prospectus supplement in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities is herein referred to as the “Prospectus”.
     For purposes of this Agreement, “free writing prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations and “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations, relating to the Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
     All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such financial statements and schedules and other information which are incorporated by reference in or otherwise deemed by the 1933 Act Regulations to be a part of or included in the applicable document; and all references herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment,” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus, any free writing prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include all information filed under the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations on or before such time and incorporated by reference therein.
     SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time and as of the Closing Time as follows (references in this Section 1 to the “Prospectus” apply only in the case of representations and warranties made as of the Closing Time):
     (a) Status as a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A) At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or

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form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 163”) and (D) at the date hereof, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”), including not having been and not being an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405, and the Securities, since their registration on the Registration Statement, have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on a Rule 405 “automatic shelf registration statement.” The Company has not received from the Commission any notice, including pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, objecting to the use of the automatic shelf registration statement form.
     At the time of filing the Original Registration Statement, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, including the Company or any other subsidiary in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405.
     (b) Registration Statement, Prospectus and Disclosure at Time of Sale. The Original Registration Statement became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 462(e)”) on May 1, 2009, and any post-effective amendment thereto also became effective upon filing under Rule 462(e). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information has been complied with.
     Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the filing of the Original Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.
     At the time the Registration Statement became effective (including without limitation the effective dates of any amendments thereto and each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations), as of the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, and did not and will not, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, nor the Prospectus nor any amendments or supplements thereto, as of its date, and at the Closing Time, included or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the representations and warranties in this section shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus, as applicable (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by an Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6 hereof).

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     The Preliminary Prospectus and the prospectus or prospectuses filed as part of the Original Registration Statement or any amendment thereto and the Prospectus when filed complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations, the Prospectus when filed will comply when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each such prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was, and the Prospectus when so delivered will be, identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T of the Commission (“Regulation S-T”).
     Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including any electronic road show), as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representative as described in Section 3(e) hereof, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by an Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 6 hereof).
     (c) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement are independent public accountants within the meaning of Rule 101 of the Code of Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its interpretations and rulings thereunder. Any non-audit services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP to the Company have been approved by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.
     (d) Company’s Accounting System. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries, as hereinafter defined, maintain a system of accounting controls that is in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (as defined below) and is sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
     (e) Financial Statements. The financial statements, together with the related notes, included in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Disclosure Package, and the financial statements, together with the related notes, included in the Prospectus, present fairly the respective financial positions of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods specified; except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as applicable, said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis; the supporting schedules present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the Company’s ratio of earnings to fixed charges (actual and, if any, pro forma) included in the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package have in each case been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K of the Commission. The selected historical financial data and summary financial information, if any, included in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement. Except as set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package

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and the Prospectus, respectively, the historical consolidated financial statements together with the notes thereto forming part of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements applicable to financial statements of the Company required to be included in registration statements on Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The statistical and market related data prepared by the Company and forward-looking statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time made. All disclosures contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent applicable. As used herein, “subsidiaries” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act.
     (f) Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act,” which term as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the commission promulgated thereunder).
     (g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (i) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (ii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
     (h) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (i) Good Standing of Designated Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not own, lease or license any asset or property or conduct any business outside the United States of America other than in connection with foreign marketing offices that are incidental to the Company’s marketing activities. Each of the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule C hereto (collectively, the “Company Subsidiaries” and, individually, each a “Company Subsidiary”) has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, general partnership or limited partnership in good standing under the laws of its state or other jurisdiction of incorporation or formation. Each of the Company Subsidiaries that is a general partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a general partnership under the laws of its state or other jurisdiction of formation. Each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign corporation or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its assets or property (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company does not control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other business organization other than the Company

