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Operating Agreement

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MGM MIRAGE

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2007

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OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
IKM JV, LLC
September 10, 2007

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
        Page
 
           
ARTICLE 1
FORMATION
 
           
1.1.
  Formation     1  
1.2.
  Intent     1  
1.3.
  Definitions     1  
 
           
ARTICLE 2
GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
           
2.1.
  Name     12  
2.2.
  Principal Office     12  
2.3.
  Company Purpose     12  
2.4.
  Purpose Limited     12  
2.5.
  Statutory Compliance     12  
2.6.
  Term     13  
2.7.
  Registered Agent for Service of Process     13  
2.8.
  No Payment of Individual Obligations     13  
2.9.
  Licensing     13  
2.10.
  Conduct of Business Through Single Purpose Entities     14  
 
           
ARTICLE 3
CAPITALIZATION
 
           
3.1.
  Issuance of Units     14  
3.2.
  Initial Capital Contributions by the Members; Representations and Warranties     14  
3.3.
  Satisfaction of Closing Conditions     22  
3.4.
  Failure to Make a Capital Contribution     22  
3.5.
  Additional Remedies for Failure to Make a Capital Contribution     25  
3.6.
  Member Loans     25  
3.7.
  No Further Capital Contributions     25  
3.8.
  Excess Carrying Costs     25  
 
           
ARTICLE 4
DISTRIBUTIONS
 
           
4.1.
  Amount and Time of Distributions     26  
4.2.
  Return of Capital     26  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page
 
           
4.3.
  MGM JV?s Distribution     26  
4.4.
  Acknowledgment of Liability for Taxes     26  
 
           
ARTICLE 5
PROFITS AND LOSSES
 
           
5.1.
  Profit Allocations     27  
5.2.
  Loss Allocations     27  
5.3.
  Allocation Rules     28  
5.4.
  Tax Allocations     28  
 
           
ARTICLE 6
MANAGEMENT
 
           
6.1.
  Management Committee-Managed     29  
6.2.
  Responsibilities, Rights, and Powers of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer     32  
6.3.
  Management Committee     33  
6.4.
  Actions Requiring the Consent of the Management Committee     35  
6.5.
  Filing of Documents     37  
6.6.
  Indemnification and Liability     37  
6.7.
  Compensation     38  
6.8.
  Amendment of Agreement     39  
6.9.
  Standard of Care     39  
6.10.
  Transactions with Affiliates     40  
6.11.
  Independent Activities     40  
6.12.
  Management Employees of the Company     41  
6.13.
  Additional Arrangements     41  
6.14.
  Right to Exercise Remedies     42  
 
           
ARTICLE 7
THE MEMBERS
 
           
7.1.
  Meetings of the Members     42  
7.2.
  Voting of the Members     42  
7.3.
  Other Business Interests of the Members     42  
7.4.
  Rights and Obligations of Members     42  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
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7.5.
  Defaulting Member     43  
7.6.
  Member Determined Unsuitable or Unqualified by a Gaming Authority     44  
 
           
ARTICLE 8
BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS AND ACCOUNTING
 
           
8.1.
  Records     45  
8.2.
  Fiscal Year and Accounting     46  
8.3.
  Preparation of Tax Returns     46  
8.4.
  Tax Elections     46  
8.5.
  Tax Controversies     46  
8.6.
  Reports     47  
 
           
ARTICLE 9
TRANSFERS, WITHDRAWALS
 
           
9.1.
  Restrictions on Transfers     47  
9.2.
  Permitted Transfers     47  
9.3.
  Conditions to Transfers     48  
9.4.
  Prohibited Transfers     49  
9.5.
  Distributions and Allocations in Respect of Transferred Units     49  
9.6.
  Right of First Offer     49  
9.7.
  Consequence of Certain Transfers     50  
 
           
ARTICLE 10
LIQUIDATION AND WINDING UP; MERGER
 
           
10.1.
  Dissolution     51  
10.2.
  Liquidation     52  
10.3.
  Liquidating Trust     53  
10.4.
  Deficit Capital Account     53  
10.5.
  Filings     53  
10.6.
  Merger     53  
10.7.
  Representations and Warranties of the Members     53  
 
