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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 26, 1998.
REGISTRATION NO. 333-34471
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO
FORM S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
HOLLYWOOD PARK OPERATING COMPANY
AND OTHER REGISTRANTS
(SEE TABLE OF OTHER REGISTRANTS BELOW)
(EXACT NAME OF EACH REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
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DELAWARE DELAWARE
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION
OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)
7999 7948
(PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER) (PRIMARY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION CODE NUMBER)
1050 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE, INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90301 1050 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE, INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90301
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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G. MICHAEL FINNIGAN
PRESIDENT--SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT (HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.), AND
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
HOLLYWOOD PARK OPERATING COMPANY
1050 PRAIRIE AVENUE
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA 90301
(310) 419-1500
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING
AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
COPY TO:
ALVIN G. SEGEL, ESQ.
ASHOK W. MUKHEY, ESQ.
IRELL & MANELLA LLP
1800 AVENUE OF THE STARS
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
(310) 277-1010
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after the Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the securities being registered on this form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance
with General Instruction G, check the following box. [_]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED
PROPOSED MAXIMUM
AMOUNT MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER UNIT(1) PRICE(1) FEE
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Series B 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2007...................... $125,000,000 100% $125,000,000 $37,879(2)
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Guaranties of Series B 9 1/2% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2007......... $125,000,000 None(3) None(3) None(3)
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(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457.
(2) Previously paid with August 27, 1997 filing.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, no separate fee
is payable for the Guaranties.
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THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID
SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
HOLLYWOOD PARK OPERATING COMPANY
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET PURSUANT
TO ITEM 501(B) OF REGULATION S-K
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ITEM OF FORM S-4 LOCATION IN THE PROSPECTUS
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A. INFORMATION ABOUT THE
TRANSACTION
1. Forepart of Registration
Statement and Outside Front
Cover Page of Prospectus.... Cover of Registration Statement; Outside
Front Cover Page of Prospectus; Cross
Reference Sheet
2. Inside Front and Outside Back
Cover Pages of Prospectus... Available Information; Documents
Incorporated by Reference
3. Risk Factors, Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges
and Other Information....... Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors; Selected
Historical and Pro Forma Financial Data;
Unaudited Summary Pro Forma Financial Data
4. Terms of the Transaction..... Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors; The
Exchange Offer; Description of Notes;
Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations
5. Pro Forma Financial
Information.................. Prospectus Summary; Selected Historical and
Pro Forma Financial Information; Unaudited
Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Financial
Statements; Unaudited Summary Pro Forma
Financial Data
6. Material Contacts with the
Company Being Acquired...... Not Applicable
7. Additional Information
Required for Reoffering by
Persons and Parties Deemed
to be Underwriters.......... Not Applicable
8. Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel.................. Not Applicable
9. Disclosure of Commission
Position on Indemnification
for Securities Act
Liabilities................. Not Applicable
B. INFORMATION ABOUT THE
REGISTRANT
10. Information with Respect to
S-3 Registrants.............. Available Information; Documents
Incorporated by Reference; Prospectus
Summary; Business; Selected Historical and
Pro Forma Financial Data; Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations;
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated
Financial Statements; Consolidated
Financial Statements
11. Incorporation of Certain
Information by Reference.... Documents Incorporated by Reference
12. Information with Respect to
S-2 or S-3 Registrants...... Not Applicable
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
HOLLYWOOD PARK OPERATING COMPANY
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET PURSUANT
TO ITEM 501(B) OF REGULATION S-K--(CONTINUED)
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13. Incorporation of Certain Information
by Reference......................... Not Applicable
14. Information with Respect to
Registrants Other Than S-3 or S-2
Registrants.......................... Not Applicable
C. INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY BEING ACQUIRED
15. Information with Respect to S-3
Companies............................. Not Applicable
16. Information with Respect to S-2 or S-3
Companies............................ Not Applicable
17. Information with Respect to Companies
Other Than S-3 or S-2 Companies...... Not Applicable
D. VOTING AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
18. Information if Proxies, Consents or
Authorizations are to be Solicited... Not Applicable
19. Information if Proxies, Consents or
Authorizations are not to be
Solicited or in an Exchange Offer.... The Exchange Offer; Management
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+INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A +
+REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE +
+SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY +
+OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT +
+BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR +
+THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE +
+SECURITIES IN ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, +
+SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION +
+UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. +
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 26, 1998
PROSPECTUS
, 1998
OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING SERIES A 9 1/2%
SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007
IN EXCHANGE FOR
SERIES B 9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2007,
WHICH HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OF
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC. AND HOLLYWOOD PARK OPERATING COMPANY, AS CO-OBLIGORS
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,
NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 1998, UNLESS EXTENDED.
Hollywood Park, Inc. ("Hollywood Park" or the "Company") and Hollywood Park
Operating Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park ("HPOC"), as co-
obligors (together, the "Issuers") hereby offer, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and the accompanying Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"), to exchange an
aggregate principal amount at maturity of up to $125,000,000 of Series B 9 1/2%
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 (the "New Notes") of the Issuers, which have
been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), for a like principal amount of the issued and outstanding Series A 9
1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 (the "Old Notes" and, together with the
New Notes, the "Notes") of the Issuers from the holders (the "Holders")
thereof. The terms of the New Notes are identical in all material respects to
the Old Notes except (i) the offering and sale of the New Notes will have been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and (ii) holders of New Notes generally will not be entitled to certain rights
of holders under a Registration Rights Agreement of the Company dated as of
August 1, 1997 (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). See "The Exchange Offer--
Purpose and Effect of Exchange Offer." The Old Notes have been, and the New
Notes will be, issued under the indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of August
1, 1997, among the Issuers, the Guarantors (as defined herein) and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). See "Description of Notes."
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THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES ARE URGED TO READ THIS PROSPECTUS AND THE
RELATED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO TENDER
THEIR NOTES PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER.
SEE "RISK FACTORS" ON PAGE 14 OF THIS PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN
FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED BY HOLDERS WHO TENDER THEIR OLD NOTES IN THE EXCHANGE
OFFER.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
NEITHER THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, THE NEVADA GAMING
COMMISSION, THE NEVADA STATE GAMING CONTROL BOARD, THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING
COMMISSION, THE LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD NOR ANY OTHER REGULATORY
AGENCY OF ANY OTHER STATE HAS PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE INVESTMENT MERITS OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED
HEREBY. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.
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The New Notes will mature on August 1, 2007. The New Notes will bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to 9 1/2%, payable semiannually in arrears
on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 1998. The
Issuers will not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payment with respect to the New Notes prior to maturity. The New Notes will be
redeemable at the option of the Issuers, in whole or in part, on or after
August 1, 2002, at the redemption prices set forth herein, plus accrued and
unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages (as defined), if any, to the date of
redemption. In addition, during the first 36 months after the date of issuance
of the New Notes, the Issuers may redeem up to 25% of the aggregate principal
amount initially outstanding, at a redemption price equal to 109.5% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more public equity
offerings; provided, that at least 75% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Notes initially outstanding remain outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of such redemption. Upon a Change of Control (as defined and
including the occurrence of the Possible REIT Restructuring (as defined)), the
Issuers will be required to make an offer to repurchase all outstanding Notes
at 101% (or in the case of a REIT Change of Control (as defined), 102%) of the
aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to the date of repurchase. There can be no assurance that in the event of a
Change of Control the Company will have sufficient funds, or that it will
otherwise be permitted under the terms of the Senior Debt, to satisfy its
obligations with respect to any or all of the tendered Notes. See "Risk
Factors--Ability to Effect Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control."
The New Notes will be fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally,
guaranteed (the "Guaranties") on a senior subordinated basis by all of the
Company's other existing and certain future direct and indirect material
subsidiaries (collectively, the "Guarantors"). The Guarantors have received
all approvals of relevant gaming authorities needed for the issuance of the
Guaranties and the consummation of the Exchange Offer.
The New Notes and the Guaranties will be general unsecured obligations of
the Issuers and the Guarantors, respectively, subordinated in right of payment
to all existing and future Senior Debt (as defined) of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, respectively, including the Bank Credit Facility (as defined) and
effectively subordinated to all existing and future secured indebtedness of
the Issuers and the Guarantors. As of September 30, 1997, the Issuers and
their subsidiaries had approximately $11.2 million of Senior Debt (including
secured Indebtedness), plus accounts payable ranking pari passu to the Notes
of $10.6 million. In addition, if Sunflower Racing, Inc.'s plan of
reorganization is approved, the Company may guarantee up to $30.0 million of
debt to be incurred by Sunflower Racing, Inc., which guarantee would rank
senior to the New Notes. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital
Resources." The Indenture will permit the Company and its subsidiaries to
incur substantial additional indebtedness, including Senior Debt and secured
indebtedness, subject to certain limitations.
On August 6, 1997, the Issuers issued $125 million principal amount of Old
Notes. The Old Notes were issued pursuant to exemptions from, or in
transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws. The New Notes are being offered
hereunder in order to satisfy certain obligations of the Issuers contained in
the Registration Rights Agreement. Based on interpretations by the staff of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), as set forth in no-
action letters issued to third parties, the Issuers believe that New Notes
issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be offered
for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by Holders thereof (other than
any Holder which is an "affiliate" of either Issuer within the meaning of Rule
405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, provided that such New
Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and such
Holder, other than broker-dealers, has no arrangement with any person to
engage in a distribution of such New Notes. However, the Commission has not
considered the Exchange Offer in the context of a no-action letter and there
can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission would make a similar
determination with respect to the Exchange Offer. Each Holder, other than a
broker-dealer, must acknowledge that it is not engaged in, and does not intend
to engage in, a distribution of such New Notes and has no arrangement or
understanding to participate in a distribution of New Notes. If any Holder is
an affiliate of either Issuer, or is engaged in or intends to engage in or has
any arrangement with any person to participate in the distribution of the New
Notes to be acquired
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pursuant to the Exchange Offer, or is a broker-dealer who purchased Old Notes
from the Issuers, such Holder (i) could not rely on the applicable
interpretations of the staff of the Commission, (ii) will not be permitted or
entitled to tender such Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, and (iii) must comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities
Act in connection with any resale transaction. Any broker-dealer that acquired
Old Notes as a result of market making activities or other trading activities
(and not directly from the Issuers or Guarantors) and who resells New Notes
that were received by it pursuant to the Exchange Offer, and any broker or
dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Notes, may be deemed to
be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on
any such resale of New Notes and any commission or concessions received by any
such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the
Securities Act. Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account
pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. The Letter of
Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a
broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within
the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection
with resales of New Notes received in exchange for Old Notes where such Old
Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have agreed, under certain
circumstances, that, for a period of up to 180 days after the Expiration Date
(as defined herein), it will make this Prospectus available to any broker-
dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution."
The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from the Exchange Offer. The
Issuers will pay all the expenses incident to the Exchange Offer. Tenders of
Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to
the Expiration Date. There is no existing trading market for the New Notes,
and there can be no assurance regarding the future development of a market for
the New Notes. The Initial Purchasers (as defined herein) have advised the
Issuers that they currently intend to make a market in the New Notes. The
Initial Purchasers are not obligated to do so, however, and any market-making
with respect to the New Notes may be discontinued at any time without notice.
The Issuers do not intend to apply for listing or quotation of the New Notes
on any securities exchange or stock market. There can be no assurance that an
active market for the New Notes will develop. To the extent that an active
market for the New Notes does develop, the market value of the New Notes will
depend on market conditions (such as yields on alternative investments),
general economic conditions, the Issuers' financial condition, and other
factors. Such conditions might cause the New Notes, to the extent that they
are actively traded, to trade at a significant discount from face value. See
"Risk Factors--Lack of Public Market for the New Notes."
ANY NOTES NOT TENDERED AND ACCEPTED IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL REMAIN
OUTSTANDING. TO THE EXTENT ANY NOTES ARE TENDERED AND ACCEPTED IN THE EXCHANGE
OFFER, A HOLDER'S ABILITY TO SELL OLD NOTES COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.
FOLLOWING CONSUMMATION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER, THE HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SUBJECT TO THE EXISTING RESTRICTIONS UPON TRANSFER THEREOF AND
THE ISSUERS WILL HAVE FULFILLED CERTAIN OF THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. HOLDERS OF OLD NOTES WHO DO NOT TENDER THEIR
NOTES GENERALLY WILL NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER THE
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE. See "The Exchange Offer--
Consequences of Failure to Exchange."
The New Notes issued pursuant to this Exchange Offer generally will be
issued in the form of Global Notes (as defined herein), which will be
deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and
registered in its name or in the name of Cede & Co., its nominee. Beneficial
interests in the Global Notes representing the New Notes will be shown on, and
transfers thereof will be effected through, records maintained by DTC and its
participants. See "Book-Entry; Delivery and Form."
NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS,
AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED
UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY EITHER ISSUER. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY
SECURITY
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OTHER THAN THE NEW NOTES OFFERED HEREBY, NOR DOES IT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO
SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE NEW NOTES TO ANY PERSON
IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH AN OFFER OR
SOLICITATION TO SUCH PERSON. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY
SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO THE
DATE HEREOF.
UNTIL , 1998 (90 DAYS AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER),
ALL DEALERS EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE NEW NOTES, WHETHER OR NOT
PARTICIPATING IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS
IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH TRANSACTION. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE OBLIGATION OF
DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN ACTING AS UNDERWRITERS.
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THIS PROSPECTUS (AS WELL AS INFORMATION INCLUDED IN ORAL STATEMENTS OR OTHER
WRITTEN STATEMENTS MADE OR TO BE MADE BY THE COMPANY) CONTAINS CERTAIN
STATEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FINANCIAL CONDITION,
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, BUSINESS AND PROSPECTS OF THE COMPANY THAT ARE FORWARD-
LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
SECTION 21E OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, INCLUDING STATEMENTS RELATING TO EXPANSION
OPPORTUNITIES, PRO FORMA COMBINED COMPANY FINANCIAL RESULTS, THE ABILITY TO
UTILIZE HOLLYWOOD PARK'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL POSITION
OF ITS NEWLY ACQUIRED SUBSIDIARY, BOOMTOWN (AS DEFINED BELOW), STRATEGIC
SYNERGIES, COST SAVINGS RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF BOOMTOWN, CAPITAL
REQUIREMENTS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF REINSTITUTING A PAIRED-SHARE/REIT
STRUCTURE AND THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED THEREFROM, AND SUCH
STATEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE COVERED BY THE SAFE HARBOR CREATED THEREBY (SEE
"PROSPECTUS SUMMARY--THE COMPANY," "--UNAUDITED SUMMARY PRO FORMA FINANCIAL
DATA," "BUSINESS," "SELECTED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL AND OPERATING
DATA," "MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS," AND "UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"). THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONCERN
MATTERS WHICH INVOLVE CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE
ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF HOLLYWOOD PARK TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE
CONTEMPLATED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, THE
FAILURE TO COMPLETE OR SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE PLANNED EXPANSION, THE FAILURE TO
OBTAIN ADEQUATE FINANCING TO MEET HOLLYWOOD PARK'S STRATEGIC GOALS,
DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLETING INTEGRATION OF HOLLYWOOD PARK AND BOOMTOWN, FAILURE
TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN LICENCES OR REGULATORY APPROVALS AND THE OTHER FACTORS SET
FORTH UNDER "RISK FACTORS."
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith, is required to file reports, proxy statements and other information
with the Commission. The Issuers have filed with the Commission a Registration
Statement on Form S-4 under the Securities Act for the registration of the New
Notes offered hereby (the "Registration Statement"). This Prospectus, which
constitutes a part of the Registration Statement, does not contain all of the
information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain items of which
are contained in exhibits and schedules to the Registration Statement as
permitted by the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further
information with respect to the Issuers or the New Notes offered hereby,
reference is made to the Registration Statement, including the exhibits and
financial statement schedules thereto, which may be inspected without charge
at the public reference facility maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of which may be obtained from
the Commission at prescribed rates. Statements made in this Prospectus
concerning the contents of any document referred to herein are not necessarily
complete. With respect to each such document filed with the Commission as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement, reference is made to the exhibit for a
more complete description of the matter involved, and each such statement
shall be deemed qualified in its entirety by such reference.
Such documents and other information filed by the Company can be inspected
and copied at the public reference facilities of the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and the regional offices of the
Commission located at 7 World Trade Center, New York, New York 10048 and 500
West Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such
materials may be obtained from the Public Reference Section
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of the Commission, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549 and at its public reference facilities in New York, New York and
Chicago, Illinois at prescribed rates. The Company makes its filings with the
Commission electronically. The Commission maintains a website that contains
reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding
registrants that file electronically, which information can be accessed at
http://www.sec.gov.
HPOC and the Guarantors are not currently subject to the informational
requirements of the Exchange Act; however, as a result of covenants in the
Indenture, HPOC currently files reports jointly with the Company pursuant to
the Exchange Act. As a result of the offering of the New Notes, HPOC and the
Guarantors will become subject to the informational requirements of the
Exchange Act. The Company will fulfill HPOC's and the Guarantors' obligations
with respect to such requirements by including information regarding HPOC and
the Guarantors in the periodic reports of the Company and by filing separate
periodic reports for Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC
and for Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. (since they are not wholly-owned by the
Company).
So long as the Company is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of
the Exchange Act, it is required to furnish the information required to be
filed with the Commission to the Trustee and the holders of the Old Notes and
the New Notes. The Issuers have agreed that, even if they are not required
under the Exchange Act to furnish such information to the Commission, they
will nonetheless continue to furnish information that would be required to be
furnished by the Issuers by Section 13 of the Exchange Act to the Trustee and
the holders of the Old Notes or New Notes as if they were subject to such
periodic reporting requirements.
In addition, the Issuers have agreed that, for so long as any of the Notes
remain outstanding, they will make available, upon request, to any seller of
such Notes the information specified in Rule 144(d)(4) under the Securities
Act, unless the Issuers are then subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents heretofore filed by the Company (Commission file
number 0-10619) are incorporated herein by reference: the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-12253), effective
September 20, 1996; its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996, as amended by its Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with
the Commission on November 5, 1997; its Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarters ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997, and September 30, 1997;
its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed July 15, 1997 and August 12, 1997; and
the description of the Company's common stock, $.10 par value per share (the
"Common Stock") set forth in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on June 29, 1994.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed by the
Company or its subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the
Expiration Date (as defined) shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Prospectus from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Prospectus.
There will be provided without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom a Prospectus is delivered, upon oral or written
request of any such person, a copy of all documents incorporated by reference
herein (excluding exhibits unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference herein). Requests for such documents should be directed to
Hollywood Park, Inc., Investor Relations, 1050 South Prairie Avenue,
Inglewood, California 90301 (telephone (310) 419-1610).
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the more
detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus and the other
documents incorporated by reference herein. The New Notes are to be issued by
Hollywood Park, Inc. ("Hollywood Park" or the "Company") and its wholly-owned
subsidiary, Hollywood Park Operating Company ("HPOC"), as Issuers, and
unconditionally guaranteed by all of the Company's other direct and indirect
material subsidiaries. References herein to "Hollywood Park" or the "Company"
generally refer to the Company and all of its subsidiaries (including HPOC)
taken as a whole. This Prospectus does not contain separate financial
statements of HPOC or any other subsidiary.
THE COMPANY
Hollywood Park is a diversified gaming, sports and entertainment company
engaged in the ownership and operation of casinos (including card club casinos)
and pari-mutuel racing facilities, and the development of other related
opportunities. For the year ended December 31, 1996, on a pro forma basis
(giving effect to the recent acquisition of Boomtown, the disposition of
Boomtown Las Vegas (as defined) and the issuance of the Notes (collectively,
the "Transactions") as if the Transactions were consummated as of January 1,
1996), Hollywood Park had total revenues of approximately $336.6 million,
EBITDA(/1/) of approximately $2.7 million, Adjusted EBITDA (as defined) of
approximately $52.0 million and (after giving effect to the one time, non-cash
$11.4 million write off of Hollywood Park's investment in Sunflower Racing,
Inc. and the $36.6 million loss on the sale of Boomtown Las Vegas) a net loss
of approximately $37.5 million and a deficiency of earnings to fixed charges of
approximately $34.8 million. As a result of its strategic combination with
Boomtown, Hollywood Park is a company with diversified revenues, improved cash
flow and significant real estate acreage available for future development. As
of September 30, 1997, the Company had total assets of approximately
$413.4 million and Net Debt (as defined) of approximately $114.2 million. See
"Unaudited Summary Pro Forma Financial Information."
Hollywood Park owns and operates land-based, dockside and riverboat gaming
operations in Verdi, Nevada ("Boomtown Reno"), Biloxi, Mississippi ("Boomtown
Biloxi") and Harvey, Louisiana ("Boomtown New Orleans"), respectively.
Hollywood Park's Boomtown properties offer gaming and other entertainment
amenities primarily to middle income, value-oriented customers. Hollywood Park
believes its Boomtown properties distinguish themselves from other casinos by
their emphasis on the "old west" theme and their casual, friendly atmosphere.
Hollywood Park also owns two card club casinos in California, both located in
the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the Hollywood Park-Casino card club casino
(the "Hollywood Park-Casino"), operated by the Company on the premises of the
Hollywood Park Race Track (described below), and the Radisson Crystal Park
Hotel & Casino ("Crystal Park"), in which Hollywood Park holds a majority
interest and which is leased to an unaffiliated operator. The Hollywood Park-
Casino and Crystal Park offer a variety of card games, including Poker, Pai Gow
and California Blackjack. The Company's gaming properties have an aggregate of
3,269 slot machines and 379 table games. Hollywood Park is the only company
that currently owns and operates both California card club casinos and
traditional casinos in Nevada and other states.
Hollywood Park owns and operates the Hollywood Park Race Track, a premier
thoroughbred racing facility (and the site of the prestigious 1997 Breeders'
Cup championship racing series) located within three miles of the Los Angeles
International Airport, and the Turf Paradise Race Track ("Turf Paradise"), a
thoroughbred racing facility located in Phoenix, Arizona.
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(1) EBITDA data, which is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP, is
presented because such data is used by certain investors to determine the
Company's ability to service or incur indebtedness. EBITDA and Adjusted
EBITDA are not calculated by the same means by all Companies and,
accordingly, are not necessarily appropriate measures for comparing
Companies' performance. Thus, neither EBITDA nor Adjusted EBITDA should be
considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, net earnings (loss),
cash flows from operations or cash flow data prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
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The following table provides certain information relating to the gaming,
hotel room, race track and undeveloped acreage data as of September 30, 1997 at
Hollywood Park's properties:
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PERCENTAGE
HOLLYWOOD OF GROSS
BOOMTOWN BOOMTOWN BOOMTOWN HOLLYWOOD CRYSTAL PARK RACE TURF PARADISE REVENUES OF
RENO NEW ORLEANS BILOXI PARK-CASINO PARK TRACK RACE TRACK TOTAL COMPANY(B)
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Casino Square Footage... 40,000 30,000 33,632 30,000 40,000 N/A N/A 173,632 62%(c)
Slot Machines........... 1,320 911 1,038 0 0 N/A N/A 3,269 37%
Table Games............. 44 55 35 145 60 N/A N/A 339 24%
Hotel Rooms............. 122 0 0 0 282 N/A N/A 404 0.3%
Live Race Days(a)....... 0 0 0 0 0 103 166 269 21%(d)
Undeveloped Acreage..... 503 22 0 0 0 150 100 775 --
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(a) Year ended December 31, 1996, actual live race days.
(b) Percentage of pro forma revenues for the year ended December 31, 1996.
(c) Includes all gaming related revenues.
(d) Includes all racing-related revenues.
Gaming Properties
Boomtown Reno. Boomtown Reno has been operating for over 30 years (and has
been operated by current Boomtown management since 1987) on 569 acres in Verdi,
Nevada (seven miles west of Reno, Nevada and two miles from the California
border) on Interstate 80, the major highway connecting Northern California and
Reno. Boomtown Reno caters to middle-income customers and markets itself as a
gaming and entertainment property complete with amenities for the entire
family. Boomtown Reno offers its guests a 40,000-square foot casino, including
1,320 slot machines and 44 table games and two Keno games. Boomtown Reno also
offers a 122-room hotel, a 35,000-square foot entertainment center featuring a
theater, an indoor miniature golf course, a restaurant and a ferris wheel, a
16-acre truck stop with approximately 200 parking spaces, a 203-space full-
service recreational vehicle park, a service station, a mini-mart and other
related amenities. The Company currently plans a $25 million expansion at
Boomtown Reno to renovate existing gaming space and to add approximately
200 hotel rooms, 13,000 square feet of additional gaming space (including 200
slot machines), a restaurant, an entertainment lounge, 10,000 square feet of
meeting space, additional parking and other amenities.
Boomtown New Orleans. Boomtown New Orleans commenced operations in August
1994 on a 50-acre site in Harvey, Louisiana, approximately ten miles from the
French Quarter of New Orleans. Gaming operations are conducted from a 250-foot
replica of a paddle-wheel riverboat, offering 911 slot machines and 55 table
games in a 30,000 square foot casino. The land-based facility adjacent to the
riverboat dock is composed of a western-themed, 88,000-square foot facility.
The first floor of the building opened December 1994 and offers patrons a
restaurant, a 20,000 square foot family entertainment center and a western
saloon/dancehall. The Company currently plans a $10 million expansion of the
Boomtown New Orleans facility to refurbish the existing gaming area and to
build out the second floor by adding meeting space, additional food and
beverage and other entertainment amenities. Boomtown New Orleans caters to the
approximately 300,000 local residents of the West Bank of the Mississippi River
near New Orleans.
Boomtown Biloxi. Boomtown Biloxi commenced operations in July 1994 and
occupies nineteen acres on Biloxi, Mississippi's historic Back Bay, one-half
mile from Interstate 110, the main highway connecting Interstate 10 and the
Gulf of Mexico. Boomtown's "old west" theme is the first of its kind in the
Gulf Coast area, and management believes the casual atmosphere and western
theme distinguish Boomtown Biloxi from competing casinos. The dockside property
consists of a land-based facility which houses all non-gaming activities and a
33,632-square foot casino constructed on a 400 x 110 foot barge permanently
moored to the land-based building. The property offers 1,038 slot machines, 35
table games and various restaurants and other non-gaming amenities. Hollywood
Park is considering, subject to further market analysis and the acquisition of
additional land, a possible expansion of Boomtown Biloxi to add hotel rooms
and/or to expand the undeveloped portion of the barge. Boomtown Biloxi caters
to the over 250,000 local residents of the Biloxi area and to the employees of
other casinos in the area.
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Hollywood Park-Casino. The Hollywood Park-Casino, a California card club
casino, opened in July 1994 on the same premises as the Hollywood Park Race
Track. The casino offers 145 gaming tables in 30,000-square feet of gaming
space. By law, California card club casinos may neither bank card games nor
offer certain of the familiar games permitted in Nevada and other traditional
gaming jurisdictions. Instead, the Hollywood Park-Casino offers only certain
forms of card games, including Poker, Pai Gow and California Blackjack. Patrons
of the Hollywood Park-Casino pay a fee for seats at gaming tables or for each
hand played. Players bet solely against each other, and the Hollywood Park-
Casino does not participate in the wagers made or in the outcome of any of the
games played.
Crystal Park Casino. The Crystal Park Casino, which is Southern California's
first major combined hotel and casino property, opened in late 1996 with 100
gaming tables and 282 hotel rooms. Games offered are similar to those offered
at the Hollywood Park-Casino. The hotel operates under a Radisson Hotels
International, Inc. flag. Hollywood Park has a 93.2% interest in Crystal Park
Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC ("Crystal Park LLC"), the entity that
owns the facility, with unaffiliated minority investors owning the balance of
the facility. In order to comply with California law, which does not allow
publicly-traded companies to operate card club casinos (other than on the same
property as a race track, such as the Hollywood Park-Casino), the Crystal Park
Casino is operated by an unaffiliated operator.
Yakama Project. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries HP Yakama, Inc. and HP
Yakama Consulting, Inc., Hollywood Park has entered into agreements under which
it will fund (up to $9,000,000) the construction and development of, provide
development services to, and receive a share of the net revenues of, an Indian
casino in the State of Washington. The casino, which is currently under
construction and is expected to open in the second quarter of 1998, will
feature a 600 seat bingo hall, certain table games including Blackjack, Poker,
Craps, Roulette, Mini-bac and Caribbean Stud, and will offer electronic pull
tabs and electronic bingo, but will not offer slot machines.
Kansas Project. HP Kansas, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park,
has entered into a partnership agreement with respect to the development of an
Indian gaming facility to be constructed on the grounds of The Woodlands
property in Kansas City, Kansas. The project is subject to regulatory approval,
as well as the approval of the plan of reorganization of Sunflower Racing, Inc.
("Sunflower") by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Sunflower's creditors and the
operator of racing at Sunflower. See "--Racing Properties" below.
Racing Properties
Hollywood Park Race Track. The Hollywood Park Race Track is situated on
378 acres in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Since 1938, the Hollywood Park
Race Track has been ranked among the country's most distinguished thoroughbred
racing facilities and, in 1997, hosted the Breeders' Cup championship racing
series for the third time. Hollywood Park conducts two live on-track
thoroughbred horse race meets annually, totalling approximately 100 race days
per year, and in 1996 had one of the nation's largest combined live and
simulcast single-track gross handles (approximately $1.1 billion). Hollywood
Park simulcasts its live races, directly or indirectly through
re-transmissions, to 861 locations in 40 states and four countries. Hollywood
Park also accepts the simulcast signal from live races conducted at other race
tracks around the world.
Turf Paradise. Turf Paradise, which has operated for over 40 years, was
acquired by Hollywood Park in August 1994 and is situated on approximately 275
acres in the northwest section of Phoenix, Arizona. Turf Paradise conducts a
live thoroughbred meet that starts in September and runs through May and also
offers limited quarter horse and Arabian horse racing during certain periods of
the year. Turf Paradise simulcasts its live races to 34 off-track sites in
Arizona and 34 out-of-state hubs, from which the signal is further disseminated
to sites in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Canada, among
others.
Sunflower Racing. The Company also owns, through Sunflower, The Woodlands
Racetrack in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1996 Sunflower filed for reorganization
under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. A plan of
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reorganization was recently filed with the Bankruptcy Court but remains subject
to approval of the court and the creditors. The plan of reorganization provides
for, subject to the approval of federal, state and tribal gaming authorities,
the sale of The Woodlands to the Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma and the
construction of a casino on the property. HP Kansas, Inc. and a non-affiliated
partner would make loans to fund (up to a currently estimated amount of
approximately $15 million to $20 million) the acquisition and development of,
provide consulting services to, and receive a share of the revenues of the
casino. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
Business Strategy
Hollywood Park's strategic plan is to grow its gaming, sports and
entertainment businesses by (i) expanding and increasing the utilization of its
existing properties, (ii) developing unimproved real estate at its existing
sites and developing projects at new sites, and (iii) making selected
acquisitions, principally in the gaming industry, to diversify its operations
and to achieve economies of scale.
. Expansion/Renovation of Existing Properties. The Company plans to expand and
renovate Boomtown Reno, Boomtown New Orleans and, possibly, Boomtown Biloxi,
by adding hotel rooms, gaming space, dining facilities, meeting space and
other amenities.
. Identified Development Opportunities. The Company is exploring the
development of some or all of the 150 undeveloped acres at the Hollywood
Park Race Track property and the 100 undeveloped acres at Turf Paradise
property through the addition of multi-use retail, entertainment and/or
sports venues. In addition, the Company is considering various alternative
development plans for some or all of the 503 undeveloped acres at its
Boomtown Reno site. The Company is also currently seeking a riverboat gaming
license for a hotel/casino on the Ohio River in Switzerland County, Indiana,
located approximately 35 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio, as part of a joint
venture with a subsidiary of Hilton Gaming Corporation.
. Potential Strategic Acquisitions. Hollywood Park believes that significant
opportunities currently exist in the gaming industry as a result of
consolidation trends and the inability of certain gaming companies to expand
or maximize their opportunities due to capital constraints. Accordingly,
Hollywood Park seeks to capitalize on these opportunities to diversify its
operations geographically and achieve the benefits of economies of scale and
synergy. The Company is exploring acquisition opportunities in emerging
gaming markets (other than Las Vegas or Atlantic City) in which gaming has
already been legalized.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Hollywood Park-Boomtown Merger and Disposition of Boomtown Las Vegas
On June 30, 1997, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
April 23, 1996 by and among the Company, HP Acquisition, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company, and Boomtown, HP Acquisition, Inc. was merged with
and into Boomtown (the "Merger"). As a result of the Merger, Boomtown became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and each share of Boomtown common stock
was converted into the right to receive 0.625 of a share of Hollywood Park's
common stock. Approximately 5,363,000 shares of Hollywood Park's common stock
(excluding shares purchased from Edward P. Roski, Jr. as described below) were
issued in the Merger, representing approximately 22.5% of the total outstanding
shares of Hollywood Park's common stock, after giving effect to such issuance.
On July 1, 1997, Hollywood Park divested its entire interest in Boomtown's
hotel/casino property in Las Vegas, Nevada ("Boomtown Las Vegas"), to the
property's landowner and such landowner's affiliates (including Edward P.
Roski, Jr.) in exchange for cash, certain receivables, the termination of the
facility lease
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and the assumption by the landowner of certain liabilities and operating leases
(collectively, the "Blue Diamond Swap"). Hollywood Park concurrently
repurchased from Mr. Roski 446,491 shares of Hollywood Park's common stock
received by him in the Merger. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Results of Operations--
Boomtown--Disposition of Boomtown Las Vegas."
New Credit Facility
In connection with the Merger, the Company and a bank syndicate led by Bank
of America National Trust and Savings Association ("Bank of America NT&SA")
entered into a new bank credit facility (the "Bank Credit Facility") providing
for a reducing revolving line of credit of up to $225 million, maturing on June
30, 2002. However, the revolving line of credit commitment was permanently
reduced dollar-for-dollar by the $125 million aggregate principal amount of the
Old Notes issued by the Company. The Bank Credit Facility is secured by liens
on substantially all of the assets of the Company and its material
subsidiaries. As of September 30, 1997, no amounts were outstanding under the
Bank Credit Facility and, due to certain covenant limitations, approximately
$83.6 million of the $100 million Bank Credit Facility was available. See
"Description of Other Indebtedness--Bank Credit Facility."
Improvements to Boomtown's Financial Condition
Concurrently with the closing of the Merger and the Blue Diamond Swap, the
Company supplied the funds necessary to enable Boomtown to repurchase and
retire an aggregate of approximately 99% of the $103.5 million aggregate
principal amount of Boomtown's 11.5% First Mortgage Notes due 2003 (the
"Boomtown Notes") at a purchase price of $1,085 per $1,000 in principal amount
(together with accrued interest thereon) pursuant to an offer to purchase the
Boomtown Notes, leaving an aggregate of approximately $1 million in principal
amount of Boomtown Notes outstanding. Holders who tendered their Boomtown Notes
consented to the elimination or modification of certain covenants and other
changes to the indenture governing the Boomtown Notes, all to permit the
consummation of the Merger and the Blue Diamond Swap and to provide greater
operational flexibility to Hollywood Park. In addition, Boomtown made an offer
to redeem the remaining Boomtown Notes at 101% of principal amount (plus
accrued interest) pursuant to a change of control offer provision in the
indenture governing the Boomtown Notes and approximately $100,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the remaining Boomtown Notes were tendered in response to
such offer.
On August 8, 1997, Hollywood Park purchased the remaining 7.5% of Boomtown
New Orleans which it did not already hold for approximately $5.7 million. On
August 4, 1997, Hollywood Park executed an agreement to repurchase the Boomtown
Biloxi barge currently leased from National Gaming Mississippi, Inc., a
subsidiary of Chartwell Leisure Inc. ("National Gaming") for approximately
$5.25 million, and made a down payment of $1.5 million with the balance due in
three annual installments of $1.25 million. National Gaming's participation in
Boomtown Biloxi's adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the lease agreement) and other
related agreements terminated upon consummation of the barge repurchase. The
Company also has an option to purchase the remaining 15% of Boomtown Biloxi
which it does not already hold for a nominal amount, and it has delivered a
notice to the minority holder of Boomtown Biloxi exercising this option with
the exercise price to be determined pursuant to a formula. If consummated,
elimination of these third party interests would allow the Company to benefit
100% from operations, including any improvements, expansions or renovations at
these properties.
In addition, during 1996 and 1997, Boomtown restructured several operating
leases into capital leases through negotiated paydowns of the operating lease
residual balances, with a corresponding reduction in operating expenses.
Possible Restoration of Paired-Share/REIT Structure
In May 1997, the Company announced that it is exploring the possible
restoration of its former paired-share/REIT structure (the "Possible REIT
Restructuring"). The Company now expects to proceed with the
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Possible REIT, Restructuring subject to, among other things, receipt of all
required stockholder, regulatory and other required approvals. However, the
Company has not yet solicited the necessary stockholder approval to implement
the Possible REIT Restructuring or received regulatory or other approvals, and
there can be no assurance that the Company will receive such approvals
necessary to effect the Possible REIT Restructuring or that, if implemented,
its expected benefits will be achieved. On November 19, 1997, the Company
announced that it had retained the investment banking firm of Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated in connection with matters pertaining to the Possible REIT
Restructuring, including assisting the Company's Board of Directors in
evaluating proposals from potential investors. See "Business--Possible
Restoration of Paired-Share/REIT Structure."
The Company has begun taking the steps necessary to reinstitute such a
structure over the next several months, with the objective of eventually
reorganizing its assets and operations into a REIT and an operating company. In
connection therewith, the Company has submitted a ruling request to the
Internal Revenue Service on certain aspects of the Possible REIT Restructuring
and, unless the Company chooses to implement the Possible REIT Restructuring
before the Internal Revenue Service has made a determination on that ruling
request, the results of that ruling request may have an impact on the form of
the Possible REIT Restructuring. The Company intends to proceed with the
Possible REIT Restructuring even in the absence of a ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service. There are a number of alternative transaction structures for
effectuating the Possible REIT Restructuring, and the Company has not
determined which alternative it would use to implement the Possible REIT
Restructuring. However, under any such alternative, if the Company implements
the paired-share/REIT structure, the Company would become the REIT, Hollywood
Park Operating Company ("HPOC") would become the operating company, and the
common stock of the Company and the common stock of HPOC would be paired so
that they would be transferable and tradeable only in combination as units
(with each unit consisting of one share of the Company's common stock and one
share of HPOC's common stock).
Redemption of Depositary Shares and Common Stock Repurchases
Effective August 28, 1997, the Company's 2,749,000 outstanding Depositary
Shares were converted into 2,291,492 shares of the Company's common stock,
thereby eliminating the annual preferred cash dividend payment of approximately
$1,925,000 for future periods.
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Securities Offered.......... $125 million aggregate principal amount of Series
B 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due August 1,
2007.
The Exchange Offer.......... $1,000 principal amount of the New Notes in
exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Old
Notes. As of the date hereof, $125 million
aggregate principal amount of Old Notes are
outstanding. The Issuers will issue the New Notes
to Holders on or promptly after the Expiration
Date.
Based on an interpretation by the staff of the
Commission set forth in no-action letters issued
to third parties, the Issuers believe that New
Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
exchange for Old Notes may be offered for resale,
resold and otherwise transferred by any holder
thereof (other than any such holder which is an
"affiliate" of either Issuer within the meaning
of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without
compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery provisions of the Securities Act,
provided that such New Notes are acquired in the
ordinary course of such
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holder's business and that such holder does not
intend to participate and has no arrangement or
understanding with any person to participate in
the distribution of such New Notes. Each broker-
dealer that receives New Notes for its own
account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such New Notes. See
"Plan of Distribution."
Any Holder who tenders in the Exchange Offer with
the intention to participate, or for the purpose
of participating, in a distribution of the New
Notes could not rely on the position of the staff
of the Commission enunciated in Exxon Capital
Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988),
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. (available June 5,
1991) or similar no-action letters and, in the
absence of an exemption therefrom, must comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection
with the resale of the New Notes. Failure to
comply with such requirements in such instance
may result in such Holder incurring liability
under the Securities Act for which the Holder is
not indemnified by the Issuers.
Expiration Date............. 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [ ], 1998,
unless the Exchange Offer is extended, in which
case the term "Expiration Date" means the latest
date and time to which the Exchange Offer is
extended. In no event will the Expiration Date be
extended past [ ], 1998 (i.e, 90 days
following commencement of the Exchange Offer).
Interest on the New Notes
and the Old Notes........... The New Notes will bear interest from their date
of issuance. Interest will accrue on the Old
Notes that are tendered in exchange for the New
Notes through the issue date of the New Notes.
Holders of Old Notes that are accepted for
exchange will not receive interest on the Old
Notes that is accrued but unpaid at the time of
exchange, but such interest will be payable,
together with interest on the New Notes, on the
first Interest Payment Date after the Expiration
Date.
Conditions to the Exchange
Offer....................... The Exchange Offer is subject to certain
customary conditions, which may be waived by the
Issuers. See "The Exchange Offer--Conditions."
Procedures for Tendering
Old Notes................... Each Holder of Old Notes wishing to accept the
Exchange Offer must complete, sign and date the
accompanying Letter of Transmittal, or a
facsimile thereof, in accordance with the
instructions contained herein and therein, and
mail or otherwise deliver the Letter of
Transmittal, or such facsimile, together with the
Old Notes and any other required documentation to
the Exchange Agent at the address set forth in
the Letter of Transmittal. Persons holding Old
Notes through the Depository Trust Company
("DTC") and wishing to accept the Exchange Offer
must do so pursuant to the DTC's Automated Tender
Offer Program ("ATOP"), by which each tendering
participant will agree to be bound by the Letter
of Transmittal. By executing or agreeing to be
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bound by the Letter of Transmittal, each Holder
will represent to the Issuers that, among other
things, the Holder or the person receiving such
New Notes, whether or not such person is the
Holder, is acquiring the New Notes in the
ordinary course of business and that neither the
Holder nor any such other person has any
arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in the distribution of such New
Notes.
Special Procedures for
Beneficial Owners........... Any beneficial owner whose Old Notes are
registered in the name of a broker, dealer,
commercial bank, trust company or other nominee
and who wishes to tender should contact such
registered Holder promptly and instruct such
registered Holder to tender on such beneficial
owner's behalf. If such beneficial owner wishes
to tender on such owner's own behalf, such owner
must, prior to completing and executing the
Letter of Transmittal and delivering its Old
Notes, either make appropriate arrangements to
register ownership of the Old Notes in such
owner's name or obtain a properly completed bond
power from the registered Holder. The transfer of
registered ownership may take considerable time.
Guaranteed Delivery
Procedures.................. Holders of Old Notes who wish to tender their Old
Notes and whose Old Notes are not immediately
available or who cannot deliver their Old Notes,
the Letter of Transmittal or any other documents
required by the Letter of Transmittal to the
Exchange Agent (or comply with the procedures for
book-entry transfer) prior to the Expiration Date
must tender their Old Notes according to the
guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in "The
Exchange Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures."
Withdrawal Rights........... Tenders may be withdrawn at any time prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration
Date pursuant to the procedures described under
"The Exchange Offer--Withdrawals of Tenders."
Acceptance of Old Notes and
Delivery of New Notes....... The Issuers will accept for exchange any and all
Old Notes that are properly tendered in the
Exchange Offer prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the Expiration Date. The New Notes issued
pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be delivered
promptly following the Expiration Date. See "The
Exchange Offer--Terms of the Exchange Offer."
Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences................ The exchange of the New Notes for the Old Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer should not be
taxable to the Holders thereof for federal income
tax purposes. See "Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences."
Effect on Holders of Old
Notes....................... As a result of the making of this Exchange Offer,
the Issuers will have fulfilled certain of their
obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, and Holders of Old Notes who do not
tender their Old Notes, except for limited
instances involving the initial purchasers of the
Old Notes (the "Initial Purchasers") and Holders
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that are not eligible to participate in the
Exchange Offer, will not have any further
registration rights under the Registration Rights
Agreement or otherwise. See "The Exchange Offer--
Purposes and Effect of Exchange Offer." Such
Holders will continue to hold the untendered Old
Notes and will be entitled to all the rights and
subject to all the limitations applicable thereto
under the Indenture, except to the extent such
rights or limitations, by their terms, terminate
or cease to have further effectiveness as a
result of the Exchange Offer. All untendered Old
Notes will continue to be subject to certain
restrictions on transfer. Accordingly, if any
Old Notes are tendered and accepted in the
Exchange Offer, the trading market for the
untendered Old Notes could be adversely affected.
Exchange Agent.............. The Bank of New York.
SUMMARY OF TERMS OF NEW NOTES
The form and terms of the New Notes are the same as the form and terms of the
Old Notes (which they replace) except that (i) the New Notes have been
registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will not bear legends
restricting the transfer thereof and (ii) the Holders of New Notes, except for
limited instances involving the Initial Purchasers and Holders that are not
eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer, will not be entitled to further
registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement, which rights will
be satisfied when the Exchange Offer is consummated and will not be entitled to
any payments of liquidated damages for failure to satisfy such rights. The New
Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes and will be entitled to the
benefits of the Indenture. See "Description of Notes."
Issuers..................... Hollywood Park, Inc. and Hollywood Park Operating
Company as co-obligors.
Maturity.................... August 1, 2007.
Interest Payment Dates...... February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing
February 1, 1998 ("Interest Payment Dates").
Guaranties.................. The New Notes will be, and the Old Notes
remaining outstanding after the Exchange Offer
will continue to be, fully and unconditionally,
jointly and severally, guaranteed (the
"Guaranties") by any existing or future Material
Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined) of either
Issuer (the "Guarantors"). The issuance of
Guaranties by certain subsidiaries is subject to
the receipt of any required gaming approvals from
jurisdictions in which such subsidiaries operate.
Mandatory Redemption........ None.
Optional Redemption......... Except as set forth below, the Notes may not be
redeemed by the Issuers prior to August 1, 2002.
Thereafter, the Notes will be redeemable at any
time at the option of the Issuers, in whole or in
part, at the respective redemption prices set
forth herein, plus accrued and unpaid interest,
if any, to the date of redemption. In addition,
at any time during the first 36 months after the
date of issuance of the Notes, the Issuers may
redeem up to 25% of the initially outstanding
aggregate principal amount of Notes with the net
cash proceeds of one or more Public Equity
Offerings (as defined) at a price equal to 109.5%
of the principal amount plus
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accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
redemption date, provided that at least 75% of
the initially outstanding aggregate principal
amount of Notes remains outstanding immediately
after the occurrence of such redemption. The
Issuers have the option, without regard to the
foregoing limitations, to redeem the Notes at any
time to prevent the loss or material impairment
of a gaming license or an application for a
gaming license at a price equal to the least of
(i) the principal amount thereof, (ii) the price
at which the beneficial owner acquired the New
Notes (together with accrued interest and
liquidated damages, if any) or (iii) such lesser
amount as may be required by any relevent gaming
authority. See "Business--Regulation and
Licensing" and "Description of Notes--Optional
Redemption."
Ranking..................... The Notes are general unsecured obligations of
the Issuers, subordinated in right of payment to
all Senior Debt (as defined), and effectively
subordinated to all secured indebtedness, of the
Issuers, including the Bank Credit Facility. The
Guaranties are general unsecured obligations of
the Guarantors, subordinated in right of payment
to all Senior Debt, and effectively subordinated
to all secured indebtedness, of the Guarantors,
including their guaranties of the Bank Credit
Facility. As of September 30, 1997, the Issuers
and their subsidiaries collectively had
approximately $11.2 million of Senior Debt.
Change of Control........... Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
(including the Possible REIT Restructuring, as
defined), each holder of Notes may require the
Issuers to repurchase such holder's Notes at 101%
or, in the case of a REIT Change of Control (as
defined), 102%, of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
date of repurchase. There can be no assurance
that in the event of a Change of Control the
Company will have sufficient funds, or that it
will otherwise be permitted under the terms of
the Senior Debt, to satisfy its obligations with
respect to any or all of the tendered Notes. See
"Description of Notes--Repurchase at the Option
of Holders--Change of Control."
Amendment of Covenants
Without Noteholder Consent
Upon Restoration of Paired-
Share/REIT Structure........
The Indenture provides that, in the event that
the Company elects to consummate the Possible
REIT Restructuring, the Company would be
permitted, without the consent of any holders of
Notes, to enter into a supplemental indenture
modifying the Indenture to permit the Company to
implement the Possible REIT Restructuring and to
make required rent and dividend payments, and
otherwise to operate within the paired-share/REIT
structure and, as determined by the Company, as
necessary to maintain the relative benefits and
restrictions of the Indenture thereafter, subject
to the repurchase offer requirements triggered by
a Change of Control, or, in the event of a
resulting decline in the rating of the Notes, a
REIT Change of Control, and provided that the
Issuers would comply with the covenant entitled
"Asset Sales" without giving effect to any
amendments thereto in the
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Possible REIT Restructuring. See "Prospectus
Summary--Recent Developments--Possible Restoration
of Paired-Share/REIT Status" and "Description of
Notes--Repurchase at the Option of Holders--Change
of Control" and "--Amendment, Supplement and
Waiver."
Certain Covenants........ The Indenture contains certain covenants that,
among other things, limit the ability of the
Obligors and their Restricted Subsidiaries to incur
additional Indebtedness (as defined) beyond
specified limits (which may be substantial), issue
preferred stock, pay dividends or make other
distributions, repurchase Equity Interests (as
defined) or subordinated Indebtedness, create
certain liens, enter into certain transactions with
affiliates, sell assets, issue or sell equity
interests in their respective subsidiaries or enter
into certain mergers and consolidations. In
addition, under certain circumstances, the Issuers
will be required to offer to purchase Notes at a
price equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of
purchase, with the proceeds of certain Asset Sales
(as defined).
For a discussion of the terms of the Notes, see "Description of Notes." For a
discussion of certain factors that should be considered in connection with an
investment in the Notes, see "Risk Factors."
The following chart shows the Company's material direct subsidiaries, their
various operational holdings and the Company's ownership interest therein.
[CHART APPEARS HERE]
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(1) Owns the Hollywood Park Race Track property and leases the property to
HPOC.
(2) The Company has delivered a notice exercising its option to purchase the
minority interest. See "Business--Gaming Operations--Boomtown Biloxi."
(3) Proposed Joint Venture with Hilton Gaming (Switzerland County) Corporation.
(4) Filed for reorganization under Ch. 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. See
"Business--Racing Operations."
(5) Includes HP Yakama, Inc. and HP Yakama Consulting, Inc.
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UNAUDITED SUMMARY PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
The following unaudited summary pro forma financial information has been
prepared by combining (i) the audited consolidated statements of operations of
Hollywood Park for the year ended December 31, 1996, with the unaudited
consolidated statement of operations of Boomtown, also for the year ended
December 31, 1996, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated statements of operations
of Hollywood Park for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, which includes
Boomtown's results from and after July 1, 1997, with Boomtown's results for the
six months ended June 30, 1997. Historically, Boomtown reported results on a
fiscal year end of September 30. In addition, these pro forma financial
statements are presented with Boomtown Las Vegas results excluded, because this
property was divested in connection with the Merger. The information set forth
below is based on, and should be read in conjunction with, the historical
consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto of Hollywood
Park and Boomtown, and the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Condensed
Financial Statements presented elsewhere herein. The pro forma information is
presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of
the operating results or financial position that would have occurred if the
Merger and the issuance of the Notes had been consummated in an earlier period,
nor is it necessarily indicative of the future operating results or financial
position.
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<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1997
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT RATIOS)
<S> <C> <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
Revenues...................................... $336,583 $259,305
Operating expenses............................ 354,666 234,627
Operating income (loss)....................... (18,083) 24,678
Interest expense.............................. 15,468 11,051
Income (loss) before extraordinary item....... (37,523) 7,715
Dividends on convertible preferred stock(a)... 1,925 1,520
Income (loss) before extraordinary item
attributable to (allocated to) common
shareholders................................. (39,448) 6,195
OTHER DATA:
Depreciation and amortization................. $ 20,818 $ 20,717
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(b)......... -- (c) 2.12x
</TABLE>
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<CAPTION>
AS OF
SEPTEMBER 30,
1997
(ACTUAL)
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BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and cash equivalents........................................ $ 22,007
Total assets..................................................... 413,379
Total debt (including current portion)........................... 136,168
Net debt(d)...................................................... 114,161
Stockholders' equity............................................. 219,475
OTHER DATA:
Cash flows provided by (used in):
Operating activities............................................. $ 6,059
Investing activities............................................. (5,884)
Financing activities............................................. 9,910
</TABLE>
(Footnotes appear on following page)
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The Company also considers relevant to Noteholders the following calculation
of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-
recurring expenses ("EBITDA"), and as adjusted ("Adjusted EBITDA"):
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<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
YEAR ENDED ENDED
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1997
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<S> <C> <C>
Operating income (loss)........................... $(18,083) $24,678
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization................... 20,818 20,717
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EBITDA........................................ 2,735 45,395
Hollywood Park/Boomtown merger costs............ 1,291 1,487
Write off of investment in a business........... 11,412 0
REIT Restructuring.............................. 0 609
Loss on sale of a business...................... 36,563 357
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Adjusted EBITDA............................... $ 52,001 $47,848
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EBITDA data, which is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP, is
presented because such data is used by certain investors to determine the
Company's ability to service or incur indebtedness. EBITDA and Adjusted
EBITDA are not calculated by the same means by all Companies and,
accordingly, are not necessarily appropriate measures for comparing
Companies' performance. Thus, neither EBITDA nor Adjusted EBITDA should be
considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, net earnings (loss),
cash flows from operations or cash flow data prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
(a) Effective August 28, 1997 the Company has caused conversion of all
convertible preferred stock, into an aggregate of 2,291,492 shares of
common stock, thereby eliminating this annual dividend going forward. See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
(b) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i) earnings have been
based on income from continuing operations before income taxes and fixed
charges (exclusive of capitalized interest), and (ii) fixed charges consist
of interest expense and amortization of debt discount and issuance costs
(including amounts capitalized), and the estimated interest portion of
rental expense.
(c) The Company's earnings were not sufficient to cover its fixed charge
requirement by $34.8 million for the year ended December 31, 1996. Included
in the calculation for the twelve months ended December 31, 1996 was the
one time, non-cash $11.4 million write-off of Hollywood Park's investment
in Sunflower. Also included in the calculation for the twelve months ended
December 31, 1996 was the $36.6 million one-time charge relating to the
disposition of Boomtown Las Vegas.
(d) Net Debt is total debt (including current portion) less all cash and cash
equivalents and short-term investments.
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RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other matters described in this Prospectus, the following
matters should be carefully considered by each Holder before accepting the
Exchange Offer, although certain matters set forth below are equally
applicable to the Old Notes.
THIS PROSPECTUS (AS WELL AS INFORMATION INCLUDED IN ORAL STATEMENTS OR OTHER
WRITTEN STATEMENTS MADE OR TO BE MADE BY THE COMPANY) CONTAINS CERTAIN
STATEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE FINANCIAL CONDITION,
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS, BUSINESS AND PROSPECTS OF THE COMPANY THAT ARE FORWARD-
LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND
SECTION 21E OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, INCLUDING STATEMENTS RELATING TO EXPANSION
OPPORTUNITIES, PRO FORMA COMBINED COMPANY FINANCIAL RESULTS, THE ABILITY TO
UTILIZE HOLLYWOOD PARK'S FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE FINANCIAL POSITION
OF ITS NEWLY ACQUIRED SUBSIDIARY, BOOMTOWN, STRATEGIC SYNERGIES, COST SAVINGS
RELATING TO THE ACQUISITION OF BOOMTOWN, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF REINSTITUTING A PAIRED-SHARE/REIT STRUCTURE AND THE POTENTIAL
BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED THEREFROM, AND SUCH STATEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO BE
COVERED BY THE SAFE HARBOR CREATED THEREBY (SEE "PROSPECTUS SUMMARY--THE
COMPANY," "--UNAUDITED SUMMARY PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA," "BUSINESS,"
"SELECTED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA,"
"MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS," AND "UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS"). THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONCERN MATTERS WHICH
INVOLVE CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE OF HOLLYWOOD PARK TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTEMPLATED BY
SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, THE FAILURE TO COMPLETE
OR SUCCESSFULLY OPERATE PLANNED EXPANSION, THE FAILURE TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE
FINANCING TO MEET HOLLYWOOD PARK'S STRATEGIC GOALS, DIFFICULTIES IN COMPLETING
INTEGRATION OF HOLLYWOOD PARK AND BOOMTOWN, FAILURE TO OBTAIN OR RETAIN
LICENSES OR REGULATORY APPROVALS AND THE OTHER FACTORS SET FORTH UNDER THIS
"RISK FACTORS" SECTION.
LEVERAGE AND DEBT SERVICE
The Company incurred borrowings of $112.0 million under the Bank Credit
Facility (guaranteed by the Guarantors, and secured by all assets of the
Company, HPOC and the Guarantors) primarily in connection with the repurchase
of approximately $103 million in aggregate principal amount of the Boomtown
Notes. This $112 million balance was repaid in full from the proceeds of the
sale of the Old Notes. The Bank Credit Facility provides for a reducing
revolving credit facility in the maximum principal amount of $100 million (of
which approximately $83.6 million is currently available under certain
covenant limitations). There will be no cash proceeds to the Company from the
exchanges pursuant to the Exchange Offer. See "Description of Other
Indebtedness--Bank Credit Facility."
The consequences of such leverage include, but are not limited to, the
following: (i) Hollywood Park will have significantly increased cash
requirements for debt service; (ii) the financial covenants and other
restrictions contained in the Bank Credit Facility and the Indenture will
require Hollywood Park to meet certain financial tests and will limit, among
other things, its ability to borrow additional funds or to dispose of assets;
(iii) Hollywood Park will be subject to operating restrictions under covenants
contained in the Indenture and in the Bank Credit Facility and the failure or
inability of Hollywood Park to comply with any of its financial or other
covenants may give the lenders the right to accelerate the indebtedness of
Hollywood Park thereunder and enforce other remedies against Hollywood Park;
(iv) the indebtedness under the Bank Credit Facility will, and indebtedness
incurred under future credit facilities may, become due prior to the time the
principal obligations under the Notes become due, with the commitment reducing
quarterly commencing September 30, 1999; and (v) because Hollywood Park's
obligations under the Bank Credit Facility will and indebtedness incurred
under future credit facilities may, bear interest at a floating rate,
Hollywood Park will be adversely affected by any increase in prevailing rates.
The Bank Credit Facility allows for interest rate swap agreements, or other
interest rate protection agreements with respect to the Bank Credit Facility,
up to a maximum notional amount of $125,000,000. The Company does not
currently utilize such financial instruments, but may take advantage of such
agreements in the future. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Unaudited Pro Forma
Combined Condensed Financial Statements."
As of September 30, 1997, the Notes were contractually and, in some cases,
also effectively subordinated to approximately $11.2 million of Senior Debt
and rank pari passu with approximately $10.6 million of accounts payable. In
addition, the Company may issue standby letters of credit of up to $30 million
to support certain
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payments to be made to Sunflower's creditors and the Wyandotte County
Treasurer's office pursuant to a proposed plan of reorganization filed by
Sunflower with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. As of September 30, 1997 the ratio
of indebtedness to total capital was approximately 38%. In addition, the
Company may utilize the Bank Credit Facility to fund planned expansion
projects, which are currently budgeted to cost approximately $35 million in
the aggregate (up to $95 million if a license is received for the Indiana
Project). See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
POTENTIAL INABILITY TO REPAY DEBT
Hollywood Park believes that, based on current levels of operations and
anticipated growth, its cash flow from operations, together with other sources
of liquidity, will be adequate to make required payments of principal and
interest on its debt (including the Notes), to finance anticipated capital
expenditures and to fund working capital requirements. However, the Issuers'
ability to make principal and interest payments on the Notes and to repay the
Notes at maturity (and the Guarantors' ability to make any payments under
their Guaranties) will be dependent on Hollywood Park's future operating
performance, which is itself dependent on a number of factors, many of which
are out of Hollywood Park's control, including prevailing economic conditions
and financial, business, regulatory and other factors affecting Hollywood
Park's business and operations, and may be dependent on the availability of
borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility or any refinancing thereof. There
can be no assurance that Hollywood Park's business will continue to generate
cash flow at or above anticipated levels. For the year ended December 31,
1996, pro forma fixed charges exceeded pro forma earnings by $34.6 million. If
Hollywood Park is unable to generate sufficient cash flow or is unable to
refinance or extend outstanding borrowings, it may have to adopt one or more
alternatives, such as reducing or delaying planned expansion and capital
expenditures, selling assets, restructuring debt or obtaining additional
equity or debt financing. There can be no assurance that any of these
financing strategies could be effected on satisfactory terms, if at all, or
that effecting such strategies would yield sufficient proceeds to service or
repay the Notes. In addition, certain states' laws contain restrictions on the
ability of companies engaged in the gaming business to undertake certain
financing transactions. Such restrictions may prevent Hollywood Park from
obtaining necessary capital. See "--Governmental Regulation," "Capitalization"
and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
POSSIBLE RESTORATION OF PAIRED-SHARE/REIT STATUS
The Company has decided to pursue the Possible REIT Restructuring, subject
to stockholder, regulatory and other approvals. The Indenture permits the
Issuers and the Guarantors to enter into a supplemental indenture, without
obtaining the consents of any holders of the Notes, to modify the Indenture as
necessary to permit the consummation of the Possible REIT Restructuring
(including covenant amendments to permit allocation of assets and liabilities
among the REIT and the operating company), and the operation of the REIT and
the Company as a paired-share/REIT thereafter (including the payment of rent
and required dividends). After giving effect to the Possible REIT
Restructuring, the Company would become a REIT and confine its activities
primarily to ownership and leasing of some or all of Hollywood Park's real
estate holdings, and HPOC, together with certain of HPOC's other direct and
indirect subsidiaries, would be engaged primarily in the active conduct of
gaming, sports, entertainment and related business activities. The REIT would
lease all or a portion of its real estate to HPOC and its affiliates for use
in their business activities. The lease rentals would be determined on a fair
market value basis. See "Description of Notes--Amendment, Supplement and
Waiver" and "Business--Possible Restoration of REIT/Paired-Share Structure;
Potential REIT Properties."
Generally, the REIT would be required to distribute as dividends to its
stockholders 95% of its taxable income (other than net capital gains), and
such amounts distributed would not be subject to federal income tax at the
corporate level. While this would enable Hollywood Park to take advantage of
the favorable tax treatment accorded to such a structure, the REIT could
suffer certain disadvantages by reason of its required distributions and
resultant inability to retain earnings or build its capital base. While the
Issuers believe that the Possible REIT Restructuring will be in the best
interest of the Issuers, there can be no assurance that the required
distributions from the REIT will not limit growth or impair the Issuers' or
the Guarantors' ability to make planned acquisitions or capital expenditures,
or satisfy their debt service obligations, including the debt service
obligations arising under the Notes.
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The Company has retained the investment banking firm of Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated in connection with matters pertaining to the Possible REIT
Restructuring, including assisting the Company's Board of Directors in
evaluating proposals from potential investors. To the extent that a third
party makes a substantial strategic investment in or acquires the Company,
such a transaction could result in a Change of Control as defined in the
Indenture. See "Description of Notes--Repurchase at the Option of Holders--
Change of Control."
SUBORDINATION AND RANKING
The Old Notes and the related Guaranties are, and the New Notes and the
related Guaranties will be, subordinated in priority and right of payment to
all Senior Debt (as defined) of the Issuers and the Guarantors and effectively
subordinated to all secured indebtedness of the Issuers and the Guarantors,
including their respective obligations under the Bank Credit Facility.
Further, the Bank Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the
assets of the Company and its material subsidiaries, which security interest
is subordinated in priority (as to the assets of Boomtown and its
subsidiaries) to the liens held by holders of the remaining Boomtown Notes
(approximately $1 million in principal amount). The Old Notes and the related
Guaranties rank, and the New Notes and the related Guaranties will rank, pari
passu with the general unsecured obligations of the Issuers and the
Guarantors, respectively, and with any future senior subordinated
indebtedness. The Indenture permits the Issuers and the Guarantors to incur
substantial additional indebtedness, including Senior Debt and secured
indebtedness. Any holders of Senior Debt of either Issuer or any Guarantor are
entitled to payment of debt service on their indebtedness prior to the holders
of the Notes. Holders of secured indebtedness are entitled to payments or
distributions derived from the assets comprising their collateral or proceeds
thereof before any such amounts would become available to satisfy the
obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors to holders of the Notes. In
addition, holders of any future senior subordinated indebtedness and general
unsecured obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors would generally share
pro rata in the remaining assets of the Issuers and the Guarantors with the
holders of the Notes after repayment of all Senior Debt and repayment to
secured creditors from their collateral. See "Description of Notes--Certain
Covenants."
In the event of any bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or
other winding up of either Issuer or any Guarantor, the assets of such entity
and its subsidiaries would be available to pay obligations on the Notes only
after all Senior Debt has been paid in full and holders of the Notes would
participate ratably with all holders of subordinated unsecured indebtedness of
such Issuer or Guarantor that was deemed to be of the same class as the Notes,
based upon the respective amounts owed to each holder or creditor, in the
remaining assets of such entity after payment of, or provision to, all senior
and secured indebtedness. In any of the foregoing events, there can be no
assurance that there would be sufficient assets to pay amounts due on the
Notes. In addition, if a default other than a payment default existed in
respect of the Bank Credit Facility or other Senior Debt (including any such
default arising under the cross-default provisions of the Bank Credit Facility
by reason of a default under the Notes), no payments of principal or interest
would be permitted on the Notes for a specified period. See "Description of
Notes--Subordination."
In the event that either Issuer were unable to generate sufficient cash flow
or otherwise to obtain sufficient funds to meet required payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest on its indebtedness, including the
Notes, such Issuer could be in default under the terms of the agreements
governing such indebtedness, including the Indenture. In the event of such
default, the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all of the
funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable together with accrued and
unpaid interest. If such an acceleration were effected and such Issuer did not
have sufficient funds to pay the accelerated indebtedness, the holders of such
indebtedness could initiate foreclosure or other enforcement action against
such Issuer. Any such circumstances would materially adversely affect such
Issuer's ability to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes
and the market value of the Notes.
CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING OPERATIONS AND MANAGING GROWTH
The integration of Hollywood Park's and Boomtown's operations following the
recent acquisition of Boomtown will continue to require the dedication of
management resources which may temporarily detract from
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attention to the day-to-day business of the Company. Also, the continuing
process of combining the two organizations may cause an interruption of, or a
loss of momentum in, the activities of either or both of the companies'
businesses, which could have a material adverse effect on the revenues and
operating results of the Company. Thus, there can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to manage the combined operations effectively or realize
any of the anticipated benefits of the Merger, including synergies of
operations or efficiencies from the elimination of duplicative functions.
In addition, because the Company plans to pursue expansion opportunities
aggressively, it faces significant challenges not only in managing and
integrating the combined operations but also in managing its expansion
projects and any other gaming operations that it might acquire in the future.
Management of such new projects will require increased managerial resources,
and Hollywood Park intends to continue its efforts to enhance its gaming
management team. However, there can be no assurance that it will be successful
in doing so. Failure to manage its growth effectively could materially
adversely affect Hollywood Park's operating results.
RISKS OF EXPANSION
Hollywood Park's strategic plan involves significant future expansion,
including the expansion of Boomtown Reno, Boomtown New Orleans and, possibly,
Boomtown Biloxi and other gaming projects as well as the continuing
diversification of its gaming, sports and entertainment businesses and the
development of certain unimproved acreage including at the Hollywood Park Race
Track property. There can be no assurance, however, that any currently
contemplated or future expansion projects of the Company will ever be
completed or, if completed, will be successful. Moreover, numerous factors,
including regulatory or financial constraints, could intervene and lead to a
decision not to proceed with all or a portion of the Company's expansion
projects or to otherwise alter or delay its current expansion plans. See
"Business--Business Strategy."
In the event any proposed expansion project proceeds, such project will be
subject to numerous risks any of which could require substantial changes to
proposed plans or otherwise alter the time frames or budgets currently
contemplated. Such risks include the ability to secure all required permits,
resolution of potential land use issues, as well as risks typically associated
with any construction project, including possible shortages of materials or
skilled labor, engineering or environmental problems, work stoppages, weather
interference and unanticipated cost overruns. The Company's Boomtown
subsidiary has experienced disruptions of its operations, cost overruns and
delays during its past construction projects, and there can be no assurance
that Hollywood Park will not experience similar disruptions in the future.
The ability to expand to additional gaming jurisdictions will depend upon a
number of factors, including but not limited to: (i) securing required state
and local licenses, permits and approvals, which in some jurisdictions may be
limited in number, and in certain cases may require legislative relief from
existing laws; (ii) identification and availability of suitable locations and
negotiation of an acceptable purchase, lease, joint venture or other terms;
(iii) political factors, such as the California Senate Bill 100 ("SB-100")
moratorium on new card club ordinances (see "Business--Regulation and
Licensing--Gaming Operations--California"); (iv) availability of necessary
financing for the project; and (v) the risks typically associated with any new
construction project described above. In addition, while the gaming industry
has recently experienced rapid growth, there can be no assurance that gaming
will continue to be a growth industry resulting in opportunities for
expansion. Hollywood Park expects to continue to incur significant costs in
connection with the pursuit of expansion opportunities, and may, in certain
circumstances, be required to write off substantial expenditures made in
connection with proposed ventures that do not materialize.
In addition, the Company's currently planned expansion projects are budgeted
to cost approximately $25 million (for Boomtown Reno), $10 million (for
Boomtown New Orleans) and $60 million (for the proposed Indiana Project, if
approved by regulators), respectively. Some or all of these amounts will be
funded by the Bank Credit Facility, thereby increasing the amount of Senior
Debt to which the Notes are subordinated. Further, additional Senior Debt may
be incurred to finance other potential expansion projects. See "Business--
Business Strategy."
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COMPETITION
Hollywood Park faces significant competition in each of the jurisdictions in
which it has established gaming operations, and such competition is expected
to intensify as new gaming operations enter its markets and existing
competitors expand their operations. The Company's Boomtown properties compete
directly with other casinos in Nevada, Mississippi and Louisiana. To a lesser
extent, Hollywood Park also competes for customers with other casino operators
in North American markets, including casinos located on Indian reservations,
and other forms of gaming such as lotteries. Several of Hollywood Park's
competitors have substantially greater name recognition and marketing
resources as well as access to lower-cost sources of financing. In many cases,
these competitors have significantly greater capital which may afford them a
greater opportunity to obtain gaming licenses in jurisdictions which limit the
number of licenses. Moreover, consolidation of companies in the gaming
industry, such as Hilton Hotels Corporation's acquisition of Bally
Entertainment Corporation could increase the concentration of large gaming
companies in Louisiana and Mississippi and other emerging gaming markets and
thus may result in Hollywood Park's competitors having even greater resources,
name recognition and licensing prospects than such competitors currently
enjoy. In Mississippi, competing casino operations have expanded rapidly and,
as a result, the Gulf Coast market is experiencing significant dilution in
gaming win per position, and a number of casinos in the Gulf Coast market have
failed. Further, additional rival casinos are being planned, including a $500
million, 1,800 room hotel and casino in Biloxi by Mirage Resorts, a
$150 million, 1,050 room hotel and riverboat casino in Biloxi by Imperial
Palace and, in nearby Bay St. Louis, a $300 million, 1,500 room hotel and
casino by Circus Circus. While the Company believes it has been able to
effectively compete in this market to date, there is no assurance that
increasing competition will not adversely affect Hollywood Park's gaming
operations in the future. Hollywood Park believes that increased legalized
gaming in other states, particularly in areas close to its existing gaming
properties, could adversely affect its operations without necessarily being
offset by increased revenues in jurisdictions in which Hollywood Park
operates. The Hollywood Park-Casino faces competition from card club casinos
in neighboring cities, including two card club casinos of similar size to the
Hollywood Park-Casino located within 12 miles of the Hollywood Park-Casino,
from card club casinos and other forms of gaming located on Indian
reservations, and from full-fledged casinos operating in Nevada. Many card
club casinos in the Los Angeles area have a significant geographical advantage
over the Hollywood Park-Casino, due in large part to their closer proximity to
large Asian-American populations who comprise a large percentage of card club
casino patrons.
There is intense competition for gaming development opportunities in
jurisdictions that have recently legalized gaming, as most jurisdictions
strictly limit the number of gaming licenses granted, and therefore only a
small number of gaming facilities can be developed in any such jurisdiction.
There can be no assurance that Hollywood Park will be able to compete
effectively in the acquisition of new gaming licenses in the future. Failure
to do so could negatively affect the growth potential of Hollywood Park.
Hollywood Park's racing operations have been adversely impacted by the
proliferation of additional thoroughbred racing opportunities (including
simulcasting and off-track wagering) and the proliferation of other gaming
establishments. Hollywood Park believes that such establishments have had a
material impact on the operating results and growth prospects of its racing
operations.
DEPENDENCE ON BOOMTOWN NEW ORLEANS RIVERBOAT CASINO
Presently, Hollywood Park's operating results are highly dependent on the
earnings generated by the Boomtown New Orleans riverboat. On a pro forma
basis, for the year ended December 31, 1996 and the nine months ended
September 30, 1997, the Company's allocable share of the EBITDA generated by
Boomtown New Orleans represented approximately 37% and 36%, respectively, of
the pro forma Adjusted EBITDA for the Company as a whole. Loss from service or
damage to the Louisiana riverboat for any reason, increased competition, or
any adverse change in the gaming market or regulatory environment in
Louisiana, could have a material adverse effect on Hollywood Park's business
and results of operations.
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LOSS OF RIVERBOAT OR DOCKSIDE FACILITY FROM SERVICE
Hollywood Park's riverboat casino at Boomtown New Orleans and its dockside
casino at Boomtown Biloxi, as well as any additional riverboats that might be
developed or acquired in the future, are subject to risks in addition to those
associated with land-based casinos, including loss of service due to casualty,
mechanical failure, extended or extraordinary maintenance, flood, hurricane or
other severe weather conditions. In addition, U.S. Coast Guard regulations
require a hull inspection at a U.S. Coast Guard-approved dry docking facility
for all cruising riverboats at five year intervals, which inspection is
scheduled for Boomtown New Orleans in 1999. The loss of a riverboat casino or
a dockside casino from service for any period of time would adversely affect
Hollywood Park's results of operations.
QUARTERLY AND ANNUAL FLUCTUATIONS IN OPERATING RESULTS
Hollywood Park experiences significant fluctuations in its quarterly and
annual operating results, due to seasonality and other factors. Historically,
a substantial majority of the income from operations before non-recurring
items of the Boomtown subsidiaries has been generated in the quarters ending
June 30 and September 30, with the summer months being the strongest period.
The Company's racing subsidiaries have historically generated approximately
50% of their revenues but over 70% of their income from operations before non-
recurring items (but including depreciation and amortization) during these
same months. Conversely, the winter months, which primarily covers the quarter
ending March 31, are Boomtown Reno's and Boomtown Biloxi's slowest periods and
have historically resulted, and may in the future result, in losses for such
quarter. Similarly, because the Hollywood Park Race Track conducts no live
meets during such period, the Company's operating results from racing have
historically been lower during that same period.
DEPENDENCE ON CERTAIN MAJOR THOROUGHFARES
Future quarterly or annual operating results may also be adversely impacted
by traffic flow on major thoroughfares leading to the operations of the
Company's Boomtown properties. For example, Boomtown Reno is highly dependent
on the traffic flow on Interstate 80, as customers stopping at Boomtown Reno
from Interstate 80 represent a substantial majority of its customer base. If
traffic on Interstate 80 is significantly reduced for an extended period, as a
result of inclement weather or otherwise, or the off-ramps providing access to
Boomtown Reno are impaired for an extended period due to poor weather
conditions, road modifications and repairs or other factors, Boomtown Reno's
results of operations will be adversely affected. In the Winters of 1994/1995
and 1996/1997, severe storms, together with road repairs to Interstate 80 on
the corridor between California and Reno, resulted in road closures or
substantially reduced traffic flow on Interstate 80 for extended periods. Such
road closures and repairs had an adverse effect on the related quarters' and
years' results of operations.
ABILITY TO EFFECT REPURCHASE OF THE NOTES UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined herein and including
the Possible REIT Restructuring), the Issuers will be required to make an
offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% or, in the case of a
REIT Change of Control (as defined herein), 102% of the principal amount
thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase.
Change of Control may also result in an event of default under the Bank Credit
Facility and may result in an event of default under other future indebtedness
of the Issuers or the Guarantors. An event of default under the Bank Credit
Facility or other future Senior Debt could trigger the subordination
provisions of the Notes, which could prohibit the Issuers from repurchasing
the Notes or could require payment in full of such Senior Debt before
repurchase of the Notes. There can be no assurance that in the event of a
Change of Control the Company will have sufficient funds, or that it will
otherwise be permitted under the terms of the Senior Debt, to satisfy its
obligations with respect to any or all of the tendered Notes. See "--
Subordination and Ranking."
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GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
Gaming and racing operations are subject to extensive federal, state and
local regulations. The states and localities in which Hollywood Park and its
subsidiaries have gaming and racing operations or proposed gaming projects
typically require various licenses, permits and approvals to be held by the
parent entity and the operating entity, as well as by certain officers,
directors, key employees and securityholders. The licensing process is time
consuming, costly and has no assurance of success.
Typically, gaming authorities, including those in Nevada, California,
Louisiana and Mississippi have discretionary authority, with or without cause,
to require a holder of a security such as the Notes or the New Notes to file
an application, to be investigated and to be found suitable as an owner, debt
holder or landlord of a gaming establishment. While individual holders of
securities such as the Notes or the New Notes are generally not required to be
investigated and found suitable, gaming authorities retain the discretion to
initiate such investigations for any reason, including but not limited to, a
default, or where the holder of the debt instrument seeks to exercise a
material or significant influence over the gaming operations of the entity in
question or to elect one or more members of its Board of Directors. Any holder
required to apply for licensing, qualification or a finding of suitability
must pay all investigative fees and costs of the gaming authorities in
connection with such an investigation. In addition, if any gaming authority
requires a holder or beneficial owner of the Notes or the New Notes to be
licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming law and such
holder or beneficial owner fails timely to apply for and receive the required
license, qualification or a finding of suitability, such holder must
immediately dispose of his Notes or the Issuers shall have the option to
redeem all of such holder's Notes at the lesser of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of such Notes, and (ii) such holder's cost thereof, which in either
case may be less than the then market value of the Notes. See "Description of
Notes--Optional Redemption."
To date, Hollywood Park and its subsidiaries have obtained all governmental
licenses, registrations, findings of suitability, permits and approvals
necessary for the operation of their gaming and racing facilities. However,
there can be no assurance that any new licenses, registrations, findings of
suitability, permits or approvals that will be required for any new facility
or for any continued expansion of an existing facility will be given or that
existing licenses, permits or approvals will not be revoked or fail to be
renewed. Presently, Hollywood Park and the operator of Crystal Park have
received only provisional licenses to operate the Hollywood Park-Casino and
the Crystal Park facility, respectively. In each case, permanent registrations
will not be granted until the California Department of Justice completes its
review of the applications of the corporate applicants and their respective
officers and directors. No assurance can be given that permanent licenses will
be obtained. In addition, state gaming authorities often also require state
approval of future gaming operations outside the applicable state, and there
can be no assurance that future approvals will be obtained.
The regulatory environment in any particular jurisdiction may change in the
future and any such change may have a material adverse effect on the combined
company's results of operations. For example, the State of Louisiana adopted a
statute pursuant to which voter referendums on the continuation of gaming were
held locally where gaming operations are conducted and which, had the
continuation of gaming been rejected by the voters, might have resulted in the
termination of Boomtown New Orleans' operations at the end of the current
license term in 1999. The parish in which Boomtown New Orleans operates voted
to continue gaming, but there can be no assurance that similar referendums
might not produce unfavorable results in the future. In addition, the
California law which permits a public company such as Hollywood Park to
operate a card club casino if it owns a race track located on the same
premises expires on January 1, 1999 unless, prior to that time, the California
legislature enacts comprehensive gaming regulations that amend or extend the
expiration date. There can be no assurance that such legislation will be
adopted by such date or that the legislature will extend the deadline. If
there is no legislative relief prior to January 1, 1999, it is expected that
Hollywood Park would again lease the Hollywood Park-Casino to a third party
operator, which could substantially reduce Hollywood Park's return from the
Hollywood Park-Casino. In addition, unless and until California enacts
legislation permitting the operation generally of card club casinos by public
companies, Hollywood Park's involvement in other card club casino projects
(such as Crystal Park) will be similarly limited to a landlord relationship,
the returns from which could be substantially less than if Hollywood Park
operated such facilities directly.
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On August 3, 1996, President Clinton signed a bill creating a nine-member
National Gambling Impact Study Commission to study the economic and social
impact of gaming and report its findings to Congress and the President within
two years after the first meeting of the commission. The commission could
recommend changes in state or federal gaming policies. The President, House
Speaker and Senate Majority Leader have each selected three of the
commissions's members. Additional federal regulation of the gaming industry
could occur as a result of investigations or hearings by the committee, which
could have a material adverse effect on Hollywood Park.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION; POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
Hollywood Park is subject to a variety of federal, state and local
governmental regulations relating to the use, storage, discharge, emission and
disposal of hazardous materials. Hollywood Park believes that it is presently
in material compliance with applicable environmental laws. However, failure to
comply with such laws could result in the imposition of severe penalties or
restrictions on Hollywood Park's operations by government agencies or courts
of law. Hollywood Park currently does not have environmental impairment
liability insurance, and a material fine or penalty or a severe restriction
would adversely affect Hollywood Park's results of operations. Although to the
Company's knowledge there have not been any local, state or federal inquiries
or investigations material to the Company relating to environmental regulation
of the Company's or its subsidiaries' properties, there can be no assurance
that such an inquiry or investigation will not be undertaken in the future,
which could result in substantial remedial or other obligations being imposed
on the Company or its subsidiaries.
FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE AND PREFERENTIAL TRANSFER ISSUES
If either Issuer or any Guarantor received less than reasonably equivalent
value in exchange for its issuance of the Old Notes or, as the case may be,
its Guaranty or the incurrence of liabilities pursuant thereto, the Notes or
such Guaranty, or any payments made in respect thereof, could be avoided under
federal or applicable state fraudulent transfer law, regardless of whether
either Issuer or any Guarantor was subject to any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings. In particular, to the extent that any Guarantor becomes liable
for any obligations of the Issuers in excess of the value actually received by
the Guarantor, the relevant Guaranty could be subject to avoidance as a
fraudulent transfer if, at the time of, or as a result of, either the issuance
of such Guaranty or any payment thereunder, (i) the Guarantor was or became
insolvent, (ii) the Guarantor had unreasonably small capital to conduct its
business as then conducted or contemplated to be conducted or (iii) the
Guarantor was unable or was rendered unable, to meet its probable liabilities
as they matured and became due and payable. If any Guaranty is avoided, the
holders could lose the benefit of the Guaranty, and the holders could also be
required to return to the Guarantor or its estate the amount of any payment or
other property received in respect of the Notes.
The Indenture provides that certain future subsidiaries of the Issuers will
be required to guarantee the Notes. If certain bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings are initiated by or against the new subsidiaries within 90 days
(or, possibly, one year) after any such guaranty, grant or assignment, or if
any Guarantor incurs obligations under its Guaranty in anticipation of
insolvency, all or a portion of the affected Guaranty could be avoided as a
preferential transfer under federal bankruptcy or applicable state law. In
addition, a court could require holders to return all payments made under any
such Guaranty within such 90 day period (or, possibly, one year) as
preferential transfers.
The Issuers believe that they received equivalent value at the time they
incurred the indebtedness represented by the Old Notes. In addition, the
Issuers do not believe that the Issuers and the Guarantors, as a result of the
issuance of the Old Notes, (i) were or will be insolvent or rendered insolvent
under the foregoing standards, (ii) were or will be engaged in a business or
transaction for which their remaining assets constitute unreasonably small
capital or (iii) intended or intends to incur, or believes that they incurred
or will incur, debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature.
These beliefs are based on the Issuers' and the Guarantors' operating history,
net worth and management's analysis of internal cash flow projections and
estimated values of assets and liabilities of such entity at the time of the
issuance of the Old Notes. There can be no assurance, however, that a court
passing on these issues would make the same determination.
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DEPENDENCE OF ISSUERS ON GUARANTORS FOR REPAYMENT OF NOTES; SURETYSHIP
DEFENSES
Although the Issuers hold assets and conduct business, a substantial portion
of the revenues available for payment of debt service in respect of the Notes
is expected to be generated through direct and indirect subsidiaries of the
Issuers. The Issuers' cash flow and, consequently, their ability to service
debt, including the Notes, will depend in substantial part upon the cash flow
of the Issuers' subsidiaries and the payment of funds by those subsidiaries to
the Issuers in the form of loans, dividends or otherwise. Although the Old
Notes are, and the New Notes will be, guaranteed by the Guarantors, the
Guarantors are separate and distinct legal entities, are subject to the
provisions of the Bank Credit Facility which contains, and may in the future
become parties to other financing arrangements (including senior debt
financings) which may contain, limitations on the ability of the Guarantors to
make payments in respect of the Guaranties, particularly upon the occurrence
of any default or the insolvency of either Issuer or any Guarantor.
In addition, the laws of most jurisdictions provide suretyship defenses to
guarantors, which may limit the Guarantors' legal obligations to make payments
under their Guaranties.
LACK OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE NEW NOTES
The Old Notes are currently owned by a relatively small number of beneficial
owners. The Old Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
state securities laws and, unless so registered and to the extent not
exchanged for the New Notes, may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
The New Notes will constitute a new issue of securities for which there is
currently no active trading market. If the New Notes are traded after their
initial issuance, they may trade at a discount from their initial offering
price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar
securities and other factors including general economic conditions and the
financial condition of the Issuers. Although the New Notes will generally be
permitted to be resold or otherwise transferred by nonaffiliates of the
Issuers without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act, the Issuers do not intend to apply for a
listing or quotation of the New Notes on any securities exchange or stock
market. The Initial Purchasers have informed the Issuers that they currently
intend to make a market in the New Notes. However, the Initial Purchasers are
not obligated to do so, and any such market making may be discontinued at any
time without notice. In addition, such market-making activity will be subject
to the limits imposed under the Exchange Act. Accordingly, there can be no
assurance as to the development or liquidity of any market for the New Notes,
or, in the case of non-tendering Holders of Old Notes, the trading market for
the Old Notes following the Exchange Offer. If no trading market develops or
is maintained, Holders of New Notes may experience difficulty in reselling New
Notes or may be unable to sell them.