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Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests, as the case may be, of each Company Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company (with the exception of MGM Grand Detroit, LLC (including its subsidiaries) and MGM Grand (Macao) Limited (in which the Company has approximately a 97% and 89.99% interest, respectively)), directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, other than the liens provided for under the New Secured Notes and the Company’s 13% Senior Secured Notes due 2013. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary.
     (j) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a 15 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company by others within the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably effective to perform the functions for which they were established subject to the limitations of any such control system; the Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Company’s internal controls; and since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
     (k) Capitalization. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances or purchases, if any, pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to reservations, agreements, employee benefit plans, the exercise of convertible securities or the Company’s stock repurchase program referred to in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus); and the shares of issued and outstanding common stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
     (l) Permits. Except where any such failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority, and all necessary authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates and permits of and from all governmental or regulatory bodies or any other person or entity, including any and all licenses, permits and approvals required under any foreign, federal, state or local law (including the Nevada Gaming Control Act, the New Jersey Casino Control Act, the Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, the Illinois Riverboat Gambling Act and the Mississippi Gaming Control Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and any similar laws and regulations governing any aspect of legalized gaming in any foreign, federal, state or local jurisdiction (collectively, the “Gaming Laws”)), to own, lease and license its assets and properties and to conduct its business, but only to the extent the same are currently conducted and operated as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and, except to the extent disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with respect to the placement of restrictions on the transfer of and the entering into of agreements not to encumber the Company’s interests in certain Company Subsidiaries licensed or registered under the Nevada Gaming Laws. Except to the extent disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with respect to the placement of restrictions on the transfer of and the entering into agreements not to encumber the Company’s interests in certain Company Subsidiaries licensed or registered under the Nevada Gaming Laws, the Company and each of the Company

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Subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed in all material respects all of their obligations with respect to such authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates and permits, and neither the Company, nor any Company Subsidiary is in violation of any term or provision of any such authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates or permits, nor has any event occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or which could result in any material impairment of the rights of the holder thereof. Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that (i) any governmental or regulatory body is considering modifying, limiting, conditioning, suspending, revoking or not renewing any such authorizations, approvals, consents, orders, licenses, certificates or permits of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (other than immaterial modifications, limitations and conditions arising in connection with licensing) or that (ii) such governmental or regulatory bodies are investigating the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or related parties (other than, with respect to (ii) above, normal oversight reviews by such bodies incident to the licensure, gaming activities and casino management activities of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries).
     (m) Non-Contravention. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in violation of its charter or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject except for any violation or default which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (other than as expressly contemplated thereby) any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any applicable law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree.
     (n) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of its or any Company Subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors, which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company and its subsidiaries has violated (i) any federal, state or local law or foreign law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or (ii) any applicable wage or hour laws.
     (o) ERISA Compliance. Except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to the knowledge of the Company, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under ERISA) established or maintained by the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or their ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code,” which term, as used herein, includes the regulations and published interpretations thereunder) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member.

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     (p) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit or proceeding, before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any Company Subsidiary which has not been disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries or which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective property or assets is the subject which are not described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not, considered in the aggregate, if adversely determined reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and there are no contracts or documents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary which are required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or otherwise included by the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations which have not been filed or included in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, which could, through breach, termination or by execution of their terms, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (q) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries own, have incidental rights to or possess the right to use to the extent necessary in their businesses, or can acquire on reasonable terms, the patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names (collectively, “proprietary rights”) presently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any proprietary rights, or of any facts which would render any proprietary rights invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Company or any Company Subsidiary therein, and which failure, infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (r) No Authorization. No authorization, approval or consent of any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities, other than as required under Gaming Laws and which have been obtained, except to the extent disclosed in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus with respect to the placement of restrictions on the transfer of and the entering into agreements not to encumber the Company’s interests in certain Company Subsidiaries licensed or registered under the Nevada Gaming Laws, and except such as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or state securities laws.
     (s) Authorization of Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
     (t) Authorization and Description of Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the Common Stock conforms to all statements relating thereto contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; no holder of the Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and, other than the anti-dilution right pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase and Support agreement dated August 21, 2007 between the Company and Infinity World, LLC as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the issuance of the Securities is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

