CHURCHILL DOWNS INC
10-Q, EX-10, 2000-08-14
RACING, INCLUDING TRACK OPERATION
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                           WAIVER AND FIFTH AMENDMENT

                                       to

                     $250,000,000 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

                                CREDIT AGREEMENT

                                  by and among

                 CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED, as the Borrower,

                                       and

                           THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO

                                       and

                             THE BANKS PARTY HERETO

                                       and

                    PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, As Agent,

                                       and

                  CIBC OPPENHEIMER CORP., As Syndication Agent.

                                       and

                BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, N.A., As Documentation Agent



                            Dated as of June 19, 2000




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        THIS  WAIVER  AND  FIFTH  AMENDMENT  TO  $250,000,000  REVOLVING  CREDIT
FACILITY CREDIT AGREEMENT (the "Fifth Amendment")  dated as of June 19, 2000, by
and  among  CHURCHILL DOWNS  INCORPORATED, as the Borrower (the "Borrower"), the
GUARANTORS  party to  the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined),  the  BANKS
party to  the  Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and  PNC BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,  as  the  Agent  (the "Agent"),  and  CIBC  OPPENHEIMER  CORP.,  As
Syndication Agent. and BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, N.A., As Documentation Agent.

        WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement  dated April 23, 1999
as amended prior to the date hereof (the "Credit Agreement") described above;

        WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement;

        WHEREAS, the  Borrower has entered  into that certain Agreement and Plan
Merger  (the  "Arlington  Acquisition  Agreement"), dated  as  of June 23, 2000,
between Duchossois  Industries, Inc. ("Duchossois"), the  Borrower and Arlington
International  Racecourse, Inc., Arlington  Management Services, Inc., Turf Club
of  Illinois, Inc., and three  Borrower wholly owned acquisition Subsidiaries, ,
pursuant  to  which  three  Subsidiaries  of  the  Borrower shall merge into the
following three Subsidiaries of Duchossois:

        Arlington   International  Racecourse,  Inc. ("AIRI"),  an   Illinois
        corporation
        Arlington Management Services, Inc. ("AMSI") , an Illinois corporation
        Turf Club of Illinois, Inc. ("Turf Club") , an Illinois corporation

On the effective date of the above-referenced  mergers (the "Acquisition Closing
Date"),  the Borrower  shall receive,  by virtue of the mergers,  stock of AIRI,
AMSI and Turf Club  (collectively,  together with the Subsidiaries of AIRI, AMSI
and Turf Club, the "Arlington  Companies to be Acquired") and the Borrower shall
issue to Duchossois, by virtue of the mergers,  3,150,000 shares of its stock on
the Acquisition Closing Date and up to 1,250,000 additional shares of such stock
after  the  Acquisition  Closing  Date  (collectively,  the  acquisition  of the
Arlington  Companies to be Acquired,  by the Borrower  pursuant to the Arlington
Acquisition Agreement shall be referred to as the "Arlington Park Acquisition"),
as more fully set forth in the Arlington Acquisition Agreement;

        WHEREAS,  the Arlington  Companies to be Acquired own the Arlington Park
racetrack located in Arlington Heights, Illinois ("Arlington Park Facility") and
two-off track betting  facilities (the "Arlington  Owned OTB  Facilities"),  and
lease two-off track betting facilities (collectively all leased facilities shall
be referred to as the "Arlington Leased  Facilities") as more fully described in
the  Arlington  Acquisition  Agreement and subject to the  exceptions  described
therein;

        WHEREAS,  Section 7.2.5 of the Credit Agreement further provides in part
that the Loan  Parties  shall elect to treat each  Person in which they  acquire
ownership interests in connection with a Permitted  Acquisition either as a Loan
Party or as an Excluded  Entity.  The Loan Parties desire to elect to treat each

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of the  Arlington  Companies  to be  Acquired  as a Loan  Party  (and  not as an
Excluded Entity) on and after the Acquisition Closing Date;

        WHEREAS,  Section 7.2.5 of the Credit Agreement further provides in part
that the Loan  Parties  may not  become a party to any  merger or  consolidation
unless they satisfy certain  conditions which include  delivering an Acquisition
Compliance  Certificate  evidencing that the Loan Parties shall be in compliance
with the  financial  covenants  contained  in  Sections  7.2.1,  7.2.4 or 7.2.17
through 7.2.21 after making such acquisition;