           
ARTICLE 11
GAMING LAWS
 
           
11.1.
  Gaming Licensing Matters     55  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page
 
           
11.2.
  Qualifications     55  
11.3.
  Additional Requirements     56  
 
           
ARTICLE 12
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
 
           
12.1.
  Dispute Resolution     57  
12.2.
  Commencement of Mediation and Arbitration     57  
12.3.
  Mediation     57  
12.4.
  Rules of Arbitration     57  
12.5.
  Selection of Arbitrator     57  
12.6.
  Choice and Adoption of Law     58  
12.7.
  Place of Hearing     58  
12.8.
  Confidentiality     58  
12.9.
  Service of Process     58  
12.10.
  Form of Arbitrator?s Award     58  
12.11.
  Performance During Disputes     59  
12.12.
  Review of Arbitrator?s Award     59  
12.13.
  Discovery     59  
12.14.
  Costs of Arbitration and Attorneys? Fees     59  
12.15.
  Joinder of Third Parties     59  
 
           
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS
 
           
13.1.
  Governing Law     59  
13.2.
  Method of Providing Notices     59  
13.3.
  Severability     60  
13.4.
  Binding Effect     60  
13.5.
  Titles and Captions     61  
13.6.
  Pronouns and Plurals     61  
13.7.
  No Third Party Rights     61  
13.8.
  Further Assurances     61  
13.9.
  Estoppel Certificates     61  
13.10.
  Schedules Included in Exhibits; Incorporation by Reference     61  

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
             
        Page
 
           
13.11.
  Amendments     61  
13.12.
  Counterparts     61  
13.13.
  Creditors     61  
13.14.
  Entire Agreement     61  
13.15.
  Independent Legal Counsel     62  
13.16.
  Proceeding Expenses     62  
13.17.
  Specific Performance     62  
13.18.
  Non-Involvement of Certain Parties     62  
13.19.
  Expansion of Relationship     63  
13.20.
  Waiver of Partition Right     63  
13.21.
  Interpretation     63  

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OPERATING AGREEMENT
OF
IKM JV, LLC
THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT (the ?Agreement?) of IKM JV, LLC (the ?Company?) is made and entered into effective as of September 10, 2007, by and among IKM MGM, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (?MGM JV?) and Kerzner Istithmar Las Vegas LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (?KERZNER JV?), as members and IKM MGM Management, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (?IKM MGM Management?) and Kerzner Concepts Limited, a Bahamian company (?Kerzner Concepts Limited?), as managers of the Company.
ARTICLE 1 FORMATION
     1.1. Formation. The Company has been formed pursuant to Chapter 86 of the NRS (the ?Act?) by filing of the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada. The parties agree to promptly execute all amendments of the Articles of Organization and all other documents that are needed to enable the Members to accomplish all filing, recording, publishing and other acts necessary or appropriate to comply with all requirements for the formation and continuation of the Company under the Act.
     1.2. Intent. The Members intend that the Company be operated as a ?partnership? for federal and state income tax purposes. No Member may take any action inconsistent with the express intent of the parties hereto as set forth herein.
     1.3. Definitions. Appendix 1 hereof sets forth the definitions of certain terms relating to the maintenance of capital accounts and accounting rules. In addition, the following terms used in this Agreement have the meanings described below:
     ?Acceptance Notice? is defined in Section 9.6(b).
     ?Access License? means a license or other agreement among Circus Circus and the MGM Property Owners granting the MGM Property Owners the right to use the ?ACCESS LICENSE AREA? indicated on Schedule 1.3(a). The MGM Property Owners? rights to use the ?ACCESS LICENSE AREA? shall be subject to reasonable restrictions as determined by Circus Circus, and the Access License shall be terminable on thirty (30) days written notice by Circus Circus.
     ?Act? means the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Nevada.
     ?Adjusted Additional Percentage Interest? is defined in Section 3.4(b)(ii).
     ?Affiliate? means, with respect to the subject Person (a) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the subject Person and (b) any officer, director, general partner, manager, member or trustee of either such Person. For purposes of this Agreement, the terms ?controlling,? controlled by,? or ?under common control with? shall