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     (u) Authority of the Company. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement.
     (v) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as required.
     (w) Incorporated Documents. Each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as delivered from time to time shall incorporate by reference the most recent Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K filed with the Commission and each Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q and each Current Report of the Company on Form 8-K filed (and not otherwise furnished) with the Commission since the end of the fiscal year to which such Annual Report relates. The documents filed or to be filed pursuant to the 1934 Act and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus on or prior to the Closing Date, at the time they were filed, or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act Regulations, and, when read together with the other information in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as applicable, at the Applicable Time and at the Closing Time, did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     (x) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
     (y) FINRA. To the Company’s knowledge, (i) the Company is not the parent or an affiliate of any of the Underwriters, (ii) the Company is not the parent of a member (as defined in Rule 0120 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”)) and (iii) other than as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Underwriters or their respective associated persons, parents or affiliates have a conflict of interest with the Company. For purposes of this representation and warranty, “parent,” “affiliate” and “conflict of interest” are defined in Rule 2720 of the NASD Conduct Rules of FINRA.
     (z) Reporting Company. The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
     (aa) No Conflict with OFAC Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not knowingly, directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
     (bb) Insurance. Each of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries maintains insurance with carriers against such risks and in such amounts with such deductibles determined to be prudent in the reasonable judgment of the Company and consistent with the past practices of the Company. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any Company Subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its

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existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither of the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.
     (cc) No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employee or agent of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, has made any contribution or other payment to any official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in violation of any law, the violation of which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (dd) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and each Company Subsidiary are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any govern-mental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, the adverse determination of which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (ee) Compliance with Hazardous Materials Laws. To the best knowledge of the Company, no condition exists that violates any Hazardous Material Law applicable to any of the real property of the Company, except for such violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes hereof, a “Hazardous Material Law” shall mean a law, rule or regulation governing the treatment, transportation or disposal of substances defined as “hazardous substances” pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq., or as “hazardous”, “toxic” or “pollutant” substances or as “solid waste” pursuant to the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq., or as “friable asbestos” pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601, et seq.
     (ff) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves pursuant to the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48 in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(e) hereof in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries has not been finally determined.
     (gg) Accuracy of Statements in Prospectus. The statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Regulation and Licensing” and the statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 included in Exhibit 99.2 under the heading “Regulation and Licensing,” as amended by the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.

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     (hh) No Applicable Registration or Other Similar Rights. There are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered, as a result of the offering contemplated in this Agreement, for sale under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement.
     SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
     (a) Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the respective price per share set forth in Schedule B, the number of (i) Designated Securities and (ii) other Initial Securities, in each case, set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof.
     (b) Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 21,450,000 shares of Common Stock at the price per share set forth in Schedule B, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted will expire 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time only for the purpose of covering overallotments which may be made in connection with the offering and distribution of the Initial Securities upon notice by Merrill Lynch to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by Merrill Lynch, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, as hereinafter defined. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as Merrill Lynch in its discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.
     (c) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on the fourth business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9, or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).
     In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company.
     Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of

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the Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Merrill Lynch, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
     (d) Denominations; Registration. One or more of the Securities in global form shall be in such denominations and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. The Securities will be made available for examination by the Underwriters in The City of New York not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.
     SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
     (a) Effectiveness. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, including without limitation filing a prospectus including the information omitted from the Preliminary Prospectus in reliance on paragraph (a) or (b) of Rule 430B (“Rule 430B Information”), and will notify the Representative immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company will effect the filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) (i) of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations.
     (b) Amendments. The Company will give the Representative prompt notice of its intention to file or prepare any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Prospectus or any prospectus included in the Original Registration Statement or amendment thereto at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise, will furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the case

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may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or use any such Prospectus to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.
     (c) Delivery of Registration Statement. The Company will deliver to the Representative as many signed copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein or otherwise deemed to be a part thereof) as the Representative may reasonably request and will also deliver to the Representative a conformed copy of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Original Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
     (d) Prospectus; Delivery of Prospectus. As promptly as practicable following the Applicable Time and in any event not later than the second business day following the date hereof, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Underwriters the Prospectus, which shall consist of the Preliminary Prospectus as modified only by the Pricing Information. The Company will, during the period prior to the completion of the resale of the Securities by the Underwriters, furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, such number of copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein as such Underwriter may reasonably request. In addition, the Company will furnish to each Underwriter, from time to time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act or the respective applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
     (e) Notice and Effect of Material Events; Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will immediately notify each Underwriter and confirm each such notice in writing, of any material changes in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise which (i) make any statement in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus false or misleading in any material respect or (ii) if not disclosed in either the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus would constitute a material omission therefrom. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of the Company, its counsel, the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters, to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any such time to amend the Registration Statement or to file a new registration statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, such new registration statement or the Prospectus comply with such requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred

