permit, certificate, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor, the Companies or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject (with the exception of any lien, charge or encumbrance pursuant to, or not prohibited by, the Revolving Credit Agreement or the Term Loan Agreement), (iv) any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Companies, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, for such conflicts, breaches, default, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required by or with respect to the Companies or the Guarantor for the execution, delivery and performance by the Companies and the Guarantor of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Companies and the issuance of the Guarantee by the Guarantor and compliance by the Companies and the Guarantor with the terms of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such filings as may be required under the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., (ii) the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, (iii) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, (iv) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as have been obtained or the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prohibit or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (v) post-closing notices to certain state regulatory bodies that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been consummated, (vi) such approvals, registrations, notices and qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes by the Underwriters and (vii) filings with, notices to or approvals from the applicable gaming authorities, which have been made or obtained or will be obtained at or prior to the Closing Date.
(t) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Companies, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party, or of which any property, right or asset of the Companies, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries is the subject, that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Companies, the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the Companies and the Guarantor, no such Actions are threatened by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.
(u) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), which has certified certain financial statements of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is an independent public accountant with respect to the Guarantor and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(v) Title to Real Property. The Companies, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real property that are material to the respective businesses of the Companies, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and claims except those that (i) are described in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (ii) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Companies, the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries or (iii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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