        WHEREAS,  Section 7.2.17 (Maximum Total Leverage Ratio), 7.2.18 (Maximum
Senior  Leverage Ratio) and Section 7.2.21 (Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio)
each provide in part as follows:  "For purposes of this  covenant,  EBITDA shall
include the rolling  four quarter  results of any entity  being  acquired by the
Loan Parties if such entity will become a Loan Party hereunder;" and

        WHEREAS,  the Loan Parties  request that the Banks waive the requirement
that the Loan Parties shall include the results of the Arlington Companies to be
Acquired for periods prior to the Acquisition Closing Date in their rolling four
quarter  computations  of EBITDA for purposes of Section  7.2.17  (Maximum Total
Leverage  Ratio),  Section 7.2.18  (Maximum  Senior  Leverage Ratio) and Section
7.2.21 (Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) so that the  computations of EBITDA
for purposes of the covenants  contained in such  Sections  shall  include,  for
periods prior to the  Acquisition  Closing Date,  the EBITDA of the Loan Parties
but shall not include the EBITDA of the Arlington Companies to be Acquired.

        NOW,  THEREFORE,  the parties hereto,  in  consideration of their mutual
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound
hereby, covenant and agree as follows:

        1.     Waiver and Amendment Under Credit Agreement.

        Subject to the conditions  contained in this Fifth Amendment,  the Banks
hereby waive the requirement  that the Loan Parties shall include the results of
the  Arlington  Companies  to be Acquired for periods  prior to the  Acquisition
Closing  Date in their  rolling four quarter  computations  of EBITDA  performed
after the Acquisition Closing Date for purposes of Section 7.2.17 (Maximum Total
Leverage  Ratio),  Section 7.2.18  (Maximum  Senior  Leverage Ratio) and Section
7.2.21  (Minimum  Fixed  Charge  Coverage  Ratio) of the Credit  Agreement.  The
computations of EBITDA performed after the Acquisition Closing Date for purposes
of such Sections shall include, (i) for periods prior to the Acquisition Closing
Date,  the  EBITDA  of the Loan  Parties  but not the  EBITDA  of the  Arlington
Companies to be Acquired,  and (ii) for periods  after the  Acquisition  Closing
Date,  the EBITDA of the Loan Parties  including the  Arlington  Companies to be
Acquired.

        2.     Warranties

               The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant as
follows:

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               A.     Recitals.
               ---------------

                      The  recitals  hereto are true and correct in all material
respects.

               B.     Incorporation into Credit Agreement.

                      The  representations  and warranties in this Section 2 are
incorporated  in  Section  5 of the  Credit  Agreement  and any  breach  of such
representations  or  warranties  is a  breach  under  Section  5 of  the  Credit
Agreement.

               C.     Other Warranties Under the Credit Agreement

                      The other  representations  and warranties of Loan Parties
contained in the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to the amendments thereto
on the date  hereof,  are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with the
same force and effect as though made by the Loan Parties on such date, except to
the extent that any such  representation or warranty expressly relates solely to
a previous date. The Loan Parties are in compliance with all terms,  conditions,
provisions, and covenants contained in the Credit Agreement.

        3.     Conditions to Effectiveness.

               This Fifth Amendment shall become effective provided that each of
the  following  conditions  is  satisfied  as of the  date  set  forth  in  such
condition:

               A.     Representations and Warranties.
               -------------------------------------

                      Each  of the  Borrower's  representations  and  warranties
under  Section  2 hereof  shall  be true  and  correct  on the  Fifth  Amendment
Effective Date, as that term is defined herein.

               B.     Opinion of Counsel.
               -------------------------

                      On or before the Fifth  Amendment  Effective  Date,  there
shall be delivered to the Agent for the benefit of each Bank written opinions of
Wyatt,  Tarrant & Combs (which may include  reliance on applicable local counsel
of the Loan Parties) and Rebecca C. Reed, counsel for the Loan Parties,  in each
case dated the Fifth  Amendment  Effective Date as to the  warranties  listed in
Exhibit 3(B) hereto as such  warranties  relate to this Fifth  Amendment and the
documents  executed in  connection  herewith and the consents  required for this
Fifth Amendment and such other documents.

               C.     Execution by Required Banks, Agent and Loan Parties.
               ----------------------------------------------------------


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                      On or before  the Fifth  Amendment  Effective  Date,  this
Fifth Amendment  shall have been executed by the Required  Banks,  the Agent and
the Loan Parties.