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or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and, subject to Section 3(j), will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.
     (f) Qualification of Securities for Offer and Sale. The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. In each jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect for a period of not less than one year from the Applicable Time.
     (g) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in conformity with the uses set forth in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (h) Reporting Requirements. The Company, until the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement as defined in Rule 158 for the purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
     (i) Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 60 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any share of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option, right or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options or rights to purchase or receive Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Prospectus, (D) any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan or (E) the anti-dilution right pursuant to that certain Stock Purchase and Support Agreement dated August 21, 2007 between the Company and Infinity World, LLC.
     (j) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a

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free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriters and has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict.
     SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
     (a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed, the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus (including financial statements and any schedules or exhibits and any document incorporated therein by reference) and of each amendment or supplement thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel and accountants, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of a Blue Sky Survey, if any, (vi) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Original Registration Statement and of each amendment thereto, and of the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of a Blue Sky Survey, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities and (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show.
     (b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5(i) or Section 8(a) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
     SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and herein contained, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
     (a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any

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request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) (or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed and become effective in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B). The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) of the 1933 Act Regulations and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).
     (b) Opinions of Counsel. At the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received:
     (1) the favorable opinion of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs & Shapiro, LLC, counsel for the Company, dated as of such Closing Date or Subsequent Closing Date, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto.
     (2) the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Nevada counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and covering the matters described in Exhibit B hereto.
     (3) the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Fox Rothschild LLP, New Jersey counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and covering the matters described in Exhibit C hereto.
     (4) the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Dickinson Wright PLLC, Michigan counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and covering the matters described in Exhibit D hereto.
     (5) the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Mississippi counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and covering the matters described in Exhibit E hereto.
     (6) the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Shefsky and Froelich Ltd., Illinois counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, and covering the matters described in Exhibit F hereto.
     (7) the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Time, of Cahill Gordon & Reindell llp, counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
     In giving their opinions required by subsections (b)(1) and (b)(7), respectively, of this Section, Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Weil, Howard & Shapiro, LLP and Cahill Gordon & Reindel llp shall each additionally state that nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial or statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein and that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the 1939 Act (Form T-1), as to which counsel need make no statement) (i) the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective (which, for purpose of the opinion shall

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mean May 1, 2009), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements there, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
     (c) Officers’ Certificate. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Time, there shall not have been any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representative shall have received a certificate of the president or a vice president of the Company and of the secretary or the assistant secretary of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in Section 1 hereof were true and correct at the Applicable Time and are true and correct on and as of the Closing Time with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or notice under Rule 401(g)(2) that would prevent its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
     (d) Accountants’ Comfort Letter. The Underwriters shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, a letter dated the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Pricing Information.
     (e) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants, a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (d) of this Section 6, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than five days prior to the Closing Time.
     (f) Maintenance of Rating. Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the 1933 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.
     (g) Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto.
     (h) Additional Documents. At the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance

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and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
     (i) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof.
     (j) Approval of Listing. At Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance.
     (k) At the Closing Time, (i) the Company shall have consummated the Notes Offering and (ii) the Credit Agreement Amendment shall be effective.
     (l) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representative shall have received:
     (i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.
     (ii) Opinion of Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Weil, Howard & Shapiro, LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(1) hereof.
     (iii) Opinion of Nevada Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Nevada counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, , dated on such Date of Delivery, and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(2) hereof.
     (iv) Opinion of New Jersey Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of Fox Rothschild LLP, New Jersey counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated on such Date of Delivery, and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(3) hereof.
     (v) Opinion of Michigan Counsel for Company. The favorable opinion of Dickinson Wright PLLC, Michigan counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated on such Date of Delivery, and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(4) hereof.
     (vi) Opinion of Mississippi Counsel for Company. the favorable opinion Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Mississippi counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated on such Date of Delivery, and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(5) hereof.