The liquidity of, and trading market for, the Old Notes or the New Notes
also may be adversely affected by general declines in the market for similar
securities. Such a decline may adversely affect such liquidity and trading
markets independent of the financial performance of, and prospects for, the
Issuers.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE
Holders of Old Notes who do not exchange their Old Notes for New Notes
pursuant to the Exchange Offer will continue to be subject to the restrictions
on transfer of such Old Notes as set forth in the legend thereon as a
consequence of the issuance of the Old Notes pursuant to exemptions from, or
in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. In general, the Old Notes
may not be offered or sold, unless (i) to a person who the seller reasonably
believes is a qualified institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule
144 under the Securities Act, outside the United States to a foreign person in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 904 under the Securities Act or
in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if either Issuer so
requests), (ii) to either Issuer or
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(iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement, and, in each case, in
accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United
States or any other applicable jurisdiction. See "Risk Factors--Restrictions
on Transfer." The Issuers do not currently anticipate that they will register
the Old Notes under the Securities Act. Based on interpretations by the staff
of the Commission, as set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties,
the Issuers believe that New Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in
exchange for Old Notes may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise
transferred by Holders thereof (other than any such Holder which is an
"affiliate" of either Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, provided that such New Notes are
acquired in the ordinary course of such Holder's business and such Holder,
other than broker-dealers, has no arrangement with any person to participate
in the distribution of such New Notes. However, the Commission has not
considered the Exchange Offer in the context of a no-action letter and there
can be no assurance that the staff of the Commission would make a similar
determination with respect to the Exchange Offer.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Neither Issuer will receive any cash proceeds from the Exchange Offer. In
consideration for issuing the New Notes in exchange for Old Notes as described
in this Prospectus, the Issuers will receive Old Notes in like principal
amount. The Old Notes surrendered in exchange for the New Notes will be
retired and cancelled. The net proceeds received by the Company from the sale
of the Old Notes were used to repay approximately $112.0 million of borrowings
under the Bank Credit Facility. The remaining proceeds from the sale of Old
Notes have been, and are expected to continue to be, used for working capital
and other general corporate purposes, including eliminating certain financial
interests of third parties in Boomtown's operations and funding Hollywood
Park's expansion and growth strategy.
THE EXCHANGE OFFER
The following discussion sets forth or summarizes the material terms of the
Exchange Offer, including those set forth in the Letter of Transmittal
distributed with this Prospectus. This summary is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the documents underlying the Exchange Offer
(including the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement), copies of
which are filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of which
this Prospectus is a part and to the Issuers' quarterly report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Commission on August 14, 1997, and are incorporated herein by
reference.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
The Old Notes were sold by the Issuers to the Initial Purchasers on August
6, 1997, and were subsequently resold to qualified institutional buyers
pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to institutional investors
that are accredited investors in a manner exempt from registration under the
Securities Act and pursuant to offers and sales that occurred outside the
United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act. In
connection with the offering of the Old Notes, the Issuers entered into the
Registration Rights Agreement, which requires, among other things, that
promptly following the Issue Date the Issuer and the Guarantors (i) file with
the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect
to an issue of new notes of the Issuers identical in all material respects
(other than transfer restrictions, registration rights and the requirement,
under certain circumstances, to pay liquidated damages) to the Old Notes
(which obligation has been satisfied by the filing of the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part), (ii) use their best efforts to
cause such registration statement to become effective under the Securities Act
and (iii) upon the effectiveness of that registration statement, offer to the
Holders of the Notes the opportunity to exchange their Old Notes for a like
principal amount of New Notes, which would be issued without a restrictive
legend and may be reoffered and resold by the Holder without restrictions or
limitations under the Securities Act (other than any such Holder that is an
"affiliate" of either Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 under the
Securities Act).
Any Old Notes tendered and exchanged in the Exchange Offer will reduce the
aggregate principal amount of Old Notes outstanding. Following the
consummation of the Exchange Offer, Holders of the Old Notes who did not
tender their Old Notes generally will not have any further registration rights
under the Registration Rights Agreement, and such Old Notes will continue to
be subject to certain restrictions on transfer. Accordingly, the liquidity of
the market for such Old Notes could be adversely affected. The Old Notes are
currently eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144A through the PORTAL System of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Because the Issuers
anticipate that most Holders of Old Notes will elect to exchange such Old
Notes for New Notes due to the absence of restrictions on the resale of New
Notes under the Securities Act, the Issuers anticipate that the liquidity of
the market for any Old Notes remaining after the consummation of the Exchange
Offer may be substantially limited.
TERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus
and in the Letter of Transmittal, the Issuers will accept any and all Old
Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York
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City time on the Expiration Date. The Issuers will issue $1,000 principal
amount of New Notes in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of
outstanding Old Notes accepted in the Exchange Offer. Holders may tender some
or all of their Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. However, Old Notes
may be tendered only in integral multiples of $1,000.
The form and terms of the New Notes are the same as the form and terms of
the Old Notes except that (i) the New Notes have been registered under the
Securities Act and hence will not bear legends restricting the transfer
thereof and (ii) the holders of the New Notes generally will not be entitled
to certain rights under the Registration Rights Agreement or with respect to
liquidated damages, which rights generally will terminate upon consummation of
the Exchange Offer. The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes
and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Holders of Old Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters' rights under
the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Indenture in connection with the
Exchange Offer. The Issuers intend to conduct the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, including Rule 14e-1.
The Issuers shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Old Notes
when, as and if the Issuers have given oral or written notice thereof to the
Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering Holders
for the purpose of receiving the New Notes from the Issuers.
If any tendered Old Notes are not accepted for exchange because of an
invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth herein or
otherwise, the certificates for any such unaccepted Old Notes will be
returned, without expense, to the tendering Holder thereof as promptly as
practicable after the Expiration Date.
Holders who tender Old Notes in the Exchange Offer will not be required to
pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the
Letter of Transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of Old
Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Issuers will pay all charges and
expenses, other than transfer taxes in certain circumstances, in connection
with the Exchange Offer. See "--Fees and Expenses."
EXPIRATION DATE; EXTENSIONS; AMENDMENTS
The term "Expiration Date" shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
[ ], 1998, unless the Issuers, in their sole discretion, extend the Exchange
Offer, in which case the term "Expiration Date" shall mean the latest date and
time to which the Exchange Offer is extended. In no event will the Expiration
Date be extended past [ ], 1998 (i.e., 90 days following commencement of
the Exchange Offer).
To extend the Exchange Offer, the Issuers will notify the Exchange Agent of
any extension by oral or written notice, followed by a public announcement
thereof no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day
after the previously scheduled expiration date.
The Issuers reserve the right, in their reasonable judgment, (i) to delay
accepting any Old Notes, to extend the Exchange Offer or to terminate the
Exchange Offer if any of the conditions set forth below under "--Conditions"
shall not have been satisfied, by giving oral or written notice of such delay,
extension or termination to the Exchange Agent or (ii) to amend the terms of
the Exchange Offer in any manner. Any such delay in acceptance, extension,
termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by a
public announcement thereof. If the Exchange Offer is amended in a manner
determined by the Issuers to constitute a material change, the Issuers will
promptly disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will
be distributed to the registered Holders, and, depending upon the significance
of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to the registered Holders, the
Issuers will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of five to ten business
days if the Exchange Offer would otherwise expire during such five to ten
business day period.
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INTEREST ON NEW NOTES
The New Notes will bear interest from their date of issuance. Interest will
accrue on the Old Notes that are tendered in exchange for the New Notes
through the issue date of the New Notes. Holders of Old Notes that are
accepted for exchange will not receive interest that is accrued but unpaid on
the Old Notes at the time of exchange, but such interest will be payable,
together with interest on the New Notes, on the first Interest Payment Date
after the Expiration Date. Interest on the New Notes will be payable semi-
annually on each February 1 and August 1, commencing on February 1, 1998.
PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING
Only a Holder of Old Notes may tender such Old Notes in the Exchange Offer.
To tender in the Exchange Offer, a Holder must complete, sign and date the
Letter of Transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, have the signatures thereon
guaranteed if required by the Letter of Transmittal and mail or otherwise
deliver such Letter of Transmittal or such facsimile, together with the Old
Notes and any other required documents, to the Exchange Agent so as to be
received by the Exchange Agent at the address set forth below prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. Delivery of the Old Notes
may be made by book-entry transfer in accordance with the procedures described
below. Confirmation of such book-entry transfer must be received by the
Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date.
By executing the Letter of Transmittal, each Holder will make to the Issuers
the representation set forth below in the second paragraph under the heading
"--Resale of New Notes."
The tender by a Holder and the acceptance thereof by the Issuers will
constitute an agreement between such Holder and the Issuers in accordance with
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Letter of
Transmittal.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD NOTES AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL
OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF
THE HOLDER. INSTEAD OF DELIVERY BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HOLDERS USE AN
OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO ASSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE.
NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ISSUERS. HOLDERS MAY
REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES
OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS.
Any beneficial owner whose Old Notes are registered in the name of a broker,
dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to
tender should contact the registered Holder promptly and instruct such
registered Holder to tender on such beneficial owner's behalf.
Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the
case may be, must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined below)
unless the Old Notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a
registered Holder who has not completed the box entitled "Special Registration
Instructions" or "Special Delivery Instructions" on the Letter of Transmittal
or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution. In the event that
signatures on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case
may be, are required to be guaranteed, such guarantee must be by a member firm
of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office
or correspondent in the United States or an "eligible guarantor institution"
within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible
Institution").
If the Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered
Holder of any Old Notes listed therein, such Old Notes must be endorsed or
accompanied by a properly completed bond power, signed by such registered
Holder as such registered Holder's name appears on such Old Notes with the
signature thereon guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.
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If the Letter of Transmittal or any Old Notes or bond powers are signed by
trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of
corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such
persons should so indicate when signing, and unless waived by the Issuers,
evidence satisfactory to the Issuers of their authority to so act must be
submitted with the Letter of Transmittal.
All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of
receipt), acceptance of tendered Old Notes and withdrawal of tendered Old
Notes will be determined by the Issuers in their sole discretion, which
determination will be final and binding. The Issuers reserve the absolute
right to reject any and all Old Notes not properly tendered or any Old Notes
the Issuers' acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for the
Issuers, be unlawful. The Issuers also reserve the right to waive any defects,
irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular Old Notes. The
Issuers' interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer
(including the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal) will be final and
binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in
connection with tenders of Old Notes must be cured within such time as the
Issuer shall determine. Although the Issuers intend to notify Holders of
defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Old Notes, none of the
Issuers, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall incur any liability for
failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed to
have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived.
Any Old Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered
and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived
will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering Holders, unless
otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable
following the Expiration Date.
Tender of Old Notes Held Through DTC
The Exchange Agent and DTC have confirmed that the Exchange Offer is
eligible for ATOP, the DTC automated Tender Offer Program. Accordingly, DTC
participants may, in lieu of physically completing and signing the applicable
Letter of Transmittal and delivering it to the Exchange Agent, electronically
transmit their acceptance of the Exchange Offer by causing DTC to transfer Old
Notes to the Exchange Agent in accordance with DTC's ATOP procedures for
transfer. DTC will then send an Agent's Message to the Exchange Agent.
The term "Agent's Message" means a message transmitted by DTC, received by
the Exchange Agent and forming part of the Book-Entry Confirmation, which
states that DTC has received an expressed acknowledgement from a participant
in DTC that is tendering Old Notes which are the subject of such Book Entry
Confirmation, that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the
terms of the applicable Letter of Transmittal (or, in the case of an Agent's
Message relating to guaranteed delivery, that such participant has received
and agrees to be bound by the applicable Notice of Guaranteed Delivery), and
that the Issuers may enforce such agreement against such participant.
Book Entry Delivery Procedures
Within two business days after the date hereof, the Exchange Agent will
establish accounts with the respect to the Securities at DTC, the Midwest
Securities Transfer Company ("MSTC") and the Philadelphia Depositary Trust
Company ("Philadep") (each a "Book-Entry Transfer Facility" and, collectively,
the "Book-Entry Transfer Facilities") for purposes of the Exchange Offer. Any
financial institution that is a participant in any of the Book-Entry Transfer
Facilities systems may make book-entry delivery of the Old Notes by causing
DTC, MSTC or Philadep to transfer such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's
account at such Book-Entry Transfer Facility in accordance with such Book-
Entry Transfer Facility's procedures for such transfer. Timely book-entry
delivery of Securities pursuant to the Offers, however, requires receipt of a
Book-Entry Confirmation prior to the Expiration Date. In addition, although
delivery of Old Notes may be effected through book-entry transfer into the
Exchange Agent's account at a Book-Entry Transfer Facility, the Letter of
Transmittal (or a manually signed facsimile thereof), together with any
required signature guarantees and any other required documents, or an Agent's
Message in connection with a book-entry transfer, must, in any case, be
delivered or transmitted to and received by the Exchange Agent at its address
set forth on the back cover page of this Prospectus prior to the Expiration
Date to receive New Notes for tendered Old Notes, or the guaranteed delivery
procedure described
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below must be complied with. Tender will not be deemed made until such
documents are received by the Exchange Agent. Delivery of documents to a Book-
Entry Transfer Facility does not constitute delivery to the Exchange Agent.
GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES
Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes and (i) whose Old Notes are not
immediately available, (ii) who cannot deliver their Old Notes, the Letter of
Transmittal or any other required documents to the Exchange Agent or (iii) who
cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer, prior to the
Expiration Date, may effect a tender if:
(a) the tender is made through an Eligible Institution;
(b) prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent receives from such
Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery)
setting forth the name and address of the Holder, the certificate number(s)
of such Old Notes and the principal amount of Old Notes tendered, stating
that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that, within three
New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date, the Letter
of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), together with the certificate(s)
representing the Old Notes (or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of
such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC) and any other
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be deposited by the
Eligible Institution with the Exchange Agent; and
(c) such properly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof), as well as the certificate(s) representing all tendered
Old Notes in proper form for transfer (or a confirmation of book-entry
transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at DTC) and
all other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by
the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after
the Expiration Date.
Upon request to the Exchange Agent, a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery will be
sent to Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed
delivery procedures set forth above.
WITHDRAWALS OF TENDERS
Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of Old Notes may be withdrawn
at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.
To withdraw a tender of Old Notes in the Exchange Offer, a written or
facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must be received by the Exchange
Agent at the address set forth herein prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the Expiration Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must (i) specify the
name of the person having deposited the Old Notes to be withdrawn (the
"Depositor"), (ii) identify the Old Notes to be withdrawn (including the
certificate number(s) and principal amount of such Old Notes, or, in the case
of notes transferred by book-entry transfer, the name and number of the
account at DTC to be credited), (iii) be signed by the Holder in the same
manner as the original signature on the Letter of Transmittal by which such
Old Notes were tendered (including any required signature guarantees) or be
accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the Trustee register
the transfer of such Old Notes into the name of the person withdrawing the
tender and (iv) specify the name in which any such Old Notes are to be
registered, if different from that of the Depositor. All questions as to the
validity, form and eligibility (including time or receipt) of such notices
will be determined by the Issuers, whose determination shall be final and
binding on all parties. Any Old Notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have
been validly tendered for purposes of the Exchange Offer and no New Notes will
be issued with respect thereto unless the Old Notes so withdrawn are validly
retendered. Any Old Notes which have been tendered but which are not accepted
for exchange will be returned to the Holder thereof without cost to such
Holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or
termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn Old Notes may be
retendered by following one of the procedures described above under "--
Procedures for Tendering" at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
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CONDITIONS
Notwithstanding any other term of the Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall not
be required to accept for exchange, or to exchange New Notes for any Old
Notes, and may terminate or amend the Exchange Offer as provided herein before
the acceptance of such Old Notes, if:
(a) in the opinion of counsel to the Issuers or Guarantors, the Exchange
Offer or any part thereof contemplated herein violates any applicable law
or interpretation of the staff of the Commission;
(b) any action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in
any court or by any governmental agency which might materially impair the
ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange Offer or any material
adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or
proceeding with respect to either Issuer or the Issuers and the Guarantors
taken as a whole;
(c) any governmental approval has not been obtained, which approval the
Issuers shall deem necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer as
contemplated hereby;
(d) any cessation of trading on Nasdaq or any exchange, or any banking
moratorium, shall have occurred, as a result of which the Issuers are
unable to proceed with the Exchange Offer; or
(e) a stop order shall have been issued by the Commission or any state
securities authority suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or proceedings shall have been initiated or, to the knowledge of
the Issuers, threatened for that purpose.
If the Issuers determine in their reasonable judgment that any of the
conditions are not satisfied, the Issuers may (i) refuse to accept any Old
Notes and return all tendered Old Notes to the tendering Holders, (ii) extend
the Exchange Offer and retain all Old Notes tendered prior to the expiration
of the Exchange Offer, subject, however, to the rights of Holders to withdraw
such Old Notes (see "--Withdrawals of Tenders") or (iii) waive such
unsatisfied conditions with respect to the Exchange Offer and accept all
properly tendered Notes which have not been withdrawn. If such waiver
constitutes a material change to the Exchange Offer, the Issuers will promptly
disclose such waiver by means of a prospectus supplement that will be
distributed to the registered Holders, and, depending upon the significance of
the waiver and the manner of disclosure to the registered Holders, the Issuers
will extend the Exchange Offer for a period of 5 to 10 business days if the
Exchange Offer would otherwise expire during such 5 to 10 business-day period.
EXCHANGE AGENT
The Bank of New York will act as Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer with
respect to the Old Notes.
Questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of
this Prospectus or of the Letter of Transmittal for the Old Notes and requests
for copies of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery should be directed to the Exchange
Agent, addressed as follows:
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BY HAND: BY OVERNIGHT COURIER:
The Bank of New York The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street--(7 East) 101 Barclay Street--(7 East)
Reorganization Section Reorganization Section
Corporate Trust Services Window Corporate Trust Services Window
New York, New York 10286 New York, New York 10286
Attention: Arwen Gibbons Attention: Arwen Gibbons
BY MAIL: BY FACSIMILE:
The Bank of New York (212) 815-6339
101 Barclay Street--(7 East)
Reorganization Section CONFIRM BY TELEPHONE:
New York, New York 10286 (212) 815-5920
Attention: Arwen Gibbons
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FEES AND EXPENSES
The expenses of soliciting Old Notes for exchange will be borne by the
Issuers. The principal solicitation is being made by mail by the Exchange
Agent who will be paid a reasonable and customary fee for its solicitation
services. However, additional solicitation may be made by telephone, facsimile
or in person by officers and regular employees of the Issuers and their
affiliates and by persons so engaged by the Exchange Agent.
The Issuers will pay the Exchange Agent reasonable and customary fees for
its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
in connection therewith and pay other registration expenses, including fees
and expenses of the Trustee, filing fees, blue sky fees and printing and
distribution expenses.
The Issuers will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange
of the Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. If, however, certificates
representing the New Notes or the Old Notes for principal amounts not tendered
or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the
name of, any person other than the registered Holder of the Old Notes
tendered, or if tendered Old Notes are registered in the name of any person
other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax
is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of the Old Notes pursuant to
the Exchange Offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether
imposed on the registered Holder or any other person) will be payable by the
tendering Holder.
ACCOUNTING TREATMENT
The New Notes will be recorded at the same carrying value as the Old Notes,
which is the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes, as reflected in the
Issuers' accounting records on the date of exchange. Accordingly, no gain or
loss for accounting purposes will be recognized in connection with the
Exchange Offer. The expenses of the Exchange Offer will be amortized over the
term of the New Notes.
RESALE OF NEW NOTES
Based on an interpretation by the staff of the Commission set forth in no-
action letters issued to third parties, the Issuers believe that New Notes
issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be offered
for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any holder of such New Notes
(other than any such holder which is an "affiliate" of the Issuers within the
meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the
registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act,
provided that such New Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such
holder's business and such holder does not intend to participate, and has no
arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, in the
distribution of such New Notes. Any Holder who tenders in the Exchange Offer
with the intention to participate, or for the purpose of participating, in a
distribution of the New Notes, or any broker-dealer who purchased Old Notes
from the Company, may not rely on the position of the staff of the Commission
enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988) and
Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated (available June 5, 1991), or similar no-
action letters, but rather must comply with the registration and prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
transaction. In addition, any such resale transaction should be covered by an
effective registration statement containing the selling security holders'
information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act. Each
broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old
Notes, where such Old Notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities, may be a statutory
underwriter and must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of such New Notes.
By tendering in the Exchange Offer, each Holder will represent to the
Issuers that, among other things, (i) the New Notes acquired pursuant to the
Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the
person receiving such New Notes, whether or not such person is the registered
Holder, (ii) neither the Holder nor any such other person has an arrangement
or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such
New Notes and (iii) the Holder and such other person acknowledge that if they
participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing the New
Notes (a) they must, in the absence of an exemption therefrom, comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in
connection
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with any resale of the New Notes and cannot rely on the no-action letters
referenced above and (b) failure to comply with such requirements in such
instance could result in such Holder or such other person incurring liability
under the Securities Act for which such Holder or such other person is not
indemnified by the Issuers. Further, by tendering in the Exchange Offer, each
Holder and such other person that may be deemed an "affiliate" (as defined
under Rule 405 of the Securities Act) of either Issuer will represent to the
Issuers that such Holder and such other person understand and acknowledge that
the New Notes may not be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred
by that Holder or such other person without registration under the Securities
Act or an exemption therefrom.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE
As a result of the making of this Exchange Offer, the Issuers will have
fulfilled certain of their obligations under the Registration Rights
Agreement, and Holders of Old Notes who do not tender their Notes, except for
certain instances involving the Initial Purchasers or Holders who are not
eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer, will not have any further
registration rights under the Registration Rights Agreement or otherwise or
rights to receive liquidated damages for failure to register. If an Initial
Purchaser or any Holder of Old Notes notifies the Company prior to the 20th
day following consummation of Exchange Offer that (A) it is prohibited by law
or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) that it
may not resell the New Notes acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the
public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer registration statement is not appropriate or available for such
resales or (C) that it is a broker-dealer and owns Old Notes acquired directly
from the Company or an affiliate of the Company, the Company is required to
file with the Commission a shelf registration statement to cover resales of
the Old Notes by the holders thereof who satisfy certain conditions relating
to the provision of information in connection with such shelf registration
statement. Accordingly, any Holder of Old Notes that does not exchange that
Holder's Old Notes for New Notes will continue to hold the untendered Old
Notes and will be entitled to all the rights and subject to all the
limitations applicable thereto under the Indenture, except to the extent that
such rights or limitations, by their terms, terminate or cease to have further
effectiveness as a result of the Exchange Offer.
The Old Notes that are not exchanged for New Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will remain restricted securities. Accordingly, such Old Notes may be
resold only (i) to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a qualified
institutional buyer in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, in
a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 904 under the Securities Act or in accordance with
another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
(and based upon an opinion of counsel if either Issuer so requests), (ii) to
either Issuer or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement, and,
in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State
of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. See "Risk Factors--
Restrictions on Transfer."
OTHER
Participation in the Exchange Offer is voluntary and holders should
carefully consider whether to accept. Holders of the Old Notes are urged to
consult their financial and tax advisors in making their own decision on what
action to take.
The Issuers may in the future seek to acquire untendered Old Notes in open
market or privately negotiated transactions, through subsequent exchange
offers or otherwise. The Issuers have no present plans to acquire any Old
Notes that are not tendered in the Exchange Offer or to file a registration
statement to permit resales of any untendered Old Notes.
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CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES
The following sets forth a summary of the material federal income tax
consequences expected to result to holders from the Exchange Offer and from
the purchase, ownership and disposition of the New Notes. The following
summary is based upon current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), applicable Treasury regulations, judicial authority
and administrative rulings and practice. Holders should note that this summary
is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service") and there can
be no assurance that the Service will take a similar view with respect to the
tax consequences described below. No ruling has been or will be requested by
the Issuers from the Service on any tax matters relating to the Exchange Offer
or the New Notes. Legislative, judicial or administrative changes or
interpretations may be forthcoming that could alter or modify the statements
and conclusions set forth herein. Any such changes or interpretations may or
may not be retroactive and could affect the tax consequences to holders.
The tax treatment of a holder of the New Notes may vary depending upon such
holder's particular situation. Certain holders (including insurance companies,
tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions or broker-dealers, foreign
corporations and persons who are not citizens or residents of the United
States) may be subject to special rules not discussed below. EACH HOLDER OF
OLD NOTES SHOULD CONSULT SUCH HOLDER'S OWN TAX ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING, HOLDING, EXCHANGING AND DISPOSING OF THE NEW
NOTES, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR
FOREIGN TAX LAWS.
EXCHANGE OF OLD NOTES FOR NEW NOTES
The exchange of the New Notes for the Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange
Offer will not be taxable to the Holders thereof for federal income tax
purposes. An exchanging Holder will continue such Holder's holding period and
basis in the New Notes as if no exchange had occurred.
ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT AND STATED INTEREST
The New Notes will be issued without original issue discount. Stated
interest on the Old and New Notes will be includable in the holder's income
under such holder's method of accounting.
BOND PREMIUM ON THE NEW NOTES
If the New Notes are purchased, or if the Old Notes were purchased, for an
amount in excess of the amount payable at the maturity date (or a call date,
if appropriate) of the New Notes, such excess will be deductible by the holder
of the New Notes as amortizable bond premium over the term of the New Notes
(taking into account earlier call dates, as appropriate), under a yield-to-
maturity formula, only if an election by the holder under Section 171 of the
Code is made or is already in effect. An election under Section 171 is
available only if the New Notes are held as capital assets. This election is
revocable only with the consent of the Service and applies to all obligations
owned or subsequently acquired by the holder. To the extent the excess is
deducted as amortizable bond premium, the holder's adjusted tax basis in the
New Notes will be reduced. Except as may otherwise be provided in Treasury
regulations, under the Code the amortizable bond premium will be treated as an
offset to interest income on the New Notes rather than as a separate deduction
item.
MARKET DISCOUNT ON THE NEW NOTES
Holders of the New Notes should be aware that a disposition of the New Notes
may be affected by the market discount provisions of Sections 1276-1278 of the
Code. These rules generally provide that if a holder acquired the Old Notes or
acquires the New Notes (other than in an original issue, which may not include
the issuance of the New Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer) at a market
discount which equals or exceeds 1/4 of 1% of the stated redemption price of
the New Notes at maturity multiplied by the number of remaining complete
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years to maturity and thereafter recognizes gain upon a disposition (or makes
a gift) of the New Notes, the lesser of (i) such gain (or appreciation, in the
case of a gift) or (ii) the portion of the market discount which accrued while
the Old Notes or New Notes were held by such holder will be treated as
ordinary income at the time of the disposition (or gift). For these purposes,
market discount means the excess (if any) of the stated redemption price at
maturity over the basis of such Old Notes or New Notes immediately after their
acquisition by the holder. A holder of the New Notes may elect to include any
market discount (whether accrued under the Old Notes or the New Notes) in
income currently rather than upon disposition of the New Notes. This election
once made applies to all market discount obligations acquired on or after the
first taxable year to which the election applies, and may not be revoked
without the consent of the Service.
A holder of any New Note who acquired the Old Note or New Note at a market
discount generally will be required to defer the deduction of a portion of the
interest on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to purchase or carry such
Old Note or New Note until the market discount is recognized upon a subsequent
disposition of such New Note. Such a deferral is not required, however, if the
holder elects to include accrued market discount in income currently.
REDEMPTION OR SALE OF THE NEW NOTES
Generally, any redemption or sale of the New Notes by a holder would result
in taxable gain or loss equal to the difference between the amount of cash and
the fair market value of property received (except to the extent that such
cash or property received is attributable to accrued, but previously untaxed,
interest) and the holder's tax basis in the New Notes. The tax basis of a
holder of the New Notes will generally be equal to the price paid for such New
Notes or the Old Notes exchanged therefor, plus any accrued market discount on
the New Notes (and the Old Notes exchanged therefor) included in the holder's
income prior to sale or redemption of the New Notes, or reduced by any
amortizable bond premium applied against the holder's income prior to sale or
redemption of the New Notes. Such gain or loss generally would be long-term
capital gain or loss if the holding period exceeded one year and the holder
holds the New Notes as capital assets, (with the applicable tax rates for an
individual taxpayer generally depending, under the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997, on whether or not the taxpayer's holding period exceeds eighteen
months), except to the extent such gain constitutes accrued market discount.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING
A holder of the New Notes may be subject to backup withholding at a rate of
31% with respect to interest paid or accrued on, and gross proceeds of a sale
of, the New Notes unless (i) such holder is a corporation or comes within
certain other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact or
(ii) provides a correct taxpayer identification number, certifies as to no
loss of exemption from backup withholding and otherwise complies with
applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. A holder of the New
Notes who does not provide the Company with such holder's correct taxpayer
identification number may be subject to penalties imposed by the Service.
The Issuers will report to the holders of the New Notes and to the Service
the amount of any "reportable payments" and any amount withheld with respect
to the Old Notes and New Notes during the calendar year.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES IS NOT
INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE FOR EACH PARTICULAR NOTEHOLDER. ACCORDINGLY, EACH
HOLDER OF THE OLD NOTES SHOULD CONSULT SUCH HOLDER'S OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH
RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH HOLDER OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP
AND DISPOSITION OF THE NEW NOTES INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF
FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS.
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth the unaudited cash and cash equivalents, debt
and capitalization of Hollywood Park as of September 30, 1997, including the
effect of the sale of the Notes and the application of the net proceeds
therefrom. This table should be read in conjunction with "Unaudited Pro Forma
Financial Statements," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and Hollywood Park's and Boomtown's
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, all included elsewhere in
this Prospectus.
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AS OF
SEPTEMBER 30,
1997
(ACTUAL)
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(IN
THOUSANDS,
UNAUDITED)
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Cash and cash equivalents..................................... $ 22,007
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Current maturities of long term debt and capital lease
obligations.................................................. $ 4,005
Long term debt:
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007.......................... 125,000
Boomtown Notes.............................................. 1,253
Other....................................................... 5,910
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Total long term debt, including current maturities........ 136,168
Total stockholders' equity................................ 219,475
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Total capitalization...................................... $355,643
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SELECTED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected historical financial data of Hollywood Park and
Boomtown has been derived from their respective historical financial
statements and should be read in conjunction with such consolidated financial
statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere herein. The Hollywood Park
unaudited historical financial statement data as of and for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997 and 1996 and the Boomtown unaudited historical
financial statement data as of and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and
1996 has been prepared on the same basis as the historical information derived
from the audited financial statements and, in the opinion of management,
contains all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals,
necessary for the fair presentation of the results of operations for such
periods and financial position as of such dates. Historically, Boomtown has
reported operating results on a fiscal year end of September 30.
The selected unaudited pro forma combined consolidated condensed financial
data is derived from the unaudited pro forma combined consolidated condensed
financial statements, appearing elsewhere herein, which give effect to the
Merger as a purchase and the Blue Diamond Swap, shown also as adjusted to
reflect the issuance of the Notes and the application of the proceeds
therefrom, and should be read in conjunction with such pro forma statements
and the notes thereto. For comparison purposes, the pro forma combined
consolidated statements of operations are presented for both Hollywood Park
and Boomtown with a year end of December 31.
Certain amounts from the Hollywood Park and Boomtown Selected Historical
Financial Data have been reclassified to conform with the selected
presentation hereto.
The pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is
not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position that
would have occurred had the Merger and the issuance of the Notes been
consummated in an earlier period, nor is it necessarily indicative of future
operating results or financial position.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
YEARS ENDED ENDED
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------------------------- --------------------
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1997
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA AND RATIOS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
DATA:
REVENUES:
Gaming................. $ 0 $ 0 $ 11,745 $ 26,656 $ 50,717 $ 37,917 $ 83,990
Racing................. 66,983 63,850 78,719 79,862 71,308 50,897 48,084
Food and beverage...... 10,957 10,908 20,540 19,783 13,947 10,516 13,016
Other.................. 3,004 4,227 6,320 4,271 7,253 5,197 13,259
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
80,944 78,985 117,324 130,572 143,225 104,527 158,349
EXPENSES:
Gaming................. 0 0 0 5,291 27,249 19,516 45,117
Racing................. 21,097 20,860 23,393 30,960 30,167 21,623 21,615
Food and beverage...... 8,922 9,400 21,852 24,749 19,573 14,058 16,920
Administrative and
other................. 33,480 32,538 51,151 48,647 43,962 33,603 46,544
Depreciation and
amortization.......... 5,899 6,402 9,563 11,384 10,695 7,898 11,939
Non-recurring
expenses.............. 0 850 2,964 6,088 11,412 11,412 609
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
69,398 70,050 108,923 127,119 143,058 108,110 142,744
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Operating income (loss). 11,546 8,935 8,401 3,453 167 (3,583) 15,605
Interest expense....... 4,883 1,517 3,061 3,922 942 918 3,782
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before mi-
nority interests and
income taxes........... 6,663 7,418 5,340 (469) (775) (4,501) 11,823
Minority interest...... 0 0 0 0 15 0 80
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before in-
come taxes and extraor-
dinary item............ 6,663 7,418 5,340 (469) (790) (4,501) 11,743
Income tax expense..... 3,135 1,025 1,568 693 3,459 3,025 4,624
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before ex-
traordinary item....... 3,528 6,393 3,772 (1,162) (4,249) (7,526) 7,119
Extraordinary item--Uti-
lization of
tax benefits from net
operating loss
carryforwards.......... 1,894 0 0 0 0 0 0
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss)....... $ 5,422 $ 6,393 $ 3,772 $ (1,162) $ (4,249) $ (7,526) $ 7,119
======= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Dividend requirements on
convertible preferred
stock.................. $ 0 $ 1,718 $ 1,925 $ 1,925 $ 1,925 $ 1,443 $ 1,520
Net income (loss) at-
tributable to (allo-
cated to) common share-
holders................ $ 5,422 $ 4,675 $ 1,847 $ (3,087) $ (6,174) $ (8,969) $ 5,599
======= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
PER COMMON SHARE:
Income (loss) before
extraordinary item.... $ 0.27 $ 0.30 $ 0.10 $ (0.17) $ (0.33) $ (0.48) $ 0.27
Net income (loss)--
primary............... $ 0.41 $ 0.30 $ 0.10 $ (0.17) $ (0.33) $ (0.48) $ 0.27
Net income (loss)--
fully diluted......... $ 0.41 $ 0.30 $ 0.10 $ (0.17) $ (0.33) $ (0.48) --
Cash dividends......... $ 0.04 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Number of common
shares--primary........ 13,084 15,418 18,224 18,399 18,505 18,605 20,596
Number of common
shares--fully diluted.. 13,084 17,465 20,516 20,691 20,797 20,896 --
OTHER DATA:
Cash flows provided by
(used in):
Operating activities... $11,262 $ 13,280 $ (7,287) $ 20,291 $ 13,137 $ 11,761 $ 6,059
Investing activities... (5,250) (32,677) (7,331) (31,322) (19,893) (14,692) (5,884)
Financing activities... (4,416) 74,391 (8,877) (3,685) (3,728) (3,792) 9,910
Capital expenditures... 5,319 12,902 27,584 25,150 23,786 17,969 23,059
Ratio of earnings to
fixed charges (a)...... 2.36x 5.89x 2.74x -- (b) -- (b) -- (b) 3.69x
BALANCE SHEET DATA: (C)
Total assets........... $90,219 $176,424 $246,573 $283,303 $205,886 $198,631 $413,379
Other liabilities...... 34,494 21,876 36,518 101,928 47,444 43,522 61,741
Long term obligations.. 45,538 348 42,800 15,629 282 282 132,163
Stockholders' equity... 10,187 154,200 167,255 165,746 158,160 154,827 219,475
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The Company also considers relevant to Noteholders the following calculation of
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
Operating income
(loss) as presented
above................ $11,546 $ 8,935 $ 8,401 $ 3,453 $ 167 $ (3,583) $ 15,605
Add back depreciation
and amortization..... 5,899 6,402 9,563 11,384 10,695 7,898 11,939
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
EBITDA............... 17,445 15,337 17,964 14,837 10,862 4,315 27,544
Add back casino pre-
opening and training
expenses............. 0 850 2,337 0 0 0 0
Add back Turf Paradise
acquisition costs.... 0 0 627 0 0 0 0
Add back lawsuit set-
tlement.............. 0 0 0 6,088 0 0 0
Add back write off of
investment in a busi-
ness................. 0 0 0 0 11,412 11,412 0
Add back REIT Restruc-
turing............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 609
------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Adjusted EBITDA...... $17,445 $ 16,187 $ 20,928 $ 20,925 $ 22,274 $ 15,727 $ 28,153
======= ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
EBITDA data, which is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP, is
presented because such data is used by certain investors to determine the
Company's ability to service or incur indebtedness. EBITDA and Adjusted
EBITDA are not calculated by the same means by all Companies and,
accordingly, are not necessarily appropriate measures for comparing
Companies' performance. Thus, neither EBITDA nor Adjusted EBITDA should be
considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, net earnings (loss),
cash flows from operations or cash flow data prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
(a) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i) earnings have
been based on income from continuing operations before income taxes and
fixed charges (exclusive of capitalized interest), and (ii) fixed charges
consist of interest expense and amortization of debt discount and issuance
costs (including amounts capitalized), and the estimated interest portion
of rental expense.
(b) Hollywood Park's earnings were not sufficient to cover its fixed charge
requirements by $1.1 million and $2.2 million for the years ended
December 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively, and by $5.6 million for the
fixed charge requirements for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
(c) Balance sheet data as of September 30, 1997, includes the accounts of
Boomtown.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30,
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, (UNAUDITED)
------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1996 1997
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA AND RATIOS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DA-
TA:
REVENUES:
Gaming.................... $42,009 $ 42,416 $ 76,326 $189,306 $188,368 $139,350 $144,353
Food and beverage......... 3,785 3,877 7,973 15,613 16,314 12,293 13,036
Hotel, truck stop and oth-
er....................... 10,059 12,780 21,700 29,929 35,553 24,882 24,070
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
55,853 59,073 105,999 234,848 240,235 176,525 181,459
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
EXPENSES:
Gaming.................... 20,677 21,732 38,753 98,637 102,634 76,206 83,118
Food and beverage......... 3,170 3,349 8,179 17,639 19,213 14,569 17,159
General and administrative
and other................ 18,750 21,133 41,019 97,822 91,977 66,189 60,355
Depreciation and amortiza-
tion..................... 3,528 3,839 5,891 10,422 10,618 8,135 11,636
Compensation stock appre-
ciation rights and stock
options.................. 2,229 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pre-opening expenses...... 0 0 15,787 0 0 0 0
Loss on marketable securi-
ties..................... 0 0 1,691 0 0 0 0
Hollywood Park/Boomtown
merger costs............. 0 0 0 0 301 712 1,610
Loss on sale of a busi-
ness..................... 0 0 0 0 36,563 36,563 1,271
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
48,354 50,053 111,320 224,520 261,306 202,374 175,149
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Operating income (loss).... 7,499 9,020 (5,321) 10,328 (21,071) (25,849) 6,310
Interest expense.......... 3,369 1,033 5,632 13,434 13,838 10,362 10,439
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before minor-
ity interests and income
taxes..................... 4,130 7,987 (10,953) (3,106) (34,909) (36,211) (4,129)
Minority interest......... 0 0 (351) (1,105) (645) (878) 96
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before income
taxes and extraordinary
item...................... 4,130 7,987 (10,602) (2,001) (34,264) (35,333) (4,225)
Income tax expense (bene-
fit)...................... 1,669 3,035 (2,779) 876 794 (50) (2,103)
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before ex-
traordinary item.......... 2,461 4,952 (7,823) (2,877) (35,058) (35,283) (2,122)
Extraordinary item (a)..... 0 370 229 0 0 0 8,420
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net income (loss).......... $ 2,461 $ 4,582 $ (8,052) $ (2,877) $(35,058) $(35,283) $(10,542)
======= ======== ========= ======== ======== ======== ========
Dividend requirements on
preferred stock........... $ 200 $ 50 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
Net income (loss) attribut-
able to (allocated to)
common shareholders....... $ 2,261 $ 4,532 $ (8,052) $ (2,877) $(35,058) $(35,283) $(10,542)
======= ======== ========= ======== ======== ======== ========
PER COMMON SHARE:
Income (loss) before ex-
traordinary item......... $ 0.61 $ 0.65 $ (0.90) $ (0.31) $ (3.79) $ (3.82) $ (0.21)
Net income (loss)......... $ 0.61 $ 0.60 $ (0.93) $ (0.31) $ (3.79) $ (3.82) $ (1.07)
Number of common shares.... 3,708 7,503 8,690 9,228 9,248 9,243 9,830
OTHER DATA:
Ratio of earnings to fixed
charges (b)............... 2.18x 7.86x -- (c) -- (c) -- (c) -- (c) -- (c)
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY
(USED IN):
Operating activities...... $ 6,850 $ 6,565 $ (182) $ 9,940 $ 13,851 $ 10,195 $ 12,195
Investing activities...... (6,279) (42,505) (106,154) (6,794) (5,548) (6,779) (9,918)
Financing activities...... (1,216) 48,508 100,133 6,238 (5,977) (2,605) (5,167)
Capital expenditures...... 6,322 23,849 114,729 15,146 5,679 7,168 9,718
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets.............. $55,916 $108,616 $ 238,467 $239,198 $205,988 $204,186 $ -- (d)
Other liabilities......... 10,632 7,581 25,309 27,405 31,871 29,351 --
Long term obligations..... 31,973 0 105,140 106,547 103,729 104,732 --
Stockholders' equity...... 13,311 101,035 108,018 105,246 70,388 70,103 --
- -------
The Company also considers relevant to Noteholders the following calculation
of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
Operating income (loss)
as presented above...... $ 7,499 $ 9,020 $ (5,321) $ 10,328 $(21,071) $(25,849) $ 6,310
Add back depreciation and
amortization............ 3,528 3,839 5,891 10,422 10,618 8,135 11,636
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
EBITDA.................. 11,027 12,859 570 20,750 (10,453) (17,714) 17,946
Add back compensation
stock appreciation
rights and stock
options................. 2,229 0 0 0 0 0 0
Add back pre-opening
expenses................ 0 0 15,787 0 0 0 0
Add back loss on
marketable securities... 0 0 1,691 0 0 0 0
Add back Hollywood
Park/Boomtown merger
costs................... 0 0 0 0 301 712 1,610
Add back loss on sale of
a business.............. 0 0 0 0 36,563 36,563 1,271
------- -------- --------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Adjusted EBITDA......... $13,256 $ 12,859 $ 18,048 $ 20,750 $ 26,411 $ 19,561 $ 20,827
======= ======== ========= ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
(a) Write off of unamortized loan fees associated with the early repayment of
a $15 million senior note, net of tax effect of approximately $226,000 and
$140,000, for the years ended September 30, 1993 and 1994, respectively.
Tender and consent costs associated with early extinguishment of First
Mortgage Notes for the year ended September 30, 1996 and the nine months
ended June 30, 1997, net of tax effect of approximately $5.9 million for
the nine months ended June 30, 1997.
(b) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i) earnings have
been based on income from continuing operations before income taxes and
fixed charges (exclusive of capitalized interest), and (ii) fixed charges
consist of interest expense and amortization of debt discount and issuance
costs (including amounts capitalized), and the estimated interest portion
of rental expense.
(c) Boomtown's earnings were not sufficient to cover the fixed charge
requirements by $16.5 million, $2.7 million and $34.3 million for the
years ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively, and $35.3
million and $4.2 million for the nine months ended June 30, 1996 and June
30, 1997, respectively.
(d) As of June 30, 1997, the accounts of Boomtown were consolidated with
Hollywood Park's.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
SELECTED UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
YEAR ENDED ENDED
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1997
------------ -------------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER
SHARE DATA AND RATIOS)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
<S> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Gaming............................................ $208,699 $167,339
Racing............................................ 71,308 48,084
Food and beverage................................. 22,737 17,937
Hotel, truck stop and other....................... 33,839 25,945
-------- --------
336,583 259,305
-------- --------
EXPENSES:
Gaming............................................ 116,969 88,003
Racing............................................ 30,167 21,615
Food and beverage................................. 29,728 23,503
Administrative and other.......................... 107,718 78,336
Depreciation and amortization..................... 20,818 20,717
Non-recurring expenses............................ 49,266 2,453
-------- --------
354,666 234,627
-------- --------
Operating income (loss)............................ (18,083) 24,678
Interest expense.................................. 15,468 11,051
-------- --------
Income (loss) before minority interests and income
taxes............................................. (33,551) 13,627
Minority interest (benefit)....................... (149) 80
-------- --------
Income (loss) before income taxes and extraordinary
item.............................................. (33,402) 13,547
Income tax expense................................ 4,121 5,832
-------- --------
Income (loss) before extraordinary item............ $(37,523) $ 7,715
======== ========
Dividend requirements on convertible preferred
stock............................................. $ 1,925 $ 1,520
Income (loss) before extraordinary item attribut-
able to (allocated to) common shareholders........ $(39,448) $ 6,195
======== ========
PER COMMON SHARE:
Income (loss) before extraordinary item--primary.. $ (1.65) $ 0.30
Income (loss) before extraordinary item--fully
diluted.......................................... $ (1.65) --
Cash dividends.................................... $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Number of common shares--primary................... 23,868 20,596
Number of common shares--fully diluted............. 26,160 --
OTHER DATA:
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (a)............. -- (b) 2.12x
<CAPTION>
AS OF
SEPTEMBER 30,
1997
(ACTUAL)
-------------
<S> <C> <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets...................................... $413,379
Other liabilities................................. 58,708
Minority interests................................ 3,033
Long term obligations............................. 132,163
Stockholders' equity.............................. 219,475
- -------
The Company also considers relevant to Noteholders the following pro forma
calculation of EBITDA and
Adjusted EBITDA:
Operating income (loss) as presented above....... $(18,083) $ 24,678
Add back depreciation and amortization........... 20,818 20,717
-------- --------
EBITDA.......................................... 2,735 45,395
Add back Hollywood Park/Boomtown Merger costs.... 1,291 1,487
Add back write off of investment in a business... 11,412 0
REIT Restructuring............................... 0 609
Add back loss on sale of a business.............. 36,563 357
-------- --------
Adjusted EBITDA................................. $ 52,001 $ 47,848
======== ========
</TABLE>
(a) In computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges: (i) earnings have
been based on income from continuing operations before income taxes and
fixed charges (exclusive of capitalized interest), and (ii) fixed charges
consist of interest expense and amortization of debt discount and issuance
cots (including amounts capitalized), and the estimated interest portion
of rental expense.
(b) Hollywood Park's earnings were not sufficient to cover its pro forma fixed
charge requirement by $34.8 million for the year ended December 31, 1996.
Included in the calculation for the year ended December 31, 1996 was the
one time, non-cash $11.4 million write off of Hollywood Park's investment
in Sunflower Racing, Inc. Also included in the calculation for the year
ended December 31, 1996 was the $36.6 million loss on sale of Boomtown Las
Vegas.
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is
qualified in its entirety by, Hollywood Park's and Boomtown's financial
statements, including the notes thereto, and the other financial information
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus, as well as the discussion under "Risk
Factors." The discussion herein reflects the historical operations of
Hollywood Park and Boomtown which, prior to the Merger, had been operated
separately by Hollywood Park and Boomtown, respectively. See "Prospectus
Summary--Recent Developments."
OVERVIEW
Historically, Hollywood Park's primary business was the operation of
thoroughbred racing facilities. Hollywood Park is the successor to the
Hollywood Park Turf Club, which was originally organized in 1938 and
incorporated in 1981 under the name Hollywood Park Realty Enterprises, Inc.
The Company's principal business was owning and operating the Hollywood Park
Race Track, located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, one of the premier
thoroughbred racing facilities in the United States.
Since 1991, Hollywood Park has continuously diversified itself from an owner
and operator of a single horse racing property into a multi-jurisdictional
gaming, sports and entertainment company. Hollywood Park has implemented this
strategic plan through internal development of properties and a series of
selective acquisitions with a particular focus on middle-market operations
which could benefit from improved management and the access to Hollywood
Park's financial resources.
Since 1991, Hollywood Park's strategic plan has been to maximize the revenue
and cash flow of its core businesses through expansion and increased
utilization of those properties, to continue to diversify its gaming
operations, to broaden the scope of its activities to include other sports and
entertainment attractions and to maximize the revenue of its horse racing
business through selective acquisitions and, as opportunities arise, through
continued expansion and technological improvements in off-track wagering. In
late 1993 and early 1994, Hollywood Park attempted to take advantage of the
trend toward legalizing gaming in new jurisdictions by acquiring race tracks
in jurisdictions where expanded gaming legislation appeared reasonably likely.
In 1994, Hollywood Park acquired Turf Paradise, a thoroughbred racing facility
located in Phoenix, Arizona, and Sunflower, a greyhound and thoroughbred
racing facility located in Kansas City, Kansas. In Arizona, Native American
casinos have opened, at least one in close proximity to Turf Paradise, and
off-track wagering is permitted in bars. However, to date, the Arizona
legislature has not authorized expanded forms of gaming at race tracks. In
Kansas, though several legislative proposals to expand gaming were made, none
has been enacted, and competition from riverboat gaming in nearby Missouri has
resulted in Sunflower filing for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code. Hollywood Park's racing operations (including racing related
concessions) generated approximately $84.1 million in revenues for the year
ended December 31, 1996.
Following the acquisitions of Turf Paradise and Sunflower, Hollywood Park
has focused its expansion efforts on California card club casinos and other
casino operations, as well as on expanding its pari-mutuel operations at its
existing facilities. Since 1994, Hollywood Park has opened two California card
club casino facilities. The Hollywood Park-Casino, which opened in July 1994
and is located on the premises of the Hollywood Park Race Track, has a total
of 145 gaming tables which offer Poker, Pai Gow and California Blackjack.
Hollywood Park assumed operational control over the Hollywood Park-Casino
effective November 1995, following an amendment to California law to permit
any publicly-traded pari-mutuel racing association to operate card club
casinos on its race track premises. Until that time, the Hollywood Park-Casino
was operated under a lease arrangement by an unaffiliated operator with
Hollywood Park receiving a fixed lease payment. In late 1996, the Crystal Park
Hotel & Casino, located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, opened with 100
table games and 282 hotel rooms. Crystal Park offers the same games as the
Hollywood Park-Casino. Hollywood Park has a 93.2% interest in Crystal Park
Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC (the "Crystal Park LLC"), the entity
that owns the facility, and a minority holder (Redwood Gaming, LLC) owns the
remaining 6.8% of
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the facility. In order to comply with California law, which does not allow
publicly traded companies such as Hollywood Park to operate a card club casino
(other than on the same property as a race track, such as the Hollywood Park-
Casino), Crystal Park LLC leased the property to Compton Entertainment, Inc.
("CEI"), an unaffiliated operator. However, on October 11, 1997, the
California Attorney General revoked CEI's conditional gaming registration, and
the City of Compton revoked CEI's city gaming license. On November 4, 1997,
Crystal Park LLC obtained a judgment in an action for unlawful detainer
against CEI, due to CEI's failure to pay a portion of the June 1997 rent and
to make required additional rent payments. In addition to the judgment for
possession and for damages of approximately $150,000, Crystal Park LLC has a
claim against CEI for additional damages relating to subsequent unpaid rent
and additional unpaid amounts. Crystal Park LLC has therefore entered into a
new four-year lease of the Crystal Park Casino property with California Casino
Management, Inc., a California corporation ("CCM"), owned by Mr. Leo Chu,
which took effect in December 1997. The lease provides for a monthly rent of
approximately $100,000 for the first six months, $350,000 for months 7 through
18 and $550,000 for months 19 through 48. Hollywood Park does not participate
in any gaming revenues or hotel revenues from the Crystal Park Casino. On
November 18, 1997, Mr. Chu was approved for a gaming license by the City of
Compton and on December 19, 1997 he received a conditional license from the
California Attorney General to operate the Crystal Park Casino. CCM assumed
operations of the Crystal Park Casino in December 1997. See "Business--Gaming
Operations."
As of December 4, 1997, HP Casino, Inc. ("HP Casino"), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Hollywood Park, acquired the membership interests in Crystal
Park LLC held by First Park Investments, LLC for $1,000,000, the amount
initially invested by First Park Investments, LLC. HP Casino is in
negotiations with Redwood Gaming, LLC to purchase Redwood Gaming's membership
interest. As a result of the First Park transaction, Hollywood Park (through
HP Casino and HP/Compton, Inc.) owns a 93.2% membership interest in Crystal
Park LLC and would own 100% of Crystal Park Park LLC if the Redwood Gaming
transaction is completed. See "Business--Gaming Operations."
Hollywood Park significantly expanded its gaming operations when it
completed its strategic combination with Boomtown on June 30, 1997. Hollywood
Park now owns and operates, through its subsidiaries, land-based, dockside and
riverboat gaming operations in or near Reno, Nevada, New Orleans, Louisiana
and Biloxi, Mississippi, respectively. The Boomtown properties offer full
casino gaming, hotel accommodations (at Boomtown Reno), and other
entertainment amenities to primarily middle income, value-oriented customers.
On July 1, 1997, Boomtown and its subsidiaries divested their interests in
Boomtown Las Vegas, Nevada, which had consistently performed below projections
and generated significant losses. Together with its California card club
casino operations, as of September 30, 1997, the Company's casino operations
consist of 3,269 slot machines, 339 table games and 404 hotel rooms at its
gaming properties. Hollywood Park is the only company that currently owns and
operates casinos in Nevada and other states and card club casinos in
California. Hollywood Park's efforts to expand its gaming operations are now
focused on expanding its existing core gaming facilities and on new
opportunities in jurisdictions (other than Las Vegas and Atlantic City) in
which gaming has already been legalized.
In connection with the Merger, Hollywood Park supplied Boomtown with the
funds necessary to repurchase approximately $103 million in aggregate
principal amount of the Boomtown Notes. In addition, Hollywood Park intends to
utilize its financial resources to reduce or repurchase the financial
interests of third parties in Boomtown's operations, such as the repurchase of
minority interests in Boomtown New Orleans and National Gaming's participation
in the EBITDA of Boomtown Biloxi and the restructuring of certain Boomtown
equipment operating leases into capital leases. See "Prospectus Summary--
Recent Developments-- Improvements to Boomtown's Financial Condition" and
"Description of Other Indebtedness--Boomtown Notes."
During 1996 and 1997, Boomtown restructured several operating leases into
capital leases through negotiated payments on the operating lease residual
purchase options, with a corresponding reduction in operating expenses.
For a discussion of Hollywood Park's efforts to continue this strategic
expansion of its gaming, sports and entertainment business, see "Business."
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As of December 31, 1996, the Company had repurchased and retired (with the
last purchase being made on November 13, 1996) 222,300 common shares, at a
cost of approximately $1,962,000 pursuant to a previously announced intention
to repurchase and retire up to 2,000,000 shares of its common stock on the
open market or in negotiated transactions.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion relates to historical results of operations for the
Company (excluding Boomtown) and for Boomtown separately. The Company's
revenues consist primarily of pari-mutuel wagering revenues and gaming
revenues from Hollywood Park-Casino table games, and operator lease payments
for Crystal Park and (for applicable periods) the Hollywood Park-Casino. In
fiscal 1996, pari-mutuel wagering and casino table game operations contributed
approximately 37.6% and 35.1%, respectively, of the Company's total revenues.
Boomtown's revenues consist primarily of gaming revenues from slot and video
poker machines ("slot machines"), table games and keno as well as non-gaming
revenues generated from the properties' family entertainment centers, food and
beverage sales, hotel room sales (at Boomtown Reno and Las Vegas) and from
recreational vehicle parks. Gaming operations have historically contributed a
significant portion of Boomtown's total revenues and substantially all of its
income from operations. In fiscal 1996, gaming operations contributed
approximately 80% of Boomtown's total revenues, and gaming revenues from slot
machines provided approximately 80% of Boomtown's gaming revenues. Boomtown's
non-gaming operations are designed primarily to enhance the gaming operations
and contribute a relatively small percentage of Boomtown's income from
operations after deducting promotional allowances and operating costs.
Boomtown's historical financial data includes results of operations at
Boomtown Las Vegas, which has since been divested pursuant to the Blue Diamond
Swap. See "--Boomtown--Disposition of Boomtown Las Vegas." Boomtown Las Vegas
consistently generated losses and reduced the overall profitability of
Boomtown for the periods described herein.
Hollywood Park
Nine months ended September 30, 1997 compared to the nine months ended
September 30, 1996
As of June 30, 1997, the results of operations of Boomtown were consolidated
with those of Hollywood Park, and since the Merger was accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting for a business combination, there is no
corresponding Boomtown activity in the 1996 results of operations. As of April
1, 1996, Sunflower's results of operations were no longer consolidated with
Hollywood Park's results; therefore, the results of operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 1997, are exclusive of Sunflower's results of
operations, but the financial results for the nine months ended September 30,
1996, included Sunflower's results of operations through March 31, 1996. Also
included in the results of operations for the nine months ended September 30,
1996, was the $11,412,000 one time non-cash write off of Hollywood Park's
investment in Sunflower. On May 2, 1996, the Kansas Legislature adjourned
without passing legislation that would have allowed additional gaming at
Sunflower so that Sunflower could compete with Missouri riverboat gaming. On
May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code. Management is currently evaluating all options available to
Sunflower, and expects to continue to operate Sunflower at least until a
confirmation hearing scheduled for January 22, 1998.
Total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, increased by
$53,822,000, or 51.5%, as compared to the nine months ended September 30,
1996, due primarily to the inclusion of $55,441,000 of Boomtown revenues in
1997, with no corresponding revenues recorded during 1996. Gaming revenues
increased by $46,073,000, or 121.5%, due primarily to Boomtown gaming revenues
of $43,765,000, and Crystal Park LLC rent revenues of $2,202,000, in 1997,
with no corresponding Boomtown or Crystal Park LLC revenues in 1996. The
Crystal Park Casino opened on October 25, 1996, under a triple net lease with
CEI. Crystal Park LLC recorded a 100% valuation allowance against the $350,000
of rent revenue due from CEI for the month of September 1997, due to the
California Attorney General revoking CEI's conditional California gaming
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registration. The Company has executed a lease with CCM to assume the lease of
the Crystal Park Casino and CCM has obtained all required gaming registrations
and licenses to operate the Crystal Park Casino (as more fully discussed
above). Racing revenues decreased by $2,813,000, or 5.5%, due primarily to one
fewer live race day at Hollywood Park, and the inclusion of $1,317,000 of
racing revenues attributable to Sunflower in 1996, and no corresponding
Sunflower Racing revenues in 1997. Food and beverage revenues increased by
$2,500,000, or 23.8%, due primarily to the inclusion of Boomtown food and
beverage revenues in 1997, with no corresponding revenues in 1996. Hotel and
recreational vehicle park and truck stop and service station revenues related
to Boomtown's Reno property, and there are no corresponding revenues in 1996.
Other income increased by $2,584,000, or 49.7%, due primarily to the inclusion
of Boomtown revenues in 1997 with no corresponding revenues in 1996.
Total operating expenses (inclusive of approximately $44,003,000 of Boomtown
expenses in 1997) increased by $34,634,000, or 32.0%, during the nine months
ended September 30, 1997, as compared to the nine months ended September 30,
1996. Gaming expenses increased by $25,601,000, or 131.2%, primarily due to
the inclusion of Boomtown gaming expenses of $23,356,000 and increased
tournament costs at the Hollywood Park-Casino. Food and beverage expenses
increased by $2,862,000, or 20.4%, due primarily to the inclusion of
$4,039,000 of Boomtown costs in the 1997 period with no corresponding expense
in the 1996 period, netted against savings generated at the Hollywood Park-
Casino of approximately $1,194,000 during the 1997 period which resulted
primarily from the closing of a restaurant and other labor and inventory
savings. Hotel and recreational vehicle expenses and truck stop and service
station expenses related to Boomtown Reno, and there are no corresponding
expenses in 1996. Administrative expenses increased by $7,047,000, or 22.3%,
due primarily to the inclusion of $10,717,000 of Boomtown expenses in the 1997
period with no corresponding expense in the 1996 period, netted against the
following items: (i) the inclusion of approximately $1,030,000 of Sunflower
administrative costs in the 1996 period with no corresponding expense in the
1997 period; (ii) reduced expansion and legal costs of approximately $950,000
related to the Inglewood master site plan; (iii) approximately $500,000 in
savings related to the termination of Hollywood Park's pension plan; and (iv)
a 1997 reclassification of workers' compensation expense from administrative
expense to the functional departments. REIT reorganization expense consisted
primarily of legal and tax expenses incurred by Hollywood Park with respect to
the reinstatement of the Company's REIT as previously discussed. Other
expenses increased by $1,234,000, or 60.8%, due primarily to the inclusion of
Boomtown expenses in 1997 with no corresponding expenses in 1996. Depreciation
and amortization increased by $4,041,000, primarily due to the Boomtown and
Crystal Park LLC depreciation expense in 1997 with no corresponding expenses
in 1996. Interest expense increased by $2,864,000, or 312.0%, due to the
interest on the Notes, short term bank borrowings (all of which have been
repaid) and bank commitment fees (See "--Liquidity and Capital Resources").
Income tax expense increased by $1,599,000, or 52.9%, due to increased income
before income taxes in 1997 as compared to 1996.
Year Ended December 31, 1996 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 1995
The results of operations for the year ended December 31, 1996, included the
results of Hollywood Park operating all aspects of the Hollywood Park-Casino,
including the Casino gaming floors. Hollywood Park acquired the Hollywood
Park-Casino gaming floor business from Pacific Casino Management ("PCM") on
November 17, 1995; therefore, the results of operations for the year ended
December 31, 1995, do not include the operating results of the Hollywood Park-
Casino gaming floor business prior to November 17, 1995, but rather are
reflective of the lease arrangement then in place. The results of operations
for the year ended December 31, 1996, included Sunflower's results of
operations for the three months ended March 31, 1996, only. As of March 31,
1996, Sunflower's results of operations were no longer consolidated with
Hollywood Park's due to Sunflower's May 17, 1996, filing for reorganization
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Sunflower's results of operations are
consolidated in the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 1995.
Total revenues increased by $12,653,000, or 9.7%, for the year ended
December 31, 1996, as compared to the year ended December 31,1995, primarily
due to Hollywood Park-Casino gaming revenues. Gaming revenues of $50,272,000
were generated from the Hollywood Park-Casino gaming activities, which
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acquired from PCM on November 17, 1995. During the year ended December 31,
1995, Hollywood Park recorded $20,624,000 of lease revenues, $6,032,000 of
gaming revenues (covering the period November 17, 1995, through December 31,
1995), and concession sales to PCM of approximately $2,773,000, or total 1995
Hollywood Park-Casino gaming and lease related revenues of $29,429,000. On
October 25, 1996, Crystal Park opened under a triple net lease between
Hollywood Park and CEI (the operator of Crystal Park). Monthly lease rent is
fixed at $200,000 per month for months one through six; $350,000 per month for
months seven through twelve, and approximately $759,000 per month for the
remaining 48 months of the lease. Racing revenues decreased by $5,728,000, or
7.4%, primarily due to the exclusion of Sunflower's racing revenues for the
nine months ended December 31, 1996. Food and Beverage sales decreased by
$5,836,000, or 29.5%, with approximately $2,773,000 of the difference
attributable to the inclusion of sales to PCM in 1995 with no corresponding
sales in 1996, with approximately $2,414,000 of the difference due to the
inclusion of a full year of food and beverage sales recorded for Sunflower in
1995 and just three months of Sunflower sales recorded in 1996, with the
balance of the difference primarily due to on-track attendance declines at
Hollywood Park.
Total operating expenses increased by $15,939,000, or 12.5%, for the year
ended December 31, 1996, compared to the year ended December 31, 1995,
primarily due to the inclusion of $27,249,000 of Hollywood Park-Casino gaming
floor expenses (with corresponding gaming floor expenses of $4,919,000 in
1995) which more than offset a $7,476,000 reduction in expenses arising from
the exclusion in 1996 of Sunflower's expenses. Food and Beverage expense
decreased by $5,589,000, or 22.2%, with $2,089,000 of the savings attributable
to the exclusion of Sunflower's expenses subsequent to the first quarter of
1996, and with the balance of the savings primarily attributable to cost
savings programs implemented at the Hollywood Park-Casino. Administrative
expenses decreased by $5,315,000, or 11.3%, due to the inclusion of a full
year of Sunflower expenses in 1995 and just three months of corresponding
costs recorded in 1996.
Included in the 1996 results of operations was the $11,412,000 one time,
non-cash write off of Hollywood Park's investment in Sunflower. On May 2,
1996, the Kansas Legislature adjourned without passing legislation that would
have allowed additional gaming at Sunflower, and thereby, allowing Sunflower
to compete with Missouri riverboat gaming. On May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed
for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Management is
currently evaluating all options available to Sunflower, and expects to
continue to operate Sunflower at least until a confirmation hearing scheduled
for January 22, 1998.
Included in the 1995 results of operations was $6,088,000 of expenses (with
no corresponding expenses in 1996) related to the settlement of certain claims
in connection with a shareholder class action and related shareholder
derivative suit, as more fully described in the Company's 1996 Annual Report
on Form 10-K.
Depreciation and amortization expenses decreased by $689,000, or 6.1%,
primarily due to the exclusion of Sunflower's expenses for the nine months
ended December 31, 1996, netted against the amortization of the goodwill
associated with the November 17, 1995, acquisition of PCM. Interest expense
decreased by $2,980,000, or 76.0%, due to the exclusion of Sunflower's
interest expense for the nine months ended December 31, 1996.
Income tax expense increased by $2,766,000, due primarily to the
establishment of certain tax reserves.
Year Ended December 31, 1995 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 1994
The 1995 consolidated financial statements include the results of operations
at Hollywood Park, the Hollywood Park-Casino, Sunflower, and Turf Paradise.
From July 1, 1994 until November 17, 1995, the Hollywood Park-Casino was
operated under a lease by an unaffiliated operator who operated the gaming
floor business and Hollywood Park operated all other activities. After a
change in California law permitting Hollywood Park to operate the casino
directly, the gaming floor business was acquired from the operator as of
November 17, 1995, accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The
1995 Hollywood Park-Casino operating results included ten and a half months of
operations under the lease, and one and a half months under Hollywood Park's
direct ownership and control. The 1994 operating results include the six
months of Hollywood Park-Casino activities under the lease arrangement.
Sunflower was acquired as of March 31, 1994, in a transaction accounted for
under the purchase method of accounting, and therefore the 1994 statement of
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operations does not include Sunflower's first quarter results. Turf Paradise
was acquired as of August 11, 1994, accounted for under the pooling of
interests method of accounting. Accordingly, the 1994 results have been
restated to include the operating results of Turf Paradise for the full year.
Total revenues increased by $13,248,000, or 11.3%, during 1995, as compared
to the year ended December 31, 1994. Included in 1995 Gaming revenues was
$20,624,000 of Hollywood Park-Casino fixed lease rent revenue (of which the
operator paid $12,000,000 in 1995 plus $4,377,000 for food and beverage and
interest on accrued and unpaid rent) and $6,032,000 of gaming floor revenue,
compared to $11,745,000 of Hollywood Park-Casino fixed lease rent revenue in
1994 (covering six months of casino operations). Racing revenues decreased by
$1,683,000, or 2.1%, as a result of a $3,151,000 decline in racing revenues at
Sunflower due to intense competition from nearby Missouri riverboat gaming,
which more than offset simulcast racing revenue increases at both Hollywood
Park and Turf Paradise. Food and beverage revenues decreased by $757,000, or
3.7%. Food and beverage sales at Sunflower declined in 1995 by $1,343,000, as
compared to 1994, also as a result of competition from Missouri riverboat
gaming. Such Sunflower food and beverage revenues declines were offset by
increased Hollywood Park-Casino revenues, due to the casino being open for all
of 1995 (as opposed to only six months in 1994). Other income increased by
$777,000, or 12.3%, principally because (i) other non-casino income increased
by $940,000, or 15.0%, and (ii) revenue declines of $769,000 at Hollywood Park
due to the cancellation of the Forum Parking Agreement were offset by a full
year of Hollywood Park-Casino gift shop and health club sales in 1995 (as
opposed to only six months of such sales in 1994). A new Forum Parking
Agreement was executed on October 24, 1995, covering the one year from October
1, 1995.
Total operating expenses, inclusive of $31,938,000 of Hollywood Park-Casino
operating expenses (representing a month and a half of gaming floor operations
and twelve months of other Hollywood Park-Casino operations, for which there
were no gaming floor expenses and just six months of comparable other
Hollywood Park-Casino operations activity in 1994), increased by $18,196,000,
or 16.7%, during the year ended December 31, 1995, as compared to the year
ended December 31, 1994. Gaming expenses of $4,919,000 were recorded in 1995,
due to the November 17, 1995, acquisition of the Hollywood Park-Casino gaming
floor business from PCM. Racing expenses decreased by $824,000, or 2.7%,
primarily due to five fewer live race days at Hollywood Park in 1995 as
compared to 1994. Food and beverage expenses increased by $3,310,000, or
15.1%, primarily due to a full year of Hollywood Park-Casino food and beverage
services in 1995 (as compared to only six months of such activity in 1994).
Administrative expenses increased by $3,294,000, or 7.8%, primarily due to
expansion costs incurred in connection with card club casino initiative
campaigns, which were defeated in September and November, as well as costs for
other expansion endeavors such as a proposed stadium and other card club
casinos. All costs associated with expansion projects are expensed during the
evaluation stages.
As previously reported, on February 26, 1996, the District Court approved
the settlement of the Class Actions and entered a judgment dismissing them in
their entirety. On April 3, 1996, the State Court entered an order approving
the settlement of the Derivative Action. Hollywood Park also separately
settled all purported claims against Hollywood Park and its officers and
directors by the former controlling stockholder of Turf Paradise in connection
with Hollywood Park's acquisition of Turf Paradise. After giving effect to the
amounts to be received by Hollywood Park in settlement of the Derivative
Action and from its insurance carrier, Hollywood Park's net settlement payment
in the Class Actions, the Derivative Action and in resolving the claims of the
former controlling stockholder of Turf Paradise, was approximately $6,100,000
(inclusive of all related costs and expenses), which was expensed in the
fourth quarter of 1995.
The 1994 Hollywood Park-Casino pre-opening and training costs of $2,337,000
were primarily related to wages paid during the on-the-job training of staff
hired to open the Hollywood Park-Casino on July 1, 1994. There were no similar
costs in 1995. The Turf Paradise acquisition costs were a result of the August
11, 1994, acquisition of Turf Paradise by Hollywood Park; there were no
similar costs in 1995.
Depreciation and amortization increased by $1,821,000, or 19.0%, for the
year ended December 31, 1995, as compared to the year ended December 31, 1994.
The increase was mainly due to Hollywood Park-Casino operations, and costs
associated with the first quarter of 1995 at Sunflower with no corresponding
amount in
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1994. Interest expense increased by $860,000, or 28.1%, principally due to an
additional three months of Sunflower interest expense in the 1995 results.
Sunflower's 1994 results are exclusive of the first quarter.
Income tax expense decreased by $875,000, due primarily to the decrease in
pre-tax income in the year ended December 31, 1995 as compared to the year
ended December 31, 1994.
Allowance for bad debts increased by $1,682,000, as of the year ended
December 31, 1995, as compared to the year ended December 31, 1994. The
increase was attributable to the November 17, 1995 acquisition of the gaming
floor business of the Hollywood Park-Casino. To remain competitive in the
local card club business, the Hollywood Park-Casino extends credit to card
players; whereas, the Company's racing business does not extend credit to
players.
Boomtown
Disposition of Boomtown Las Vegas
On July 1, 1997, Boomtown and its subsidiaries exchanged substantially all
of their interest in Boomtown Las Vegas (including substantially all of the
operating assets and the notes receivable of approximately $27.3 million from
the landowner/lessor of the Boomtown Las Vegas property, IVAC, a California
general partnership of which Edward P. Roski, Jr. ("Roski"), a former Boomtown
director, is a general partner) with Majestic Resorts, LLC ("Majestic") for
two notes aggregating approximately $8.5 million in principal amount issued by
IVAC, cash, assumption by Majestic (guaranteed by Roski) of the note and lease
obligations of Boomtown Las Vegas, and relief from the real estate lease
obligations of Boomtown Las Vegas payable to IVAC (such transactions being
collectively referred to as the "Blue Diamond Swap"). Boomtown Las Vegas was
divested by Boomtown because it had generated significant operating losses
since it opened, and had reduced the overall profitability of Boomtown. As a
result of the Blue Diamond Swap, IVAC was relieved of the obligation to repay
Boomtown the aforementioned loans of $27.3 million. In addition, concurrently
with the consummation of the Blue Diamond Swap, Hollywood Park purchased
446,491 shares of Hollywood Park common stock received by Roski in the Merger
for a purchase price of approximately $3.5 million, paid in the form of a
Hollywood Park promissory note.
Nine Months Ended June 30, 1997 Compared to Nine Months Ended June 30, 1996
For the nine months ended June 30, 1997, total revenues increased by $4.9
million, or 2.8%, as compared total revenues for the nine months ended June
30, 1996. Gaming revenues increased by $5.0 million, or 3.6%, primarily a
result of increase in gaming revenues at Boomtown Biloxi. Boomtown Biloxi has
been able to increase market share in the Gulf Coast region due to enhanced
marketing and player promotions. The increase in gaming revenues during the
nine months ended June 30, 1997, was offset by a 13.9% decrease in gaming
revenues at Boomtown Reno, primarily due to severe winter weather conditions.
During the three months ended December 31, 1996, the Pacific Northwest,
including Reno and northern California, experienced unusually intense weather
conditions, thereby reducing the traffic flow on Interstate 80, upon which
Boomtown Reno depends on as a primary source of gaming patrons. Food and
beverage sales increased by $0.7 million, or 6.0%, due primarily to quality
improvements and marketing programs.
Total operating expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 1997, decreased
by $27.6 million, or 13.6%, as compared to the nine months ended June 30,
1996. Included in the expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 1996, was
the one time $36.6 million loss incurred on the sale of Boomtown's Las Vegas
property. Upon the closing of the sale of the Las Vegas property, Boomtown
incurred an additional $1.2 million of expenses that were reflected in the
results of operations for the nine months ended June 30, 1997. The one time
charge of $14.2 million related to Boomtown's consent and tender of its First
Mortgage Notes was treated as an extraordinary loss for the nine months ended
June 30, 1997. There was no comparable charge for the nine months ended
June 30, 1996. Boomtown recorded non-recurring costs of $1.6 million related
to the Merger during the nine months ended June 30, 1997, compared to $0.7
million of Merger costs during the corresponding period in 1996.
Operating expenses, adjusted for the various one time/non-recurring charges
discussed above, for the nine months ended June 30, 1997, increased by $6.8
million, or 4.1%, as compared to similarly adjusted operating
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expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 1996. Gaming equipment leases
expense decreased by $1.7 million, or 34.6%, primarily as a result of
restructuring several operating leases to capital leases; thereby, eliminating
gaming lease rent expense. Food and beverage expense increased by $2.9
million, or 20.2%, primarily due to the 1997 expansion of food and beverage
services at Boomtown New Orleans. General and administrative expenses
decreased by $2.1 million, or 4.3%, with approximately $1.1 million of the
decrease primarily a result of the restructuring of operating leases for
furniture and fixtures to capital leases; thereby, eliminating the associated
lease rent expense, and with the balance of the decrease primarily related to
payroll saving at Boomtown Reno due to the associated gaming revenue declines,
as previously discussed. Marketing and promotion expenses increased by $2.2
million, or 12.7%, primarily related to enhanced marketing efforts at Boomtown
Biloxi. Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $3.5 million, or
43.0%, primarily due to reductions in the estimated useful lives of existing
assets, and due to the restructuring of several operating leases to capital
leases during the nine months ended June 30, 1997.
Fiscal Year 1996 Compared to Fiscal Year 1995
Net loss for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996, was $35.1 million
compared to a net loss of $2.9 million for the fiscal year ended September 30,
1995. Included in the results of operations for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 1996, was a one time non-cash charge of $36.6 million related to
the Blue Diamond Swap (as described previously). There was no corresponding
expense in the results of operations for the fiscal year ended September 30,
1995.
During the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 total revenues were $236.0
million compared to $231.8 million in the prior year. Gaming revenues were
$188.4 million in 1996 as compared to $189.3 million in 1995. Gains in gaming
revenues at Boomtown Reno and Boomtown Biloxi during 1996 were offset by
decreases in gaming revenues at Boomtown New Orleans and Boomtown Las Vegas
(which was divested in the Blue Diamond Swap). Gaming revenues primarily
consist of revenues from slot machines, table games and Keno. Boomtown Reno's
gaming revenues grew 5.2% over the prior year primarily as a result of
increased casino patronage due to higher traffic volume on Interstate 80, on
which Boomtown Reno is heavily dependent for customers. Boomtown Biloxi's
gaming revenues have improved due to expansion of the gaming market in the
Gulf Coast region combined with increased marketing and promotional efforts.
Boomtown Biloxi's gaming revenues increased by 10.0% over the prior year.
Boomtown New Orleans' gaming revenues were negatively affected by additional
cruising of its riverboat casino as mandated by law. Gaming revenues at
Boomtown Las Vegas continued to be less than expected and lower than the prior
year resulting from increased competition with other casino operators for the
local customer market.
Non-gaming revenues primarily consist of revenues generated from food and
beverage, hotel, recreational vehicle park, family entertainment center,
truckstop, service station, mini-mart and other. Non-gaming revenues for the
years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995 were $47.7 million and $42.5 million,
respectively. Increases in non-gaming revenues were recorded at all four of
the Boomtown properties, with the majority of the consolidated improvement due
to higher fuel sales at the Boomtown Reno truckstop as well as the expansion
of the cabaret show at Boomtown New Orleans.
The consolidated gaming margin was 57.4% for fiscal 1996, compared to 58.2%
in the prior year. The decline is primarily a result of a change in the
calculation of gaming taxes at Boomtown New Orleans resulting in the taxes
being reclassified and charged as a gaming expense in the current year. During
the prior year, the taxes were calculated based on a flat charge per admission
and recorded as general and administrative expenses. Additionally, Boomtown's
consolidated gaming margin was negatively affected by additional gaming leases
entered into in April 1995 resulting in higher gaming equipment lease expense
during the period. This decline in the consolidated gaming margin was offset
by improvements from Boomtown Biloxi resulting from the discontinuance of the
property's FunFlight program in October 1995.
Marketing, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of
advertising and promotional costs, salaries and wages and related benefits,
non-gaming taxes and licenses, professional fees and other overhead expenses.
Marketing expenses were $22.4 million for the year ended September 30, 1996, a
14.3% increase over
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the prior year's expense of $19.6 million. Marketing expenses consist of costs
associated with printed advertising, outdoor signs, media advertising,
promotional events, Boomtown's bus tour and FunFlight programs and other
marketing and administrative expenses. The increase in marketing expenses
during fiscal 1996 resulted from additional advertising at Boomtown Biloxi and
Boomtown Las Vegas in order to promote the Boomtown brand and compete for the
local customer market in those areas. Higher promotional events and player's
club redemption costs at all Boomtown casinos also contributed to the
increase.
General and administrative ("G&A") expenses were $70.6 million for the year
ended September 30, 1996, a 6.2% decline from the $75.3 million recorded
during the prior year. G&A expenses were less at Boomtown Las Vegas and
Boomtown New Orleans, offset by higher expenses at Boomtown Biloxi. The
reduction at Boomtown New Orleans primarily resulted from a reclassification
of gaming taxes from G&A to gaming operating expenses during the current year.
Lower expenses at Boomtown Las Vegas resulted from a reduction of costs in
most overhead departments due to cost control efforts. The increase in
Boomtown Biloxi's G&A expenses was attributable to higher property rent as
well as building and grounds maintenance costs associated with the aging of
the building and barge. Boomtown continues to concentrate on aggressive cost
reduction programs for all of its properties.
During the year ended September 30, 1996 Boomtown incurred charges of
approximately $1.1 million related to the Merger, as well as $500,000
associated with its license application in the state of Indiana.
Depreciation and amortization expense rose 1.9% to $10.6 million for the
year ended September 30, 1996, a result of ordinary course capital
improvements and additions and the restructuring of certain operating leases
to capital leases at Boomtown Biloxi and Boomtown New Orleans, thereby
capitalizing the equipment and depreciating the costs over the remaining
estimated useful lives.
During the year ended September 30, 1996, Boomtown took a non-cash charge of
$36.6 million related to the Blue Diamond Swap. The charge included the write-
off of Boomtown's investment in lease of $12.7 million, an $18.9 million
write-down of the related party notes receivable to $8.5 million, and the
write-off of the remaining net assets less the liabilities assumed by Roski of
$5.0 million (approximate value at June 30, 1996). The after-tax loss amounted
to $35.7 million, or $3.86 per share.
The recorded provision for income taxes for the year ended September 30,
1996, does not reflect the anticipated benefit from the write-off associated
with the Blue Diamond Swap. The write-off of the $12.7 million investment in
lease is not deductible for income tax purposes. In addition, the remaining
income tax benefit arising from the Blue Diamond Swap has been offset by a
valuation allowance because of the uncertainty regarding the future
realization of the related deferred tax asset.
Fiscal Year 1995 Compared to Fiscal Year 1994
Gaming revenues as a percent of total revenues increased from 73.8% to 81.7%
from fiscal 1994 to fiscal 1995. This was due to the opening of the three new
gaming properties, particularly Boomtown Biloxi and Boomtown New Orleans.
Boomtown Biloxi's and Boomtown New Orleans' gaming revenues provide
approximately 90% and 97% of each partnership's total revenues, respectively.
Gaming revenues increased 148% or $113 million, primarily due to the opening
of the three new gaming properties in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal
1994. Boomtown Reno's gaming revenue decreased 3%, from $43.8 million to $42.6
million due to severe winter weather conditions in the first two fiscal
quarters. The new properties, Boomtown Las Vegas, Boomtown Biloxi and Boomtown
New Orleans, contributed $32.9 million, $41.7 million and $72.2 million,
respectively, to casino revenues.
Non-gaming revenues increased $15.5 million from $27.0 million to $42.5
million. The increases were primarily related to the opening of the new gaming
properties. Boomtown Biloxi contributed an increase of $1.9 million and $1.6
million from its food and beverage operation and its family entertainment
center, respectively in addition to other income of $223,000; Boomtown New
Orleans contributed increases of $789,000 and $548,000 from its family
entertainment center, its food and beverage operation and the cabaret,
respectively, in addition to other income of $374,000; and Boomtown Las Vegas
contributed increases of $4.9 million,
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$2.2 million and $1.2 million from its food and beverage, hotel operations and
recreational vehicle park, respectively, in addition to other income of
$581,000. Boomtown Reno's non-gaming revenues increased by $717,000 of which
$314,000 was due to the opening of a steakhouse in May 1994. The remainder of
the increases at Boomtown Reno were related to the family entertainment
center, hotel, recreational vehicle park, and entry fees for gaming and golf
tournaments.
Gaming expenses increased $47.8 million or 153% from fiscal 1994 to fiscal
1995 and as a percent of revenues from 30.2% to 34.1%. Gaming expenses as a
percent of total revenues were 29.6%, 31.9%, 41.9% and 34.5% at Boomtown Reno,
Boomtown Las Vegas, Boomtown Biloxi, and Boomtown New Orleans, respectively.
Except for Boomtown Biloxi, the variance is due primarily to the difference in
gaming tax rates. Boomtown Biloxi's variance is primarily due to the addition
of the FunFlight program in fiscal 1995 which had operating expenses of $3.1
million and revenues of $1.4 million. In addition, an increase of $5.4 million
was related to gaming equipment lease expenses due to the sale and leaseback
of certain furniture, fixtures and equipment at the various properties that
occurred during the end of the 1994 fiscal year and at the beginning of the
1995 fiscal year.
Non-gaming operating expenses consist of costs incurred for food and
beverage, hotel, recreational vehicle park, family entertainment center,
truckstop, service station, mini-mart and other. Non-gaming operating expenses
increased $10.7 million. The increases were primarily related to the opening
of the three new gaming properties in fiscal 1994.
Marketing, general and administrative expenses increased from $33.3 million
in fiscal 1994 to $94.9 million in fiscal 1995, an increase of $61.6 million.
This increase was primarily due to the opening of the three new gaming
properties ($59.9 million) in fiscal 1994. The remainder of the increase is
due to the addition of the player's slot club and promotions related to bus
tour programs at Boomtown Reno.
Discontinued projects primarily consists of write-offs and accruals for
development costs associated with Boomtown's research and pursuit into various
gaming jurisdictions for the purpose of applying for gaming licenses.
Significant write-offs in the third quarter included development costs related
to the following projects; Lawrenceburg, Indiana (approximately $4.3 million),
the state of Missouri ($727,000), the state of Iowa ($335,000) and other
miscellaneous projects ($220,000). In addition, Boomtown terminated a merger
and related agreements with National Gaming Corporation, Inc. in April 1995.
As a result, Boomtown wrote-off $450,000 of accumulated expenses related to
the transaction.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased $4.5 million or 77% but
decreased as a percent of revenues. The increase primarily reflects a full
years depreciation on the new assets purchased and constructed for Boomtown
Las Vegas, Boomtown Biloxi and Boomtown New Orleans during fiscal 1994. The
decrease as a percent of total revenues is due to the sale and leaseback of
certain furniture, fixtures and gaming equipment at the end of the second
quarter totalling approximately $5.2 million.
Income from operations improved from a loss from operations of $6.3 million
in fiscal 1994 to income from operations of $7.2 million in fiscal 1995, for
the reasons set forth above.
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest increased by $7.8 million.
This was due to a decrease in capitalized interest of $5.2 million offset by
an increase in interest expense of $2.6 million. Capitalized interest was
significantly higher in the prior fiscal year due to the construction of
Boomtown Biloxi, Boomtown Las Vegas and Boomtown New Orleans. Interest expense
is higher for fiscal 1995 compared to fiscal 1994 primarily due to the
additions of $3.1 million of long-term debt during the end of the fourth
quarter of fiscal 1994 and additions of $5.9 million in the second quarter of
fiscal 1995. The weighted average long-term debt outstanding and the related
interest rate for the year ended September 30, 1995 was $111.9 million and
11.7%, respectively, as compared to $109.1 million and 12.7%, respectively,
for the year ended September 30, 1994. Loss on marketable securities was $1.7
million in fiscal 1994 due to a decline in the market value of investments in
two short-term government bond funds purchased for approximately $50.0
million.