               D.     Acknowledgments Regarding Closing Conditions.
               ---------------------------------------------------

                      At least five (5)  Business  Days  before the  Acquisition
Closing  Date,  the Loan  Parties  shall  acknowledge  and agree that they shall
execute and deliver the following to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks:

                      (a)    Acquisition Compliance Certificate.
                      -----------------------------------------

                             An Acquisition Compliance Certificate in accordance
with Section 7.2.5 of the Credit Agreement which shall be computed in accordance
with the terms of the Credit  Agreement as amended by this Fifth  Amendment  and
using rolling four quarters  tests through and including the most recent quarter
for which the applicable  financial  statements are available,  provided that if
the  Acquisition  Closing Date occurs (i) on or after August 15, 2000 but within
the third quarter of 2000 such Certificate  shall be computed using rolling four
quarters test through and including  June 30, 2000, and (ii) in any quarter (the
"Acquisition Closing Quarter") ending after September 30, 2000 , such Compliance
Certificate  shall be computed  using rolling four quarters test (A) through and
including  the last  day of the  immediately  preceding  fiscal  quarter  if the
Acquisition  Closing Date occurs more than 45 days after the commencement of the
Acquisition Closing Quarter, and (B) through and including the last day
of the second  preceding  fiscal quarter if the Acquisition  Closing Date occurs
within the first 45 days of the Acquisition Closing Quarter.

                      (b)    Financial Statement Deliveries.
                      -------------------------------------

                      The (1)  audited  financial  statements  of the  Arlington
Companies  to be  Acquired  for the fiscal year ended  December  31,  1999,  (2)
unaudited financial statements of the Borrower through and including the date on
which the rolling  four  quarters  test is to be measured as provided in Section
3(D)((a))  of this  Fifth  Amendment,  (3)  projections  for the  Borrower  on a
consolidated  basis  for  the  period  ending  December  31,  2001,  and (4) the
projected financial covenant ratios titled "Compliance Ratio Worksheet."

                      (c) Opinion of Counsel.
                      ----------------------

                             A written  opinion  of  Wyatt,  Tarrant & Combs and
Skadden,  Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom (Illinois) and any other applicable local
counsel  for  the  Loan  Parties,  dated  as of  the  Acquisition  Closing  Date
addressing the  representations and warranties covered in the opinions delivered
on the  Closing  Date  of the  Credit  Agreement  as  such  representations  and
warranties  relate to the  Guarantor  Joinders,  other Loan  Documents and other
documents to be delivered in  connection  with the  Arlington  Park  Acquisition
(except that the opinion on capitalization  may provide that it is based in part
on a certificate of an officer of the Arlington Companies to be Acquired).

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                      (d)    Other Documents.
                      ----------------------

                             Each of the  other  documents  required  under  the
Credit  Agreement in connection with the Arlington Park  Acquisition,  including
Guarantor  Joinders by any new Subsidiaries  which shall become Loan Parties,  a
Mortgage on the Arlington Park Facility, at the request of the Agent,  Mortgages
on the Arlington Owned OTB Facilities and Borrower shall use its best efforts to
grant a  leasehold  mortgage  in a form  acceptable  to the Agent (a  "Leasehold
Mortgage")  and an  appropriate  landlord  waiver and estoppel on the  Arlington
Leased  Facility  located in  Chicago,  Illinois  and  related  title  insurance
policies and surveys (except with respect to the Arlington Owned OTB Facilities,
the Borrower shall use its best efforts to deliver  satisfactory title insurance
policies  and  surveys) and  environmental  reports  (except with respect to the
Arlington  Owned OTB  Facilities,  the  Borrower  shall use its best  efforts to
deliver  satisfactory  environmental  reports),  the  consents of the  following
Persons as may be
required for the  consummation  of the  transactions  pursuant to the  Arlington
Acquisition Agreement and the grant of Liens to the Agent for the benefit of the
Banks in the assets to be acquired in connection  therewith,  and the pledges to
the  Agent of the  stock of the  Arlington  Companies  to be  Acquired:  (i) the
Illinois Racing Board (ii) the applicable state  regulatory  authorities in each
of the other states in which the Loan Parties  conduct racing  businesses to the
extent  determined to be necessary,  (iii) the  shareholders of the Borrower and
(iv) any other Persons from whom consent for such transactions may be required.

