AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this Amendment) dated as of June 9, 2004, to the CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of March 3, 2003, as amended and restated as of December 5, 2003 (the Credit Agreement) among PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC. as Borrower; the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto; the Lenders party hereto; BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. and MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as original joint lead arrangers and original joint bookrunners (in such capacities, together with their successors in such capacities, Original Lead Arrangers); MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as syndication agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, Syndication Agent); BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner in connection with the Term D Loan Facility and the amendment and restatement of the original credit agreement (the New Lead Arranger; together with the Original Lead Arrangers, the Lead Arrangers); BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., as swingline lender (Swingline Lender), as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, Administrative Agent) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, Collateral Agent); and SOCIETE GENERALE and CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as joint documentation agents (in such capacities, together with their successors in such capacities, Documentation Agents). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
R E C I T A L S :
WHEREAS, Borrower requests that certain modifications be made to Sections 2.09, 10.04 and 10.08 of the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13.04 of the Credit Agreement, the consent of the Majority Lenders is necessary to effect this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
A G R E E M E N T :
SECTION 1. Amendments.
(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to include the following definition:
Bangor Historic Track Facility shall mean the Gaming Facility known as Bangor Raceway located in Bangor, Maine.
(b) The first sentence of Section 2.09(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
In addition to the foregoing, and provided that the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio is less than 2.25 to 1.00, Borrower shall have the right to elect to make a pro rata offer to prepay the Term D Facility Loans then outstanding and apply any amounts not accepted for such prepayment to repurchase Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness and/or Borrower Outstanding Bonds in accordance with Section 10.10(v).
(c) Section 10.04(p) of the Credit Agreement is amended to delete the following language:
no more than $50.0 million of which shall be from the incurrence of Indebtedness, no more than $50.0 million of which shall be from an Equity Issuance (exclusive of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such Indebtedness or such Equity Issuance),.
(d) Section 10.08(d)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is amended so that clause (A) thereof reads as follows:
(A) (x) $90.0 million at the Charles Town Facility less Expansion Capital Expenditures totaling $25.9 million previously incurred since March 3, 2003; provided, however, that any Expansion Capital Expenditure at the Charles Town Facility shall not extend past December 31, 2006 and (y) $75.0 million at the Bangor Historic Track Facility provided, however, that any Expansion Capital Expenditure at the Bangor Historic Track Facility shall not extend past December 31, 2005,
(e) Section 10.10(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
so long as the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio is less than 2.25 to 1.00, payment of or repurchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition or cancellation of Borrowers and its Restricted Subsidiaries Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness and/or Borrower Outstanding Bonds with all or any portion of the amounts by which Borrower offered to prepay the Term D Facility Loans then outstanding in accordance with Section 2.09(b)(iii) but that were declined in accordance with such Section 2.09(b)(iii);
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. The Credit Parties hereby affirm and restate the representations and warranties made by it in the Credit Agreement and confirm that all such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Amendment, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty specifically relates to an earlier date.
SECTION 3. Miscellaneous.
(a) This Amendment relates only to the specific matters covered herein and shall not constitute a consent to or waiver or modification of any other provision, term or condition of the Credit Agreement.
(b) All terms, provisions, covenants, representations, warranties, agreements and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect except as expressly provided herein.
(c) This Amendment shall become effective when, and only when (i) Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors and a number of Lenders sufficient to constitute the Majority Lenders; and (ii) and Borrower has paid all reasonable costs and expenses of Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder, if any (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP) in accordance with the terms of Section 13.03 of the Credit Agreement.