The minority partners' share of operations of the consolidated partnership
of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. and Louisiana-I Gaming, L.P. are reported as
"minority interest." The $1.1 million of loss related to minority
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interests in fiscal 1995 is comprised of $2.0 million loss related to
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. offset by $.9 million of income related to
Louisiana-I Gaming, L.P. The $352,000 of minority interest in fiscal 1994 is
related primarily to the minority interest in Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.
Boomtown has a state income tax provision of $1.1 million related to net
income generated from Boomtown New Orleans and a federal income tax benefit of
approximately $300,000 during fiscal 1995. Boomtown's federal income tax
benefit (effective rate of 15%) is lower than the federal statutory rate due
to amortization of goodwill and an increase in nondeductible items as a result
of a change in deductibility of meals and entertainment from 80% to 50%. At
September 30, 1995, Boomtown had deferred tax assets and deferred tax
liabilities of approximately $7.1 million and $8.2 million respectively. The
Company believes that the future benefits from the deferred tax assets will be
realized in full.
As a result of the factors discussed above, the net loss decreased $5.2
million from a loss of $8.1 million in fiscal 1994 to a loss of $2.9 million
in fiscal 1995.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Hollywood Park's principal source of liquidity as of September 30, 1997, was
cash and cash equivalents of $22,007,000. Cash and cash equivalents increased
by $10,085,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 1997. Net cash
provided by operating activities was $6,059,000. Net cash used by investing
activities was $5,884,000. Cash used for capital assets of $23,059,000
included amounts spent for the purchase of a new riverboat for Boomtown New
Orleans, the down payment on the purchase of the barge for Boomtown Biloxi,
and normal and necessary capital improvements. Cash provided by investing
activities related to the cash acquired from Boomtown in the Merger (net of
Hollywood Park's Merger costs) and by the liquidation of the Company's short
term corporate bond investments. Net cash provided by financing activities was
$9,910,000. Cash of $125,000,000 was raised with the issuance of the Old
Notes. Cash of approximately $110,924,000 was used to redeem a majority of the
Boomtown Notes. Cash was disbursed for the payment of the preferred stock
dividend through the date of conversion. Cash payments were also made on a
variety of secured notes for gaming and other operating assets held by the
various Boomtown properties, including the approximately $2,107,000 payment of
a Boomtown New Orleans note payable on the original riverboat.
Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $6,723,000 during the nine months
ended September 30, 1996. Net cash provided by operating activities was
$11,761,000. Net cash used in investing activities was $14,692,000, which
included disbursements for the construction of the Crystal Park Casino, along
with normal and necessary capital improvements. Net cash used in financing
activities was $3,792,000, which included the payment of a secured note, the
payment of dividends on the preferred stock, and the repurchase of the
Company's common stock, netted against cash received from the minority members
of Crystal Park LLC.
Hollywood Park. On June 30, 1997, Hollywood Park and a bank syndicate lead
by Bank of America finalized the reducing revolving credit facility (the "Bank
Credit Facility") for up to $225,000,000. On August 7, 1997, the Bank Credit
Facility was reduced by $125,000,000 (representing the principal amount of the
Old Notes issued) to $100,000,000. Of such $100,000,000, approximately
$83.6 million was available at September 30, 1997, as a result of covenant
limitations. The Bank Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the
assets of Hollywood Park and its significant subsidiaries, and imposes certain
customary affirmative and negative covenants.
The Bank Credit Facility has been amended twice. The first amendment, among
other matters, reduced the availability of the facility until the Bank Credit
Facility was approved by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. The Company
received this approval on July 10, 1997. The second amendment, among other
things, allowed the co-issuance of the Notes by HPOC with the Company.
Debt service requirements on the Bank Credit Facility consist of current
interest payments on outstanding indebtedness through September 30, 1999. As
of September 30, 1999, and on the last day of each third calendar month
thereafter, through June 30, 2001, the Bank Credit Facility will decrease by
7.5% of the commitment in effect on September 30, 1999. As of September 30,
2001, and on the last day of each third calendar month
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thereafter, the Bank Credit Facility will decrease by 10% of the commitment in
effect on September 30, 1999. Any principal amounts outstanding in excess of
the Bank Credit Facility commitment, as so reduced, will be payable on such
quarterly reduction dates.
The Bank Credit Facility provides for a letter of credit sub-facility of
$10,000,000, of which $2,035,000 is currently outstanding for the benefit of
Hollywood Park's California self insured workers' compensation program. The
facility also provides for a swing line sub-facility of up to $10,000,000.
Borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility bear interest at an annual rate
determined, at the election of the Company, by reference to the "Eurodollar
Rate" (for interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months) or the "Reference Rate",
as such terms are respectively defined in the Bank Credit Facility, plus
margins which vary depending upon Hollywood Park's ratio of funded debt to
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA"). The
margins start at 1.25% for Eurodollar loans and at 0.25% for Base Rate loans,
at funded debt to EBITDA ratio of less than 1.50%. Thereafter, the margin for
each type of loan increases by 25 basis points for each increase in the ratio
of funded debt to EBITDA of 50 basis points or more, up to 2.625% for
Eurodollar loans and 1.625% for Base Rate loans. However, if the ratio of
senior funded debt to EBITDA exceeds 2.50%, the applicable margins will
increase to 3.25% for Eurodollar loans, and 2.25% for Base Rate loans.
Thereafter, the margins would increase by 25 basis points for each increase in
the ratio of senior funded debt to EBITDA of 50 basis points or more, up to a
maximum of 4.25% for Eurodollar loans and 3.25% for Base Rate loans. The
applicable margins as of September 30, 1997, were 1.75% with respect to the
Eurodollar Rate based interest rate and 0.75% with respect to the Base Rate
interest rate. The Bank Credit Facility allows for interest rate swap
agreements, or other interest rate protection agreements, up to a maximum
notional amount of $125,000,000. Presently, the Company does not utilize such
financial instruments, though it may in the future.
Hollywood Park pays a quarterly commitment fee for the average daily amount
of unused portions of the Bank Credit Facility. The commitment fee is also
dependent upon the Company's ratio of funded debt to EBITDA. The commitment
fee for the Bank Credit Facility starts at 31.25 basis points when the ratio
is less than 1.00, and increases by 6.25 basis points for each increase in the
ratio of 0.50, up to a maximum of 50 basis points. For the quarter beginning
October 1, 1997, this fee is 43.75 basis points.
On July 3, 1997, Hollywood Park borrowed $112,000,000 from the Bank Credit
Facility to fund Boomtown's offer to purchase the Boomtown Notes, and repaid
this amount on August 7, 1997, with a portion of the proceeds from the
issuance of $125,000,000 of the Old Notes. The balance of the proceeds from
the issuance of the Notes are expected to be used primarily for the purchase
of a new riverboat in Boomtown New Orleans, and other general corporate needs.
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually, on February 1st and August
1st. The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in
part, on or after August 1, 2002, at a premium to face amount, plus accrued
interest, with the premium to the face amount decreasing on each subsequent
anniversary date. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Obligors,
guaranteed by all other material restricted subsidiaries of either Hollywood
Park or HPOC.
The indenture governing the Notes contains certain covenants that, among
other things, limit the ability of the Obligors and their restricted
subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness and issue preferred stock, pay
dividends or make other distributions, repurchase equity interests or
subordinated indebtedness, create certain liens, enter into certain
transactions with affiliates, sell assets, issue or sell equity interests in
their respective subsidiaries or enter into certain mergers and
consolidations.
On July 1, 1997, in connection with the divestiture of Boomtown's Las Vegas
property, Hollywood Park issued an unsecured promissory note of approximately
$3,465,000. The promissory note bears interest equal to the Bank of America
reference rate plus 1.0%. Interest is payable annually with five annual
principal payments of approximately $693,000 commencing July 1, 1998.
During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Company paid dividends
of $1,520,000 on its convertible preferred stock, representing $70.00 per
share, or $0.70 per depositary share. Effective August 28,
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1997, the Company converted the 2,749,900 outstanding depositary shares into
2,291,492 shares of its common stock, thereby eliminating the annual preferred
cash dividend payment of approximately $1,925,000 for future periods.
As of September 30, 1997, the Company liquidated its investments in
corporate bonds. During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, proceeds
from the sale or redemption of the corporate bond investments were
approximately $4,766,000, with gross realized gains and losses of
approximately $9,000 and $88,000, respectively.
Effective December 4, 1997, HP/Compton, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, purchased First Park Investments, LLC's (owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Chu) 3.4% membership interest in Crystal Park LLC for $1,000,000, increasing
the Company's ownership in Crystal Park LLC to 93.2%.
Boomtown. In November 1993, Boomtown sold $103,500,000 of the Boomtown
Notes. On July 3, 1997, pursuant to a tender offer, Boomtown repurchased and
retired approximately $102,142,000 in principal amount of the Boomtown Notes,
at a purchase price of $1,085 per $1,000 in principal amount, along with
accrued interest thereon.
As a result of the Merger, Boomtown, as required under the indenture
governing the Boomtown Notes, initiated a change in control purchase offer at
a price of $1,010 for each $1,000 for the remaining approximately $1,358,000
aggregate principal amount of Boomtown Notes outstanding. This change in
control purchase offer was completed on August 12, 1997, with only $105,000 of
the remaining Boomtown Notes tendered.
On August 4, 1997, Hollywood Park executed a promissory note pursuant to
which one of the Hollywood Park entities purchased the barge and the building
shell at Boomtown Biloxi for at total cost of $5,250,000. A payment of
$1,500,000 was made on August 4, 1997, with the balance due of $3,750,000
payable in three equal annual installments of $1,250,000. Interest on the
promissory note is equal to the prime interest rate in effect on the first day
of the quarterly period. The principal amount of the promissory note, together
with accrued interest, may be repaid, without penalty, in whole or in part, at
any time.
On August 7, 1997, Boomtown New Orleans prepaid the 13.0% note payable
secured by the original Boomtown Belle riverboat, which currently remains in
use. The cost of the prepayment (inclusive of a 1.0% prepayment penalty) was
approximately $2,107,000.
As of August 8, 1997, Boomtown New Orleans is wholly owned by the Company.
Previously, Boomtown New Orleans was owned and operated by the Louisiana
Partnership, of which 92.5% was owned by Hollywood Park with the remaining
7.5% owned by Skrmetta. On November 18, 1996, Boomtown entered into an
agreement with Skrmetta under which it would pay approximately $5,670,000 in
return for Skrmetta's interest in the Louisiana Partnership. Under the terms
of the agreement, Boomtown made a down payment of $500,000, and the Company
paid the remaining $5,170,000 on August 8, 1997.
On September 25, 1997, Hollywood Park acquired the Crescent City Queen (to
be renamed Boomtown Belle II) riverboat from Casino Magic Corporation, at a
cost of approximately $11,700,000. Hollywood Park will invest approximately
$4,700,000 to renovate and equip the Boomtown Belle II, which is expected to
be placed in service mid-December 1997.
As of September 30, 1997, Boomtown had two notes payable for gaming and
other operating equipment which total approximately $359,000. Boomtown also
has various capital lease obligations for gaming and other operating
equipment, totaling approximately $2,055,000.
In connection with the sale of its Las Vegas property, Boomtown took back
two notes receivable from Roski, the former lessor of the Las Vegas property,
totaling approximately $8,465,000. The first note receivable is for
$5,000,000, bearing interest at Bank of America's reference rate plus 1.5% per
year, with annual principal receipts of $1,000,000 plus accrued interest
commencing on July 1, 1998. The second note is for approximately
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$3,465,000, bearing interest at Bank of America's reference rate plus 0.5% per
year, with the principal and accrued interest payable, in full, on July 1,
2000.
Sunflower. On March 24, 1994, an Amended and Restated Credit and Security
Agreement (the "Sunflower Senior Credit") was executed between Sunflower and
five banks in connection with the Company's acquisition of Sunflower. As of
September 30, 1997, the outstanding balance of the Sunflower Senior Credit was
$28,667,000. The Sunflower Senior Credit is non-recourse to Hollywood Park.
On May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code. The Cash Collateral Agreement suspended any interest or
principal payments on the Sunflower Senior Credit until August 12, 1997. The
Bankruptcy Court has issued an order extending the Cash Collateral Agreement
until the confirmation hearing, which is scheduled for January 22, 1998. The
Cash Collateral Agreement requires Sunflower to make certain cash payments to
Wyandotte County, Kansas, the creditor under the Sunflower Senior Credit and
TRAK East (the unaffiliated operator of racing at Sunflower).
On July 15, 1997, Sunflower presented to the Bankruptcy Court a plan of
reorganization (the "Plan") which provides for the sale of Sunflower's
property to the Wyandotte Indians of Oklahoma (the "Wyandotte Indians"). Under
the Plan, some or all of the land would be held by the United States
Government in trust for the Wyandotte Indians, and a casino would be developed
on the property. Upon completion of the casino, Hollywood Park and a partner
(North American Sports Management, or an affiliate) will provide consulting
services to the casino. Under this arrangement, HP Kansas would be entitled to
receive a share of the revenues of the casino. Under the plan, in order to
allow the property to be released as collateral and sold to the Wyandotte
Tribe, Sunflower will be required to have standby letters of credit issued to
support certain payments to be made to the lenders under the Sunflower Senior
Credit and the Wyandotte County Treasurer's office. The aggregate amount of
such letters of credit is anticipated to be in excess of $29 million.
Hollywood Park will arrange for the issuance of such letters of credit on
behalf of Sunflower.
In 1995, under a promissory note executed in December 1994, between
Hollywood Park and Sunflower, Hollywood Park advanced $2,500,000 to Sunflower
to make certain payments due on the Sunflower Senior Credit. The amounts
borrowed under the promissory note, along with accrued interest, are
subordinate to the Sunflower Senior Credit. Although the Company will continue
to pursue payment of the promissory note, for financial reporting purposes the
outstanding balance of the promissory note was written off as of March 31,
1996.
Capital Commitments. As of September 30, 1997 the Company had one material
capital commitment of approximately $9,000,000 with respect to the
construction of the casino for the Yakama expansion, as described below in
"Business--Business Strategy."
Expansion Costs. In addition to the financing needs discussed above, and the
capital needed for construction of the casino for the Yakama expansion,
Hollywood Park has other potential capital needs with respect to Boomtown Reno
and Boomtown New Orleans. The Company expects to spend approximately
$25,000,000 on the expansion and renovation of Boomtown Reno, including
additional hotel rooms, expanded gaming space and other amenities, which is
expected to be completed by the end of 1998. The Company also expects to spend
approximately $10,000,000 on the expansion and upgrade of Boomtown New
Orleans, including the build-out of the second floor of the land-based
facility which is expected to be completed by mid-1998. The Boomtown New
Orleans Boomtown Belle II riverboat renovation is expected to cost
approximately $4,700,000 and is expected to be completed during the first
quarter of 1998.
General. Hollywood Park is continually evaluating future growth
opportunities in the gaming, sports and entertainment industries. The Company
expects that funding for growth opportunities, payment of interest on the
Notes, payments on notes payable and capital expenditure needs will come from
existing cash balances, cash generated from operating activities and
borrowings from the credit facilities. In the opinion of management, these
resources will be sufficient to meet the Company's anticipated cash
requirements for the foreseeable future and in any event for at least the next
twelve months.
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following unaudited pro forma combined consolidated condensed statements
of operations have been prepared by combining the audited consolidated
statements of operations of Hollywood Park for the year ended December 31,
1996, with the unaudited consolidated statement of operations of Boomtown,
also for the year ended December 31, 1996, and by combining the unaudited
statements of operations of the Company for the nine months ended September
30, 1997 (which include the results of operations of Boomtown on a
consolidated basis from and after July 1, 1997) with Boomtown's results of
operations for the six months ended June 30, 1997. Historically, Boomtown
reported results on a fiscal year end of September 30. The acquisition of
Boomtown was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting for
business combinations. The following unaudited pro forma combined consolidated
condensed balance sheet as of September 30, 1997 includes the accounts of both
Hollywood Park and Boomtown. These pro forma financial statements should be
read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
The following unaudited pro forma combined consolidated condensed financial
statements are also presented with Boomtown Las Vegas' results excluded,
because this property was divested in connection with the Merger. Finally,
unaudited pro forma combined consolidated financial statements are then
presented giving effect to the issuance of the Notes and the application of
the proceeds therefrom.
The pro forma information is presented for illustrative purposes only, and
is not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position
that would have occurred if the Merger and the issuance of the Notes had been
consummated in an earlier period, nor is it necessarily indicative of the
future operating results or financial position.
These pro forma financial statements are based on, and should be read in
conjunction with, the historical consolidated financial statements and the
related notes thereto of Hollywood Park and Boomtown.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
ADJUSTMENTS
TO PRO FORMA
HOLLYWOOD ELIMINATE ADJUSTED PRO FORMA
PARK, BOOMTOWN, BOOMTOWN BOOMTOWN, PRO FORMA COMBINED
INC. INC. LAS VEGAS INC. ADJUSTMENTS CONSOLIDATED
--------- --------- ----------- --------- ----------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Gaming................. $ 50,717 $188,942 $(30,960) $157,982 $ 0 $ 208,699
Racing................. 71,308 0 0 0 0 71,308
Food and beverage...... 13,947 16,677 (7,887) 8,790 0 22,737
Hotel and recreational
vehicle park.......... 0 7,427 (5,744) 1,683 0 1,683
Truck stop and service
station............... 0 14,859 (159) 14,700 0 14,700
Other income........... 7,253 13,413 (3,210) 10,203 0 17,456
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
143,225 241,318 (47,960) 193,358 0 336,583
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
Expenses:
Gaming................. 27,249 111,364 (21,644) 89,720 0 116,969
Racing................. 30,167 0 0 0 0 30,167
Food and beverage...... 19,573 20,015 (9,860) 10,155 0 29,728
Hotel and recreational
vehicle park.......... 0 3,110 (2,471) 639 0 639
Truck stop and service
station............... 0 13,462 (83) 13,379 0 13,379
Administrative......... 41,477 63,021 (17,272) 45,749 0 87,226
Other.................. 2,485 4,132 (143) 3,989 0 6,474
Depreciation and
amortization.......... 10,695 10,880 (956) 9,924 (312)(a) 20,818
-- -- -- -- 444 (b) --
-- -- -- -- 67 (c) --
Hollywood Park/Boomtown
Merger costs.......... 0 1,291 0 1,291 0 1,291
Write off of investment
in a business......... 11,412 0 0 0 0 11,412
Loss on sale of
business.............. 0 36,563 0 36,563 0 36,563
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
143,058 263,838 (52,429) 211,409 199 354,666
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
Operating income
(loss)................. 167 (22,520) 4,469 (18,051) (199) (18,083)
Interest expense ...... 942 13,988 (299) 13,689 (216)(d) 15,468
-- -- -- -- 329 (e) --
-- -- -- -- (11,843)(f) --
-- -- -- -- 692 (g) --
-- -- -- -- 11,875 (h) --
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
Income (loss) before
minority interests and
income taxes........... (775) (36,508) 4,768 (31,740) (1,036) (33,551)
Minority interest ..... 15 (164) 0 (164) 0 (149)
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
Income (loss) before
income taxes........... (790) (36,344) 4,768 (31,576) (1,036) (33,402)
Income tax expense
(benefit)............. 3,459 (320) 1,370 1,050 (388)(i) 4,121
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ---------
Income (loss) before
extraordinary item..... $ (4,249) $(36,024) $ 3,398 $(32,626) $ (648) $ (37,523)
======== ======== ======== ======== ======== =========
Dividend requirement on
convertible preferred
stock.................. $ 1,925
Loss before
extraordinary item
allocated to common
shareholders........... $ (39,448)
=========
Per common share:
Loss before
extraordinary item--
primary............... $ (1.65)
Loss before
extraordinary item--
fully diluted......... $ (1.65)
Number of common
shares-primary........ 23,868
Number of common
shares-fully diluted.. 26,160
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
ADJUSTMENTS
TO PRO FORMA
HOLLYWOOD ELIMINATE ADJUSTED PRO FORMA
PARK, BOOMTOWN, BOOMTOWN BOOMTOWN, PRO FORMA COMBINED
INC.(A) INC.(B) LAS VEGAS INC. ADJUSTMENTS CONSOLIDATED
--------- --------- ----------- --------- ----------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Gaming................. $ 83,990 $ 98,787 $(15,438) $ 83,349 $ 0 $167,339
Racing................. 48,084 0 0 0 0 48,084
Food and beverage...... 13,016 9,028 (4,107) 4,921 0 17,937
Hotel and recreational
vehicle park.......... 581 3,768 (2,973) 795 0 1,376
Truck stop and service
station............... 4,897 6,646 (76) 6,570 0 11,467
Other income........... 7,781 5,737 (416) 5,321 0 13,102
-------- -------- -------- -------- ------- --------
158,349 123,966 (23,010) 100,956 0 259,305
-------- -------- -------- -------- ------- --------
Expenses:
Gaming................. 45,117 54,804 (11,918) 42,886 0 88,003
Racing................. 21,615 0 0 0 0 21,615
Food and beverage...... 16,920 11,698 (5,115) 6,583 0 23,503
Hotel and recreational
vehicle park.......... 199 1,714 (1,380) 334 0 533
Truck stop and service
station............... 4,461 6,093 (47) 6,046 0 10,507
Administrative......... 38,622 30,678 (7,082) 23,596 0 62,218
Other.................. 3,262 1,882 (66) 1,816 0 5,078
Depreciation and
amortization.......... 11,939 8,820 (298) 8,522 222 (b) 20,717
-- -- -- -- 34 (c) --
REIT Restructuring..... 609 0 0 0 0 609
Hollywood Park/Boomtown
Merger costs.......... 0 1,487 0 1,487 0 1,487
Write off of investment
in a business......... 0 0 0 0 0 0
Loss on sale of
business.............. 0 1,271 (914) 357 0 357
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142,744 118,447 (26,820) 91,627 256 234,627
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Operating income (loss). 15,605 5,519 3,810 9,329 (256) 24,678
Interest expense....... 3,782 6,951 (101) 6,850 (108)(d) 11,051
-- -- -- -- 165 (e) --
-- -- -- -- (5,922)(f) --
-- -- -- -- 346 (g) --
-- -- -- -- 5,938 (h) --
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Income (loss) before
minority interests and
income taxes........... 11,823 (1,432) 3,911 2,479 (675) 13,627
Minority interest...... 80 0 0 0 0 80
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Income (loss) before
income taxes........... 11,743 (1,432) 3,911 2,479 (675) 13,547
Income tax expense
(benefit)............. 4,624 (587) 2,051 1,464 (256)(i) 5,832
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Income (loss) before
extraordinary item..... $ 7,119 $ (845) $ 1,860 $ 1,015 $ (419) $ 7,715
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Dividend requirement on
convertible preferred
stock.................. $ 1,520
Income before
extraordinary item
available to common
shareholders........... $ 6,195
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Per common share:
Income before
extraordinary item--
primary............... $ 0.30
Number of common
shares--primary....... 20,596
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(a) Includes Boomtown's results of operations from and after July 1, 1997.
(b) Includes Boomtown's results of operations for the six months ended June 30,
1997.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
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HOLLYWOOD
PARK, INC.(A)
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(IN THOUSANDS)
ASSETS
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Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents..................................... $ 22,007
Restricted cash............................................... 1,209
Other receivables............................................. 10,049
Deferred tax assets........................................... 8,103
Prepaid expenses and other assets............................. 20,098
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Total current assets......................................... 61,466
Notes receivable................................................ 9,450
Property, plant and equipment, net.............................. 293,737
Goodwill, net................................................... 33,342
Other assets.................................................... 15,384
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$413,379
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LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable.............................................. $ 10,625
Accrued liabilities........................................... 33,073
Current portion of notes payable.............................. 4,005
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Total current liabilities.................................... 47,703
Notes payable................................................... 132,163
Deferred tax liabilities........................................ 11,005
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Total liabilities............................................ 190,871
Minority interest............................................... 3,033
Stockholders' equity:
Capital stock--
Common........................................................ 2,619
Capital in excess of par...................................... 222,023
Accumulated deficit........................................... (5,167)
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Total stockholders' equity................................... 219,475
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$413,379
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(a) Includes the accounts of Boomtown, and all activity related to the issuance
of the Notes and the redemption of the Boomtown Notes.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
ASSUMPTIONS. The unaudited pro forma combined consolidated condensed
statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 1996, and for the
nine months ended September 30, 1997, are presented as if the Boomtown
acquisition, and the divestiture of Boomtown Las Vegas had taken place on
January 1, 1996 and 1997, respectively. The unaudited pro forma combined
consolidated condensed statements of operations have been prepared by
combining the audited consolidated statements of operations of the Company for
the year ended December 31, 1996, with the unaudited consolidated statements
of operations of Boomtown for the year ended December 31, 1996, and for the
nine months ended September 30, 1997 for the Company which include Boomtown's
results from and after July 1, 1997, with Boomtown's results for the six
months ended June 30, 1997. (Historically, Boomtown reported results on a
fiscal year end of September 30.)
PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS. The unaudited pro forma combined consolidated
condensed statements of operations have been prepared on the basis that the
acquisition was consummated as set forth in the Notes to the Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet included herein.
The following adjustments have been made to the unaudited pro forma combined
consolidated condensed statements of operations:
(a) To eliminate the amortization of the issuance costs associated with
the Boomtown Notes.
(b) To record the amortization of the issuance costs associated with the
Notes.
(c) To record the amortization of the excess purchase price over net
assets acquired. Total estimated excess purchase price of approximately
$2.7 million will be amortized over 40 years on a straight line basis.
(d) To eliminate the amortization of the discount associated with the
Boomtown Notes.
(e) To record the interest expense associated with the promissory note
from the Company to the lessor of Boomtown Las Vegas as required by the
agreement to divest this property.
(f) To eliminate the interest expense associated with the Boomtown Notes.
(g) To amortize the up-front loan fees associated with the Bank Credit
Facility.
(h) To record the interest expense associated with the Notes at 9.5%.
(i) To record the estimated 40% tax benefit associated with the pro forma
expenses, after adding back the amortization of goodwill (see (c)) which is
not deductible for income tax purposes.
EXTRAORDINARY ITEM. The accompanying pro forma statements of operations
exclude an extraordinary loss of approximately $14.2 million (approximately
$8.4 million, net of tax effect) recorded by Boomtown in the period ended June
30, 1997, related to the tender and consent costs (approximately $9.0 million)
and the write-off of deferred financing costs (approximately $5.2 million)
associated with the early extinguishment of the Boomtown Notes.
RECLASSIFICATIONS. Certain reclassifications have been made to the Company's
and Boomtown's historical consolidated statements of operations to conform to
the pro forma combined consolidated condensed statements of operations.
PRO FORMA PER SHARE DATA. The pro forma per share amounts, as presented in
the unaudited pro forma combined consolidated condensed statements of
operations, were based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding
during the period, inclusive of the effect, when dilutive, of the exercise of
stock options. Included were approximately 5.4 million shares of Company
common stock issued in the Merger (after giving effect to the retirement of
the approximately 446,000 shares of Company common stock that were issued in
the Merger but then repurchased by the Company from the lessor of Boomtown's
Las Vegas property concurrently with the disposition of that property).
COMBINATION COSTS. The Company recorded costs of approximately $5.6 million
related to the Merger. These costs were incorporated into the price of the
acquisition under the purchase method of accounting for a business
combination. Costs incurred by Boomtown were expensed as incurred.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET
As of September 30, 1997, the balance sheet of the Company reflects all
activity related to the issuance of the Notes and the Merger.
EXTRAORDINARY ITEM. The historical "Hollywood Park, Inc." column on the
accompanying pro forma balance sheet reflects the write-off of the deferred
financing costs (approximately $5.2 million) associated with the Boomtown
Notes, which was recorded by Boomtown in the period ended June 30, 1997, and
it reflects a corresponding reduction to retained earnings.
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BUSINESS
GENERAL
Hollywood Park is a diversified gaming, sports and entertainment company
engaged in the ownership and operation of casinos (including card club
casinos) and pari-mutuel racing facilities, and the development of related
opportunities.
Hollywood Park owns and operates land-based, dockside and riverboat gaming
operations in Verdi, Nevada, Biloxi, Mississippi and Harvey, Louisiana.
Hollywood Park also owns two card club casinos in California, the Hollywood
Park-Casino, operated by Hollywood Park on the premises of the Hollywood Park
Race Track, and Crystal Park, located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, in
which Hollywood Park holds a majority interest and which is leased by
Hollywood Park to an unaffiliated operator. The Hollywood Park-Casino and
Crystal Park offer a variety of card games, including Poker, Pai Gow, and
California Blackjack. Hollywood Park's gaming properties have an aggregate of
3,269 slot machines and 379 table games. Hollywood Park is the only company
that currently owns and operates both California card club casinos and
traditional casinos in Nevada and other states.
Hollywood Park also owns and, through HPOC, operates the Hollywood Park Race
Track, a premier thoroughbred racing facility and the site of the prestigious
1997 Breeders' Cup, located on a 378-acre parcel in the Los Angeles,
California metropolitan area within three miles of the Los Angeles
International Airport, and the Turf Paradise Race Track, a thoroughbred racing
facility located in Phoenix, Arizona, and, through its subsidiary Sunflower,
operates The Woodlands Race Track, a greyhound and thoroughbred racing
facility located in Kansas City, Kansas. Sunflower is a debtor in possession
under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
As a result of its recent strategic combination with Boomtown, Hollywood
Park is a company with diversified revenues as well as improved cash flow and
significant real estate assets available for future development. For the year
ended December 31, 1996, on a pro forma basis giving effect to the
Transactions, Hollywood Park had total revenues of approximately $336.6
million, EBITDA of approximately $2.7 million, Adjusted EBITDA of
approximately $52.0 million and (after giving effect to the one time, non-cash
$11.4 million write off of Hollywood Park's investment in Sunflower Racing,
Inc. and the $36.6 million loss on the sale of Boomtown Las Vegas) a net loss
of approximately $37.5 million and a deficiency of earnings to fixed charges
of approximately $34.8 million. In addition, as of September 30, 1997,
Hollywood Park had total assets (book value) of approximately $413.4 million
(including the land on which the Hollywood Park Race Track sits, a majority of
which was acquired in the 1930s and which the Company believes has a fair
market value substantially in excess of its book value) and had Net Debt of
approximately $114.2 million. See "Prospectus Summary--Summary Historical and
Pro Forma Financial and Operating Data."
HISTORY
Since 1991, Hollywood Park has transformed itself from an operator of a
single horse racing property into a multi-jurisdictional gaming, sports and
entertainment property operator. Hollywood Park has implemented its strategic
plan through internal development of properties and a series of selective
acquisitions, with a particular focus on middle-market gaming operations which
could, in Hollywood Park's opinion, benefit from improved management and the
access to Hollywood Park's financial resources.
Hollywood Park and its predecessors have operated the Hollywood Park Race
Track since 1938. In late 1993 and early 1994, Hollywood Park attempted to
take advantage of the trend toward legalizing gaming in new jurisdictions by
acquiring race tracks in jurisdictions where expanded gaming legislation
appeared reasonably likely. In 1994, Hollywood Park acquired Turf Paradise in
Phoenix, Arizona and Sunflower (the operator of The Woodlands Race Track) in
Kansas City, Kansas. However, in both Arizona and Kansas, the respective
legislatures have not authorized expanded forms of gaming at race tracks.
Following the acquisitions of Turf Paradise and Sunflower, Hollywood Park
focused its expansion efforts on California card club casinos and other casino
operations, as well as on expanding its pari-mutuel operations
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at its existing facilities. In mid-1994, Hollywood Park opened the Hollywood
Park-Casino on the premises of the Hollywood Park Race Track. Crystal Park, in
which Hollywood Park holds an 93.2% interest, but which is operated by an
unaffiliated party, opened in late 1996 in the metropolitan Los Angeles area.
On June 30, 1997, the Company completed its strategic combination with
Boomtown, pursuant to which Boomtown became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Hollywood Park.
The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1981 and is the successor to the
Hollywood Park Turf Club, which was organized in 1938. HPOC was incorporated
in Delaware in 1981. The mailing address of the Issuers' principal executive
offices is 1050 South Prairie Avenue, Inglewood, California 90301, and their
telephone number is (310) 419-1500.
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Hollywood Park's strategic plan is to grow its gaming, sports and
entertainment businesses by (i) expanding its existing properties, (ii)
developing unimproved real estate at its existing sites and developing
projects at new sites, and (iii) making selected acquisitions, principally in
the gaming industry, to diversify its operations and to achieve economies of
scale.
Expansion of Existing Properties
Hollywood Park's strategic plan for the existing properties is to continue
to expand its operations at these sites by adding more hotel rooms, gaming
floor space, restaurants, meeting and retail space and other amenities.
Hollywood Park generally seeks, through its expansions at these properties, to
add attractions intended to increase customer traffic (and therefore enhance
gaming revenues) and to refurbish and enhance the amenities available at
Boomtown Reno and Boomtown New Orleans.
Specifically, Hollywood Park's current expansion plans at its existing
properties include the following:
. The Company expects to spend approximately $25 million on an expansion
and renovation of Boomtown Reno to add approximately 200 hotel rooms, to
expand gaming space by 13,000 square feet (including 200 slot machines),
to add an entertainment lounge, 10,000 square feet of meeting space,
additional parking and other amenities, as well as to refurbish an
existing restaurant. In addition, the Company intends to renovate the
existing casino space. Hollywood Park believes that this expansion is
necessary in order to alleviate capacity constraints caused by the small
number of existing hotel rooms, which have consistently had
approximately 100% occupancy throughout the summer and year round on
weekends and holidays. Additionally, this expansion is expected to make
Boomtown Reno more attractive to small groups and conventions. The
Company has decided to spread this expansion work over 18 months to
minimize construction disruption and anticipates that such expansion
will be completed by the end of 1998.
. The Company expects to spend approximately $10 million on an expansion
and upgrade of the Boomtown New Orleans land-based facility to refurbish
the existing gaming area and to build out the second floor by adding
meeting space, additional food and beverage and other entertainment
amenities. The Company anticipates that such expansion will be completed
by mid-1998.
. The Company is considering, subject to further market analysis and the
acquisition of additional land, a possible expansion of Boomtown Biloxi
to add hotel rooms and/or to expand the undeveloped portion of the
barge.
Potential New Development Opportunities
Hollywood Park is considering several potential new development
opportunities relating to its existing undeveloped real estate as well as
projects at new sites.
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Additional Uses of Hollywood Park Property. Hollywood Park is exploring the
development of its 378-acre Hollywood Park Race Track property and its 275-
acre Turf Paradise Race Track property, and continues to have discussions with
developers regarding proposed retail, entertainment and other projects for
both of these properties. The Hollywood Park Race Track property has 150
undeveloped acres, and Turf Paradise has 100 undeveloped acres on which
Hollywood Park seeks to develop such multi-use retail, entertainment and/or
sports venues. Hollywood Park has not entered into any definitive agreements
concerning any of these projects, and the ultimate uses have not yet been
determined. Any decisions to begin these projects would be dependent upon,
among other things, the execution of definitive agreements, the availability
of project financing with acceptable terms, and the attainment of the
necessary permits and certifications, for which there can be no assurance.
Yakama Project. Hollywood Park, through its wholly owned subsidiaries HP
Yakama, Inc. ("HP Yakama") and HP Yakama Consulting, Inc. ("HP Yakama
Consulting") has entered into agreements with the Yakama Tribal Gaming
Corporation (the "Tribal Corporation") and The Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Indian Nation (the "Tribes") to fund (through HP Yakama) and
consult on (through HP Yakama Consulting) the construction, development and
operation of a casino in Yakima County, Washington. HP Yakama has committed to
fund up to $9,000,000 to construct and equip the casino, and the Tribal
Corporation has signed a promissory note to repay up to $9,000,000, at a 10%
annual interest rate over seven years from the date of completion. The
Development Agreement and the Consulting Agreement between HPY Consulting and
the Tribal Corporation are for development and gaming operations consulting
services, respectively, to the Tribal Corporation at a cost of $1.00 per year
each, plus certain consulting expenses, not to exceed $2,000 per month under
either agreement. The Consulting Agreement is for a seven year period.
HP Yakama has also entered into a Master Lease to lease the completed casino
and underlying land (the "Facility") from the Tribes, for a seven year term
commencing with the opening of the casino, for $12,000 per year, and then to
Sublease the Facility to the Tribal Corporation, for the same seven year term.
Rent due from the Tribal Corporation to HP Yakama under the Sublease is
initially set at 28% of Net Revenues (as defined), until such time as the
aggregate accrued Net Revenues equal $26,000,000. The rent then decreases to
25% of Net Revenues until such time as the aggregate accrued Net Revenues
equal $41,000,000, and thereafter will equal 22% for the remainder of the
Sublease period. "Net Revenues" is defined as Gross Revenues less normal and
necessary operating expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting
principles, to include interest payments due from the Tribal Corporation to HP
Yakama, and to exclude rent due under the Sublease.
Hollywood Park has entered into a Profit Participation Agreement with North
American Sports Management, Inc. ("NORAM"), which entered into the original
Memorandum of Understanding with the Tribes. NORAM will receive 22% of the
portion of the Net Revenues (as described above) actually received by HP
Yakama under the Sublease.
Construction on the casino is underway and is expected to open in the second
quarter of 1998. The casino will feature a 600 seat bingo hall, certain table
games including Blackjack, Poker, Craps, Roulette, Mini-bac, and Caribbean
Stud, and will offer electronic pull tabs and electronic bingo, but will not
offer slot machines. Gaming is played in the traditional Las Vegas style in
which players bet against the house. The casino is located approximately 130
miles from both Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon, in a valley at the
foot of Mt. Adams, which is a popular vacation site. The nearest gaming
facility is 157 miles away in Pendelton, Oregon.
Presently, Hollywood Park, the Tribes and the Tribal Corporation are
awaiting approval of the documentation from the National Indian Gaming
Commission (the "NIGC") and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, (the "BIA").
Hollywood Park and HP Yakama have applications pending with the Washington
Gambling Commission (the "WGC") for Class III Indian Gaming--Financier
approval. There can be no assurance that the NIGC and the BIA will approve the
documentation or that the WGC will grant Hollywood Park and HP Yakama the
Class III Indian Gaming--Financier approval.
Indiana Project. In December 1995, Boomtown (through a wholly-owned
subsidiary), Hilton Gaming (Switzerland County) Corporation ("Hilton
Switzerland") and a local minority investor, formed a joint venture
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which currently has a pending application for the only remaining riverboat
gaming license to be awarded for operations on the Ohio River in Indiana. As
amended, the application is for a license in Switzerland County, Indiana which
is located approximately 35 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio. If a license is
received, the parties plan to construct a facility which would include a
cruising riverboat with 38,000 square feet of casino space and supporting
land-based facilities that will incorporate a "western river-town" themed
entertainment complex with up to 300 hotel rooms, a 700 seat multi-purpose
special events room, several restaurants and significant retail space (the
"Indiana Project"). The joint venture further owns options to lease and
purchase real property in Switzerland County where Hollywood Park plans to
construct land-based facilities. Hollywood Park currently anticipates that the
aggregate cost of the facility, if constructed, would be approximately $120
million, of which Hollywood Park's share would be 50%, or approximately $60
million.
Pursuant to the terms of the joint venture agreement, Hollywood Park and
Hilton Switzerland each own 48.5% of the joint venture entity, with the
remaining interests held by a non-voting local minority partner. So long as
Hilton Switzerland and Hollywood Park hold their original percentages, they
will share management control of the project. In the event the parties no
longer hold their original percentages, the party with the larger interest
will have management control of the project subject to certain minority
protections. There can be no assurance that the joint venture entity will
receive the necessary license and other governmental approvals and
environmental permits to proceed with the Indiana Project.
Kansas Project. HP Kansas, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hollywood
Park, has entered into agreements to acquire an interest in an Indian gaming
facility to be constructed on the grounds of The Woodlands property in Kansas
City, Kansas. The project is a part of Sunflower's plan of reorganization
which provides for, subject to the approval of various parties including the
Bankruptcy Court, Sunflower's creditors and certain federal, state and tribal
gaming authorities, the sale of The Woodlands to the Wyandotte Tribe of
Oklahoma and the construction of a casino on the property. HP Kansas, Inc. and
a non-affiliated partner would make loans to fund (up to a currently estimated
amount of approximately $15 million to $20 million) the acquisition and
development of, provide consulting services to, and receive a share of the
revenues of the casino. These represent estimates based on current information
available to the Company and are therefore subject to change based on market
conditions and other factors. See "--Racing Operations--Sunflower" and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
California Card Club Casino Venues. Hollywood Park continues to seek to
identify and to capitalize on opportunities to own properties within
California on which card club casinos have or may be authorized; however,
unless existing California law is amended, a public company such as Hollywood
Park may only operate a card club casino on the grounds of a race track that
it owns. Hollywood Park may also seek to add additional tables at its existing
card club casinos if business conditions justify such an expansion.
Potential Selected Acquisitions
Hollywood Park believes that significant opportunities currently exist in
the gaming industry as a result of consolidation trends and the inability of
certain gaming companies to expand or maximize their opportunities due to
capital constraints. Accordingly, Hollywood Park seeks to capitalize on these
opportunities to geographically diversify its operations and achieve the
benefits of economies of scale and synergy. The Company is exploring
acquisition opportunities in emerging gaming markets (other than Las Vegas or
Atlantic City) in which gaming has already been legalized. The Company
believes that this represents its greatest opportunity to expand its gaming
operations significantly over the next several years.
GAMING OPERATIONS
Hollywood Park's gaming establishments consist of Boomtown's western-themed
casinos acquired in the Merger located in or near Reno, Nevada, New Orleans,
Louisiana and Biloxi, Mississippi, as well as the two card club casinos
located in the metropolitan Los Angeles, California area. Properties operated
by Hollywood Park's Boomtown subsidiary offer gaming, hotel accommodations (at
Boomtown Reno), and other entertainment amenities to primarily middle income,
value-oriented customers. Hollywood Park believes its Boomtown properties
distinguish themselves from other casinos by their emphasis on the "old west"
and their casual, friendly atmosphere. At all of the Boomtown properties,
Hollywood Park reinforces this theme throughout the
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customers' visit with the use of western memorabilia in its interior decor,
country/western music and the western dress of its employees. Hollywood Park
believes this western theme and relaxed environment provide for customer
loyalty and a high rate of repeat business.
Boomtown Reno
Boomtown Reno has been operating for over 30 years (and has been operated by
current Boomtown management since 1987) on 569 acres in Verdi, Nevada (seven
miles west of Reno, Nevada and two miles from the California border) on
Interstate 80, the major highway connecting Northern California and Reno.
Hollywood Park believes Boomtown Reno has established a loyal customer base
primarily drawn from Interstate 80 traffic. Boomtown Reno caters to middle-
income customers and markets itself as a gaming and entertainment property
complete with amenities for the entire family.
Boomtown Reno offers its guests a 40,000-square foot casino, including 1,320
slot machines and 44 table games and two Keno games. Boomtown Reno also offers
a 122-room hotel, a 35,000-square foot entertainment center featuring a
theater, an indoor miniature golf course, a restaurant and a ferris wheel, a
16-acre truck stop with approximately 200 parking spaces, a 203-space full-
service recreational vehicle park, a service station, a mini-mart and other
related amenities.
Reno's primary visitor attraction is gaming. The greater Reno area accounts
for substantially all casino gaming which occurs in Washoe County, Nevada.
Reno continues to promote itself as a major entertainment destination center
and remains among the four largest gaming regions in the United States behind
Las Vegas, Atlantic City and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Reno is a popular
resort area which attracts tourists from throughout the country by offering
gaming as well as numerous other summer and winter recreational activities.
Reno is located approximately 50 miles from Lake Tahoe, another popular
recreational area. The continued popularity of Reno is evidenced in the
increase in the number of visitors traveling to Reno. According to the
Reno/Lake Tahoe Convention and Visitors Authority, over 5.2 million tourists
visited Washoe County in 1996. Casino gaming has grown steadily in the greater
Reno area over the past decade and, in 1996, gaming revenues totaled $743
million.
The following sets forth certain data with respect to Boomtown Reno's hotel
operations:
BOOMTOWN RENO
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AVERAGE
OCCUPANCY AVERAGE DAILY AVERAGE REVENUE
YEAR BUILT PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS RATE ROOM RATE PER ROOM
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1968 A $25 million 200 Room 66% $38 $34
Hotel Expansion and
Casino Remodel is
underway with completion
expected by the end of
1998.
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Boomtown Biloxi
Boomtown Biloxi commenced operations in July 1994 and occupies nineteen
acres on Biloxi, Mississippi's historic Back Bay, one-half mile from
Interstate 110, the main highway connecting Interstate 10 and the Gulf of
Mexico. Boomtown's "old west" theme is the first of its kind in the Gulf Coast
area, and management believes the casual atmosphere and western theme
distinguishes Boomtown Biloxi from competing casinos. The dockside property
consists of a land-based facility which houses all non-gaming activities and a
33,632-square foot casino constructed on a 400 x 110 foot barge permanently
moored to the land-based building. The casino offers 1,038 slot machines, 35
table games and various restaurants and other non-gaming amenities.
Boomtown Biloxi is operated by a Mississippi limited partnership (the
"Mississippi Partnership"), of which 85% is owned and controlled by Hollywood
Park and 15% is owned by Eric Skrmetta ("Skrmetta"). The Mississippi
Partnership leases the Boomtown Biloxi site under a 99 year lease from
Skrmetta's father. Both Hollywood Park and Skrmetta have an option,
exercisable over the four-year period commencing July 1997, to exchange
Skrmetta's interest in the Mississippi Partnership for, at Skrmetta's option,
cash and/or shares of Hollywood Park common stock with an aggregate value
equal to the value of Skrmetta's 15% interest in the Mississippi Partnership,
with such value determined by a formula set forth in the relevant partnership
agreements.
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The Company has delivered a notice to Skrmetta to exercise this option.
Certain approvals of the Mississippi Gaming Commission may be required in
order to complete the transaction.
The Boomtown Biloxi barge and building shell were owned by National Gaming
Mississippi, Inc., a subsidiary of Chartwell Leisure, Inc. ("National
Gaming"). Boomtown Biloxi leased the assets from National Gaming under a 25-
year lease with a 25-year renewal option. National Gaming received 16% of the
adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization
("EBITDA"), as defined in the related contract. National Gaming also provided
marketing services to Boomtown Biloxi. On August 4, 1997, the Company executed
an agreement pursuant to which one of the Hollywood Park entities repurchased
the barge for approximately $5.25 million, payable through a down payment of
approximately $1.5 million made on August 4, 1997, and the balance in three
annual installments of $1.25 million. The EBITDA participation and other
related agreements terminated upon repurchase of the barge.
As of June 30, 1997, dockside gaming was permissible in nine of the 14
eligible counties in the State of Mississippi, and gaming operations had
commenced in seven of these counties. The law permits unlimited stakes gaming
on permanently moored vessels on a 24-hour basis. The Mississippi Gulf Coast
has a long tradition as a vacation destination. Biloxi is within a one and
one-half hour drive from New Orleans and a one hour drive from Mobile,
Alabama. Boomtown Biloxi caters to the over 250,000 local residents of the
Biloxi area and to the employees of other casinos in the area. In addition,
the Gulf Coast area draws an estimated two million visitors annually,
primarily from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
Boomtown New Orleans
Boomtown New Orleans commenced operations in August 1994 on a 50-acre site
in Harvey, Louisiana, approximately ten miles from the French Quarter of New
Orleans. Gaming operations are conducted from a 250-foot replica of a paddle-
wheel riverboat, offering 911 slot machines and 55 table games (including
blackjack ("21"), craps, poker, roulette, pai gow poker, let it ride and
caribbean stud) in a 30,000 square foot casino. The land-based facility
adjacent to the riverboat dock is composed of a western-themed, 88,000-square
foot facility. The first floor of the building opened December 1994 and offers
patrons a restaurant, a 20,000 square foot family entertainment center and a
western saloon/dancehall.
Boomtown New Orleans is currently owned and operated by a Louisiana limited
partnership (the "Louisiana Partnership"), 100% of which is owned by Hollywood
Park. On August 8, 1997, the Company made the final payment to Skrmetta
relating to the purchase of Skrmetta's 7.5% interest in the Louisiana
Partnership. The purchase price was approximately $5.7 million, $500,000 of
which had already been paid by Boomtown.
Boomtown New Orleans operates in the greater New Orleans gaming market, in
which riverboat gaming was legalized in 1991. Twenty-four hour unlimited
stakes gaming is permitted on the riverboats. Fourteen riverboats operate in
the state of Louisiana, three of which are currently operational in the New
Orleans area (including the Company's riverboat). The New Orleans metropolitan
area has a local resident population of over 1.3 million people and attracts
over 9 million tourists annually. The "West Bank," which is located in
Jefferson Parish, and is the site of Boomtown New Orleans, has approximately
300,000 local residents. A large majority of the Boomtown New Orleans
customers are local residents of the West Bank. Studies have indicated that,
in general, these customers are loyal to the West Bank and do not like to
travel into the downtown New Orleans urban area.
On September 25, 1997, Hollywood Park purchased the Crescent City Queen (to
be renamed Boomtown Belle II) riverboat from Casino Magic Corporation for
approximately $11,700,000, which upon approval from the Louisiana Gaming
Control Board will replace the current Boomtown Belle riverboat. Boomtown
Belle II is 130 feet longer and 15 feet wider than the current riverboat. The
gaming floors of Boomtown Belle II incorporate a more elegant decor, including
escalators to enhance patron traffic flow and will allow for more spacious
gaming floors. Boomtown Belle II also includes a third deck with 5,000 square
feet of banquet or special use facilities. Hollywood Park intends to invest
approximately $4,700,000 to renovate and equip Boomtown Belle II.
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Boomtown Belle II is expected to be placed into service in early 1998. In
addition to the purchase and renovation of Boomtown Belle II, a $10,000,000
renovation and build-out of the Boomtown New Orleans land based facility is
moving forward and the project is expected to be completed in July 1998. The
renovation will include a second floor banquet facility, a restaurant and bar
with an arcade venue catering to adults. Upon completion of the renovations,
Boomtown New Orleans will be a complete entertainment complex offering
entertainment experiences for a wide range of customers.
The Hollywood Park-Casino
The Hollywood Park-Casino opened in July 1994 on the same premises as the
Hollywood Park Race Track and offers a total of 145 table games in 30,000-
square feet of gaming space. By law, California card club casinos may neither
bank card games nor offer certain of the familiar games permitted in Nevada
and other traditional gaming jurisdictions. Instead, the Hollywood Park-Casino
offers only certain forms of card games, including Poker, Pai Gow and
California Blackjack. Patrons of the Hollywood Park-Casino pay a fee for seats
at gaming tables or for each hand played. Players bet solely against each
other, and the Hollywood Park-Casino does not participate in the wagers made
or in the outcome of any of the games played. Per hour collection rates per
table for conventional poker are approximately $75 for low limit and $240 for
high limit, and for the California games, $140 for low limit and $500 for high
limit.
Until October 1995, when California law was amended to permit publicly-
traded pari-mutuel racing associations to operate card club casinos on race
track premises, the Hollywood Park-Casino was operated under a lease
arrangement by an unaffiliated operator with Hollywood Park receiving a fixed
lease payment for the facility. Hollywood Park assumed operational control
over the Hollywood Park-Casino effective November 1995.
There are a number of card club casinos in the greater Los Angeles area,
including two card clubs of similar size to the Hollywood Park-Casino located
within 12 miles of Hollywood Park. Certain clubs have a geographical advantage
over the Hollywood Park-Casino in that they are in closer proximity to large
American-Asian populations who comprise a large percentage of card club casino
patrons. However, the Hollywood Park-Casino has been able to attract a
significant portion of the Southern California High-End Poker market ($15 to
$30 limit and above). In 1996, the Hollywood Park-Casino's expanded tournament
schedule attracted some of poker's most famous championship players, while the
introduction of new user-friendly games, such as L.A. Blackjack, and new
promotions helped to expand the Hollywood Park-Casino's player base. The
Hollywood Park-Casino is the only non-Indian facility in California that
offers pari-mutuel wagering complete with bet runners, which allows card
players to place pari-mutuel wagers without interruption of their games,
including wagering on simulcast racing from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.
The Casino also sponsors special entertainment events, including live concerts
and championship Thai Kick Boxing.
Other California municipalities may, in the future, propose ballot
initiatives similar to the card club initiative passed in Inglewood,
California which, if approved by voters, could lead to the establishment of
additional card clubs in direct competition with the Hollywood Park-Casino.
Currently, under California Senate Bill 100, as of January 1, 1996, there is a
three-year moratorium on public votes or referendums to approve the enactment
of any city ordinance to allow additional card clubs, and prohibits the
amendment of any existing ordinances.
Crystal Park Casino
The Crystal Park Casino, which is Southern California's first major combined
hotel and casino property, features 100 table games (but with the ability to
substantially increase that number) and 282 hotel rooms. The hotel was built
and opened in 1985 and was refurbished by the Company in 1995, and reopened in
1996. The casino first opened in 1996. Games offered are similar to those
offered at the Hollywood Park-Casino. The hotel operates under a Radisson
Hotels International, Inc. ("Radisson") flag, under a 20 year license
agreement between Hollywood Park and Radisson. Hollywood Park can terminate
the Radisson license agreement, at no cost, at the end of the third, fifth or
tenth year.
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Hollywood Park has a 93.2% interest in Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
Development Company, LLC (the "Crystal Park LLC"), the entity that owns the
facility, and certain minority investors own the remaining 6.8% of the
facility. In order to comply with California law, which does not allow
publicly traded companies such as Hollywood Park to operate a card club casino
(other than on the same property as a race track, such as the Hollywood Park-
Casino), Crystal Park LLC leased the property to Compton Entertainment, Inc.
("CEI"), an unaffiliated operator. However, on October 11, 1997, the
California Attorney General revoked CEI's conditional gaming registration, and
the City of Compton revoked CEI's city gaming license. On November 4, 1997,
Crystal Park LLC obtained a judgment in an action for unlawful detainer
against CEI, due to CEI's failure to pay a portion of the June 1997 rent and
to make required additional rent payments. In addition to the judgment for
possession and for damages of approximately $150,000, Crystal Park LLC has a
claim against CEI for additional damages relating to subsequent unpaid rent
and additional unpaid amounts.
Crystal Park LLC has therefore entered into a new four-year lease of the
Crystal Park Casino property with California Casino Management, Inc., a
California corporation ("CCM"), owned by Mr. Leo Chu, which took effect in
December 1997. The lease provides for a monthly rent of approximately $100,000
for the first six months, $350,000 for months 7 through 18 and $550,000 for
months 19 through 48. Hollywood Park does not participate in any gaming
revenues or hotel revenues from the Crystal Park Casino. On November 18, 1997,
Mr. Chu was approved for a gaming license by the City of Compton and on
December 19, 1997 he received a conditional license from the California
Attorney General to operate the Crystal Park Casino. CCM assumed operations of
the Crystal Park Casino in December 1997. Mr. Chu's license is subject to his
and CCM's fulfillment of a number of customary conditions, including without
limitation: compliance with applicable gaming ordinances; filing of certain
financial information, cash and chip reconciliation statements and other
reports; maintenance of required financial controls; and providing gaming
authorities with access to CCM's records and facilities.
Effective December 4, 1997, HP Casino, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, purchased First Park Investments, LLC's (owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Chu) 3.4% membership interest in Crystal Park LLC for $1,000,000 (the amount
initially invested by First Park Investments, LLC), increasing the Company's
ownership interest in Crystal Park LLC to 93.2%.
RACING OPERATIONS
Hollywood Park's strategy for its racing operations is to continue to
enhance revenues at its existing facilities through marketing improvements
and, as opportunities arise, through continued expansion and technological
improvements in off-track wagering. Hollywood Park has recently revised and
improved its marketing efforts to include a focus on a younger target
audience, particularly those under thirty years old, through special
promotions, give-aways and holding races on days and at hours appealing to
this group (such as Hollywood Park's "Friday Night Racing" program). Hollywood
Park believes that these efforts will develop a new source of long-term racing
patrons to supplement and, eventually, replace the existing racing customer
base, the average age of which has increased steadily over recent decades. In
addition, since 1994, Hollywood Park has increased its direct and indirect
off-track simulcast transmission sites for all of its race tracks from 240
to 929.
The total pari-mutuel handle at Hollywood Park's racing properties for live
(on-track and off-track) and simulcast racing was approximately $1.3 billion
in 1996, an increase of approximately 6% from approximately $1.2 billion for
the year ended December 31, 1995. Total pari-mutuel commissions were
approximately $53.8 million in 1996, an increase of approximately 1% from
approximately $53.3 million in 1995.
Hollywood Park Race Track
The Hollywood Park Race Track is located on 378 acres (of which
approximately 150 acres are undeveloped) in the Los Angeles metropolitan area,
which has a population base of approximately 14 million. Since 1938, the
Hollywood Park Race Track has been ranked among the country's most
distinguished thoroughbred racing facilities and in 1997 will be hosting the
Breeders' Cup championship racing series for the third time. Hollywood Park,
through HPOC, conducts two live on-track thoroughbred horse race meets per
year, totalling approximately 95 to 100 race days per year and has one of the
nation's largest combined live and simulcast single-track gross handles
(approximately $1.1 billion). Race dates must be applied for on an annual
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basis from the California Horse Racing Board. Live races run Wednesday through
Sunday, usually with nine live races a day. Hollywood Park also sends the
signal of its live races off-track to other locations including fairgrounds,
other race tracks, hotels and casinos. In total, Hollywood Park simulcasts its
live races, directly or indirectly through retransmissions, to 861 locations
in 40 states and four countries. Hollywood Park also accepts the simulcast
signal from live races conducted at other race tracks, including Southern and
Northern California tracks, which has helped to mitigate the seasonality of
Hollywood Park's horse racing business by allowing for year round operations.
Although Hollywood Park has seen a shift from wagers placed on its live races,
both on-track and off-track, to wagers placed on Northern California simulcast
races running on the same days as live racing at Hollywood Park, for which
Hollywood Park receives a lower commission rate, the net effect of expanded
simulcasting upon wagering commissions to date has been positive. Given
Hollywood Park's limited operating experience simulcasting Northern California
races on live race days, there can be no assurance that this effect will
continue to be positive.
Wagering on live racing is pari-mutuel, meaning that patrons bet against
each other in a pool rather than against the operator of the facility or with
pre-set odds. Hollywood Park derives revenues from a share of the pari-mutuel
handle at rates fixed by the State of California, admission fees and
concession sales. The approximate pari-mutuel commission rates are as follows:
Pari-mutuel commission rates on live Hollywood Park races range from 6.4% of
wagers placed at Hollywood Park to 1.25% of wagers placed off-track on
Hollywood Park races simulcast out-of-state. Pari-mutuel commission rates on
wagers placed on races simulcast at Hollywood Park range from 5.6% for
Northern California races to 2.0% for races conducted at other sites.
Turf Paradise
Turf Paradise, organized in 1954 and acquired by Hollywood Park in 1994, is
situated on approximately 275 acres in the northwest section of Phoenix,
Arizona, approximately 100 of which acres are undeveloped. Turf Paradise
conducts one live thoroughbred meet that starts in September and runs through
May and also offers limited quarter horse and Arabian horse racing during
certain periods of the year. Live racing is primarily conducted Friday through
Tuesday, with live races sent to 34 off-track sites in Arizona and 34 out-of-
state hubs, from which the signal is further disseminated to sites in New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Canada, among others. On Wednesday
and Thursday and during the off-season, Turf Paradise generally operates as a
simulcast facility.
At Turf Paradise, the state of Arizona fixes the pari-mutuel commissions on
wagers for on-track racing and off-track racing within the state as follows:
between 7.5% and 11.5% for on-track wagers depending on the total amount of
the handle and whether the wager is for win, place or show or two- or three-
or-more-horse pools, and between 9% and 17% for off-track wagers depending on
the same factors.
Sunflower
Hollywood Park acquired Sunflower, which owns The Woodlands greyhound and
horse racing track on 393 acres located in Kansas City, Kansas, in March,
1994. Sunflower conducts live greyhound and horse racing and accepts
simulcasts of both. Live greyhound racing runs almost continuously year round
and horse racing is generally conducted in the fall.
Sunflower was acquired with the expectation that the Kansas Legislature
would legalize slot machines or other forms of gaming in Kansas generally, or
at Sunflower specifically, which would have allowed Sunflower to compete more
effectively with riverboat gaming operations in Missouri. However, the Kansas
Legislature has not taken such action, and Sunflower's operating results
dramatically worsened following legalization of gaming in nearby
jurisdictions. As a result, Hollywood Park recorded a non-cash write off of
its approximately $11.4 million investment in Sunflower in the quarter ended
March 31, 1996 and, on May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed for reorganization under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Sunflower continues to operate the facility
as debtor in possession. Currently, the credit facility under which Sunflower
is in default is non-recourse to Hollywood Park, and, as of March 31, 1996,
Hollywood Park's consolidated financial statements no longer
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include the assets, liabilities or operating results of Sunflower; however,
the proposed plan of reorganization provides for standby letters of credit to
be issued by the Company upon receipt of various gaming approvals. Sunflower
filed its plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court on July 15, 1997.
See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
POSSIBLE RESTORATION OF REIT/PAIRED-SHARE STRUCTURE; POTENTIAL REIT PROPERTIES
From 1982 to 1991, the Company was operated as a REIT known as Hollywood
Park Realty Enterprises, Inc. ("HPRE"), and its stock was paired with, or
stapled to, that of HPOC. HPRE was primarily an owner and lessor of real
property. HPOC was primarily engaged in the active conduct of operations and,
in connection with conducting those operations, leased a significant amount of
real property from HPRE. Generally, a REIT is required to distribute as
dividends to its stockholders 95% of its taxable income (other than net
capital gains), and such amounts distributed are not subject to federal income
tax at the corporate level. Effective as of January 1, 1992, as part of a
corporate reorganization, HPRE and HPOC ceased operating in a paired-
share/REIT structure, HPOC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of HPRE, and HPRE
was renamed "Hollywood Park, Inc."
The Company ceased operating in a paired-share structure and terminated its
REIT status in 1992 because, in light of the Company's then financial
condition and operating results and the market perception of paired-share
companies at the time, the paired-share structure hindered the Company's
efforts to reduce its debt (totalling approximately $63 million at December
31, 1991) and grow its business. In the several years prior to 1992, the
Company had experienced losses and had considerable debt. The requirement
imposed by the Internal Revenue Code that a REIT distribute 95% of its taxable
income as dividends effectively prevented the Company from reinvesting
whatever income it generated in its business and reducing its outstanding
debt. Moreover, because the Company's then existing asset base produced little
taxable income, the stockholders were not realizing meaningful tax benefits
from the Company's REIT status. The Company also believed that, in that time
frame, the market lacked an understanding of REIT vehicles and therefore was
not valuing paired-share REITs highly. In fact, the market appeared to
discount the value of paired-share entities, which made it difficult for the
Company to raise equity capital.
Since that time circumstances have changed dramatically, both with respect
to the Company's asset base and financial condition as well as with respect to
the market's perception and understanding of paired-share entities. As a
result, the Company now believes that the Company's financial position and
market conditions will allow shareholders to realize the full value of the
paired-share structure. Since 1992, the Company has raised substantial capital
through equity offerings of both common and preferred stock. This capital has
allowed the company to engage in significant acquisitions and to repay its
outstanding debt. This process has transformed Hollywood Park into a company
with relatively low debt (other than the Notes which were used principally to
refinance the Boomtown debt) and strong cash flow. Further, the Company's
Board has taken note of the substantial premiums the paired-share structure
has attracted in the last twelve months in relation to pure operating
companies. Consequently, the Company's Board, with the advice of its financial
advisors, has determined that the restoration of the paired-share structure
may be an appropriate way to seek to maximize shareholder value. Among other
things, such a restoration is expected to: (i) allow the Company and its
stockholders to realize the value inherent in the paired-share structure; (ii)
afford the companies greater flexibility in structuring financing arrangements
and in raising capital which can be utilized to expand its existing business
and to make acquisitions in order to maximize utilization of the paired-share
status; and (iii) increase the dividends paid to stockholders on the portion
of its revenues generated as leasehold rents by the REIT from its paired
operating company. However, there can be no assurance that any of the
foregoing benefits will be achieved.
For the foregoing reasons, the Company has decided to pursue the Possible
REIT Restructuring subject to stockholder, regulatory and other approval.
There can be no assurance that the Company will receive the required approvals
for the Possible REIT Restructuring, or that the Possible REIT Restructuring
or its expected benefits will be achieved. The Company has retained the
investment banking firm of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in connection
with matters pertaining to the Possible REIT Restructuring, including
assisting the Company's Board of Directors in evaluating proposals from
potential investors. To the extent that a third party makes a substantial
strategic investment in or acquires the Company, such a transaction could
result in a Change of Control as defined in the Indenture. See "Description of
Notes--Repurchase at the Option of Holders--Change of Control."
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The Company has begun taking the steps necessary to reinstitute such a
structure over the next few months, with the objective of eventually
reorganizing its assets and operations into a REIT and an operating company.
In connection therewith, the Company has submitted a ruling request to the
Internal Revenue Service on certain aspects of the Possible REIT Restructuring
and, unless the Company chooses to implement the Possible REIT Restructuring
before the Internal Revenue Service has made a determination on that ruling
request, the results of that ruling request may have an impact on the form of
the Possible REIT Restructuring. The Company intends to proceed with the
Possible REIT Restructuring even in the absence of a ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service. There are a number of alternative transactions for
effectuating the Possible REIT Restructuring, and the Company has not
determined which alternative it would use to implement the Possible REIT
Restructuring. However, under any such alternative, the Company would become
the REIT, HPOC would become the operating company, and the common stock of the
Company and the common stock of HPOC would be paired so that they would be
transferable and tradeable only in combination as units (with each unit
consisting of one share of the Company's common stock and one share of HPOC's
common stock).
Although no final decision has been made about under what alternative to
implement the Possible REIT Restructuring, if the Possible REIT Restructuring
is implemented, then the Company, as the REIT, would be expected to be
primarily an owner and lessor of real property and to lease a portion of that
real property to HPOC and its subsidiaries. As the operating company, HPOC,
along with its subsidiaries, would be expected to be engaged primarily in the
active conduct of gaming, sports, and entertainment operations and to conduct
such operations, at least in part, on real property leased from the Company.
The Company has determined that, in the Possible REIT Restructuring, the 378-
acre parcel on which are located the Hollywood Park Race Track and the
Hollywood Park-Casino would become part of the REIT, and a substantial portion
of that parcel would be leased to HPOC and its subsidiaries for their use in
conducting such racing and casino operations. Hollywood Park currently has
other significant real property holdings, including the real property
associated with the operations of the Turf Paradise Race Track and the three
Boomtown casinos. Although it is possible that some or all of those other
holdings would become part of the REIT (with a lease from the REIT to HPOC or
its subsidiaries of some or all of such holdings), the Company has not yet
determined whether any of such other holdings would become part of the REIT or
would become part of the operating company. The amount of rent that would be
paid to the Company by HPOC and its subsidiaries under any of the leases
described above would be determined on a fair market value basis. Certain
approvals of Gaming Authorities may be required in order to effect the
Possible REIT Restructuring.
The Indenture governing the Notes permits the Issuers, without the consent
of the holders of the Notes, to amend the Indenture covenants to implement the
Possible REIT Restructuring and to make required rent and dividend payments,
to modify the financial covenants to accommodate the allocation of assets and
liabilities between the Company and HPOC resulting from the Possible REIT
Restructuring and otherwise to operate within the paired share/REIT structure
thereafter, subject to the obligation of the Issuers to offer to repurchase
the Notes upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as defined). See
"Description of Notes--Redemption at the Option of the Holders--Change of
Control".
The Old Notes are, and the New Notes will be, co-issued by the Company and
HPOC, each of which are, and will be, absolutely and unconditionally obligated
for the payment of the Notes. The Company and HPOC have entered into an
agreement that, as between the Company and HPOC, HPOC would be primarily
responsible for the payments on the Notes. However, such agreement in no way
limits the obligations of the Company under the Notes, and each Issuer would
continue to be a co-obligor following implementation of the Possible REIT
Restructuring.
The Company believes that the amendment of the Indenture covenants in
connection with any Possible REIT Restructuring should be nontaxable for
federal income tax purposes for those holders who do not accept the Company's
offer to repurchase the Notes in connection with such restructuring. If the
restructuring and amendments were treated as causing a "significant
modification" of the Notes, then they would be treated as a deemed exchange of
the Notes for new notes. Such a modification would either be a taxable event
causing the recognition of gain or loss and the possible creation of original
issue discount or bond premium, or a nontaxable
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recapitalization. However, the Company believes, based on current
expectations, that the restructuring and amendments would not be treated as
such a significant modification under current federal income tax law.
Accordingly, the Company expects that the amendment would not be taxable for
holders. Since that determination depends on the facts and circumstances at
the time of the modification, the Company will include in the Change of
Control offer to holders a summary of the anticipated federal income tax
consequences of the actual modification to the holders of the Notes.
PROPERTIES
The following describes Hollywood Park's principal real estate Properties.
Hollywood Park owns approximately 378 acres in Inglewood, California, which
is located in the heart of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The property
houses the 60,000 square foot Hollywood Park-Casino, the Hollywood Park Race
Track and the executive offices of Hollywood Park. The Hollywood Park Race
Track, Hollywood Park-Casino and required parking covers approximately 228
acres, leaving approximately 150 acres available for immediate development.
Crystal Park LLC (93.2% owned by Hollywood Park) owns approximately six
acres, upon which sits a parking structure, and owns the ground floor of the
Crystal Park Casino, which houses the approximately 40,000 square feet of
gaming floor space.
Turf Paradise owns approximately 275 acres in the northwest section of
Phoenix, Arizona, 100 of which are undeveloped. Sunflower owns approximately
393 acres in Kansas City, Kansas, but is currently involved in ongoing
reorganization proceedings under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
Boomtown Reno sits on 569 acres of land in Verdi, Nevada. Boomtown also owns
all of the improvements and facilities on this property, including the casino,
hotel, fun center, truck stop and recreational vehicle park. Current
operations are located on approximately 61 acres. Of the remaining acreage,
approximately 60 acres are zoned commercial and 444 acres are noncommercial.
Boomtown Reno also owns the related water rights. In addition, Boomtown Reno
maintains and operates its own sewage treatment facility at the site.
During November 1993, the Mississippi Partnership entered into a 99-year
lease for an 8.9 acre site in Biloxi, Mississippi. This land is being used to
operate the land-based amenities and parking for its dockside casino at
Boomtown Biloxi. The Mississippi Partnership has also entered into several
leases from 10 to 25 years for additional land being used for additional
parking. Upon commencement of operations on July 18, 1994, the Mississippi
Partnership sold its casino barge and building to Hospitality Franchise
Systems, Inc. ("HFS") and immediately leased them back for 25 years for a
rental amount based on adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and amortization, as defined in the relevant contract. The purchase price paid
by HFS consisted of approximately $8.6 million in cash, plus a contingent
payment of approximately $2.4 million, the contingent portion to be disbursed
solely to finance construction of a hotel, which never commenced. HFS
subsequently transferred the contract to National Gaming Corporation, Inc.
(recently renamed National Gaming Mississippi, Inc.). On August 4, 1997, the
Company executed an agreement pursuant to which it repurchased the barge for
approximately $5.25 million, $1.5 million of which was paid concurrently and
the remainder of which is due in three equal annual installments. All land-
based facilities, including restaurants, bars, fun center, and entertainment
facility, are owned by Boomtown Biloxi. Boomtown Biloxi also leases submerged
tidelands at the casino site from the State of Mississippi. The term of the
lease is ten years with a five-year option to renew. Annual rent is set forth
in the lease.
Boomtown New Orleans owns approximately 50 acres located in Jefferson
Parish, 10 miles from downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. This property is used
for land-based amenities related to the riverboat casino at Boomtown New
Orleans. Boomtown New Orleans owns all improvements to and facilities on this
property, including the riverboat restaurants, bars, fun center and
entertainment facility.
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REGULATION AND LICENSING
Gaming Operations
Nevada. The ownership and operation of casino gaming facilities in Nevada
are subject to: (i) the Nevada Gaming Control Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder (collectively, "Nevada Act"); and (ii) various local
regulations. The Company's gaming operations are subject to the licensing and
regulatory control of the Nevada Gaming Commission ("Nevada Commission"), the
Nevada State Gaming Control Board ("Nevada Board") and Washoe County. The
Nevada Commission, the Nevada Board, and Washoe County are collectively
referred to as the "Nevada Gaming Authorities."
The laws, regulations and supervisory procedures of the Nevada Gaming
Authorities are based upon declarations of public policy which are concerned
with, among other things: (i) the prevention of unsavory or unsuitable persons
from having a direct or indirect involvement with gaming at any time or in any
capacity; (ii) the establishment and maintenance of responsible accounting
practices and procedures; (iii) the maintenance of effective controls over the
financial practices of licensees, including the establishment of minimum
procedures for internal fiscal affairs and the safeguarding of assets and
revenues, providing reliable record keeping and requiring the filing of
periodic reports with the Nevada Gaming Authorities; (iv) the prevention of
cheating and fraudulent practices; and (v) providing a source of state and
local revenues through taxation and licensing fees. Changes in such laws,
regulations and procedures could have an adverse effect on Boomtown's gaming
operations.
Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc. (the "Gaming Subsidiary"), which operates
Boomtown Reno and two other gaming operations with slot machines only, is
required to be licensed by the Nevada Gaming Authorities. The gaming licenses
require the periodic payment of fees and taxes and are not transferable. The
Company is currently registered by the Nevada Commission as publicly traded
corporation (a "Registered Corporation") and has been found suitable to own
the stock of Boomtown which is registered as an intermediary company
("Intermediary Company"). Boomtown has been found suitable to own the stock of
the Gaming Subsidiary, which is a corporate licensee (a "Corporate Licensee")
under the terms of the Nevada Act. As a Registered Corporation, the Company is
required periodically to submit detailed financial and operating reports to
the Nevada Commission and furnish any other information which the Nevada
Commission may require. No person may become a stockholder of, or holder of an
interest of, or receive any percentage of profits from an Intermediary Company
or a Corporate Licensee without first obtaining licenses and approvals from
the Nevada Gaming Authorities. The Company, Boomtown and the Gaming Subsidiary
have obtained from the Nevada Gaming Authorities the various registrations,
findings of suitability, approvals, permits and licenses required in order to
engage in gaming activities in Nevada.
The Nevada Gaming Authorities may investigate any individual who has a
material relationship to, or material involvement with, the Company, Boomtown
or the Gaming Subsidiary in order to determine whether such individual is
suitable or should be licensed as a business associate of a gaming licensee.
Officers, directors and certain key employees of the Company, Boomtown and the
Gaming Subsidiary must file applications with the Nevada Gaming Authorities
and may be required to be licensed or found suitable by the Nevada Gaming
Authorities. Officers, directors and key employees of the Company and Boomtown
who are actively and directly involved in gaming activities of the Gaming
Subsidiary may be required to be licensed or found suitable by the Nevada
Gaming Authorities. The Nevada Gaming Authorities may deny an application for
licensing for any cause which they deem reasonable. A finding of suitability
is comparable to licensing, and both require submission of detailed personal
and financial information followed by a thorough investigation. The applicant
for licensing or a finding of suitability must pay all the costs of the
investigation. Changes in licensed positions must be reported to the Nevada
Gaming Authorities and in addition to their authority to deny an application
for a finding of suitability or licensure, the Nevada Gaming Authorities have
jurisdiction to disapprove a change in any person's corporate position or job
title.
If the Nevada Gaming Authorities were to find an officer, director or key
employee unsuitable for licensing or unsuitable to continue having a
relationship with the Company, Boomtown or the Gaming Subsidiary, the
companies involved would have to sever all relationships with such person. In
addition, the Nevada Commission
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may require the Company, Boomtown or the Gaming Subsidiary to terminate the
employment of any person who refuses to file appropriate applications.
Determinations of suitability or of questions pertaining to licensing are not
subject to judicial review in Nevada.
The Company and the Gaming Subsidiary are required to submit detailed
financial and operating reports to the Nevada Commission. Substantially all
material loans, leases, sales of securities and similar financing transactions
by the Gaming Subsidiary must be reported to or approved by the Nevada
Commission.
If it were determined that the Nevada Act was violated by the Gaming
Subsidiary, the gaming licenses it holds could be limited, conditioned,
suspended or revoked, subject to compliance with certain statutory and
regulatory procedures. In addition, the Company, Boomtown and the Gaming
Subsidiary and the persons involved could be subject to substantial fines for
each separate violation of the Nevada Act at the discretion of the Nevada
Commission. Further, a supervisor could be appointed by the Nevada Commission
to operate Boomtown Reno and, under certain circumstances, earnings generated
during the supervisor's appointment (except for reasonable rental value of the
casino) could be forfeited to the State of Nevada. Limitation, conditioning or
suspension of the gaming licenses of the Gaming Subsidiary or the appointment
of a supervisor could (and revocation of any gaming license would) materially
adversely affect the Company's gaming operations.
Any beneficial holder of the Company's voting securities, regardless of the
number of shares owned, may be required to file an application, be
investigated, and have his suitability as a beneficial holder of the Company's
voting securities determined if the Nevada Commission has reason to believe
that such ownership would otherwise be inconsistent with the declared policies
of the state of Nevada. The applicant must pay all costs of investigation
incurred by the Nevada Gaming Authorities in conducting any such
investigation.
The Nevada Act requires any person who acquires more than 5% of a Registered
Corporation's voting securities to report the acquisition to the Nevada
Commission. The Nevada Act requires that beneficial owners of more than 10% of
a Registered Corporation's voting securities apply to the Nevada Commission
for a finding of suitability within thirty days after the Chairman of the
Nevada Board mails the written notice requiring such filing. Under certain
circumstances, an "institutional investor," as defined in the Nevada Act,
which acquires more than 10%, but not more than 15%, of a Registered
Corporation's voting securities may apply to the Nevada Commission for a
waiver of such finding of suitability if such institutional investor holds the
voting securities for investment purposes only. An institutional investor
shall not be deemed to hold voting securities for investment purposes unless
the voting securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of
business as an institutional investor and not for the purpose of causing,
directly or indirectly, the election of a majority of the members of the board
of directors of the Registered Corporation, any change in the Registered
Corporation's corporate charter, bylaws, management, policies or operations of
the Registered Corporation, or any of its gaming affiliates, or any other
action which the Nevada Commission finds to be inconsistent with holding the
Registered Corporation's voting securities for investment purposes only.
Activities which are not deemed to be inconsistent with holding voting
securities for investment purposes only include: (i) voting on all matters
voted on by stockholders; (ii) making financial and other inquiries of
management of the type normally made by securities analysts for informational
purposes and not to cause a change in its management, policies or operations;
and (iii) such other activities as the Nevada Commission may determine to be
consistent with such investment intent. If the beneficial holder of voting
securities who must be found suitable is a corporation, partnership or trust,
it must submit detailed business and financial information including a list of
beneficial owners. The applicant is required to pay all costs of
investigation.
Any person who fails or refuses to apply for a finding of suitability or a
license within thirty days after being ordered to do so by the Nevada
Commission or the Chairman of the Nevada Board, may be found unsuitable. The
same restrictions apply to a record owner if the record owner, after request,
fails to identify the beneficial owner. Any stockholder found unsuitable and
who holds, directly or indirectly, any beneficial ownership of the common
stock beyond such period of time as may be prescribed by the Nevada Commission
may be guilty of a criminal offense. The Company is subject to disciplinary
action if, after it receives notice that
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a person is unsuitable to be a stockholder or to have any other relationship
with the Company, Boomtown or the Gaming Subsidiary, the Company (i) pays that
person any dividend or interest upon voting securities of the Company, (ii)
allows that person to exercise, directly or indirectly, any voting right
conferred through securities held by that person, (iii) pays remuneration in
any form to that person for services rendered or otherwise, or (iv) fails to
pursue all lawful efforts to require such unsuitable person to relinquish his
voting securities including, if necessary, the immediate purchase of said
voting securities for cash at fair market value.
The Nevada Commission may, in its discretion, require the holder of any debt
security (such as the Notes or the New Notes) of a Registered Corporation to
file applications, be investigated and be found suitable to own the debt
security of a Registered Corporation. If the Nevada Commission determines that
a person is unsuitable to own such security, then pursuant to the Nevada Act,
the Registered Corporation can be sanctioned, including the loss of its
approvals, if without the prior approval of the Nevada Commission, it (i) pays
to the unsuitable person any dividend, interest, or any distribution
whatsoever; (ii) recognizes any voting right by such unsuitable person in
connection with such securities; (iii) pays the unsuitable person remuneration
in any form; or (iv) makes any payment to the unsuitable person by way of
principal, redemption, conversion, exchange, liquidation, or similar
transaction.
The Company is required to maintain a current stock ledger in Nevada which
may be examined by the Nevada Gaming Authorities at any time. If any
securities are held in trust by an agent or by a nominee, the record holder
may be required to disclose the identity of the beneficial owner to the Nevada
Gaming Authorities. A failure to make such disclosure may be grounds for
finding the record holder unsuitable. The Company is also required to render
maximum assistance in determining the identity of the beneficial owner. The
Nevada Commission has the power to require that the Company's stock
certificates bear a legend indicating that the securities are subject to the
Nevada Act. However, to date the Nevada Commission has not imposed such a
requirement on the Company.
The Company may not make a public offering of its securities without the
prior approval of the Nevada Commission if the securities or proceeds
therefrom are intended to be used to construct, acquire or finance gaming
facilities in Nevada, or to retire or extend obligations incurred for such
purposes. The Exchange Offer will constitute a public offering (as defined in
the Nevada Act) and will require the prior approval of the Nevada Commission
upon the recommendation of the Nevada Board. In addition, (i) a Corporate
Licensee may not guarantee a security issued by a Registered Corporation
pursuant to a public offering without the prior approval of the Nevada
Commission; and (ii) restrictions upon the transfer of an equity security
issued by a Corporate Licensee or an Intermediary Company, and agreements not
to encumber such securities (collectively, "Stock Restrictions") are
ineffective without the prior approval of the Nevada Commission. The Stock
Restrictions in respect of the Notes require the prior approval of the Nevada
Commission to be effective. In connection with the approval of the Exchange
Offer, the Guaranties of the Gaming Subsidiary and Boomtown and the Stock
Restrictions will also require the prior approval of the Nevada Commission.
However, there can be no assurances that such approval will be granted.
Furthermore, any such approval, if granted, does not constitute a finding,
recommendation or approval by the Nevada Commission or the Nevada Board as to
the accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus or the investment merits of the
securities offered. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.
Changes in control of a Registered Corporation through merger,
consolidation, stock or asset acquisitions, management or consulting
agreements, or any act or conduct by a person whereby he obtains control, may
not occur without the prior approval of the Nevada Commission. Entities
seeking to acquire control of a Registered Corporation must satisfy the Nevada
Board and Nevada Commission in a variety of stringent standards prior to
assuming control of such Registered Corporation. The Nevada Commission may
also require controlling stockholders, officers, directors and other persons
having a material relationship or involvement with the entity proposing to
acquire control to be investigated and licensed as part of the approval
process relating to the transaction.
The Nevada legislature has declared that some corporate acquisitions opposed
by management, repurchases of voting securities and corporate defense tactics
affecting Nevada corporate gaming licensees, and Registered Corporations that
are affiliated with those operations, may be injurious to stable and
productive corporate
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gaming. The Nevada Commission has established a regulatory scheme to
ameliorate the potentially adverse effects of these business practices upon
Nevada's gaming industry and to further Nevada's policy to: (i) assure the
financial stability of corporate gaming licensees and their affiliates; (ii)
preserve the beneficial aspects of conducting business in the corporate form;
and (iii) promote a neutral environment for the orderly governance of
corporate affairs. Approvals are, in certain circumstances, required from the
Nevada Commission before the Registered Corporation can make exceptional
repurchases of voting securities above the current market price thereof and
before a corporate acquisition opposed by management can be consummated. The
Nevada Act also requires prior approval of a plan of recapitalization proposed
by the Registered Corporation's Board of Directors in response to a tender
offer made directly to the Registered Corporation's stockholders for the
purposes of acquiring control of the Registered Corporation.
License fees and taxes, computed in various ways depending on the type of
gaming or activity involved, are payable to the state of Nevada and to Washoe
County, in which the Gaming Subsidiary's operations are conducted. Depending
upon the particular fee or tax involved, these fees and taxes are payable
either monthly, quarterly or annually and are based upon either: (i) a
percentage of the gross revenues received; (ii) the number of gaming devices
operated; or (iii) the number of table games operated. A casino entertainment
tax is also paid by casino operations where entertainment is furnished in
connection with the selling of food or refreshments or the selling of any
merchandise.
Any person who is licensed, required to be licensed, registered, required to
be registered, or is under common control with such persons (collectively,
"Licensees"), and who proposes to become involved in a gaming venture outside
of Nevada, is required to deposit with the Nevada Board, and thereafter
maintain, a revolving fund in the amount of $10,000 to pay the expenses of
investigation by the Nevada Board of such Licensee's participation in such
foreign gaming. The revolving fund is subject to increase or decrease in the
discretion of the Nevada Commission. Thereafter, Licensees are required to
comply with certain reporting requirements imposed by the Nevada Act.
Licensees are also subject to disciplinary action by the Nevada Commission if
they knowingly violate any laws of the foreign jurisdiction pertaining to the
foreign gaming operation, fail to conduct the foreign gaming operation in
accordance with the standards of honesty and integrity required of Nevada
gaming operations, engage in activities that are harmful to the state of
Nevada or its ability to collect gaming taxes and fees, or employ a person in
the foreign operation who has been denied a license or finding of suitability
in Nevada on the ground of personal unsuitability.
The Nevada Commission has approved the issuance of the Guaranties of the New
Notes and the consummation of the Exchange Offer.
Mississippi. The ownership and operation of casino facilities in Mississippi
are subject to extensive state and local regulation. Regulation is primarily
effected through the licensing and regulatory control of the Mississippi
Gaming Commission and the Mississippi State Tax Commission (the "Mississippi
Gaming Authorities").
The Mississippi Gaming Control Act (the "Mississippi Act"), which legalized
dockside casino gaming in Mississippi, is similar to the Nevada Gaming Control
Act. The Mississippi Gaming Commission has adopted regulations which are also
similar in many respects to the Nevada gaming regulations.
The laws, regulations and supervisory procedures of Mississippi and the
Mississippi Gaming Commission seek to: (i) prevent unsavory or unsuitable
persons from having any direct or indirect involvement with gaming at any time
or in any capacity; (ii) establish and maintain responsible accounting
practices and procedures; (iii) maintain effective control over the financial
practices of licensees, including establishing minimum procedures for internal
fiscal affairs and safeguarding of assets and revenues, providing reliable
record keeping and making periodic reports to the Mississippi Gaming
Commission; (iv) prevent cheating and fraudulent practices; (v) provide a
source of state and local revenues through taxation and licensing fees; and
(vi) ensure that gaming licensees, to the extent practicable, employ
Mississippi residents. The regulations are subject to amendment and
interpretation by the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Changes in Mississippi
laws or regulations could have an adverse effect on the Company and the
Company's Biloxi, Mississippi gaming operations.
