otherwise, or in the results of operations, 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 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 Representatives, 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 Representatives shall have the right, within 48 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of thenon-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 Representatives shall not have completed such arrangements within such48-hour period, then:
(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the Notes, each of thenon-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 allnon-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of anynon-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, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section.
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 Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212)622-8358); Attention: Ken Lang and c/o BofA Securities, Inc., 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York 10020, Attention: High Yield Legal Department with a copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005, attention of James J. Clark, and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, attention of John M. McManus, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, with a copy to Milbank LLP, 55 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, attention of Rod Miller.
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
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