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     (vii) Opinion of Illinois Counsel for Company. the favorable opinion of Shefsky and Froelich Ltd., Illinois counsel to the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated on such Date of Delivery, and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(6) hereof.
     (viii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The favorable opinion of Cahill Gordon & Reindell llp, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b)(7) hereof.
     (x) Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representative pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than five days prior touch Date to Delivery.
     SECTION 6. Indemnification.
     (a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Underwriter, (ii) each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives, affiliates and agents of any Underwriter or any person referenced in clause (ii), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim, which expenses shall be paid as incurred) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof (including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C of the 1933 Act Regulations), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus (including the Preliminary Prospectus), the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by an Underwriter consists of the information described as such in this Section 6).
     (b) Indemnification of Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity in Section 6(a) from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus (including the Preliminary Prospectus), the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto (it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by an Underwriter consists of the information described as such in this Section 6).
     (c) Indemnification Procedures. In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either Section 6(a) or 6(b), such person (the “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the

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person from whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party, upon request of the Indemnified Party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party to represent the Indemnified Party and any others the Indemnifying Party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party, unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed in writing to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any Indemnified Party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representative, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above. The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party agrees to indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Party shall have requested an Indemnifying Party to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the first and second sentences of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 90 days after receipt by such Indemnifying Party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
     (d) Contribution. To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities, or (ii) if the allocation provided by Section 6(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in Section 6(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate Price to Public of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by

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the Underwriters’ and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.
     (e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the underwriting discounts or commissions applicable to the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriters has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not liable for any of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or in equity. The obligations of the Underwriters to contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder, and not joint.
     (f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 6 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
     (g) It is understood and agreed that the only information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the first sentence of the first paragraph under “Commissions and Discounts” and the first and second sentences in the first paragraph under “Price Stabilization and Short Positions,” in each case under the caption “Underwriting”.
     SECTION 7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.
     SECTION 8. Termination of Agreement.
     (a) Termination; General. This Agreement shall be subject to termination by notice given by the Representative to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Time (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities

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in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse or (v) there has been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business and (b) in the case of any of the events specified in Sections 8(a)(i) through 8(a)(iv), such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in the sole judgment of the Representative, impracticable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
     (b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof. Notwithstanding any such termination, the provisions of Section 6 shall remain in effect.
     SECTION 9. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at the Closing Time to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representative shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other Underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
     (a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
     (b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
     No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default. In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either the Representative or the Company shall have the right to postpone Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 9.
     SECTION 10. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, facsimile (646)  ###-###-####, attention of Syndicate Department, with a copy to Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, facsimile (212)  ###-###-####, attention of ECM Legal, and with a

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copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindell llp, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, attention of Jonathan Schaffzin, and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, attention of Gary N. Jacobs, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, with a copy to Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP, 10250 Constellation Blvd., 19th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90067, attention of Janet S. McCloud.
     SECTION 11. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons, officers and directors referred to in Section 6 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, and said controlling persons, officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
     SECTION 12. Governing Law and Time. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said State. Specified times of day refer to New York City time unless otherwise expressly provided herein.
     SECTION 13. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
     SECTION 14. Agreement Regarding Tracinda. The Underwriters hereby agree that in the event (i) there is any breach or default or alleged breach or default by the Company under this Agreement or (ii) the Underwriters have or may have any claim arising from or relating to the terms hereof, the Underwriters shall not commence any lawsuit or otherwise seek to impose any liability whatsoever against Kirk Kerkorian or Tracinda Corporation (collectively, “Tracinda”), unless Tracinda shall have commenced a lawsuit or otherwise initiated any claim against the Underwriters arising from or relating to this Agreement (a “Tracinda Action”). The Underwriters hereby further agree that unless a Tracinda Action has been commenced: (i) Tracinda shall not have any liability whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any matters relating to or arising from this Agreement, including any alleged breach of or default under this Agreement by the Company; and (ii) the Underwriters shall not assert or permit any party claiming through it to assert a claim or impose any liability against Tracinda as to any matter or thing arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any alleged breach or default under this Agreement by the Company. In addition, the Underwriters agree that Tracinda is not a party to this Agreement.
     SECTION 15. No Fiduciary Responsibility. The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transactions”), the Company and each Underwriter and any affiliate through which it may be acting (each, a “Transaction Affiliate”) have an arms length business relationship that creates no fiduciary duty on the part of each Underwriter or any Transaction Affiliate and each expressly disclaims any fiduciary relationship with respect to any and all aspects of the Transactions.
     SECTION 16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