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The Mississippi Act provides for legalized dockside gaming at the discretion
of the 14 counties that either border the Gulf Coast or the Mississippi River,
but only if the voters in such counties have not voted to prohibit gaming in
that county. As of August 1, 1997, dockside gaming was permissible in nine of
the fourteen eligible counties in the State and gaming operations had
commenced in Adams, Coahoma, Hancock, Harrison, Tunica, Warren and Washington
counties. Under Mississippi law, gaming vessels must be located on the
Mississippi River or on navigable waters in eligible counties along the
Mississippi River or in the waters lying south of the counties along the
Mississippi Gulf Coast. The law permits unlimited stakes gaming on permanently
moored vessels on a 24-hour basis and does not restrict the percentage of
space which may be utilized for gaming. The Mississippi Act permits
substantially all traditional casino games and gaming devices and, on
August 11, 1997, a Mississippi lower court ruled that the Mississippi Act also
permits race books on the premises of licensed casinos. The Mississippi Gaming
Commission has not yet determined whether it will appeal that decision.
The Company and any subsidiary of the Company (or partnership in which the
subsidiary is a partner) that operates a casino in Mississippi (a "Mississippi
Gaming Subsidiary"), is subject to the licensing and regulatory control of the
Mississippi Gaming Authorities. Hollywood Park is currently registered with
the Mississippi Gaming Commission as a publicly traded corporation and has
been found suitable to own the stock of Boomtown, which is currently
registered with the Mississippi Gaming Commission as an intermediary company.
Boomtown has been found suitable to own the limited partnership interests of
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., the operator of Boomtown Biloxi and a licensee of
the Mississippi Gaming Commission, and to own the stock of the corporate
general partner of the partnership. Hollywood Park is required periodically to
submit detailed financial and operating reports to the Mississippi Gaming
Commission and furnish any other information which the Mississippi Gaming
Commission may require. If the Company is unable to continue to satisfy the
registration requirements of the Mississippi Act, the Company and its
Mississippi Gaming Subsidiaries cannot own or operate gaming facilities in
Mississippi. Each Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary must obtain gaming licenses
from the Mississippi Gaming Commission to operate casinos in Mississippi. A
gaming license is issued by the Mississippi Gaming Commission subject to
certain conditions, including continued compliance with all applicable state
laws and regulations and physical inspection of the casinos prior to opening.
There are no limitations on the number of gaming licenses which may be issued
in Mississippi.
Gaming licenses are not transferable, are initially issued for a two-year
period and must be renewed periodically thereafter. Boomtown Biloxi's gaming
license was renewed in 1996 for a two-year period expiring June 20, 1998. No
person may become a shareholder of or receive any percentage of profits from
an intermediary company or a gaming licensee subsidiary of a holding company
without first obtaining licenses and approvals from the Mississippi Gaming
Commission. The Company has obtained such approvals in connection with the
licensing of Boomtown Biloxi and the registration of Hollywood Park as a
publicly-traded holding company.
Certain officers and employees of Hollywood Park and the officers, directors
and certain key employees of the Company's Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary must
be found suitable or be investigated by the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The
Company believes that findings of suitability with respect to such persons
associated with Boomtown Biloxi have been applied for or obtained. However,
the Mississippi Gaming Commission in its discretion may require additional
persons to file applications for suitability. Employees associated with gaming
must obtain work permits that are subject to immediate suspension under
certain circumstances. In addition, any person having a material relationship
or involvement with the Company may be required to be found suitable or
licensed, in which case those persons must pay the costs and fees associated
with such investigation. The Mississippi Gaming Commission may deny an
application for a license for any cause that it deems reasonable. Changes in
licensed positions must be reported to the Mississippi Gaming Commission. In
addition to its authority to deny an application for a license, the
Mississippi Gaming Commission has jurisdiction to disapprove a change in any
person's corporate position or job title, which changes must be reported to
the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The Mississippi Gaming Commission has the
power to require any Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary and the Company to suspend
or dismiss officers, directors and other key employees or sever relationships
with other persons who refuse to file appropriate applications or whom the
authorities find unsuitable to act in such capacities.
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At any time, the Mississippi Gaming Commission has the power to investigate
and require the finding of suitability of any record or beneficial shareholder
of the Company. Mississippi law requires any person who acquires more than 5%
of the common stock of a registered publicly-traded holding company to report
the acquisition to the Mississippi Gaming Commission, and such person may be
required to be found suitable. Also, any person who becomes a beneficial owner
of more than 10% of a registered publicly-traded holding company's common
stock, as reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission, must apply for a
finding of suitability by the Mississippi Gaming Commission and must pay the
costs and fees that the Mississippi Gaming Commission incurs in conducting the
investigation. The Mississippi Gaming Commission has generally exercised its
discretion to require a finding of suitability of any beneficial owner of more
than 5% of a registered publicly-traded holding company's common stock.
However, the Mississippi Gaming Commission has adopted a policy that could
permit certain institutional investors to beneficially own up to 10% of a
public company's stock without a finding of suitability. If a shareholder who
must be found suitable is a corporation, partnership or trust, it must submit
detailed business and financial information, including a list of beneficial
owners.
Any person who fails or refuses to apply for a finding of suitability or a
license within 30 days after being ordered to do so by the Mississippi Gaming
Commission may be found unsuitable. The same restrictions apply to a record
owner, if the record owner, after request, fails to identify the beneficial
owner. Any person found unsuitable and who holds, directly or indirectly, any
beneficial ownership of the securities of the Company beyond such time as the
Mississippi Gaming Commission prescribes, may be guilty of a misdemeanor. The
Company is subject to disciplinary action if, after receiving notice that a
person is unsuitable to be a shareholder or to have any other relationship
with the Company or its Mississippi Gaming Subsidiaries, the Company: (i) pays
the unsuitable person any dividend or other distribution upon the voting
securities of the Company; (ii) recognizes the exercise, directly or
indirectly, of any voting rights conferred by securities of the Company held
by the unsuitable person; (iii) pays the unsuitable person any remuneration in
any form for services rendered or otherwise, except in certain limited and
specific circumstances; or (iv) fails to pursue all lawful efforts to require
the unsuitable person to divest himself of the securities, including, if
necessary, the immediate purchase of the securities for cash at a fair market
value.
The Company may be required to disclose to the Mississippi Gaming Commission
upon request the identities of the holders of any of the Company's debt
securities. In addition, the Mississippi Gaming Commission under the
Mississippi Act may, in its discretion, (i) require holders of securities of
registered corporations, including debt securities such as the Notes, to file
applications, (ii) investigate such holders, and (iii) require such holders to
be found suitable to own such securities or receive distributions thereon. If
the Mississippi Gaming Commission determines that a person is unsuitable to
own such security, then the issuer may be sanctioned, including the loss of
its approvals, if without the prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming
Commission, it (i) pays to unsuitable person any dividend, interest, or any
distribution whatsoever; (ii) recognizes any voting right by such unsuitable
person in connection with such securities; (iii) pays the unsuitable person
remuneration in any form; or (iv) makes any payment to the unsuitable person
by way of principal, redemption, conversion, exchange, liquidation, or similar
transaction. Although the Mississippi Gaming Commission generally does not
require the individual holders of obligations such as the Notes to be
investigated and found suitable, the Mississippi Gaming Commission retains the
discretion to do so for any reason, including but not limited to a default, or
where the holder of the debt instrument exercises a material influence over
the gaming operations of the entity in question. Any holder of debt securities
required to apply for a finding of suitability must pay all investigative fees
and costs of the Mississippi Gaming Commission in connection with such an
investigation.
The Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary must maintain a current stock ledger in
its principal office in Mississippi and the Company must maintain a current
list of stockholders in the principal offices of the Mississippi Gaming
Subsidiary which must reflect the record ownership of each outstanding share
of any class of equity security issued by Hollywood Park. The stockholder list
may thereafter be maintained by adding reports regarding the ownership of such
securities that it receives from Hollywood Park's transfer agent. The ledger
and stockholder lists must be available for inspection by the Mississippi
Gaming Commission at any time. If any securities of Hollywood Park are held in
trust by an agent or by a nominee, the record holder may be required to
disclose the
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identity of the beneficial owner to the Mississippi Gaming Commission. A
failure to make such disclosure may be grounds for finding the record holder
unsuitable. Hollywood Park must also render maximum assistance in determining
the identity of the beneficial owners.
The Mississippi Act requires that the certificates representing securities
of a publicly-traded corporation (as defined in the Mississippi Act) bear a
legend to the general effect that such securities are subject to the
Mississippi Act and the regulations of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The
Mississippi Gaming Commission has the power to impose additional restrictions
on the holders of the Company's securities at any time. The Company has
received a waiver from this legend requirement from the Mississippi Gaming
Commission.
Substantially all loans, leases, sales of securities and similar financing
transactions by a Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary must be reported to or
approved by the Mississippi Gaming Commission. A Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary
may not make an issuance or a public offering of its securities. Similarly,
the equity interests of the Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary may not be pledged
without the prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The Company
may not make an issuance or public offering of its securities without the
prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission if any part of the
proceeds of the offering is to be used to finance the construction,
acquisition or operation of gaming facilities in Mississippi or to retire or
extend obligations incurred for one or more such purposes. Such approval, if
given, does not constitute a recommendation or approval of the investment
merits of the securities subject to the offering. Any representation to the
contrary is unlawful. The Company has received such approvals as are necessary
to engage in the Exchange Offering.
Under the regulations of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Mississippi
Gaming Subsidiary may not guarantee a security issued by an affiliated company
pursuant to a public offering, or pledge its assets to secure payment or
performance of the obligations evidenced by the security issued by the
affiliated company, without the prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming
Commission. The guarantee of the Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary with respect to
the New Notes has received the prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming
Commission. The pledge of the stock of a Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary and the
foreclosure of such a pledge is ineffective without the prior approval of the
Mississippi Gaming Commission. Moreover, restrictions on the transfer of an
equity security issued by a Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary and agreements not
to encumber such securities (the "Stock Restrictions") are ineffective without
the prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The Stock
Restrictions with respect to the New Notes have also received the prior
approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
Change in control of the Company through merger, consolidation, acquisition
of assets, management or consulting agreements or any form of takeover, and
certain recapitalizations and stock purchases by Hollywood Park, cannot occur
without the prior approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Entities
seeking to acquire control of a registered corporation must satisfy the
Mississippi Gaming Commission in a variety of stringent standards prior to
assuming control of such registered corporation. The Mississippi Gaming
Commission may also require controlling stockholders, officers, directors and
other persons having a material relationship or involvement with the entity
proposing to acquire control, to be investigated and licensed as part of the
approval process relating to the transaction.
The Mississippi legislature has declared that some corporate acquisitions
opposed by management, repurchases of voting securities and other corporate
defense tactics that affect corporate gaming licensees in Mississippi and
corporations whose stock is publicly traded that are affiliated with those
licensees, may be injurious to stable and productive corporate gaming. The
Mississippi Gaming Commission has established a regulatory scheme to
ameliorate the potentially adverse effects of these business practices upon
Mississippi's gaming industry and to further Mississippi's policy to: (i)
assure the financial stability of corporate gaming operators and their
affiliates; (ii) preserve the beneficial aspects of conducting business in the
corporate form; and (iii) promote a neutral environment for the orderly
governance of corporate affairs. Approvals are, in certain circumstances,
required from the Mississippi Gaming Commission before the Company may make
exceptional repurchases of voting securities above the current market price of
its common stock (commonly called
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"greenmail") or before a corporate acquisition opposed by management may be
consummated. Mississippi's gaming regulations will also require prior approval
by the Mississippi Gaming Commission if the Company adopts a plan of
recapitalization proposed by its Board of Directors opposing a tender offer
made directly to the shareholders for the purpose of acquiring control of the
Company.
Neither the Company nor any subsidiary may engage in gaming activities in
Mississippi while also conducting gaming operations outside of Mississippi
without approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. The Mississippi Gaming
Authorities may require determinations that, among other things, there are
means for the Mississippi Gaming Authorities to have access to information
concerning the out-of-state gaming operations of the Company and its
affiliates. The Mississippi Gaming Commission must approve any future gaming
operations of the Company outside Mississippi. The Mississippi Gaming
Commission has approved the Company's operations in Nevada, California and
Louisiana but must approve the Company's operations in any other
jurisdictions.
If the Mississippi Gaming Commission decides that a Mississippi Gaming
Subsidiary violated a gaming law or regulation, the Mississippi Gaming
Commission could limit, condition, suspend or revoke the license of the
Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary, subject to compliance with certain statutory
and regulatory procedures. In addition, a Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary, the
Company and the persons involved could be subject to substantial fines for
each separate violation. Because of such a violation, the Mississippi Gaming
Commission could seek to appoint a supervisor to operate the casino
facilities. Limitation, conditioning or suspension of any gaming license or
the appointment of a supervisor could (and revocation of any gaming license
would) materially adversely affect the Company and the Mississippi Gaming
Subsidiary's gaming operations and the Company's results of operations.
License fees and taxes, computed in various ways depending on the type of
gaming involved, are payable to the State of Mississippi and to the counties
and cities in which a Mississippi Gaming Subsidiary's respective operations
will be conducted. Depending upon the particular fee or tax involved, these
fees and taxes are payable either monthly, quarterly or annually and are based
upon (i) a percentage of the gross gaming revenues received by the casino
operation, (ii) the number of slot machines operated by the casino or (iii)
the number of table games operated by the casino. The license fee payable to
the State of Mississippi is based upon "gaming receipts" (generally defined as
gross receipts less pay outs to customers as winnings) and equals 4% of gaming
receipts of $50,000 or less per month, 6% of gaming receipts over $50,000 and
less than $134,000 per month, and 8% of gaming receipts over $134,000. The
foregoing license fees are allowed as a credit against the licensee's
Mississippi income tax liability for the year paid.
In October 1994, the Mississippi Gaming Commission adopted two new
regulations. Under the first regulation, as condition of licensure or license
renewal, casino vessels on the Mississippi Gulf Coast that are not self-
propelled must be moored to withstand a Category 4 hurricane with 155 mile-
per-hour winds and 15-foot tidal surge. Boomtown Biloxi believes that it
currently meets this requirement. The second regulation requires as a
condition of licensure or license renewal that a gaming establishment's plan
include a 500-car parking facility in close proximity to the casino complex
and infrastructure facilities, the expenditures for which will amount to at
least 25% of the casino cost. Such facilities shall include any of the
following: a 250-room hotel of at least a two-star rating as defined by the
current edition of the Mobil Travel Guide, a theme park, golf courses,
marinas, tennis complex, entertainment facilities, or any other such facility
as approved by the Mississippi Gaming Commission as infrastructure. Parking
facilities, roads, sewage and water systems, or facilities normally provided
by cities and/or counties are excluded. The Mississippi Gaming Commission may
in its discretion reduce the number of rooms required, where it is shown to
the Commission's satisfaction that sufficient rooms are available to
accommodate the anticipated visitor load. The Company believes that Boomtown
Biloxi currently meets such requirements and was relicensed by the Mississippi
Gaming Commission effective June 20, 1996 for an additional two-year period.
The Company has commissioned a study to recommend alternatives for additional
development at Boomtown Biloxi, but the Company has made no definitive plans
with respect to any further development. In late 1997, members of the senior
staff of the Mississippi Gaming Commission and members of the Commission
informally advised the Company that they believe Boomtown Biloxi has complied
with the infrastructure requirement. However, Boomtown Biloxi is subject to
relicensing in June of 1998 and it is possible that the Mississippi Gaming
Commission could require further development at Boomtown Biloxi in connection
with the relicensing.
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The sale of food or alcoholic beverages at the Boomtown Biloxi property is
subject to licensing, control and regulation by the applicable state and local
authorities. The agencies involved have full power to limit, condition,
suspend or revoke any such license, and any such disciplinary action could
(and revocation would) have a material adverse effect upon the operations of
the affected casino or casinos. Certain officers and managers of the Company
and Boomtown Biloxi must be investigated by the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Division of the State Tax Commission (the "ABC") in connection with Boomtown
Biloxi's liquor permits. Changes in licensed positions must be approved by the
ABC.
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has approved the issuance of the
Guaranties of the New Notes and the consummation of the Exchange Offer.
Louisiana. The ownership and operation of a riverboat gaming vessel is
subject to the Louisiana Riverboat Economic Development and Gaming Control Act
(the "Louisiana Act"). As of May 1, 1996, gaming activities are regulated by
the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the "Board"). The Board is responsible for
issuing the gaming license and enforcing the laws, rules and regulations
relative to riverboat gaming activities. The Board is empowered to issue up to
15 licenses to conduct gaming activities on a riverboat of new construction in
accordance with applicable law. However, no more than six licenses may be
granted to riverboats operating from any one parish.
The laws and regulations of Louisiana seek to (i) prevent unsavory or
unsuitable persons from having any direct or indirect involvement with gaming
at any time or in any capacity; (ii) establish and maintain responsible
accounting practices and procedures; (iii) maintain effective control over the
financial practices of licensees, including establishing procedures for
reliable record keeping and making periodic reports to the Board; (iv) prevent
cheating and fraudulent practices; (v) provide a source of state and local
revenues through fees; and (vi) ensure that gaming licensees, to the extent
practicable, employ and contract with Louisiana residents, women and
minorities.
The Louisiana Act specifies certain restrictions and conditions relating to
the operation of riverboat gaming, including but not limited to the following:
(i) gaming is not permitted while a riverboat is docked, other than for forty-
five minutes between excursions, unless dangerous weather or water conditions
exist; (ii) each round trip riverboat cruise may not be less than three nor
more than eight hours in duration, subject to specified exceptions; (iii)
agents of the Board are permitted on board at any time during gaming
operations; (iv) gaming devices, equipment and supplies may be purchased or
leased from permitted suppliers; (v) gaming may only take place in the
designated river or waterway; (vi) gaming equipment may not be possessed,
maintained, or exhibited by any person on a riverboat except in the
specifically designated gaming area, or a secure area used for inspection,
repair, or storage of such equipment; (vii) wagers may be received only from a
person present on a licensed riverboat; (viii) persons under 21 are not
permitted in designated gaming areas; (ix) except for slot machine play,
wagers may be made only with tokens, chips, or electronic cards purchased from
the licensee aboard a riverboat, (x) licensees may only use docking facilities
and routes for which they are licensed and may only board and discharge
passengers at the riverboat's licensed berth; (xi) licensees must have
adequate protection and indemnity insurance; (xii) licensees must have all
necessary federal and state licenses, certificates and other regulatory
approvals prior to operating a riverboat and (xiii) gaming may only be
conducted in accordance with the terms of the license and the rules and
regulations adopted by the Board.
No person may receive any percentage of the profits from Boomtown New
Orleans without first being found suitable. In March 1994, Boomtown New
Orleans, its officers, key personnel, partners and persons holding a 5% or
greater interest in the partnership were found suitable by the predecessor to
the Board. A gaming license is deemed to be a privilege under Louisiana law
and as such may be denied, revoked, suspended, conditioned or limited at any
time by the Board. In issuing a license, the Board must find that the
applicant is a person of good character, honesty and integrity and the
applicant is a person whose prior activities, criminal record, if any,
reputation, habits and associations do not pose a threat to the public
interest of the State of Louisiana or to the effective regulation and control
of gaming, or create or enhance the dangers of unsuitable, unfair or illegal
practices, methods, and activities in the conduct of gaming or the carrying on
of business and financial
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arrangements in connection therewith. The Board will not grant any licenses
unless it finds that: (i) the applicant is capable of conducting gaming
operations, which means that the applicant can demonstrate the capability,
either through training, education, business experience, or a combination of
the above to operate a gaming casino; (ii) the proposed financing of the
riverboat and the gaming operations is adequate for the nature of the proposed
operation and from a source suitable and acceptable to the Board; (iii) the
applicant demonstrates a proven ability to operate a vessel of comparable
size, capacity and complexity to a riverboat in its application for a license;
(v) the applicant designates the docking facilities to be used by the
riverboat; (vi) the applicant shows adequate financial ability to construct
and maintain a riverboat; (vii) the applicant has a good faith plan to
recruit, train and upgrade minorities in all employment classifications; and
(viii) the applicant is of good moral character.
The Board may not award a license to any applicant who fails to provide
information and documentation to reveal any fact material to qualifications or
who supplies information which is untrue or misleading as to a material fact
pertaining to the qualification criteria; who has been convicted of or pled
NOLO CONTENDERE to an offense punishable by imprisonment of more than one
year; who is currently being prosecuted for or regarding whom charges are
pending in any jurisdiction of an offense punishable by more than one year
imprisonment; if any holder of 5% or more in the profits and losses of the
applicant has been convicted of or pled guilty or NOLO CONTENDERE to an
offense which at the time of conviction is punishable as a felony.
The transfer of a license is prohibited. The sale, assignment, transfer,
pledge, or disposition of securities which represent 5% or more of the total
outstanding shares issued by a holder of a license is subject to prior Board
approval. A security issued by a holder of a license must generally disclose
these restrictions.
Section 2501 of the regulations enacted by the Riverboat Gaming Division of
the Louisiana State Police (the investigative and enforcement entity under the
Louisiana regulatory scheme) pursuant to the Louisiana Act (the "Regulations")
requires prior written approval of the Board of all persons involved in the
sale, purchase, assignment, lease, grant or foreclosure of a security
interest, hypothecation, transfer, conveyance or acquisition of an ownership
interest (other than in a corporation) or economic interest of five percent
(5%) or more in any licensee.
Section 2523 of the Regulations requires notification to and prior approval
from the Board of the (a) application for, receipt, acceptance or modification
of a loan, or the (b) use of any cash, property, credit, loan or line of
credit, or the (c) guarantee or granting of other forms of security for a loan
by a licensee or person acting on a licensee's behalf. Exceptions to prior
written approval apply to any transaction for less than $2,500,000 in which
all of the lending institutions are federally regulated, or if the transaction
involves publicly registered debt and securities sold pursuant to a firm
underwriting agreement.
The failure of a licensee to comply with the requirements set forth above
may result in the suspension or revocation of that licensee's gaming license.
Additionally, if the Board finds that the individual owner or holder of a
security of a corporate license or intermediary company or any person with an
economic interest in a licensee is not qualified under the Louisiana Act, the
Board may require, under penalty of suspension or revocation of the license,
that the person not (a) receive dividends or interest on securities of the
corporation, (b) exercise directly or indirectly a right conferred by
securities of the corporation, (c) receive remuneration or economic benefit
from the licensee, or (d) continue in an ownership or economic interest in the
licensee.
A licensee must periodically report the following information to the Board,
which is not confidential and is to be available for public inspection; the
licensee's net gaming proceeds from all authorized games; the amount of net
gaming proceeds tax paid; and all quarterly and annual financial statements
presenting historical data that are submitted to the Board, including annual
financial statements that have been audited by an independent certified public
accountant.
The Board has adopted rules governing the method for approval of the area of
operations, the rules and odds of authorized games and devices permitted, and
prescribing grounds and procedures for the revocation, limitation or
suspension of licenses and permits.
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On April 19, 1996, the Louisiana legislature adopted legislation requiring
statewide local elections on a parish-by-parish basis to determine whether to
prohibit or continue to permit licensed riverboat gaming, licensed video poker
gaming, and licensed land-based gaming in Orleans Parish. The applicable local
election took place on November 5, 1996, and approximately two thirds of the
voters in the parish of Boomtown New Orleans voted to continue licensed
riverboat and video poker gaming. However, it is noteworthy that the current
legislation does not provide for any moratorium on future local elections on
gaming. Thus, although the Company does not anticipate another election in the
near future, there can be no assurance that a new election will not be called
to discontinue gaming within the parish.
The Board has approved the issuance of the Guaranties of the Notes.
California. Operation of California card club casinos such as the Hollywood
Park-Casino and Crystal Park is governed by the California Gaming Registration
Act (the "CGRA") and is subject to the oversight of the California Attorney
General (the "Attorney General"). Under the CGRA, a California card club
casino may only offer certain forms of card games, including Poker, Pai Gow,
and California Blackjack. A card club casino may not offer many of the card
games and other games of chance permitted in Nevada and other jurisdictions
where Boomtown conducts business.
Although the California Attorney General takes the position that, under the
CGRA, only individuals, partnerships or privately-held companies (as opposed
to publicly-traded companies such as Hollywood Park) are eligible to operate
card club casinos, the 1995 enactment of California Senate Bill 100 ("SB-100")
also permits a publicly-owned racing association to own and operate a card
club casino if it also owns and operates a race track on the same premises.
The provisions of SB-100 expire on January 1, 1999, unless the California
legislature enacts a comprehensive scheme for the regulation of gaming under
the jurisdiction of a gaming control commission. There can be no assurance
that such legislation will be adopted by such date or that the legislature
will extend the deadline. See "Risk Factors--Governmental Regulation." SB-100
also imposes a moratorium through 1998 on public votes or referendums to
approve the enactment of any city ordinance allowing additional card club
casinos in California.
Pursuant to the CGRA, the operator of a card club casino, and its officers,
directors and certain stockholders are required to be registered by the
Attorney General and licensed by the municipality in which it is located. In
September 1995, the Attorney General granted Hollywood Park a provisional
registration under SB-100 to operate the Hollywood Park-Casino which was
renewed on September 1, 1996. A permanent registration will not be granted
until the California Department of Justice completes its review of the
applications of Hollywood Park and its corporate officers and directors. The
Attorney General has broad discretion to deny a gaming registration and may
impose reasonably necessary conditions upon the granting of a gaming
registration. Grounds for denial include felony convictions, criminal acts,
convictions involving dishonesty, illegal gambling activities, and false
statements on a gaming application. Such grounds also generally include having
a financial interest in a business or organization that engages in gaming
activities that are illegal under California law; however, this provision
contains an exception for publicly-traded racing associations such as
Hollywood Park. In addition, the Attorney General possesses broad authority to
suspend or revoke a gaming registration on any of the foregoing grounds, as
well as for violation of any federal, state or local gambling law, failure to
take reasonable steps to prevent dishonest acts or illegal activities on the
premises of the card club casino, failure to cooperate with the Attorney
General in its oversight of the card club casino and failure to comply with
any condition of the registration.
Hollywood Park's operations at the Hollywood Park-Casino are also regulated
by a City of Inglewood ordinance (the "Inglewood Ordinance"). The Inglewood
Ordinance provides for a single card club casino located on the premises of
the Hollywood Park Race Track and requires Hollywood Park, as the operator of
the Hollywood Park-Casino, to be licensed by the City of Inglewood and to
obtain a card club operations certificate. The Inglewood City Council has
approved Hollywood Park's application for a gaming license and on August 21,
1996 Hollywood Park was granted the required card club operations certificate.
Hollywood Park's city gaming license and operations certificate are valid for
five years unless revoked, suspended or surrendered, and are renewable
annually thereafter.
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In addition to Hollywood Park, the Inglewood Ordinance also requires all
employees, each beneficial owner of at least 10% of the outstanding Hollywood
Park common stock, and certain key employees of Hollywood Park to have either
a permit or a valid registration from the City of Inglewood. The license to
operate the card club casino may be suspended or revoked if such a stockholder
or employee fails to obtain a permit. Without the prior consent of the City of
Inglewood, a 10% stockholder may not transfer or sell its Hollywood Park
shares to any person who is, or by reason of such transaction would become, a
10% stockholder. These licensing requirements and transfer restrictions apply
to all 10% stockholders of Hollywood Park, and no waiver from such
requirements or restrictions are provided for institutional or other investors
who purchase for investment purposes only.
The City of Compton has granted the operator of Crystal Park all municipal
gaming licenses necessary for operation of Crystal Park, and the operator had
been operating under a conditional registration from the California Department
of Justice. However, the Attorney General recently revoked this license, and
CEI is attempting to have it reinstated. See "Business--Gaming Operations--
Crystal Park."
Racing Operations
California. The California Horse Racing Board ("CHRB") has jurisdiction and
supervision over all horse race meets in the State of California. Licenses
granted by the CHRB must be obtained annually by Hollywood Park in order to
conduct both the Spring/Summer and Autumn race meets. The CHRB has the
authority, when granting any license, to vary the number of weeks allocated to
any applicant and the time of year in which such allocation falls. The CHRB
may, at its discretion, refuse to issue a license to a race track operator
such as Hollywood Park that has a financial interest in another licensed race
track operation or in the conduct of horse racing meets by any other person at
any other race track in California. Although no future assurance can be given,
Hollywood Park has applied for and received a license to conduct thoroughbred
horse race meets every year since 1938, except for 1942 and 1943 due to
wartime activities.
Arizona. The Arizona Racing Commission ("ARC") has jurisdiction and
supervision over all racing activities in the State of Arizona. The ARC issues
live racing permits that are valid for three years, and off-track permits are
granted on a year to year basis. In 1994, Turf Paradise received a live racing
permit from the ARC, which will remain in force through the 1996/1997 race
year. The permit specifies that live racing may be conducted between the first
week of September through the third week of May and that, so long as there is
live racing at Turf Paradise at least five days a week, Turf Paradise may have
simulcast wagering on days when there is no live racing.
Kansas. The Kansas Racing Commission ("KRC") has jurisdiction and
supervision over all racing activity in the State of Kansas. The KRC has
granted Sunflower a license to own and manage the Woodlands facility; however,
the license to conduct races for all race days until the year 2014 has been
granted to TRAK East, an unaffiliated non-profit entity. Sunflower in turn
provides management services to TRAK East. Sunflower has an agreement with
TRAK East to provide the physical race tracks along with management and
consulting services for twenty-five years, with options to renew for one or
more successive five year terms.
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MANAGEMENT
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Company
Each of the executive officers of the Company holds office at the pleasure
of the Board of Directors of the Company. The current directors and executive
officers of the Company are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AGE POSITION
- ---- --- --------
<S> <C> <C>
R.D. Hubbard............. 62 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
member of the Office of the Chairman
Harry Ornest............. 74 Vice Chairman of the Board
Richard Goeglein......... 63 Director
Peter L. Harris.......... 53 Director
J.R. Johnson............. 77 Director
Robert T. Manfuso........ 59 Director
Timothy J. Parrott....... 50 Director and Member of the Office of the Chairman
for administration of Boomtown
Lynn P. Reitnouer........ 64 Director
Herman Sarkowsky......... 72 Director
Warren B. Williamson..... 69 Director
Delbert W. Yocam......... 52 Director
Donald M. Robbins........ 49 President of Hollywood Park, Inc., President of
Racing and Secretary
G. Michael Finnigan...... 49 President, Sports and Entertainment, Executive
Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer
and Member of the Office of the Chairman
</TABLE>
Mr. Hubbard has been a Director of the Company since 1990; Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since September 1991 and
member of the Office of the Chairman since June 1997; Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer of Hollywood Park Operating Company since February
1991; President of Hollywood Park Operating Company from February to July
1991; Chairman, AFG Industries, Inc. and its parent company, Clarity Holdings
Corp. (glass manufacturing) and director of AFG Industries, Inc.'s
subsidiaries, from 1978 to July 1993; Chairman of the Board (and 60%
stockholder until March 1994) of Sunflower (The Woodlands Race Tracks--
greyhound racing and horse racing) from 1988 to March 1994; President,
Director, and owner of Ruidoso Downs Racing, Inc. (horse racing) since 1988;
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and sole stockholder, Multnomah
Kennel Club, Inc. (greyhound racing) since December 1991; Owner and breeder of
numerous thoroughbreds and quarter horses since 1962. Sunflower, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of the Company, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on May 17, 1996.
Mr. Ornest has been a Director of the Company since 1991; Vice Chairman of
the Board of the Company since September 1991; Director, Hollywood Park
Operating Company since 1988; Vice Chairman of the Board, Hollywood Park
Operating Company since February 1991; Owner and Chairman, Toronto Argonauts
Football Club (Canadian Football League club) from 1988 to May 1991; Owner,
St. Louis Blues (National Hockey League club) 1983 to 1987, Owner, St. Louis
Arena, 1983 to 1987; Owner and Founder, Vancouver Canadians (Pacific Coast
Baseball League club), 1977 to 1981; Hollywood Park stockholder, 1962 to
present.
Mr. Goeglein has served as a Director of the Company since June 1997;
President of Aladdin Gaming LLC since January 1997; Director of Boomtown, Inc.
from October 1992 to June 1997; Director of AST Research, Inc. since May 1987;
Director of Platinum Software Corp. since October 1994; President and
principal shareholder of Gaming Associates, Inc. since 1990; President and
Chief Operating Officer of Holiday Corporation (parent corporation of Holiday
Inns and Harrah's Hotels and Casinos) from 1984 to 1987; private investor
since 1987.
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Mr. Harris has served as a Director of the Company since June 1997; Director
of Boomtown, Inc. from April 1994 to June 1997; Director of Onsale Inc. since
1996; Director of National Wonders Inc. since 1996; Director of Pacific
Sunwear of California, Inc. since 1994; President and Chief Executive Officer
of Expressly Portraits, Inc. (a retail chain of portrait photography studios)
since August 1995; Reorganization Administrator of American Fashion Jewels (a
retail company) and then as Chief Executive Officer of Accolade, Inc. (a video
and personal computer games company) from 1993 to 1995; President and Chief
Executive Officer of F.A.O. Schwarz from 1985 to 1992.
Mr. Johnson has been a Director of the Company since 1991; Director,
Hollywood Park Operating Company from February 1991 to January 1992; Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer, NEWMAR (marine electronics
manufacturing) since 1980; Trustee, Westminster College.
Mr. Manfuso has been a Director of the Company since 1991; Director,
Hollywood Park Operating Company from February 1991 to January 1992; Co-
Chairman of the Board, Laurel Racing Association (horse race track management)
from 1984 to February 1994; Vice Chairman of the Board, The Maryland Jockey
Club (horse racing) from 1986 to February 1994; Executive Vice President,
Laurel Racing Association from 1984 to May 1990; Executive Vice President, The
Maryland Jockey Club from 1986 to June 1990; Director, Maryland Horse Breeders
Association from 1984 to 1992 and since 1993; Member, Executive Committee,
Maryland Million since 1991.
Mr. Parrott has served as a Director of the Company and member of the Office
of the Chairman since June 1997; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Boomtown, Inc. since September 1992; President and Treasurer of
Boomtown, Inc. from June 1987 to September 1992; Director of Boomtown, Inc.
since 1987; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Boomtown
Hotel & Casino, Inc. since May 1988; Chief Executive Officer of Parrott
Investment Company (a family-held investment company with agricultural
interests in California) since April 1995; Director of The Chronicle
Publishing Company since April 1995.
Mr. Reitnouer has been a Director of the Company since 1991; Director,
Hollywood Park Operating Company from September 1991 to January 1992; Partner,
Crowell Weedon & Co. (stock brokerage) since 1969; Director of COHR, Inc.,
since 1986 and former Chairman of the Board of COHR, Inc.; Director, President
and Regent, Forest Lawn Memorial Parks Association since 1975; Trustee,
University of California Santa Barbara Foundation since 1992.
Mr. Sarkowsky has been a Director of the Company since 1991; Director,
Hollywood Park Operating Company from February 1991 to January 1992; Owner,
Sarkowsky Investment Corporation and SPF Holding, Inc. (real estate
development and investments) since 1980; Director, The Sarkowsky Foundation
(charitable foundation) since 1982; thoroughbred horse breeder and owner since
1959; Director, Synetics, Inc. (porous plastic manufacturing); Director,
Seafirst Corporation (banking); Director, Eagle Hardware & Garden, since 1990.
Mr. Williamson has been a Director of the Company since 1991; Vice President
and Secretary of the Company from September 1991 to August 1996; Chairman of
the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1989 to September
1991; Director, Hollywood Park Operating Company since 1985; Vice President
and Secretary, Hollywood Park Operating Company from February 1991 to August
1996; Secretary and Treasurer, Hollywood Park Operating Company from 1985 to
November 1990; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chandis Securities Co.
(holding company) since 1985; Director, Times Mirror Company; Trustee,
Hospital of the Good Samaritan; Trustee, California Thoroughbred Breeders
Foundation; Trustee, Claremont McKenna College; Chairman Emeritus, Art Center
College of Design; Breeder and racer of thoroughbreds since 1970.
Mr. Yocam has served as a Director of the Company since June 1997; Director
of Boomtown, Inc. from December 1995 to June 1997; Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Borland International since December 1996; Director of
Adobe Systems, Inc., since February 1991; Director of Oracle Corporation since
March 1992;
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Independent consultant from November 1994 to December 1996; President, Chief
Operating Officer and a Director of Tektronix, Inc from September 1992 to
November 1994; Independent consultant from November 1989 to September 1992.
Mr. Robbins has been the Company's President of Racing since February 1994;
President of the Company since September 1991; Secretary of the Company since
1996 (formerly Assistant Secretary since September 1991); General Manager of
Hollywood Park Operating Company from 1986 to February 1994; Executive Vice
President of Hollywood Park Operating Company since 1988, and President and
Secretary of Hollywood Park Operating Company since July 1991.
Mr. Finnigan has been the Company's President, Sports and Entertainment,
since January 1996 and a member of the Office of the Chairman since June 1997;
President, Gaming and Entertainment, from February 1994 to January 1996;
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and of
Hollywood Park Operating Company since March 1989; and Treasurer of the
Company and of Hollywood Park Operating Company since March 1992; Chairman of
the Board of Southern California Special Olympics since 1996; Chairman of the
Board of Centinela Hospital since 1996; and Director of the Shoemaker
Foundation since 1993. Mr. Finnigan also serves as Secretary and Treasurer of
Sunflower Racing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park, which
filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on May
17, 1996.
In addition, upon the consummation of the strategic combination with
Boomtown, the Company established an Office of the Chairman comprised of
Hollywood Park's Chief Executive Officer, Hollywood Park's President of Sports
and Entertainment and the Chief Executive Officer of Boomtown. The Office of
the Chairman provides advice to the Chief Executive Officer of Hollywood Park
on such matters as he may request and undertakes such other responsibilities
as he may delegate to the Office of the Chairman from time to time.
In accordance with the requirements of the Agreement and Plan of Merger
dated as of April 23, 1996 (the "Merger Agreement") governing the Boomtown
Merger, the Hollywood Park Board was expanded upon completion of the Boomtown
Merger to eleven directors, seven of whom (Messrs. Hubbard, Ornest, Johnson,
Manfuso, Reitnouer, Sarkowsky and Williamson) had been serving as members of
the Hollywood Park Board (the "Hollywood Park Directors") and four of whom
(Messrs. Parrott, Goeglein, Harris and Yocam) had been members of the Boomtown
Board of Directors (the "Boomtown Directors"). The Merger Agreement provides
that, during the three-year period ending June 30, 2000, any increase in the
size of the Hollywood Park Board must be approved by a majority of the
Boomtown Directors then on the Hollywood Park Board, except that the number of
persons serving on the Hollywood Park Board may be increased without such
consent if the increase is divisible by three and one Boomtown Director (to be
selected by a majority of the Boomtown Directors then on the Hollywood Park
Board) is added for every two Hollywood Park Directors added. Hollywood Park
has agreed to cause its Board of Directors and any nominating committee
thereof to take the necessary steps to nominate the initial Boomtown Directors
or their replacements (selected by a majority of the Boomtown Directors) for
re-election at the first three annual stockholders meetings following June 30,
1997, including the current Annual Meeting.
HPOC
Each of the executive officers of HPOC holds office at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors of HPOC. The current directors and executive officers of
HPOC are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME AGE POSITION
---- --- --------
<S> <C> <C>
R.D. Hubbard............ 62 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Harry Ornest............ 74 Vice Chairman of the Board
Warren B. Williamson.... 68 Director
Donald M. Robbins....... 49 President and Secretary
G. Michael Finnigan..... 49 Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Hollywood Park has a standing Executive Committee which is chaired by Mr.
Ornest and currently consists of Messrs. Hubbard, Ornest, Reitnouer, Parrott
and Goeglein. The Executive Committee has and may exercise all the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of Hollywood Park to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware law.
The Executive Committee had four formal meetings in 1997 and acted by
unanimous written consent on five occasions.
All directors hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and
until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Hollywood Park
directors are entitled to receive, and in 1997 received, an annual retainer
fee at the rate of $25,000 per year plus a $1,000 fee for each Board meeting
attended, which they may take in cash or in deferred compensation under
Hollywood Park's Directors Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Directors Plan")
as outlined below. In addition, members of the Executive Committee, Audit
Committee and Compensation Committee receive $1,000, for each committee
meeting attended, and such amounts are also eligible for the Directors Plan.
Furthermore, directors and their guests are entitled, without charge, to use
the Directors' Room at Hollywood Park, which is open on weekends and holidays
during the racing season.
On July 18, 1997, each of Messrs. Johnson, Manfuso, Ornest, Reitnouer,
Sarkowsky and Williamson (constituting all of the non-executive directors of
Hollywood Park, excluding the Boomtown Directors) was granted a non-qualified
stock option to purchase 2,000 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock at an
exercise price of $14.75 per share. One-third of the shares purchasable upon
exercise of these options was vested on the grant date, with an additional
one-third to vest on each of the first and second anniversary of the grant
date. All of these options expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant date
and (except for the options granted to Messrs. Johnson and Reitnouer) were
granted under the Hollywood Park 1996 Stock Option Plan.
DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Participation in Hollywood Park's Directors Deferred Compensation Plan is
limited to directors of Hollywood Park. Pursuant to the Directors Plan, each
eligible director may elect to defer all or a portion of his annual retainer
and any fees for meetings attended. Any such deferred compensation is credited
to a deferred compensation account, either in cash or in shares of Hollywood
Park Common Stock, at each director's election. As of the date the director's
compensation would otherwise have been paid, and depending on the director's
election, the director's deferred compensation account will be credited with
either (i) cash, (ii) the number of full and/or fractional shares of Hollywood
Park Common Stock obtained by dividing the amount of the director's
compensation for the calendar quarter or month which he elected to defer by
the average of the closing price of Hollywood Park Common Stock on the NYSE on
the last ten business days of the calendar quarter or month for which such
compensation is payable or (iii) a combination of cash and shares of Hollywood
Park Common Stock as described in clause (i) and (ii). All cash amounts
credited to the director's deferred compensation account bear interest at an
amount to be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
If a director has elected to receive shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock
in lieu of his retainer, such director's deferred compensation account is
credited at the end of each calendar quarter with the number of full and/or
fractional shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock obtained by dividing the
dividends which would have been paid on the shares credited to the director's
deferred compensation account as of the dividend record date, if any,
occurring during such calendar quarter if such shares had been shares of
issued and outstanding Hollywood Park Common Stock on such date, by the
closing price of the Hollywood Park Common Stock on the NASDAQ on the date
such dividend(s) was paid. In addition, if Hollywood Park declares a dividend
payable in shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock, the director's deferred
compensation account is credited at the end of each calendar quarter with the
number of full and/or fractional shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which
such shares would have been entitled to if such shares had been shares of
issued and outstanding Hollywood Park Common Stock on the record date for such
stock dividend(s).
Participating directors do not have any interest in the cash and/or
Hollywood Park Common Stock credited to their deferred compensation accounts
until distributed in accordance with the Directors Plan, nor do they have any
voting rights with respect to such shares until shares credited to their
deferred compensation accounts are
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distributed. The rights of a director to receive payments under the Plan are
no greater than the rights of an unsecured general creditor of Hollywood Park.
Each participating director may elect to have the aggregate amount of cash and
shares credited to his deferred compensation account distributed to him in one
lump sum payment or in a number of approximately equal annual installments
over a period of time not to exceed fifteen years. The lump sum payment or the
first installment will be paid as of the first business day of the calendar
quarter immediately following the cessation of the director's service as a
director of Hollywood Park. Prior to the beginning of any calendar year, a
director may elect to change the method of distribution, but amounts credited
to a director's account prior to the effective date of such change may not be
affected, but rather will be distributed in accordance with the election at
the time such amounts were credited to the director's deferred compensation
account.
The maximum number of shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock that can be
issued pursuant to the Directors Plan is 100,000 shares. Hollywood Park is not
required to reserve or set aside funds or shares of Hollywood Park Common
Stock for the payment of its obligations pursuant to the Directors Plan.
Hollywood Park is obligated to make available, as and when required, a
sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to meet the needs of the Directors
Plan. The shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock to be issued under the
Directors Plan may be either authorized and unissued shares or reacquired
shares.
Amendment, modification or termination of the Directors Plan may not (i)
adversely affect any eligible director's rights with respect to amounts then
credited to his account or (ii) accelerate any payments or distributions under
the Directors Plan (except with regard to bona fide financial hardships).
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
The members of the Compensation Committee for the period January 1, 1997, to
December 31, 1997 were J.R. Johnson and Lynn P. Reitnouer. None of the members
of the Compensation Committee were officers or employees or former officers or
employees of Hollywood Park or its subsidiaries.
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following tables summarize the annual and long-term compensation of, and
stock options held by, Hollywood Park's Chief Executive Officer and the two
additional most highly compensated executive officers whose annual salaries
and bonuses exceeded $100,000 in total during the fiscal year ended December
31, 1997 (collectively, the "Named Officers").
Summary Compensation Table
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OTHER SECURITIES
NAME AND ANNUAL COMPENSATION ANNUAL UNDERLYING ALL OTHER
PRINCIPAL ----------------------- COMPEN- OPTIONS/ COMPENSA-
POSITION YEAR SALARY($) BONUS($) SATION($) SARS(#) TION($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R.D. Hubbard............ 1997 400,000 $40,235 0 45,000 $4,740(1)
Chairman of the Board
and 1996 400,000 0 0 85,000 0
Chief Executive Officer 1995 400,000 0 0 0 0
G. Michael Finnigan..... 1997 $307,608 $ 0 0 25,000 $3,555(1)
President, Sports and 1996 262,608 25,000 0 40,000 0
Entertainment,
Executive 1995 262,608 0 0 0 0
Vice President,
Treasurer
and Chief Financial
Officer
Donald M. Robbins....... 1997 $295,008 $ 0 0 25,000 $3,373(1)
President of Hollywood 1996 250,008 25,000 0 20,000 0
Park, Inc., President
of 1995 255,501 0 0 0 0
Racing and Secretary
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(1) Reflects matching contributions under Hollywood Park's 401(k) Plan.
Stock Option Plans
In 1993, the stockholders of Hollywood Park adopted the Hollywood Park 1993
Stock Option Plan (the "1993 Plan"), which provides for the issuance of up to
625,000 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock upon exercise of options granted
thereunder. In 1996, the stockholders of Hollywood Park adopted the Hollywood
Park 1996 Stock Option Plan (the "1996 Plan"), which provides for the issuance
of up to 900,000 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock upon exercise of
options granted thereunder. Except for the provisions governing the number of
shares issuable thereunder, and except for certain provisions which reflect
changes in tax and securities laws, the provisions of the 1993 Plan and the
1996 Plan (collectively, the "Hollywood Park Plans") are substantially
similar. The Hollywood Park Plans are administered and terms of option grants
are established by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. Under
the Hollywood Park Plans, options alone or coupled with stock appreciation
rights may be granted to selected key employees, directors, consultants and
advisors of Hollywood Park. Options become exercisable according to a vesting
period as determined by the Compensation Committee at the date of grant, and
expire on the earlier of one month after termination of employment, six months
after the death or permanent disability of the optionee, or the expiration of
the fixed option term set by the Compensation Committee at the grant date (not
to exceed ten years from the grant date). The exercise prices of all options
granted under the Hollywood Park Plans are determined by the Compensation
Committee on the grant date, provided that the exercise price of an incentive
stock option may not be less than the fair market value of the Common Stock at
the date of grant.
As of January 1, 1998, all of the 625,000 shares eligible for issuance under
the 1993 Plan had either been issued or were subject to outstanding options.
As of January 1, 1998, of the 900,000 shares eligible for issuance under the
1996 Plan, 232,499 were subject to outstanding options (net of cancellations).
In addition, 1,008,460 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock are issuable upon
exercise of options granted before the Boomtown Merger under Boomtown's 1990
Stock Option Plan and 1992 Director Option Plan (collectively, the
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"Boomtown Plans"), which options were assumed by Hollywood Park in the
Boomtown Merger. Hollywood Park has filed registration statements with the
Securities and Exchange Commission covering an aggregate of 2,613,308 shares
of Hollywood Park Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under
the Hollywood Park Plans and the Boomtown Plans.
Options/SAR Grants in Last Fiscal Year
The following summarizes the option grants to Named Officers during 1997:
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INDIVIDUAL GRANTS
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PERCENT OF
TOTAL
NUMBER OF OPTIONS/ POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
SECURITIES SARS AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO OF STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION
OPTIONS/SARS EMPLOYEES PER SHARE FOR OPTION TERM
GRANTED IN FISCAL EXERCISE PRICE EXPIRATION ---------------------------
NAME (#) YEAR ($) DATE 5%($) 10%($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R.D. Hubbard............ 45,000 17% $14.75 July 18, 2007 $ 417,429 $ 1,057,847
G. Michael Finnigan..... 25,000 9% $14.75 July 18, 2007 $ 231,905 $ 587,693
Donald M. Robbins....... 25,000 9% $14.75 July 18, 2007 $ 231,905 $ 587,693
</TABLE>
Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Fiscal Year-End
Option/SAR Values
The following table sets forth information with respect to the exercise of
stock options during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and the final
year-end value of unexercised options. None of the Named Officers exercised
stock appreciation rights during the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 or
held any such rights at the end of such fiscal year.
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NUMBER OF SHARES
UNDERLYING UNEXERCISED VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
SHARES OPTIONS/SARS AT IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS/SARS
ACQUIRED VALUE FISCAL YEAR-END (#) AT FISCAL YEAR-END ($)(1)
ON EXERCISE REALIZED ------------------------- -------------------------
NAME (#) ($) EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE EXERCISABLE/UNEXERCISABLE
---- ----------- -------- ------------------------- -------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
R.D. Hubbard............ -- -- 28,334/101,666 $340,008/$1,219,992
G. Michael Finnigan..... 25,000 $204,063 38,334/ 51,666 $460,008/$ 619,992
Donald M. Robbins....... 25,000 $175,000 38,334/ 51,666 $460,008/$ 619,992
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(1) Represents the difference between the market price of Hollywood Park
Common Stock on December 31, 1997 ($22.00 per share) and the exercise
price of the options ($10.00 per share).
Pension Plan
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YEARS OF QUALIFIED SERVICE
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FINAL AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY 10 15 20 25 30
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$100,000 $24,745 $37,118 $49,490 $61,863 $66,863
$150,000 to $500,000 (a) 37,995 56,993 75,990 94,988 102,488
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(a) Under current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, the maximum average
salary that may be used in calculating retirement benefits in 1996 was
$150,000. Benefits accrued on April 1, 1994 (based on prior compensation
limits) are grandfathered. Pension benefits were frozen as of September 1,
1996, for all plan participants, except retained participants, whose
benefits were frozen as of December 31, 1996.
Hollywood Park elected to terminate the Hollywood Park Pension Plan (the
"Pension Plan") as of January 31, 1997. Accrued Pension Plan benefits were
frozen as of September 1, 1996, for all Pension Plan participants, except
retained participants (participants who, because of legal requirements,
including the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, are represented
by a collective bargaining agent), whose benefits were frozen as of December
31, 1996.
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The Pension Plan was a non-contributory, defined benefit plan covering
employees of Hollywood Park, Inc., and all employees of HP Operating Company,
not eligible for participation in a multi-employer defined benefit plan, who
meet the Pension Plan's service requirement. R.D. Hubbard, G. Michael
Finnigan, and Donald M. Robbins are the only officers or directors of
Hollywood Park who participated in the Pension Plan. At the time their Pension
Plan benefits were frozen (September 1, 1996), Messrs. Hubbard, Finnigan and
Robbins had two, six and ten years, respectively, of qualified years of
service. Only amounts earned by Messrs. Hubbard, Finnigan and Robbins listed
under "Annual Compensation Salary" as shown in the Summary Compensation Table,
were considered in determining their Pension Plan benefit levels.
The amounts listed in the above Pension Plan table are estimated annual
retirement benefits under the Pension Plan (assuming payments were made on the
normal life annuity basis, and not under the provisions on survivor benefits)
at a normal retirement age of 65 in 1996, after various years of qualified
service, at selected average annual compensation levels. The amounts listed in
the table are not subject to any deduction for Social Security or other offset
amounts. Due to the freezing of Pension Plan benefits as of September 1, 1996,
and based on their actual years of qualified service and annual compensation
levels, the annual retirement benefits under the Pension Plan for Messrs.
Hubbard, Finnigan and Robbins, expressed as a joint survivor annuity payment
starting at age 65, are $7,521, $29,082 and $51,009, respectively.
The amounts required to fund the Pension Plan were determined actuarially,
and were paid by Hollywood Park to a life insurance company under an
unallocated annuity contract. Hollywood Park has no further obligation to fund
the Pension Plan because the plan's assets were sufficient to meet its benefit
obligations upon termination.
Effective January 31, 1997, in conjunction with the termination of the
Pension Plan, Hollywood Park elected to terminate its non-qualified
Supplementary Employment Retirement Plan (the "SERP"). The SERP was an
unfunded plan, established primarily for the purpose of restoring the
retirement benefits for highly compensated employees that were eliminated by
the Internal Revenue Service in 1994, when the maximum annual earnings allowed
for qualified pension plans was reduced to $150,000 from $235,850. Messrs.
Hubbard, Finnigan and Robbins participated in the SERP, prior to its
termination.
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
[To Come]
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PERFORMANCE GRAPH
Set forth below is a graph comparing the cumulative total stockholder return
for Hollywood Park, Inc. Common Stock with the cumulative total returns for a
designated Peer Group Index and the Nasdaq Market Index. Also included in the
graph is the cumulative total return for the Media General Standard Industrial
Code Index 7999--Amusement and Recreation Services (the "SIC Code Index"),
which Hollywood Park historically included in the performance graph in its
proxy statement but which Hollywood Park intends to replace with the Peer
Group Index. The total cumulative return calculations are for the period
commencing December 31, 1992 and ending December 1997, and include the
reinvestment of dividends.
As a result of the Boomtown Merger, which was completed June 30, 1997,
Hollywood Park now owns and operates land-based, dockside and riverboat
casinos in Nevada, Mississippi and Louisiana, in addition to its historical
race track and California card club operations. The Peer Group Index consists
of publicly-traded multi-jurisdictional gaming companies with small or mid-
sized stock market capitalizations. In addition, like Hollywood Park, none of
the companies in the Peer Group Index currently operates in the Las Vegas or
Atlantic City markets. Hollywood Park believes that, as a result of the
Boomtown Merger, the Peer Group Index will provide a more appropriate
benchmark against which to measure its stock return performance than the SIC
Code Index.
The Peer Group Index is comprised of the following publicly-traded gaming
companies: Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (included in the index since it commenced
trading in November 1993); Argosy Gaming Company (included in the index since
it commenced trading in February 1993); Casino America, Inc. (included in the
index since it commenced trading in August 1992); Harveys Casino Resorts; Lady
Luck Gaming Corporation (included in the index since it commenced trading in
September 1993); Players International, Inc.; and President Casinos, Inc.
COMPARISON OF CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN* AMONG
HOLLYWOOD PARK, PEER GROUP INDEX, SIC CODE
INDEX & NASDAQ MARKET INDEX
[PERFORMANCE GRAPH APPEARS HERE]
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NASDAQ
MEASUREMENT PERIOD HOLLYWOOD PEER GROUP SIC CODE MARKET
(FISCAL YEAR COVERED) PARK INDEX INDEX INDEX
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Measurement Pt-12/31/1992 $100.00 $100.00 $100.00 $100.00
FYE 12/31/1993 $319.15 $220.31 $162.12 $119.95
FYE 12/31/1994 $117.02 $108.14 $128.62 $125.94
FYE 12/31/1995 $107.05 $ 76.02 $185.49 $163.35
FYE 12/31/1996 $159.57 $ 53.66 $194.30 $202.99
FYE 12/31/1997 $234.04 $ 46.14 $202.79 $248.30
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* ASSUMES $100 INVESTED ON DECEMBER 31, 1992 IN HOLLYWOOD PARK COMMON STOCK,
PEER GROUP INDEX, MEDIA GENERAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CODE 7999 INDEX--
AMUSEMENT AND RECREATION SERVICES & THE NASDAQ MARKET INDEX. TOTAL RETURN
ASSUMES REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS. VALUES ARE AS OF DECEMBER 31 OF EACH
YEAR.
The above graph shows historical stock price performance (including
reinvestment of dividends) and is not necessarily indicative of future
performance.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Since November 1993, Hollywood Park has had an aircraft time sharing
agreement with R.D. Hubbard Enterprises, Inc. ("Hubbard Enterprises"), which
is wholly owned by Mr. Hubbard. The agreement automatically renews each month
unless written notice of termination is given by either party at least two
weeks before a renewal date. Hollywood Park reimburses Hubbard Enterprises for
expenses incurred as a result of Hollywood Park's use of the aircraft, which
totaled approximately $106,000 in 1997, $120,000 in 1996, and $126,000 in
1995.
In May 1988, Boomtown acquired all of the outstanding stock of Boomtown
Hotel and Casino, Inc. ("Boomtown Casino") for $16.7 million in cash (the
"1988 Acquisition"). In order to finance the 1988 Acquisition, including the
retirement of existing debt, Boomtown sold equity securities to Kenneth Rainin
and Timothy J. Parrott, and Boomtown Casino entered into various loan
documents with Merrill Lynch Interfunding Inc. Pursuant to a stock purchase
agreement, Mr. Rainin purchased 2,000 shares of Boomtown preferred stock and
3,042,000 shares of Boomtown common stock for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately $4 million in cash, and Mr. Parrott purchased 270,738 shares of
Boomtown common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $222,000, of which
$1,000 was paid in cash and $221,000 by a promissory note (the "Promissory
Note") secured by a pledge to Boomtown of all of the shares owned by Mr.
Parrott. The Promissory Note, as amended in April 1997, provides that (i)
interest on the Promissory Note, which accrues at a rate of 6.0% per annum,
compounded annually, is payable in arrears on April 7th of each year,
commencing April 7, 1998, and (ii) principal is payable in four annual
installments beginning April 7, 1998. The Promissory Note was previously
amended in November 1994 to provide that the shares owned by Mr. Parrott would
be released from the pledge and would no longer secure the amounts outstanding
under the Promissory Note.
On July 1, 1997, Hollywood Park completed a swap pursuant to the Blue
Diamond Swap Agreement entered into on August 12, 1996, by and between
Boomtown, Blue Diamond Hotel and Casino, Inc. ("Blue Diamond"), Hollywood
Park, Edward P. Roski, IVAC, a California general partnership ("IVAC"), and
Majestic Realty Co., as amended (the "Swap Agreement"). Under the Swap
Agreement, immediately following the consummation on June 30, 1997 of the
Boomtown Merger, Boomtown and its subsidiaries transferred their interests in
the Blue Diamond hotel/casino facilities in Las Vegas (including Boomtown's
leasehold interest in the land and certain IVAC Loans (as defined below) which
were transferred to IVAC) (collectively, the "Las Vegas Resort") to Majestic
Resorts, LLC, an affiliate of Mr. Roski ("Majestic"), in exchange for cash,
two unsecured promissory notes aggregating $8.5 million in principal amount by
IVAC and assumption by Mr. Roski and Majestic of certain liabilities (the
"Blue Diamond Swap"). In accordance with the terms of the Swap Agreement, Mr.
Roski resigned from Boomtown's Board of Directors, effective as of the
effective date of the Boomtown Merger.
On July 1, 1997, concurrently with the Blue Diamond Swap, Hollywood Park and
Mr. Roski consummated a Stock Purchase Agreement dated August 12, 1996 (the
"Stock Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which Hollywood Park repurchased from
Mr. Roski 446,491 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock receivable by him in
the Boomtown Merger. The purchase price of approximately $3.5 million was paid
for by an unsecured promissory note having an interest rate equal to the prime
rate plus one percent (1%) per annum and providing for four equal annual
principal payments plus accrued interest and maturing on the date that is four
years after the closing.
Prior to the opening of the Las Vegas Resort, Boomtown owned a 50% interest
in Blue Diamond, the operating company leasing the hotel/casino facility and
the land in Las Vegas, and was primarily responsible for the development and
management of the Las Vegas Resort. In June 1994, Boomtown exercised its right
to acquire the remaining 50% of Blue Diamond from Mr. Roski in exchange for
714,286 shares of Boomtown Common Stock. Mr. Roski was a member of the Board
of Directors of Boomtown and an affiliate of IVAC, which owns the land and
building leased by Boomtown for the Las Vegas Resort. Boomtown loaned IVAC
$27.3 million (the "IVAC Loans") which was used to help construct the Las
Vegas Resort. The IVAC Loans were secured by separate deeds of trust on the
Las Vegas Resort, which deeds of trusts are subordinate to separate deeds of
trust securing Blue Diamond's and Boomtown's obligations in connection with an
indenture relating to
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a debt offering. Boomtown received interest income of $2.7 million annually
from IVAC as a result of these loans. In turn, Blue Diamond paid rent to IVAC
in the amount of $5.4 million annually to lease the facility.
Blue Diamond further had the right to purchase the Las Vegas Resort from
IVAC in accordance with terms of an option which expired in November 1996. As
discussed above, on July 1, 1997, Hollywood Park divested all interests in the
Las Vegas Resort by completing a swap pursuant to the Swap Agreement.
Mr. Parrott is employed as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of Boomtown pursuant to an Employment Agreement entered into as of October 8,
1995 and amended as of April 7, 1997 (the "Employment Agreement"). The
Employment Agreement provides for a term expiring on May 30, 2000 and a base
salary of at least $375,000 per annum, and entitles Mr. Parrott to participate
in Boomtown's cash bonus plan. During 1997, Mr. Parrott's base salary and cash
bonus totaled $375,000 and $102,442, respectively. In addition, the Employment
Agreement provides that in the event of a change of control of Boomtown, all
options granted to Mr. Parrott prior to such change of control shall become
fully vested and exercisable. The Boomtown Merger constituted such a change of
control. The Employment Agreement also provides that in the event of
termination of employment without cause, Mr. Parrott shall receive severance
payments consisting of, among other things, base salary for three years after
termination, subject to mitigation in the event Mr. Parrott obtains
alternative employment during the applicable severance payment period, as well
as accelerated vesting of Mr. Parrott's stock options. Under the Employment
Agreement, Mr. Parrott is also entitled to receive such fringe benefits and
perquisites as may be granted or established by Boomtown from time to time,
including an automobile allowance.
Effective May 7, 1997, Mark A. Sterbens resigned as Hollywood Park's
President and Chief Operating Officer of Gaming. During 1997, Hollywood Park
paid Mr. Sterbens approximately $88,000 in base salary prior to his
termination, and approximately $162,000 in severance after his termination.
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth the name, address (address is provided for
persons listed as beneficial owners of 5% or more of the Common Stock) and
number of shares and percent of the outstanding Hollywood Park Common Stock
beneficially owned as of January 1, 1998, by each person known to the Board of
Directors of Hollywood Park to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the
outstanding shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock, each Director, each Named
Officer and all current Directors and Executive Officers as a group.
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<CAPTION>
SHARES PERCENT OF
BENEFICIALLY SHARES
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNED(A) OUTSTANDING(B)
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<S> <C> <C>
R.D. Hubbard............ 2,648,174(c) 10.1%
Hollywood Park, Inc.
1050 South Prairie
Avenue
Inglewood, California
90301
Legg Mason, Inc. ....... 2,474,450(d) 9.4%
111 South Calvert
Street
Baltimore, Maryland
21202
State of Wisconsin 2,323,875(e) 8.9%
Investment Board.......
P.O. Box 7842
Madison, Wisconsin
53707
Timothy J. Parrott...... 484,653(f) 1.9%
J.R. Johnson............ 376,094(g) 1.4%
Harry Ornest............ 164,259(h) *
Warren B. Williamson.... 155,251(i) *
Lynn P. Reitnouer....... 57,334(j) *
Robert T. Manfuso....... 35,667(k) *
Herman Sarkowsky........ 28,272(l) *
Richard J. Goeglein..... 6,125(m) *
Peter L. Harris......... 3,250(n) *
Delbert W. Yocam........ 1,896(o) *
G. Michael Finnigan..... 53,748(p) *
Donald M. Robbins....... 40,672(q) *
Current Directors and
Executive
Officers as a group (13
persons)............... 4,055,395(r) 15.2%
</TABLE>
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* Less than one percent (1%) of the outstanding common shares.
(a) Reflects the conversion of each of Hollywood Park's outstanding Depositary
Shares into 0.8333 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock effective August
28, 1997.
(b) Assumes exercise of stock options beneficially owned by the named
individual or entity into shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock. Based on
26,220,528 shares outstanding as of January 1, 1998.
(c) Includes 28,333 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Hubbard
has the right to acquire upon the exercise of options which are
exercisable within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(d) Includes 562,500 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock received by Legg
Mason Special Investment Trust, Inc. (an affiliate of Legg Mason, Inc.) in
connection with the Boomtown Merger. The Company has assumed that Legg
Mason, Inc. is a beneficial owner of such shares. Based upon information
provided by the stockholder in Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on
February 10, 1997 and upon information received from Legg Mason Special
Investment Trust, Inc. as of August 1996.
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(e) Based upon information provided by the stockholder in Schedules 13G filed
with the Commission on February 1, 1997 and February 14, 1997. The
Schedule 13G filed February 1, 1997 related to beneficial ownership of
shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock of Boomtown, Inc. prior to the
Boomtown Merger.
(f) Includes 270,278 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Parrott
has the right to acquire pursuant to options assumed by the Company in
connection with the Boomtown Merger which are exercisable within sixty
days of January 1, 1998.
(g) Includes 7,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Johnson has
the right to acquire upon the exercise of options which are exercisable
within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(h) Includes 70,000 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock held by The Ornest
Family Foundation, for which Mr. Ornest and his wife Ruth Ornest act as
trustees. (Mr. Ornest disclaims any pecuniary interest in these shares.)
In addition, as trustees of the Harry and Ruth Ornest Trust, Mr. Ornest
and his wife share the power to vote 60% of the interest in the Ornest
Family Partnership (the "Partnership"), which in turn has the power to
dispose of the 76,300 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock held in the
name of the Partnership. Also includes 7,334 shares of Hollywood Park
Common Stock which Mr. Ornest has the right to acquire upon the exercise
of options which are exercisable within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(i) Includes 7,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Williamson
has the right to acquire upon the exercise of options which are
exercisable within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(j) Includes 7,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Reitnouer
has the right to acquire upon the exercise of options which are
exercisable within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(k) Includes 7,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Manfuso has
the right to acquire upon the exercise of options which are exercisable
within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(l) Includes 7,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Sarkowsky
has the right to acquire upon the exercise of options which are
exercisable within 60 days of January 1, 1998.
(m) Includes 4,875 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Goeglein
has the right to acquire pursuant to options assumed by the Company in
connection with the Boomtown Merger which are exercisable within sixty
days of January 1, 1998.
(n) Includes 3,250 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Harris has
the right to acquire pursuant to options assumed by the Company in
connection with the Boomtown Merger which are exercisable within sixty
days of January 1, 1998.
(o) Includes 1,896 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Yocam has
the right to acquire pursuant to options assumed by the Company in
connection with the Boomtown Merger which are exercisable within sixty
days of January 1, 1998.
(p) Includes 38,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Finnigan
has the right to acquire pursuant to options which are exercisable within
sixty days of January 1, 1998.
(q) Includes 38,334 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock which Mr. Robbins
has the right to acquire pursuant to options which are exercisable within
sixty days of January 1, 1998.
(r) Includes 429,304 shares of Hollywood Park Common Stock of which the
Directors and Executive Officers may be deemed to have beneficial
ownership following the exercise of options to purchase Hollywood Park
Common Stock which are exercisable within sixty days of January 1, 1998.
Excluding such shares, the Directors and Executive Officers of Hollywood
Park have beneficial ownership of 3,626,091 shares of Hollywood Park
Common Stock, which represents 13.8% of the shares of Hollywood Park
Common Stock outstanding as of January 1, 1998.
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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS
The following is a summary of the material terms of the Bank Credit Facility
and the Boomtown Notes.
BANK CREDIT FACILITY
In connection with the acquisition of Boomtown, the Company entered into a
Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement (the "Bank Credit Facility") with a
syndicate of banks (the "Banks") for whom Bank of America NT&SA acts as
Managing Agent. The Bank Credit Facility provides the Company with a revolving
line of credit of up to approximately $100 million, maturing on June 30, 2002.
However, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, as defined in the Bank
Credit Facility, the lenders have the right to terminate the Bank Credit
Facility. The Bank Credit Facility provides for a letter of credit sub-
facility of $10 million and a swing line sub-facility provided by the Managing
Agent of up to $10 million.
The commitment under the revolving line of credit has been reduced dollar-
for-dollar by the aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes issued by the
Issuers. Further, commencing September 30, 1999 (the "Initial Reduction
Date"), and on the last day of each third calendar month thereafter, the
amount available for borrowing under the line of credit will decrease by 7.5%
of the commitment in effect on the Initial Reduction Date. Commencing on
September 30, 2001, and on the last day of each third calendar month
thereafter, the amount available for borrowing under the line of credit will
decrease by 10.0% of the commitment in effect on the Initial Reduction Date.
Borrowings under the facility bear interest at an annual rate determined, at
the election of the Company, by reference to the "Eurodollar Rate" (for
interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months) or the "Reference Rate", as such
terms are respectively defined in the Bank Credit Facility, plus margins which
vary depending on the Company's ratio of funded debt to EBITDA. The margins
start at 1.250% for LIBOR loans, and at 0.250% for Base Rate loans, in
instances where the Company's funded debt to EBITDA ratio is less than 1.50.
Thereafter, the margins for each type of loan increases by 25 basis points for
each increase in the ratio of funded debt to EBITDA of 50 basis points or
more, up to 2.625% for LIBOR loans and 1.625% for Base Rate loans. However, if
the ratio of senior funded debt to EBITDA exceeds 2.50, the applicable margins
would increase to 3.25% for LIBOR loans, and 2.25% for Base Rate loans.
Thereafter, the margins would increase by 25 basis points for each increase in
the ratio of senior funded debt to EBITDA of 50 basis points or more, up to a
maximum of 4.25% for LIBOR loans and 3.25% for Base Rate loans.
The commitment fee for the facility also varies based on the ratio of funded
debt to EBITDA, starting from 31.25 basis points when the ratio is less than
1.00, and increasing by 6.25 basis points for each increase in the ratio of
0.50, up to a maximum of 50 basis points. Based on this limitation, the amount
available under the Bank Credit Facility, after giving effect to this
Offering, is expected to be approximately $74.7 million.
The Bank Credit Facility is secured by a first lien on substantially all of
the assets of the Company and its significant subsidiaries, except for
specified permitted liens incurred in connection with, or existing at the time
of, acquisition of property or subsidiaries, including, in the case of
Boomtown and its subsidiaries, the prior lien securing the Boomtown Notes.
In addition, the Bank Credit Facility imposes various customary affirmative
covenants on the Issuers and the Guarantors, including, among others,
reporting covenants, covenants to maintain insurance, comply with laws,
maintain properties and other customary covenants for a financing of this
nature.
The Bank Credit Facility imposes various negative covenants on the Issuers
and the Guarantors including, without limitation, (i) restrictions on the
payment of subordinated obligations, (ii) disposition of property,
(iii) mergers, (iv) hostile acquisitions, (v) payment of dividends and other
distributions, (vi) change in the nature of the Company's business, (vii)
restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness including issuances
of guaranties, (viii) restrictions on capital expenditures and operating
leases, (ix) restrictions on investments, (x) restrictions on transactions
with affiliates, (xi) restrictions on liens and negative pledges, (xii)
interest coverage ratio, and funded debt to EBITDA ratio, and (xiii)
restrictions on amendments and modifications of subordinated indebtedness.
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Events of default under the loan agreement include, among other things: (i)
failure to make payments when due, (ii) breach of representations or
warranties in the loan agreement, (iii) certain events of insolvency,
(iv) failure to pay other indebtedness for borrowed money for debts of $5.0
million or more, or other breach or default under any such indebtedness
allowing the holder or lender thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof,
or require same to be redeemed or repurchased, or an offer therefor to be
made, (v) any event occurs which gives the holder/lender under a subordinated
obligation the right to accelerate the maturity thereof, (vi) final judgement
in an amount in excess of $1.0 million which has not been stayed or satisfied
within 30 days of the entry thereof, (vii) revocation of the licenses
affecting gaming operations accounting for 5% or more of consolidated gross
revenues.
BOOMTOWN NOTES
In November 1993, Boomtown issued and sold an aggregate of $103.5 million
principal amount of 11.5% First Mortgage Notes due November 1, 2003 (the
"Boomtown Notes") and warrants to purchase shares of Boomtown common stock.
The Boomtown Notes and Boomtown warrants were sold in units in a private
placement to certain qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A
under the Securities Act) and institutional "accredited investors" (as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and pursuant to
sales occurring outside of the United States within the meaning of Regulation
S. Substantially all of such originally issued Boomtown Notes were exchanged
for new Boomtown Notes of like principal amount registered with the
Commission, which are substantially identical to the original Boomtown Notes.
In July 1997, in connection with the Merger and the Blue Diamond Swap,
Boomtown repurchased and retired an aggregate of approximately $103 million in
principal amount of the Boomtown Notes at a purchase price of $1,085 per
$1,000 in principal amount (together with accrued interest thereon) pursuant
to a tender offer (the "Boomtown Note Tender Offer"). Hollywood Park made a
loan to Boomtown of the funds necessary for Boomtown to repurchase such
tendered Boomtown Notes. Those funds were drawn under the Bank Credit
Facility. Therefore, there remains outstanding an aggregate of approximately
$1 million in principal amount of the Boomtown Notes. Holders who tendered
their Boomtown Notes consented to certain amendments to the indenture
governing the Boomtown Notes including the elimination of many of the
restrictive covenants, including the covenants restricting incurrences of
indebtedness and liens and limiting investments, dividends, equity repurchases
and other restricted payments. In general, the Boomtown Notes are subject to
redemption at Boomtown's option on or after November 1, 1998 at redemption
prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) commencing
at 104.25% in 1998 and declining ratably to 100.00% in 2001 and thereafter of
their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
redemption date. The remaining Boomtown Notes are secured by substantially all
of Boomtown's assets and are guaranteed on a secured basis by each of Boomtown
Hotel & Casino, Inc., Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in
commendam, (the "Louisiana Partnership"), Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.
(the general partner of the Louisiana Partnership), the Mississippi
Partnership, and Bayview Yacht Club, Inc. (the general partner of the
Mississippi Partnership), all of which are subsidiaries of Boomtown.
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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
GENERAL
The Old Notes were issued and the New Notes will be issued pursuant to an
Indenture (the "Indenture") among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Bank of
New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Old Notes are, and the New Notes
will be, guaranteed pursuant to joint and several full and unconditional
guaranties by each of the existing and future Material Restricted Subsidiaries
of the Issuers, initially all of the Issuers' Subsidiaries except HP Casino,
Inc., Sunflower Racing, Inc., SR Food & Beverage Company (a subsidiary of
Sunflower Racing, Inc.), and the following subsidiaries of Boomtown, Inc.:
Boomtown Missouri, Inc., Boomtown Council Bluffs, Inc., Boomtown Iowa, L.C.,
Old River Enterprises, Blue Diamond Hotel and Casino, Inc. and its subsidiary
Blue Diamond Disposition Corporation, Boomtown Indiana, Inc., Boomtown
Hoosier, Inc., Boomtown Riverboat, Inc., Pinnacle Gaming Development Corp.,
and Switzerland County Development Corporation. As co-obligors, each of the
Company and HPOC are, and will be, fully and unconditionally obligated for the
payment of the Old Notes and New Notes, respectively. The Company and HPOC
have entered into an agreement that, as between the Company and HPOC, HPOC
would be primarily responsible for the payments on the Notes. However, such
agreement in no way limits the obligations of the Company under the Notes. The
terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part
of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
(the "TIA"). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and holders of Notes are
referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement thereof.
The following is a summary of the material provisions of the Indenture, does
not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Indenture, including the definitions therein of certain terms used below.
Copies of the Indenture and Registration Rights Agreement are available as set
forth below under "--Additional Information." The definitions of certain terms
used in the following summary are set forth below under "--Certain
Definitions." For purposes of this summary, the term "Company" refers only to
Hollywood Park, Inc. and not to any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
The Guaranty of the New Notes by the entity which owns and operates Boomtown
Reno and will require consent of the Gaming Authorities in Nevada.
The Old Notes and the related Guaranties are, and the New Notes and the
related Guaranties will be, senior subordinated obligations of the Issuers and
the Guarantors, respectively, and rank and will rank junior in right of
payment to all existing and future Senior Debt and senior in right of payment
to all existing and future subordinated indebtedness of the Obligors. The Old
Notes and the related Guaranties are, and the New Notes and the related
Guaranties will be, effectively subordinated to all secured Indebtedness of
the Obligors. As of September 30, 1997, the Obligors had approximately $136.2
million of total Indebtedness, $11.2 million of which would have constituted
Senior Debt (including secured Indebtedness), plus an aggregate of
approximately $10.6 million of accounts payable ranking pari passu to the
Notes. The Indenture will permit the Obligors to incur substantial additional
indebtedness, including Senior Debt and secured indebtedness, in the future.
See "--Certain Covenants", "Risk Factors--Subordination and Ranking" and "--
Dependence of Issuers on Guarantors for Repayment of Notes; Suretyship
Defenses."
As of the Issue Date, all of the Issuers' Material Subsidiaries were
Restricted Subsidiaries and Guarantors. The Issuers are able to designate
current or future Subsidiaries of the Issuers as Restricted Subsidiaries or as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Unrestricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the
restrictive covenants set forth in the Indenture.
PRINCIPAL, MATURITY AND INTEREST
The Notes are limited in aggregate principal amount to $125 million and will
mature on August 1, 2007. The Notes bear interest at the rate of 9.5% per
annum, payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of
each year, commencing February 1, 1998, to holders of record on the
immediately preceding January 15 and July 15. Interest on the Notes accrues
from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
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or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. The New Notes will bear
interest from their date of issuance.
Interest will accrue on the Old Notes that are tendered in exchange for the
New Notes through the issue date of the New Notes. Holders of Old Notes that
are accepted for exchange will not receive interest that is accrued but unpaid
on the Old Notes at the time of exchange, but such interest will be payable,
together with interest on the New Notes, on the first Interest Payment Date
after the Expiration Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Principal, premium, if any, and
interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes are payable at the
office or agency of the Issuers maintained for such purpose within the City
and State of New York or, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest
and Liquidated Damages, if any, may be made by check mailed to the holders of
the Notes at their respective addresses set forth in the register of holders
of Notes; provided that all payments with respect to Global Notes, and any
definitive Notes any holder of which has given wire transfer instructions to
the Issuers, will be required to be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the accounts specified by such holder. Until otherwise
designated by the Issuers, the Issuers' office or agency in New York will be
the office of the Trustee maintained for such purpose. The Old Notes were, and
the New Notes will be, issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof.
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
The Issuers do not have the option to redeem the Notes prior to August 1,
2002. Thereafter, the Issuers have the option to redeem the Notes, in whole or
in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice, at the
redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount thereof)
set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages
thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on August 1 of the years indicated below:
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2002.............................................................. 104.750%
2003.............................................................. 102.375
2004.............................................................. 101.188
2005 and thereafter............................................... 100.000%
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Issuers may, during the first 36
months after the Issue Date, redeem up to 25% of the initially outstanding
aggregate principal amount of Notes with the net cash proceeds of one or more
Public Equity Offerings of common stock of the Company at a redemption price
in cash of 109.50% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid
interest and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the redemption date;
provided that at least 75% of the initially outstanding aggregate principal
amount of Notes remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption; and provided, further, that notice of any such redemption shall be
given by the Issuers to the holders and the Trustee within 15 days after the
consummation of any such Public Equity Offering and such redemption shall
occur within 60 days of the date of such notice and (b) if any Gaming
Authority requires that a holder or beneficial owner of Notes must be
licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable gaming law and such
holder or beneficial owner (i) fails to apply for a license, qualification or
a finding of suitability within 30 days (or such shorter period as may be
required by the applicable Gaming Authority) after being requested to do so by
the Gaming Authority or (ii) is denied such license or qualification or not
found suitable, the Issuers shall have the right, at their option, (A) to
require any such holder or beneficial owner to dispose of its Notes within 30
days (or such earlier date as may be required by the applicable Gaming
Authority) of receipt of such notice or finding by such Gaming Authority or
(B) to call for the redemption of the Notes of such holder or beneficial owner
at a redemption price equal to the least of (1) the principal amount thereof,
(2) the price at which such holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes, in
either case, together with accrued interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, to
the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of the denial of license or
qualification or of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority or
(3) such other lesser amount as may be required by any Gaming Authority. The
Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redemption as soon as
practicable. The holder or beneficial owner applying for license,
qualification or a finding of suitability must pay all costs of the licensure
or investigation for such qualification or finding of suitability.
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SELECTION AND NOTICE
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee
will select the Notes to be redeemed among the holders of Notes in compliance
with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any,
on which the Notes are listed, or, if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro
rata basis, by lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee
considers fair and appropriate; provided that no Notes of $1,000 or less shall
be redeemed in part. Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail
at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each
holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of
redemption may not be conditional. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only,
the notice of redemption that relates to such Note shall state the portion of
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the
holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for
redemption become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the
redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of them called
for redemption.
MANDATORY REDEMPTION
Except as described below under "Repurchase at the Option of Holders," the
Issuers are not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Notes.
SUBORDINATION
The payment of principal, Liquidated Damages, if any, and interest on the
Notes and the related Guaranties are, and on the New Notes and the related
Guaranties will be, subordinated in right of payment, as set forth in the
Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, whether
outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter created, Incurred, assumed or
guaranteed.
Upon any distribution to creditors of any Obligor in a liquidation or
dissolution of such Obligor or in a proceeding under Bankruptcy Law relating
to such Obligor or its property, in an assignment for the benefit of creditors
or any marshaling of such Obligor's assets and liabilities, (i) the holders of
Senior Debt will be entitled to receive payment in full of all Obligations in
respect of such Senior Debt (including Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) and to
have all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations and applicable Hedging
Obligations fully cash collateralized before the Trustee or the holders shall
be entitled to receive any payment or distribution of Obligations in respect
of the Notes (except that the Trustee or the holders may receive payments and
other distributions made from the defeasance trust described under "Legal
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" and Permitted Junior Securities) and (ii)
until all Obligations with respect to Senior Debt (as provided in clause
(i) above) are paid in full and all outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations
and applicable Hedging Obligations are fully cash collateralized, any
distribution to which the Trustee or the holders would be entitled but for
this provision, including any such distribution that is payable or deliverable
by reason of the payment of any other Indebtedness of such Obligor being
subordinated to the payment of the Notes, shall be made to holders of Senior
Debt or their representatives, ratably in accordance with the respective
amounts of the principal of such Senior Debt, interest (including, without
limitation, Accrued Bankruptcy Interest) thereon and all other Obligations
with respect thereto (except that holders may receive payments and other
distributions made from the defeasance trust described under "Legal Defeasance
and Covenant Defeasance" and Permitted Junior Securities), as their respective
interests may appear.
The Obligors will also be restrained from making any payment or distribution
to the Trustee or any holder in respect of Obligations arising under or in
connection with the Notes, and from acquiring from the Trustee or any holder
any Notes for cash or property (other than payments and other distributions
made from any defeasance trust described under "Legal Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance" and Permitted Junior Securities), until all principal and other
Obligations arising under or in connection with the Senior Debt have been paid
in full or fully cash-collateralized, if not yet due if (a) a default in the
payment of any Obligations with respect to Designated Senior Debt occurs and
is continuing (including any default in payment upon the maturity of any
Designated Senior Debt by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise), or any
judicial proceeding is pending to
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determine whether any such default has occurred or (b) any other default
occurs and is continuing with respect to Designated Senior Debt that permits
holders of the Designated Senior Debt as to which such default relates to
accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of such default (a
"Payment Blockage Notice") from the affected Obligors or the holders of any
Designated Senior Debt. Payments on the Notes may and shall be resumed (i) in
the case of a payment default, upon the date on which such default is cured or
waived and (ii) in case of a nonpayment default, the earlier of the date on
which such nonpayment default is cured or waived or 179 days after the date on
which the applicable Payment Blockage Notice is received by the Trustee,
unless the maturity of any Designated Senior Debt has been accelerated. No new
period of payment blockage predicated on a nonpayment default may be commenced
unless and until 360 days have elapsed since the effectiveness of the
immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice. No nonpayment default that existed
or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to
the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage
Notice unless such default shall have been waived for a period of not less
than 180 days.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers will be permitted to repurchase,
redeem, repay or prepay any or all of the Notes to the extent required to do
so by any Gaming Authority having authority over any Obligor.
The Indenture provides that the Trustee or any holder that has received any
payment or distribution in violation of the foregoing provisions will be
required to hold the same without commingling and deliver the same, in the
form received, together with any necessary endorsements, to the holders of
Senior Debt or their representatives. The Indenture further requires that each
affected Obligor promptly notify holders of Senior Debt if payment of the
Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default.
As a result of the subordination provisions described above, in the event of
a liquidation or insolvency, holders of Notes may recover less ratably than
creditors of the affected Obligors who are holders of Senior Debt. See "Risk
Factors--Subordination and Ranking" and "--Dependence of Issuers on Guarantors
for Repayment of Notes; Suretyship Defenses."
REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
CHANGE OF CONTROL
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder of Notes will have
the right to require the Issuers to repurchase all or any part (equal to
$1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of such holder's Notes pursuant to the
offer described below (the "Change of Control Offer") at an offer price in
cash (the "Change of Control Payment") equal to 101% of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes or, in the case of a REIT Change of Control, 102%,
in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of
repurchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuers will
mail a notice to the Trustee and each holder describing the transaction or
transactions that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase
Notes on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier
than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the
"Change of Control Payment Date"), pursuant to the procedures required by the
Indenture and described in such notice. The Issuers will comply with all
applicable laws, including, without limitation, Section 14(e) of the Exchange
Act and the rules thereunder and all applicable federal and state securities
laws, and will include all instructions and materials necessary to enable
holders to tender their Notes.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuers will, to the extent
lawful, (1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an
amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or
portions thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate stating
the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by
the Issuers. The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each holder of Notes so
tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to
each holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of
the Notes surrendered by such holder, if any; provided that each such new Note
will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The
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Issuers will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer
on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date. The
Indenture will provide that, prior to complying with the provisions of this
covenant, but in any event within 90 days following a Change of Control, the
Issuers will either (a) repay all outstanding obligations with respect to
Senior Debt, (b) obtain the requisite consents, if any, from the holders of
Senior Debt to permit the repurchase of the Notes required by this covenant or
(c) deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate to the effect that no
action of the kind described in clause (a) or (b) is necessary.