 


 

mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, or the power to elect the majority of the directors, managers, general partners, or Persons exercising similar authority with respect to such Person or entities. For the avoidance of doubt, each of Kerzner International, Istithmar and their respective controlled Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Kerzner JV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, ?Affiliate? does not include Tracinda Corporation and its Affiliates (other than MGM MIRAGE and its Subsidiaries) or any other stockholder of MGM MIRAGE in each case in its capacity as such or any of the Kerzner Related Persons.
     ?Agreement? means this Operating Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, including all exhibits and schedules hereto.
     ?Appraised Value? is defined in Section 7.6.
     ?Approved Budget/Plan? is defined in Section 6.1(b)(iv).
     ?Arbitrator? is defined in Section 12.5.
     ?Available Cash Flow? means the Company?s gross cash proceeds from any source, less the portion thereof used to pay or establish reserves for the Company?s ordinary and necessary expenses (including reserves maintained with respect to executive incentive compensation payments) and fees in amounts and for purposes set forth in the then Approved Budget/Plan, principal and interest payments on all Company debt (including Member Loans), capital improvements, replacements and contingencies, all as determined by the Management Committee (taking into account, to the extent applicable, amounts available to the Company from Company loan proceeds to pay off Company expenses). Available Cash Flow shall not be reduced by depreciation, amortization or other similar non-cash allowances, including amortization with respect to executive incentive compensation, and shall be increased by any reductions in reserves which, when previously established, reduced Available Cash Flow.
     ?Bankruptcy? means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following:
          (a) the making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
          (b) the filing by such Person of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or the filing by such Person of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing an inability to pay debts as they become due;
          (c) the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Person to be bankrupt or insolvent;
          (d) the filing by such Person of a petition or answer seeking any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation;

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          (e) the filing by such Person of an answer or other pleading admitting the material allegations of, or consenting to, or defaulting in answering, a bankruptcy petition filed against such Person in any bankruptcy proceeding;
          (f) the filing by such Person of an application or other pleading or any action otherwise seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a liquidating trustee, receiver or other liquidator of all or any substantial part of such Person?s properties;
          (g) the commencement against such Person of any proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation which has not been quashed or dismissed within one hundred eighty (180) days; or
          (h) the appointment, without the consent or acquiescence of such Person of a liquidating trustee, receiver or other liquidator of all or any substantial part of such Person?s properties without such appointment being vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days and, if stayed, without such appointment being vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay.
     ?Base Percentage Interest? is defined in Section 3.4(b)(ii).
     ?Budgets and Plans? is defined in Section 6.1(c).
     ?Business Day? means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in Las Vegas, Nevada are authorized or required to close under the laws of the State of Nevada or applicable federal law.
     ?Business Plan? is defined in Section 6.1(b)(ii).
     ?Capital Contribution? means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money contributed by that Member to the Company and, if property other than money is contributed, the initial Gross Asset Value (as defined in Appendix 1) of such property, net of liabilities assumed or taken subject to by the Company.
     ?CEO? is defined in Section 6.2(a).
     ?CFO? is defined in Section 6.2(a).
     ?Chair? is defined in Section 6.3(b)(ii).
     ?Circus Circus? means Circus Circus Casinos, Inc., a Nevada corporation.
     ?Closing Date? means a date determined by the Members that is no later than five Business Days from the date on which (A) the condition set forth in Section 3.2(a)(iii)(D) and in Section 3.2(b)(ii)(F) is satisfied by the Company or validly waived by MGM JV and KERZNER JV, respectively and (B) the conditions set forth in Section 3.2(a)(iii)(A) through (C), Section 3.2(b)(ii)(A) through (E) and Section 3.2(b)(ii)(G) are satisfied by KERZNER JV and MGM JV, respectively, or validly waived by MGM JV and KERZNER JV, respectively.