MGM MIRAGE
 
 
  By:   /s/ John M. McManus    
    Name:   John M. McManus   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel and Assistant
Secretary 
 
 

 


 

         
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
     as of the date first above written:
   
 
       
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
   
 
       
By:
  /s/ Evan Ladouceur
 
Name: Evan Ladouceur
   
 
  Title: Managing Director    
For itself and as Representative of the other Underwriters
named in Schedule A hereto.

 


 

         
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Frank Windels
 
Name: Frank Windels
   
 
  Title: Director    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Jeremy Fox
 
Name: Jeremy Fox
   
 
  Title: Director    

 


 

         
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Eddy Allegaert
 
Name: Eddy Allegaert
   
 
  Title: Executive Director    

 


 

         
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED    
 
By:
  /s/ Paul Fossati
 
Name: Paul Fossati
   
 
  Title: Managing Director    

 


 

         
UBS SECURITIES LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Jackson Hsieh
 
Name: Jackson Hsieh
   
 
  Title: Managing Director, Global Head of REL&L    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Nishant Bakaya
 
Name: Nishant Bakaya
   
 
  Title: Director    

 


 

SCHEDULE A
                 
    Number of     Number of  
    other Initial     Designated  
Name of Underwriter   Securities     Securities  
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
    25,740,000       2,860,000  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
    18,018,000       2,002,000  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    18,018,000       2,002,000  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
    18,018,000       2,002,000  
UBS Securities LLC
    18,018,000       2,002,000  
ABN AMRO Incorporated
    7,722,000       858,000  
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
    7,722,000       858,000  
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
    7,722,000       858,000  
Barclays Capital Inc.
    2,574,000       286,000  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    2,574,000       286,000  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
    2,574,000       286,000  
 
           
Total
    128,700,000       14,300,000  
 
           

 


 

Schedule C
Company Subsidiaries
     
1.
  350 LEASING COMPANY I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
2.
  350 LEASING COMPANY II, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
3.
  550 LEASING COMPANY I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
4.
  AC HOLDING CORP., a Nevada corporation
5.
  AC HOLDING CORP. II, a Nevada corporation
6.
  ARIA RESORT & CASINO, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
7.
  BEAU RIVAGE DISTRIBUTION CORP., a Mississippi corporation
8.
  BEAU RIVAGE RESORTS, INC., a Mississippi corporation
9.
  BELLAGIO, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
10.
  BUNGALOW, INC., a Mississippi corporation
11.
  CIRCUS CIRCUS CASINOS, INC., a Nevada corporation
12.
  CIRCUS CIRCUS MISSISSIPPI, INC., a Mississippi corporation
13.
  CITYCENTER REALTY CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation
14.
  DESTRON, INC., a Nevada corporation
15.
  DIAMOND GOLD, INC., a Nevada corporation
16.
  GALLEON, INC., a Nevada corporation
17.
  GOLD STRIKE AVIATION, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation
18.
  GOLD STRIKE FUEL COMPANY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
19.
  GOLD STRIKE L.V., a Nevada partnership
20.
  GOLDSTRIKE FINANCE COMPANY, INC., a Nevada corporation
21.
  GRAND LAUNDRY, INC., a Nevada corporation
22.
  IKM MGM MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
23.
  IKM MGM, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
24.
  JEAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
25.
  JEAN DEVELOPMENT NORTH, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
26.
  JEAN DEVELOPMENT WEST, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
27.
  JEAN FUEL COMPANY WEST, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
28.
  LV CONCRETE CORP., a Nevada corporation
29.
  M3 NEVADA INSURANCE COMPANY, a Nevada corporation
30.
  M.I.R. TRAVEL, a Nevada corporation
31.
  M.S.E. INVESTMENTS, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation
32.
  MAC, CORP., a New Jersey corporation
33.
  MANDALAY CORP., a Nevada corporation
34.
  MANDALAY EMPLOYMENT, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
35.
  MANDALAY MARKETING AND EVENTS, a Nevada corporation
36.
  MANDALAY PLACE, a Nevada corporation
37.
  MANDALAY RESORT GROUP, a Nevada corporation
38.
  METROPOLITAN MARKETING, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
39.
  MGM GRAND (INTERNATIONAL), PTE LTD., a Singapore corporation
40.
  MGM GRAND (MACAO) LIMITED, a Macao S.A.R. corporation
41.
  MGM GRAND ATLANTIC CITY, INC., a New Jersey corporation
42.
  MGM GRAND CONDOMINIUMS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
43.
  MGM GRAND CONDOMINIUMS II, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
44.
  MGM GRAND CONDOMINIUMS III, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company