(d) From and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereof, herein, hereby or words of like import shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
(e) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
(f) This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
| PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ William J. Clifford | |
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| Name: William J. Clifford | |
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| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice | |
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| Address for Notices: | ||
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| Penn National Gaming, Inc. | ||
| 825 Berkshire Boulevard | ||
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| Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610 | ||
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| Contact person: Robert S. Ippolito | ||
| Telecopier No.: (610) 376-2842 | ||
| Telephone No.: (610) 378-8384 | ||
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| SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: | ||
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| BACKSIDE, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ Robert S. Ippolito | |
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| Name: Robert S. Ippolito | |
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| Title: Vice President | |
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| HOLLYWOOD CASINO-AURORA, INC. | ||
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| By: | /s/ Kevin DeSanctis | |
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| Name: Kevin DeSanctis | |
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| Title: President | |
| BANGOR AQUISITION CORP., | ||||
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| By: | /s/ Kevin DeSanctis | |||
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| Name: Kevin DeSanctis | |||
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| Title: President | |||
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| BANGOR HISTORIC TRACK, INC., | ||||
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| By: | /s/ Kevin DeSanctis | |||
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| Name: Kevin DeSanctis | |||
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| Title: President | |||
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| DELS-SEAWAY SHRIMP & OYSTER | ||||
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| By: | /s/ Kevin DeSanctis | |||
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| Name: Kevin DeSanctis | |||
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| Title: President | |||
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| PNGI CHARLES TOWN GAMING LIMITED | ||||
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| By: | PENN NATIONAL GAMING OF WEST VIRGINIA, INC., | |||
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| Managing Member | |||
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| By: | /s/ Robert S. Ippolito |
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| Name: Robert S. Ippolito | ||
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| Title: Secretary and Treasurer | ||
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| PNGI CHARLES TOWN FOOD & BEVERAGE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY | ||||
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| By: | /s Richard Moore | |||
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| Name: Richard Moore | |||
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| Title: Manager | |||
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| By: | PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC., | |||||
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| By: | /s/ Robert S. Ippolito |
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| Title: Vice President, Secretary and | |||||
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| PENN NATIONAL SPEEDWAY, INC. | ||||||
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| By: | /s/ Richard J. Carlino |
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| Name: Richard J. Carlino | |||||
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| Title: Chief Executive Officer | |||||
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| By: | /s/ William J. Clifford |
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| Name: William J. Clifford | |||||
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| Title: President | |||||
| WILKES BARRE DOWNS, INC. | ||||
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| By: | /s/ William J. Clifford |
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| Name: William J. Clifford | |||
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| Title: President | |||
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| By: | /S/ Robert S. Ippolito |
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| Name: Robert S. Ippolito | |||
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| On behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors listed below: |
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| BSL, INC. |
| BTN, INC. |
| CHC CASINOS CORP. |
| CRC HOLDINGS, INC. |
| THE DOWNS RACING, INC. |
| EBETUSA.COM, INC. |
| HOLLYWOOD CASINO CORPORATION |
| HOLLYWOOD MANAGEMENT, INC. |
| HWCC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION |
| HWCC-HOLDINGS, INC. |
| HWCC-GOLF COURSE PARTNERS, INC. |
| HWCC-TRANSPORTATION, INC. |
| HWCC-TUNICA, INC. |
| LOUISIANA CASINO CRUISES, INC. |
| MILL CREEK LAND, INC. |
| MOUNTAINVIEW THOROUGHBRED |
| NORTHEAST CONCESSIONS, INC. |
| PNGI POCONO, INC. |
| PENN BULLPEN, INC. |
| PENN BULLWHACKERS, INC. |
| PENN MILLSITE, INC. |
| PENN NATIONAL GAMING OF |
| PENN NATIONAL HOLDING COMPANY |
| PENN SILVER HAWK, INC. |
| PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL TURF |
| STERLING AVIATION, INC. |
| BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., | ||
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| By: | /s/ Keith C. Barnish |
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| Name: Keith C. Barnish | |
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| Title: Senior Managing Director | |
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| BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC., | ||
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| as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner for the | |
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| By: | /s/ Keith C. Barnish |
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| Name: Keith C. Barnish | |
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| Title: Senior Managing Director |
| MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH | ||||
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| By: | /s/ Michael E. OBrien |
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| Name: Michael E. OBrien | |||
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| Title: Director | |||
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| Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith | |||
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| 4 World Financial Center | |||
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| New York, New York 10080 | |||
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| Attention: Michael OBrien | |||
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| Telecopier No.: (212) 449-4877 | |||
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| Telephone No.: (212) 449-0948 | |||
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| BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC., | |||
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| as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender, | ||
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| By: | /s/ Victor Bulzacchelli |
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| Name: Victor Bulzacchelli | ||
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| Title: Vice President | ||
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| Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. | ||
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| 383 Madison Avenue | ||
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| New York, New York 10179 | ||
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| Attention: Stephen OKeefe | ||
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| Telecopier No.: (212) 272-9184 | ||
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| Telephone No.: (212) 272-9430 | ||
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| By: | /s/ Carina T. Huynh |
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| Name: Carina T. Huynh | ||
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| Title: Vice President | ||
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| as Joint Documentation Agent | ||
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| By: | /s/ Attila Coach |
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| Name: Attila Coach | |
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| Title: Managing Director | |
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| By: | /s/ Frank Herrera |
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| Name: F. Frank Herrera | |
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| Title: Director |