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     ?Code? means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (or successor thereto), as amended from time to time.
     ?Company? means IKM JV, LLC.
     ?Confidential Information? is defined in Section 7.4(b).
     ?Default Interest Rate? means Prime Rate plus three percent (3%).
     ?Defaulting Member? means a Member that has committed an event of default as described in Section 7.5(a).
     ?Delinquent Member? is defined in Section 3.4.
     ?Determination Date? is defined in Section 7.6.
     ?Disposing Member? is defined in Section 9.6(a).
     ?Disposition Notice? is defined in Section 9.6(a).
     ?Dispute? means any claim, dispute or other matter in controversy between the Members or one or more Members and the Managers or a Management Committee member arising directly or indirectly out of or relating to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof, including one involving an alleged violation of Law, an alleged default by a Manager, a Management Committee member, or an officer (if any) of the Company, an alleged breach of this Agreement (including for non-payment of any Capital Contribution and the re-determination of the Percentage Interest of the Members pursuant to Section 3.4(b)) or alleged misconduct by a Member, whether or not during the term or after the termination of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (i) any Major Decision proposed to be executed, taken, or performed by the Company at the direction of the Managers which has not received consent of the Management Committee and (ii) any other claim, dispute or other matter in controversy involving an issue of business judgment shall not be considered to be a Dispute and shall not be subject to the Dispute Resolution provisions of Article 12.
     ?Dispute Notice? is defined in Section 12.2.
     ?Encumbrance? means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, hypothecation, security interest, encumbrance, adverse right, interest or claim, license, covenant, title defect, option, right of first refusal or other restriction or limitation of any nature whatsoever .
     ?End Date? is defined in Section 10.1(g).
     ?Excess Carrying Costs? means all real estate taxes, insurance premiums, interest, and other carrying costs, in each case to the extent incurred in connection with the ownership of the Property for the period starting on February 1, 2008 and continuing through the Closing Date, in excess of any income (which income shall be deemed to include $55,000 per month, representing the fair market value of the billboards used by MGM MIRAGE pursuant to the Agreement for

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Off-Premise Advertising dated July 11, 2007 between Clear Channel Outdoor and MGM MIRAGE) received by MGM MIRAGE and/or its Affiliates during such period in respect of the Property. The Excess Carrying Costs are set forth on Exhibit D attached hereto, provided that the dollar amounts appearing on Exhibit D for interest, taxes, and insurance are based on MGM MIRAGE?s best available estimates and are for illustrative purposes only. The actual Excess Carrying Costs will be calculated as follows: (x) interest will be calculated based on the blended cost of funds to MGM MIRAGE reflecting the actual interest carrying costs to MGM MIRAGE, (y) taxes will be calculated based on the actual tax expenses of the Property, and (z) liability insurance will be calculated based on MGM MIRAGE?s share of liability insurance expenses reasonably allocable to the Property which in no event shall exceed $100,000 per year.
     ?Fiscal Year? means the year in which the accounting and federal income tax records of the Company are kept, as identified in Section 8.2 hereof. The first Fiscal Year (or portion thereof) shall start on the organization date of the Company and the last Fiscal Year (or portion thereof) shall end on the termination of the Company.
     ?FF&E? means furniture, fixtures and equipment.
     ?GAAP? means United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time.
     ?Gaming? means to deal, operate, carry on, conduct, maintain or expose for play any game as defined in NRS ? 463.0152, or to operate an inter-casino linked system.
     ?Gaming Approvals? means with respect to any action by a particular Person, any consent, finding of suitability, license, approval, waiver, registration, permit or other authorization required for such action by such Person from a Gaming Authority or under Gaming Laws.
     ?Gaming Authority? means those national, state, local and other governmental, regulatory and administrative authorities, agencies, boards and officials responsible for or regulating Gaming or Gaming activities in any jurisdiction and, within the State of Nevada, specifically, the Nevada Gaming Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, and the Clark County Liquor and Gaming Licensing Board.
     ?Gaming Components? means all Resort components in which Gaming will take place.

 

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