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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 31, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-16573
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE 73-6137714
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
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KIERAN E. BURKE
11501 NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY 11501 NORTHEAST EXPRESSWAY
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73131 OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73131
TEL: (405) 475-2500 TEL: (405) 475-2500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
including area code, of Registrant's principal executive number, including area code, of agent for service)
offices)
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COPIES TO:
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JAMES M. COUGHLIN, ESQ. THOMAS R. BROME, ESQ.
BAER MARKS & UPHAM LLP CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE
805 THIRD AVENUE WORLDWIDE PLAZA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022 825 EIGHTH AVENUE
TEL: (212) 702-5819 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
TEL: (212) 474-1000
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, please check the following box. / /
If the registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report to
securityholders, or a complete and legible facsimile thereof, pursuant to Item
11(a)(1) of this form, check the following box. / /
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. / /
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. / /
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT 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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EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Prospectus relating to the Common Stock being registered hereby to be
used in connection with a United States offering (the "U.S. Prospectus") is set
forth following this page. The Prospectus to be used in connection with a
concurrent international offering (the "International Prospectus") will consist
of alternate pages set forth following the U.S. Prospectus and the balance of
the pages included in the U.S. Prospectus for which no alternate is provided.
The U.S. Prospectus and the International Prospectus are identical except that
they contain different front and back cover pages and the International
Prospectus contains an additional section under the caption "Certain United
States Federal Tax Consequences to Non-United States Holders." Alternate pages
for the International Prospectus are separately designated.
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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 IN WHICH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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PROSPECTUS
Subject to Completion, dated December 31, 1996
[LOGO]
4,000,000 SHARES
PREMIER PARKS INC.
COMMON STOCK
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All of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby are being sold by Premier
Parks Inc. (the "Company" or "Premier"). Of the 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock
offered, 3,400,000 shares are being offered initially inside the United States
and Canada in a United States offering (the "U.S. Offering") by the U.S.
Underwriters and 600,000 shares are being offered outside the United States and
Canada in a concurrent offering (the "International Offering") by the
International Managers (together with the U.S. Underwriters, the
"Underwriters"). These offerings are collectively referred to herein as the
"Offering." The Underwriters intend to reserve approximately 150,000 shares of
Common Stock (approximately 4% of the Offering) for sale at the initial public
offering price to principal stockholders of the Company or their affiliates. See
"Underwriting."
The Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market ("NASDAQ") under
the symbol "PARK." On December 30, 1996, the last sales price of the Common
Stock, as reported on NASDAQ, was $32 1/8 per share. See "Price Range of Common
Stock."
Concurrently with the Offering, the Company is offering under a separate
prospectus $100 million aggregate principal amount of % Senior Notes (the
"New Notes") due 2007 (the "Concurrent Offering" and, together with the
Offering, the "Offerings"). Neither the Offering nor the Concurrent Offering is
conditioned upon completion of the other. See "Description of Indebtedness --
The New Notes."
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 13 HEREIN FOR CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
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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.
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(1) The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. See "Underwriting."
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $560,000.
(3) The Company has granted options to the Underwriters to purchase up to
600,000 additional shares of Common Stock on the same terms and conditions
as set forth herein solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If such options
are exercised in full, the total Price to Public, Underwriting Discounts and
Commissions and Proceeds to Company will be $ , $ and
$ , respectively. See "Underwriting."
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The shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus are offered by the
U.S. Underwriters subject to prior sale, to withdrawal, cancellation or
modification of the offer without notice, to delivery to and acceptance by the
U.S. Underwriters and to certain further conditions. It is expected that
delivery of the shares of Common Stock will be made at the offices of Lehman
Brothers Inc., New York, New York, on or about , 1997.
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
FURMAN SELZ
SMITH BARNEY INC.
, 1997.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance
therewith files reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"). Proxy statements, periodic reports and other
information filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public
reference facilities of the Commission's principal office at Judiciary Plaza,
450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549, and the regional
offices of the Commission at Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New
York 10048 and 500 West Madison Street, 14th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60661.
Copies of such material can be obtained from the public reference facilities of
the Commission at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024,
Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. In addition, the Commission
maintains a Website (http://www.sec.gov) that also contains such reports, proxy
statements and other information filed by the Company. Such reports, proxy
statements and other information concerning the Company can also be inspected at
the offices of the Nasdaq National Market, Reports Section, 1735 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20006.