The Change of Control provisions described above will be applicable whether
or not any other provisions of the Indenture are applicable. Except as
described above with respect to a Change of Control, the Indenture does not
contain provisions that permit the holders of the Notes to require that the
Issuers repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a takeover,
recapitalization or similar transaction.
The Bank Credit Facility contains, and any future Credit Facilities or other
agreements relating to Indebtedness to which the Issuers become a party may
contain, restrictions on the ability of the Issuers to purchase any Notes, and
also may provide that certain change of control events with respect to the
Issuers would constitute a default thereunder. In the event a Change of
Control occurs at a time when the Issuers are prohibited from purchasing
Notes, the Issuers could seek the consents of their lenders to the purchase of
Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such
prohibition. If the Issuers do not obtain all such requisite consents or repay
such borrowings, the Issuers will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In
such case, the Issuers' failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an
Event of Default under the Indenture. In such circumstances, the subordination
provisions in the Indenture would likely restrict payments to the holders of
Notes. Thus, there can be no assurance that in the event of a Change of
Control the Company will have sufficient funds, or that it will be permitted
under the terms of the Bank Credit Facility, to satisfy its obligations with
respect to any or all of the tendered Notes.
The Issuers will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a
Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set
forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the
Issuers and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such
Change of Control Offer.
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of "all or substantially all"
of the assets of the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a
whole. Although there is a developing body of case law interpreting the phrase
"substantially all," there is no precise established definition of the phrase
under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of Notes to require
the Issuers to repurchase such Notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets of either
Issuer or the Issuers and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
another Person or group may be uncertain.
The presence of the Company's Note repurchase obligation in the event of a
Change of Control may deter potential bidders from attempting to acquire the
Company, whether by merger, tender offer or otherwise. Such deterrence may
have an adverse effect on the market price for the Company's securities,
particularly its common stock, which would presumably reflect the market's
perception of the likelihood of any takeover attempt at a premium to the
market price.
ASSET SALES
The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly,
consummate or enter into a binding commitment to consummate an Asset Sale
unless (a) such Obligor, as the case may be, receives consideration at the
time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets
sold or of which other disposition is made (as determined reasonably and in
good faith by the Board of such Obligor) and (b) at least 75% of the
consideration received by such Obligor from such Asset Sale will be cash or
Cash Equivalents and will be received at the time of the consummation of any
such Asset Sale; provided, however, that the amount of (x) any
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liabilities as shown on the Obligors' most recent balance sheet (or in the
notes thereto) (other than (i) Indebtedness subordinate in right of payment to
the Notes, (ii) contingent liabilities, (iii) liabilities or Indebtedness to
Affiliates of the Issuers and (iv) Non-Recourse Indebtedness) that are assumed
by the transferee of any such assets and (y) to the extent of the cash
received, any notes or other obligations received by the Issuers or any such
Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Obligor
into cash within 60 days of receipt, will be deemed to be cash for purposes of
this provision.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Obligor will be permitted to consummate an
Asset Sale without complying with the foregoing provisions if (i) such Obligor
receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the
fair market value of the assets or other property sold, issued or otherwise
disposed of (as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of such Obligor) as set
forth in an officers' certificate delivered to the Trustee, (ii) the
transaction constitutes a "like-kind exchange" of the type contemplated by
Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code and (iii) the consideration for such
Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets; provided that any non-cash
consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by such Obligor in
connection with such Asset Sale that is converted into or sold or otherwise
disposed of for cash or Cash Equivalents at any time within 360 days after
such Asset Sale and any Productive Assets constituting cash or Cash
Equivalents received by such Obligor in connection with such Asset Sale shall
constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions set forth above.
Upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Issuers or the affected Obligor
will be required to apply all Net Cash Proceeds that are received from such
Asset Sale within 360 days of the receipt thereof either (A) to reinvest (or
enter into a binding commitment to invest, if such investment is effected
within 360 days after the date of such commitment) in Productive Assets or in
Asset Acquisitions permitted by the Indenture, or (B) to permanently prepay or
repay Indebtedness of any Obligor other than Indebtedness that is subordinate
in right of payment to the Notes. Pending the final application of any such
Net Cash Proceeds, the Obligors may temporarily reduce revolving Indebtedness
or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the
Indenture. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any,
as the Board of each Issuer or the affected Obligor determines not to apply
the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (A)
or (B) of the preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date"),
such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or
before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (A) or (B)
of the preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount"), will be
applied by the Issuers to make an offer to purchase (the "Net Proceeds Offer")
on a date (the "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from
all holders on a pro rata basis, Notes in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds
Offer Amount at a price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal
amount of Notes, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
thereon on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date; provided that if at any time
within 360 days after an Asset Sale any non-cash consideration received by the
Issuers or the affected Obligor in connection with such Asset Sale is
converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash, then such conversion
or disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the
Net Cash Proceeds thereof will be applied in accordance with this covenant. To
the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered pursuant to
the Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the
Obligors may use any remaining proceeds of such Asset Sales for general
corporate purposes (but subject to the other terms of the Indenture). Upon
completion of a Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount relating to
such Net Proceeds Offer will be deemed to be zero for purposes of any
subsequent Asset Sale. In the event that a Restricted Subsidiary consummates
an Asset Sale, only that portion of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom (including
any Net Cash Proceeds received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-
cash proceeds received in connection with an Asset Sale) that are distributed
to any Obligor will be required to be applied by the Obligors in accordance
with the provisions of this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than
$10 million the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net
Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until such time
as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Net
Proceeds Offer Amounts
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arising subsequent to the Issue Date of the Notes from all Asset Sales by the
Obligors in respect of which a Net Proceeds Offer has not been made aggregate
at least $10 million at which time the affected Obligor will apply all Net
Cash Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so
deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer (each date on which the aggregate of all
such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $10 million or more will
be deemed to be a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date). In connection with any
Asset Sale with respect to assets having a book value in excess of $10 million
or as to which it is expected that the aggregate consideration therefor be
received by the affected Obligor will exceed $10 million in value, such Asset
Sale will be approved, prior to the consummation thereof, by the Board of the
applicable Obligor.
CERTAIN COVENANTS
RESTRICTED PAYMENTS
The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly, (i)
declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution (other
than dividends or distributions payable solely in Qualified Capital Stock of
the Company or dividends or distributions payable to an Obligor) in respect of
any Obligor's Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in
connection with any merger or consolidation involving such Obligor) or to the
direct or indirect holders of such Obligor's Equity Interests in their
capacity as such, (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving an Obligor) Equity Interests of any Obligor
or of any direct or indirect parent or Affiliate of any Obligor (other than
any such Equity Interests owned by any Obligor), (iii) make any payment on or
with respect to, or purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise
acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of
payment to the Notes, except a payment at Stated Maturity, or (iv) make any
Investment (other than Permitted Investments) (each of the foregoing
prohibited actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) being
referred to as a "Restricted Payment"), if at the time of such proposed
Restricted Payment or immediately after giving effect thereto, (A) a Default
or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom, or (B) the Company is not, or would not be, able to Incur at least
$1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test
described in the second paragraph of the covenant described below under the
caption "Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock" or (C)
the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments (including such proposed
Restricted Payment) made subsequent to the Issue Date (the amount expended for
such purposes, if other than in cash, being the fair market value of such
property as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of the
applicable Obligor) exceeds or would exceed the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income (or if cumulative
Consolidated Net Income shall be a loss, minus 100% of such loss) of the
Obligors during the period (treating such period as a single accounting
period) beginning on the Issue Date and ending on the last day of the most
recent fiscal quarter of the Company ending immediately prior to the date
of the making of such Restricted Payment for which internal financial
statements are available ending not more than 135 days prior to the date of
determination, plus
(2) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company from
any Person (other than from a Subsidiary of the Issuers) from the issuance
and sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or the conversion of
debt securities or Convertible Preferred Stock into Qualified Capital Stock
(to the extent that proceeds of the issuance of such Qualified Capital
Stock would be includable in this clause upon initial issuance for cash)
subsequent to the Issue Date and on or prior to the date of the making of
such Restricted Payment (excluding any Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company the purchase price of which has been financed directly or
indirectly using funds (A) borrowed from any Obligor, unless and until and
to the extent such borrowing is repaid, or (B) contributed, extended,
guaranteed or advanced by any Obligor (including, without limitation, in
respect of any employee stock ownership or benefit plan)), plus
(3) 100% of the aggregate cash received by the Company subsequent to the
Issue Date and on or prior to the date of the making of such Restricted
Payment upon the exercise of options or warrants (whether issued prior to
or after the Issue Date) to purchase Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company, plus
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(4) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the
Issue Date is sold for cash or Cash Equivalents or otherwise liquidated or
repaid for cash or Cash Equivalents, or any dividends, distributions,
principal repayments, or returns of capital are received by any Obligor in
respect of any Restricted Investment, valued, in each such case, the lesser
of (A) the cash or marked-to-market value of Cash Equivalents received with
respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if
any) and (B) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus
(5) 50% of the aggregate dividends and distributions received by any
Obligor from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, to the extent not already included
in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions set forth in the immediately
preceding paragraph will not prohibit:
(a) the payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution within
60 days after the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution if
the making thereof would have been permitted on the date of declaration;
provided such dividend will be deemed to have been made as of its date of
declaration or the giving of such notice for purposes of this clause (a);
(b) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of
Capital Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to acquire
Capital Stock of the Company either (i) solely in exchange for shares of
Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to
acquire Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, or (ii) through the
application of net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of shares of Qualified Capital
Stock of the Company or warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified
Capital Stock of the Company; provided that no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Restricted
Payment or would result therefrom;
(c) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition of Indebtedness of any Obligor that is subordinate or junior in
right of payment to the Notes or the Guaranties either (i) solely in
exchange for shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or for
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, or (ii) through the application of the
net proceeds of a substantially concurrent sale for cash (other than to an
Obligor) of (A) shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or
warrants, rights or options to acquire Qualified Capital Stock of the
Company or (B) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of
such Restricted Payment pursuant to this clause (c) and would not result
therefrom;
(d) repurchases by the Company of its common stock; provided that the
aggregate amount expended for all such common stock repurchases by the
Company shall not exceed $10 million on a cumulative basis commencing on
the Issue Date; and provided, further, that no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such Restricted
Payment or would result therefrom;
(e) (i) scheduled dividends payable in respect of the Convertible
Preferred Stock not to exceed $2 million in the aggregate in any fiscal
year; provided, that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result
therefrom; and (ii) redemption of all of the outstanding Convertible
Preferred Stock by means of conversion into shares of the Company's common
stock plus payment of accrued and unpaid dividends;
(f) redemptions, repurchases or repayments to the extent required by any
Gaming Authority having jurisdiction over any Obligor or deemed necessary
by the Board of either Issuer in order to avoid the suspension, revocation
or denial of a gaming license by any Gaming Authority;
(g) Investments in the Indiana Joint Venture Project, not to exceed $70
million in the aggregate;
(h) other Restricted Payments not to exceed $20 million in the aggregate
at any time; provided no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
result therefrom;
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(i) repurchases by the Company of its common stock, options, warrants or
other securities exercisable or convertible into such common stock from
employees and directors of the Company or any of its respective
Subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment or
directorship of such employees or directors;
(j) the payment of any amounts in respect of Equity Interests by any
Restricted Subsidiary organized as a partnership or a limited liability
company or other pass-through entity, to the extent of capital
contributions made to such Restricted Subsidiary (other than capital
contributions made to such Restricted Subsidiary by the Obligors);
provided, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would result
therefrom;
(k) the payment of any amounts in respect of Equity Interests by any
Restricted Subsidiary organized as a partnership or a limited liability
company or other pass-through entity, (i) to the extent required by
applicable law or (ii) to the extent necessary for holders thereof to pay
taxes with respect to the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary, the
payment of which amounts under this clause (ii) is required by the terms of
the relevant partnership agreement, limited liability company operating
agreement or other governing document; provided, that except in the case of
clause (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at
the time of such Restricted Payment or would result therefrom;
(l) the payment of dividends or other distributions on minority interests
in Equity Interests of Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to requirements
under partnership agreements or organizational or membership agreements of
other pass-through entities as in effect on the Issue Date; provided such
distributions are made pro rata with the distributions paid
contemporaneously to an Obligor or its Affiliates holding an interest in
such Equity Interests; provided, further, that no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such Restricted
Payment or would result therefrom;
(m) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, joint ventures,
partnerships or limited liability companies consisting of conveyances of
substantially undeveloped real estate in a number of acres which, after
giving effect to any such conveyance, would not exceed in the aggregate for
all such conveyances after the Issue Date, 50% of the sum of (A) the acres
of undeveloped real estate held by the Obligors on such date plus (B) the
acres of undeveloped real estate previously so conveyed by the Obligors
after the Issue Date; provided, that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing at the time of such Restricted Payment or would
result therefrom; or
(n) Investments, not to exceed $10 million in the aggregate at any time
outstanding, in any combination of (i) readily marketable equity securities
and (ii) assets of the kinds described in the definition of "Cash
Equivalents"; provided, that for the purposes of this clause (n), such
Investments may be made without regard to the rating requirements or the
maturity limitations set forth in such definition.
In determining the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made subsequent
to the Issue Date, Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), (g) and (h) of this paragraph shall, in each case, be excluded from
such calculation; provided, that any amounts expended or liabilities incurred
in respect of fees, premiums or similar payments in connection therewith shall
be included in such calculation.
No later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the Issuers shall
deliver to the Trustee officers' certificates stating that such Restricted
Payment complies with the Indenture and setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis upon which the required calculations were computed (upon which the
Trustee may conclusively rely without any investigation whatsoever), which
calculations may be based upon the Issuers' latest available internal
quarterly financial statements.
The Board of either Issuer may designate any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
to be Unrestricted Subsidiaries if such designation would not cause a Default.
For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by the
Obligors (except to the extent repaid in cash or in kind) in the Subsidiary so
designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of such
designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under
the first paragraph of this covenant. All such outstanding Investments will be
deemed
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to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the greatest of (x) the net
book value of such Investments at the time of such designation, (y) the fair
market value of such Investments at the time of such designation and (z) the
original fair market value of such Investments at the time they were made.
Such designation will only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be
permitted at such time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
INCURRENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUANCE OF PREFERRED STOCK
The Indenture provides that the Issuers will not, directly or indirectly,
(i) Incur any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Capital Stock, other than
Permitted Indebtedness, or (ii) cause or permit any of their Subsidiaries to
Incur any Indebtedness or issue any Disqualified Capital Stock or preferred
stock, in each case, other than Permitted Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations, either Issuer may issue
Disqualified Capital Stock, and any Obligor may Incur Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, Acquired Debt) or issue preferred stock, if (i) no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the
proposed Incurrence or issuance or would result as a consequence of such
proposed Incurrence or issuance and (ii) immediately after giving pro forma
effect to such proposed Incurrence or issuance and the receipt and application
of the net proceeds therefrom, the Issuers' Consolidated Coverage Ratio would
not be less, for any period of four fiscal quarters ending during the
applicable period specified in the table below, than the ratio specified
opposite such period:
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PERIOD RATIO
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Issue Date-December 31, 1998................................... 2.00:1.00
January 1, 1999-December 31, 1999.............................. 2.25:1.00
January 1, 2000 and thereafter................................. 2.50:1.00
</TABLE>
Any Indebtedness of any Person existing at the time it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition of capital stock or
otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred as of the date such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary.
For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that
an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories
of Permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xi) of such
definition or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to the second paragraph of
this covenant, the Issuers will, in their sole discretion, classify such item
of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant and such item
of Indebtedness will be treated as having been Incurred pursuant to only one
of such clauses or pursuant to the second paragraph hereof. The Issuers may
reclassify such Indebtedness from time to time in their sole discretion.
Accrual of interest and the accretion of principal amount will not be deemed
to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant.
LIENS
The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly, create,
Incur or assume any Lien, except a Permitted Lien, securing Indebtedness that
is pari passu with or subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the
Guaranties, on or with respect to any of its property or assets including any
shares of stock or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on
the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, or any income, profits or proceeds
therefrom, unless (x) in the case of any Lien securing Indebtedness that is
pari passu in right of payment with the Notes or the Guaranties, the Notes or
the Guaranties are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that
is senior in priority to or pari passu with such Lien and (y) in the case of
any Lien securing Indebtedness that is subordinate in right of payment to the
Notes or the Guaranties, the Notes or the Guaranties are secured by a Lien on
such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Lien.
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DIVIDEND AND OTHER PAYMENT RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES
The Indenture provides that no Obligor will, directly or indirectly, create
or otherwise cause or permit or suffer to exist or become effective any
encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a)
pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock, (b) make
loans or advances to or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to any
Obligor or to any Restricted Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its property or
assets to any Obligor or to any Restricted Subsidiary (each such encumbrance
or restriction in clause (a), (b) or (c), a "Payment Restriction"), except for
such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of: (1)
applicable law; (2) the Indenture; (3) customary non-assignment provisions of
any purchase money financing contract or lease of any Restricted Subsidiary
entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any instrument governing Acquired Debt Incurred in connection with an
acquisition by any Obligor in accordance with the Indenture as the same was in
effect on the date of such Incurrence; provided that such encumbrance or
restriction is not, and will not be, applicable to any Person, or the
properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries
or the property or assets, including directly-related assets, such as
accessions and proceeds so acquired or leased; (5) any restriction or
encumbrance contained in contracts for the sale of assets to be consummated in
accordance with the Indenture solely in respect of the assets to be sold
pursuant to such contract; (6) any restrictions of the nature described in
clause (c) above with respect to the transfer of assets secured by a Lien that
was permitted by the Indenture to be Incurred; (7) any encumbrance or
restriction contained in Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the
provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction contained in any such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no less favorable to the holders of the
Notes in any material respect in the good faith judgment of the Board of
either Issuer than the provisions relating to such encumbrance or restriction
contained in the Indebtedness being refinanced, or (8) Indebtedness or
Investments existing on the Issue Date, as in effect on the Issue Date.
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, OR SALE OF ASSETS
The Indenture provides that no Obligor may, in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person,
or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of such Obligor's properties or assets whether as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or adopt a Plan of
Liquidation unless:
(i) either (1) in the case of a consolidation or merger, such Obligor
shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or (2) the Person (if
other than such Obligor) formed by such consolidation or into which such
Obligor is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of the properties and
assets of such Obligor and of such Obligor's Subsidiaries substantially as
an entirety, or in the case of a Plan of Liquidation, the Person to which
assets of such Obligor and such Obligor's Subsidiaries have been
transferred (x) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under
the laws of the United States or any State thereof or the District of
Columbia and (y) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture (in form
and substance satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the
Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if
any, and interest on all of the Notes and, if applicable, the Guaranties
and the performance of every covenant of the Notes, the Indenture and the
Registration Rights Agreement on the part of such Obligor to be performed
or observed;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the
assumption contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above (including giving effect
to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt Incurred or anticipated to be
Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), (1) the
Obligors, including any such other Person becoming an Obligor through the
operation of clause (i)(2) above would have a Consolidated Net Worth
immediately after the transaction equal to or greater than the Consolidated
Net Worth of such Obligor immediately preceding the transaction; and (2)(A)
the Obligors, including any such other Person becoming an Obligor through
the operation of clause (i)(2) above could Incur at least $1.00 of
Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) pursuant to the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio test described above under the caption "--
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock" or (B) any
other Person which would, as a result of the applicable transaction,
properly classify such Obligor as a consolidated subsidiary in accordance
with GAAP, satisfied the conditions set forth in clause (i)(2)(x) above and
either (x) also
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satisfied the condition set forth in clause (i)(2)(y) above and caused each
acquired Issuer to become a Guarantor or (y) became a Guarantor, and, in
either such case, after giving effect to such assumption of the Notes or
Incurrence of Obligations under the Guaranty, such assuming or guarantying
Person would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to
the Consolidated Coverage Ratio test described above under the caption "--
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock";
(iii) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such
transaction and the assumption contemplated by clause (i)(2)(y) above
(including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and
Acquired Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred and any Lien granted
in connection with or in respect of the transaction) no Default and no
Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; and
(iv) such Obligor or such other Person shall have delivered to the
Trustee (A) an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each
stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance, other disposition or Plan of Liquidation and, if a supplemental
indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture, comply with the applicable provisions of the
Indenture and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture relating to
such transaction have been satisfied and (B) a certificate from the
Company's independent certified public accountants stating that such
Obligor has made the calculations required by clause (ii) above in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes after the
consummation of such transaction.
Notwithstanding clause (ii)(2) above, (A) any Restricted Subsidiary may
consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to
either Issuer or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Obligor (and
an Issuer may effect such a transaction with the other Issuer) and (B) any
Obligor may consolidate with or merge with or into any Person that has
conducted no business and Incurred no Indebtedness or other liabilities if
such transaction is solely for the purpose of effecting a change in the state
of incorporation of such Obligor. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
covenant, the Issuers may effect the Possible REIT Restructuring if the
respective Boards of the Issuers determine, in good faith and in the exercise
of their reasonable business judgment that it is in the best interest of each
of the Issuers to do so.
For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or
otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of
either Issuer, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all
of the properties and assets of such Issuer, shall be deemed to be the
transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of such
Issuer.
TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The Indenture provides that no Obligor will make any payment to, or sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any
transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee
with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an
"Affiliate Transaction"), unless (i) such Affiliate Transaction is, considered
in light of any series of related transactions of which it comprises a part,
on terms that are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to such Obligor
than those that might reasonably have been obtained at such time in a
comparable transaction or series of related transactions on an arms-length
basis from a Person that is not such an Affiliate; (ii) with respect to any
Affiliate Transaction involving aggregate consideration of $3 million or more,
a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of the relevant Issuer
(and of any other affected Obligor, where applicable) shall, prior to the
consummation of any portion of such Affiliate Transaction, have reasonably and
in good faith determined, as evidenced by a resolution of its Board, that such
Affiliate Transaction meets the requirements of the foregoing clause; and
(iii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction involving value of $10 million
or more, the Board of the applicable Obligor shall have received prior to the
consummation of any portion of such Affiliate Transaction, a written opinion
from an independent investment banking, accounting or appraisal firm of
recognized national standing that such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that
are fair to such Obligor from a financial point of view. The foregoing
restrictions will not apply to (1) reasonable fees and
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compensation (including any such compensation in the form of Equity Interests
not derived from Disqualified Capital Stock, together with loans and advances,
the proceeds of which are used to acquire such Equity Interests) paid to, and
indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants
of the Obligors as determined in good faith by the Board or senior management,
(2) any transaction solely between or among Obligors to the extent any such
transaction is otherwise in compliance with, or not prohibited by, the
Indenture or (3) any Restricted Payment permitted by the terms of the covenant
described above under the heading "--Restricted Payments."
NO SUBORDINATED DEBT SENIOR TO THE NOTES OR GUARANTIES
The Indenture provides that no Obligor will Incur any Indebtedness that is
subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Senior Debt and senior in any
respect in right of payment to the Notes or the Guaranties.
AMENDMENTS TO SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS
The Indenture provides that, without the consent of the holders of 66 2/3%
of the principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Obligors will not amend,
modify or alter the terms of any indebtedness subordinated to the Notes or the
Guaranties in any way that will (i) increase the rate of or change the time
for payment of interest on any indebtedness subordinated to the Notes, (ii)
increase the principal of, advance the final maturity date of or shorten the
Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such subordinated indebtedness, (iii)
alter the redemption provisions or the price or terms at which any Obligor is
required to offer to purchase such subordinated indebtedness or (iv) amend the
subordination provisions of any documents, instruments or agreements governing
any such subordinated indebtedness, except to the extent that any of the
foregoing would be required to permit any Obligor to make a Restricted Payment
permitted by the covenant described above under the heading "--Restricted
Payments."
LINES OF BUSINESS
The Indenture provides that the Obligors will not engage in any lines of
business other than the Core Businesses.
REPORTS
The Indenture provides that, whether or not required by the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), so
long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuers will furnish to the holders of
Notes (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be
required to be contained in a filing or filings by the Issuers with the
Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuers were required to file such
forms, including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual
information only, a report thereon by the Issuers' certified independent
accountants and (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed by
the Issuers with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Issuers were required to
file such reports. In addition, whether or not required by the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the Issuers will file a copy of all such
information and reports with the Commission for public availability (unless
the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information
available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. In
addition, the Issuers have agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain
outstanding, they will furnish to the holders and to securities analysts and
prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be
delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. The Indenture
permits the Issuers to deliver the consolidated reports or financial
information of the Company to comply with the foregoing requirements.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
The Indenture provides that each of the following constitutes an Event of
Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on, or
Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes or the Guaranties
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(whether or not prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture);
(ii) default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes
or the Guaranties when due and payable, at maturity, upon acceleration,
redemption or otherwise (whether or not prohibited by the subordination
provisions of the Indenture); (iii) failure by any Obligor for 45 days after
written notice to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture,
the Notes or the Guaranties; (iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or
instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by any Obligor (or the payment
of which is guaranteed by any Obligor) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee
now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, which default (a) is caused by
a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such
Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such
Indebtedness on the date of such default (a "Payment Default") or (b) results
in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in
each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the
principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a
Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$10 million or more; (v) failure by any Obligor to pay final judgments
aggregating in excess of $10 million, net of any applicable insurance, the
carrier or underwriter with respect to which has acknowledged liability in
writing, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60
days; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to any
Obligor.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default with respect to
certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization) occurs and is
continuing, then and in every such case, the Trustee or the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may
declare the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest,
premium and Liquidated Damages on all the Notes and Guaranties then
outstanding to be due and payable, by a notice in writing to the Issuers (and
to the Trustee, if given by holders) specifying the Event of Default and that
it is a "notice of acceleration" and on the fifth Business Day after delivery
of such notice the principal amount, in either case, together with any accrued
and unpaid interest, premium and Liquidated Damages on all the Notes or the
Guaranties then outstanding will become immediately due and payable,
notwithstanding anything contained in the Indenture, the Notes or the
Guaranties to the contrary. Upon the occurrence of specified Events of Default
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or cross-acceleration to
other indebtedness the principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid
interest, premium and Liquidated Damages, will immediately and automatically
become due and payable, without the necessity of notice or any other action by
any Person. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture, the Notes or
the Guaranties except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain
limitations, holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The
Trustee may withhold from holders of the Notes notice of any continuing
Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to
the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice
is in their interest.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any willful
action (or inaction) taken (or not taken) by or on behalf of any Obligor with
the intention of avoiding payment of the premium that the Issuers would have
had to pay if the Issuers then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the
optional redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent premium shall
also become and be immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law
upon the acceleration of the Notes. If an Event of Default occurs prior to
August 1, 2002 by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken (or not
taken) by or on behalf of the Issuers with the intention of avoiding the
prohibition on redemption of the Notes prior to August 1, 2002, then the
additional premium specified in the Indenture shall also become immediately
due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the
Notes and Guaranties.
The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the holders of all of
the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences
under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest
on the Notes or the Guaranties.
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The Issuers will be required to deliver to the Trustee annually statements
regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required upon
becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a
statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
NO PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS
No past, present or future director, officer, employee, agent, manager,
partner, member, incorporator or stockholder of any Obligor, in such capacity,
will have any liability for any obligations of any Obligor under the Notes,
the Indenture or the Guaranties or for any claim based on, in respect of, or
by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by
accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and
release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the
Guaranties. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the
federal securities laws and it is the view of the Commission that such a
waiver is against public policy.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
The Indenture provides that the Obligors may, at their option and at any
time, elect to have all of their obligations discharged with respect to the
outstanding Notes ("Legal Defeasance") except for (i) the rights of holders of
outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest and Liquidated Damages on such Notes when such payments
are due from the trust referred to below, (ii) the Issuers' obligations with
respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of
Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an
office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust,
(iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and
the Issuers' obligations in connection therewith and (iv) the Legal Defeasance
provisions of the Indenture. In addition, the Issuers may, at their option and
at any time, elect to have their obligations released with respect to certain
covenants that are described in the Indenture ("Covenant Defeasance") and
thereafter any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a
Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the event Covenant
Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including non-payment, bankruptcy,
receivership, rehabilitation and insolvency events) described above under the
heading "Events of Default and Remedies" will no longer constitute an Event of
Default with respect to the Notes.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, (i) the
Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit
of the holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, noncallable Government
Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient,
in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public
accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and
Liquidated Damages on the outstanding Notes on the stated maturity or on the
applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify
whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption
date; (ii) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered
to the Trustee an opinion of counsel in the United States reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (A) the Issuers have received from,
or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B)
since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income
tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of
counsel shall confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Notes will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case
if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; (iii) in the case of Covenant
Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming
that the holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or
loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance
and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant
Defeasance had not occurred; (iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default
or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to
such deposit) or insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency
events are concerned, at any time in the
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period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit; (v) such Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under any material agreement or instrument (other than
the Indenture) to which any Obligor is a party or by which any Obligor is
bound; (vi) the Issuers must have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of
counsel to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, assuming that no
holder of any Notes would be considered an insider of any Obligor under
applicable Bankruptcy Law, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust
funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(vii) each Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an officers' certificate stating
that the deposit was not made by such Issuer with the intent of preferring the
holders of Notes over the other creditors of such Issuer with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of such Issuer or
others; and (viii) each Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an officers'
certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent provided for relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
A holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
The Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuers may
require a holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Issuers are not required to transfer or exchange any Note
selected for redemption. Also, the Issuers are not required to transfer or
exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be
redeemed. The registered holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of it
for all purposes.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Except as provided in the next three succeeding paragraphs, the Indenture or
the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of at
least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including,
without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing default or
compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with
the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender
offer or exchange offer for Notes).
Without the consent of each holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not
(with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting holder) (i) reduce the
principal amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver, (ii) reduce the principal of or change the fixed
maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of
the Notes (other than provisions relating to the covenants described above
under the caption "--Repurchase at the Option of Holders"), (iii) reduce the
rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note, (iv) waive a
Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any,
or interest on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by
the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration), (v)
make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes, (vi) make
any change in the provisions of the Indenture relating to waivers of past
Defaults or the rights of holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, (vii) waive a redemption payment
with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by one of the
conditions described above under the caption "--Repurchase at the Option of
Holders") , (viii) release any Guarantor from its obligations under any
Guaranty, or (ix) make any change in the foregoing amendment and waiver
provisions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without notice to or the consent of any
holder of Notes, the Obligors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the
Indenture or the Notes (y) to provide for the Possible REIT Restructuring and
such related modifications to the Indenture and the Notes as may be necessary
to permit the implementation of, and the continuing operations of HPOC and the
REIT after giving effect to, the Possible REIT Restructuring, including the
making of operating lease payments by HPOC to the Company, the distribution by
the Company of such amounts as may be required by the Internal Revenue Code
and the regulations promulgated thereunder to maintain REIT status, which
would include 95% of its taxable income (excluding net capital gains) under
current law, and any other modifications to the covenants that may be
necessary to comply with the
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applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, or may be necessary, in the good faith determination
of the respective Boards of the Issuers as evidenced by Board resolutions, to
provide for the same relative benefits and restrictions as existed under the
Indenture prior to the Possible REIT Restructuring or (z) to cure any
ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for uncertificated Notes in
addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption
of the Obligors' obligations to holders of Notes in the case of a merger or
consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under the Indenture of any such holder, to provide for the issuance of
registered notes in exchange for the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement or to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect
or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA. Notwithstanding
any provision of clause (y) above to the contrary, no transaction described
therein may be effected except in compliance with the "Asset Sale" covenant in
effect on the Issue Date or as amended in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture (excluding amendment pursuant to such clause (y)).
In addition, any amendment to the provisions of the article of the Indenture
which governs subordination will require the consent of the holders of at
least 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, if
such amendment would adversely affect the rights of holders of Notes.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee,
should it become a creditor of either Issuer, to obtain payment of claims in
certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any
such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage
in other transactions; however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it
must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for
permission to continue or resign.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, subject to
certain exceptions. The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default
shall occur (which shall not be cured), the Trustee will be required, in the
exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the
conduct of his own affairs. However, the Trustee will be under no obligation
to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of
any holder of Notes, unless such holder shall have offered to the Trustee
security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or
expense.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Anyone who receives this Prospectus may obtain a copy of the Indenture and
Registration Rights Agreement without charge by writing to Hollywood Park,
Inc., 1050 South Prairie Avenue, Inglewood CA 90301, Attn: Assistant
Treasurer.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture. Reference
is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all such terms, as well as
any other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.
"Accrued Bankruptcy Interest" means, with respect to any Senior Debt, all
interest accruing thereon after the filing of a petition or commencement of
any other proceeding by or against any Obligor under any Bankruptcy Law, in
accordance with and at the rate (including any rate applicable upon any
default or event of default, to the extent lawful) specified in the documents
evidencing or governing such Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations, whether or
not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim after such filing in any
proceeding under such Bankruptcy Law.
"Acquired Debt" means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of
another Person and any of such other Person's Subsidiaries existing at the
time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person or at the time it
merges or consolidates with such Person or any of such Person's Subsidiaries
or is assumed by
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such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person in connection with the
acquisition of assets from such other Person and in each case not Incurred by
such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person or such other Person in
connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such other Person
becoming a Subsidiary of such Person or such acquisition, merger or
consolidation.
"Affiliate" means, when used with reference to any Person, (i) any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or
indirect common control with, the referent Person or such other Person, as the
case may be, or (ii) any directors, officer or partner of such Person or any
Person specified in clause (i) above. For the purposes of this definition, the
term "control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power
to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms "affiliated," "controlling," and
"controlled" have meanings correlative of the foregoing. None of the Initial
Purchasers nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be an
Affiliate of any Obligor or of any of their respective Affiliates. No Wholly
Owned Restricted Subsidiary of either Issuer shall be deemed to be an
Affiliate of any Obligor.
"Asset Acquisition" means (i) an Investment by any Obligor in any other
Person pursuant to which such Person shall become an Obligor or a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor or shall be merged into, or with any
Obligor or Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of an Obligor or (ii) the
acquisition by any Obligor of assets of any Person comprising a division or
line of business of such Person or all or substantially all of the assets of
such Person.
"Asset Sale" means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance,
transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary
course of business), assignment or other disposition (for purposes of this
definition, each a "disposition") by any Obligor (including, without
limitation, pursuant to any sale and leaseback transaction or any merger or
consolidation of any Restricted Subsidiary of either Issuer with or into
another Person (other than another Obligor) whereby such Restricted Subsidiary
shall cease to be a Restricted Subsidiary of either Issuer) to any Person of
(i) any property or assets of any Obligor to the extent that any such
disposition is not in the ordinary course of business of such Obligor or (ii)
any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, other than (1) any disposition
to either Issuer, (2) any disposition to any Obligor or Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary, (3) any disposition that constitutes a Restricted
Payment or a Permitted Investment that is made in accordance with the covenant
described above under the caption "--Restricted Payments", (4) any transaction
or series of related transactions resulting in net cash proceeds to such
Obligor of less than $1 million, (5) any transaction that is consummated in
accordance with the covenant described above under the caption "--Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets," (6) the sale or discount, in each case
without recourse (direct or indirect), of accounts receivable arising in the
ordinary course of business of either Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, but only in connection with the compromise or collection
thereof, (7) any pledge, assignment by way of collateral security, grant of
security interest, hypothecation or mortgage, permitted by the Indenture or
any foreclosure, judicial or other sale, public or private, by the pledgee,
assignee, mortgagee or other secured party of the subject assets, (8) a
disposition of assets constituting a Permitted Investment or
(9) distributions, recapitalizations or reclassifications of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of HPOC or the Company in connection
with the Possible REIT Restructuring.
"Bank Credit Facility" means the Credit Facility provided to the Company
pursuant to the Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of March 27, 1997,
by and among the Company, the financial institutions from time to time named
therein (the "Banks"), Bank of Scotland, Bankers Trust Company and Societe
General, as Co-Agents for the Banks, and Bank of America NT&SA, as Managing
Agent, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or
refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by the same or different
institutional lenders.
"Bankruptcy Law" means the United States Bankruptcy Code and any other
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, moratorium or similar
law providing relief to debtors, in each case, as from time to time amended
and applicable to the relevant case.
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"Board" means the Board of Directors or similar governing entity of an
Obligor, the members of which are elected by the holders of Capital Stock of
such Obligor or, if applicable, a duly-appointed committee of such Board of
Directors or similar governing body, having jurisdiction over the subject
matter at issue.
"Boomtown Notes" means the 11 1/2% First Mortgage Notes due 2003 issued by
Boomtown and remaining outstanding after Boomtown's offer to repurchase and
repurchase of such notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase and Consent
Solicitation Statement dated March 28, 1997, as amended.
"Capital Stock" means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation,
any and all shares, rights, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including
each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person, and (ii) with
respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership,
membership or other equity interests of such Person.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as to any Person, the discounted
rental stream payable by such Person that is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capital lease obligation under GAAP and, for purposes of
this definition, the amount of such obligation at any date shall be the
capitalized amount of such obligation at such date, determined in accordance
with GAAP. The final maturity of any such obligation shall be the date of the
last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the
first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without
penalty.
"Cash Equivalents" means (i) Government Securities; (ii) certificates of
deposit, eurodollar time deposits and bankers acceptances maturing within 12
months from the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor and issued by any
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or
any state thereof or the District of Columbia or any U.S. branch of foreign
bank having, at the date of acquisition of the applicable Cash Equivalent,
(A) combined capital and surplus of not less than $500 million and (B) a
commercial paper rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody's;
(iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days after the
date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor for underlying securities of the
types described in clauses (i), (ii) and (vi) hereof, entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii)
above; (iv) commercial paper having a rating of at least P-1 from Moody's or a
rating of at least A-1 from S&P on the date of acquisition thereof by any
Obligor; (v) debt obligations of any corporation maturing within 12 months
after the date of acquisition thereof by any Obligor, having a rating of at
least P-1 or aaa from Moody's or A-1 or AAA from S&P on the date of such
acquisition; and (vi) mutual funds and money market accounts investing at
least 90% of the funds under management in instruments of the types described
in clauses (i) through (v) above and, in each case, maturing within the period
specified above for such instrument after the date of acquisition thereof by
any Obligor.
"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the
Possible REIT Restructuring, (ii) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one
transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all
of the assets of either Issuer, or the Issuers and their Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any "person" (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (as defined below), (iii) the adoption,
or, if applicable, the approval of any requisite percentage of either Issuer's
stockholders of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of such
Issuer, (iv) the consummation of any transaction (including, without
limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any
"person" (as defined above), other than a Principal, becomes the "beneficial
owner" (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have "beneficial
ownership" of all securities that such person has the right to acquire,
whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the
occurrence of a subsequent condition), directly or indirectly, of more than
50% of the Voting Stock of either Issuer (measured by voting power rather than
number of shares), or (v) during any consecutive two-year period, individuals
who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of either Issuer
(together with any new directors whose election to such Board or whose
nomination for election by the stockholders of such Issuer was approved by a
vote of a majority of the directors of such Issuer then still in office who
were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or
nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board
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of such Issuer then in office. Except as otherwise expressly provided, the
term "Change of Control" includes a REIT Change of Control.
"Consolidated Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to any Person on any date
of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four
fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to such date for which internal
financial reports are available, ended not more than 135 days prior to such
date to (b) (i) Consolidated Interest Expense during such period plus (ii)
dividends on or in respect of any Capital Stock of any such Person paid in
cash during such period; provided that the Consolidated Coverage Ratio shall
be calculated giving pro forma effect, as of the beginning of the applicable
period, to any acquisition, Incurrence or redemption of Indebtedness
(including the Notes), issuance or redemption of Disqualified Capital Stock,
acquisition, Asset Sale, purchases of assets that were previously leased,
redemption of Convertible Preferred Stock or re-designation of a Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, at any time during or subsequent to
such period, but on or prior to the date on which such calculation is made. In
making such computation, Consolidated Interest Expense (i) attributable to any
Indebtedness bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed on a pro forma
basis as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the
applicable rate for the entire period, or (ii) attributable to interest on any
Indebtedness under a revolving Credit Facility shall be computed on a pro
forma basis based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness
outstanding during the applicable period.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum (without duplication) of (i) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person
for such period, plus (ii) to the extent that any of the following shall have
been taken into account in determining such Consolidated Net Income, and
without duplication, (A) all income taxes of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other
than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains
or losses or taxes attributable to sales or dispositions of assets outside the
ordinary course of business), (B) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such
Person for such period, (C) the amortization expense (including the
amortization of deferred financing charges) and depreciation expense for such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and (D) other non-cash
items (other than non-cash interest) of such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (including any non-cash compensation expense attributable to
stock option or other equity compensation arrangements), other than any non-
cash item for such period that requires the accrual of or a reserve for cash
charges for any future period and other than any non-cash charge for such
period constituting an extraordinary item of loss, less (iii)(A) all non-cash
items of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries increasing such
Consolidated Net Income for such period and (B) all cash payments during such
period relating to non-cash items that were added back in determining
Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the sum of (i) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued
(including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount, non-
cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with
Capitalized Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers' acceptance
financings, and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations) and
(ii) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Subsidiaries that was
capitalized during such period, and (iii) any interest expense on Indebtedness
of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (whether or not such Support Obligation or Lien is
called upon) and (iv) the product of (a) all dividend payments on any series
of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, times
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax
rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated
basis and in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any Person for any period,
the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance
with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall be excluded therefrom (i) net
after-tax gains and
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losses from all sales or dispositions of assets outside of the ordinary course
of business and (ii) net after-tax extraordinary or non-recurring gains or
losses, (iii) the net income of any Person acquired in a "pooling of
interests" transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of such Person or is merged or consolidated with or into such
Person or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iv) the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles, (v) any net income of any other Person if such other
Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary and is accounted for by the equity
method of accounting, except that such Person's equity in the net income of
any such other Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated
Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such
other Person during such period to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary as a
dividend or other distribution, (subject, in case of a dividend or other
distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation that such amount so
paid to a Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that such
amount could not at that time be paid to either Issuer due to the restrictions
set forth in clause (vi) below (regardless of any waiver of such conditions)),
(vi) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary
is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, by contract, operation of
law, pursuant to its charter or otherwise on the payment of dividends or the
making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person except
that (A) such Person's equity in the net income of any such Restricted
Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income
up to the aggregate amount of cash that could have been paid or distributed
during such period to such Person as a dividend or other distribution
(provided that such ability is not due to a waiver of such restriction) and
(B) such Person's equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for
such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income
regardless of any such restriction, (vii) any restoration to income of any
contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was
made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following the Issue
Date, (viii) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations
(including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period
whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued), (ix) in the
case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or merger or as a
transferee of such Person's assets, any net income or loss of the successor
corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets and (x)
the net income (but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, whether or not
distributed to any Obligor.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means, with respect to any Person as of any date,
the sum of (i) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such
Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date, plus (ii) the
respective amounts reported on such Person's consolidated balance sheet as of
such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment
of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net
earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to
the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred
stock, less (x) all write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from foreign
currency translations and write-ups of tangible assets of a going concern
business made within 12 months after the acquisition of such business)
subsequent to the Issue Date in the book value of any asset owned by such
Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person, (y) all investments as of
such date in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and in Persons that are not
Subsidiaries (except, in each case, Permitted Investments), and (z) all
unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of
such date, all of the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Convertible Preferred Stock" means the Company's $70.00 Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, and the depositary shares relating
thereto.
"Core Businesses" means the gaming, card club, racing, sports,
entertainment, lodging, restaurant, riverboat operations, real estate
development and all other businesses and activities necessary for or
reasonably related or incident thereto, including without limitation related
acquisition, construction, development or operation of related truck stop,
transportation, retail and other facilities designed to enhance any of the
foregoing.
"Credit Facilities" means, with respect to any Obligor, one or more debt
facilities or commercial paper facilities with any combination of banks, other
institutional lenders and other Persons extending financial accommodations or
holding corporate debt obligations in the ordinary course of their business,
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special
purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables)
or letters of credit, in
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each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or
refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by the same or different
institutional lenders.
"Default" means any event that is or with the passage of time or the giving
of notice or both would be an Event of Default.
"Designated Senior Debt" means any Indebtedness under the Bank Credit
Facility (which is outstanding or which the lenders thereunder have a
commitment to extend) and, if applicable, any other Senior Debt permitted
under the Indenture, the principal amount (committed or outstanding) of which
is $25 million or more and that has been designated by either Issuer as
"Designated Senior Debt."
"Disqualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock, other than the
Convertible Preferred Stock, which by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is, by its terms, convertible or for which it is, by
its terms, exchangeable at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the
happening of any specified event, is required to be redeemed or is redeemable
(at the option of the holder thereof) at any time prior to the earlier of the
repayment of all Notes or the stated maturity of the Notes or is exchangeable
at the option of the holder thereof for Indebtedness at any time prior to the
earlier of the repayment of all Notes or the stated maturity of the Notes.
"Equity Interests" means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
"Event of Default" means the occurrence of any of the events described under
the caption "--Events of Default and Remedies", after giving effect to any
applicable grace periods or notice requirements.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession of the United States, which are in effect as of the Issue Date.
"Gaming Approval" means any governmental approval relating to any gaming
business or enterprise.
"Gaming Authority" means any governmental authority with regulatory
oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gaming businesses
or enterprises, including the State Gaming Control Board of Nevada, the Washoe
County, Nevada, or the Nevada, Mississippi or Louisiana Gaming Commission with
regulatory oversight of, authority to regulate or jurisdiction over any gaming
operation (or proposed gaming operation) owned, managed or operated by any
Obligor.
"Gaming Laws" means all applicable provisions of all (i) constitutions,
treaties, statutes, laws, rules, regulations and ordinances of any Gaming
Authority, (ii) Gaming Approvals and (iii) orders, decisions, judgments,
awards and decrees of any Gaming Authority.
"Global Note" means a permanent global note in registered form deposited
with the Trustee, as a custodian for The Depositary Trust Company or any other
designated depositary.
"Government Securities" means marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any
agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of
the United States, in each case maturing within 12 months from the date of
acquisition thereof by any Obligor.
"Guarantor" means any existing or future Material Restricted Subsidiaries of
either Issuer, which has guaranteed the obligations of the Issuers arising
under or in connection with the Notes, as required by the Indenture.
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"Guaranty" means a guaranty by a Guarantor of the Obligations of the Issuers
arising under or in connection with the Notes.
"Hedging Obligations" means all obligations of the Obligors arising under or
in connection with any rate or basis swap, forward contract, commodity swap or
option, equity or equity index swap or option, bond, note or bill option,
interest rate option, foreign currency exchange transaction, cross currency
rate swap, currency option, cap, collar or floor transaction, swap option,
synthetic trust product, synthetic lease or any similar transaction or
agreement.
"Incur" means, with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person or any Lien,
to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or Lien
or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such
Indebtedness on the balance sheet of such Person (and "Incurrence,"
"Incurred," "Incurrable" and "Incurring" shall have meanings correlative to
the foregoing).
"Indebtedness" means with respect to any Person, without duplication,
whether contingent or otherwise, (i) any obligations for money borrowed, (ii)
any obligation evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar
instruments, (iii) obligations in respect of letters of credit or other
similar instruments, (iv) any obligations to pay the deferred purchase price
of property or services, including Capitalized Lease Obligations, (v) the
maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Disqualified Capital Stock,
(vi) Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (i)
through (v) above, secured by a Lien on the assets of such Person or its
Restricted Subsidiaries, valued, in such cases where the recourse thereof is
limited to such assets, at the lesser of the principal amount of such
Indebtedness or the fair market value of the subject assets, (vii)
indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in clauses (i) through
(v) above, guaranteed by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and
(viii) the net obligations of such Person under Hedging Obligations; provided
that the amount of any Indebtedness at any date shall be calculated as the
outstanding balance of all unconditional obligations and the maximum liability
supported by any contingent obligations at such date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, "Indebtedness" shall not be construed to include trade payables,
credit on open account, accrued liabilities, provisional credit, daylight
overdrafts or similar items.
"Indiana Joint Venture Project" means the possible development of a
riverboat casino facility in Switzerland County, Indiana.
"Interest Swap Obligations" means the net obligations of any Person under
any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future, interest rate
option, interest rate swap, interest rate cap, collar or floor transaction or
other interest rate Hedging Obligation.
"Investment" by any Person means any direct or indirect (i) loan, advance or
other extension of credit or capital contribution (valued at the fair market
value thereof as of the date of contribution or transfer) (by means of
transfers of cash or other property or services for the account or use of
other Persons, or otherwise); (ii) purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock,
bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness
issued by any other Person (whether by merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
otherwise and whether or not purchased directly from the issuer of such
securities or evidences of Indebtedness); (iii) guarantee or assumption of any
Indebtedness or any other obligation of any other Person (except for an
assumption of Indebtedness for which the assuming Person receives
consideration at the time of such assumption in the form of property or assets
with a fair market value at least equal to the principal amount of the
Indebtedness assumed); (iv) the acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all
or substantially all of the business or assets or other beneficial ownership
of any Person; and (v) all other items that would be classified as investments
(including, without limitation, purchases of assets outside the ordinary
course of business) on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the purchase or acquisition of any
securities, Indebtedness or Productive Assets of any other Person solely with
Qualified Capital Stock shall not be deemed to be an Investment. The term
"Investments" shall also exclude extensions of trade credit and advances to
customers and suppliers to the extent made in the ordinary course of business
on ordinary business terms. The
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amount of any non-cash Investment shall be the fair market value of such
Investment, as determined conclusively in good faith by management of affected
Obligor unless the fair market value of such Investment exceeds $5 million, in
which case the fair market value shall be determined conclusively in good
faith by the Board of such Obligor at the time such Investment is made. The
amount of any Investment shall not be adjusted for increases or decreases in
value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs subsequent to the date such
Investment is made with respect to such Investment.
"Issue Date" means August 6, 1997.
"Letter of Credit Obligations" means Obligations of an Obligor arising under
or in connection with letters of credit.
"Lien" means, with respect to any assets, any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge, security interest or other similar encumbrance (including without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease
in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell, and any filing
of or agreement to give, any security interest).
"Material Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which is both a
Material Subsidiary and a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Material Subsidiary" means, at any date of determination, any Subsidiary of
either Issuer which, together with its Subsidiaries (i) had assets which as of
the date of the Issuers' most recent quarterly consolidated balance sheet,
constituted 5% or more of the Issuers' total assets on a consolidated basis as
of such date, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (ii) had Consolidated
EBITDA for the 12-month period ending on the date of the Issuers' most recent
quarterly consolidated statement of income which constituted 5% or more of the
Issuers' Consolidated EBITDA (calculated for this purpose without giving
effect to clause (vi) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income) for such
period or (iii) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Services, Inc., and its successors.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in
the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred
payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents
received by any Obligor from such Asset Sale, net of (i) reasonable out-of-
pocket expenses, fees and other direct costs relating to such Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, brokerage, legal, accounting and investment
banking fees and sales commissions), (ii) taxes paid or payable after taking
into account any reduction in tax liability due to available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (iii) repayment of Indebtedness
(other than any intercompany Indebtedness) that is required by the terms
thereof to be repaid or pledged as cash collateral, or the holders of which
otherwise have a contractual claim that is legally superior to any claim of
the holders (including a restriction on transfer) to the proceeds of the
subject assets, in connection with such Asset Sale, and (iv) appropriate
amounts to be provided by any applicable Obligor, as a reserve, in accordance
with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and
retained by limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any
indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale and any reserve
for adjustment to the sale price received in such Asset Sale for so long as
such reserve is held.
"Non-Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
(i) as to which none of the Obligors (a) provides credit support of any kind
(including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or
otherwise) or (c) constitutes the lender; (ii) no default with respect to
which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take
enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon
notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other
than the Notes being offered hereby) of any Obligor to declare a default on
such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or
payable prior to its stated maturity and (iii) as to which the lenders have
been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or
assets of any Obligor.
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"Obligations" means any principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, whether
absolute or contingent, payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
"Obligor" means either Issuer or any Guarantor.
"Paying Agent" means the Person so designated by the Issuers in accordance
with the Indenture, initially the Trustee.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means, without duplication, each of the following:
(i) Indebtedness of the Obligors outstanding on the Issue Date and
reflected in the financial statements set forth in this Prospectus as in
effect on the Issue Date as reduced by the amount of any scheduled
amortization payments or mandatory prepayments when actually paid or
permanent reductions thereon;
(ii) Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuers under the Notes and by the
Guarantors under the Guaranties;
(iii) Indebtedness Incurred by any Obligor pursuant to the Boomtown Notes
and the Bank Credit Facility; provided that the aggregate principal amount
of Indebtedness of the Obligors outstanding thereunder as of any date of
Incurrence shall not exceed $100 million, to be reduced dollar-for-dollar
by the amount of any increase to the face amount of Support Obligations
permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (xi) of this definition;
(iv) Indebtedness of either Issuer to any Obligor or of any Guarantor to
any other Obligor for so long as such Indebtedness is held by either Issuer
or by another Obligor; provided that (A) any Indebtedness of either Issuer
to any other Obligor is unsecured and evidenced by an intercompany
promissory note that is subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to
such Issuer's obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and the
Registration Rights Agreement, and (B) if as of any date any Person other
than either Issuer or a Guarantor owns or holds any such Indebtedness or
holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such date shall be deemed to
be an Incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness
under this clause (iv) by the issuer of such Indebtedness;
(v) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to either Issuer for so long
as such Indebtedness is held by an Obligor; provided that if as of any date
any Person other than an Obligor acquires any such Indebtedness or holds a
Lien in respect of such Indebtedness, such acquisition shall be deemed to
be an Incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness
under this clause (v) by the issuer of such Indebtedness;
(vi) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(vii) the Incurrence by Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Non-Recourse
Indebtedness; provided that, if any such Indebtedness ceases to be Non-
Recourse Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be
deemed to constitute an Incurrence of Indebtedness that is not permitted by
this clause (vii);
(viii) Indebtedness Incurred by any Obligor solely to finance the
construction or acquisition or improvement of, or consisting of Capitalized
Leased Obligations Incurred to acquire rights of use in, capital assets
useful in such Obligor's business and, in any such case, Incurred prior to
or within 180 days after the construction, acquisition, improvement or
leasing of the subject assets, not to exceed in aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any time, (A) $15 million per Obligor or (B) $100 million in
the aggregate for all of the Obligors, and additional Indebtedness of the
kind described in this clause (viii) with respect to which no Obligor is
directly or indirectly liable, and which is expressly made non-recourse to
the Obligors and all of their assets, except the asset so financed;
(ix) Interest Swap Obligations entered into not as speculative
Investments but as hedging transactions designed to protect the Obligors
against fluctuations in interest rates in connection with Indebtedness
otherwise permitted hereunder;
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(x) Indebtedness of any Obligor arising in respect of performance bonds
and completion guaranties (to the extent that the Incurrence thereof does
not result in the Incurrence of any obligation for the payment of borrowed
money of others), in the ordinary course of business, in amounts and for
the purposes customary in such Obligor's industry for businesses comparable
to those of such Obligor; provided, that such Indebtedness shall be
Incurred solely in connection with the development, construction,
improvement or enhancement of assets useful in such Obligor's business and;
(xi) other Indebtedness consisting of Support Obligations not exceeding
$25 million in aggregate principal amount at any time, which may be
increased by the Issuers in their discretion, subject to availability
under, and a corresponding reduction to, the principal amount of
Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under the Bank Credit Facility
pursuant to clause (iii) of this definition.
"Permitted Investments" means, without duplication, each of the following:
(i) Investments in cash (including deposit accounts with major commercial
banks) and Cash Equivalents;
(ii) Investments by the Obligors in any Obligor or any Person that is or
will become upon giving effect to such Investment, or as a result of which
such Person is merged, consolidated or liquidated into, or conveys
substantially of all its assets to, an Obligor or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that for purposes of calculating at any date the
aggregate amount of Investments made since the Issue Date pursuant to the
covenant described above under the caption "--Restricted Payments," such
Investment shall be a Permitted Investment only so long as any Subsidiary
in which any such Investment has been made continues to be an Obligor or a
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) Investments existing on the Issue Date, each such Investment to be
(A) in an amount less than $1 million, (B) listed on a schedule to the
Indenture or (C) an existing Investment by any one or combination of HPI
and its consolidated subsidiaries in any other such Person;
(iv) accounts receivable created or acquired in the ordinary course of
business of any Obligor on ordinary business terms;
(v) Investments arising from transactions by the Obligors with trade
creditors or customers in the ordinary course of business (including any
such Investment received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar
arrangement pursuant to the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade
creditors or customers or otherwise in settlement of a claim);
(vi) Investments made as the result of non-cash consideration received
from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the
covenant described above under the caption "--Assets Sales"; and
(vii) Investments consisting of advances to officers, directors and
employees of the Obligors for travel, entertainment, relocation, purchases
of Capital Stock of an Obligor permitted by the Indenture and analogous
ordinary business purposes.
"Permitted Junior Securities" means Equity Interests in the Obligors or debt
securities that are subordinated to all Senior Debt (and any debt securities
issued in exchange for Senior Debt) to substantially the same extent as, or to
a greater extent than, the Notes and the Guaranties are subordinated to Senior
Debt pursuant to the Indenture.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens in favor of either Issuer or Liens on the
assets of any Guarantor so long as such Liens are held by another Obligor;
(ii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged
into or consolidated with any Obligor; provided that such Liens were not
Incurred in anticipation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to
any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with
such Obligor; (iii) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition
thereof by any Obligor; provided that such Liens were not Incurred in
anticipation of such acquisition; (iv) Liens Incurred to secure Indebtedness
permitted by clause (viii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness,
attaching to or encumbering
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only the subject assets and directly related property such as proceeds and
products thereof and accessions and replacements thereto; (v) Liens to secure
the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance
bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of
business; (vi) Liens created by "notice" or "precautionary" filings in
connection with operating leases or other transactions pursuant to which no
Indebtedness is Incurred by any Obligor; (vii) Liens existing on the Issue
Date; (viii) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims
that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided
that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in
conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (ix) Liens on shares of
any equity security or any warrant or operation to purchase an equity security
or any security which is convertible into an equity security issued by any
Obligor that holds, directly or indirectly through a holding company or
otherwise, a license under any Gaming Law of the State of Nevada; provided
that this clause (ix) shall apply only so long as the Gaming Laws of the State
of Nevada provide that the creation of any restriction on the disposition of
any of such securities shall not be effective and, if such Gaming Laws at any
time cease to so provide, then this clause (ix) shall be of no further effect;
(x) Liens on securities constituting "margin stock" within the meaning of
Regulation G, T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, to the extent that the Investment by any Obligor in such
margin stock is permitted by the Indenture and (xi) other Liens arising by
operation of law or in the ordinary course of business, securing obligations
not constituting Indebtedness and not past due.
"Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of any Obligor
issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to repay,
redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Permitted
Indebtedness of such Obligor arising under clauses (i), (viii), (x) or (xi) of
the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" or Indebtedness Incurred under the
Consolidated Coverage Ratio test in the covenant described above under the
heading "--Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock" (any
such Indebtedness, "Existing Indebtedness"); provided that: (i) the principal
amount of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount of such Existing Indebtedness (plus the amount of prepayment
penalties, premiums and expenses incurred or paid in connection therewith),
except to the extent that the Incurrence of such excess is otherwise permitted
by the Indenture; (ii) if such Indebtedness is subordinated to, or pari passu
in right of payment with, the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
has a final maturity date on or later than the final maturity date of, and has
a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted
Average Life to Maturity of, such Existing Indebtedness, (iii) if such
Existing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date on or later than
the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the
Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of Notes as those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being repaid,
redeemed, extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded and
(iv) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of
the Obligors originally obligated thereunder, unless otherwise permitted by
the Indenture.
"Plan of Liquidation" means, with respect to any Person, a plan (including
by operation of law) that provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of
which is preceded or accomplished by (whether or not substantially
contemporaneously) (i) the sale, lease, conveyance, of all or substantially
all of the assets of such Person otherwise than as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety and (ii) the distribution of all or substantially
all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance, or other disposition and
all or substantially all of the remaining assets of such Person to holders of
Capital Stock of such Person.
"Principals" means (a) R.D. Hubbard, (b) any spouse, parent or child of such
Principal or (c) any trust, corporation, partnership or other Person, the
beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or other Persons holding an 80%
or more controlling interest in which are Persons described in clause (a) or
(b) of this definition.
"Productive Assets" means assets (including assets owned directly or
indirectly through Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) of a kind used or
usable in the businesses of the Obligors as they are conducted on the date of
the Asset Sale.
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"Public Equity Offering" means a public equity offering, underwritten by a
nationally recognized underwriter pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act of Qualified Capital Stock.
"Qualified Capital Stock" means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified
Capital Stock.
"Rating Agencies" means (i) S&P, (ii) Moody's or (iii) a nationally
recognized securities rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected
by the Issuers, which may be substituted for S&P or Moody's or both.
"Rating Category" means (i) with respect to S&P, any of the following
categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (ii)
with respect to Moody's, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C
and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (iii) the equivalent of any
such category of S&P or Moody's used by another Rating Agency. In determining
whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations,
gradations within Rating Categories (+ and - for S&P, 1, 2 and 3 for Moody's;
or the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency) shall be taken into
account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, as
well as from BB to BB-, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).
"Rating Decline" means (i) if the Notes are rated, immediately prior to the
announcement of the REIT Restructuring, as investment grade instruments by
both Rating Agencies, a subsequent decline in rating to a rating below
investment grade by at least one Rating Agency, (ii) if the Notes are rated,
immediately prior to the announcement of the REIT Restructuring, as investment
grade instruments by either Rating Agency, a subsequent decline in the rating
of the Notes by both Rating Agencies to a rating below investment grade or
(iii) if the Notes are rated, immediately prior to the announcement of the
REIT Restructuring, as below investment grade instruments by both Rating
Agencies, a subsequent decline in the rating of the Notes by either or both of
the Rating Agencies by one or more gradations (including gradations within
Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories).
"REIT" means, a real estate investment trust into which the Company may be
reorganized in the Possible REIT Restructuring.
"REIT Change of Control" means the occurrence of both (i) the Possible REIT
Restructuring and (ii) a Rating Decline within 30 days after giving effect to
the Possible REIT Restructuring.
"Restricted Investment" means an Investment other than a Permitted
Investment.
"Restricted Subsidiary" of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent
Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. If no referent Person is
specified, "Restricted Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of either Issuer.
"S&P" means Standard & Poors Rating Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Industries, Inc., and its successors.
"Senior Debt" means (i) all Indebtedness outstanding under Credit Facilities
and all Hedging Obligations with respect thereto, (ii) any other Indebtedness
permitted to be Incurred by the Issuers under the terms of the Indenture,
unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is Incurred expressly
provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes and (iii) all Obligations with respect to the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Debt will
not include (v) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or
owing by either Issuer, (w) any Indebtedness of any Obligor to any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or other Affiliates, (x) any trade payables, (y) any
Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of the Indenture and (z)
Indebtedness which, when Incurred and without respect to any election under
Section 1111(b) of Title 11, United States Code, is without recourse to any
Obligor.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary that would be a "significant
subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated
pursuant to the Exchange Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date
hereof.
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"Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any installment of interest or
principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of
interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations
to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the
date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
"Subsidiary," with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation or
comparably organized entity, a majority of whose voting stock (defined as any
class of capital stock having voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect a majority of the Board of such Person) is owned, directly or
indirectly, by any one or more of the Obligors and (ii) any other Person
(other than a corporation) in which any one or more of the Obligors, directly
or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership interest entitled to vote in
the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or in which such
Obligor is the managing general partner.
"Support Obligation" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other
Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or
pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any
other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);
provided that the term "Support Obligation" shall not include (a) endorsements
for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, or (b)
commitments to make Permitted Investments in Obligors or their Restricted
Subsidiaries.
"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary that is designated by the
Board of either Issuer as its Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board
resolution; but only to the extent that such Subsidiary (a) has no
Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (b) is not party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with any Obligor unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no
less favorable to such Obligor than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons who are not Affiliates of such Obligor, (c) is a Person with
respect to which none of the Obligors has any direct or indirect obligation
(x) to subscribe for additional equity interests or (y) to maintain or
preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve
any specified levels of operating results, (d) has not guaranteed or otherwise
directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of any
Obligor, and (e) has at least one director on its Board who is not a director
or executive officer of any Obligor and has at least one executive officer who
is not a director or executive officer of any Obligor. Any such designation by
the Board of either Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with
the Trustee a certified copy of the Board resolution giving effect to such
designation and an officers' certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing conditions and was permitted by the covenant
described above under "--Restricted Payments." If at any time any Unrestricted
Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for
purposes of the Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be
deemed to be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such time (and, if such
Indebtedness is not permitted to be Incurred as of such date under the
covenant described above under "--Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock," such Issuers shall be in default of such covenant). The
Board of either Issuer may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed
to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of any
outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation
shall only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness is permitted under the
covenant described above under the heading "--Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock," calculated on a pro forma basis as if such
designation had occurred at the beginning of the reference period, and (ii) no
Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
"Voting Stock" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such
Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of
such Person.
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"Weighted Average Life to Maturity" means, when applied to any Indebtedness
at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) the then outstanding
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (ii) the total of the
products obtained by multiplying (A) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment or
principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (B) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse
between such date and the making of such payment.
"Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary" means any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
either Issuer that is a Restricted Subsidiary.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary" of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person
of which all the outstanding voting securities (other than directors'
qualifying shares) which normally have the right to vote in the election of
directors are owned by such Person or any wholly owned Subsidiary of such
Person.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may
be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Notes received in
exchange for Old Notes where such Old Notes were acquired as a result of
market-making activities or other trading activities. Each broker-dealer that
receives New Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of
such New Notes. The Issuers have agreed that under certain circumstances, for
a period of up to 180 days after the Expiration Date, it will make this
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any such resale.
The Issuers and the Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale
of New Notes by broker-dealers. New Notes received by broker-dealers for their
own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in
one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options on the New Notes or a combination
of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale,
at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any
such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or
dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions
from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such New Notes. Any
broker-dealer that acquired Old Notes as a result of market making activities
or other trading activities (and not directly from the Issuers or Guarantors)
and who resells New Notes that were received by it pursuant to the Exchange
Offer, and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such
New Notes, may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the
Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of New Notes and any
commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be
underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal
states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a
prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an
"underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act.
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BOOK-ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM
The certificates representing the Notes will be issued in fully registered
form without interest coupons.
Old Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A will be represented by one or more
permanent global Notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest
coupons (each a "Restricted Global Note," and together with the Regulation S
Global Note, the "Global Notes") and will be deposited with the relevant
Trustee as custodian for, and registered in the name of, a nominee of DTC.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Note will be limited to
persons who have accounts with DTC ("participants") or Persons who hold
interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global
Note will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected
only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to
interests of participants) and the records of participants (with respect to
interests of persons other than participants). Qualified institutional buyers
may hold their interests in a Restricted Global Note directly through DTC if
they are participants in such system, or indirectly through organizations
which are participants in such system.
Investors may hold their interests in a Regulation S Global Note directly
through Cedel or Euroclear, if they are participants in such systems, or
indirectly through organizations that are participants in such system.
Investors may also hold such interests through organizations other than Cedel
or Euroclear that are participants in the DTC system. Cedel and Euroclear will
hold interests in the Regulation S Global Notes on behalf of their
participants through DTC.
So long as DTC, or its nominee, is the registered owner or holder of a
Global Note, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the
sole owner or Holder represented by such Global Note for all purposes under
the Indenture and the Notes. No beneficial owner of an interest in a Global
Note will be able to transfer that interest except in accordance with DTC's
applicable procedures, in addition to those provided for under the Indenture
and, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Cedel.
Payments of the principal of, and interest on, a Global Note will be made to
DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner thereof. None
of the Issuers, the Trustee nor any Paying Agent will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Note or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
The Issuers expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of
principal or interest in respect of a Global Note, will credit participants'
accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial
interests in the principal amount of such Global Note as shown on the records
of DTC or its nominee. The Issuers also expect that payments by participants
to owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note held through such
participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary
practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of
customers registered in the names of nominees for such customers. Such
payments will be the responsibility of such participants.
Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in the ordinary way
in, accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in same-day funds. Transfers
between participants in Euroclear and Cedel will be effected in the ordinary
way in accordance with their respective rules and operating procedures.
The Issuers expect that DTC will take any action permitted to be taken by a
holder of Notes (including the presentation of Notes for exchange as described
below) only at the direction of one or more participants to whose account the
DTC interests in a Global Note is credited and only in respect of such portion
of the aggregate principal amount of Notes as to which such participant or
participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an Event
of Default under the Notes, DTC will exchange the applicable Global Note for
Certificated Notes, which it will distribute to its participants and which may
be legended as set forth under the heading "Notice to Investors."
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The Issuers understand that: DTC is a limited purpose trust company
organized under the laws of the State of New York, a "banking organization"
within the meaning of New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve
System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial
Code and a "Clearing Agency" registered pursuant to the provisions of Section
17A of the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold securities for its
participants and facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities
transactions between participants through electronic book-entry changes in
accounts of its participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical
movement of certificates and certain other organizations. Indirect access to
the DTC system is available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and
trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a
participant, either directly or indirectly ("indirect participants").
Although DTC, Euroclear and Cedel are expected to follow the foregoing
procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in a Global Note
among participants of DTC, Euroclear and Cedel, they are under no obligation
to perform or continue to perform such procedures, and such procedures may be
discontinued at any time. None of the Issuers, the Trustee nor any Paying
Agent will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or
Cedel or their respective participants or indirect participants of their
respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their
operations.
Certificated Notes. If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as
a depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed
by the Company within 90 days, the Issuers will issue Certificated Notes, in
exchange for the Global Notes. Holders of an interest in a Restricted Global
Note may receive Certificated Notes, which may bear the legend referred to
under "Notice to Investors," in accordance with the DTC's rules and procedures
in addition to those provided for under the Indenture.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Hollywood Park as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1996, included in this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration
Statement, to the extent and for the periods indicated in their report have
been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as
indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are included herein in
reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said report.
The financial statements of Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development
Company, LLC as of December 31, 1996, and for the period from July 18, 1996
(date of inception) to December 31, 1996, included in this Prospectus and
elsewhere in the Registration Statement, to the extent and for the periods
indicated in their report have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect
thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in giving said report.
The financial statements of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. as of June 30, 1997,
and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997, included in this Prospectus and
elsewhere in the Registration Statement, to the extent and for the period
indicated in their report have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect
thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in giving said report.
The consolidated financial statements of Boomtown, Inc. as of September 30,
1995 and 1996, and for the years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995, appearing
in this Prospectus and Registration Statement, have been audited by Ernst &
Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon
appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report
given upon the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. as of September 30,
1996, and for each of the years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995, appearing
in this Prospectus and Registration Statement, have been audited by Ernst &
Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon
appearing
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elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the New Notes offered hereby, and the Guaranties thereof,
will be passed upon for the Issuers and the Guarantors by Irell & Manella LLP.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PAGE
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<S> <C>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
Report of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants............ F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets.............................................. F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations.................................... F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity............... F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.................................... F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements............................... F-7
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
Report of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants............ F-46
Balance Sheets........................................................... F-47
Statements of Operations................................................. F-48
Statements of Members' Equity............................................ F-49
Statements of Cash Flows................................................. F-50
Notes to Financial Statements............................................ F-51
BOOMTOWN, INC.
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors........................ F-55
Consolidated Balance Sheets.............................................. F-56
Consolidated Statements of Operations.................................... F-57
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity.......................... F-58
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.................................... F-59
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements............................... F-60
MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
Report of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors........................ F-85
Report of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants............ F-86
Balance Sheets........................................................... F-87
Statements of Operations................................................. F-88
Statements of Partners' Capital (Deficit)................................ F-89
Statements of Cash Flows................................................. F-90
Notes to Financial Statements............................................ F-91
</TABLE>
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Hollywood Park, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hollywood
Park, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of
December 31, 1996, and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1996. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Hollywood Park, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996, and 1995, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1996 in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Arthur Andersen LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 18, 1997
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF DECEMBER
31, AS OF
------------------ SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1995 1997
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(UNAUDITED)
ASSETS
------ (IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents........................ $ 11,922 $ 22,406 $ 22,007
Restricted cash.................................. 4,486 3,126 1,209
Short term investments........................... 4,766 6,447 0
Other receivables, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts of $1,111,000 in 1997, $1,089,000 in
1996, and $1,841,000 in 1995.................... 7,110 8,147 10,049
Prepaid expenses and other assets................ 6,215 3,888 20,057
Deferred tax assets.............................. 6,422 4,888 8,103
Current portion of notes receivable.............. 38 34 41
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Total current assets........................ 40,959 48,936 61,466
Notes receivable.................................. 819 857 9,450
Property, plant and equipment, net................ 130,835 174,717 293,737
Goodwill and lease with TRAK East, net............ 20,370 28,024 33,342
Long term gaming assets........................... 0 19,063 0
Other assets...................................... 12,903 11,706 15,384
-------- -------- --------
$205,886 $283,303 $413,379
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<CAPTION>
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable................................. $ 10,043 $ 12,518 $ 10,625
Accrued lawsuit settlement....................... 2,750 5,232 2,750
Accrued liabilities.............................. 9,733 13,762 17,174
Accrued compensation............................. 4,198 3,295 6,843
Gaming liabilities............................... 2,499 3,998 3,696
Racing liabilities............................... 6,106 3,836 2,610
Current portion of notes payable................. 35 32,310 4,005
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Total current liabilities................... 35,364 74,951 47,703
Notes payable..................................... 282 15,629 132,163
Gaming liabilities................................ 0 16,894 0
Deferred tax liabilities.......................... 9,065 10,083 11,005
-------- -------- --------
Total liabilities........................... 44,711 117,557 190,871
Minority interests................................ 3,015 0 3,033
Stockholders' Equity
Capital stock--
Preferred--$1.00 par value, authorized 250,000
shares; none issued and outstanding in 1997,
and 27,499 issued and outstanding in 1996.... 28 28 0
Common--$.10 par value authorized 40,000,000
shares; 26,186,724 issued and outstanding in
1997, 18,332,016 in 1996 and 18,504,798 in
1995......................................... 1,833 1,850 2,619
Capital in excess of par value.................. 167,074 168,479 222,023
Accumulated deficit............................. (10,775) (4,611) (5,167)
-------- -------- --------
Total stockholders' equity.................. 158,160 165,746 219,475
-------- -------- --------
$205,886 $283,303 $413,379
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE NINE
MONTHS ENDED
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------------- -----------------
1996 1995 1994 1997 1996
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Gaming................. $ 50,717 $ 26,656 $ 11,745 $ 83,990 $ 37,917
Racing................. 71,308 77,036 78,719 48,084 50,897
Food and beverage...... 13,947 19,783 20,540 13,016 10,516
Hotel and recreational
vehicle park.......... 0 0 0 581 0
Truck stop and service
station............... 0 0 0 4,897 0
Other income........... 7,253 7,097 6,320 7,781 5,197
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
143,225 130,572 117,324 158,349 104,527
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
EXPENSES:
Gaming................. 27,249 5,291 0 45,117 19,516
Racing................. 30,167 30,960 23,393 21,615 21,623
Food and beverage...... 19,573 24,749 21,851 16,920 14,058
Hotel and recreational
vehicle park.......... 0 0 0 199 0
Truck stop and service
station............... 0 0 0 4,461 0
Administrative......... 41,477 45,447 49,031 38,622 31,575
Other.................. 2,485 3,200 2,121 3,262 2,028
Depreciation and
amortization.......... 10,695 11,384 9,563 11,939 7,898
REIT restructuring..... 0 0 0 609 0
Write off of investment
in Sunflower.......... 11,412 0 0 0 11,412
Lawsuit settlement..... 0 6,088 0 0 0
Casino pre-opening and
training expenses..... 0 0 2,337 0 0
Turf Paradise
acquisition costs..... 0 0 627 0 0
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
143,058 127,119 108,923 142,744 108,110
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
Operating income (loss).. 167 3,453 8,401 15,605 (3,583)
Interest expense....... 942 3,922 3,061 3,782 918
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
Income (loss) before
minority interest and
taxes................... (775) (469) 5,340 11,823 (4,501)
Minority interest...... 15 0 0 80 0
Income tax expense..... 3,459 693 1,568 4,624 3,025
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
Net income (loss)........ $ (4,249) $ (1,162) $ 3,772 $ 7,119 $ (7,526)
========== ========== ========== ======== ========
Dividend requirements on
convertible preferred
stock................... $ 1,925 $ 1,925 $ 1,925 $ 1,520 $ 1,443
Net income (loss)
available to (allocated
to) common shareholders. $ (6,174) $ (3,087) $ 1,847 $ 5,599 $ (8,969)
========== ========== ========== ======== ========
Per common share:
Net income (loss)--
primary............... $ (0.33) $ (0.17) $ 0.10 $ 0.27 $ (0.48)
Net income (loss)--
fully diluted......... $ (0.33) $ (0.17) $ 0.10 $ -- $ (0.48)
Number of shares--
primary................. 18,505 18,399 18,224 20,596 18,605
Number of shares--fully
diluted................. 20,797 20,691 20,516 -- 20,896
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995 AND 1994 AND
THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPITAL IN TOTAL
PREFERRED COMMON EXCESS OF ACCUMULATED STOCKHOLDERS'
STOCK STOCK PAR VALUE DEFICIT EQUITY
--------- ------ -------------- ----------- -------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE AT YEAR END
1993................... $ 28 $1,772 $155,725 $ (3,325) $154,200
Net income............ 0 0 0 3,772 3,772
Net income--Turf
Paradise six months
ended December 31,
1993................. 0 0 0 198 198
Issuance of common
stock to acquire--
Sunflower Racing,
Inc.................. 0 59 11,099 0 11,158
Issuance of contingent
shares related to
Sunflower Racing,
Inc. acquisition..... 0 6 (6) 0 0
Net changes related to
Turf Paradise equity. 0 0 74 (222) (148)
Preferred stock
dividends--$70.00 per
share................ 0 0 0 (1,925) (1,925)
---- ------ -------- -------- --------
BALANCE AT YEAR END
1994................... 28 1,837 166,892 (1,502) 167,255
Net loss.............. 0 0 0 (1,162) (1,162)
Issuance of common
stock to acquire--
Pacific Casino
Management, Inc...... 0 13 1,587 0 1,600
Investment in bonds--
unrealized holding
loss................. 0 0 0 (22) (22)
Preferred stock
dividends--$70.00 per
share................ 0 0 0 (1,925) (1,925)
---- ------ -------- -------- --------
BALANCE AT YEAR END
1995................... 28 1,850 168,479 (4,611) 165,746
Net loss.............. 0 0 0 (4,249) (4,249)
Issuance of common
stock to acquire--
Pacific Casino
Management, Inc...... 0 5 535 0 540
Repurchase and
retirement of common
stock................ 0 (22) (1,940) 0 (1,962)
Investment in bonds--
unrealized holding
gain................. 0 0 0 10 10
Preferred stock
dividends--$70.00 per
share................ 0 0 0 (1,925) (1,925)
---- ------ -------- -------- --------
BALANCE AT YEAR END
1996................... 28 1,833 167,074 (10,775) 158,160
Net income............ 0 0 0 7,119 7,119
Issuance of common
stock to acquire--
Pacific Casino
Management, Inc...... 0 3 497 0 500
Issuance of common
stock to acquire--
Boomtown, Inc. ...... 0 581 56,423 0 57,004
Common stock options
exercised............ 0 18 1,650 0 1,668
Repurchase and
retirement of common
stock................ 0 (45) (3,420) 0 (3,465)
Conversion of
convertible preferred
stock................ (28) 229 (201) 0 0
Investment in bonds--
unrealized holding
gain................. 0 0 0 9 9
Preferred stock
dividends--$55.27 per
share................ 0 0 0 (1,520) (1,520)
---- ------ -------- -------- --------
BALANCE AT SEPTEMBER 30,
1997 (UNAUDITED)....... $ 0 $2,619 $222,023 $ (5,167) $219,475
==== ====== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE NINE
FOR THE YEARS ENDED MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------- -------------------
1996 1995 1994 1997 1996
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss).......... $ (4,249) $ (1,162) $ 3,772 $ 7,119 $ (7,526)
Adjustments to reconcile
net income (loss) to net
cash provided by (used in)
operating activities:
Depreciation and
amortization............. 10,027 10,857 10,064 11,939 7,342
Provision for bad debts... 752 (1,682) (128) 889 (23)
Minority interests........ 15 0 0 17 0
Changes in accounts due to
deconsolidation of
subsidiary in bankruptcy:
Property, plant and
equipment................ 58,380 0 0 0 58,380
Secured notes payable..... (28,918) 0 0 0 (28,918)
Unsecured notes payable... (15,323) 0 0 0 (15,323)
Goodwill and lease with
TRAK East................ 6,908 0 0 0 6,908
(Gain) loss on sale or
disposal of property,
plant and equipment....... (2) 64 55 488 (3)
Unrealized gain on short
term bond investing....... 10 0 0 10 11
Changes in assets and
liabilities, net of
effects of the purchase of
a business:
(Increase) decrease in
restricted cash.......... (1,360) (2,427) (490) 3,277 2,292
Increase in casino lease
and related interest
receivable, net.......... 0 (9,204) (11,745) 0 0
Decrease (increase) in
other receivables, net... 1,037 77 (5,022) (944) 1,891
(Increase) decrease in
prepaid expenses and
other assets............. (3,524) (304) (5,488) 894 2,897
(Increase) decrease in
deferred tax assets...... (1,534) (349) (3,207) (1,681) 10
(Decrease) increase in
accounts payable......... (2,475) 5,685 (1,596) (2,151) (3,920)
(Decrease) increase in
accrued lawsuit
settlement............... (2,482) 5,232 0 0 (2,482)
(Decrease) increase in
accrued gaming
liabilities.............. (1,499) 3,998 0 1,197 (1,192)
(Decrease) increase in
accrued liabilities...... (4,241) 8,119 1,740 (11,280) (947)
(Decrease) increase in
accrued compensation..... 903 (761) 1,559 (1,788) (262)
Increase (decrease) in
racing liabilities....... 2,270 1,404 1,026 (3,496) (2,313)
(Decrease) increase in
deferred tax
liabilities.............. (1,018) 744 2,173 1,569 (5,061)
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities............. 13,677 20,291 (7,287) 6,059 11,761
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
Additions to property,
plant and equipment...... (23,786) (25,150) (27,584) (23,059) (17,969)
Receipts from sale of
property, plant and
equipment................ 9 98 75 114 9
Principal collected on
notes receivable......... 34 31 31 31 25
Purchase of short term
investments.............. (16,888) (35,875) (96,822) (1,946) (14,009)
Proceeds from short term
investments.............. 18,569 29,428 116,625 6,712 16,958
Long term gaming assets... 2,169 (2,169) 0 0 294
Cash acquired in the
purchase of a business,
net of transaction and
other costs.............. 0 715 344 12,264 0
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
Net cash used in
investing activities... (19,893) (32,922) (7,331) (5,884) (14,692)
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from unsecured
notes payable............ 0 1,681 1,850 125,000 0
Proceeds from secured
notes payable............ 0 3,358 2,300 112,000 0
Payment of unsecured
notes payable............ (23) (3,813) (5,019) (31) (30)
Payment of secured notes
payable.................. (3,358) (1,333) (5,998) (116,282) (3,358)
Payment of 11.5% Boomtown
First Mortgage Notes..... 0 0 0 (110,924) 0
Payments under capital
lease obligations........ 0 (53) (135) 0 0
Payments from minority
interest partners........ 3,000 0 0 0 3,000
Common stock repurchase
and retirement........... (1,962) 0 0 0 (1,961)
Turf Paradise equity
transactions............. 0 0 50 0 0
Common stock options
exercised................ 0 0 0 1,667 0
Dividends paid to
preferred stockholders... (1,925) (1,925) (1,925) (1,520) (1,443)
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
Net cash provided by
(used for) financing
activities............. (4,268) (2,085) (8,877) 9,910 (3,792)
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
(Decrease) increase in cash
and cash equivalents...... (10,484) (14,716) (23,495) 10,085 (6,723)
Cash and cash equivalents
at the beginning of the
period.................... 22,406 37,122 60,617 11,922 22,406
-------- -------- -------- --------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents
at the end of the period.. $ 11,922 $ 22,406 $ 37,122 $ 22,007 $ 15,683
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
CONSOLIDATION The consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 1996, included the accounts of Hollywood Park, Inc. (the
"Company" or "Hollywood Park") and its wholly owned subsidiaries: Hollywood
Park Operating Company (which has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Hollywood
Park Food Services, Inc. and Hollywood Park Fall Operating Company), Sunflower
Racing, Inc. ("Sunflower") (which has one wholly owned subsidiary, SR Food and
Beverage, Inc.), Turf Paradise, Inc. ("Turf Paradise"), and HP/Compton, Inc.,
which owned 88% of Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company LLC, as
of December 31, 1996, and presently owns 93.2% ("Crystal Park LLC"), which
built and presently leases the Crystal Park Hotel and Casino ("Crystal Park"),
to an unaffiliated third party. As of June 30, 1997, the Company owns and
operates a casino and hotel in Verdi, Nevada ("Boomtown Reno"), a riverboat
casino in Harvey, Louisiana ("Boomtown New Orleans"), and a dockside casino in
Biloxi, Mississippi ("Boomtown, Biloxi"). Sunflower was acquired on March 23,
1994, and was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. Turf
Paradise was acquired on August 11, 1994, and was accounted for under the
pooling of interests method of accounting. Crystal Park began operations on
October 25, 1996. The Hollywood Park-Casino is a division of Hollywood Park,
Inc.
On May 2, 1996, the Kansas Legislature adjourned without passing legislation
that would have allowed additional gaming at Sunflower, thereby permitting
Sunflower to more effectively compete with Missouri riverboat gaming. As a
result of the outcome of the Kansas Legislative session, Hollywood Park wrote
off its approximately $11,412,000 investment in Sunflower. There was no cash
involved with the write off of this investment. On May 17, 1996, Sunflower
filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Sunflower is
operating during the reorganization, but Sunflower's operating results from
April 1, 1996, forward were not consolidated with Hollywood Park's operating
results.