               E.     Arlington Park Acquisition.
               ---------------------------------

                      The Loan  Parties  shall  consummate  the  Arlington  Park
Acquisition  pursuant  to  the  Arlington  Acquisition  Agreement  on or  before
December 31, 2000.

        4.     References to Credit Agreement, Loan Documents.

               Any reference to the Credit  Agreement or other Loan Documents in
any document,  instrument,  or agreement  shall  hereafter  mean and include the
Credit  Agreement or such Loan Document,  including such schedules and exhibits,
as amended  hereby.  In the event of  irreconcilable  inconsistency  between the
terms or provisions  hereof and the terms or provisions of the Credit  Agreement
or such Loan  Document,  including  such  schedules and exhibits,  the terms and
provisions hereof shall control.

        5.     Force and Effect.

               The  Borrower  reconfirms,  restates,  and  ratifies  the  Credit
Agreement and all other documents executed in connection therewith except to the
extent any such  documents  are expressly  modified by this Fifth  Amendment and
Borrower confirms that all such documents have remained in full force and effect
since the date of their execution.

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        6.     Governing Law.

               This Fifth  Amendment  shall be deemed to be a contract under the
laws of the  Commonwealth  of Kentucky and for all purposes shall be governed by
and  construed  and  enforced  in  accordance  with  the  internal  laws  of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to its conflict of laws principles.

        7.     Counterparts; Effective Date.

               This Fifth  Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts
each of which  shall be  deemed an  original,  but all of which  together  shall
constitute  one and the same  instrument.  This  Fifth  Amendment  shall  become
effective  when it has been  executed  by the Agent,  the Loan  Parties  and the
Required  Banks and each of the other  conditions set forth in Section 3 of this
Fifth Amendment has been satisfied (the "Fifth Amendment Effective Date").

                           [SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]


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                    [SIGNATURE PAGE 1 OF 4 TO WAIVER AND FIFTH AMENDMENT]




        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly
authorized,  have  executed  this Fifth  Amendment  as of the day and year above
written.

                                    BORROWER:

                          CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED

                                   By:
                                     ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   GUARANTORS:

                                   CHURCHILL DOWNS MANAGEMENT COMPANY



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   CHURCHILL DOWNS INVESTMENT COMPANY



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   RACING CORPORATION OF AMERICA



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   ELLIS PARK RACE COURSE, INC.



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------





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              [SIGNATURE PAGE 2 OF 4 TO WAIVER AND FIFTH AMENDMENT]



                                   CALDER RACE COURSE, INC.



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   TROPICAL PARK, INC.



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   CHURCHILL DOWNS CALIFORNIA COMPANY



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------



                                   CHURCHILL DOWNS CALIFORNIA FALL OPERATING
                                   COMPANY



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------



                                   CHURCHILL DOWNS CALIFORNIA FOOD SERVICES
                                   COMPANY





                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------




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              [SIGNATURE PAGE 3 OF 4 TO WAIVER AND FIFTH AMENDMENT]



                                   BANKS AND AGENT

                                   PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually
                                   and as Agent



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   BANK ONE, KENTUCKY, NA



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   CIBC INC.



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   COMERICA BANK



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   FIFTH THIRD BANK



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------





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              [SIGNATURE PAGE 4 OF 4 TO WAIVER AND FIFTH AMENDMENT]



                                   NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   BANK OF LOUISVILLE



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------



                                   FIFTH THIRD BANK INDIANA



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------


                                   WELLS FARGO BANK



                                   By:
                                      ------------------------------------------
                                   Title:
                                         ---------------------------------------







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                                         EXHIBIT 3(B)

                                      OPINION OF COUNSEL

               The  opinion of  Rebecca  Reed shall  confirm  that the  recitals
hereto are true and correct in all material  respects and that the other matters
contained  in the  warranty  in Section  2(B) hereto are true and the opinion of
Wyatt,  Tarrant & Combs shall  confirm that the  following  representations  and
warranties  in the Credit  Agreement  are true and  correct  as such  warranties
relate to this Fifth Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended by this Fifth
Amendment.


Credit Agreement Section
                                             Warranty

         5.1.1                      Organization and Qualification
         5.1.2                      Capitalization and Ownership

         5.1.4                      Power and Authority
         5.1.5                      Validity and Binding Effect
         5.1.6                      No Conflict
        5.1.12                      Consents and Approvals


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