 


 

     
45.
  MGM GRAND CONDOMINIUMS EAST-TOWER I, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company
46.
  MGM GRAND DETROIT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
47.
  MGM GRAND DETROIT II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
48.
  MGM GRAND DETROIT, INC., a Delaware corporation
49.
  MGM GRAND HOTEL, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
50.
  MGM GRAND NEW YORK, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
51.
  MGM GRAND RESORTS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
52.
  MGM GRAND RESORTS DEVELOPMENT (F.K.A. MANDALAY DEVELOPMENT), a Nevada corporation
53.
  MGM MIRAGE ADVERTISING, INC., a Nevada corporation
54.
  MGM MIRAGE AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
55.
  MGM MIRAGE AVIATION CORP., a Nevada corporation
56.
  MGM MIRAGE CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED, a Hong Kong corporation
57.
  MGM MIRAGE CORPORATE SERVICES, a Nevada corporation
58.
  MGM MIRAGE DESIGN GROUP, a Nevada corporation
59.
  MGM MIRAGE DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
60.
  MGM MIRAGE DEVELOPMENT, LTD., an English and Welsh corporation
61.
  MGM MIRAGE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS, a Nevada corporation
62.
  MGM MIRAGE GLOBAL GAMING DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company
63.
  MGM MIRAGE HOSPITALITY (SUZHOU) LIMITED, a Hong Kong corporation
64.
  MGM MIRAGE HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT LLC (DUBAI),
a Dubai limited liability company
65.
  MGM MIRAGE HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT LLC (ABU DHABI),
an Abu Dhabi limited liability company
66.
  MGM MIRAGE HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, LLC, a Dubai limited liability company
67.
  MGM MIRAGE HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD, an Isle of Man corporation
68.
  MGM MIRAGE HOSPITALITY, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
69.
  MGM MIRAGE INTERNATIONAL, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
70.
  MGM MIRAGE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING, INC., a Nevada corporation
71.
  MGM MIRAGE LAND HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
72.
  MGM MIRAGE MACAO, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
73.
  MGM MIRAGE MACAU, LTD., an Isle of Man corporation
74.
  MGM MIRAGE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company
75.
  MGM MIRAGE MANUFACTURING CORP., a Nevada corporation
76.
  MGM MIRAGE MARKETING, LTD, a Hong Kong corporation
77.
  MGM MIRAGE OPERATIONS, INC., a Nevada corporation
78.
  MGM MIRAGE RETAIL, a Nevada corporation
79.
  MGM MIRAGE SINGAPORE HOLDINGS, a Mauritius corporation
80.
  MGMM INSURANCE COMPANY, a Vermont corporation
81.
  MGMM INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, LTD., an Isle of Man corporation
82.
  MGMM MACAU, LTD., an Isle of Man corporation
83.
  MH, INC., a Nevada corporation

 


 