The consolidated statements for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 and
1996, are unaudited, however, in the opinion of management they reflect all
normal and recurring adjustments that are necessary to present a fair
statement of the financial results for the interim periods. It should be
understood that accounting measurements at the interim dates inherently
involve greater reliance on estimates than at year end. The interim racing
results of operations are not indicative of the results for the full year due
to the seasonality of the horse racing business.
ACQUISITION OF BOOMTOWN, INC. (UNAUDITED) On June 30, 1997, pursuant to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of April 23, 1996, by and among
Hollywood Park, HP Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company, and Boomtown, HP Acquisition, Inc. was merged with and into Boomtown
(the "Merger"). As a result of the Merger, Boomtown became a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company and each share of Boomtown common stock was
converted into the right to receive 0.625 of a share of Hollywood Park's
common stock. Approximately 5,362,850 shares of Hollywood Park common stock,
valued at $9.8125, (excluding shares repurchased from Edward P. Roski, Jr.
("Roski") and subsequently retired, as described below) were issued in the
Merger.
The Merger was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting for a
business combination, and thus the consolidated balance sheet of Boomtown as
of June 30, 1997, is consolidated with Hollywood Park's, though Boomtown's
consolidated statement of operations is not consolidated with Hollywood
Park's. The purchase price of the Merger was allocated to the identifiable
assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values
at the date of acquisition. Based on financial analyses prepared by the
Company which considered the impact of general economic, financial and market
conditions on the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the Company
determined that the estimated fair values approximated their carrying amounts.
The Merger generated approximately $2,683,000 of excess acquisition cost over
the recorded value of the net assets acquired, all of which was allocated to
goodwill, to be amortized over 40 years. The amortization of the goodwill is
not deductible for income tax purposes. The Company anticipates finalizing any
reallocation of the purchase price within the next nine months.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The Company acquired three of the four Boomtown properties, Boomtown Reno,
Boomtown New Orleans, and Boomtown Biloxi. Boomtown's Las Vegas property was
divested following the Merger on July 1, 1997. Boomtown's Las Vegas property
was divested because it had generated significant operating losses since it
opened, thus reducing the overall profitability of Boomtown. Boomtown and its
subsidiaries exchanged substantially all of their interest in the Las Vegas
property, including substantially all of the operating assets and notes
receivable of approximately $27,300,000 from the landowner/lessor of the Las
Vegas property, IVAC, a California general partnership of which Roski, a
former Boomtown director, is a general partner, for, among other things, two
unsecured notes receivable totaling approximately $8,465,000, cash, assumption
of certain liabilities and release from certain lease obligations. The first
note receivable is for $5,000,000, bearing interest at Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association's ("Bank of America") reference rate
plus 1.5% per year, with annual principal receipts of $1,000,000 plus accrued
interest commencing on July 1, 1998. The second note is for approximately
$3,465,000, bearing interest at Bank of America's reference rate plus 0.5% per
year, with the principal and accrued interest payable to the Company, in full,
on July 1, 2000. In addition, concurrently with the divestiture of the Las
Vegas property, Hollywood Park purchased and retired 446,491 shares of
Hollywood Park common stock received by Roski in the Merger for a price of
approximately $3,465,000, payable in the form of a Hollywood Park promissory
note. The promissory note bears interest at Bank of America's reference rate
plus 1.0%. Interest is payable quarterly and annual principal payments in five
equal installments of approximately $693,000 are due commencing July 1, 1998.
Boomtown Reno is situated on 569 acres (though current operations presently
utilize approximately 61 acres) in Verdi Nevada, two miles from the California
border and seven miles west of downtown Reno, on Interstate 80, the major
highway connecting northern California and Nevada. Boomtown Reno draws a
significant portion of its customers from Interstate 80 traffic. Boomtown Reno
offers a 40,000-square foot casino, with 1,320 slot machines and 44 table
games, a 122-room hotel, a 35,000-square foot family entertainment center, a
16-acre truck stop, a full-service recreational vehicle park, a newly
renovated service station and mini-mart, and other related amenities.
Boomtown New Orleans opened in August 1994 on a 50 acre site in Harvey,
Louisiana, approximately ten miles form the French Quarter of New Orleans.
Gaming operations are conducted from a 250-foot replica of a paddle-wheel
riverboat, offering 911 slot machines and 55 table games in a 30,000-square
foot casino. The land-based facility includes a 20,000-square foot family
entertainment center, a western saloon and dance hall, with restaurant and
buffet services.
As of August 8, 1997, Boomtown New Orleans is wholly owned by the Company.
Previously, Boomtown New Orleans was owned and operated by a Louisiana limited
partnership (the "Louisiana Partnership"), of which 92.5% was owned by
Hollywood Park with the remaining 7.5% owned by Eric Skrmetta ("Skrmetta"). On
November 18, 1996, Boomtown entered into an agreement with Skrmetta under
which it would pay approximately $5,670,000 in return for Skrmetta's interest
in the Louisiana Partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Boomtown made
a down payment of $500,000, and the Company paid the remaining $5,170,000 on
August 8, 1997.
Boomtown Biloxi opened in July 1994 and occupies 19 acres on Biloxi,
Mississippi's historic Back Bay. The dockside property consists of a land-
based facility which houses all non-gaming amenities including a 20,000-square
foot family entertainment center, food and beverage facilities and a western
themed dance hall and cabaret. Gaming operations are conducted on a 40,000-
square foot barge, which is permanently moored to the land-based facility. The
casino covers 33,632-square feet, offering 1,038 slot machines, 35 table games
and related amenities.
Boomtown Biloxi is operated by a Mississippi limited partnership (the
"Mississippi Partnership"), of which 85% is owned and controlled by Hollywood
Park, with the remaining 15% owned by Skrmetta. Both Hollywood
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
Park and Skrmetta have an option, exercisable over a four year period, to
exchange Skrmetta's interest in the Mississippi Partnership, at Skrmetta's
option, for either cash and/or shares of Hollywood Park common stock with an
aggregate value equal to the value of Skrmetta's 15% interest in the
Mississippi Partnership, with such value determined by a formula set forth in
the relevant partnership agreements. On August 13, 1997, Hollywood Park
exercised this option and subsequently supplied Skrmetta with the calculation
of the value of his 15% interest in the Mississippi Partnership. Skrmetta did
not agree to this valuation of his 15% interest, and Hollywood Park and
Skrmetta are currently attempting to reach agreement on a value. In the event
that Hollywood Park and Skrmetta are unable to reach an agreement, Hollywood
Park plans to initiate arbitration proceedings.
The Boomtown Biloxi barge and building shell were owned by National Gaming
Mississippi, Inc., a subsidiary of Chartwell Leisure, Inc. ("National
Gaming"). Boomtown Biloxi leased these assets from National Gaming under a 25-
year lease with a 25-year renewal option, and also received marketing services
from National Gaming. National Gaming received 16% of the adjusted earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA"), as
defined in the relevant contract. On August 4, 1997, Hollywood Park executed
an agreement pursuant to which one of the Hollywood Park entities purchased
the assets for $5,250,000, payable through a down payment of approximately
$1,500,000, with the balance paid in three equal annual installments of
$1,250,000. The Adjusted EBITDA participation and other related agreements
were terminated upon repurchase of the assets.
PRO FORMA RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following pro forma results of
operations were prepared under the assumption that the acquisition of Boomtown
had occurred at the beginning of the period presented. The historical results
of operations of Boomtown (excluding the results of operations of Boomtown's
Las Vegas property, which was divested in connection with the Merger) were
combined with Hollywood Park's. Pro forma adjustments were made for the
following: elimination of the amortization of the issuance costs associated
with Boomtown's First Mortgage Notes; amortization of the issuance costs of
the $125,000,000 of 9.5% Hollywood Park Senior Subordinated Notes (the
"Notes"); amortization of the excess purchase price over net assets acquired
in the Merger; elimination of the amortization of the discount associated with
the Boomtown First Mortgage Notes; interest expense associated with the
promissory notes from Hollywood Park to the former lessor of Boomtown's Las
Vegas property; elimination of the interest expense associated with the
Boomtown First Mortgage Notes; amortization of the up-front loan fees
associated with the Company's Bank Credit Facility; interest expense
associated with the Notes at 9.5%; and the estimated 40% tax benefit
associated with the pro forma adjustments.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE
TWELVE MONTHS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
------------------------- -------------
1997 1996 1996
------------ ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Gaming.............................. $167,339,000 $158,734,000 $208,699,000
Racing.............................. 48,084,000 50,897,000 71,308,000
Other............................... 43,882,000 43,822,000 56,871,000
------------ ------------ ------------
259,305,000 253,453,000 336,878,000
------------ ------------ ------------
Operating income (loss) (a)........... 24,678,000 (22,968,000) (17,788,000)
Income (loss) before extraordinary
item................................. $ 7,715,000 $(39,867,000) $(37,346,000)
============ ============ ============
Dividend requirements on convertible
preferred stock...................... $ 1,520,000 $ 1,443,000 $ 1,925,000
Income (loss) before extraordinary
item available to (allocated to)
common shareholders.................. $ 6,195,000 $(41,310,000) $(39,271,000)
============ ============ ============
Per common share:
Income (loss) before extraordinary
item--primary...................... $ 0.25 $ (1.72) $ (1.65)
Income (loss) before extraordinary
item--fully diluted................ $ 0.25 $ (1.72) $ (1.65)
</TABLE>
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(a) The 1996 operating loss included the non-recurring write off of Hollywood
Park's investment in Sunflower of $11,412,000, and the non-recurring loss
on Boomtown's sale of its Las Vegas property of $36,562,000.
ACQUISITION OF PACIFIC CASINO MANAGEMENT, INC. The Hollywood Park-Casino was
opened in July 1994 under a third party leasing arrangement with Pacific
Casino Management, Inc. ("PCM"). In 1994, under the California Gaming
Registration Act, it was the position of the California Attorney General that
as a publicly traded company, Hollywood Park was not eligible to register as
an operator of a card club, but could lease the site to a registered operator
unaffiliated with the Company. On August 3, 1995, Senate Bill ("SB") 100 was
enacted into law. SB 100 does the following: (i) allows for a publicly traded
racing association, or a subsidiary thereof, (hereafter the "Racing
Association") to operate a gaming club on the premises of its race track;
(ii) requires the officers, directors and shareholders of 5.0% or more of a
Racing Association (excluding institutional investors) to be licensed by the
Attorney General; (iii) provisionally licenses a Racing Association and its
officers, directors, and 5.0% shareholders to operate a gaming club on the
premises of its race track pending licenses pursuant to sub-paragraph (ii)
above; (iv) allows a Racing Association and its officers, directors and 5.0%
shareholders to have an interest in gaming activities located outside
California that are not legal in California. The provisions of SB 100 are
repealed effective January 1, 1999, unless prior thereto the California
legislature enacts a comprehensive scheme for the regulation of gaming under
the jurisdiction of a gaming control commission. The Company supports SB 900,
currently pending in the California Legislature, which would remove the sunset
clause from SB 100 and, among other things, would allow the Company to operate
the Hollywood Park-Casino beyond December 31, 1998. It is too early in the
legislative session to comment on the prospects of SB 900.
Pursuant to the authority provided by SB 100, on November 17, 1995,
Hollywood Park acquired substantially all of the assets, property and business
of PCM, and assumed substantially all of PCM's liabilities. Prior to the
acquisition, under a lease with the Company, PCM operated the gaming floor
activities of the Hollywood Park-Casino.
The purchase price of PCM's net assets was an aggregate $2,640,000, payable
in shares of Hollywood Park common stock, in three installments: (i) shares of
Hollywood Park common stock, having a value of $1,600,000,
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
or 136,008 common shares, issued on November 17, 1995, (ii) shares of
Hollywood Park common stock, having a value of $540,000, or 48,674 common
shares, issued on November 19, 1996 and (iii) shares of Hollywood Park common
stock, having a value of $500,000, or 33,417 common shares, issued on February
10, 1997.
Virtually all of the approximately $21,568,000 of excess acquisition cost
over the recorded value of the net assets acquired from PCM was allocated to
goodwill and will be amortized over 40 years. The amortization of the goodwill
is not deductible for income tax purposes.
ACQUISITION OF SUNFLOWER On May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed for reorganization
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, due to the Kansas Legislature's
failure to pass legislation that would have allowed additional forms of gaming
at Sunflower, and thereby allowing Sunflower to more effectively compete with
Missouri riverboat gaming. On March 31, 1996, Hollywood Park wrote off its
approximately $11,412,000 investment in Sunflower. There was no cash involved
with the write off of this investment.
On March 23, 1994, the Company finalized the transaction to acquire
Sunflower, a greyhound and thoroughbred racing facility located in Kansas
City, Kansas. Sunflower, operating as the Woodlands, became a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hollywood Park, with the transaction accounted for under the
purchase method of accounting. The acquisition price was $15,000,000 paid for
with 591,715 shares of Hollywood Park common stock, with a then market price
of $25.35 per share. For financial reporting purposes, the transaction was
valued at $19.00 per Hollywood Park common share, based on the size of the
block of shares issued in the acquisition relative to the then current trading
volume. Immediately following the acquisition, the Company contributed
$5,000,000 in cash to Sunflower to repay a portion of the subordinated debt
Sunflower owed to Mr. Hubbard, in return for more favorable terms on the
balance of the subordinated debt. Of the approximately $6,625,000 of restated
excess acquisition cost over recorded value of the net assets acquired,
$1,153,000 was allocated to the racing facility lease and management agreement
Sunflower has with The Racing Association of Kansas East ("TRAK East") and was
to be amortized over the remaining lease period of 20 years, with the balance
of $5,472,000 allocated to goodwill, to be amortized over 40 years. The
amortization of the goodwill was not deductible for income tax purposes.
An additional 55,574 shares of Hollywood Park common stock were issued to
Mr. Richard Boushka, a former Sunflower shareholder, as required by the
agreement of merger, because the market price of Hollywood Park common stock
180 days after closing was more than 10% less than the market price on the
closing date of the acquisition. The agreement of merger provided that under
certain circumstances the former Sunflower shareholders were entitled to
receive additional shares of Hollywood Park common stock. As of March 23,
1995, the former Sunflower shareholders transferred their rights to such
additional consideration to Hollywood Park for nominal consideration and have
no further entitlements to additional consideration.
ACQUISITION OF TURF PARADISE On August 11, 1994, the shareholders of Turf
Paradise approved the Agreement of Merger, entered into on March 30, 1994, by
Hollywood Park and Turf Paradise and as amended on May 27, 1994, pursuant to
which Turf Paradise became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park. Turf
Paradise owns and operates a thoroughbred race track in Phoenix, Arizona. The
transaction was accounted for under the pooling of interests method of
accounting, with approximately $627,000 of merger related costs incurred in
total and expensed by both the Company and Turf Paradise. In connection with
the merger, the Company issued a total of 1,498,016 shares of Hollywood Park
common stock, valued as of the date of issuance at approximately $33,800,000.
Each share of Turf Paradise common stock was valued at $13.00 and was
converted to approximately 0.577 shares of Hollywood Park common stock, which
had a then fair market value of $22.53 based on the weighted average of all
trades on the NASDAQ National Market System for the twenty trading days up to
and including August 10, 1994.
As required under the pooling of interests method of accounting, the
consolidated financial statements for the periods prior to the acquisition
have been restated to include the accounts and results of operations of Turf
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
Paradise. The consolidated financial statements for the year 1994 include the
results of operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 1994, for both
Hollywood Park and Turf Paradise.
Separate results of the combined entities are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994
-------------------------------------
HOLLYWOOD TURF
PARK PARADISE COMBINED
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues......................... $100,010,000 $17,313,000 $117,323,000
Total expenses......................... 97,563,000 15,988,000 113,551,000
------------ ----------- ------------
Net income........................... $ 2,447,000 $ 1,325,000 $ 3,772,000
============ =========== ============
</TABLE>
PRO FORMA RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following pro forma results of
operations was prepared under the assumption that the acquisition of PCM and
Sunflower had occurred at the beginning of the period shown. The historical
results of operations for PCM, Sunflower and Turf Paradise were combined with
the Company's results and pro forma adjustments related to the PCM acquisition
were made for the following: lease rent revenue due to Hollywood Park from PCM
and concession sales made to PCM; lease rent expense recorded by PCM; other
operating expenses including consulting fees, legal and audit services and
other miscellaneous duplicate expenses; amortization of the excess purchase
price allocated to goodwill; interest expense on the unpaid lease rent; and
income taxes. Adjustments related to the Sunflower acquisition were made for
the following: amortization of the excess purchase price allocated to the
lease with TRAK East and to goodwill; interest expense reduction related to
the reduction in both the principal and interest on Sunflower's subordinated
debt; the termination of the management agreement Sunflower had with a former
shareholder and the wages and payroll taxes paid to a former Sunflower
shareholder; director's fees and income taxes.
The pro forma earnings per share reflect the 218,099 common shares actually
issued to the former PCM shareholders, as of February 10, 1997. The pro forma
earnings per share also reflect the 647,289 shares issued to the former
Sunflower shareholders.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
1995
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(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C>
Revenues...................................................... $149,892,000
Operating income.............................................. 15,841,000
Net loss.................................................... $ (1,866,000)
============
Dividend requirements on convertible preferred stock.......... $ 1,925,000
Net loss allocated to common shareholders..................... $ (3,791,000)
Per common share:
Net loss--primary........................................... $ (0.20)
Net loss--fully diluted..................................... $ (0.20)
</TABLE>
RESTRICTED CASH Restricted cash as of September 30, 1997 and December 31,
1996, was for amounts due to horsemen for purses, stakes and awards.
Restricted cash as of December 31, 1995, included approximately $2,482,000
related to the Class Actions lawsuit settlement (see Note 18 Commitments and
Contingencies) and approximately $644,000 related to amounts due to horsemen
for purses, stakes and awards.
RACING REVENUES AND EXPENSES The Company records pari-mutuel revenues,
admissions, food and beverage and other racing income associated with
thoroughbred horse racing on a daily basis, except for season admissions which
are recorded ratably over the racing season. Expenses associated with
thoroughbred horse
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
racing revenues are charged against income in those periods in which the
thoroughbred horse racing revenues are recognized. Other expenses are
recognized as they actually occur throughout the year.
GAMING REVENUE AND PROMOTIONAL ALLOWANCES Gaming revenues at the Boomtown
Properties consisted of the difference between gaming wins and losses, or net
win from gaming activity and at the Hollywood Park Casino consisted of fees
collected from patrons on a per seat basis. Revenues in the accompanying
statements of operations exclude the retail value of food and beverage
provided to card players on a complimentary basis. The estimated cost of
providing these promotional allowances was $1,316,000 for the year ended
December 31, 1996. There were no comparable costs for the year ended December
31, 1995. The estimated costs of providing these promotional allowances during
the nine months ended September 30, 1997, was $3,410,000 and was $2,583,000
for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS With the November 17, 1995, acquisition of
PCM the Company assumed the gaming accounts receivable, and associated
allowance for doubtful account balances that were on PCM's balance sheet.
CAPITALIZED INTEREST No capitalized interest was recorded during the years
ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, nor for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996, because the Company had no outstanding debt, other than
Sunflower's debt which was non-recourse to the Company, and Sunflower did not
make any capital improvements during the periods covered.
ESTIMATES Financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles require the use of management estimates,
including estimates used to evaluate the recoverability of property, plant and
equipment, to determine the fair value of financial instruments, to account
for the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, and to determine
litigation related obligations.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment are depreciated
on the straight line method over their estimated useful lives as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS
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<S> <C>
Land improvements................ 3 to 25
Buildings........................ 5 to 40
Equipment........................ 3 to 10
</TABLE>
Maintenance and repairs were charged to operations of facilities;
betterments were capitalized. The cost of property sold or otherwise disposed
of and the accumulated depreciation were eliminated from both the property and
accumulated depreciation accounts with any gain or loss recorded in the
expense accounts.
Property, plant and equipment is carried on the Company's balance sheets at
depreciated cost. Whenever there are recognized events or changes in
circumstances that affect the carrying amount of the property, plant and
equipment, management reviews the assets for possible impairment. In
accordance with current accounting standards, management uses estimated
expected future net cash flows to measure the recoverability of property,
plant and equipment. The estimation of expected future net cash flows is
inherently uncertain and relies to a considerable extent on assumptions
regarding current and future economic and market conditions, and the
availability of capital. If, in future periods, there are changes in the
estimates or assumptions incorporated into the impairment review analysis, the
changes could result in an adjustment to the carrying amount of the property,
plant and equipment.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
INCOME TAXES The Company accounts for income taxes under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") 109, Accounting for Income Taxes,
whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax
consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement
carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax
bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax
rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those
temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Under SFAS 109,
the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is
recognized in income in the period that included the enactment date.
PRE-OPENING EXPENSES The Company expensed pre-opening costs associated with
the Hollywood Park-Casino, which opened on July 1, 1994, as incurred. These
costs included, project salaries, hiring costs and other pre-opening services.
POOLING OF INTERESTS EXPENSES Hollywood Park's costs of $414,000 incurred in
connection with the acquisition of Turf Paradise, and Turf Paradise's
acquisition costs of $213,000, were expensed as incurred.
EARNINGS PER SHARE Primary earnings per share were computed by dividing
income (loss) attributable to (allocated to) common shareholders (net income
(loss) less preferred stock dividend requirements) by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Fully diluted per share
amounts were similarly computed, but include the effect, when dilutive, of the
conversion of the convertible preferred shares and the exercise of stock
options.
CASH FLOWS Cash and cash equivalents consisted of certificates of deposit
and short term investments with remaining maturities of 90 days or less.
STOCK REPURCHASE On July 22, 1996, the Company announced its intention to
repurchase, and to retire up to 2,000,000 shares of its common stock on the
open market or in negotiated transactions. As of December 31, 1996, the
Company had repurchased and retired (with the last purchase being made on
November 13, 1996) 222,300 common shares, at a cost of approximately
$1,962,000.
RECLASSIFICATIONS Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1996, 1995
and 1994 balances to be consistent with the 1997 financial statement
presentation.
NOTE 2--SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER
31,
------------------------------
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest................................... $299,000 $2,098,000 $1,513,000
Income taxes............................... 40,000 143,000 2,524,000
-------- ---------- ----------
$339,000 $2,241,000 $4,037,000
======== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 3--SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
Short term investments as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, consisted of the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF DECEMBER 31,
---------------------
1996 1995
---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Corporate bonds...................................... $4,766,000 $4,504,000
Flexible deposit program............................. 0 1,000,000
U.S. agency securities............................... 0 906,000
Accrued interest..................................... 0 37,000
---------- ----------
Total.............................................. $4,766,000 $6,447,000
========== ==========
</TABLE>
As of December 31, 1996, short term investments consisted of corporate bonds
with Moody's ratings of Ba2 to B3, and Standard and Poors rating of BB+ to B-,
though some of the bonds are not rated by either agency. Investments in
corporate bonds carry a greater amount of principal risk than other
investments made by the Company, and yield a corresponding higher return. The
corporate bond investment as of December 31, 1996, had a weighted average
maturity of 1.5 years, and because the Company reasonably expects to liquidate
these investments in its normal operating cycle the investments are classified
as short term, are held as available for sale, and recorded in the
accompanying financial statements at their fair value, as determined by the
quoted market price.
For the year ended December 31, 1996, proceeds from the sale or redemption
of corporate bond investments were approximately $8,429,000, all of which was
reinvested, and gross realized gains and gross realized losses were $28,000
and $39,000, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 1995, proceeds from
the sale or redemption of corporate bond investments were approximately
$7,806,000, all of which was reinvested, and gross realized gains and gross
realized losses were $34,000 and $3,000, respectively. The net unrealized
holding gains (losses), were $10,000 and ($22,000), for the year ended
December 31, 1996, and 1995, respectively.
As of September 30, 1997, the Company had liquidated its short term
investments in corporate bonds. For the nine months ended September 30, 1997,
gross realized gains and losses were approximately $9,000 and $88,000,
respectively.
The Flexible deposit program was a discretionary investment plan with
Bankers Trust that provided capital preservation when held to maturity, plus
income at a targeted rate; therefore, this investment was held to maturity.
The Flexible deposit program investment was not rated.
The investments in U.S. agency securities included U.S. Treasury Bills with
each U.S. agency security rated AAA by both Moodys and Standard and Poors.
The Company classified the Flexible deposit program and the U.S. agency
securities as held to maturity, and as such, the investments were recorded in
the accompanying financial statements at amortized costs, which, based on the
short term nature of the investments and their relative liquidity,
approximates fair value.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 4--PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment held at December 31, 1996, 1995 and September
30, 1997 consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, AS OF
------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1995 1997 (A)
------------ ------------ -------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Land and land improvements........... $ 32,215,000 $ 42,490,000 $ 49,830,000
Buildings............................ 150,935,000 175,960,000 269,089,000
Equipment............................ 31,531,000 36,003,000 75,234,000
Vessel............................... 0 0 18,925,000
Construction in progress............. 128,000 8,394,000 16,022,000
------------ ------------ ------------
214,809,000 262,847,000 429,100,000
Less accumulated depreciation........ 83,974,000 88,130,000 135,363,000
------------ ------------ ------------
$130,835,000 $174,717,000 $293,737,000
============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
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(a) Includes property, plant and equipment related to Boomtown.
NOTE 5--SECURED AND UNSECURED NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable as of December 31, 1996, 1995 and September 30, 1997 consisted
of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF DECEMBER 31, AS OF
-------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1995 (A) 1997 (B)
-------- ----------- -------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Secured notes payable..................... $ 0 $28,667,000 $ 3,845,000
Unsecured 9.5% notes...................... 0 0 125,000,000
11.5% Boomtown First Mortgage Notes....... 0 0 1,253,000
Unsecured notes payable................... 317,000 15,914,000 4,015,000
Secured note payable--Texaco.............. 0 3,358,000 0
Capital lease obligations................. 0 0 2,055,000
-------- ----------- ------------
317,000 47,939,000 136,168,000
Less current maturities................... 35,000 32,310,000 4,005,000
-------- ----------- ------------
$282,000 $15,629,000 $132,163,000
======== =========== ============
</TABLE>
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(a) The secured and unsecured notes payable as of December 31, 1995, related
to Sunflower and were non-recourse to Hollywood Park.
(b) Includes notes payable related to Boomtown.
HOLLYWOOD PARK (unaudited) On June 30, 1997, Hollywood Park and a bank
syndicate lead by Bank of America closed the reducing revolving credit
facility (the "Bank Credit Facility") for up to $225,000,000. On August 7,
1997, the Bank Credit Facility was reduced by $125,000,000 (representing the
principal amount of Notes issued, as described below). The Bank Credit
Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of Hollywood Park and
its significant subsidiaries, and imposes certain customary affirmative and
negative covenants.
The Bank Credit Facility has been amended twice. First, among other matters,
to reduce the availability of the facility until the Bank Credit Facility was
approved by the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. The Company
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
received this approval on July 10, 1997. Second, among other matters, to allow
the co-issuance of the Notes by Hollywood Park Operating Company with
Hollywood Park.
Debt service requirements on the Bank Credit Facility consist of current
interest payments on outstanding indebtedness through September 30, 1999. As
of September 30, 1999, and on the last day of each third calendar month
thereafter, through June 30, 2001, the Bank Credit Facility will decrease by
7.5% of the commitment in effect on September 30, 1999. As of September 30,
2001, and on the last day of each third calendar month thereafter, the Bank
Credit Facility will decrease by 10% of the commitment in effect on September
30, 1999. Any principal amounts outstanding in excess of the Bank Credit
Facility commitment, as so reduced, will be payable on such quarterly
reduction dates.
The Bank Credit Facility provides for a letter of credit sub-facility of
$10,000,000, of which $2,035,000 is currently outstanding for the benefit of
Hollywood Park's California self insured workers' compensation program. The
facility also provides for a swing sub-facility of up to $10,000,000.
Borrowings under the Bank Credit Facility bear interest at an annual rate
determined, at the election of the Company, by reference to the "Eurodollar
Rate" (for interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 months) or the "Reference Rate",
as such terms are respectively defined in the Bank Credit Facility, plus
margins which vary depending upon Hollywood Park's ratio of funded debt to
earnings before interest, taxes, deprecation and amortization ("EBITDA"). The
margins start at 1.25% for Eurodollar loans and at 0.25% for Base Rate loans,
at funded debt to EBITDA ratio of less than 1.50%. Thereafter, the margins for
each type of loan increases by 25 basis points for each increase in the ratio
of funded debt to EBITDA of 50 basis points or more, up to 2.625% for
Eurodollar loans and 1.625% for Base Rate loans. However, if the ratio of
senior funded debt to EBITDA exceeds 2.50, the applicable margins will
increase to 3.25% for Eurodollar loans, and 2.25% for Base Rate loans.
Thereafter, the margins would increase by 25 basis points for each increase in
the ratio of senior funded debt to EBITDA of 50 basis points or more, up to a
maximum of 4.25% for Eurodollar loans and 3.25% for Base Rate loans. The
applicable margins as of September 30, 1997, were 1.75% with respect to the
Eurodollar Rate based interest rate and 0.75% with respect to the Base Rate
interest rate.
Hollywood Park pays a quarterly commitment fee for the average daily amount
of unused portions of the Bank Credit Facility. The commitment fee is also
dependent upon the Company's ratio of funded debt to EBITDA. The commitment
fee for the Bank Credit Facility starts at 31.25 basis points when the ratio
is less than 1.00, and increases by 6.25 basis points for each increase in the
ratio of 0.50, up to a maximum of 50 basis points. For the quarter beginning
July 1, 1997, this fee is 43.75 basis points.
On July 3, 1997, Hollywood Park borrowed $112,000,000 from the Bank Credit
Facility to fund Boomtown's offer to purchase its 11.5% First Mortgage Notes,
and repaid this amount on August 7, 1997, with a portion of the proceeds from
the August 6, 1997, issuance of $125,000,000 of 9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes
due 2007 (the "Notes"). The Notes were co-issued by Hollywood Park and
Hollywood Park Operating Company (the "Obligors"). The balance of the proceeds
from the issuance are expected to be used primarily for expansion projects.
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually, on February 1st and August
1st. The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in
part, on or after August 1, 2002, at a premium to face amount, plus accrued
interest, with the premium to the face amount decreasing on each subsequent
anniversary date. The Notes are unsecured obligations of Hollywood Park and
Hollywood Park Operating Company, guaranteed by all other material restricted
subsidiaries of either Hollywood Park or Hollywood Park Operating Company.
The indenture governing the Notes contains certain covenants that, among
other things, limit the ability of the Obligors and their restricted
subsidiaries to incur additional indebtness and issue preferred stock, pay
dividends or make other distributions, repurchase equity interests or
subordinated indebtness, create certain liens, enter into certain transactions
with affiliates, sell assets, issue or sell equity interests in their
respective subsidiaries or enter into certain mergers and consolidations.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
On July 1, 1997, in connection with the divestiture of Boomtown's Las Vegas
property, Hollywood Park issued an unsecured promissory note of approximately
$3,465,000. The promissory note bears interest equal to the Bank of America
reference rate plus 1.0%. Interest is payable quarterly with five annual
principal payments of approximately $693,000 commencing July 1, 1998.
During the nine months ended September 30, 1997, the Company paid dividends
of $1,520,000 on its convertible preferred stock representing $70.00 per
share, or $0.70 per depositary share.
Effective August 28, 1997, the Company exercised its option to covert all
2,749,900 of its outstanding depositary shares into approximately 2,291,492
shares of its common stock; thereby; eliminating the annual preferred cash
dividend payment of approximately $1,925,000.
Prior to execution of the Bank Credit Facility, Hollywood Park maintained a
$75,000,000 unsecured loan facility with Bank of America (the "Business Loan
Agreement"). The Business Loan Agreement consisted of a $60,000,000 line of
credit (the "Line of Credit") and a $15,000,000 revolver (the "Revolver"). The
Business Loan Agreement was amended five times to, among other matters, extend
the date for drawing down the Line of Credit and for using the Revolver to
June 30, 1997, to amend the quick asset to current liability ratio covenant,
and to adjust the tangible net worth covenant.
During the year ended December 31, 1996, the Company did not borrow any
funds under the Business Loan Agreement, except for the May 1, 1996, issuance
of a standby letter of credit of $2,617,000, as security for the Company's
workers' compensation self-insurance program.
Texaco Secured Note Payable On September 3, 1996, Hollywood Park paid the
secured non-interest bearing promissory note of $3,358,000, related to the
October 27, 1995, purchase of 37.33 acres of land adjacent to the Inglewood
property.
Gold Cup Contest The Company's Gold Cup note payable resulted from the
$1,000,000 Gold Cup Contest on July 20, 1986. The prize money is payable to
the winner in 20 annual installments of $50,000, beginning August 1, 1986. The
remaining liability of $317,000, at December 31, 1996.
BOOMTOWN (UNAUDITED) In November 1993, Boomtown sold $103,500,000 of 11.5%
First Mortgage Notes due November 1, 2003 (the "First Mortgage Notes"). On
July 3, 1997, Boomtown repurchased and retired approximately $102,142,000 in
principal amount of the First Mortgage Notes, at a purchase price of $1,085
per $1,000 in principal amount, along with accrued interest thereon, pursuant
to a tender offer.
As a result of the Merger, Boomtown, as required under the indenture
governing the First Mortgage Notes, initiated a change in control purchase
offer at a price of $1,010 for each $1,000 for the remaining approximately
$1,358,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Notes outstanding.
This change in control purchase offer was completed on August 12, 1997, and
only a portion of the remaining First Mortgage Notes were tendered.
On August 4, 1997, Hollywood Park executed a purchase agreement pursuant to
which one of the Hollywood Park entities purchased the barge and the building
shell at Boomtown Biloxi for at total cost of $5,250,000. A payment of
$1,500,000 was made on August 4, 1997, with the balance payable in three equal
annual installments of $1,250,000.
As of August 8, 1997, Boomtown New Orleans is wholly owned by the Company.
Previously, Boomtown New Orleans was owned and operated by the Louisiana
Partnership, of which 92.5% was owned by Hollywood Park with the remaining
7.5% owned by Skrmetta. On November 18, 1996, Boomtown entered into an
agreement with Skrmetta under which it would pay approximately $5,670,000 in
return for Skrmetta's interest in the Louisiana Partnership. Under the term of
the agreement, Boomtown made a down payment of $500,000, and the Company paid
the remaining $5,170,000 on August 8, 1997.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
As of September 30, 1997, Boomtown had two notes payable for gaming and
other operating equipment which total approximately $359,000. Boomtown also
has various capital lease obligations for gaming and other operating
equipment, totaling approximately $2,055,000.
In connection with the sale its Las Vegas property, Boomtown took back two
notes receivable from Roski, the former lessor of the Las Vegas property,
totaling approximately $8,465,000. The first note receivable is for
$5,000,000, bearing interest at Bank of America's reference rate plus 1.5% per
year, with annual principal receipts of $1,000,000 plus accrued interest
commencing on July 1, 1998. The second note is for approximately $3,465,000,
bearing interest at Bank of America's reference rate plus 0.5% per year, with
the principal and accrued interest payable, in full, on July 1, 2000.
SUNFLOWER On March 24, 1994, an Amended and Restated Credit and Security
Agreement (the "Sunflower Senior Credit") was executed between Sunflower and
five banks in connection with the Company's acquisition of Sunflower. As of
September 30, 1997, the outstanding balance of the Sunflower Senior Credit was
$28,667,000. The Sunflower Senior Credit is non-recourse to Hollywood Park.
On May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code. The Cash Collateral Agreement suspended any interest or
principal payments on the Sunflower Senior Credit until August 12, 1997. The
Bankruptcy Court has issued an order extending the Cash Collateral Agreement
until the confirmation hearing, which is scheduled for January 22, 1998. The
Cash Collateral Agreement requires Sunflower to make certain cash payments to
Wyandotte County, Kansas, the creditors group under the Senior Sunflower
Credit and TRAK East (the unaffiliated operator of racing at Sunflower).
On July 15, 1997, Sunflower presented to the Bankruptcy Court a plan of
reorganization (the "Plan") which provides for the sale of Sunflower's
property to the Wyandotte Indians of Oklahoma (the "Wyandotte Indians"). Under
the Plan, some or all of the land would be held by the United States
Government in trust for the Wyandotte Indians, and a casino would be developed
on the property. Upon completion of the casino, Hollywood Park and a partner
(North American Sports Management or an affiliate) will provide consulting
services to the casino. Under this arrangement, HP Kansas would be entitled to
receive a share of the revenues of the casino. Under the plan, in order to
allow the property to be released as collateral and sold to the Wyandotte
Tribe, Sunflower will be required to have standby letters of credit issued to
support certain payments to be made to the lenders under the Sunflower Senior
Credit and the Wyandotte County Treasurer's office. The aggregate amount of
such letters of credit is anticipated to be in excess of $29 million. The
Company will arrange for the issuance of such letters of credit on behalf of
Sunflower.
In 1995, under a promissory note executed in December 1994, between
Hollywood Park and Sunflower, Hollywood Park advanced $2,500,000 to Sunflower
to make certain payments due on the Sunflower Senior Credit. The amounts
borrowed under the promissory note, along with accrued interest, are
subordinate to the Sunflower Senior Credit. Although the Company will continue
to pursue payment of the promissory note, for financial reporting purposes the
outstanding balance of the promissory note was written off as of March 31,
1996.
As of September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996, Sunflower's unsecured notes
payable totaled $15,574,000. The unsecured notes payable included $13,060,000,
payable to Mr. Hubbard (Chief Executive Officer of Hollywood Park, and former
shareholder of Sunflower) on January 1, 2003. As a condition of the merger
between the Company and Sunflower, Hollywood Park contributed $5,000,000 in
cash to Sunflower to pay accrued interest, and a portion of the note payable
to Mr. Hubbard in exchange for a reduction in the interest rate on this debt
to 9.0% from 14.0%. The remaining $2,514,000 relates to a Special Assessment
note payable to Wyandotte County, Kansas for the cost of construction of
various streets and sewers serving Sunflower. The Special Assessment note was
entered into in 1990, and is a 15 year note, with a fixed interest rate of
6.59%.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
ANNUAL MATURITIES As of December 31, 1996, annual maturities of total notes
and loans payable are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDING:
------------
<S> <C>
December 31, 1997................................................... $ 50,000
December 31, 1998................................................... 50,000
December 31, 1999................................................... 50,000
December 31, 2000................................................... 50,000
December 31, 2001................................................... 50,000
Thereafter.......................................................... 200,000
</TABLE>
The fair values of the Company's various debt instruments discussed above
approximate their carrying amounts based on the fact that borrowings bear
interest at variable market based rates.
NOTE 6--LONG TERM GAMING ASSETS
Long term gaming assets relate to the capital lease between the Company and
the city of Compton covering the hotel, surrounding parking and an expansion
parcel at Crystal Park. With the completion of the construction of Crystal
Park, as of December 31, 1996, the long term gaming assets were reclassed to
property, plant and equipment.
The capital lease was entered into on August 3, 1995, and has a term of up
to 50 years. The annual rent payments start at $600,000 and increase every
fifth year until year 46, when they stabilize at $2,850,000. Hollywood Park
received a rent payment credit equal to the costs incurred to renovate Crystal
Park, and no cash rent payments are expected to be made until the nineteenth
year of the lease, or 2014.
NOTE 7--LONG TERM GAMING LIABILITIES
Long term gaming liabilities consist of the Company's capital lease
obligation associated with the lease of the hotel, surrounding parking and the
expansion parcel from the city of Compton for the Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino. This liability was reduced as the construction disbursements were
made.
NOTE 8--ACCOUNTING FOR THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND LONG-LIVED
ASSETS TO BE DISPOSED OF
In 1995, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121 ("SFAS") 121
Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets
to Be Disposed Of, was issued which established accounting standards for the
impairment of long-lived assets, certain identifiable intangibles, and
goodwill related to those assets. SFAS 121, which became effective for
Hollywood Park in the quarter ended March 31, 1996, addresses when impairment
losses should be recognized and how impairment losses should be measured.
Whenever there are recognized events or changes in circumstances that indicate
the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable, management reviews the
asset for possible impairment. In accordance with current accounting
standards, management uses estimated expected future net cash flows
(undiscounted and excluding interest costs, and grouped at the lowest level
for which there are identifiable cash flows that are as independent as
possible of other asset groups) to measure the recoverability of the asset. If
the expected future net cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the
asset an impairment loss would be recognized. An impairment loss would be
measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeded the
fair value of the asset, with fair value measured as the amount at which the
asset could be bought or sold in a current transaction between willing
parties, other than in a forced liquidation sale. The estimation of expected
future net cash flows is inherently uncertain and relies to a considerable
extent on assumptions regarding current and future net cash flows, market
conditions, and the availability of capital. If, in future periods, there are
changes in the estimates or assumptions incorporated into the impairment
review analysis the changes could result in an adjustment to the carrying
amount of the asset, but at no time would previously recognized impairment
losses be restored.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 9--DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
Included in Administrative expenses were development costs of approximately
$1,092,000, $2,716,000, and $1,275,000 for the years ended December 31, 1996,
1995, and 1994, respectively. The expenses in 1996 consisted primarily of
costs related to the Inglewood site master plan and card clubs in California.
The expenses in 1995 consisted primarily of costs related to the following
projects: the environmental impact study for the proposed stadium at Hollywood
Park, card clubs under consideration in the cities of Stockton, Pomona and
South San Francisco, and the retail center project (since abandoned). The
costs incurred in 1994 were primarily generated by the initial financial and
economic analysis of the proposed stadium, numerous card clubs, and the music
dome.
Included in Administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30,
1997, was $280,000 of development expenses; primarily related to the master
site plan for the Inglewood property, and the proposed Indiana expansion.
Included in Administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30,
1996, was $446,000 of development expenses; primarily related to the proposed
stadium, the master site plan for the Inglewood property, and card clubs in
California.
NOTE 10--ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 ("SFAS") 123 Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation, requires that the Company disclose additional
information about employee stock-based compensation plans. The objective of
SFAS 123 is to estimate the fair value, based on the stock price at the grant
date, of the Company's stock options to which employees become entitled when
they have rendered the requisite service and satisfied any other conditions
necessary to earn the right to benefit from the stock options. The fair market
value of a stock option is to be estimated using an option-pricing model that
takes into account, as of the grant date, the exercise price and expected life
of the option, the current price of the underlying stock and its expected
volatility, expected dividends on the stock, and the risk-free interest rate
for the expected term of the options.
In computing the stock-based compensation the following assumptions were
made:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RISK-FREE
INTEREST EXPECTED EXPECTED EXPECTED
RATE LIFE VOLATILITY DIVIDENDS
--------- -------- ---------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
For options granted in the following
periods:
Second quarter 1995................. 5.0% 3 years 36.1% None
First quarter 1996.................. 5.0% 3 years 36.1% None
Second quarter 1996................. 5.1% 3 years 46.4% None
Fourth quarter 1996 (a)............. 5.0% 10 years 47.4% None
</TABLE>
- --------
(a) The options granted during the fourth quarter of 1996 were to the
Company's directors, and it is expected that the directors will hold
options for a longer period of time than the Company's employees.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The following set forth the pro forma financial results under the
implementation of SFAS 123:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE NINE MONTHS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------------- ----------------------
1996 1995 1997 1996
---------------- ---------------- ---------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) before
stock-based
compensation expense... ($4,249,000) ($1,162,000) $7,119,000 ($7,526,000)
Stock-based compensation 115,000 4,000 519,000 61,000
expense................ ---------------- ---------------- ---------- -----------
Pro forma net income ($4,364,000) ($1,166,000) $6,600,000 ($7,587,000)
(loss)................. ================ ================ ========== ===========
Dividend requirements on
convertible preferred
stock.................. $1,925,000 $1,925,000 $1,520,000 $1,443,000
Pro forma net income
(loss) available to
(allocated to) common ($6,289,000) ($3,091,000) $5,080,000 ($9,030,000)
shareholders........... ================ ================ ========== ===========
Per common share:
Pro forma net income
(loss) - primary..... ($0.34) ($0.17) $0.25 ($0.49)
Pro forma net income
(loss) - fully dilut-
ed................... ($0.34) ($0.17) -- ($0.49)
Number of shares -
primary................ 18,505,000 18,399,000 20,596,000 18,605,000
Number of shares - fully
diluted................ 20,797,000 20,691,000 -- 20,896,000
</TABLE>
NOTE 11--RACING OPERATIONS
The Company conducts thoroughbred racing at its Hollywood Park, Sunflower,
and Turf Paradise race tracks, located in California, Kansas and Arizona,
respectively. Sunflower is primarily a greyhound racing facility. On May 17,
1996, due to competition from Missouri riverboat gaming, Sunflower filed for
reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and as of April 1,
1996, Sunflower's operating results were no longer consolidated with Hollywood
Park's; therefore, Sunflower's 1996 racing results and statistics have been
excluded from this note. Sunflower is operating during the reorganization.
Under Kansas racing law, Sunflower is not granted any race days and does not
generate any pari-mutuel commissions. The Kansas Racing Commission granted
Sunflower the facility ownership and management licenses; with all race days
until the year 2014 granted to TRAK East, a Kansas not-for-profit corporation.
Sunflower has an agreement with TRAK East to provide the physical race tracks
along with management and consulting services for twenty-five years with
options to renew for one or more successive five year terms. The Agreement and
Restatement of Lease and Management Agreement was entered into as of September
14, 1989.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
LIVE ON-TRACK RACE DAYS
Hollywood Park race track..................................... 103 97 102
Turf Paradise race track...................................... 166 171 185
Sunflower--Horses............................................. -- 49 62
Sunflower--Greyhounds......................................... -- 294 213
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
A summary of the pari-mutuel handle and deductions, by racing facility for
the year ended December 31, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
HOLLYWOOD PARK--LIVE HORSE RACING
Total pari-mutuel handle............. $677,827,000 $643,246,000 $699,748,000
Less patrons' winning tickets........ 547,775,000 520,291,000 565,685,000
------------ ------------ ------------
130,052,000 122,955,000 134,063,000
Less:
State pari-mutuel tax.............. 19,263,000 20,691,000 26,260,000
City of Inglewood pari-mutuel tax.. 1,287,000 1,384,000 1,711,000
Racing purses and awards........... 26,300,000 26,888,000 31,183,000
Satellite wagering fees............ 12,784,000 13,545,000 16,732,000
Interstate location fees........... 44,815,000 34,170,000 27,570,000
Other fees......................... 390,000 419,000 519,000
------------ ------------ ------------
Pari-mutuel commissions............ 25,213,000 25,858,000 30,088,000
Add off-track independent handle
commissions....................... 2,280,000 2,251,000 1,797,000
------------ ------------ ------------
Total pari-mutuel commissions
including charity days............ 27,493,000 28,109,000 31,885,000
Less charity day pari-mutuel
commissions....................... 0 0 739,000
------------ ------------ ------------
Total pari-mutuel commissions net
of charity days................... $ 27,493,000 $ 28,109,000 $ 31,146,000
============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
Turf Paradise races live five days a week, and on three of these days Turf
Paradise concurrently operates as a simulcast site.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
------------ ------------ -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
TURF PARADISE--LIVE HORSE RACING
Total pari-mutuel handle.............. $147,748,000 $111,509,000 $96,493,000
Less patrons' winning tickets......... 114,585,000 86,460,000 74,918,000
------------ ------------ -----------
33,163,000 25,049,000 21,575,000
Less:
State pari-mutuel tax............... 18,000 345,000 669,000
Racing purses and awards............ 4,501,000 4,757,000 5,399,000
State sales tax..................... 302,000 415,000 537,000
Off-track commissions............... 115,000 117,000 137,000
Interstate location fees............ 20,034,000 10,943,000 6,006,000
------------ ------------ -----------
Pari-mutuel commissions............... 8,193,000 8,472,000 8,827,000
Add off-track independent handle
commissions.......................... 166,000 699,000 297,000
------------ ------------ -----------
Total pari-mutuel commissions
including charity days............... 8,359,000 9,171,000 9,124,000
Less charity day pari-mutuel
commissions.......................... 17,000 0 29,000
------------ ------------ -----------
Total pari-mutuel commissions net of
charity days......................... $ 8,342,000 $ 9,171,000 $ 9,095,000
============ ============ ===========
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The acquisition of Sunflower was accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting and as such results of operations prior to the March 23, 1994
acquisition date are not presented.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GREYHOUNDS HORSES
1995 1995
----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
TRAK EAST AT SUNFLOWER--LIVE RACING
Total pari-mutuel handle............................. $47,406,000 $2,844,000
Less patrons' winning tickets........................ 37,379,000 2,273,000
----------- ----------
10,027,000 571,000
Less: State pari-mutuel tax.......................... 1,721,000 104,000
Racing purses and awards............................. 2,230,000 190,000
----------- ----------
Total pari-mutuel commissions........................ $ 6,076,000 $ 277,000
=========== ==========
<CAPTION>
GREYHOUNDS HORSES
1994 1994
----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Total pari-mutuel handle............................. $74,941,000 $6,274,000
Less patrons' winning tickets........................ 59,778,000 5,012,000
----------- ----------
15,163,000 1,262,000
Less: State pari-mutuel tax.......................... 2,527,000 210,000
Racing purses and awards............................. 3,372,000 421,000
----------- ----------
Total pari-mutuel commissions........................ $ 9,264,000 $ 631,000
=========== ==========
</TABLE>
As a stipulation to the granting of race dates, the California Horse Racing
Board ("CHRB") requires that Hollywood Park designate three days from both the
live Spring/Summer Meet and the Autumn Meeting as charity days. As of the 1994
Autumn Meeting, the charity day payments were changed to the net proceeds from
the charity days not to exceed 2/10 of 1.0% of the total live on-track pari-
mutuel handle for the respective race meet. Charity day payments must be made
to a distributing agent approved by the CHRB. The following table summarizes
the revenues and expenses that were excluded from the statements of operations
for the period prior to the 1994 Autumn Meeting and the total charity day
liability for the past three years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
-------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Racing revenues.................................. $ 0 $ 0 $961,000
Less: Salaries, wages and employee benefits...... 0 0 285,000
Other expenses................................... 0 0 298,000
-------- -------- --------
Net proceeds (old charity day law)............... 0 0 378,000
Add: 2/10 of 1% of live on track pari-mutuel
handle as of the Autumn Meeting 1994 (revised
charity day law)................................ 338,000 370,000 117,000
-------- -------- --------
Total charity day payable........................ $338,000 $370,000 $495,000
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
Arizona racing law requires that 1.0% of the total in-state pari-mutuel
handle (on-track live pari-mutuel handle and off-track within the state pari-
mutuel handle) of three charity days be paid to a distributing agent approved
by the Arizona Racing Commission. The Arizona Department of Racing did not
assign any charity days in 1995, therefore no payments were required. Turf
Paradise paid $17,000 to the distributing agent in 1996, and paid $29,000 in
1994.
Hollywood Park conducts simulcast meets of live races held at local southern
California race tracks. As of 1993, the Company began to simulcast races from
northern California concurrently with live on-track racing. In July 1994,
Assembly Bill 1418 was enacted allowing for unrestricted simulcasting between
northern and southern
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
California. Previous legislation, enacted in September 1993, limited such
simulcasting to races with purses of at least $20,000. A summary of simulcast
pari-mutuel handle and commissions for the years ended December 31, are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
HOLLYWOOD PARK--SIMULCAST RACING
Pari-mutuel handle:
Thoroughbred meets................ $375,910,000 $379,263,000 $291,526,000
Quarter Horse meets............... 23,067,000 22,793,000 18,754,000
Harness meets..................... 6,165,000 4,391,000 3,948,000
------------ ------------ ------------
$405,142,000 $406,447,000 $314,228,000
============ ============ ============
Pari-mutuel commissions:
Thoroughbred meets................ $ 12,669,000 $ 11,527,000 $ 7,624,000
Quarter Horse meets............... 454,000 457,000 377,000
Harness meets..................... 120,000 86,000 79,000
------------ ------------ ------------
$ 13,243,000 $ 12,070,000 $ 8,080,000
============ ============ ============
</TABLE>
TRAK East at Sunflower operates year round simulcasting of both greyhounds
and horses. Pari-mutuel handle and commissions earned by TRAK East for the
year ended December 31, 1995 and March 23, 1994 (the date Sunflower was
acquired) through December 31, 1994, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
---- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
TRAK EAST AT SUNFLOWER--SIMULCAST RACING
Pari-mutuel handle:
Greyhounds................................... $-- $10,871,000 $ 7,162,000
Horses....................................... -- 29,600,000 24,010,000
---- ----------- -----------
$-- $40,471,000 $31,172,000
==== =========== ===========
Pari-mutuel commission:
Greyhounds................................... $-- $ 2,342,000 $ 1,361,000
Horses....................................... -- 5,742,000 4,690,000
---- ----------- -----------
$-- $ 8,084,000 $ 6,051,000
==== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
Turf Paradise accepts simulcasts of live races from other tracks
concurrently with live on-track racing as well as operating as a simulcast
site for Prescott Downs between live meets. Turf Paradise also accepts
simulcast signals on the two dark days (days without live racing) a week
during the live on-track meet.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
TURF PARADISE--SIMULCAST RACING
Pari-mutuel handle all meets............. $55,814,000 $55,093,000 $46,549,000
Pari-mutuel commissions all meets........ 4,768,000 3,909,000 3,410,000
</TABLE>
NOTE 12--INCOME TAXES
As discussed in Note 1, the Company accounts for income taxes under SFAS
109. On November 17, 1995, the Company acquired PCM and accounted for the
acquisition under the purchase method of accounting. Before the acquisition,
PCM was an S-corporation for income tax purposes and under the terms of the
merger was dissolved into Hollywood Park. On March 23, 1994, the Company
acquired Sunflower and accounted for the acquisition under the purchase method
of accounting. Before the acquisition, Sunflower was an S-corporation and
under the terms of the merger became a C-corporation for income tax purposes.
Turf Paradise was acquired on August 11, 1994, and was accounted for under the
pooling of interests method of accounting.
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The composition of the Company's income tax expense for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT DEFERRED TOTAL
----------- ----------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996:
U.S. Federal........................... $ 4,341,000 $(1,681,000) $2,660,000
State.................................. (3,293,000) 4,092,000 799,000
----------- ----------- ----------
$ 1,048,000 $ 2,411,000 $3,459,000
=========== =========== ==========
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995:
U.S. Federal........................... $ 0 $ 473,000 $ 473,000
State.................................. 42,000 178,000 220,000
----------- ----------- ----------
$ 42,000 $ 651,000 $ 693,000
=========== =========== ==========
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994:
U.S. Federal........................... $ 1,094,000 $ 656,000 $1,750,000
State.................................. (1,155,000) 973,000 (182,000)
----------- ----------- ----------
$ (61,000) $ 1,629,000 $1,568,000
=========== =========== ==========
</TABLE>
The following table reconciles the Company's income tax expense (based on
its effective tax rate) to the federal statutory tax rate of 34%:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
---------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Income (loss) before income tax expense,
at the statutory rate.................. $ (269,000) $(159,000) $1,816,000
Pooling costs......................... 0 0 213,000
Goodwill amortization................. 195,000 72,000 0
Political and lobbying costs.......... 291,000 353,000 179,000
State income taxes, net of federal tax
benefits............................. 800,000 145,000 (120,000)
Valuation allowance................... 0 0 (465,000)
Non-deductible expenses............... 105,000 260,000 0
Additional provisions................. 2,337,000 22,000 (55,000)
---------- --------- ----------
Income tax expense...................... $3,459,000 $ 693,000 $1,568,000
========== ========= ==========
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
For the years ended December 31, 1996, and 1995, the tax effects of temporary
differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets
and deferred tax liabilities are presented below, along with a summary of
activity in the valuation allowance.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Current deferred tax assets:
Workers' compensation insurance reserve.......... $ 790,000 $ 905,000
General liability insurance reserve.............. 690,000 619,000
Legal accrual.................................... 58,000 76,000
Write off of investment in Sunflower............. 3,111,000 0
Development costs................................ 0 268,000
Lawsuit settlement............................... 1,104,000 2,087,000
Vacation and sick pay accrual.................... 270,000 377,000
Bad debt allowance............................... 437,000 739,000
Los Angeles revitalization zone credit........... 0 0
Other............................................ 435,000 177,000
------------ ------------
Current deferred tax assets.................... 6,895,000 5,248,000
Less valuation allowance......................... (120,000) (109,000)
------------ ------------
Current deferred tax assets.................... 6,775,000 5,139,000
Current deferred tax liabilities:
Business insurance and other..................... (353,000) (251,000)
------------ ------------
Net current deferred tax assets.................... $ 6,422,000 $ 4,888,000
============ ============
Non-current deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards................. $ 0 $ 931,000
General business tax credits..................... 36,000 468,000
Los Angeles revitalization zone tax credits...... 9,299,000 6,406,000
Other............................................ 42,000 156,000
Alternative minimum tax credit................... 1,244,000 412,000
------------ ------------
Non-current deferred tax assets................ 10,621,000 8,373,000
Less valuation allowance......................... (5,511,000) (5,221,000)
------------ ------------
Non-current deferred tax assets................ 5,110,000 3,152,000
------------ ------------
Non-current deferred tax liabilities:
Expansion plans.................................. (400,000) (400,000)
Los Angeles revitalization zone accelerated
write-off....................................... (461,000) (560,000)
Depreciation and amortization.................... (10,580,000) (11,862,000)
Other............................................ (2,734,000) (413,000)
------------ ------------
Non-current deferred tax liabilities........... (14,175,000) (13,235,000)
------------ ------------
Net non-current deferred tax liabilities........... $ (9,065,000) $(10,083,000)
============ ============
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The Company is located in the Los Angeles revitalization tax zone and is
entitled to special state of California income tax credits related to sales
tax paid on operating materials and supplies, on construction assets and wages
paid to staff who reside within the zone. With the construction of the
Hollywood Park-Casino and Crystal Park, the Company earned substantial tax
credits related to sales tax paid on the assets acquired and on wages paid to
construction employees.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
---------------------
1996 1995
---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Valuation allowance at beginning of period................ $5,330,000 $2,986,000
Valuation allowance utilized during the year.............. 0 0
Valuation allowance established for California state...... 0 0
Los Angeles revitalization zone tax credit................ 302,000 2,344,000
---------- ----------
Valuation allowance at end of period.................... $5,632,000 $5,330,000
========== ==========
</TABLE>
As of December 31, 1995, the Company had a federal regular net tax operating
loss of approximately $2,200,000 that in 1996 the Company carried back to 1994
generating a cash refund of approximately $56,000 and increased the
alternative minimum tax credit by approximately $660,000, and also increased
the general business tax credits by approximately $19,000. As of December 31,
1996, the Company had approximately $36,000 of general business tax credits
and $1,244,000 of alternative minimum tax credits available to reduce future
federal income taxes, although in either case, the tax credits generally
cannot reduce federal taxes paid below the calculated amount of alternative
minimum tax. The general business tax credits expire in 2000, and the
alternative minimum tax credits do not expire. The Company's use of its tax
credit carryforwards is subject to certain limitations imposed by Section 383
of the Internal Revenue Code and by the separate return limitation year rules
of the consolidated return regulations. Although Management currently expects
that such limitations will not prevent the Company from fully utilizing the
benefits of its tax credits, it is possible that such limitations could defer
or reduce the Company's use of its general business tax credits and
alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards.
NOTE 13--STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Effective August 28, 1997, the Company exercised its option to convert all
2,749,900 of its outstanding Depositary Shares into approximately 2,291,492
shares of its common stock; thereby eliminating in future periods the annual
preferred cash dividend of approximately $1,925,000 (unaudited).
On June 30, 1997, the Company issued approximately 5,362,850 shares of
Hollywood Park common stock, valued at $9.8125, (excluding 446,491 shares of
the Company's common stock repurchased from Roski, and subsequently retired),
to acquire Boomtown (unaudited).
During 1996 the Company announced its intention to repurchase and retire up
to 2,000,000 shares of its common stock on the open market or in negotiated
transactions. As of December 31, 1996, the Company had repurchased and retired
(with the last purchase in 1996 made on November 13, 1996) 222,300 common
shares at a cost of approximately $1,962,000.
On November 17, 1995, the Company acquired PCM's net assets for an aggregate
$2,640,000 payable in shares of Hollywood Park common stock, in three
installments: (i) shares of Hollywood Park common stock having a value of
$1,600,000, or 136,008 common shares were issued on November 17, 1995, (ii)
shares of Hollywood Park common stock, having a value of $540,000, or 48,674
common shares, were issued on November 19, 1996, and (iii) shares of Hollywood
Park common stock, having a value of $500,000, or 33,417 common shares were
issued on February 10, 1997.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
On March 23, 1994, the Company issued 591,715 shares of Hollywood Park
common stock to acquire Sunflower. An additional 55,574 shares of Hollywood
Park common stock were subsequently issued to Mr. Richard Boushka, a former
Sunflower shareholder, as required by the agreement of merger. The acquisition
of Sunflower was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting.
On August 11, 1994, the Company issued 1,498,016 shares of Hollywood Park
common stock to acquire Turf Paradise. The acquisition of Turf Paradise was
accounted for under the pooling of interests method of accounting and the
historical per common share earnings of the Company have been restated as if
the acquisition had occurred at the beginning of each period presented.
NOTE 14--LEASE OBLIGATIONS
The Company leases certain equipment primarily for use in racing operations
(pari-mutuel wagering equipment) and general office equipment. Minimum lease
payments required under operating leases that have initial terms in excess of
one year as of December 31, 1996 are approximately $1,354,000 in 1997 and
annually thereafter. Total rent expense for these long term lease obligations
for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 was $1,378,000,
$1,318,000 and $1,437,000, respectively.
NOTE 15--RETIREMENT PLANS
The Hollywood Park Pension Plan (the "Pension Plan") was a non-contributory,
defined benefit plan covering employees of Hollywood Park, Inc. who met the
Pension Plan's service requirements, and all employees of Hollywood Park
Operating Company not eligible for participation in a multi-employer defined
benefit plan, who met the Pension Plan's service requirements.
Hollywood Park elected to terminate the Pension Plan as of January 31, 1997.
Accrued Pension Plan benefits were frozen as of September 1, 1996, for all
Pension Plan participants, except retained participants (participants who,
because of legal requirements, including the provisions of the National Labor
Relations Act, are represented by a collective bargaining agent), whose
accrued benefits were frozen as of December 31, 1996. As of the date the
Pension Plan benefits were frozen, participants became 100% vested in their
accrued benefits, regardless of the number of years of service. The funds
accumulated under the Pension Plan will be used to provide the retirement
benefits accrued by the participants. Pension Plan participants will receive
their fully accrued benefits only if the Pension Plan's assets are sufficient
to cover such accrued benefits, but in no event can the Pension Plan assets be
paid to the Company prior to the satisfaction of all accrued Pension Plan
benefits to the participants. Management presently believes that the
accumulated Pension Plan assets are sufficient to provide for the
participant's accumulated Pension Plan benefits.
The Company's Pension Plan funding policy was to contribute amounts to the
Pension Plan fund in an amount, at least equal to the minimum funding
requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, though
not in excess of the maximum deductible limit. The Pension Plan was subject to
full funding limitation in 1996; therefore, no contributions were made in
1996. The Company contributed approximately $22,000 to the Pension Plan in
1995.
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
RETIREMENT PLANS FUNDED STATUS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
----------------------
1996 1995
---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Accumulated benefit obligation, including vested
benefits of $2,627,000 and $4,078,000 at December 31,
1996 and 1995, respectively........................... $2,627,000 $4,190,000
========== ==========
Projected benefit obligation for service rendered to
date.................................................. $2,627,000 $5,080,000
Less Pension Plan assets at fair value................. 4,436,000 5,754,000
Less Pension Plan contribution......................... 0 22,000
---------- ----------
Pension Plan assets in excess of projected benefit
obligation............................................ 1,809,000 696,000
Unrecognized net gain from past experience different
from that assumed and effects of changes in
assumptions........................................... (1,052,000) (323,000)
Unrecognized net asset being recognized over 15 years.. (452,000) (539,000)
---------- ----------
Pension Plan asset (liability)....................... $ 305,000 $ (166,000)
========== ==========
Net pension expense--Service cost...................... $ 698,000 $ 314,000
Net pension expense--Interest cost..................... 325,000 354,000
Actual return on assets................................ (784,000) (753,000)
Net amortization and deferral.......................... 255,000 247,000
---------- ----------
Net periodic pension cost............................ $ 494,000 $ 162,000
========== ==========
</TABLE>
The December 31, 1996, reserve liabilities and related asset values for the
annuity contract are not included in the table above, because the Company
executed an agreement with the insurance company holding the annuity contracts
to no longer participate in the annual adjustments to the contract values. The
December 31, 1995, Pension Plan liabilities and assets included in the table
above are annuity contract reserve liabilities and the related assets for the
current Pension Plan retirees.
The weighted average discount rate and rate of increase in future
compensation levels used in determining the actuarial present value of the
projected benefit obligations were 7.5% and 5.0%, respectively, at
December 31, 1996, and 8.0% and 5.0%, respectively, at December 31, 1995. The
expected long term rate of return on assets was 8.0% at December 31, 1996 and
1995.
The Company also contributed to several collectively-bargained multi-
employer pension and retirement plans (covering full and part-time employees)
which are administered by unions, and to a pension plan covering non-union
employees which is administered by an association of race track owners.
Amounts charged to pension cost and contributed to these plans for the years
ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 totaled $1,872,000, $1,781,000 and
$1,846,000, respectively. Contributions to the collectively-bargained plans
are determined in accordance with the provisions of negotiated labor contracts
and generally are based on the number of employee hours or days worked.
Contributions to the non-union plans are based on the covered employees'
compensation.
Information from the plans administrators is not available to permit the
Company to determine its share of unfunded vested benefits or prior service
liability. It is the opinion of management that no material liability exists.
There is no defined benefit pension plan for Turf Paradise.
Effective January 31, 1997, in conjunction with the termination of the
Pension Plan, Hollywood Park elected to terminate its non-qualified
Supplementary Employment Retirement Plan ("SERP"). The SERP was an unfunded
plan, established primarily for the purpose of restoring the retirement
benefits for highly compensated employees that were eliminated by the Internal
Revenue Service in 1994, when the maximum annual earnings
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
allowed for qualified pension plans was reduced to $150,000 from $235,850.
Messers, Hubbard, Finnigan and Robbins participated in the SERP prior to its
termination.
NOTE 16--RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Since November 1993, the Company has had an aircraft time sharing agreement
with R.D. Hubbard Enterprises, Inc. ("Hubbard Enterprises"), which is wholly
owned by Mr. Hubbard. The agreement automatically renews each month unless
written notice of termination is given by either party at least two weeks
before a renewal date. The Company reimburses Hubbard Enterprises for expenses
incurred as a result of the Company's use of the aircraft, which totaled
approximately $120,000 in 1996, $126,000 in 1995, and $139,000 in 1994.
On March 23, 1994, the Company acquired Sunflower, a greyhound and
thoroughbred race track located in Kansas City, Kansas, in which Mr. Hubbard
owned a 60% interest. The agreement of merger also provided that under certain
circumstances the former Sunflower shareholders were entitled to receive
additional shares of Hollywood Park common stock. As of March 23, 1995, the
former Sunflower shareholders transferred their right to such additional
consideration to Hollywood Park for nominal consideration and have no further
entitlements to additional consideration.
On May 2, 1996, the Kansas Legislature adjourned without passing legislation
that would have allowed additional gaming at Sunflower, thereby permitting
Sunflower to more effectively compete with Missouri riverboat gaming. As a
result of the outcome of the Kansas Legislative session, Hollywood Park wrote
off its approximately $11,412,000 investment in Sunflower. There was no cash
involved in the write off of this investment. On May 17, 1996, Sunflower filed
for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Sunflower is
operating during the reorganization.
NOTE 17--STOCK OPTION PLAN
In 1996, the shareholders of the Company adopted the 1996 Stock Option Plan
(the "1996 Plan"), which provides for the issuance of up to 900,000 shares.
Except for the provisions governing the number of shares issuable under the
1996 Plan and except for provisions which reflect changes in tax and
securities laws, the provisions of the 1996 Plan are substantially similar to
the provision of the prior plan adopted in 1993. The 1996 Plan is administered
and terms of option grants are established by the Board of Directors'
Compensation Committee. Under the terms of the 1996 Plan, options alone or
coupled with stock appreciation rights may be granted to selected key
employees, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company. Options become
exercisable ratably over a vesting period as determined by the Compensation
Committee and expire over terms not exceeding ten years from the date of
grant, one month after termination of employment, or six months after the
death or permanent disability of the optionee. The purchase price for all
shares granted under the 1996 Plan shall be determined by the Compensation
Committee, but in the case of incentive stock options, the price will not be
less than the fair market value of the common stock at the date of grant. On
April 26, 1996, the Company amended the non-qualified stock option agreements
issued through this date, to lower the per share price of the outstanding
options to $10.00. On May 19, 1995, the Company amended the non-qualified
stock option agreements issued through this date, to reflect the substantial
decline in the fair market value of the common stock, lowering the per share
price of the outstanding options to $13.00. In 1994, Turf Paradise had
approximately 23,000 stock options outstanding, all of which were fully
exercised prior to the acquisition.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The following table summarizes information related to shares under option
and shares available for grant under the Plan.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Options outstanding at beginning of year.......... 249,000 235,000 150,000
Options granted during the year................... 433,500 15,000 85,000
Options expired during the year................... (40,000) (1,000) 0
------- ------- -------
Options outstanding at end of year.............. 642,500 249,000 235,000
======= ======= =======
Total shares available for issuance under the
plan............................................. 900,000 625,000 625,000
Per share price of outstanding options issued in
prior year....................................... $ 10.00 $ 13.00 $ 25.50
Per share price of outstanding options issued in
current year..................................... $ 10.00 $ 13.25 $ 22.00
Per share price of outstanding options issued in
current year..................................... $ 11.50 -- --
Number of shares subject to exercisable option at
end of year...................................... 188,332 128,000 50,000
</TABLE>
NOTE 18--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
As previously reported by the Company, and described in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for 1994, six purported class actions (the "Class
Actions") were filed beginning in September 1994, against the Company and
certain of its directors and officers in the United States District Court,
Central District of California (the "District Court") and consolidated in a
single action entitled In re Hollywood Park Securities Litigation. On
September 15, 1995, a related stockholder derivative action, entitled Barney
v. Hubbard, et al. (the "Derivative Action"), was filed in the California
Superior Court for the County of San Diego (the "State Court").
The Company and other defendants each denied any liability or wrongdoing and
asserted various defenses. The District Court ordered the parties to engage in
non-binding mediation in an effort to settle all related claims. As previously
reported, as a result of the court ordered mediation, the parties reached an
agreement-in-principle to settle all claims raised in the Class and Derivative
Actions. The Company entered into the settlements in order to avoid the
expense, uncertainty and distraction of further litigation.
On November 6 and 13, 1995, respectively, the parties executed definitive
settlement agreements in the Derivative and Class Actions. Those agreements
provided for the release and dismissal of all claims raised or which might
have been raised in the Class and Derivative actions, subject to approval by
each of the respective courts. In settlement of the Class Actions, a
settlement fund in the principal amount of $5,800,000 has been created for the
benefit of the alleged class with contributions from the Company and the
insurance carrier for its directors and officers. After giving consideration
to the amounts to be received by the Company in settlement of the Derivative
Action, the Company's net settlement payment in the Class Actions was less
than $2,500,000. Under settlement of the Derivative Action, the Company will
receive a $2,000,000 payment from the insurance carrier which the Company will
use to pay plaintiff's attorneys fees and expenses and partially to defray the
Company's payment in the settlement of the Class Actions. The Derivative
Action settlement also includes provisions enhancing the Company's financial
controls and modifying certain terms of its acquisition of Sunflower.
On February 26, 1996, the District Court approved the settlement of the
Class Actions and entered a judgment dismissing the Class Actions in their
entirety. On May 6, 1996, the State Court approved the settlement of the
Derivative Action and entered a judgment dismissing the Derivative Action in
its entirety. On or about July 2, 1996, a notice of appeal was filed in
connection with the Derivative Action judgment, and on or about February 14,
1997, the appellant filed her opening brief. The Company intends to oppose the
purported appeal.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The Company also executed a separate settlement as to all purported claims
against the Company and its officers and directors by the former controlling
stockholder of Turf Paradise (the "Walkers") in connection with the Company's
acquisition of Turf Paradise. Under the terms of the consummation of the
settlement of the Class and Derivative Actions, the Walkers were excluded from
participating in the Class Actions settlement fund, agreed to release all of
their potential threatened claims, and are to receive a payment in the
principal amount of $2,750,000.
The lawsuit settlement expense recorded in the accompanying statement of
operations for the year ended December 31, 1995, included $2,450,000 for the
Class Actions, $2,750,000 for the Walkers settlement and approximately
$888,000 in legal costs, for a total of approximately $6,088,000.
The accrued lawsuit settlement recorded in the accompanying financial
statements as of December 31, 1996, of $2,750,000 represents the settlement
with the Walkers.
Sunflower entered into a two year consulting agreement with Mr. Richard
Boushka, a former Sunflower shareholder, as of March 24, 1994. Consulting
services include assisting Sunflower in obtaining all approvals, licenses and
permits necessary for Sunflower to conduct casino gaming and to operate video
lottery terminals at or next to Sunflower's property. Under the terms of the
agreement Mr. Boushka will receive monthly payments totaling $100,000 per
year. As of May 1995, given Sunflower's financial results, all payments to Mr.
Boushka were suspended, though Mr. Boushka did continue to provide services
per the agreement.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 19--CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Hollywood Park's subsidiaries (excluding Sunflower and other inconsequential
subsidiaries) have fully and unconditionally guaranteed the payment of all
obligations under the Hollywood Park 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007. The following is the consolidating condensed financial information for
the co-obligors and their respective subsidiaries.
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995 AND 1994
AND AS OF AND FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996
(UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CONSOLIDATING
PARK, INC. PARK WHOLLY OWNED MAJORITY OWNED WHOLLY OWNED AND HOLLYWOOD
(PARENT OPERATING CO. GUARANTOR GUARANTOR NON-GUARANTOR ELIMINATING PARK, INC.
CO-OBLIGOR) (CO-OBLIGOR) SUBSIDIARIES(A) SUBSIDIARIES(B) SUBSIDIARIES(C) ENTRIES CONSOLIDATED
----------- ------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS, UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AS OF AND FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
BALANCE SHEET
Current assets...... $ 19,372 $ 9,592 $ 24,805 $ 7,697 $ 0 $ 0 $ 61,466
Property, plant and
equipment, net..... 68,764 24,006 133,596 67,371 0 0 293,737
Other non-current
assets............. 22,516 0 25,463 7,531 0 2,666 58,176
Investment in
subsidiaries....... 125,071 145,849 70,066 0 0 (340,986) 0
Inter-company....... 117,787 11,513 (3,865) 0 0 (125,435) 0
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
$353,510 $ 190,960 $250,065 $82,599 $ 0 $(463,755) $413,379
======== ========= ======== ======= === ========= ========
Current liabilities. $ 14,514 $ 13,151 $ 13,417 $ 6,621 $ 0 $ 0 $ 47,703
Notes payable, long-
term............... 2,772 125,256 1,623 2,512 0 0 132,163
Other non-current
liabilities........ 4,071 5,206 1,728 0 0 0 11,005
Inter-company....... 142,495 17,526 132,664 48,301 0 (340,986) 0
Minority interest... 0 0 0 0 0 3,033 3,033
Equity.............. 189,658 29,821 100,633 25,165 0 (125,802) 219,475
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
$353,510 $ 190,960 $250,065 $82,599 $ 0 $(463,755) $413,379
======== ========= ======== ======= === ========= ========
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Gaming............. $ 38,023 $ 0 $ 30,460 $15,507 $ 0 $ 0 $ 83,990
Racing............. 0 38,195 9,889 0 0 0 48,084
Food and beverage.. 3,376 0 8,725 915 0 0 13,016
Equity in
subsidiaries...... 7,674 126 7,772 0 0 (15,572) 0
Other.............. 3,420 1,274 7,749 816 0 0 13,259
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
52,493 39,595 64,595 17,238 0 (15,572) 158,349
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
Expenses:
Gaming............. 21,761 0 16,163 7,193 0 0 45,117
Racing............. 0 16,895 4,720 0 0 0 21,615
Food and beverage.. 7,069 0 8,657 1,194 0 0 16,920
Administrative and
other............. 13,784 13,556 15,491 4,322 0 0 47,153
Depreciation and
amortization...... 3,512 2,815 3,452 2,143 0 17 11,939
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
46,126 33,266 48,483 14,852 0 17 142,744
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
Operating income
(loss)............. 6,367 6,329 16,112 2,386 0 (15,589) 15,605
Interest expense.... 1,373 2,093 227 1,374 0 (1,285) 3,782
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
Income (loss) before
minority interests
and taxes.......... 4,994 4,236 15,885 1,012 0 (14,304) 11,823
Minority interest... 0 0 0 0 0 80 80
Income tax expense.. 2,015 0 2,609 0 0 0 4,624
-------- --------- -------- ------- --- --------- --------
Net income (loss)... $ 2,979 $ 4,236 $ 13,276 $ 1,012 $ 0 $ (14,384) $ 7,119
======== ========= ======== ======= === ========= ========
STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities......... $ 9,714 $(121,286) $123,935 $ 8,046 $ 0 $ (14,350) $ 6,059
Net cash provided by
(used in) investing
activities......... 15,595 (2,544) (14,483) (4,452) 0 0 (5,884)
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing
activities......... 147 124,969 (113,821) (2,000) 0 615 9,910
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CONSOLIDATING
PARK, INC. PARK WHOLLY OWNED MAJORITY OWNED WHOLLY OWNED AND HOLLYWOOD
(PARENT OPERATING CO. GUARANTOR GUARANTOR NON- GUARANTOR ELIMINATING PARK, INC.
CO-OBLIGOR) (CO-OBLIGOR) SUBSIDIARIES(A) SUBSIDIARIES(B) SUBSIDIARIES(C) ENTRIES CONSOLIDATED
----------- ------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS, UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AS OF AND FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Gaming............. $ 37,917 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $37,917
Racing............. 0 39,586 9,994 0 1,317 0 50,897
Food and beverage.. 3,662 0 6,396 0 458 0 10,516
Equity in
subsidiaries...... 279 304 0 0 0 (583) 0
Other.............. 3,835 1,183 172 0 7 0 5,197
-------- ------ ------ --- ------- ------- -------
45,693 41,073 16,562 0 1,782 (583) 104,527
-------- ------ ------ --- ------- ------- -------
Expenses:
Gaming............. 19,516 0 0 0 0 0 19,516
Racing............. 0 16,614 4,744 0 265 0 21,623
Food and beverage.. 8,263 0 5,387 0 408 0 14,058
Administrative and
other............. 15,121 14,466 2,986 0 1,030 0 33,603
Write off of
investment in
Sunflower......... 11,412 0 0 0 0 0 11,412
Depreciation and
amortization...... 3,476 2,714 1,121 0 536 51 7,898
-------- ------ ------ --- ------- ------- -------
57,788 33,794 14,238 0 2,239 51 108,110
-------- ------ ------ --- ------- ------- -------
Operating
income(loss)....... (12,095) 7,279 2,324 0 (457) (634) (3,583)
Interest expense.... 116 21 0 0 781 0 918
-------- ------ ------ --- ------- ------- -------
Income (loss) before
taxes.............. (12,211) 7,258 2,324 0 (1,238) (634) (4,501)
Income tax expense.. 3,025 0 0 0 0 0 3,025
-------- ------ ------ --- ------- ------- -------
Net income(loss).... $(15,236) $7,258 $2,324 $ 0 $(1,238) $ (634) $(7,526)
======== ====== ====== === ======= ======= =======
STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities......... $ (8,350) $1,786 $1,449 $ 0 $(3,588) $20,464 $11,761
Net cash provided by
(used in) investing
activities......... (12,449) (2,683) (529) 0 0 969 (14,692)
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing
activities......... (3,762) (30) 0 0 0 0 (3,792)
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CONSOLIDATING
PARK, INC. PARK WHOLLY OWNED MAJORITY OWNED WHOLLY OWNED AND HOLLYWOOD
(PARENT OPERATING CO. GUARANTOR GUARANTOR NON-GUARANTOR ELIMINATING PARK, INC.
CO-OBLIGOR) (CO-OBLIGOR) SUBSIDIARIES(A) SUBSIDIARIES(B) SUBSIDIARIES(C) ENTRIES CONSOLIDATED
----------- ------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AS OF AND FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1996
BALANCE SHEET
Current assets...... $ 23,522 $ 7,362 $ 9,646 $ 429 -- $ 0 $ 40,959
Property, plant and
equipment, net..... 70,443 24,353 12,786 23,253 -- 0 130,835
Other non-current
assets............. 23,322 0 5,108 5,662 -- 0 34,092
Investment in
subsidiaries....... 28,723 45,432 23,852 0 -- (98,007) 0
Inter-company....... 72,099 11,386 0 0 -- (83,485) 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
$218,109 $88,533 $51,392 $29,344 -- $(181,492) $205,886
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ========
Current liabilities. $ 16,324 $ 7,032 $11,807 $ 201 -- $ 0 $ 35,364
Notes payable, long-
term............... 0 282 0 0 -- 0 282
Other non-current
liabilities........ 3,859 5,206 0 0 -- 0 9,065
Inter-company....... 39,851 50,479 7,677 0 -- (98,007) 0
Minority interest... 0 0 0 0 -- 3,015 3,015
Equity.............. 158,075 25,534 31,908 29,143 -- (86,500) 158,160
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
$218,109 $88,533 $51,392 $29,344 -- $(181,492) $205,886
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ========
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Gaming............. $ 50,272 $ 0 $ 0 $ 445 $ 0 $ 0 $ 50,717
Racing............. 0 41,423 28,568 0 1,317 0 71,308
Food and beverage.. 4,956 0 8,533 0 458 0 13,947
Equity in
subsidiaries...... 1,751 3,408 0 0 0 (5,159) 0
Other.............. 4,993 1,915 338 0 7 0 7,253
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
61,972 46,746 37,439 445 1,782 (5,159) 143,225
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
Expenses:
Gaming............. 27,249 0 0 0 0 0 27,249
Racing............. 0 17,999 11,903 0 265 0 30,167
Food and beverage.. 10,930 0 8,235 0 408 0 19,573
Administrative and
other............. 18,316 15,059 9,556 1 1,030 0 43,962
Write off of
investment in
Sunflower......... 11,412 0 0 0 0 0 11,412
Depreciation and
amortization...... 4,665 3,645 1,479 319 536 51 10,695
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
72,572 36,703 31,173 320 2,239 51 143,058
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
Operating
income(loss)....... (10,600) 10,043 6,266 125 (457) (5,210) 167
Interest expense.... 134 27 0 0 781 0 942
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
Income (loss) before
minority interests
and taxes.......... (10,734) 10,016 6,266 125 (1,238) (5,210) (775)
Minority interest... 0 0 0 0 0 15 15
Income tax expense.. 3,421 0 38 0 0 0 3,459
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------- --------
Net income(loss).... $(14,155) $10,016 $ 6,228 $ 125 $(1,238) $ (5,225) $ (4,249)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= ========= ========
STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities......... $ (6,205) $ 4,956 $ 2,426 $ 200 $(3,588) $ 15,888 $ 13,677
Net cash provided by
(used in) investing
activities......... (963) (5,992) (354) 0 0 (12,584) (19,893)
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing
activities......... (4,245) (23) 0 0 0 0 (4,268)
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CONSOLIDATING
PARK, INC. PARK WHOLLY OWNED MAJORITY OWNED WHOLLY OWNED AND HOLLYWOOD
(PARENT OPERATING CO. GUARANTOR GUARANTOR NON-GUARANTOR ELIMINATING PARK, INC.
CO-OBLIGOR) (CO-OBLIGOR) SUBSIDIARIES(A) SUBSIDIARIES(B) SUBSIDIARIES(C) ENTRIES CONSOLIDATED
----------- ------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AS OF AND FOR THE
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1995
BALANCE SHEET
Current assets...... $ 34,228 $ 6,850 $ 6,981 -- $ 877 $ 0 $ 48,936
Property, plant and
equipment, net..... 78,649 24,316 13,372 -- 58,380 0 174,717
Other non-current
assets............. 47,125 0 5,358 -- 739 6,428 59,650
Investment in
subsidiaries....... 53,382 54,248 17,289 -- 0 (124,919) 0
Inter-company....... 44,320 9,069 0 -- 0 (53,389) 0
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
$257,704 $94,483 $43,000 -- $59,996 $(171,880) $283,303
======== ======= ======= === ======= ========= ========
Current liabilities. $ 24,967 $ 6,176 $ 9,910 -- $33,898 $ 0 $ 74,951
Notes payable, long-
term............... 0 306 0 -- 15,323 0 15,629
Other non-current
liabilities........ 19,221 2,893 0 -- 4,863 0 26,977
Inter-company....... 47,770 67,785 6,478 -- 2,886 (124,919) 0
Equity.............. 165,746 17,323 26,612 -- 3,026 (46,961) 165,746
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
$257,704 $94,483 $43,000 -- $59,996 $(171,880) $283,303
======== ======= ======= === ======= ========= ========
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Gaming............. $ 26,656 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 26,656
Racing............. 0 45,474 27,542 0 6,846 0 79,862
Food and beverage.. 7,422 0 9,489 0 2,872 0 19,783
Equity in
subsidiaries...... (3,610) 1,983 0 0 0 1,627 0
Other.............. 2,420 1,350 444 0 57 0 4,271
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
32,888 48,807 37,475 0 9,775 1,627 130,572
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
Expenses:
Gaming............. 5,291 0 0 0 0 0 5,291
Racing............. 0 16,745 12,830 0 1,385 0 30,960
Food and beverage.. 12,964 0 9,288 0 2,497 0 24,749
Administrative and
other............. 16,411 17,746 9,184 0 5,306 0 48,647
Lawsuit settlement. 6,088 0 0 0 0 0 6,088
Depreciation and
amortization...... 3,887 3,236 1,586 0 2,468 207 11,384
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
44,641 37,727 32,888 0 11,656 207 127,119
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
Operating income
(loss)............. (11,753) 11,080 4,587 0 (1,881) 1,420 3,453
Interest expense.... 172 29 30 0 3,691 0 3,922
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
Income (loss) before
taxes.............. (11,925) 11,051 4,557 0 (5,572) 1,420 (469)
Income tax expense.. 510 0 182 0 1 0 693
-------- ------- ------- --- ------- --------- --------
Net income (loss)... $(12,435) $11,051 $ 4,375 $ 0 $(5,573) $ 1,420 $ (1,162)
======== ======= ======= === ======= ========= ========
STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities......... $ 2,575 $11,864 $ 2,794 $ 0 $ 1,431 $ 1,627 $ 20,291
Net cash provided by
(used in) investing
activities......... (40,218) (5,371) (1,831) 0 0 14,498 (32,922)
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing
activities......... 1,433 21 (1,913) 0 (1,626) 0 (2,085)
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HOLLYWOOD HOLLYWOOD CONSOLIDATING
PARK, INC. PARK WHOLLY OWNED MAJORITY OWNED WHOLLY OWNED AND HOLLYWOOD
PARENT OPERATING CO. GUARANTOR GUARANTOR NON-GUARANTOR ELIMINATING PARK, INC.
CO-OBLIGOR CO-OBLIGOR SUBSIDIARIES(A) SUBSIDIARIES(B) SUBSIDIARIES(C) ENTRIES CONSOLIDATED
---------- ------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AS OF AND FOR THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
31, 1994
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
Revenues:
Gaming.............. $11,745 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 11,745
Racing.............. 0 40,345 28,377 0 9,997 0 78,719
Food and beverage... 5,460 0 10,865 0 4,215 0 20,540
Equity in
subsidiaries....... (1,283) 3,293 0 0 0 (2,010) 0
Other............... 3,786 2,047 448 0 39 0 6,320
------- ------- ------- --- ------- ------- --------
19,708 45,685 39,690 0 14,251 (2,010) 117,324
------- ------- ------- --- ------- ------- --------
Expenses:
Racing.............. 0 8,767 12,925 0 1,701 0 23,393
Food and beverage... 8,953 0 9,632 0 3,267 0 21,852
Administrative and
other.............. 9,284 26,488 9,615 0 5,764 0 51,151
Pre-opening and Turf
Paradise
acquisition........ 2,751 0 213 0 0 0 2,964
Depreciation and
amortization....... 2,756 3,186 1,499 0 1,974 148 9,563
------- ------- ------- --- ------- ------- --------
23,744 38,441 33,884 0 12,706 148 108,923
------- ------- ------- --- ------- ------- --------
Operating income
(loss).............. (4,036) 7,244 5,806 0 1,545 (2,158) 8,401
Interest expense..... 0 197 278 0 2,586 0 3,061
------- ------- ------- --- ------- ------- --------
Income (loss) before
taxes............... (4,036) 7,047 5,528 0 (1,041) (2,158) 5,340
Income tax expense... 666 (11) 549 0 364 0 1,568
------- ------- ------- --- ------- ------- --------
Net income (loss).... $(4,702) $ 7,058 $ 4,979 $ 0 $(1,405) $(2,158) $ 3,772
======= ======= ======= === ======= ======= ========
STATEMENT OF CASH
FLOWS
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities.......... $(9,303) $ 249 $ 1,566 $ 0 $ 2,359 $(2,158) $ (7,287)
Net cash provided by
(used in) investing
activities.......... (4,291) (1,345) (1,648) 0 (47) 0 (7,331)
Net cash provided by
(used in) financing
activities.......... (6,925) (19) 193 0 (2,126) 0 (8,877)
</TABLE>
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
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(a) The following Wholly Owned Guarantor Subsidiaries are included in each
period presented: Turf Paradise, Inc., Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.
and Hollywood Park Fall Operating Company. As of and for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997, the following Wholly Owned Guarantor
Subsidiaries are also included: HP Yakama, Inc., Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown
Hotel & Casino, Inc., Louisiana Gaming--I Gaming, L.P., and Louisiana
Gaming Enterprises, Inc. Due to the June 30, 1997, Merger of Hollywood
Park and Boomtown, which was accounted for under the purchase method of
accounting for a business combination, the financial results as of and for
the nine months ended September 30, 1997, include only three months of
financial results for Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.,
Louisiana--I Gaming, L.P., and Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.
(b) Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC, 93.2% owned by
Hollywood Park, results of operations are included in the Majority Owned
Guarantor Subsidiaries, as of 1996. Prior to 1996 the Company did not have
any majority owned guarantor subsidiaries. As of and for the nine months
ended September 30, 1997, the operating results of Mississippi--I Gaming,
L.P., 85% owned by the Company, are also included in Majority Owned
Guarantor Subsidiaries. Due to the June 30, 1997, Merger (as discussed in
(a) above) the results of operations for Mississippi--I Gaming, L.P. are
included for the three months ended September 30, 1997, only.
(c) The only wholly owned non-guarantor subsidiaries which have material
activity during the periods presented were Sunflower Racing, Inc. and SR
Food & Beverage, Inc. The financial results of these two wholly owned non-
guarantor subsidiaries, were no longer consolidated with the Company's
results as of the March 31, 1996, due to the write off of Hollywood Park's
investment in these subsidiaries. All other wholly owned non-guarantor
subsidiaries, (as listed elsewhere) are either empty companies established
for potential development projects that have subsequently been abandoned,
or the amounts were immaterial.
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 21--UNAUDITED SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
POSSIBLE RESTORATION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST/PAIRED-SHARE
STRUCTURE From 1982 to 1991, the Company was operated as a Real Estate
Investment Trust ("REIT") known as Hollywood Park Realty Enterprises, Inc.
("HP Realty"), and its stock was paired with, or stapled to, that of Hollywood
Park Operating Company ("HP Operating Company"). HP Realty was primarily an
owner and lessor of real property. HP Operating Company was primarily engaged
in the active conduct of racing operations and leased a significant amount of
real property from HP Realty to conduct those racing operations. Generally, a
REIT is required to distribute, as dividends to its stockholders, 95% of its
taxable income (other than net capital gains), and such amounts distributed
are not subject to federal income tax at the corporate level. Effective as of
January 1, 1992, as part of a corporate reorganization, HP Realty and HP
Operating Company ceased operating in a REIT/Paired-Share Structure, HP
Operating Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of HP Realty and HP Realty
was renamed Hollywood Park, Inc.
In May 1997, the Company announced that it was exploring the possibility of
restoring the REIT/Paired-Share Structure. The Company now expects to proceed
with the REIT/Paired-Share Structure, subject to, among other things, receipt
of all required stockholder, regulatory and other approvals. There can be no
assurance that the Company will receive such approvals necessary to effect the
REIT/Paired-Share Structure, or that the benefits expected from the
restoration will be achieved.
CRYSTAL PARK LLC On October 11, 1997, the California Attorney General
revoked CEI's conditional gaming registration, and the City revoked CEI's city
gaming license. Crystal Park LLC believes that CEI is attempting to have its
California conditional gaming registration and City Gaming license reinstated.
On November 4, 1997, Crystal Park LLC obtained a judgment in an action for
unlawful detainer against CEI, due to CEI's failure to pay a portion of the
June 1997 rent and to make required additional rent payments. In addition to
the judgment for possession and for damages of approximately $150,000, Crystal
Park LLC has a claim against CEI for additional damages relating to subsequent
unpaid rent and additional unpaid amounts.
Crystal Park LLC has entered into a new four-year lease with California
Casino Management, Inc. ("CCM"), a California corporation, owned by Mr. Leo
Chu, which took effect in December 1997. On November 18, 1997 Mr. Chu was
approved for a gaming license by the City of Compton and on December 19, 1997
he received a conditional license from the California Attorney General to
operate the Crystal Park Casino. CCM assumed operations of the Crystal Park
Casino in December 1997.
As of September 30, 1997, CEI owed Crystal Park LLC $600,000, of which
$200,000 is covered by a rent security deposit Crystal Park LLC received from
CEI in October 1996, and of which $350,000 was fully reserved and, therefore,
is not reflected in the operating results for the period ended September 30,
1997.
Effective December 4, 1997, HP Casino, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, purchased First Park Investments, LLC's (owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Chu) 3.4% membership in Crystal Park LLC for $1,000,000 (the amount initially
invested by First Park Investments, LLC).
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
YAKAMA EXPANSION Hollywood Park, through its wholly owned subsidiaries HP
Yakama, Inc. ("HP Yakama") and HP Yakama Consulting, Inc. ("HPY Consulting"),
has entered into agreements with the Yakama Tribal Gaming Corporation (the
"Tribal Corporation") and The Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama
Indian Nation (the "Tribes") to fund (through HP Yakama) and consult on
(through HPY Consulting) the construction, development and operation of a
casino in Yakima County, Washington. HP Yakama has committed to fund up to
$9,000,000 to construct and equip the casino, and the Tribal Corporation has
signed a promissory note to repay up to $9,000,000, at a 10% annual interest
rate over seven years from the date of completion. The Development Agreement
and the Consulting Agreement between HPY Consulting and the Tribal Corporation
are for development and gaming operations consulting services, respectively,
to the Tribal Corporation at a cost of $1.00 per year each, plus certain
consulting expenses, not to exceed $2,000 per month under either agreement.
The Consulting Agreement is for a seven year period.
HP Yakama has also entered into a Master Lease to lease the completed casino
and underlying land (the "Facility") from the Tribes, for a seven year term
commencing with the opening of the casino, for $12,000 per year, and then to
Sublease the Facility to the Tribal Corporation, for the same seven year term.
Rent due from the Tribal Corporation to HP Yakama, under the Sublease is
initially set at 28% of Net Revenues (as defined), until such time as the
aggregate accrued Net Revenues equal $26,000,000 and then the rent decreases
to 25% of Net Revenues, until such time as the aggregate accrued Net Revenues
equal $41,000,000, and then rent decreases to 22% for the remainder of the
Sublease period. "Net Revenues" is defined as Gross Revenues less normal and
necessary operating expenses as determined under generally accepted accounting
principles, to include interest payments due from the Tribal Corporation to HP
Yakama, and to exclude rent due under the Sublease.
Hollywood Park has entered into a Profit Participation Agreement with North
American Sports Management, Inc. ("NORAM"), which entered into the original
Memorandum of Understanding with the Tribes. NORAM will receive 22% of the
portion of the Net Revenues (as described above) actually received by HP
Yakama under the Sublease.
Construction on the casino is underway and is expected to open in the second
quarter of 1998. The casino will feature a 600 seat bingo hall, certain table
games including: Blackjack, Poker, Craps, Roulette, Mini-bac, Caribbean Stud,
and will offer electronic pull tabs and electronic bingo, but will not offer
slot machines. Gaming is played in the traditional Las Vegas style, where
players bet against the house. The casino is located approximately 130 miles
from both Seattle, Washington and Portland, Oregon, in a valley at the foot of
Mt. Adams, which is a major vacation site. The nearest gaming facility is 157
miles away in Pendelton, Oregon.
Presently, Hollywood Park, the Tribes and the Tribal Corporation are
awaiting approval of the documentation from the National Indian Gaming
Commission (the "NIGC") and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, (the "BIA").
Hollywood Park and HP Yakama have applications pending with the Washington
Gambling Commission (the "WGC") for Class III Indian Gaming--Financier
approval. There can be no assurance that the NIGC and the BIA will approve the
documentation or that the WGC will grant Hollywood Park and HP Yakama the
Class III Indian Gaming--Financier approval.
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY OPERATIONAL LOCATION
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED (UNAUDITED) YEAR THREE MONTHS ENDED (UNAUDITED)
--------------------------------------------- ENDED --------------------------------
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, MARCH 31,
1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997
------------ ------------- -------- --------- ------------ ------------- -------- ---------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Casino Division....... $14,531 $15,205 $15,173 $ 13,773 $ 58,682 $14,759 $15,323 $13,994
HP/Compton, Inc.--
Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino................ 445 0 0 0 445 702 900 600
Boomtown Reno.......... 0 0 0 0 0 20,978 0 0
Boomtown New Orleans... 0 0 0 0 0 19,380 0 0
Boomtown Biloxi........ 0 0 0 0 0 15,028 0 0
Hollywood Park Race
Track................. 17,338 13,209 27,710 5,282 63,539 12,334 26,747 3,249
Turf Paradise, Inc..... 5,828 1,546 3,219 6,597 17,190 1,647 3,143 6,562
Sunflower Racing, Inc.. 0 0 0 1,782 1,782 0 0 0
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Corporate............. 556 287 325 419 1,587 327 211 2,410
Boomtown, Inc.--
Corporate............. 0 0 0 0 0 55 0 0
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
38,698 30,247 46,427 27,853 143,225 85,210 46,324 26,815
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
EXPENSES:
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Casino Division....... 12,885 12,676 12,576 12,297 50,434 12,071 12,927 12,441
HP/Compton, Inc.--
Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino................ 1 0 0 0 1 25 18 22
Boomtown Reno.......... 0 0 0 0 0 16,665 0 0
Boomtown New Orleans... 0 0 0 0 0 13,860 0 0
Boomtown Biloxi........ 0 0 0 0 0 12,642 0 0
Hollywood Park Race
Track................. 12,998 11,032 17,034 8,190 49,254 11,183 16,735 7,286
Turf Paradise, Inc..... 4,134 2,013 2,700 4,122 12,969 2,023 2,670 4,230
Sunflower Racing, Inc.. 0 0 0 1,703 1,703 0 0 0
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Corporate............. 2,133 824 2,488 1,145 6,590 1,744 1,346 1,336
Boomtown, Inc.--
Corporate............. 0 0 0 0 0 836 0 0
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
32,151 26,545 34,798 27,457 120,951 71,049 33,696 25,315
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
NON-RECURRING EXPENSES:
REIT restructuring..... 0 0 0 0 0 397 212 0
Write off of investment
in Sunflower Racing,
Inc................... 0 0 66 11,346 11,412 0 0 0
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
0 0 66 11,346 11,412 397 212 0
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
DEPRECIATION AND
AMORTIZATION:
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Casino Division....... 751 740 736 675 2,902 685 900 764
HP/Compton, Inc.--
Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino................ 319 0 0 0 319 521 402 400
Boomtown Reno.......... 0 0 0 0 0 1,353 0 0
Boomtown New Orleans... 0 0 0 0 0 1,031 0 0
Boomtown Biloxi........ 0 0 0 0 0 820 0 0
Hollywood Park Race
Track................. 999 1,016 1,008 952 3,975 1,013 1,001 991
Turf Paradise, Inc..... 294 301 301 309 1,205 288 297 295
Sunflower Racing,
Inc. ................. 0 0 0 536 536 0 0 0
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Corporate............. 434 441 442 441 1,758 431 431 434
Boomtown, Inc.--
Corporate............. 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
2,797 2,498 2,487 2,913 10,695 6,159 3,031 2,884
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- -------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA BY OPERATIONAL LOCATION--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED (UNAUDITED) YEAR THREE MONTHS ENDED (UNAUDITED)
---------------------------------------------- ENDED ---------------------------------
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, MARCH 31,
1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1997
------------ ------------- -------- --------- ------------ ------------- -------- ---------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS):
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Casino Division....... $ 895 $ 1,789 $ 1,861 $ 801 $ 5,346 $ 2,003 $ 1,496 $ 789
HP/Compton, Inc.--
Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino................ 125 0 0 0 125 156 480 178
Boomtown Reno.......... 0 0 0 0 0 2,960 0 0
Boomtown New Orleans... 0 0 0 0 0 4,489 0 0
Boomtown Biloxi........ 0 0 0 0 0 1,566 0 0
Hollywood Park Race
Track................. 3,341 1,161 9,668 (3,860) 10,310 138 9,011 (5,028)
Turf Paradise, Inc..... 1,400 (768) 218 2,166 3,016 (664) 176 2,037
Sunflower Racing, Inc.. 0 0 0 (457) (457) 0 0 0
Hollywood Park, Inc.--
Corporate............. (2,011) (978) (2,605) (1,167) (6,761) (1,848) (1,566) 640
Boomtown, Inc.--
Corporate............. 0 0 0 0 0 (798) 0 0
REIT restructuring..... 0 0 0 0 0 (397) (212) 0
Write off of investment
in Sunflower Racing,
Inc. ................. 0 0 (66) (11,346) (11,412) 0 0 0
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- --------
3,750 1,204 9,076 (13,863) 167 7,605 9,385 (1,384)
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Interest expense........ 24 20 54 844 942 3,653 65 64
MINORITY INTERESTS:
HP/Compton, Inc.--
Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino................ 15 0 0 0 15 17 42 22
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Income (loss) before
income tax expense..... 3,711 1,184 9,022 14,707) (790) 3,935 9,278 (1,470)
Income tax expense...... 434 581 3,773 (1,329) 3,459 1,524 3,675 (575)
------- ------- ------- -------- -------- ------- ------- --------
Net income (loss)....... $ 3,277 $ 603 $ 5,249 $(13,378) $ (4,249) $ 2,411 $ 5,603 $ (895)
======= ======= ======= ======== ======== ======= ======= ========
Dividend requirements on
convertible preferred
stock.................. $ 482 $ 481 $ 481 $ 481 $ 1,925 $ 558 $ 481 $ 481
Net income (loss)
available to (allocated
to) common
shareholders........... $ 2,795 $ 122 $ 4,768 $(13,859) $ (6,174) $ 1,853 $ 5,122 $ (1,376)
======= ======= ======= ======== ======== ======= ======= ========
Per common share:
Net income (loss)--
primary............... $ 0.15 $ 0.01 $ 0.26 $ (0.74) $ (0.33) $ 0.08 $ 0.28 $ (0.07)
Net income (loss)--
fully diluted......... $ 0.15 $ 0.01 $ 0.25 $ (0.74) $ (0.33) -- $ 0.27 $ (0.07)
Number of shares--
primary................ 18,365 18,535 18,613 18,610 18,505 24,706 18,462 18,372
Number of shares--fully
diluted ............... 20,657 20,826 20,904 20,902 20,797 -- 20,754 20,664
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
CALCULATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
(UNAUDITED)
-------------------------------------------------
ASSUMING FULL DILUTION
PRIMARY (A)
------------------------ ------------------------
1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Average number of common
shares outstanding.......... 18,365 18,486 18,370 18,365 18,486 18,370
Average common shares due to
assumed conversion of the
convertible preferred
shares...................... 0 0 0 2,291 2,291 2,291
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
Total shares............... 18,365 18,486 18,370 20,656 20,777 20,661
======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ======
Net income................... $ 3,277 $ 212 $2,736 $ 3,277 $ 212 $2,736
Less dividend requirements on
convertible preferred
shares...................... 482 482 481 0 0 0
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
Net income (loss) available
to (allocated to) common
shareholders................ $ 2,795 $ (270) $2,255 $ 3,277 $ 212 $2,736
======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ======
Net income (loss) per share.. $ 0.15 $ (0.01) $ 0.12 $ 0.16 $ 0.01 $ 0.13
======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ======
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------------------------------
ASSUMING FULL DILUTION
PRIMARY (A)
------------------------ ------------------------
1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Average number of common
shares outstanding.......... 18,505 18,399 18,224 18,505 18,399 18,224
Average common shares due to
assumed conversion of the
convertible preferred
shares...................... 0 0 0 2,291 2,291 2,291
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
Total shares............... 18,505 18,399 18,224 20,796 20,690 20,515
======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ======
Net income (loss)............ $(4,249) $(1,162) $3,772 $(4,249) $(1,506) $3,772
Less dividend requirements on
convertible preferred
shares...................... 1,925 1,925 1,925 0 0 0
------- ------- ------ ------- ------- ------
Net income (loss) available
to (allocated to) common
shareholders................ $(6,174) $(3,087) $1,847 $(4,249) $(1,506) $3,772
======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ======
Net income (loss) per share.. $ (0.33) $ (0.17) $ 0.10 $ (0.20) $ (0.07) $ 0.18
======= ======= ====== ======= ======= ======
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30,
--------------------------- -------------------------------
ASSUMING FULL ASSUMING FULL
PRIMARY DILUTION (A) PRIMARY DILUTION (A)
------------- ------------- --------------- --------------
1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996 1997 1996
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------ -------
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA--UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Average number of common
shares outstanding..... 24,706 18,535 24,706 18,535 20,596 18,605 20,596 18,605
Average common shares
due to assumed
conversion of the
convertible preferred
shares................. 0 0 -- 2,291 0 0 -- 2,291
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------ -------
Total shares.......... 24,706 18,535 24,706 20,826 20,596 18,605 20,596 20,896
====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======== ====== =======
Net income (loss) ...... $2,411 $ 603 $2,411 $ 603 $7,119 $ (7,526) $7,119 $(7,526)
Less dividend
requirements on
convertible preferred
shares................. 558 481 0 0 1,520 1,443 0 0
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------- ------ -------
Net income (loss)
available to (allocated
to) common
shareholders........... $1,853 $ 122 $2,411 $ 603 $5,599 $ (8,969) $7,119 $(7,526)
====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======== ====== =======
Net income (loss) per
share.................. $ 0.08 $ 0.01 $ 0.10 $ 0.03 $ 0.27 $ (0.48) $ 0.35 $ (0.36)
====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======== ====== =======
</TABLE>
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Note: As of August 28, 1997, the Company's 2,749,900 outstanding depositary
shares were converted into 2,291,492 shares of the Company's Common
Stock.
(a) The computed values, assuming full dilution, are anti-dilutive; therefore,
the primary share values are presented on the face of the Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
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HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
SCHEDULE II--VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Allowance for bad debts:
Balance as of December 31, 1993. $ (31,000)
Charges to expense............ (137,000)
Write offs.................... 9,000
-----------
Balance as of December 31, 1994. (159,000)
Charges to expense............ (2,294,000)(a)
Write offs.................... 612,000
-----------
Balance as of December 31, 1995. (1,841,000)
Charges to expense............ (783,000)
Write offs.................... 1,535,000
-----------
Balance as of December 31, 1996. $(1,089,000)
===========
</TABLE>
- --------
(a) Hollywood Park assumed the allowance related to the Hollywood Park-Casino
gaming business in the November 17, 1995, acquisition of PCM.
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<PAGE>
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Members of
Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino Development Company, LLC (a California limited liability company) ("the
Company") as of December 31, 1996, and the related statements of operations,
members' equity and cash flows for the period from July 18, 1996 (date of
inception) to December 31, 1996. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino Development Company, LLC as of December 31, 1996, and the results of
its operations and its cash flows for the period from July 18, 1996 to
December 31, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Arthur Andersen LLP
Los Angeles, California
July 16, 1997
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF
--------------------------
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1997
------------ -------------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
ASSETS
------
<S> <C> <C>
Real estate and leasehold interests held for
investment:
Land and land lease.............................. $ 2,663 $ 2,663
Building......................................... 1,404 1,404
Leasehold interests and improvements............. 19,457 19,929
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization... (271) (1,380)
------- -------
23,253 22,616
Cash and cash equivalents.......................... 200 1,555
Rent and other receivables......................... 229 361
Organization expenses, net......................... 452 384
Other assets, net.................................. 5,210 5,080
------- -------
Total Assets................................... $29,344 $29,996
======= =======
<CAPTION>
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS' EQUITY
-------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Accounts payable................................... $ 1 $ 40
Security deposit................................... 200 200
------- -------
201 240
Members' Equity:
HP/Compton, Inc.................................. 26,128 26,723
Redwood Gaming LLC............................... 2,010 2,022
First Park Investments, LLC...................... 1,005 1,011
------- -------
29,143 29,756
------- -------
Total Liabilities and Members' Equity.......... $29,344 $29,996
======= =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
ENDED INCEPTION TO
SEPTEMBER 30, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996(A)
------------- ------------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Lease rent......................................... $2,202 $445
Expenses:
Administrative..................................... 59 1
Amortization....................................... 214 48
Depreciation....................................... 1,109 271
------ ----
1,382 320
------ ----
Net income........................................... $ 820 $125
====== ====
</TABLE>
- --------
(a) Crystal Park opened for business on October 25, 1996. Crystal Park Hotel
and Casino Development Company, LLC was formed on July 18, 1996.
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
STATEMENTS OF MEMBERS' EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
REDWOOD FIRST PARK
HP/COMPTON, INC. GAMING LLC INVESTMENTS, LLC TOTAL
---------------- ---------- ---------------- -------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Capital contributions.... $26,018 $2,000 $1,000 $29,018
Net income............... 110 10 5 125
------- ------ ------ -------
BALANCE, DECEMBER 31,
1996.................. 26,128 2,010 1,005 29,143
Capital contributions.... 415 0 0 415
Net income............... 733 60 27 820
Capital distributions.... (553) (48) (21) (622)
------- ------ ------ -------
BALANCE, SEPTEMBER 30,
1997 (UNAUDITED)...... $26,723 $2,022 $1,011 $29,756
======= ====== ====== =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996(A)
AND THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
INCEPTION TO ENDED
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
1996 1997
------------ -------------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income........................................ $ 125 $ 813
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization..................... 319 1,323
Increase in organization expenses and other as-
sets............................................. (216) (16)
Increase in rent and other receivables............ (229) (132)
Increase in security deposit...................... 200 0
Increase in accounts payable...................... 1 39
------- ------
Net cash provided by operating activities....... 200 2,027
------- ------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to leasehold interests and improvements. 0 (57)
------- ------
Net cash used in investing activities........... 0 (57)
------- ------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Payments to minority members...................... 0 (63)
Payments to majority members...................... 0 (552)
------- ------
Net cash used for financing activities.......... 0 (615)
------- ------
Increase in cash and cash equivalents............. 200 1,355
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
period........................................... 0 200
------- ------
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the peri-
od............................................... $ 200 $1,555
======= ======
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash transactions:
Contribution of real estate and improvements by
majority member.................................. $20,776 $ 415
======= ======
Contribution of other assets by majority member... $ 5,242 $ 0
======= ======
Contribution by minority members.................. $ 3,000 $ 0
======= ======
</TABLE>
- --------
(a) Crystal Park opened for business on October 25, 1996. Crystal Park Hotel
and Casino Development Company, LLC was formed on July 18, 1996.
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1--COMPANY INFORMATION
On July 14, 1995, Hollywood Park, Inc. ("Hollywood Park") and Compton
Entertainment, Inc. ("CEI") executed an Amended and Restated Agreement
Respecting Pyramid Casino (the "Crystal Park Agreement") (Pyramid Casino was
subsequently changed to Crystal Park Hotel and Casino ("Crystal Park")),
finalizing the terms concerning the development, ownership and operation of a
card club in the city of Compton (the "City"). CEI entered into an Amended and
Restated Disposition and Development Agreement (the "DDA") with the City to
lease and purchase land located within the City as the card club site.
Under the terms of the Crystal Park Agreement, on August 3, 1995, Hollywood
Park paid CEI $2,000,000 for CEI's real property rights, including its rights
under the DDA ($1,000,000 was also paid for certain predevelopment assets when
the card club opened). On August 3, 1995, Hollywood Park paid CEI an
additional $500,000 to obtain a five year option to purchase CEI's gaming
license ("License Rights Option") (further, an extension fee of $1,499,000 was
also paid when the card club opened). If at the end of the five year term of
the option to purchase the gaming license, Hollywood Park is not able to own
and operate Crystal Park, CEI can elect to either negotiate a new lease or
acquire Hollywood Park's and any other investors' rights to Crystal Park for a
purchase price equal to fair market value as determined by the Crystal Park
Agreement. These payments are reflected as other assets in the accompanying
statements.
As required by the DDA, on August 3, 1995, Hollywood Park paid approximately
$2,006,000 to the City to purchase the convention center to house the card
club operations and entered into a 50 year lease with the City for the hotel,
parking and expansion parcels at the same site. Initial improvements made by
Hollywood Park to construct, install and equip the Crystal Park are credited
against the annual base rent. No cash rent payments are expected to be made
until after the nineteenth year of the lease, or 2014.
On July 18, 1996, Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC, a
California limited liability company ("Crystal Park LLC"), was formed by
Hollywood Park, through its wholly owned subsidiary HP/Compton, Inc.,
("HP/Compton") Redwood Gaming LLC ("Redwood") and First Park Investments, LLC
("First Park") for the purpose of constructing, owning and leasing Crystal
Park. Upon formation of Crystal Park LLC, Hollywood Park contributed as its
member contribution the amount it funded for initial improvements, as well as
those payments reflected as other assets in the accompanying statements. These
contributions were recorded at HP/Compton's carrying amounts, which
approximated fair value. Crystal Park opened on October 25, 1996, with
100 gaming tables, approximately 282 hotel rooms, a restaurant, gift shop,
full service health spa and a lobby sports bar and lounge.
The hotel operates under a Radisson Hotels International, Inc. ("Radisson")
flag, under a 20 year License Agreement between HP/Compton, Inc. and Radisson.
HP/Compton can terminate the License Agreement, at no cost to HP/Compton, at
the end of the third, fifth or tenth year. Under terms of the License
Agreement, HP/Compton has the right to use of the Radisson name and logo in
connection with the operation of the hotel, as well as, participation in all
Radisson system advertising and marketing programs and use of Radisson's
property management system. Under the terms of the lease with CEI (the
"Lease"), CEI is required to make monthly payments equal to 4% of the hotel's
gross room revenue, as defined in the License Agreement ("Gross Room Sales"),
and an amount equal to 3.5% of the Gross Room Sales, as well as, operate the
hotel to achieve conformity with the Radisson System's standards of quality
and uniformity.
Current California law does not allow publicly traded companies, such as
Hollywood Park, to operate a card club (other than on the same property as a
race track); therefore, Crystal Park LLC (the entity which owns the facility)
executed a 60 month lease with CEI. Under the terms of the lease, Crystal Park
LLC, as the landlord, built and furnished the Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
for CEI to operate under a "triple net" lease arrangement, whereby CEI is
responsible for all operating expenses. Crystal Park LLC is not responsible
for any segment of
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
the daily operations of Crystal Park. If there is a change in California law,
allowing Hollywood Park to operate card clubs at sites other than its race
track property, Crystal Park LLC would operate the card club in partnership
with CEI, (the "Crystal Park Partnership") with Crystal Park LLC owning 67% of
the business. Under the terms of the Crystal Park Partnership, Crystal Park
LLC would receive 90% of the distributable cash flow until it has received its
approximately $30,000,000 initial investment in Crystal Park back, together
with an annualized 20% return on that investment.
As of December 31, 1996, Hollywood Park, Redwood and First Park have an 88%,
8%, and 4% member interest, respectively, in Crystal Park LLC. As of June
1997, member interests were retroactively changed to: Hollywood Park (89.8%),
Redwood (6.8%), and First Park (3.4%). Crystal Park LLC profits and losses and
cash distributions are allocated to each member in accordance with the
specific provisions of the operating agreement. These allocations are not
necessarily proportionate to the respective member interests.
NOTE 2--BASIS OF ACCOUNTING AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING The accompanying financial statements have been prepared
on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
ESTIMATES Financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles require the use of management estimates,
including estimates used to evaluate the recoverability of real estate and
leasehold interests held for investment and other assets, as discussed below.
These estimates are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by Crystal
Park LLC's management, including the failure to retain the gaming license or
regulatory approvals or the inability to extend the License Rights Option if
it lapses.
REAL ESTATE AND LEASEHOLD INTERESTS HELD FOR INVESTMENT Depreciation and
amortization of building and improvements and leasehold interests are provided
using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives of 40 years.
Furniture and equipment is being amortized on a straight line basis over their
estimated useful lives of 3 years to 10 years.
Real estate and leasehold interests are carried on Crystal Park LLC's
balance sheet at depreciated/amortized cost. Whenever there are recognized
events or changes in circumstances that affect the carrying amount, management
reviews the assets for possible impairment. In accordance with current
accounting standards, management uses estimated expected future net cash flows
to measure the recoverability of these assets.
The estimation of expected future net cash flows is inherently uncertain and
relies to a considerable extent on assumptions regarding current and future
economic and market conditions, and the availability of capital. If, in future
periods, there are changes in the estimates or assumptions incorporated into
the impairment review analysis, the changes could result in an adjustment to
the carrying amount of these assets.
ORGANIZATION EXPENSES Organization expenses are capitalized and are being
amortized on a straight-line basis over the five-year term of the CEI lease.
INCOME TAXES Income taxes are not recorded by Crystal Park LLC, and Crystal
Park LLC is not subject to Federal or state income taxes. Instead Crystal Park
LLC's income or loss is allocated to the members and included in their
respective income tax returns.
RECLASSIFICATIONS Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1996
balances to be consistent with the 1997 financial statement presentation.
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 3--LEASEHOLD INTERESTS
Leasehold interests relate to a capital lease with the City covering the
hotel, surrounding parking and expansion parcels at Crystal Park. The lease
transfers substantially all benefits and risks incidental to the ownership of
the property to Crystal Park LLC.
The lease was entered into on August 3, 1995, and has a term of up to 50
years. The annual rent payments start at $600,000 and increase every fifth
year until year 46, when they stabilize at $2,850,000. Crystal Park LLC
receives a rent payment credit equal to the costs incurred to renovate Crystal
Park, and no cash rent payments are expected to be made until the nineteenth
year of the lease, or 2014. Crystal Park LLC has the option to either
(1) purchase all of the leasehold parcels at an amount based on a formula
defined in the lease agreement, or (2) purchase only the hotel and parking
leasehold parcels at a fixed price amount. Management expects that in the
normal course of business, and after the rent credits are fully utilized, it
is probable that it will exercise the option to purchase only the hotel and
parking leasehold parcels. If the option is exercised after the rent credits
are fully utilized, the future minimum lease payments for the remaining lease
term total approximately $3,350,000. The present value of the future minimum
lease payments, after a reduction of $2,700,000 for imputed interest based on
Crystal Park LLC's incremental borrowing rate, approximates $650,000.
As mentioned above, Crystal Park LLC receives a rent credit equal to the
actual verified costs of initial improvements constructed by Crystal Park LLC
in redeveloping the hotel and expansion parcels. Crystal Park LLC incurred
approximately $23 million in such initial improvement costs, which are
applied, on a dollar for dollar basis, to the rent due until such time that
the $23 million has been fully applied. As a result of the amounts expended on
the initial improvements, Crystal Park LLC will not have to make any further
cash payments under the lease until the nineteenth year of the lease at the
earliest. Essentially, Crystal Park LLC has prepaid the rent for the first
eighteen months of the lease. This prepayment was considered in determining
the present value of future minimum lease payments.
NOTE 4--OTHER ASSETS
As described further in Note 1, other assets primarily represent payments to
CEI for:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Acquisition of rights under the DDA........................... $2,000,000
Certain predevelopment assets................................. 1,000,000
License Rights Option......................................... 1,999,000
</TABLE>
The acquisition of rights under the DDA and certain predevelopment assets
have been capitalized and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over
their estimated useful life of 40 years. The cost of the License Rights Option
has been capitalized and will be amortized when exercised or expensed when it
lapses.
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<PAGE>
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL AND CASINO DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 5--FUTURE LEASE RENTAL REVENUE
Under the terms of the lease with the operator, CEI would pay a monthly rent
of $200,000 for the first six months, $350,000 for months 7 through 12 and
$759,000 for months 13 through 60.
As of December 31, 1996, the future cash rents receivable from the
noncancellable lease with CEI in each of the next five years are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1997.......................................................... $ 4,418,000
1998.......................................................... 9,108,000
1999.......................................................... 9,108,000
2000.......................................................... 9,108,000
2001.......................................................... 7,590,000
-----------
$39,332,000
===========
</TABLE>
The lease agreement contains several prepayment provisions, which, if
exercised, could lower the amounts listed above.
NOTE 6--UNAUDITED SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On October 11, 1997, the California Attorney General revoked CEI's
conditional gaming registration, and the City revoked CEI's city gaming
license. Crystal Park LLC believes that CEI is attempting to have its
California conditional gaming registration and City Gaming license reinstated.
On November 4, 1997, Crystal Park LLC obtained a judgment in an action for
unlawful detainer against CEI, due to CEI's failure to pay a portion of the
June 1997 rent and to make required additional rent payments. In addition to
the judgment for possession and for damages of approximately $150,000, Crystal
Park LLC has a claim against CEI for additional damages relating to subsequent
unpaid rent and additional unpaid amounts.
Crystal Park LLC has therefore entered into a new four-year lease of the
Crystal Park Casino property with California Casino Management, Inc., a
California corporation ("CCM"), owned by Mr. Leo Chu, which took effect in
December 1997. The lease provides for a monthly rent of approximately $100,000
for the first six months, $350,000 for months 7 through 18 and $550,000 for
months 19 through 48. Hollywood Park does not participate in any gaming
revenues or hotel revenues from the Crystal Park Casino. On November 18, 1997,
Mr. Chu was approved for a gaming license by the City of Compton and on
December 19, 1997 he received a conditional license from the California
Attorney General to operate the Crystal Park Casino. CCM assumed operations of
the Crystal Park Casino in December 1997.
Effective December 4, 1997, HP Casino, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Company, purchased First Park Investments, LLC's (owned by Mr. and Mrs.
Chu) 3.4% membership in Crystal Park LLC for $1,000,000 (the amount initially
invested by First Park Investments, LLC).
As of September 30, 1997, CEI owed Crystal Park LLC $600,000, of which
$200,000 is covered by a rent security deposit Crystal Park LLC received from
CEI in October 1996, and of which $350,000 was fully reserved and, therefore,
is not reflected in the operating results for the period ended September 30,
1997.
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Boomtown, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Boomtown,
Inc. (the "Company") as of September 30, 1995 and 1996, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1996. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
upon our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on
a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used
and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Boomtown,
Inc. at September 30, 1995 and 1996, and the consolidated results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
September 30, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Ernst & Young LLP
Reno, Nevada
November 15, 1996, except for the first
paragraph of Note 13 and the first two
paragraphs of Note 12 as to which the
dates are November 18, 1996 and
January 5, 1998, respectively
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------
1996 1995
-------- --------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash of
approximately $2.4 million as of September 30, 1995)..... $ 23,101 $ 20,775
Accounts receivable, net.................................. 942 924
Income taxes receivable................................... 1,815 1,508
Inventories............................................... 1,725 2,715
Prepaid expenses.......................................... 7,333 7,025
Other current assets...................................... 1,762 765
-------- --------
Total current assets.................................... 36,678 33,712
Property, plant and equipment, net........................ 145,330 150,955
Goodwill, net............................................. 6,267 6,644
Investment in lease, net.................................. 0 13,077
Notes receivable from a related party..................... 8,683 27,294
Other assets.............................................. 9,030 7,516
-------- --------
$205,988 $239,198
======== ========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable.......................................... $ 3,812 $ 3,747
Accrued compensation...................................... 3,611 2,930
Other accrued liabilities................................. 8,823 9,740
Accrued interest payable.................................. 5,005 4,959
Income taxes payable...................................... 751 506
Current portion of long-term debt......................... 5,032 2,948
-------- --------
Total current liabilities............................... 27,034 24,830
Long-term debt (net of unamortized discount of
approximately $2.5 million and $2.7 million as of
September 30, 1996, and 1995, respectively).............. 103,729 106,547
Deferred income taxes..................................... 3,183 1,621
Deferred gain on sale leaseback........................... 112 213
Minority interest......................................... 1,542 741
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 7 and Note 13).... -- --
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 20,000,000 shares
authorized 9,266,193 and 9,233,074 issued and outstanding
as of September 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively, net of a
note receivable from a stockholder of $221,000........... 103,653 103,453
Retained earnings (deficit)............................... (33,265) 1,793
-------- --------
Total stockholders' equity.............................. 70,388 105,246
-------- --------
$205,988 $239,198
======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30,
---------------------------- ------------------
1996 1995 1994 1997 1996
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Gaming..................... $188,368 $189,306 $ 76,326 $144,353 $139,350
Family entertainment cen-
ter....................... 6,300 6,387 3,656 4,035 4,426
Food and beverage.......... 16,314 15,613 7,973 13,036 12,293
Hotel and recreational ve-
hicle park................ 7,289 6,584 3,082 5,666 5,479
Showroom................... 823 440 329 623 0
Truck stop, service station
and mini-mart............. 14,401 10,811 10,858 9,901 9,815
Other income............... 2,547 2,626 1,151 1,490 2,816
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
236,042 231,767 103,375 179,104 174,179
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
EXPENSES:
Gaming..................... 73,479 73,233 30,818 58,667 57,166
Gaming equipment leases.... 6,716 5,811 412 3,299 5,041
Family entertainment cen-
ter....................... 3,332 3,274 1,762 2,550 2,553
Food and beverage.......... 19,213 17,639 8,179 17,159 14,271
Hotel and recreational ve-
hicle park................ 3,002 3,168 1,706 2,545 2,401
Showroom................... 683 308 2,130 426 0
Truckstop, service station
and mini-mart............. 13,038 9,722 9,661 9,037 8,929
Marketing and promotion.... 22,439 19,593 7,524 19,154 16,993
General and administrative. 70,620 75,296 25,760 47,494 49,642
Pre-opening expenses....... 0 0 15,787 0 0
Discontinued
projects/merger costs..... 1,603 6,054 0 1,802 920
Loss on sale of Boomtown
Las Vegas................. 36,563 0 0 1,271 36,563
Depreciation and amortiza-
tion...................... 10,618 10,422 5,891 11,636 8,135
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
261,306 224,520 109,630 175,040 202,614
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss) from
operations.................. (25,264) 7,247 (6,255) 4,064 (28,435)
Interest expense, net of
capitalized interest........ (13,838) (13,434) (5,632) (10,439) (10,362)
Interest and other income.... 4,193 3,081 2,624 2,355 2,346
Loss on marketable
securities.................. 0 0 (1,691) 0 0
Gain (loss) on sale of
assets...................... 0 0 0 (109) 240
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Loss before minority
interests, extraordinary
item and income taxes....... (34,909) (3,106) (10,954) (4,129) (36,211)
Minority interests........... 645 1,105 352 (96) 878
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Loss before extraordinary
item and income taxes....... (34,264) (2,001) (10,602) (4,225) (35,333)
Income tax expense (benefit). 794 876 (2,779) (2,103) (50)
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Loss before extraordinary
item........................ (35,058) (2,877) (7,823) (2,122) (35,283)
Extraordinary loss, net of
tax effect.................. 0 0 (229) (8,420) 0
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Net loss..................... $(35,058) $ (2,877) $ (8,052) $(10,542) $(35,283)
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Per common share:
Income (loss) before
extraordinary item........ $ (3.79) $ (0.31) $ (0.90) $ (0.21) $ (3.82)
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Extraordinary loss......... $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ (0.03) $ (0.86) $ 0.00
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Net loss................... $ (3.79) $ (0.31) $ (0.93) $ (1.07) $ (3.82)
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
Number of common shares...... 9,248 9,228 8,690 9,830 9,243
======== ======== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, 1995 AND 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMMON STOCK RETAINED TOTAL
------------------- EARNINGS STOCKHOLDERS'
SHARES(#) AMOUNT($) (DEFICIT) EQUITY
--------- --------- --------- -------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1993....... 8,506 $ 88,313 $ 12,722 $101,035
Issuance of common stock
warrants........................ 0 2,995 0 2,995
Employer 401(k) contributions.... 4 75 0 75
Common stock issued for
additional interest in Blue
Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc.
(Boomtown Las Vegas)............ 714 11,964 0 11,964
Net loss......................... 0 0 (8,052) (8,052)
----- -------- -------- --------
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1994....... 9,224 103,347 4,670 108,017
Employer 401(k) contributions.... 9 105 0 105
Net loss......................... 0 0 (2,877) (2,877)
----- -------- -------- --------
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1995....... 9,233 103,452 1,793 105,245
Employer 401(k) contributions.... 33 200 0 200
Net loss......................... 0 0 (35,058) (35,058)
----- -------- -------- --------
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1996....... 9,266 $103,652 $(33,265) $ 70,387
===== ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30,
----------------------------- ------------------
1996 1995 1994 1997 1996
-------- -------- --------- -------- --------
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
Net loss.................. $(35,058) $ (2,877) $ (8,052) $(10,542) $(35,283)
Adjustments to reconcile
net loss to net cash
provided by (used in)
operating activities:
Lease expense recorded in
exchange for limited
partnership interest..... 1,500 2,000 389 0 1,500
Minority interests........ (645) (1,105) (351) (1,542) (878)
Gain (loss) on sale of
property, plant and
equipment................ 191 164 (57) 117 0
Depreciation and
amortization............. 10,618 10,422 5,891 11,638 8,135
Loss on sale of Boomtown
Las Vegas................ 36,563 0 0 1,271 36,563
Deferred income taxes..... 2,598 1,614 (4,145) 2,028 1,199
Changes in operating
assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net. (256) 397 (1,011) 228 0
Income taxes receivable.. (440) (1,508) 0 1,561 (1,604)
Inventories.............. 154 301 (2,453) (28) 275
Prepaid expenses......... (208) 93 (4,971) 2,041 1,319
Accounts payable, net.... 149 (5,406) 7,950 (308) 377
Income taxes payable..... 330 24 213 (8,611) 1,096
Accrued compensation..... 681 1,320 631 1,189 (1,397)
Other accrued
liabilities............. (1,048) 4,189 4,467 2,966 57
Accrued interest payable. 0 0 0 11,938 0
Discount on bonds........ 0 0 0 2,448 0
Other changes, net....... (1,278) 312 1,318 (4,199) (1,164)
-------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Net cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities.............. 13,851 9,940 (181) 12,195 10,195
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from sale of
property, plant and
equipment................ 215 7,953 17,464 0 405
Additions to property,
plant and equipment...... (5,679) (15,146) (114,729) (9,718) (7,168)
Payments for future
development costs........ 0 1,871 (1,775) 0 0
Loans to related parties.. 0 0 (7,794) 0 0
Payments for purchase of
land option at Biloxi
property................. 0 0 0 (200) 0
Change in construction
related payables......... (84) (1,472) 680 0 (16)
-------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Net cash used in
investing activities.... (5,548) (6,794) (106,154) (9,918) (6,779)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from short-term
borrowings............... 0 5,000 0 0 0
Repayment of short-term
borrowings............... 0 (5,000) 0 0 0
Prepaid property lease.... (2,480) 0 0 0 (2,480)
Proceeds from long-term
debt..................... 377 8,794 100,240 1,381 2,457
Payment of long-term debt. (3,874) (2,363) (107) (6,548) (2,581)
Distributions to minority
interests................ 0 (193) 0 0 0
-------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Net cash (used in)
provided by financing
activities.............. (5,977) 6,238 100,133 (5,167) (2,604)
-------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Increase (decrease) in cash
and cash equivalents....... 2,326 9,384 (6,202) (2,890) 812
Cash and cash equivalents at
the beginning of the
period..................... 20,775 11,391 17,593 23,101 20,775
-------- -------- --------- -------- --------
Cash and cash equivalents at
the end of the period...... $ 23,101 $ 20,775 $ 11,391 $ 20,211 $ 21,587
======== ======== ========= ======== ========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND CONSOLIDATION--The consolidated financial
statements include the accounts of Boomtown, Inc. (the "Company" or
"Boomtown"), a Delaware corporation and all of its controlled subsidiaries and
partnerships. The significant operating subsidiaries include gaming operations
in Reno, Las Vegas ("Blue Diamond"), Biloxi ("Mississippi Partnership") and
New Orleans ("Louisiana Partnership"). All significant intercompany accounts
and transactions have been eliminated.
INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION--The interim financial information is
unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary
for a fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations and
consolidated cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996, have
been included. All adjustments to the interim financial information were of a
normal recurring nature and consistent with the adjustments made in the
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended September 30,
1994, 1995, and 1996, respectively. The Company's operations are seasonal and
thus operating results for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 should not be
considered indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997.
BOOMTOWN'S MERGER WITH HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC. ("HOLLYWOOD PARK")--On April 23,
1996, Boomtown entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement") with Hollywood Park relating to the strategic combination of
Hollywood Park and Boomtown. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth therein, Boomtown would become a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park (the "Merger"). Pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, at the effective date of the Merger (the "Effective Date"), each
issued and outstanding share of Boomtown Common Stock will be converted into
the right to receive 0.625 (the "Exchange Ratio") of a share of Hollywood Park
Common Stock. The Merger is intended to be structured as a tax-free
reorganization for income tax purposes and will be accounted for as a purchase
for financial reporting purposes.
USE OF ESTIMATES--The accompanying consolidated financial statements have
been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles
which require the Company's management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the amounts reported therein. Actual results could vary from such
estimates.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS--Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand
and in banks, interest bearing deposits and highly liquid investments with
original maturities of three months or less. Cash equivalents are carried at
cost which approximates market. The Company paid interest of approximately
$107,000 (net of $5,895,000 capitalized), $13,111,000 (net of $701,000
capitalized), and $13,793,000 (none capitalized) and income taxes of
approximately $1,089,000, $746,000, and $688,500 during the years ended
September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Long-term debt incurred for
the purchase of property and equipment during the years ended September 30,
1994, 1995 and 1996 amounted to approximately $6,296,000, $1,677,000 and
$2,763,000, respectively.
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK--The Company places its cash in short-term
investments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk. Such investments are made with financial institutions having a high
credit quality and are collateralized by securities issued by the United
States Government and other investment grade securities.
INVENTORIES--Inventories consist primarily of fuel and petroleum products,
food and beverage stock and hotel linens, uniforms and supplies and are stated
at the lower of cost (determined using the first-in, first-out method) or
market.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION--Depreciation and amortization of property,
plant and equipment is provided on the straight-line method over the lesser of
the estimated useful lives of the respective assets or the lease term. The
estimated useful lives for each class of property, plant and equipment are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Buildings and improvements..................................... 20-35 years
Furniture and fixtures......................................... 7-10 years
Gaming equipment............................................... 5-10 years
Outdoor signs.................................................. 10-20 years
Other assets................................................... 3-15 years
</TABLE>
In connection with the Swap Agreement (see Note 4) Blue Diamond's property
and equipment were written down to net realizable value as of September 30,
1996.
INTANGIBLES--Goodwill relates to the acquisition of the Reno property in
1988 and the investment in lease (at September 30, 1995) which resulted when
the Company purchased the remaining 50% ownership interest in Blue Diamond
(Note 4). Also, as more fully discussed in Note 4, Blue Diamond had an option
to purchase the Resort during a period of six months beginning in May 1996,
and ending in November 1996. However, through execution of the "Swap
Agreement" as discussed in Note 4, Roski and Boomtown entered into an
agreement to terminate the "Property Lease", whereby Boomtown would
immediately cease operations of the Blue Diamond Resort simultaneous with the
closing of Boomtown's merger with Hollywood Park, Inc., as previously
discussed. As a result of the Swap Agreement, the investment in lease was
expensed in fiscal 1996. Additional goodwill was recorded subsequent to
September 30, 1996, related to the Company's purchase of the minority
partner's interest in Louisiana--I Gaming in December 1996 (Note 13)
(unaudited). Goodwill is being amortized on the straight-line method over
twenty-five years. Accumulated amortization at September 30, 1995 and 1996 was
approximately $3,314,000 and $3,145,000, respectively.
The carrying value of intangibles is periodically evaluated by management
and if facts and circumstances (including undiscounted cash flows) indicate an
impairment, the amount is reduced and an impairment loss is recorded.
GAMING REVENUES AND PROMOTIONAL ALLOWANCES--In accordance with industry
practice, the Company recognizes as gaming revenues the net win from gaming
activities, which is the difference between gaming wins and losses. Revenues
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations exclude the retail
value of rooms, food and beverage and other promotional allowances provided to
customers without charge.
The estimated costs of providing such promotional allowances have been
classified as gaming operating expenses through interdepartmental allocations
as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30,
----------------------
1994 1995 1996
------ ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Food and beverage................................... $5,433 $11,638 $12,746
Hotel............................................... 172 400 299
Other............................................... 43 167 210
------ ------- -------
Total............................................... $5,648 $12,205 $13,255
====== ======= =======
</TABLE>
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION--The Company accounts for its stock option plans in
accordance with the provisions of the Accounting Principles Board's Opinion
No. 25 (APB 25), "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees". In 1995, the
Financial Accounting Standards Board released Statement of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 123 (SFAS 123), "Accounting for Stock Based
Compensation". SFAS 123 provides an alternative to APB 25 and is effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1995. The Company expects to
continue
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
to account for its stock plans in accordance with APB 25. Accordingly, SFAS
123 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated
financial position or results of operations.
ADVERTISING COSTS--Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising
expenses for the years ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996 totaled
approximately $2.6 million, $6.7 million and $6.3 million, respectively.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COSTS--The Company capitalizes costs associated with new
gaming projects until 1) the project is no longer considered viable and the
costs are expensed or 2) the likelihood of the project is relatively certain
and the costs are reclassified to pre-opening and expensed when operations
commence. During the year ended September 30, 1995, the Company expensed
approximately $6.1 million of future development costs. During fiscal 1996,
future development costs were approximately $1.6 million and included costs
associated with its pending merger with Hollywood Park, Inc. and its proposed
gaming project in the state of Indiana. These amounts are classified as
discontinued projects and future development costs in the accompanying
statements of operations.
PRE-OPENING EXPENSES--Pre-opening expenses were associated with the
acquisition, development and opening of the Company's new casino resorts.
These amounts were expensed in fiscal 1994, when the casinos commenced
operations and include items that were capitalized as incurred prior to
opening and items that are directly related to the opening of the property and
are non-recurring in nature.
INCOME TAXES--The Company accounts for income taxes under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109, "Accounting for Income
Taxes", which requires the Company to record deferred income taxes for
temporary differences that are reported in different years for financial
reporting and for income tax purposes and classifies deferred tax liabilities
and assets into current and non-current amounts based on the classification of
the related assets and liabilities.
EXTRAORDINARY LOSS (UNAUDITED)--Boomtown recorded an extraordinary loss of
approximately $14.2 million (approximately $8.4 million net of tax effect) in
the period ended June 30, 1997, related to the tender and consent costs
(approximately $9.0 million) and the write-off of deferred financing costs
(approximately $5.2 million) associated with the early extinguishment of the
11.5% First Mortgage Notes (Note 5).
MINORITY INTEREST--Minority interest represents the minority limited
partners' proportionate share of the equity and operations of the consolidated
partnerships.
NET LOSS PER SHARE--Net loss per share is computed using the weighted
average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding and common equivalent
shares from stock options and warrants are excluded from the computation
because their effect is antidilutive.
In February 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement
No. 128, Earnings per Share, which is required to be adopted on December 31,
1997. At that time, the Company will be required to change the method
currently used to compute earnings per share and to restate all prior periods.
Under the new requirements for calculating primary earnings per share, the
dilutive effect of stock options will be excluded. The impact of Statement 128
on the calculation of primary and fully diluted earnings per share is not
expected to be material.
Fully diluted loss per share amounts are the same as primary per share
amounts for the periods presented.
RECLASSIFICATIONS--Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1994,
1995 and 1996 consolidated financial statements to conform to the 1997
presentation.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
2. ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK AND WARRANTS
During October 1992, the Company sold 2,901,786 shares of common stock in an
initial public offering which generated net proceeds of approximately $26
million after deducting underwriting discounts and expenses. In addition, a
stockholder of the Company (the "Selling Stockholder") sold 835,714 shares of
common stock in the public offering and received proceeds to repay a
subordinated term note and $2 million to redeem all of its outstanding
preferred stock held by the Selling Stockholder.
In connection with the Company's initial public offering, the Company sold
to the underwriters for an aggregate of $25,000, warrants to purchase 162,500
shares of the Company's common stock at $12 per share. The warrants expire
October 1997 and 50% became exercisable in October 1993 and the remaining 50%
became exercisable in October 1994. At any time after October 1994 and prior
to the expiration of the warrants, the holders have a one time right to demand
a registration of the underlying shares, with expenses of such registration to
be paid by the Company.
During June 1993, the Company sold 2,223,380 shares of common stock in a
public offering which generated net proceeds of approximately $57.2 million
after deducting underwriting discounts and expenses. The proceeds were used to
fund a portion of the construction costs of the new gaming facilities and for
general corporate purposes. In addition, a stockholder of the Company sold
1,686,620 shares of common stock in the public offering and received proceeds,
net of underwriting discounts, of $43.9 million.
During November 1993, in connection with the placement of the First Mortgage
Notes (Note 5), the Company issued 472,500 warrants to purchase Common Stock
at $21.19 per share. The warrants became exercisable on December 10, 1993, and
expire on November 1, 1998.
3. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
-----------------
1995 1996
-------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Buildings and improvements.............................. $102,979 $105,097
Equipment............................................... 24,834 29,834
Boat.................................................... 18,925 18,925
Land and land improvements.............................. 17,397 17,690
Furniture and fixtures.................................. 13,166 13,428
Construction-in-progress................................ 1,631 1,370
-------- --------
178,932 186,344
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization.......... 27,977 35,949
Write-down of assets in connection with the Swap
Agreement (see Note 4)................................. 0 5,065
-------- --------
$150,955 $145,330
======== ========
</TABLE>
The construction-in-progress amounts at September 30, 1995 and 1996, relate
primarily to the costs associated with the on-going construction of the land-
based facility in Harvey, Louisiana.
Amortization of leased assets is included in depreciation and amortization
expense.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
STOCKHOLDER NOTE--The note receivable from a stockholder was issued in
connection with the stockholder's purchase of the Company's common stock and
therefore has been presented as a reduction of stockholders' equity in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets. This note, as amended, bears
interest at 6% with interest and principal payable in four annual installments
commencing April 7, 1998.
IVAC NOTE--Prior to the commencement of operations at Boomtown Las Vegas,
the Company loaned IVAC, a California general partnership controlled by Edward
P. Roski ("Roski") and a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the
"Stockholder"), approximately $27.3 million (the "IVAC Notes") for purposes of
constructing the Blue Diamond Resort (the "Resort"). One of the notes has a
principal balance of $7.5 million and the other note, a variable principal
note, has a principal balance of $19.8 million at September 30, 1995 and 1996,
and both notes bear interest at 10%. These notes were written down to their
net realizable value under the Swap Agreement of approximately $8.5 million at
September 30, 1996. The IVAC Notes are secured by separate deeds of trust on
the resort, which deeds of trust are subordinate to separate deeds of trust
securing Blue Diamond and the Company's obligations in connection with the
Indenture. As defined in the terms of the IVAC Notes, interest became payable
upon commencement of Blue Diamond's Las Vegas operations. Interest income
related to the IVAC Notes amounted to approximately $2,729,000 during the
years ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively and offsets a portion of
the rent discussed in the following paragraph. Interest receivable from IVAC
amounted to approximately $227,000 at September 30, 1995 and 1996.
Prior to commencing gaming operations at the Las Vegas site on May 20, 1994,
the Company owned 50% of Blue Diamond and the Stockholder owned the remaining
50% of Blue Diamond. After commencement of operations of Blue Diamond, the
Company exercised its option to purchase all of the stockholder's ownership
interest in Blue Diamond for 714,286 shares of the Company's common stock.
Blue Diamond is leasing the resort from IVAC for an initial term of five years
with certain renewal options in certain very limited circumstances. Blue
Diamond had an option to purchase the resort from IVAC exercisable during a
period of six months beginning in May 1996, in exchange for, at IVAC's option,
either 1) shares of the Company's common stock (which would be at a minimum of
2.5 million shares) or 2) cash (which amount would be a minimum of $33
million). At the time of exercise, the investment in lease would be
capitalized as a part of the resort purchase price. In addition, the Company's
loans to IVAC including accrued interest (preceding paragraph) would be
capitalized as part of the resort purchase price.
TERMINATION OF LAS VEGAS PROPERTY LEASE--On August 12, 1996, Boomtown, Blue
Diamond, Hollywood Park, Roski, IVAC and Majestic Realty entered into the Blue
Diamond Swap Agreement (the "Swap Agreement") pursuant to which the parties
agreed that, upon consummation of the Merger, and contingent upon the closing
of the Merger, Boomtown and Blue Diamond (or any transferee thereof as set
forth in the Swap Agreement) would exchange their entire interest in the Blue
Diamond Resort (the "Resort") (including the IVAC Loans), and effectively
transfer all interest in the Resort to Roski, in exchange for a $5.0 million
unsecured promissory note (the "First Note") and will have an unsecured
promissory note (the "Second Note") equal in amount to the note to be issued
by Hollywood Park to Roski for the purchase of his Boomtown Common Stock
referred to in a following paragraph (valued at approximately $3.5 million)
and assumption by Roski, IVAC or an affiliate of certain liabilities (the
"Swap"). The First Note has an interest rate equal to the prime rate plus one
and one half percent (1.5%) per annum and will provide for annual principal
payments of one million dollars ($1,000,000) plus accrued interest and
maturing on the date that is five years after the Exchange Date (as such term
is defined in the Swap Agreement). The Second Note will have an interest rate
equal to the prime rate plus one-half percent (.5%) per annum and will provide
for a payment of all principal plus accrued interest on the date that is three
(3) years after the Exchange Date. Consummation of the Swap is subject to
obtaining all necessary Governmental approvals, including gaming approval.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
In exchange for its interest in the Resort, the Company will receive notes
from Roski payable to Boomtown with an estimated value totaling $8.5 million,
an estimated cash payment of $2.1 million, release from lease obligations
under the Resort lease, Roski's assumption of certain liabilities and note
obligations totaling approximately $3.8 million and the ongoing expenses of
the Resort. Additionally, Roski will assume all operating leases including any
residual balances due under such leases. The Swap Agreement requires approvals
from applicable gaming authorities and Boomtown intends to seek the consent of
the holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount on the Notes
where defined. The Swap would be effected immediately following the Merger
which is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of calendar
1997.
In accordance with the terms of the Swap Agreement, with certain exceptions
set forth in the Swap Agreement, the Company will continue to operate the
property until consummation of the Merger. Boomtown and Blue Diamond will be
responsible for the liabilities of the Resort prior to the Swap and Roski will
be responsible for the liabilities of the Resort subsequent to the Swap. In
addition, Roski will resign from Boomtown's Board of Directors, effective as
of the Exchange Date. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Swap
Agreement, the Swap may be effectuated through any structure agreed upon by
Boomtown and Hollywood Park. If the Swap were not consummated for any reason,
Boomtown would continue to operate the property through the expiration of the
lease term in July 1999, and the IVAC Notes would be required to be repaid to
Boomtown at such time.
Additionally, on August 12, 1996, Hollywood Park and Roski further entered
into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Stock Purchase Agreement") pursuant to
which Hollywood Park will, concurrently with the Swap, purchase the stock in
Boomtown held by Roski ("Roski Stock") for its market price on the date of the
Swap (estimated to be $3.5 million). The purchase price will be paid through
the issuance of an unsecured promissory note having an interest rate equal to
the prime rate plus one percent (1%) per annum and providing for four equal
annual principal payments plus accrued interest and maturing on the date that
is four years after the Exchange Date. The Stock Purchase Agreement may also
be terminated by Hollywood Park in the event that Boomtown and Hollywood Park,
in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Swap Agreement, elect to
utilize a structure to effect the Swap which would require Roski to retain the
Roski Stock.
The Company took a non-cash, pre-tax charge of $36.6 million related to the
Swap Agreement. The charge is comprised of the write-off of the Company's
investment in lease of $12.7 million, an $18.9 million write-down of the
related party notes receivable to $8.5 million and the write-down of the
remaining net assets less the liabilities assumed by Roski of $5.0 million. In
the event that the actual amount of the Second Note is less than $3.5 million
the Company will incur an additional loss on the sale of Blue Diamond.
The Company owns an 85% interest in the Mississippi Partnership. As a result
of executing a lease for the property upon which the Mississippi Partnership's
Biloxi, Mississippi gaming facility is located (Note 7), a 15% limited
partnership interest was transferred to an individual (the "Lessor") in lieu
of base rent payments for the first two years. After three years of operation,
either the Company or the Lessor may exercise an option to convert the
Lessor's ownership interest into the Company's common stock or cash, at the
option of the Lessor, at an amount calculated per the agreement which is based
upon a multiple of earnings.
The Company owned a 92.5% interest in the Louisiana Partnership. The
remaining 7.5% limited partnership interest was owned by the Lessor identified
in the preceding paragraph (the "Partner").
Quarterly distributions to all partners will be required in both the
Mississippi Partnership and the Louisiana Partnership based upon the pro-rata
share of cash flows generated, as defined. Subsequent to year-end Boomtown
entered into an agreement to purchase the Partner's 7.5% Louisiana Partnership
interest (see Note 13).
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
5. LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term debt consists of the following (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
-----------------
1995 1996
-------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
11.5% first mortgage notes (net of unamortized
discount of approximately $2.7 million and $2.4
million as of September 30, 1995 and 1996,
respectively)........................................ $100,842 $101,052
13% note payable...................................... 4,336 3,227
Capital lease obligations............................. 1,126 2,734
11.5% notes payable................................... 2,431 1,300
12.25% note payable................................... 760 448
-------- --------
109,495 108,761
Less amounts due within one year...................... 2,948 5,032
-------- --------
$106,547 $103,729
======== ========
</TABLE>
On November 24, 1993, the Company completed the private placement of $103.5
million of 11.5% First Mortgage Notes Due November 2003 (the "Notes").
Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually. The Notes will be redeemable
at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on or after November 1,
1998, at a premium to the face amount ($103.5 million) which decreases on each
subsequent anniversary date, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.
The Notes are secured by substantially all of the Company's assets.
The Indenture governing the Notes places certain business, financial and
operating restrictions on the Company and its subsidiaries including, among
other things, the incurrence of additional indebtedness, issuance of preferred
equity interests and entering into operating leases; limitations on dividends,
repurchases of capital stock of the Company and redemptions of subordinated
debt; limitations on amending existing partnership and facility construction
agreements; and limitations on the use of proceeds from the issuance of the
Notes.
The 13%, 11.5% and 12.25% notes payable are secured by property, plant and
equipment with net book values of approximately $17,296,000, $2,922,000 and
$718,000, at September 30, 1996. The notes mature in January 1999, September
1997, and January 1998, respectively.
The capital lease obligations are secured by equipment with a net book value
of $3,632,000 at September 30, 1996. The capital lease obligations mature
between September 1997 and January 1998.
Principal maturates of long-term debt by fiscal year as of September 30,
1996 are as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1997.............................................................. $ 5,032
1998.............................................................. 2,084
1999.............................................................. 593
2000.............................................................. 0
2001.............................................................. 0
Thereafter........................................................ 103,500
--------
$111,209
========
</TABLE>
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
6. INCOME TAXES
The (benefit) provision for income taxes consists of the following (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER
30,
-----------------------
1994 1995 1996
------- ------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current:
Federal........................................ $ 947 $(1,805) $(669)
State.......................................... 195 768 870
------- ------- -----
1,142 (1,037) 201
Deferred (primarily federal)................... (3,921) 1,913 593
------- ------- -----
$(2,779) $ 876 $ 794
======= ======= =====
</TABLE>
The difference between the Company's (benefit) provision for income taxes as
presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and a
provision (benefit) for income taxes computed at the federal statutory rate is
comprised of the items shown in the following table as a percentage of pre-tax
earnings (loss):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------
1994 1995 1996
----- ----- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Income tax (benefit) provision at the statutory
rate............................................ (34.0)% (34.0)% (34.0)%
Goodwill amortization............................ 1.6 8.3 0.8
Meals and entertainment.......................... 1.3 17.5 0.4
Loss on investments.............................. 5.4 0.0 0.0
Loss on sale of Blue Diamond..................... 0.0 0.0 31.7
State income taxes, net of federal benefit....... (1.4) 41.0 1.8
Merger costs..................................... 0.0 0.0 1.3
Operating loss benefit limitation................ 0.0 8.0 0.0
Others, net...................................... 0.9 3.0 0.3
----- ----- -----
(26.2)% 43.8 % 2.3 %
===== ===== =====
</TABLE>
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
The significant components of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities
included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are as follows (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
-----------------
1995 1996
------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred income tax assets:
Pre-opening costs, net of amortization............... $ 3,768 $ 2,607
Compensation accrued for stock appreciation rights
and stock option plans.............................. 1,062 1,062
Loss on sale of Blue Diamond......................... 0 1,722
Alternative minimum tax credit carryforwards......... 887 1,071
Capital loss carryforwards........................... 575 6,911
Operating loss carryforwards......................... 160 160
Merger expenses...................................... 0 402
Accrued expenses..................................... 1,410 1,829
Less valuation allowance--loss carryforwards and
merger expenses..................................... (735) (7,473)
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Total deferred income tax assets................... 7,127 8,291
------- --------
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Excess of book basis over tax basis of assets
acquired............................................ (3,232) (3,187)
Depreciation......................................... (3,692) (5,466)
Prepaid expenses..................................... (1,322) (1,101)
State deferreds...................................... (0) (249)
------- --------
Total deferred income tax liabilities.............. (8,246) (10,003)
------- --------
Net deferred income tax liability.................... $(1,119) $ (1,712)
======= ========
</TABLE>
7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
OPERATING LEASES--The Company and its subsidiaries lease facilities,
billboards and certain equipment under noncancelable operating lease
arrangements with terms in excess of one year. The aggregate future minimum
annual rental commitments as of September 30, 1996 under operating leases
having noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year are as follows (in
thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
RELATED PARTY
(NOTE 4) OTHER
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<S> <C> <C>
1997................................................. $ 5,429 $10,257
1998................................................. 5,429 3,437
1999................................................. 3,456 1,568
2000................................................. 0 451
2001................................................. 0 340
Thereafter........................................... 0 871
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$14,314 $16,924
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</TABLE>
TERMINATION OF LAS VEGAS PROPERTY LEASE--As more fully discussed in Note 4
the Company entered into the Swap Agreement pursuant to which Boomtown will be
released from its obligations under the Resort Lease.
BARGE LEASE--The Mississippi Partnership sold the barge in Biloxi,
Mississippi and the building upon the barge housing the casino to HFS Gaming
Corporation ("HFS"), a Delaware corporation. $2.4 million of the $11 million
sales price was held by the Company to be used for the development and
construction at the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
Mississippi casino site. Simultaneously with the sale, the Mississippi
Partnership leased the barge and building for 25 years and was granted the
option to purchase the leased asset for fair market value at the end of the
lease or upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in the lease
agreement. In the event of default by the Mississippi Partnership, HFS may
terminate the lease or require the Mississippi Partnership to repurchase the
assets for fair market value. HFS agreed to provide certain marketing services
for the Mississippi Partnership. The Mississippi Partnership will pay HFS
aggregate rent under the lease and payments for services under the marketing
agreement equal to approximately 20% of the annual adjusted earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as defined, for the
Partnership (including the proposed hotel). As the lease payments represent
contingent rentals, they are excluded from the future minimum annual rental
commitments schedule above. HFS subsequently transferred its contractual
rights to National Gaming Corporation, Inc. ("NGC").
In November 1995, Boomtown executed an agreement with NGC whereby the $2.4
million was returned to NGC in return for reduction of the EBITDA
distributions from 20% to 16%. The $2.4 million is included on the
accompanying balance sheet as a component of other assets and it is being
amortized on the straight-line method over the remaining lease term.
Additionally, the Company secured an option to buy the barge from NGC as well
as to buy out the EBITDA participation at a cost approximating the original
investment made by HFS less the $2.4 million that was paid. The option
terminates on March 31, 1997, but is renewable for an additional two years for
$100,000 a year. Upon exercise of the barge and building purchase option, the
remaining unamortized balance of the $2.4 million will be capitalized as a
component of the purchase price.
TIDELANDS LEASE--The Mississippi Partnership leases submerged tidelands at
the casino site from the State of Mississippi. Annual rent is $525,000 and the
term of the lease is ten years with a five-year option to renew. Rent in the
second five-year period of the lease will be determined in accordance with
Mississippi law. Annual rent in the five-year renewal term will be based on an
appraisal obtained by the State of Mississippi.
LAND LEASE WITH A RELATED PARTY--The Company signed an agreement to lease
property through the Mississippi Partnership intended for the development,
construction and operation of the Mississippi gaming facility. The Mississippi
Partnership invested $2 million as a long-term deposit on the lease and
committed to annual rentals of base rent (estimated at $2 million) and
percentage rent (5% of adjusted gaming win over $25 million), plus $200,000
per year during the first ten years of the lease. The Mississippi Partnership
exchanged a 15% interest with the lessor in lieu of base rent payments for the
first two years. Rent expense is being charged to operations for the two year
period and the lessor's limited partner capital account is being credited. The
lease term is 99 years and is cancelable upon one year's notice.
RENTAL EXPENSE--Included in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations, rental expense was approximately, $3,879,000 (including $389,000
in contingent rentals), $16,102,000 (including $511,000 in contingent rentals)
and $19,243,000 (including $729,000 in contingent rentals) during the years
ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively. During the years ended
September 30, 1994, 1995, and 1996, $2,418,000, $8,140,000 and $8,363,000,
respectively, of rental expense was with related parties.
SELF-INSURANCE--The Company maintains a plan of partial self-insurance for
medical and dental coverage for substantially all full-time employees and
their dependents. Claims aggregating between $50,000 and $75,000 or more per
individual during the policy year are fully covered by insurance. Management
has established reserves considered adequate to cover estimated future
payments on claims incurred through September 30, 1996.
GAMING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS--In October 1994, the Mississippi Gaming
Commission adopted a regulation that requires, as a condition of licensure or
license renewal, for a gaming establishment's plan to include various
expenditures including parking facilities and infrastructure facilities
amounting to at least 25% of the casino cost. Although the Company believes
they have satisfied this requirement, there can be no assurance the
Mississippi Gaming Commission will not require further development on the
casino site including hotel rooms and additional
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
parking facilities. Additionally, there can be no assurance that the
Partnership will be successful in completing such a project or that the
Partnership would be able to obtain a waiver if the Partnership decides not to
build.
8. FUNFLIGHT PROGRAM
The Company operates a gaming junket program under the name Boomtown
FunFlights. This program contracts with agents in various cities to book
passengers on a chartered airplane for either overnight or "turn-around"
flights to Boomtown Reno. The agents are paid a commission for each passenger
booked. The passenger pays a nominal "boarding fee" which is recorded as
revenue upon the passenger's arrival at the casino. The Company pays all costs
associated with this program.
9. STOCK OPTION PLANS
STOCK OPTION PLAN--On March 8, 1991, the Company's Board of Directors
adopted a non-qualified stock option plan for officers and key employees (the
"Option Plan"). The Option Plan authorized the grant of up to 198,744 shares
of the Company's common stock. All available shares under the Option Plan were
granted retroactive to October 1, 1989 to one individual at $.66 per share
subject to certain contingent exercisability provisions. This option was
amended in 1992, to provide full vesting and exercisability as of June 30,
1992, and it expires in March 2001.
The Option Plan was amended and restated on September 10, 1992 to provide
for the granting to employees of the Company of incentive stock options and
for the granting of non-statutory stock options and stock purchase rights to
employees and consultants of the Company. The options granted will be for
various terms not exceeding ten years and will vest over periods determined at
the date of grant. The exercise price for incentive stock options granted will
be not less than the fair market value of the common stock at the date of
grant. At September 30, 1996, the total number of shares reserved for issuance
under the Option Plan is 1,892,066 of which options to purchase 1,726,742
shares have been granted at exercise prices ranging from $.66 to $6.25 per
share. At September 30, 1996, options to purchase 586,992 shares of the
Company's common stock at exercise prices ranging from $.66 to $6.25 per share
were exercisable.
During the year ended September 30, 1996 the Company's Board of Directors
repriced certain non-executive options of the Option Plan totaling 165,000
shares to $9.00 from prices ranging from $11.50 to $20.75. Subsequently a
repricing occurred concurrent with the Merger Agreement (April 23, 1996)
whereby virtually all options outstanding, under the Option Plan as of such
date were repriced to $6.25.
1992 DIRECTORS' OPTION PLAN--On September 10, 1992, the Company's Board of
Directors adopted a directors' option plan (the "Directors' Plan") whereby
each non-employee director is granted an option to purchase 3,900 shares of
the Company's' common stock upon joining the Board and an option to purchase
1,300 shares of common stock on each anniversary date thereafter during their
tenure as a director. The options granted have a ten-year term and vest
ratably over a three-year period. The exercise price is the fair market value
of the common stock on the date of grant. Options granted under the Directors'
Plan may be exercised only (1) while the optionee director is serving as a
director on the Company's Board, (2) within twelve months after termination by
death or disability, or (3) within three months after termination as a
director for any other reason. A total of 45,000 share have been granted under
this plan at original exercise prices ranging from $4.88 to $26.50 per share.
At September 30, 1996, options to purchase 19,064 shares of the Company's
common stock at prices ranging from $12.00 to $26.50 were exercisable under
this plan.
1993 EMPLOYEE STOCK BONUS PLAN--On February 25, 1993, the Company's Board of
Directors adopted a Stock Bonus Plan (the "Bonus Plan") which covers certain
employees of the Company. The Company has authorized and reserved 5,000 shares
of common stock for granting under the Bonus Plan. The shares granted under
the plan vest ratably over a four-year period. At September 30, 1996, the
Company has not granted any shares under the Bonus Plan.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
10. 401(k) PLAN
On January 1, 1993, the Company's Board of Directors approved a voluntary
savings and investment plan (the "401(k) Plan"). The 401(k) Plan is available
to all eligible employees of the Company and subsidiaries. Under the 401(k)
Plan the Company will match 50% of employees' contributions up to a maximum of
5% of the employees' wages. The Company's 401(k) Plan expense was
approximately, $233,000, $384,000 and $623,000 during the years ended
September 1994, 1995, and 1996, respectively.
11. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating
its fair value disclosures for financial instruments:
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS: The carrying amount reported on the accompanying
consolidate balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents approximates their
fair value.
NOTES RECEIVABLE: The fair value of the Company's notes receivable at
September 30, 1995 was estimated by discounting the future cash flows using
interest rates determined by management to reflect the credit risk and
remaining maturities of the related notes receivable. The September 30, 1996
value was based on the negotiated price with Roski as discussed in Note 4.
11.5% FIRST MORTGAGE NOTES: The fair value of the Company's other long-term
notes are estimated based upon market quotes of notes with similar
characteristics and remaining maturities.
OTHER LONG-TERM DEBT: The fair values of the Company's notes payable and
capital lease obligations are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses,
based on the Company's current incremental borrowing rates for similar types
of borrowing instruments.
The carrying amounts and fair values of the Company's financial instruments
at September 30, 1995 and 1996 are as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995
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CARRYING
AMOUNT FAIR VALUE
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents.............................. $ 20,775 $ 20,775
Notes receivable....................................... 27,294 26,652
11.5% first mortgage notes............................. 100,842 95,738
Other long-term debt................................... 8,653 8,390
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
-------------------
CARRYING
AMOUNT FAIR VALUE
-------- ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents.............................. $ 23,101 $ 23,101
Notes receivable....................................... 8,683 7,947
11.5% first mortgage notes............................. 101,052 106,605
Other long-term debt................................... 7,709 7,606
</TABLE>
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
12. CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
On August 6, 1997, Hollywood Park, Inc. ("Hollywood Park") and Hollywood
Park Operating Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park, as co-
obligors, issued $125,000,000 of 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007
(the "Hollywood Park Notes"). Certain Hollywood Park subsidiaries, including
Boomtown, Inc. and its subsidiaries, have fully and unconditionally guaranteed
the payment of all obligations under the Hollywood Park Notes.
Historically, Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc. was a wholly-owned
subsidiary guarantor of the Boomtown, Inc. 11 1/2% First Mortgage Notes (the
"Boomtown Notes"), of which approximately 99% were repurchased and retired in
connection with the Merger. However, on July 1, 1997, Boomtown, Inc. disposed
of its interest in Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc. Thus, Blue Diamond Hotel
& Casino, Inc. is not a guarantor of the Hollywood Park Notes.
The following Boomtown, Inc. historical consolidated condensed financial
information is presented in a format designed to provide investors with
information concerning the guarantees of the Hollywood Park Notes (rather than
the Boomtown Notes) and therefore classifies Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc.
as a Non-Guarantor Entity.
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
----------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR
------------------------- SUBSIDIARY
MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. BOOMTOWN HOTEL LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS BOOMTOWN, INC.
(PARENT CO.) & CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6) (CONSOLIDATED)
-------------- ----------------- ----------- ------------- --------------- ----------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED BALANCE
SHEET
INFORMATION:
Cash and cash
equivalents..... $ 10,457 $ 3,662 $ 3,512 $ 2,907 $ 2,563 $ 0 $ 23,101
Advances to
subsidiaries.... 112,391 0 0 0 0 (112,391) 0
Other current
assets.......... 13,889 3,117 1,656 3,095 2,193 (10,373) 13,577
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- --------
Total current
assets.......... 136,737 6,779 5,168 6,002 4,756 (122,764) 36,678
Property, plant,
and equipment at
cost, net....... 171 52,672 55,776 35,671 1,040 0 145,330
Investment in
subsidiaries.... 31,989 0 0 0 0 (31,989) 0
Notes receivable
from a related
party........... 8,683 0 0 0 0 0 8,683
Other non-current
assets.......... 3,517 6,904 161 4,479 2,040 (1,804) 15,297
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- --------
$181,097 $66,355 $61,105 $46,152 $ 7,836 $(156,557) $205,988
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== ========= ========
Advances from
parent.......... $ 0 $11,479 $25,695 $41,432 $ 33,785 $(112,391) $ 0
Other current
liabilities..... 6,652 4,523 6,793 8,385 11,054 (10,373) 27,034
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- --------
Total current
liabilities..... 6,652 16,002 32,488 49,817 44,839 (122,764) 27,034
Long-term debt
due after one
year............ 101,172 209 2,288 60 0 0 103,729
Other non-current
liabilities..... 4,987 0 112 0 0 (262) 4,837
Common stock..... 103,653 28,616 0 0 1 (28,617) 103,653
Retained earnings
(deficit)....... (35,367) 21,528 0 0 (37,004) 17,578 (33,265)
Partners' capital
(deficit)....... 0 0 26,217 (3,725) 0 (22,492) 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- --------
Total equity
(deficit)....... 68,286 50,144 26,217 (3,725) (37,003) (33,531) 70,388
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- --------
$181,097 $66,355 $61,105 $46,152 $ 7,836 $(156,557) $205,988
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== ========= ========
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $42,676 $69,674 $45,471 $ 30,547 $ 0 $188,368
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 2,888 884 2,232 296 0 6,300
Food and
beverage....... 0 5,191 583 2,953 7,587 0 16,314
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 0 1,740 0 0 5,549 0 7,289
Showroom........ 0 0 823 0 0 0 823
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 14,084 30 130 157 0 14,401
Other income.... 3,264 1,039 537 386 585 (3,264) 2,547
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------- --------
3,264 67,618 72,531 51,172 44,721 (3,264) 236,042
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
----------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR
------------------------- SUBSIDIARY
MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. BOOMTOWN HOTEL LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS BOOMTOWN, INC.