     
84.
  MIRAGE LAUNDRY SERVICES CORP., a Nevada corporation
85.
  MIRAGE LEASING CORP., a Nevada corporation
86.
  MIRAGE RESORTS, INCORPORATED, a Nevada corporation
87.
  MMNY LAND COMPANY, INC., a New York corporation
88.
  MRG VEGAS PORTAL, INC., a Nevada corporation
89.
  MRGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
90.
  NEVADA LANDING PARTNERSHIP, an Illinois partnership
91.
  NEW CASTLE CORP., a Nevada corporation
92.
  NEW PRMA LAS VEGAS, INC., a Nevada corporation
93.
  NEW YORK-NEW YORK HOTEL & CASINO, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company
94.
  NEW YORK-NEW YORK TOWER, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
95.
  PRMA LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, a Nevada corporation
96.
  PRMA, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
97.
  PROJECT CC, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
98.
  RAILROAD PASS INVESTMENT GROUP, a Nevada partnership
99.
  RAMPARTS INTERNATIONAL, a Nevada corporation
100.
  RAMPARTS, INC., a Nevada corporation
101.
  REVIVE PARTNERS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
102.
  SIGNATURE TOWER I, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
103.
  SIGNATURE TOWER 2, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
104.
  SIGNATURE TOWER 3, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
105.
  SLOTS-A-FUN, INC., a Nevada corporation
106.
  THE CRYSTALS AT CITYCENTER MANAGEMENT, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company
107.
  THE SIGNATURE CONDOMINIUMS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
108.
  THE MIRAGE CASINO-HOTEL, a Nevada corporation
109.
  TOWER B, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
110.
  TOWER C, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
111.
  VDARA CONDO HOTEL, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
112.
  VICTORIA PARTNERS, a Nevada partnership
113.
  VIDIAD, a Nevada corporation
114.
  VINTAGE LAND HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company
115.
  VINTAGE LAND HOLDINGS II, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company

 


 

Schedule D
List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-Up
     
James J. Murren
  Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and President
Robert H. Baldwin
  Chief Design and Construction Officer and Director
Gary N. Jacobs
  Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Secretary and Director
Aldo Manzini
  Executive Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer
Daniel J. D’Arrigo
  Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Robert C. Selwood
  Executive Vice-President and Chief Accounting Officer
Willie D. Davis
  Director
Kenny C. Guinn
  Director
Alexander M. Haig, Jr.
  Director
Alexis Herman
  Director
Roland Hernandez
  Director
Kirk Kerkorian
  Director
Anthony Mandekic
  Director
Rose McKinney-James
  Director
Daniel J. Taylor
  Director
Melvin B. Wolzinger
  Director
Tracinda Corporation
   

 


 

EXHIBIT G
Form of lock-up from directors, officers or other stockholders pursuant to Section 5(f)
May [ ], 2009
MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
               Incorporated,
     as Representative of the several
     Underwriters to be named in the
     within-mentioned Purchase Agreement
c/o Merrill Lynch & Co.
     Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                    Incorporated
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
     Re:   Proposed Public Offering by MGM Mirage
Dear Sirs:
     The undersigned, a stockholder [and an officer and/or director] of MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) propose(s) to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering of shares (the “Securities”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $  per share (the “Common Stock”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder [and an officer and/or director] of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Purchase Agreement that, during a period of 60 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer (collectively, “transfer”) any shares of the Company’s Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition, or file, or cause to be filed, any registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”) or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, provided that (1) with respect to any transfers described under clauses (i), (iii), (v) or (vi), Merrill Lynch receives a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the lockup period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be and (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value:

 


 

  (i)   as a bona fide gift or gifts, including to a charitable organization; or
 
  (ii)   shares of Common Stock sold under any Rule 10b5-1 trading plan existing prior to the date hereof; or
 
  (iii)   to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this lock-up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); or
 
  (iv)   shares of Common Stock surrendered to the Company in payment of taxes due upon vesting or exercise of equity based awards; or
 
  (v)   as a distribution to limited partners or stockholders of the undersigned; or
 
  (vi)   to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned.
     Furthermore, the undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering.
     In addition, the undersigned may transfer any Lock-Up Securities resulting from Tracinda Corporation’s transfer of any Lock-Up Securities as required by any agreement (as may be amended) set forth in Schedule A.
     The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
 
  Signature:    
 
       
 
       
 
  Print Name:    
 
       

 


 

SCHEDULE A
Revolving Credit Facility Letter Agreement, dated April 15, 2008.
Custody Agreement, dated April 15, 2008.
First Amendment to Revolving Credit Facility Letter Agreement, dated May 21, 2008.
Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Facility Letter Agreement, dated June 16, 2008.
Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated June 25, 2008.