(PARENT CO.) & CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6) (CONSOLIDATED)
-------------- ----------------- ----------- ------------- --------------- ----------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Costs and
expenses:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $19,621 $27,127 $15,054 $ 11,677 $ 0 $ 73,479
Gaming equipment
leases......... 0 44 1,695 2,313 2,664 0 6,716
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 1,492 562 1,141 137 0 3,332
Food and
beverage....... 0 5,622 719 3,032 9,840 0 19,213
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 0 605 51 0 2,346 0 3,002
Showroom........ 0 0 683 0 0 683
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 12,827 29 98 84 0 13,038
Marketing and
promotion...... 214 5,862 5,255 8,077 6,295 (3,264) 22,439
General and
administrative. 4,073 12,781 17,292 17,555 18,919 0 70,620
Discontinued
projects/future
development.... 1,603 0 0 0 0 0 1,603
Loss on sale of
Blue Diamond... 18,829 0 0 0 17,734 0 36,563
Depreciation and
amortization... 0 5,162 2,741 1,683 1,032 0 10,618
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
24,719 64,016 56,154 48,953 70,728 (3,264) 261,306
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss )
from operations. (21,455) 3,602 16,377 2,219 (26,007) 0 (25,264)
Interest expense. (12,585) (1,603) (4,308) (4,904) (3,833) 13,395 (13,838)
Interest and
other income
(expense), net.. 17,097 462 3 107 (81) (13,395) 4,193
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Income (loss)
before income
taxes, and
minority
interests....... (16,943) 2,461 12,072 (2,578) (29,921) 0 (34,909)
Minority
interests....... 0 0 0 0 0 (645) (645)
Provision
(benefit) for
income taxes.... 5,556 965 0 0 (5,727) 0 794
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Net income
(loss).......... $(22,499) $ 1,496 $12,072 $(2,578) $(24,194) $ 645 $(35,058)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== ======== ========
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ 1,503 $ (307) $15,418 $ 843 $ (3,606) $ 0 $ 13,851
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. 0 (2,140) (1,718) (1,277) (544) 0 (5,679)
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ (2,050) 0 0 0 0 2,050 0
Other investing
activities,
net............ 0 211 2 (82) 0 0 131
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash used in
investing
activities...... (2,050) (1,929) (1,716) (1,359) (544) 2,050 (5,548)
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Advances from
parent, net.... 0 5,009 (11,537) 3,814 4,764 (2,050) 0
Payments of
long-term debt. 11 (445) (1,725) (839) (876) 0 (3,874)
Prepaid property
lease.......... 0 0 0 (2,480) 0 0 (2,480)
Other financing
activities,
net............ 182 0 0 0 195 0 377
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... 193 4,564 (13,262) 495 4,083 (2,050) (5,977)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... (354) 2,328 440 (21) (67) 0 2,326
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
year........... 10,811 1,334 3,072 2,928 2,630 0 20,775
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- --------
End of year..... $ 10,457 $ 3,662 $ 3,512 $ 2,907 $ 2,563 $ 0 $ 23,101
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
----------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- -----------------------------
MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND OTHER ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. BOOMTOWN HOTEL LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, NON-GUARANTOR RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) & CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) ENTITIES(5) DR(CR)(6)
-------------- ----------------- ----------- ------------- --------------- ------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED BALANCE
SHEET
INFORMATION:
Cash and cash
equivalents..... $ 10,811 $ 1,334 $ 3,072 $ 2,928 $ 2,630 $ 0 $ 0
Advances to
subsidiaries.... 109,342 0 0 0 0 0 (109,342)
Other current
assets.......... 11,287 3,181 2,083 2,737 2,645 0 (8,996)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --- ---------
Total current
assets.......... 131,440 4,515 5,155 5,665 5,275 0 (118,338)
Property, plant,
and equipment at
cost, net....... 1,050 54,591 55,716 33,837 5,761 0 0
Investment in
subsidiaries.... 47,691 0 0 0 0 0 (47,691)
Notes receivable
from a related
party........... 27,294 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other non-current
assets.......... 7,217 7,108 302 2,317 14,117 0 (3,824)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --- ---------
$214,692 $66,214 $61,173 $41,819 $ 25,153 $ 0 $(169,853)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== === =========
Advances from
parent.......... $ 0 $ 6,359 $36,290 $37,672 $ 29,021 $ 0 $(109,342)
Other current
liabilities..... 7,871 5,326 6,054 6,528 8,047 0 (8,996)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --- ---------
Total current
liabilities..... 7,871 11,685 42,344 44,200 37,068 0 (118,338)
Long-term debt
due after one
year............ 101,135 448 3,750 320 894 0 0
Other non-current
liabilities..... 14 5,434 213 0 0 0 (3,086)
Common stock..... 103,453 28,616 0 0 1 0 (28,617)
Retained earnings
(deficit)....... 2,219 20,031 0 0 (12,810) 0 (7,647)
Partners' capital
(deficit)....... 0 0 14,866 (2,701) 0 0 (12,165)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --- ---------
Total equity
(deficit)....... 105,672 48,647 14,866 (2,701) (12,809) 0 (48,429)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --- ---------
$214,692 $66,214 $61,173 $41,819 $ 25,153 $ 0 $(169,853)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== === =========
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $42,557 $72,157 $41,675 $ 32,917 $ 0 $ 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 3,045 789 2,219 334 0 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 5,070 589 2,396 7,558 0 0
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 0 1,740 0 0 4,844 0 0
Showroom........ 0 0 333 0 107 0 0
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 10,661 0 0 150 0 0
Other income.... 3,660 1,222 435 237 732 0 (3,660)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --- ---------
3,660 64,295 74,303 46,527 46,642 0 (3,660)
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED BALANCE
SHEET
INFORMATION:
Cash and cash
equivalents..... $ 20,775
Advances to
subsidiaries.... 0
Other current
assets.......... 12,937
--------------
Total current
assets.......... 33,712
Property, plant,
and equipment at
cost, net....... 150,955
Investment in
subsidiaries.... 0
Notes receivable
from a related
party........... 27,294
Other non-current
assets.......... 27,237
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$239,198
==============
Advances from
parent.......... $ 0
Other current
liabilities..... 24,830
--------------
Total current
liabilities..... 24,830
Long-term debt
due after one
year............ 106,547
Other non-current
liabilities..... 2,575
Common stock..... 103,453
Retained earnings
(deficit)....... 1,793
Partners' capital
(deficit)....... 0
--------------
Total equity
(deficit)....... 105,246
--------------
$239,198
==============
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $189,306
Family
entertainment
center......... 6,387
Food and
beverage....... 15,613
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 6,584
Showroom........ 440
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 10,811
Other income.... 2,626
--------------
231,767
</TABLE>
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY- WHOLLY-OWNED
OWNED SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- -----------------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND OTHER ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, NON-GUARANTOR RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) ENTITIES(5) DR(CR)(6)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- --------------- ------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Costs and
expenses:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $19,052 $24,759 $17,193 $12,229 $ 0 $ 0
Gaming equipment
leases......... 0 0 866 2,281 2,664 0 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 1,548 459 1,046 221 0 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 5,142 607 2,438 9,452 0 0
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 0 707 0 0 2,461 0 0
Showroom........ 0 0 208 0 100 0 0
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 9,628 0 0 94 0 0
Marketing and
promotion...... 21 5,421 3,762 5,479 4,910 0 0
General and
administrative. 4,634 13,698 21,955 17,802 20,867 0 (3,660)
Discontinued
projects/
future
development.... 6,054 0 0 0 0 0 0
Depreciation and
amortization... 0 5,193 2,415 1,338 1,476 0 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
10,709 60,389 55,031 47,577 54,474 0 (3,660)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
Income (loss )
from operations. (7,049) 3,906 19,272 (1,050) (7,832) 0 0
Interest expense. (12,058) (1,877) (4,879) (4,365) (3,279) 0 13,024
Interest and
other income
(expense), net.. 15,989 33 0 43 40 0 (13,024)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
Income (loss)
before income
taxes and
minority
interests....... (3,118) 2,062 14,393 (5,372) (11,071) 0 0
Minority
interests....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1,105)
Provision
(benefit) for
income taxes.... 3,335 1,003 0 0 (3,462) 0 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
Net income
(loss).......... $ (6,453) $ 1,059 $14,393 $(5,372) $(7,609) $ 0 $ 1,105
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= ====== =======
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ (9,756) $ 605 $19,054 $ 1,937 $(1,799) $ 0 $ (101)
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Proceeds from
sale of
property, plant
and equipment.. 0 23 6,653 34 1,243 0 0
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. (147) (1,480) (10,943) (1,705) (871) 0 0
Payments of
future
development
costs.......... 529 0 0 0 0 1,342 0
Change in
construction
related
payables....... 0 0 (1,128) (344) 0 0 0
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ 14,484 0 0 0 0 0 (14,484)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
Net cash used in
investing
activities...... 14,866 (1,457) (5,418) (2,015) 372 1,342 (14,484)
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Advances from
parent, net.... 2,392 (809) (18,109) 1,033 2,101 (1,345) 14,737
Proceeds from
line-of-credit
borrowings..... 5,000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Repayment of
line-of-credit
borrowings (5,000) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net proceeds
from additions
to long-term
debt........... 0 973 6,206 857 758 0 0
Payment of long-
term debt...... (185) (213) (1,095) (253) (617) 0 0
Other financing
activities..... 152 0 (193) 0 0 0 (152)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... 2,359 (49) (13,191) 1,637 2,242 (1,345) 14,585
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... 7,469 (901) 445 1,559 815 (3) 0
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
year........... 3,342 2,235 2,627 1,369 1,815 3 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------ -------
End of year..... $ 10,811 $ 1,334 $ 3,072 $ 2,928 $ 2,630 $ 0 $ 0
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= ====== =======
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Costs and
expenses:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 73,233
Gaming equipment
leases......... 5,811
Family
entertainment
center......... 3,274
Food and
beverage....... 17,639
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 3,168
Showroom........ 308
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 9,722
Marketing and
promotion...... 19,593
General and
administrative. 75,296
Discontinued
projects/
future
development.... 6,054
Depreciation and
amortization... 10,422
--------------
224,520
--------------
Income (loss )
from operations. 7,247
Interest expense. (13,434)
Interest and
other income
(expense), net.. 3,081
--------------
Income (loss)
before income
taxes and
minority
interests....... (3,106)
Minority
interests....... (1,105)
Provision
(benefit) for
income taxes.... 876
--------------
Net income
(loss).......... $ (2,877)
==============
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ 9,940
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Proceeds from
sale of
property, plant
and equipment.. 7,953
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. 15,146
Payments of
future
development
costs.......... 1,871
Change in
construction
related
payables....... (1,472)
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ 0
--------------
Net cash used in
investing
activities...... (6,794)
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Advances from
parent, net.... 0
Proceeds from
line-of-credit
borrowings..... 5,000
Repayment of
line-of-credit
borrowings (5,000)
Net proceeds
from additions
to long-term
debt........... 8,794
Payment of long-
term debt...... (2,363)
Other financing
activities..... (193)
--------------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... 6,238
--------------
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... 9,384
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
year........... 11,391
--------------
End of year..... $ 20,775
==============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY- WHOLLY-OWNED
OWNED SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- ---------------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND NON- ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & GUARANTOR RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) CASINO, INC.(4) ENTITIES(5) DR(CR)(6)
-------------- -------------- ----------- ------------- -------------- ----------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $43,847 $12,100 $ 8,073 $12,306 $ 0 $ 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 2,908 0 573 175 0 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 4,757 41 541 2,634 0 0
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 0 1,609 0 0 1,473 0 0
Showroom........ 0 0 0 0 329 0 0
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 10,820 0 0 38 0 0
Other income.... 0 925 61 14 151 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --- -------
0 64,866 12,202 9,201 17,106 0 0
Costs and
expenses:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... 0 18,989 4,122 3,211 4,496 0 0
Gaming equipment
leases......... 0 0 0 190 222 0 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 1,409 0 261 92 0 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 4,533 62 490 3,094 0 0
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 0 626 0 0 1,080 0 0
Showroom........ 0 0 0 0 2,130 0 0
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 9,637 0 0 24 0 0
Marketing and
promotion...... 0 4,353 574 1,259 1,338 0 0
General and
administrative. 2,835 11,701 3,355 2,200 5,669 0 0
Pre-opening
expenses....... 0 0 5,272 5,476 5,039 0 0
Depreciation and
amortization... 0 4,853 249 234 555 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --- -------
2,835 56,101 13,634 13,321 23,739 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --- -------
Income (loss)
from operations. (2,835) 8,765 (1,432) (4,120) (6,633) 0 0
Interest expense. (5,303) (543) (521) (765) (1,210) 0 2,710
Interest and
other income
(expense), net.. 5,256 53 0 25 0 0 (2,710)
Loss on
marketable
securities...... (1,691) 0 0 0 0 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --- -------
Income (loss)
before income
taxes,
extraordinary
items and
minority
interests....... (4,573) 8,275 (1,953) (4,860) (7,843) 0 0
Minority
interests....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 (352)
Provision
(benefit) for
income taxes.... (3,239) 3,102 0 0 (2,642) 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --- -------
Income (loss)
before
extraordinary
loss............ (1,334) 5,173 (1,953) (4,860) (5,201) 0 352
Extraordinary
loss--
extinguishment
of debt, net of
tax effect...... 0 (229) 0 0 0 0 0
------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --- -------
Net income
(loss).......... $(1,334) $ 4,944 $(1,953) $(4,860) $(5,201) $0 $ 352
======= ======= ======= ======= ======= === =======
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... $ 76,326
Family
entertainment
center......... 3,656
Food and
beverage....... 7,973
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 3,082
Showroom........ 329
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 10,858
Other income.... 1,151
--------------
103,375
Costs and
expenses:
Gaming/hotel
operations:
Gaming.......... 30,818
Gaming equipment
leases......... 412
Family
entertainment
center......... 1,762
Food and
beverage....... 8,179
Hotel and R.V.
park........... 1,706
Showroom........ 2,130
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 9,661
Marketing and
promotion...... 7,524
General and
administrative. 25,760
Pre-opening
expenses....... 15,787
Depreciation and
amortization... 5,891
--------------
109,630
--------------
Income (loss)
from operations. (6,255)
Interest expense. (5,632)
Interest and
other income
(expense), net.. 2,624
Loss on
marketable
securities...... (1,691)
--------------
Income (loss)
before income
taxes,
extraordinary
items and
minority
interests....... (10,954)
Minority
interests....... (352)
Provision
(benefit) for
income taxes.... (2,779)
--------------
Income (loss)
before
extraordinary
loss............ (7,823)
Extraordinary
loss--
extinguishment
of debt, net of
tax effect...... (229)
--------------
Net income
(loss).......... $ (8,052)
==============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED NON-GUARANTOR
SUBSIDIARIES ENTITIES
------------------------- -----------------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND OTHER ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, NON-GUARANTOR RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) ENTITIES(5) DR(CR)(6)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- --------------- ------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ (9,132) $ 17,465 $ (1,529) $ (6,480) $(5,443) $ (320) $ 5,258
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Proceeds from
sale of
property, plant
and equipment.. 0 44 0 14,083 3,337 0 0
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. 144 (7,534) (52,641) (45,274) (9,424) 0 0
Payments of
future
development
costs.......... (1,168) 96 151 3 165 (1,022) 0
Loans to a
related party.. (7,794) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Change in
construction
related
payables....... 0 (792) 1,128 344 0 0 0
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ (74,765) (32,109) 0 0 0 0 106,874
Investment in
subsidiaries... (3,381) 0 0 0 0 0 3,381
-------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ---------
Net cash used in
investing
activities...... (86,964) (40,295) (51,362) (30,844) (5,922) (1,022) 110,255
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Advances from
parent, net.... 0 7,168 55,267 38,442 12,790 1,345 (115,012)
Net proceeds
from additions
to long-term
debt........... 99,443 307 0 0 490 0 0
Other financing
activities..... 0 0 251 250 (107) 0 (501)
-------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ---------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... 99,443 7,475 55,518 38,692 13,173 1,345 (115,513)
-------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ---------
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... 3,347 (15,355) 2,627 1,368 1,808 3 0
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
year........... (5) 17,590 0 1 7 0 0
-------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ---------
End of year..... $ 3,342 $ 2,235 $ 2,627 $ 1,369 $ 1,815 $ 3 $ 0
======== ======== ======== ======== ======= ======= =========
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ (181)
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Proceeds from
sale of
property, plant
and equipment.. 17,464
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. (114,729)
Payments of
future
development
costs.......... (1,775)
Loans to a
related party.. (7,794)
Change in
construction
related
payables....... 680
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ 0
Investment in
subsidiaries... 0
--------------
Net cash used in
investing
activities...... (106,154)
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Advances from
parent, net.... 0
Net proceeds
from additions
to long-term
debt........... 100,240
Other financing
activities..... (107)
--------------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... 100,133
--------------
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... (6,202)
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
year........... 17,593
--------------
End of year..... $ 11,391
==============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AS OF AND FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED
JUNE 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- ----------------------
BOOMTOWN MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. HOTEL & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6)(7)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED BALANCE
SHEET
INFORMATION:
Cash and cash
equivalents.... $ 5,483 $ 3,982 $ 4,444 $ 3,043 $ 3,259 $ (2,334)
Advances to
subsidiaries... 111,045 0 0 0 0 (111,045)
Other current
assets......... 16,811 2,836 979 2,492 2,083 (14,975)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------
Total current
assets......... 133,339 6,818 5,423 5,535 5,342 (128,354)
Property, plant
and equipment
at cost, net... 163 53,766 57,103 37,490 0 0
Investment in
subsidiaries... 37,348 0 0 0 0 (37,348)
Note receivable
from related
party.......... 8,465 0 0 0 0 0
Income tax
receivable..... 6,105 0 0 0 0 0
Other non-
current assets. 432 7,296 4,015 4,319 1,997 (194)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------
Total assets.... $185,852 $67,880 $66,541 $47,344 $ 7,339 $(165,896)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== =========
Advances from
parent......... $ 0 $12,566 $20,068 $42,464 $ 35,947 $(111,045)
Other current
liabilities.... 9,433 7,392 8,769 9,648 14,442 (17,503)
Long-term debt
due after one
year........... 112,174 109 1,085 23 0 0
Deferred income
taxes.......... 3,456 0 0 0 0 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------
Total
liabilities.... 125,063 20,067 29,922 52,135 50,389 (128,548)
Common stock.... 103,840 28,616 0 0 1 (28,617)
Retained
earnings
(deficit)...... (43,051) 19,197 0 0 (43,051) 23,097
Partners'
capital
(deficit)...... 0 0 36,619 (4,791) 0 (31,828)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------
Total
liabilities and
equity......... $185,852 $67,880 $66,541 $47,344 $ 7,339 $(165,896)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======== =========
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $28,953 $54,020 $37,541 $ 23,839 $ 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 3,860 721 2,231 6,224 0
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 9,441 134 210 116 0
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 0 1,142 0 0 4,524 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 1,924 540 1,389 182 0
Showroom........ 0 0 623 0 0 0
Other income.... 0 504 311 285 390 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------
Total revenues.. $ 0 $45,824 $56,349 $41,656 $ 35,275 $ 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- ---------
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED BALANCE
SHEET
INFORMATION:
Cash and cash
equivalents.... $ 17,877
Advances to
subsidiaries... 0
Other current
assets......... 10,226
--------------
Total current
assets......... 28,103
Property, plant
and equipment
at cost, net... 148,522
Investment in
subsidiaries... 0
Note receivable
from related
party.......... 8,465
Income tax
receivable..... 6,105
Other non-
current assets. 17,865
--------------
Total assets.... $209,060
==============
Advances from
parent......... $ 0
Other current
liabilities.... 32,181
Long-term debt
due after one
year........... 113,391
Deferred income
taxes.......... 3,456
--------------
Total
liabilities.... 149,028
Common stock.... 103,840
Retained
earnings
(deficit)...... (43,808)
Partners'
capital
(deficit)...... 0
--------------
Total
liabilities and
equity......... $209,060
==============
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION:
Revenues:
Gaming.......... $144,353
Food and
beverage....... 13,036
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 9,901
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 5,666
Family
entertainment
center......... 4,035
Showroom........ 623
Other income.... 1,490
--------------
Total revenues.. $179,104
--------------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AS OF AND FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED
JUNE 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- ----------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6)(7)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Operating
Expenses:
Gaming.......... 0 13,537 22,477 13,072 9,581 0
Gaming equipment
leases......... 0 88 777 436 1,998 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 5,132 1,298 2,921 7,808 0
Truckstop,
service
station, and
mini-mart...... 0 8,682 113 175 67 0
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 0 484 0 0 2,061 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 1,219 324 910 97 0
Showroom........ 0 0 426 0 0 0
Marketing and
promotion...... 205 4,142 3,182 6,747 4,878 0
General and
administrative. 925 9,152 12,276 12,071 13,070 0
Depreciation and
amortization... 0 5,898 2,744 2,453 541 0
Merger
costs/future
development.... 1,802 0 0 0 0 0
Loss on sale of
Boomtown Las
Vegas.......... 357 0 0 0 914 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
3,289 48,334 43,617 38,785 41,015 0
Income (loss)
from operations. (3,289) (2,510) 12,732 2,871 (5,740) 0
Interest
expense, net of
capitalized
interest....... (9,448) (1,317) (2,324) (3,940) (3,222) 9,812
Interest and
other
income/(expense),
net............ 12,104 7 (5) (53) 5 (9,812)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Income/(loss)
before minority
interests,
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (633) (3,820) 10,403 (1,122) (8,957) 0
Minority
interests...... 0 0 0 0 0 (96)
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Income/(loss)
before
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (633) (3,820) 10,403 (1,122) (8,957) (96)
Income tax
expense
(benefit)...... 2,298 (1,490) 0 0 (2,911) 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Income/(loss)
before
extraordinary
item............ (2,931) (2,330) 10,403 (1,122) (6,046) (96)
Extraordinary
loss, net of
tax effect..... (8,420) 0 0 0 0 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Net
income/(loss)... $(11,351) $(2,330) $10,403 $(1,122) $(6,046) $ (96)
======== ======= ======= ======= ======= =======
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Operating
Expenses:
Gaming.......... 58,667
Gaming equipment
leases......... 3,299
Food and
beverage....... 17,159
Truckstop,
service
station, and
mini-mart...... 9,037
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 2,545
Family
entertainment
center......... 2,550
Showroom........ 426
Marketing and
promotion...... 19,154
General and
administrative. 47,494
Depreciation and
amortization... 11,636
Merger
costs/future
development.... 1,802
Loss on sale of
Boomtown Las
Vegas.......... 1,271
--------------
175,040
Income (loss)
from operations. 4,064
Interest
expense, net of
capitalized
interest....... (10,439)
Interest and
other
income/(expense),
net............ 2,246
--------------
Income/(loss)
before minority
interests,
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (4,129)
Minority
interests...... (96)
--------------
Income/(loss)
before
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (4,225)
Income tax
expense
(benefit)...... (2,103)
--------------
Income/(loss)
before
extraordinary
item............ (2,122)
Extraordinary
loss, net of
tax effect..... (8,420)
--------------
Net
income/(loss)... $(10,542)
==============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
AS OF AND FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED
JUNE 30, 1997
(IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- ----------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6)(7)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
operating
activities..... $ (474) $ 5,125 $ 14,095 $ 3,288 $ (517) $(9,322)
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. 0 (5,772) (1,719) (1,813) (414) 0
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ (4,206) 0 0 0 0 4,206
Other investing
activities..... 0 (17) (200) 17 0 0
------- ------- -------- ------- ------ --------
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
investing
activities..... (4,206) (5,789) (1,919) (1,796) (414) 4,206
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Proceeds from
additions to
long-term debt. 0 1,381 0 0 0 0
Principal
payments on
long-term debt. (293) (1,286) (1,992) (2,445) (532) 0
Advances
(repayments)
from/to parent. 0 1,088 (9,453) 1,089 2,160 5,116
------- ------- -------- ------- ------ --------
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
financing
activities..... (293) 1,183 (11,445) (1,356) 1,628 5,116
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents.... (4,973) 519 731 136 697 0
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
period......... 10,456 3,663 3,512 2,907 2,563 0
------- ------- -------- ------- ------ --------
End of period... $ 5,483 $ 4,182 $ 4,243 $ 3,043 $3,260 $ 0
======= ======= ======== ======= ====== ========
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
operating
activities..... $12,195
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment.. (9,718)
Advances to
subsidiaries,
net............ 0
Other investing
activities..... (200)
--------------
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
investing
activities..... (9,918)
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Proceeds from
additions to
long-term debt. 1,381
Principal
payments on
long-term debt. (6,548)
Advances
(repayments)
from/to parent. 0
--------------
Net cash
provided by
(used in)
financing
activities..... (5,167)
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents.... (2,890)
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
period......... 23,101
--------------
End of period... $20,211
==============
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED
JUNE 30, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- ----------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6)(7)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
Revenues:
Gaming.......... $ 0 $30,412 $52,244 $32,959 $ 23,735 $ 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 3,497 1,003 2,092 5,701 0
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 9,645 0 55 115 0
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 0 1,192 0 0 4,287 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 2,044 623 1,562 197 0
Other income.... 426 1,213 455 277 445 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------
Total revenues.. 426 48,003 54,325 36,945 34,480 0
Operating
Expenses:
Gaming.......... 0 14,652 20,942 12,268 9,304 0
Gaming equipment
leases......... 0 0 1,324 1,719 1,998 0
Food and
beverage....... 0 3,988 522 2,224 7,537 0
Truckstop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 0 8,822 0 44 63 0
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 0 499 0 0 1,902 0
Family
entertainment
center......... 0 1,150 428 884 91 0
Marketing and
promotion...... 149 3,945 3,205 5,568 4,126 0
General and
administrative. 2,795 8,448 12,815 12,018 13,566 0
Depreciation and
amortization... 0 3,941 2,011 1,191 992 0
Merger
costs/future
development.... 920 0 0 0 0 0
Loss on sale of
Boomtown Las
Vegas.......... 18,829 0 0 0 17,734 0
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------
22,693 45,445 41,247 35,916 57,313 0
Income (loss)
from operations. (22,267) 2,558 13,078 1,029 (22,833) 0
Interest
expense, net of
capitalized
interest....... (9,528) (1,153) (3,382) (3,518) (2,883) 10,102
Interest and
other
income/(expense),
net............ 12,663 25 0 0 0 (10,102)
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------
Income/(loss)
before minority
interests,
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (19,132) 1,430 9,696 (2,489) (25,716) 0
Minority
interests...... 0 0 0 0 0 878
-------- ------- ------- ------- -------- --------
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
Revenues:
Gaming.......... $139,350
Food and
beverage....... 12,293
Truck stop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 9,815
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 5,479
Family
entertainment
center......... 4,426
Other income.... 2,816
--------------
Total revenues.. 174,179
Operating
Expenses:
Gaming.......... 57,166
Gaming equipment
leases......... 5,041
Food and
beverage....... 14,271
Truckstop,
service station
and mini-mart.. 8,929
Hotel and
recreational
vehicle park... 2,401
Family
entertainment
center......... 2,553
Marketing and
promotion...... 16,993
General and
administrative. 49,642
Depreciation and
amortization... 8,135
Merger
costs/future
development.... 920
Loss on sale of
Boomtown Las
Vegas.......... 36,563
--------------
202,614
Income (loss)
from operations. (28,435)
Interest
expense, net of
capitalized
interest....... (10,362)
Interest and
other
income/(expense),
net............ 2,586
--------------
Income/(loss)
before minority
interests,
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (36,211)
Minority
interests...... 878
--------------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
CONSOLIDATING CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
FOR THE NINE MONTH PERIOD ENDED
JUNE 30, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GUARANTOR ENTITIES
--------------------------------------------------------
NON WHOLLY-OWNED WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES NON-GUARANTOR ENTITIES
------------------------- ----------------------
BOOMTOWN HOTEL MISSISSIPPI-I BLUE DIAMOND ELIMINATIONS AND
BOOMTOWN, INC. & LOUISIANA-I GAMING, HOTEL & CASINO, RECLASSIFICATIONS
(PARENT CO.) CASINO, INC.(1) GAMING(2) L.P.(3) INC.(4) DR(CR)(6)(7)
-------------- --------------- ----------- ------------- ---------------------- -----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Income/(loss)
before
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (19,132) 1,430 9,696 (2,489) (25,716) 878
Income tax
expense
(benefit)...... 1,542 238 0 0 (1,830) 0
-------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------
Net
income/(loss)... $(20,674) $ 1,192 $ 9,696 $(2,489) $(23,886) $ 878
======== ======= ======== ======= ======== ========
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ (2,784) $ 5,701 $ 13,289 $ 177 $ (4,594) $(1,594)
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment... 0 (1,574) (2,275) (2,807) (512) 0
Other investing
activities...... 881 (688) 68 128 0 0
-------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
investing
activities...... 881 (2,262) (2,207) (2,679) (512) 0
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Proceeds from
additions to
long-term debt.. 0 0 756 1,538 163 0
Principal
payments on
long-term debt.. 36 (386) (1,239) (282) (710) 0
Advances
(repayments)
from/to parent.. 0 (1,484) (9,594) 3,365 6,119 1,594
Payment on
property lease.. 0 0 0 (2,480) 0 0
-------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... 36 (1,870) (10,077) 2,141 5,572 1,594
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... (1,867) 1,569 1,005 (361) 466 0
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
period......... 10,811 1,334 3,072 2,928 2,630 0
-------- ------- -------- ------- -------- --------
End of period... $ 8,944 $ 2,903 $ 4,077 $ 2,567 $ 3,096 $ 0
======== ======= ======== ======= ======== ========
<CAPTION>
BOOMTOWN, INC.
(CONSOLIDATED)
--------------
<S> <C>
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
OPERATIONS
INFORMATION
(CONTINUED):
Income/(loss)
before
extraordinary
item and income
taxes........... (35,333)
Income tax
expense
(benefit)...... (50)
--------------
Net
income/(loss)... $(35,283)
==============
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
CASH FLOWS
INFORMATION:
Net cash provided
by (used in)
operating
activities...... $ 10,195
Cash flows from
investing
activities:
Payments for
purchases of
property, plant
and equipment... (7,168)
Other investing
activities...... 389
--------------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
investing
activities...... (6,779)
Cash flows from
financing
activities:
Proceeds from
additions to
long-term debt.. 2,457
Principal
payments on
long-term debt.. (2,581)
Advances
(repayments)
from/to parent.. 0
Payment on
property lease.. (2,480)
--------------
Net cash provided
by (used in)
financing
activities...... (2,604)
Net increase
(decrease) in
cash and cash
equivalents..... 812
Cash and cash
equivalents:
Beginning of
period......... 20,775
--------------
End of period... $ 21,587
==============
</TABLE>
- -------
Notes to Consolidating Condensed Financial Information:
(1) Boomtown Hotel and Casino, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary that is
consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
(2) Louisiana-I Gaming, includes Boomtown, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary in
Louisiana and 100% of the assets, liabilities and equity of the limited
partnership formed to operate the gaming facility in Louisiana.
(3) Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. includes Boomtown, Inc.'s wholly owned
subsidiary in Mississippi and 100% of the assets, liabilities and equity of
the limited partnership formed to operate the gaming facility in
Mississippi.
(4) During the periods presented, Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc. was a
wholly-owned subsidiary that was consolidated in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements.
(5) "Non-Guarantor entities" include three Indiana Subsidiaries which currently
hold no assets and had nominal operations.
(6) Includes eliminations to account for the 7.5% minority interest in
Louisiana-I Gaming and the 15% minority in interest in Mississippi-I
Gaming, L.P.
(7) Reflects the adjustments made to transfer the specified assets and
liabilities of Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc. to Majestic Resorts, LLC
as of June 30, 1997.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP MINORITY INTEREST--On November 18, 1996
the Company entered into an agreement with Eric Skrmetta, the lessor, in which
the Company agreed to pay $5,673,000 in return for Skrmetta's 7.5% interest in
the Louisiana Partnership in addition to releasing the Company from any and
all claims, liabilities and causes of action of any kind arising from or
related to the Partnership Agreement. The agreement required Boomtown to make
a deposit of $500,000 by December 5, 1996 and the remaining $5,173,000 was
paid on August 8, 1997 (unaudited).
MERGER WITH HOLLYWOOD PARK (UNAUDITED)--On June 30, 1997, pursuant to the
Merger Agreement dated as of April 23, 1996, by and among Hollywood Park, HP
Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park, and Boomtown,
HP Acquisition, Inc. was merged with and into Boomtown.
SWAP AGREEMENT CONSUMMATION (UNAUDITED)--On July 1, 1997, Boomtown completed
a swap pursuant to the Swap Agreement. See Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--"Boomtown--
Disposition of Boomtown Las Vegas."
EARLY EXTINGUISHMENT OF FIRST MORTGAGE NOTES (UNAUDITED)--Concurrently with
the closing of the Merger and the Swap, Hollywood Park supplied the funds
necessary to enable Boomtown to repurchase and retire an aggregate of
approximately $102.7 million in principal amount of Boomtown's First Mortgage
Notes (the "Notes") leaving an aggregate of approximately $1.4 million in
principal amount of the Notes outstanding. Boomtown recorded an extraordinary
loss of approximately $14.2 million (approximately $8.4 million net of tax
effect) in the period ended June 30, 1997, related to the tender and consent
costs (approximately $9.0 million) and the write-off of deferred financing
costs (approximately $5.2 million) associated with the early extinguishment of
the First Mortgage Notes.
BARGE AND BUILDING SHELL PURCHASE (UNAUDITED)--On August 4, 1997, Hollywood
Park executed a purchase agreement pursuant to which one of the Hollywood Park
entities repurchased the barge and the building shell at Boomtown Biloxi for a
total cost of $5,250,000. A payment of $1,500,000 was made on August 4, 1997,
with the balance payable in three equal annual installments of $1,250,000.
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BOOMTOWN, INC.
SCHEDULE II--VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS
BALANCE AT CHARGED TO WRITE-OFFS,
BEGINNING COSTS AND NET OF BALANCE AT
DESCRIPTION OF PERIOD EXPENSES COLLECTIONS END OF PERIOD
- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- -------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts.................... $ 29 $108 $ (93) $ 44
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts.................... 44 210 (139) 115
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts.................... 115 283 (223) 175
</TABLE>
F-84
<PAGE>
MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
REPORT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Executive Committee
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.,
a Mississippi Limited Partnership
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.
(the Partnership), a Mississippi limited partnership, as of September 30,
1996, and the related statements of operations, partners' capital (deficit)
and cash flows for the years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of the Partnership at
September 30, 1996, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for
the years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
Ernst & Young LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
October 31, 1996
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<PAGE>
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Executive Committee
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.,
a Mississippi Limited Partnership:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.
(the Partnership), a Mississippi limited partnership, as of June 30, 1997, and
the related statements of operations, partners' capital (deficit) and cash
flows for the nine-month period then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of the Partnership at June
30, 1997, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the nine-
month period then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
New Orleans, Louisiana Arthur Andersen LLP
August 22, 1997
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<PAGE>
MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, AS OF
-------------------- JUNE 30,
1996 1997 1997
------- ----------- --------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS (IN THOUSANDS)
------
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents....................... $ 2,907 $ 3,281 $ 3,043
Accounts receivable, net........................ 148 71 61
Prepaid expenses and other current assets....... 2,947 2,429 2,431
------- ------- -------
Total current assets....................... 6,002 5,781 5,535
Property, plant and equipment, at cost, net...... 35,671 44,755 37,490
Other assets..................................... 4,479 2,067 4,319
------- ------- -------
$46,152 $52,603 $47,344
======= ======= =======
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' DEFICIT
---------------------------------
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable................................ $ 481 $ 602 $ 732
Accrued compensation............................ 765 971 1,049
Accrued liabilities............................. 2,918 3,513 3,437
Accrued interest payable, Boomtown, Inc. ....... 2,651 4,188 2,910
Current portion of note payable, Boomtown,
Inc. .......................................... 41,432 44,113 42,465
Current portion of notes payable, other......... 1,570 1,295 1,519
------- ------- -------
Total current liabilities.................. 49,817 54,682 52,112
Notes payable, other............................. 60 2,512 23
Commitments and contingencies
Partners' deficit:
General partner................................. 0 10 0
Limited partners................................ (3,725) (4,601) (4,791)
------- ------- -------
Total partners' deficit.................... (3,725) (4,591) (4,791)
------- ------- -------
$46,152 $52,603 $47,344
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-87
<PAGE>
MISSISSIPPI--I GAMING, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS ENDED FOR THE THREE MONTHS FOR THE NINE MONTHS
SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED JUNE 30,
-------------------- --------------------- --------------------
1996 1995 1997 1996 1997 1996
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------- -----------
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUES:
Gaming................ $ 45,471 $ 41,675 $ 13,305 $ 12,512 $37,541 $32,959
Food and beverage..... 2,953 2,396 915 862 2,231 2,092
Other................. 2,796 2,499 816 860 1,910 1,894
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------- -------
51,220 46,570 15,036 14,234 41,682 36,945
EXPENSES:
Gaming................ 24,712 24,953 7,192 7,277 19,819 18,025
Food and beverage..... 3,032 2,438 1,194 996 2,921 2,224
Administrative........ 18,228 17,802 3,857 3,869 12,650 13,615
Other................. 1,239 1,046 399 404 1,084 861
Depreciation and
amortization......... 1,683 1,338 820 492 2,390 1,191
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------- -------
48,894 47,577 13,462 13,038 38,864 35,916
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------- -------
Income (loss) from
operations ............ 2,326 (1,007) 1,574 1,196 2,818 1,029
Interest expense, net
of capitalized
interest............. 4,904 4,365 1,374 1,286 3,940 3,518
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------- -------
Net income (loss)....... $ (2,578) $ (5,372) $ 200 $ (90) $(1,122) $(2,489)
========= ========= ========== ========== ======= =======
Net income (loss)
allocated to partners:
General partner....... $ (54) $ (166) $ 10 $ 0 $ (56) $ (49)
Limited partners...... (2,524) (5,206) 190 (90) (1,066) (2,440)
--------- --------- ---------- ---------- ------- -------
$ (2,578) $ (5,372) $ 200 $ (90) $(1,122) $(2,489)
========= ========= ========== ========== ======= =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-88
<PAGE>
MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL (DEFICIT)
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, AND 1995, THE NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997,
AND THETHREE MONTHS ENDEDSEPTEMBER 30, 1997 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LIMITED PARTNERS TOTAL
----------------- PARTNERS'
GENERAL BOOMTOWN, CAPITAL
PARTNER INC. OTHER (DEFICIT)
------- --------- ------- ---------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1994............... $ 24 $ 467 $ 38 $ 529
Capital contributions.................... 142 0 2,000 2,142
Net loss................................. (166) (2,741) (2,465) (5,372)
----- ------- ------- -------
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1995............... 0 (2,274) (427) (2,701)
Capital contributions.................... 54 0 1,500 1,554
Net loss................................. (54) (863) (1,661) (2,578)
----- ------- ------- -------
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1996............... 0 (3,137) (588) (3,725)
Capital contributions.................... 56 0 0 56
Net loss................................. (56) (898) (168) (1,122)
----- ------- ------- -------
BALANCES, JUNE 30, 1997.................... 0 (4,035) (756) (4,791)
Capital contributions (unaudited)........ 0 0 0 0
Net income (unaudited)................... 10 160 30 200
----- ------- ------- -------
BALANCES, SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 (UNAUDITED)... $ 10 $(3,875) $ (726) $(4,591)
===== ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS FOR THE THREE
ENDED MONTHS ENDED FOR THE NINE MONTHS
SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED JUNE 30,
---------------- --------------- --------------------
1996 1995 1997 1996 1997 1996
------- ------- ------- ------ ------- -----------
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)....... $(2,578) $(5,372) $ 200 $ (90) $(1,122) $(2,489)
Adjustments to reconcile
net income (loss) to
net cash (used in)
provided by operating
activities:
Lease expense recorded
in exchange for
limited partnership
interest............. 1,500 2,000 0 0 0 1,500
Depreciation and
amortization......... 1,683 1,338 820 493 2,390 1,191
Gain (loss) on sale of
property and
equipment............ 35 146 0 35 142 0
Changes in operating
assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in
accounts receivable,
net.................. (93) 212 (10) (93) 87 0
(Increase) decrease in
prepaid expenses and
other current assets. (551) 373 2 (220) 510 (331)
(Increase) decrease in
other assets......... (2,295) (1) 2,252 (2,624) 143 329
Increase (decrease) in
accounts payable..... 15 (211) (130) (3) 250 18
Increase (decrease) in
accrued compensation. 266 214 (78) (75) 284 341
Increase in accrued
liabilities.......... 129 1,599 76 (154) 345 283
Increase in accrued
interest payable,
Boomtown, Inc........ 252 1,639 1,278 917 259 (665)
------- ------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Net cash (used in)
provided by
operating
activities......... (1,637) 1,937 4,410 (1,814) 3,288 177
CASH FLOWS FROM
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Additions to property,
plant and equipment.. (1,359) (2,049) (5,596) 1,531 (1,813) (2,890)
Proceeds from sale of
property and
equipment............ 0 34 0 (212) 17 212
------- ------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Net cash used in
investing
activities......... (1,359) (2,015) (5,596) 1,319 (1,796) (2,678)
CASH FLOWS FROM
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Note payable,
Boomtown, Inc., net.. 3,814 1,033 1,648 449 1,089 3,365
Advances from
Boomtown, Inc........ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments on notes
payable, other....... (839) (253) (224) 385 (2,445) (2,762)
Proceeds from notes
payable, other....... 0 857 0 0 0 1,538
------- ------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Net cash provided by
(used for)
financing
activities......... 2,975 1,637 1,424 834 (1,356) 2,141
------- ------- ------- ------ ------- -------
(Decrease) increase in
cash and cash
equivalents............ (21) 1,559 238 339 136 (360)
Cash and cash
equivalents at the
beginning of the
period................. 2,928 1,369 3,043 2,568 2,907 2,928
------- ------- ------- ------ ------- -------
Cash and cash
equivalents at the end
of the period.......... $ 2,907 $ 2,928 $ 3,281 $2,907 $ 3,043 $ 2,568
======= ======= ======= ====== ======= =======
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GENERAL Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. (the "Mississippi Partnership"), is a
Mississippi limited partnership, which is majority owned and controlled by
Hollywood Park, Inc. ("Hollywood Park"), through its wholly owned
subsidiaries, Boomtown, Inc. ("Boomtown") and Bayview Yacht Club, Inc., which
own 80% and 5%, respectively, of the Mississippi Partnership, with the
remaining 15% being owned by Eric Skrmetta ("Skrmetta"). The Mississippi
Partnership operates a casino, known as "Boomtown Biloxi," on a 40,000-square
foot barge which is permanently moored to a land-based facility located on the
historic Back Bay of Biloxi, Mississippi.
Historically, the Mississippi Partnership reported financial results with a
year end of September 30. Subsequent to Hollywood Park's June 30, 1997,
acquisition of Boomtown (the "Merger"), the Mississippi Partnership will be
reporting results on a calendar year end of December 31.
INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION Certain interim financial information is
unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary
for a fair presentation of its financial position at September 30, 1997, the
results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended September 30,
1997 and 1996 and the results of operations, and cash flows for the nine
months ended June 30, 1996 have been included. All adjustments to the interim
financial information were of a normal recurring nature and consistent with
the adjustments made in the financial statements for the fiscal years ended
September 30, 1996, 1995 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997. The
Mississippi Partnership's operations are seasonal and thus operating results
for interim periods should not be considered indicative of the results that
may be expected for the year ending December 31, 1997.
ESTIMATES Financial statements prepared according to generally accepted
accounting principles require the use of management estimates. These estimates
are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated by management.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment are depreciated
on the straight line method over their estimated useful lives, which range
from three to thirty-five years.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash and cash equivalents consisted of cash on
hand and in banks. The Mississippi Partnership considers highly liquid
investments with original maturities of three months or less as cash
equivalents. Long term debt (capital leases) incurred for the purchase of
property and equipment during the year ended September 30, 1996, totaled
approximately $1,981,000, and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996
(unaudited) totaled approximately $2,532,000 and $1,981,000, respectively.
CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK The Mississippi Partnership holds its cash in
an interest bearing account with a financial institution. This account is
collateralized by securities issued by the United States Government and other
high-quality credit instruments.
FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The carrying amounts reported in the
accompanying balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents approximate their
respective fair values. The carrying amounts of the Mississippi Partnership's
borrowings under its debt agreements approximate their fair values. The fair
values were based on the Mississippi Partnership's then incremental borrowing
rates for similar types of borrowing arrangements.
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
INVENTORIES Inventories, which are included in prepaid expenses and other
current assets, consisted primarily of food and beverage stock and uniforms,
which are both stated at the lower of cost (determined using the first-in,
first-out method) or market.
ADVERTISING Advertising costs were expensed as incurred. Advertising
expenses for the years ended September 30, 1996, and 1995, were $1,800,000,
and $1,600,000, respectively. Advertising expense for the nine months ended
June 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited) were $1,490,000 and $1,219,000,
respectively.
INCOME TAXES Any income tax liability is the responsibility of the partners
in the Mississippi Partnership, and thus no provision for income taxes was
made in the accompanying financial statements. The tax basis exceeded the book
basis of the Mississippi Partnership's assets and liabilities by approximately
$2,000,000 at September 30, 1996.
GAMING REVENUES AND PROMOTIONAL ALLOWANCES In accordance with industry
practice, the Mississippi Partnership recognized gaming revenues, as the net
win from gaming activities, which is the difference between gaming wins and
losses. Revenues in the accompanying statements of operations excluded the
retail value of food, beverage and other promotional allowances provided to
patrons without charge. The estimated cost of providing such promotional
allowances which are reported as gaming expenses, for the years ended
September 30, 1996, and 1995 were $3,832,000 and $3,116,000, respectively, and
for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited) were $2,905,000
and $2,824,000, respectively.
RECLASSIFICATIONS Certain reclassifications have been made to the 1996, and
1995 balances to be consistent with the 1997 financial statement presentation.
NOTE 2--PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
The components of prepaid expenses and other current assets as of September
30, 1997, and 1996 and June 30, 1997, consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
JUNE 30, ---------------------
1997 1997 1996
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Prepaid insurance premiums................. $ 194,000 $ 554,000 $ 789,000
Land lease, related party.................. 500,000 500,000 500,000
Tidelands lease............................ 425,000 319,000 394,000
Other prepaid leases....................... 286,000 162,000 339,000
Inventories................................ 358,000 406,000 363,000
Prepaid taxes and licenses................. 258,000 198,000 184,000
Other current assets....................... 410,000 290,000 378,000
---------- ---------- ----------
$2,431,000 $2,429,000 $2,947,000
========== ========== ==========
The components of other assets as of September 30, 1997, and 1996 and June
30, 1997, consisted of the following:
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
JUNE 30, ---------------------
1997 1997 1996
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Pre-payment of property lease.............. $2,113,000 $ 0 $2,188,000
Land lease, related party.................. 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
Other assets............................... 206,000 67,000 291,000
---------- ---------- ----------
$4,319,000 $2,067,000 $4,479,000
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
NOTE 3--PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment held as of September 30, 1997, and 1996 and
June 30, 1997, consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
JUNE 30, -----------------------
1997 1997 1996
----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Land and land improvements............... $ 226,000 $ 226,000 $ 226,000
Buildings and building improvements...... 33,436,000 41,278,000 32,864,000
Equipment................................ 8,994,000 9,173,000 5,671,000
Construction in progress................. 267,000 292,000 16,000
----------- ----------- -----------
42,923,000 50,969,000 38,777,000
Less accumulated depreciation............ 5,433,000 6,214,000 3,106,000
----------- ----------- -----------
$37,490,000 $44,755,000 $35,671,000
=========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
NOTE 4--SECURED AND UNSECURED NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable as of September 30, 1997, and 1996 and June 30, 1997,
consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30,
JUNE 30, ---------------------
1997 1997 1996
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Secured notes payable...................... $ 83,000 $3,750,000 $ 320,000
Capital lease obligations.................. 1,459,000 57,000 1,310,000
---------- ---------- ----------
1,542,000 3,807,000 1,630,000
Less current maturities.................... 1,519,000 1,295,000 1,570,000
---------- ---------- ----------
$ 23,000 $2,512,000 $ 60,000
========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
The notes payable as of September 30, 1996 were secured by furniture,
fixtures and equipment with net book values of approximately $569,000 and the
notes matured in September 1997. Interest of $55,000 was paid on these notes
during the year ended September 30, 1996, and for the nine months ended June
30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited) interest was paid of $17,000 and $44,000,
respectively.
The barge upon which Boomtown Biloxi sits, and the building shell, were
owned by National Gaming Mississippi, Inc., a subsidiary of Chartwell Leisure,
Inc. ("National Gaming"). The Mississippi Partnership leased these assets from
National Gaming, and also contracted with National Gaming for marketing
services (Note 5). Lease payments made to National Gaming were 16% of adjusted
earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted
EBITDA"), as defined in the relevant contract. On August 4, 1997, Hollywood
Park executed an agreement pursuant to which a Hollywood Park entity purchased
the assets from National Gaming for $5,250,000, payable through a down payment
of approximately $1,500,000, with the balance to be paid in three equal annual
installments of $1,250,000, or $3,750,000. The Adjusted EBITDA participation
and other related agreements were terminated upon purchase of the assets
(unaudited).
As of September 30, 1997, and 1996 and June 30, 1997, the Mississippi
Partnership also had an outstanding note payable to Boomtown (the "Boomtown
Note") in the amounts of $44,113,000, $41,432,000, and $42,465,000,
respectively. These amounts primarily related to funds invested by Boomtown
for the initial construction of the property, and the net of subsequent cash
transfers to Boomtown from the Mississippi Partnership, and from Boomtown to
the Mississippi Partnership. Interest on the notes payable to Boomtown was
fixed at 11.5%.
In 1996, the Mississippi Partnership capitalized software, previously under
capital lease by Boomtown, which resulted in a $221,000 increase in the
Boomtown Note. Boomtown also made a payment of approximately
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
$2,480,000, on behalf of the Mississippi Partnership, with respect to the
barge that Boomtown Biloxi operates upon (see Note 5). Both of these
transactions are included in the accompanying statement of cash flows for the
year ended September 30, 1996.
The Mississippi Partnership incurred interest costs of $4,239,000,
$4,727,000 and $3,659,000 on the balance of the Boomtown Note for the years
ended September 30, 1995 and 1996 and the nine months ended June 30, 1997,
respectively. No interest was capitalized in 1996 or 1997.
The capital lease obligations were secured by furniture, fixtures and
equipment with net book values of approximately $1,858,000 as of September 30,
1996 and approximately $3,528,000 as of June 30, 1997. These capital lease
obligations mature between August 1997 and January 1999. Interest of $61,000
was paid on the capital lease obligations during the year ended September 30,
1996 and of $231,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 1997.
Principal maturities of long term debt and capital lease obligations by
calendar year, as of June 30, 1997, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1997.............................. $1,496,000
1998.............................. 46,000
Thereafter........................ 0
----------
$1,542,000
==========
</TABLE>
NOTE 5--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
DEBT GUARANTEES On November 24, 1993, Boomtown completed the private
placement of $103,500,000 of 11.5% First Mortgage Notes due November 2003 (the
"11.5% Boomtown Notes"). The 11.5% Boomtown Notes were secured by, and among
other things, a full and unconditional guarantee by the Mississippi
Partnership, as defined in the Indenture to the 11.5% Boomtown Notes. The
Indenture governing the 11.5% Boomtown Notes placed certain business,
financial and operating restrictions on Boomtown and its subsidiaries
including, among other things, the incurrence of additional indebtedness,
issuance of preferred equity interests and entering into operational leases;
limitations on dividends, repurchase of capital stock of Boomtown and
redemption's of subordinated debt; limitations on transactions with
affiliates; limitations on mergers, consolidations and sales of assets;
limitations on amending existing partnership and facility construction
agreements; and limitations on the use of proceeds from the issuance of the
11.5% Boomtown Notes.
The Mississippi Partnership was a guarantor for a $1,100,000 promissory note
for Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc., a formerly wholly owned subsidiary of
Boomtown, which was divested in the Merger with Hollywood Park, and as of July
1, 1997, the Mississippi Partnership was no longer a guarantor with respect to
this note (unaudited).
The Mississippi Partnership was also a guarantor for a $3,200,000 note (as
of September 30, 1996) related to the riverboat upon which Boomtown operated a
casino through Louisiana-I Gaming, L.P., which is majority owned and
controlled by Boomtown. Louisiana-I Gaming, L.P. paid down the balance of this
note on August 7, 1997 (unaudited).
OPERATING LEASES The Mississippi Partnership leased its facilities and
operating equipment under noncancelable operating lease arrangements with
terms in excess of one year.
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
LEASES WITH RELATED PARTIES In 1993, Boomtown signed an agreement to lease
property from Skrmetta through the Mississippi Partnership as the site for the
gaming facility and related amenities. The Mississippi Partnership invested
$2,000,000 as a long term deposit on the lease and committed to annual rental
payments of approximately $2,000,000 as base rent and percentage rent of 5% of
adjusted gaming win over $25,000,000. In exchange for a 15% interest in the
Mississippi Partnership with the lessor of the property, the Mississippi
Partnership received two years of free base rent. During this two year period
rent expense was charged to operations and Skrmetta's limited partner capital
account was credited. The lease term is 99 years and is cancelable upon one
year's notice.
BARGE LEASE On July 22, 1994, the Mississippi Partnership sold the barge and
the building shell to HFS Gaming Corp. ("HFS"), a Delaware corporation.
Approximately $2,400,000 of the $11,000,000 sales price was retained by
Boomtown to be used for the initial development and construction of the casino
property. Simultaneously with this sale, the Mississippi Partnership leased
the barge and the building shell back from HFS, for 25 years, along with an
option to purchase the barge and the building shell for fair market value at
the end of the lease or upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in
the lease agreement. In the event of default by the Mississippi Partnership,
HFS could have terminated the lease or required the Mississippi Partnership to
purchase the leased assets for fair market value. HFS agreed to provide
certain marketing services to the Mississippi Partnership. The Mississippi
Partnership paid HFS rent under the lease and payments for services under the
marketing agreement equal to approximately 20% of the annual adjusted earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (the "EBITDA
Distributions"), as defined, for the Mississippi Partnership. As the lease
payments represent contingent rentals, they are excluded from future minimum
annual rental commitments schedule below. HFS subsequently transferred the
lease and marketing agreement to National Gaming.
In November 1995, Boomtown executed an agreement with National Gaming,
whereby $2,400,000 was paid to National Gaming in return for a reduction of
the EBITDA Distributions from 20% to 16%. For an additional payment of
$100,000 the Mississippi Partnership secured an option to buy the barge and
the building shell from National Gaming, along with the EBITDA Distributions
participation, at a cost approximating the original investment made by HFS
less the $2,400,000 previously paid by the Mississippi Partnership to National
Gaming.
On August 4, 1997, Hollywood Park executed an agreement pursuant to which a
Hollywood Park entity purchased the assets from National Gaming for
$5,250,000, payable through a down payment of approximately $1,500,000, with
the balance to be paid in three equal annual installments of $1,250,000. The
Adjusted EBITDA participation and other related agreements were terminated
upon purchase of the assets.
TIDELANDS LEASE The Mississippi Partnership leases submerged tidelands at
the Boomtown Biloxi site from the State of Mississippi. This lease has a ten
year term, with a five year option to renew, with initial annual rent payments
of $525,000. Annual rent for the remaining two years of the initial five year
period, will be $425,000. Rent for the balance of the lease term will be
determined in accordance with Mississippi law, based on an appraisal obtained
by The State of Mississippi.
The aggregate future minimum annual rental commitments on a calendar year
basis as of June 30, 1997, under operating leases having non-cancelable terms
in excess of one year is as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1997.............................. $ 690,000
1998.............................. 1,256,000
1999.............................. 666,000
2000.............................. 383,000
2001.............................. 340,000
Thereafter........................ 871,000
----------
$4,206,000
==========
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
GENERAL Rental expense included in the accompanying statements of operations
for the years ended September 30, 1996, and 1995, totaled $7,557,000, and
$7,388,000, respectively (of which $2,934,000, and $2,711,000, respectively
was with related parties). Of these amounts $6,827,000, and $6,877,000,
represented minimum rentals, respectively, and $729,000, and $511,000,
represented contingent rentals, respectively.
Rent expense for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited)
totaled $4,003,000 and $5,774,000, respectively, of which $2,198,000 and
$2,147,000, respectively was with related parties. The total rent expense for
the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited), included minimum
rent expense of $3,306,000 and $5,277,000, respectively and contingent rent
expense of $697,000 and $497,000, respectively.
GAMING LICENSE The Mississippi Gaming Commission requires, as a condition of
licensing or license renewal, gaming companies to make a one time capital
investment in facilities for general public use, such as restaurants and other
non-gaming facilities, equal to 25% of the initial casino construction and
gaming equipment costs. The Mississippi Partnership believes that it's current
land-based facility satisfies this Mississippi Gaming Commission requirement.
On October 26, 1997, the Mississippi Partnership received a verbal notice that
it's current land-based facility satisfied the Mississippi Commission
requirement, and has requested a written confirmation (unaudited).
SELF INSURANCE The Mississippi Partnership maintained a plan of partial
self-insurance for medical and dental coverage for substantially all full-time
employees and their dependents. Claims in excess of $50,000 for the policy
year ended February 28, 1995, and $75,000 for policy years ended February 28,
1996, and 1997, per individual are fully covered by insurance. The Mississippi
Partnership established reserves (approximately $578,000 as of June 30, 1997)
considered adequate to cover estimated future payments on claims.
NOTE 6--401(k) PLAN
The Mississippi Partnership's employees were covered under the Boomtown
401(k) Plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan the Mississippi Partnership would
match 50% of employee's contributions up to a maximum of 5% of the employee's
wages. The Mississippi Partnership recorded $112,000, $35,000 $98,000 and
$75,000 of expense during the years ended September 30, 1996, and 1995, and
the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited), respectively,
related to the matching contributions under the Plan.
NOTE 7--BOOMTOWN MANAGEMENT FEE
Boomtown is responsible for managing the operations of Boomtown Biloxi and
charges the property a pro-rated share of the costs it incurred relative to
its management. During the years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995, and the
nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 (unaudited) the Mississippi
Partnership recorded Boomtown related management expense of $732,000,
$756,000, $540,000 and $495,000, respectively.
NOTE 8--SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED)
On June 30, 1997, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
April 23, 1996, by and among Hollywood Park, HP Acquisition, Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park and Boomtown, HP Acquisition, Inc. was
merged with and into Boomtown. As a result of the Merger, Boomtown became a
wholly owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park.
On August 6, 1997, Hollywood Park and Hollywood Park Operating Company (a
wholly owned subsidiary of Hollywood Park), as co-obligors, issued
$125,000,000 of Series A 9.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2007 (the
"Notes"). The Notes are fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally,
guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by all of Hollywood Park's material
subsidiaries, including Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
In connection with the Merger, Hollywood Park supplied the funds to Boomtown
to repurchase and retire an aggregate of approximately $102,700,000 in
principal amount of the 11.5% Boomtown Notes. The remaining balance of
$1,253,000 is fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Mississippi-I Gaming,
L.P.
On November 26, 1996, the Mississippi Partnership paid approximately
$500,000 to amend an operating lease for certain slot machines, whereby the
Mississippi Partnership purchased the slot machines in August 1997, for
approximately $554,000. The cost of the slots machines, now under capital
lease, was approximately $2,500,000 and is being depreciated over the
remainder of their useful lives.
As previously stated, the Mississippi Partnership is 85% owned by Hollywood
Park through its two wholly owned subsidiaries Boomtown and Bayview Yacht
Club, Inc., and 15% owned by Skrmetta. Both Hollywood Park and Skrmetta have
an option, exercisable over a four year period, to exchange Skrmetta's
interest in the Mississippi Partnership, at Skrmetta's option for either cash
and/or shares of Hollywood Park common stock with an aggregate value equal to
the value of Skrmetta's 15% interest in the Mississippi Partnership, with such
value determined by a formula set forth in the relevant partnership
agreements. On August 13, 1997, Hollywood Park exercised this option and
subsequently supplied Skrmetta with its calculation of the value of his 15%
interest. Skrmetta did not agree to this valuation of his 15% interest, and
Hollywood Park and Skrmetta are currently attempting to reach agreement on a
value. In the event that Hollywood Park and Skrmetta are unable to reach an
agreement, Hollywood Park plans to initiate arbitration proceedings.
In October 1997, the Mississippi Partnership exercised its option to
purchase for $1,000,000 a half-acre parcel adjacent to the existing property,
which is currently used for valet parking and may be used for expansion
opportunities in the future.
The Mississippi Gaming Commission requires, as a condition of licensing or
license renewal, gaming companies to make a one time capital investment in
facilities for general public use, such as restaurants and other non-gaming
facilities, equal to 25% of the initial casino construction and gaming
equipment costs (Note 5). The Mississippi Partnership believes that it's
current land-based facility satisfies this Mississippi Gaming Commission
requirement. On October 26, 1997, the Mississippi Partnership received a
verbal notice that it's current land-based facility satisfied the Mississippi
Commission requirement, and has requested a written confirmation.
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MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
SCHEDULE II--VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996, AND 1995 AND NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS
BALANCE AT CHARGED TO WRITE-OFFS,
BEGINNING COSTS AND NET OF BALANCE AT
DESCRIPTION OF PERIOD EXPENSES COLLECTIONS END OF PERIOD
- ----------- ---------- ---------- ----------- -------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
1997:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts.................... $34 $82 $(83) $33
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts.................... 16 92 (74) 34
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995:
Deducted from asset accounts:
Allowance for doubtful
accounts.................... 6 43 (33) 16
</TABLE>
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED
UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE ISSUERS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL, OR A SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY, ANY
SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY TO ANY PERSON IN OR BY ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN
WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED OR IN WHICH THE PERSON
MAKING SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS NOT QUALIFIED TO DO SO OR TO ANYONE TO
WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY
OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
CREATE AN IMPRESSION THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A CHANGE IN THE INFORMATION SET
FORTH IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE ISSUERS SINCE THE DATE
HEREOF.
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Available Information.................................................... i
Documents Incorporated by Reference...................................... ii
Prospectus Summary....................................................... 1
Risk Factors............................................................. 14
Use of Proceeds.......................................................... 24
The Exchange Offer....................................................... 24
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences.................................. 32
Capitalization........................................................... 34
Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial Data......................... 35
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations........................................................... 39
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements. 53
Business................................................................. 59
Management............................................................... 83
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management........... 86
Description of Other Indebtedness........................................ 88
Description of Notes..................................................... 90
Plan of Distribution..................................................... 120
Book-Entry; Delivery and Form............................................ 121
Experts.................................................................. 122
Legal Matters............................................................ 123
Index to Financial Statements............................................ F-1
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$125,000,000
[LOGO HOLLYWOOD PARK]
SERIES B 9 1/2% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES
DUE 2007
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PROSPECTUS
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, 1998
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at its request in such capacity in another
corporation or business association, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its
certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174
of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, each Issuer's Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, includes a provision that limits a director's
personal liability to such Issuer or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breaches of his or her fiduciary duty as a director. Article XIII of each
Issuer's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides that no director
of such Issuer shall be personally liable to such Issuer or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest extent
permitted by the DGCL.
As permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, each Issuer's Bylaws provide that,
to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, directors, officers and certain
other persons who are made, or are threatened to be made, parties to, or are
involved in, any action, suit or proceeding will be indemnified by such Issuer
with respect thereto.
Hollywood Park, Inc. maintains insurance policies under which its directors
and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of
the policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of actions,
suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities that might be imposed as a
result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by
reason of being or having been directors or officers of Hollywood Park, Inc.
ITEM 21. EXHIBITS
A list of exhibits included as part of the Registration Statement is set
forth below:
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, by and among Hollywood Park,
Inc., and Pacific Casino Management, Inc., dated November 17, 1995, is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed November 30, 1995.
2.2 Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Hollywood Park, Inc., HP
Acquisition, Inc., and Boomtown, Inc., dated April 23, 1996, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 3, 1996.
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Hollywood Park, Inc., is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 dated January 29, 1993.
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3.2 Amended By-laws of Hollywood Park, Inc. are hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 dated January 29, 1993.
3.3* Certificate of Incorporation of Hollywood Park Operating Company
3.4* Amended By-laws of Hollywood Park Operating Company
3.5* Certificate of Incorporation of Hollywood Park Fall Operating Company
3.6* By-laws of Hollywood Park Fall Operating Company
3.7* Articles of Incorporation of Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.
3.8* By-laws of Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.
3.9* Articles of Incorporation of HP/Compton, Inc.
3.10* By-laws of HP/Compton, Inc.
3.11* Articles of Organization of Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development
Company, LLC
3.12* Operating Agreement of Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development
Company, LLC
3.13* Restated Articles of Incorporation of Turf Paradise, Inc.
3.14* By-laws of Turf Paradise, Inc.
3.15* Certificate of Incorporation of HP Yakama, Inc.
3.16* By-laws of HP Yakama, Inc.
3.17* Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Boomtown, Inc.
3.18* By-laws of Boomtown, Inc.
3.19* Certificate of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of
Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.
3.20* Revised and Restated By-laws of Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.
3.21* Articles of Incorporation of Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.
3.22* By-laws of Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.
3.23* Certificate of Mississippi Limited Partnership of Mississippi-I
Gaming, L.P.
3.24 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Mississippi-I
Gaming, L.P., is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June
30, 1997.
3.25* Articles of Incorporation of Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.
3.26* Amended and restated Partnership Agreement of Louisiana-I Gaming, a
Louisiana Partnership in Commendam
4.5 Convertible Preferred Stock Depositary Stock Agreement between
Hollywood Park, Inc. and Chase Mellon Shareholder Services, dated
February 9, 1993, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated January 29,
1993.
4.7 Hollywood Park 1996 Stock Option Plan is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-4 dated September 18, 1996.
4.8 Hollywood Park 1993 Stock Option Plan is hereby incorporated by
reference to Appendix A to the Notice of Annual Meeting to
shareholders and Proxy Statement relating to the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders of Hollywood Park, Inc. held on May 17, 1993.
4.9 Indenture, dated August 1, 1997, by and among the Company, HPOC,
Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc., HP/Compton, Inc., Crystal Park
Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC, HP Yakama, Inc., Turf
Paradise, Inc., Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.,
Louisiana-I Gaming, Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc., Mississippi-I
Gaming, L.P., Bayview Yacht Club, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as
trustee, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1997.
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4.10 Form of Series B 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Note due 2007 (Included in
Exhibit 4.9).
5* Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP
10.1 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan for Hollywood Park, Inc. is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1991.
10.2 Lease Agreement dated as of January 1, 1989, by and between Hollywood
Park Realty Enterprises, Inc. and Hollywood Park Operating Company, as
amended, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Joint
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1989, of Hollywood Park Operating Company and Hollywood Park Realty
Enterprises, Inc.
10.3 Aircraft rental agreement dated November 1, 1993, by and between
Hollywood Park, Inc. and R.D. Hubbard Enterprises, Inc. is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993.
10.4 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 23, 1994, by and
between Sunflower Racing, Inc. and First Union National Bank of North
Carolina, Bank One Lexington, Texas Commerce Bank, Home State Bank of
Kansas City and Intrust Bank, N.A. is hereby incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1994.
10.5 Pledge Agreement dated March 23, 1994, by and between Hollywood Park,
Inc., First Union National Bank of North Carolina, (as agent for the
ratable benefit of itself and the Banks named in the Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement included as Exhibit 10.4) is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1994.
10.6 Amendment of Oil and Gas Lease dated January 10, 1995, by and between
Hollywood Park, Inc. and Casex Co., Nunn Ltd., and Vortex Energy &
Minerals is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1994.
10.7 Agreement Respecting Pyramid Casino dated December 3, 1994, by and
between Hollywood Park, Inc. and Compton Entertainment, Inc., is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994.
10.8 Amendment to Agreement Respecting Pyramid Casino dated April 14, 1995,
by and between Hollywood Park, Inc., and Compton Entertainment, Inc.,
is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1995.
10.9 Amended and Restated Agreement Respecting Pyramid Casino dated July
14, 1995, by and between Hollywood Park, Inc., and Compton
Entertainment, Inc., is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 1995.
10.10 Amended and Restated Disposition and Development Agreement of Purchase
and Sale, and Lease with Option to Purchase, dated August 2, 1995, by
and between The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Compton
and Compton Entertainment, Inc., is hereby incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
10.11 Guaranty, dated July 31, 1995, by Hollywood Park, Inc., in favor of
the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Compton, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
10.12 Lease by and between HP/Compton, Inc. and Compton Entertainment, Inc.,
dated August 3, 1995, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.18 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1995.
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10.13 First Amendment to Lease by and between HP/Compton, Inc., and Compton
Entertainment, Inc., dated March 12, 1996, is here by incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996.
10.14 Second Amendment to Lease by and between Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
Development Company LLC, and Compton Entertainment, Inc., dated
September 13, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.19 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1996.
10.15 Assignment, Assumption and Consent Agreement, by and among HP/Compton,
Inc., and Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company LLC,
Hollywood Park, Inc. and The Community Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Compton, dated July 18, 1996, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996.
10.16 Consent of Compton Entertainment, Inc., and Rouben Kandilian, by and
between Hollywood Park, Inc., and Compton Entertainment, Inc., dated
August 29, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1996.
10.17 License Agreement, dated June 27, 1996, by and between HP/Compton,
Inc., and Radisson Hotels International, Inc. is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1996.
10.18 Operating Agreement for Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development
Company LLC, dated July 18, 1996, effective August 28, 1996, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996.
10.19 Blue Diamond Swap Agreement by and among Boomtown, Inc., Blue Diamond
Hotel & Casino, Inc., Hollywood Park, Inc., Edward P. Roski, Jr., IVAC
and Majestic Realty Co., dated August 12, 1996, is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-4 filed September 18, 1996.
10.20 Stock Purchase Agreement, by and between Hollywood Park, Inc. and
Edward P. Roski, Jr., dated August 12, 1996, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-4 dated September 18, 1996.
10.21 Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement dated March 27, 1997, among
Hollywood Park, Inc., and Bank of Scotland, Bankers Trust Company,
Societe Generale, Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1997.
10.22 Amendment No. 1 to Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement, dated June 30,
1997, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1997.
10.23 Amendment No. 2 to Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement, dated July 30,
1997, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1997.
10.24 Agreement of Limited Partnership for Huron Gaming, LP, a Delaware
Limited Partnership, Kansas Project, dated July 14, 1997, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.25 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Mississippi-I
Gaming, L.P., is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 1997.
10.26 Amended Equity Conversion Agreement, dated July 18, 1994, by and
between Boomtown, Inc., and Eric Skrmmetta, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.32 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
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10.27 Ground Lease, dated October 19, 1993, between Raphael Skrmetta as
Landlord and Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. as Tenant, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.33 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.28 First Amendment to Ground Lease dated October 19, 1993, between
Raphael Skrmetta and Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P, is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.29 Second Amendment to Ground Lease dated October 19, 1993, between
Raphael Skrmetta and Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P, is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.30 Purchase Agreement, dated August 1, 1997, by and among the Company,
HPOC, Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc., HP/Compton, Inc., Crystal
Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC, Hollywood Park Fall
Operating Company, HP Yakama, Inc., Turf Paradise, Inc., Boomtown,
Inc., Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc., Louisiana-I Gaming, Louisiana
Gaming Enterprises, Inc., Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., Bayview Yacht
Club, Inc., and the Initial Purchasers named therein, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.31 Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 1997, by and among the
Company, HPOC, Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc., HP/Compton, Inc.,
Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC, Hollywood Park
Fall Operating Company, HP Yakama, Inc., Turf Paradise, Inc.,
Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc., Louisiana-I Gaming,
Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc., Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.,
Bayview Yacht Club, Inc., and the Initial Purchasers named therein, is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
12.1* Calculation of Historical Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
12.2* Calculation of Pro Forma Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
21.1* Subsidiaries of Hollywood Park, Inc.
23.1* Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.4 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Hollywood Park, Inc.
24.2* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Hollywood Park
Operating Company.
24.3* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Hollywood Park Fall
Operating Company.
24.4* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Hollywood Park Food
Services, Inc.
24.5* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of HP/Compton, Inc.
24.6* Powers of Attorney of directors of HP/Compton, Inc. in the capacity of
manager of Crystal Park Hotel and Casino Development Company, LLC.
24.7* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Turf Paradise, Inc.
24.8* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of HP Yakama, Inc.
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24.9* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Boomtown, Inc.
24.10* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Boomtown Hotel &
Casino, Inc.
24.11* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Bayview Yacht Club,
Inc.
24.12* Powers of Attorney of directors of Bayview Yacht Club, Inc. in the
capacity of General Partner of Mississippi I-Gaming, L.P.
24.13* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Louisiana Gaming
Enterprises, Inc.
24.14* Powers of Attorney of directors of Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.
in the capacity of General Partner of Louisiana I-Gaming, a Louisiana
Partnership in Commendam.
25.1* Statement Regarding Eligibility of Trustee
99* Form of Letter of Transmittal
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ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS
1. The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:
(a)(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or most recent post-
effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by
reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this
form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the
incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means.
This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the
effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding
to the request.
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(c) To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information
concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein,
that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when
it became effective.
(d) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Issuers' annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(e) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of each Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Issuers has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense
of an action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Issuers will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
(f) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake to file an application
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under
subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with
the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section
305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature to the Registration Statement appears below
hereby appoints R.D. Hubbard and G. Michael Finnigan and each of them, either
one of whom may act without joinder of the other, as his or her attorney-in-
fact to sign on his or her behalf individually and in the capacity stated
below and to file all amendments and post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement, which amendments may make such changes in and
additions to this Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
appropriate or necessary.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
HOLLYWOOD PARK, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
President--Sports and
Entertainment,
Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Chairman of the Board and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
R.D. Hubbard (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Harry Ornest* Vice Chairman of the Board January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Harry Ornest
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Executive Vice President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Financial Officer
G. Michael Finnigan (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Richard Goeglein* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Richard Goeglein
/s/ Peter L. Harris* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Peter L. Harris
/s/ J.R. Johnson* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
J.R. Johnson
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/s/ Robert T. Manfuso* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Robert T. Manfuso
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Timothy J. Parrott
/s/ Lynn P. Reitnouer* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Lynn P. Reitnouer
Director January , 1998
____________________________________
Warren B. Williamson
/s/ Herman Sarkowsky* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Herman Sarkowsky
/s/ Delbert W. Yocam* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Delbert W. Yocam
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/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
HOLLYWOOD PARK OPERATING COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Chairman of the Board and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
R.D. Hubbard (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Harry Ornest* Vice Chairman of the Board January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Harry Ornest
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Executive Vice President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Financial Officer
G. Michael Finnigan (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
____________________________________ Director January , 1998
Warren B. Williamson
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/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
HOLLYWOOD PARK FALL OPERATING
COMPANY,
a Delaware corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Director and President January 26, 1998
____________________________________ (Principal Executive
R.D. Hubbard Officer)
/s/ Harry Ornest* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Harry Ornest
____________________________________ Director January , 1998
Warren B. Williamson
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Executive Vice President, January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Treasurer and Assistant
G. Michael Finnigan Secretary (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-11
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
HOLLYWOOD PARK FOOD SERVICES, INC.,
a California corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Executive Vice President,
Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Director and President January 26, 1998
____________________________________ (Principal Executive
R.D. Hubbard Officer)
/s/ Harry Ornest* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Harry Ornest
____________________________________ Director January , 1998
Warren B. Williamson
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Executive Vice President, January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Treasurer and Assistant
G. Michael Finnigan Secretary (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-12
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
HP/COMPTON INC.,
a California corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Director and President January 26, 1998
____________________________________ (Principal Executive
R.D. Hubbard Officer)
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Vice President and Chief January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Financial Officer (Principal
G. Michael Finnigan Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-13
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
CRYSTAL PARK HOTEL & CASINO
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
By: its Manager
HP/COMPTON, INC.,
a California corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _______________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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HP/COMPTON, INC. MANAGER of Crystal Park January 26, 1998
Hotel & Casino Development
Company, LLC
/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Director and President of January 26, 1998
____________________________________ HP/Compton, Inc.
R.D. Hubbard
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-14
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
TURF PARADISE, INC.,
an Arizona corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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--------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Director, President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
R.D. Hubbard (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Director, Vice President, January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Treasurer and Assistant
G. Michael Finnigan Secretary
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Donald M. Robbins* Director, Vice President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Secretary
Donald M. Robbins
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-15
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
HP YAKAMA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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--------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ R.D. Hubbard* Director, President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
R.D. Hubbard (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Bruce Rimbo* Director January 26, 1998
____________________________________
Bruce Rimbo
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Director, Vice President, January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Treasurer and Assistant
G. Michael Finnigan Secretary (Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-16
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
BOOMTOWN, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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--------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Chairman of the Board and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
Timothy J. Parrott (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Phil E. Bryan* Director, President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Operating Officer
Phil E. Bryan
/s/ Robert F. List* Director, Executive Vice January 26, 1998
____________________________________ President and Secretary
Robert F. List
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Vice President, and Chief January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Financial Officer (Principal
G. Michael Finnigan Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-17
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
BOOMTOWN HOTEL & CASINO, INC.,
a Nevada corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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--------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Chairman of the Board and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
Timothy J. Parrott (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Phil E. Bryan* Director, President and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Operating Officer
Phil E. Bryan
/s/ Robert F. List* Director, Senior Vice January 26, 1998
____________________________________ President, Secretary and
Robert F. List Treasurer
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Vice President, and Chief January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Financial Officer (Principal
G. Michael Finnigan Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-18
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
BAYVIEW YACHT CLUB, INC.,
a Mississippi corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Chairman of the Board and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
Timothy J. Parrott (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Robert F. List* Director, Secretary and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Treasurer
Robert F. List
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Vice President, and Chief January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Financial Officer (Principal
G. Michael Finnigan Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-19
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
MISSISSIPPI-I GAMING, L.P.
By: its General Partner
BAYVIEW YACHT CLUB, INC.,
a Mississippi corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: ___________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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<C> <S> <C>
BAYVIEW YACHT CLUB, INC. GENERAL PARTNER January 26, 1998
Mississippi-I Gaming,
L.P.
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Director, Chairman and January 26, 1998
______________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
Timothy J. Parrott of Bayview Yacht Club,
Inc.
/s/ Robert F. List* Director, Secretary and January 26, 1998
______________________________________ Treasurer of Bayview
Robert F. List Yacht Club, Inc.
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-20
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
LOUISIANA GAMING ENTERPRISES, INC.,
a Louisiana corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: _________________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Chairman of the Board and January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
Timothy J. Parrott (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Robert F. List* Director, Executive Vice January 26, 1998
____________________________________ President and Secretary
Robert F. List
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan* Vice President, and Chief January 26, 1998
____________________________________ Financial Officer (Principal
G. Michael Finnigan Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-21
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of
California on the 26th day of January, 1998.
LOUISIANA-I GAMING, A LOUISIANA
PARTNERSHIP IN COMMENDAM
By: its General Partner
LOUISIANA GAMING ENTERPRISES,
INC.,
a Louisiana corporation
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan*
By: ___________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
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<C> <S> <C>
LOUISIANA GAMING ENTERPRISES, INC. GENERAL MANAGER of January 26, 1998
Louisiana-I Gaming, a
Louisiana Partnership in
Commendam
/s/ Timothy J. Parrott* Director, Chairman and January 26, 1998
______________________________________ Chief Executive Officer
Timothy J. Parrott of Louisiana Gaming
Enterprises, Inc.
/s/ Robert F. List* Director, Executive Vice January 26, 1998
______________________________________ President and Secretary
Robert F. List of Louisiana Gaming
Enterprises, Inc.
</TABLE>
/s/ G. Michael Finnigan
*By: ____________________________
G. Michael Finnigan
Attorney-in-Fact
II-22
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, by and among
Hollywood Park, Inc., and Pacific Casino Management,
Inc., dated November 17, 1995, is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed November 30, 1995.
2.2 Agreement and Plan of Merger, by and among Hollywood
Park, Inc., HP Acquisition, Inc., and Boomtown, Inc.,
dated April 23, 1996, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed May 3, 1996.
3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Hollywood Park, Inc.,
is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated
January 29, 1993.
3.2 Amended By-laws of Hollywood Park, Inc. are hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated
January 29, 1993.
3.3* Certificate of Incorporation of Hollywood Park
Operating Company
3.4* Amended By-laws of Hollywood Park Operating Company
3.5* Certificate of Incorporation of Hollywood Park Fall
Operating Company
3.6* By-laws of Hollywood Park Fall Operating Company
3.7* Articles of Incorporation of Hollywood Park Food
Services, Inc.
3.8* By-laws of Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.
3.9* Articles of Incorporation of HP/Compton, Inc.
3.10* By-laws of HP/Compton, Inc.
3.11* Articles of Organization of Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino Development Company, LLC
3.12* Operating Agreement of Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
Development Company, LLC
3.13* Restated Articles of Incorporation of Turf Paradise,
Inc.
3.14* By-laws of Turf Paradise, Inc.
3.15* Certificate of Incorporation of HP Yakama, Inc.
3.16* By-laws of HP Yakama, Inc.
3.17* Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Boomtown, Inc.
3.18* By-laws of Boomtown, Inc.
3.19* Certificate of Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.
3.20* Revised and Restated By-laws of Boomtown Hotel &
Casino, Inc.
3.21* Articles of Incorporation of Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.
3.22* By-laws of Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.
3.23* Certificate of Mississippi Limited Partnership of
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P.
3.24 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June
30, 1997.
3.25* Articles of Incorporation of Louisiana Gaming
Enterprises, Inc.
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3.26* Amended and restated Partnership Agreement of
Louisiana-I Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in
Commendam
4.5 Convertible Preferred Stock Depositary Stock Agreement
between Hollywood Park, Inc. and Chase Mellon
Shareholder Services, dated February 9, 1993, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated
January 29, 1993.
4.7 Hollywood Park 1996 Stock Option Plan is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 dated
September 18, 1996.
4.8 Hollywood Park 1993 Stock Option Plan is hereby
incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Notice
of Annual Meeting to shareholders and Proxy Statement
relating to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of
Hollywood Park, Inc. held on May 17, 1993.
4.9 Indenture, dated August 1, 1997, by and among the
Company, HPOC, Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.,
HP/Compton, Inc., Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
Development Company, LLC, HP Yakama, Inc., Turf
Paradise, Inc., Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown Hotel &
Casino, Inc., Louisiana-I Gaming, Louisiana Gaming
Enterprises, Inc., Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., Bayview
Yacht Club, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.37 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1997.
4.10 Form of Series B 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Note due
2007 (Included in Exhibit 4.9).
5* Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP
10.1 Directors Deferred Compensation Plan for Hollywood
Park, Inc. is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for the year ended December 31, 1991.
10.2 Lease Agreement dated as of January 1, 1989, by and
between Hollywood Park Realty Enterprises, Inc. and
Hollywood Park Operating Company, as amended, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to the Joint
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1989, of Hollywood Park Operating Company
and Hollywood Park Realty Enterprises, Inc.
10.3 Aircraft rental agreement dated November 1, 1993, by
and between Hollywood Park, Inc. and R.D. Hubbard
Enterprises, Inc. is hereby incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1993.
10.4 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 23,
1994, by and between Sunflower Racing, Inc. and First
Union National Bank of North Carolina, Bank One
Lexington, Texas Commerce Bank, Home State Bank of
Kansas City and Intrust Bank, N.A. is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1994.
10.5 Pledge Agreement dated March 23, 1994, by and between
Hollywood Park, Inc., First Union National Bank of
North Carolina, (as agent for the ratable benefit of
itself and the Banks named in the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement included as Exhibit 10.4) is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1994.
10.6 Amendment of Oil and Gas Lease dated January 10, 1995,
by and between Hollywood Park, Inc. and Casex Co., Nunn
Ltd., and Vortex Energy & Minerals is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1994.
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10.7 Agreement Respecting Pyramid Casino dated December 3,
1994, by and between Hollywood Park, Inc. and Compton
Entertainment, Inc., is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1994.
10.8 Amendment to Agreement Respecting Pyramid Casino dated
April 14, 1995, by and between Hollywood Park, Inc.,
and Compton Entertainment, Inc., is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1995.
10.9 Amended and Restated Agreement Respecting Pyramid
Casino dated July 14, 1995, by and between Hollywood
Park, Inc., and Compton Entertainment, Inc., is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1995.
10.10 Amended and Restated Disposition and Development
Agreement of Purchase and Sale, and Lease with Option
to Purchase, dated August 2, 1995, by and between The
Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Compton
and Compton Entertainment, Inc., is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1995.
10.11 Guaranty, dated July 31, 1995, by Hollywood Park, Inc.,
in favor of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Compton, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.17 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.
10.12 Lease by and between HP/Compton, Inc. and Compton
Entertainment, Inc., dated August 3, 1995, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1995.
10.13 First Amendment to Lease by and between HP/Compton,
Inc., and Compton Entertainment, Inc., dated March 12,
1996, is here by incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.18 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1996.
10.14 Second Amendment to Lease by and between Crystal Park
Hotel and Casino Development Company LLC, and Compton
Entertainment, Inc., dated September 13, 1996, is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 1996.
10.15 Assignment, Assumption and Consent Agreement, by and
among HP/Compton, Inc., and Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino Development Company LLC, Hollywood Park, Inc.
and The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Compton, dated July 18, 1996, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1996.
10.16 Consent of Compton Entertainment, Inc., and Rouben
Kandilian, by and between Hollywood Park, Inc., and
Compton Entertainment, Inc., dated August 29, 1996, is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 1996.
10.17 License Agreement, dated June 27, 1996, by and between
HP/Compton, Inc., and Radisson Hotels International,
Inc. is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.17 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 1996.
10.18 Operating Agreement for Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
Development Company LLC, dated July 18, 1996, effective
August 28, 1996, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.24 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1996.
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10.19 Blue Diamond Swap Agreement by and among Boomtown,
Inc., Blue Diamond Hotel & Casino, Inc., Hollywood
Park, Inc., Edward P. Roski, Jr., IVAC and Majestic
Realty Co., dated August 12, 1996, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
September 18, 1996.
10.20 Stock Purchase Agreement, by and between Hollywood
Park, Inc. and Edward P. Roski, Jr., dated August 12,
1996, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.23 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-4 dated September 18, 1996.
10.21 Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement dated March 27, 1997,
among Hollywood Park, Inc., and Bank of Scotland,
Bankers Trust Company, Societe Generale, Bank of
America National Trust and Savings Association, is
hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 1997.
10.22 Amendment No. 1 to Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement,
dated June 30, 1997, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1997.
10.23 Amendment No. 2 to Reducing Revolving Loan Agreement,
dated July 30, 1997, is hereby incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1997.
10.24 Agreement of Limited Partnership for Huron Gaming, LP,
a Delaware Limited Partnership, Kansas Project, dated
July 14, 1997, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.25 Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., is hereby incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
June 30, 1997.
10.26 Amended Equity Conversion Agreement, dated July 18,
1994, by and between Boomtown, Inc., and Eric
Skrmmetta, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.32 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.27 Ground Lease, dated October 19, 1993, between Raphael
Skrmetta as Landlord and Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. as
Tenant, is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.33 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.28 First Amendment to Ground Lease dated October 19, 1993,
between Raphael Skrmetta and Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P,
is hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.34 to
the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.29 Second Amendment to Ground Lease dated October 19,
1993, between Raphael Skrmetta and Mississippi-I
Gaming, L.P, is hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.35 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.
10.30 Purchase Agreement, dated August 1, 1997, by and among
the Company, HPOC, Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.,
HP/Compton, Inc., Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
Development Company, LLC, Hollywood Park Fall Operating
Company, HP Yakama, Inc., Turf Paradise, Inc.,
Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.,
Louisiana-I Gaming, Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.,
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.,
and the Initial Purchasers named therein, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.36 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1997.
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10.31 Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 1, 1997, by
and among the Company, HPOC, Hollywood Park Food
Services, Inc., HP/Compton, Inc., Crystal Park Hotel
and Casino Development Company, LLC, Hollywood Park
Fall Operating Company, HP Yakama, Inc., Turf Paradise,
Inc., Boomtown, Inc., Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.,
Louisiana-I Gaming, Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.,
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P., Bayview Yacht Club, Inc.,
and the Initial Purchasers named therein, is hereby
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.38 to the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1997.
12.1* Calculation of Historical Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges
12.2* Calculation of Pro Forma Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges
21.1* Subsidiaries of Hollywood Park, Inc.
23.1* Consent of Irell & Manella LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.4 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Hollywood Park, Inc.
24.2* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Hollywood Park Operating Company.
24.3* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Hollywood Park Fall Operating Company.
24.4* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Hollywood Park Food Services, Inc.
24.5* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
HP/Compton, Inc.
24.6* Powers of Attorney of directors of HP/Compton, Inc. in
the capacity of manager of Crystal Park Hotel and
Casino Development Company, LLC.
24.7* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Turf
Paradise, Inc.
24.8* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of HP
Yakama, Inc.
24.9* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Boomtown, Inc.
24.10* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Boomtown Hotel & Casino, Inc.
24.11* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of Bayview
Yacht Club, Inc.
24.12* Powers of Attorney of directors of Bayview Yacht Club,
Inc. in the capacity of General Partner of Mississippi
I-Gaming, L.P.
24.13* Powers of Attorney of officers and directors of
Louisiana Gaming Enterprises, Inc.
24.14* Powers of Attorney of directors of Louisiana Gaming
Enterprises, Inc. in the capacity of General Partner of
Louisiana I-Gaming, a Louisiana Partnership in
Commendam.
25.1* Statement Regarding Eligibility of Trustee
99* Form of Letter of Transmittal
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
reports and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of this
Registration Statement (Form S-4) (Registration Statement File No. 333-34471).
Arthur Andersen LLP
Los Angeles, California
January 23, 1998
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EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated November 15, 1996 (except for the first paragraph
of Note 13 and the first two paragraphs of Note 12 as to which the dates are
November 18, 1996 and January 5, 1998, respectively), with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Boomtown, Inc. included in the
Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Hollywood Park,
Inc. for the registration of $125,000,000 Series B 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated
Notes due 2007.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated November 15, 1996, except for the first paragraph of Note 13 and the
first two paragraphs of Note 12 as to which the dates are November 18, 1996
and January 5, 1998, respectively, with respect to the financial statement
schedule of Boomtown, Inc. for the years ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and
1996 included in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus
of Hollywood Park, Inc. for the registration of $125,000,000 Series B 9 1/2%
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007.
Ernst & Young LLP
Reno, Nevada
January 26, 1998
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EXHIBIT 23.4
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated October 31, 1996, with respect to the financial
statements of Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. included in the Registration
Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of Hollywood Park, Inc. for the
registration of $125,000,000 Series B 9 1/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2007.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated October 31, 1996 with respect to the financial statement schedule of
Mississippi-I Gaming, L.P. for the years ended September 30, 1996 and 1995
included in the Registration Statement (Form S-4) and related Prospectus of
Hollywood Park, Inc. for the registration of $125,000,000 Series B 9 1/2%
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007.
Ernst & Young LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 26, 1998