The Company has filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form
S-2 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") with respect to the Common Stock offered hereby. For
purposes hereof, the term "Registration Statement" means the original
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto. In accordance with
the rules and regulations of the Commission, this Prospectus does not contain
all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement and the schedules
and exhibits thereto. Each statement made in this Prospectus concerning a
document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such exhibit for a complete statement of its
provisions. For further information pertaining to the Company and the Common
Stock, reference is made to such Registration Statement, including the exhibits
and schedules thereto, which may be inspected or obtained as provided in the
foregoing paragraph.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and made a part hereof as of
their respective dates:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
December 31, 1995.
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 1996.
3. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 1996.
4. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1996.
5. The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated November 13, as
amended, December 4, as amended, and December 13, 1996, respectively.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Prospectus.
The Company will provide, without charge, to each person to whom this
Prospectus is delivered, on the written or oral request of any such person, a
copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference (other than
exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated
by reference into such documents). Requests should be directed to: Premier Parks
Inc., 11501 Northeast Expressway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73131, Attention:
Richard A. Kipf, Corporate Secretary (telephone number: (405) 475-2500, Ext.
219).
IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK AT
A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET. SUCH
TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED, ON NASDAQ, IN THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR
OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS MAY ENGAGE IN PASSIVE
MARKET MAKING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK ON NASDAQ IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE
10b-6A UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT. SEE "UNDERWRITING."
This Prospectus includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All
statements other than statements of historical facts included in this
Prospectus, including, without limitation, the statements under "Prospectus
Summary," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" and "Business" and located elsewhere herein regarding
industry prospects and the Company's financial position are forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that
such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are
disclosed in this Prospectus, both together with such forward-looking statements
and under "Risk Factors."
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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY INFORMATION IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY AND SHOULD
BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (INCLUDING THE NOTES THERETO) APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED OR THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, ALL
REFERENCES IN THIS PROSPECTUS ASSUME THAT THE UNDERWRITERS' OVER-ALLOTMENT
OPTIONS ARE NOT EXERCISED. AS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT
REQUIRES OTHERWISE, THE TERMS THE "COMPANY" AND "PREMIER" MEAN PREMIER PARKS
INC. AND ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES. THE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO PREMIER
CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, OTHER THAN THE HISTORICAL FINANCIAL DATA, REFLECTS
THE ACQUISITIONS OF ELITCH GARDENS AMUSEMENT PARK ("ELITCH GARDENS") IN DENVER,
COLORADO (THE "DENVER ACQUISITION"), THE GREAT ESCAPE AND SPLASH WATER KINGDOM
("THE GREAT ESCAPE") IN LAKE GEORGE, NEW YORK ("THE GREAT ESCAPE ACQUISITION")
AND TWO WATER PARKS CALLED WATERWORLD/ USA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA (THE
"CALIFORNIA ACQUISITION"), EACH OF WHICH WAS CONSUMMATED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER
OF 1996, AS WELL AS THE PENDING ACQUISITION (THE "RIVERSIDE ACQUISITION") OF
RIVERSIDE PARK IN SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN LATE JANUARY
1997 (COLLECTIVELY, THE "RECENT ACQUISITIONS" AND, TOGETHER WITH THE FUNTIME
ACQUISITION AS DEFINED BELOW, THE "ACQUISITIONS").
THE COMPANY
The Company is a leading U.S. theme park company which, after completion of
the Recent Acquisitions, will own and operate eleven regional parks. Based on
1996 attendance of approximately 7.3 million at these parks, the Company is the
fourth largest domestic regional park operator. After giving pro forma effect to
the Recent Acquisitions as if they had occurred on October 1, 1995, the
Company's total revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization ("EBITDA") for the twelve months ended September 30, 1996 would
have been approximately $158.7 million and $44.1 million, respectively. See "--
Recent Transactions" and "-- Summary Historical and Pro Forma Data," including
notes 6 and 15 thereto.
The Company's parks (including Riverside Park) are located in nine
geographically diverse markets with concentrated populations, including (i)
Baltimore/Washington DC; (ii) Buffalo/Rochester; (iii) Cleveland; (iv) Columbus,
Ohio; (v) Oklahoma City; (vi) Denver; (vii) Lake George/Albany; (viii) San
Francisco Bay/Sacramento; and (ix) Springfield, Massachusetts. The Company seeks
to provide its customers with quality family entertainment that is affordably
priced and close to home. In 1996, the six parks owned by the Company prior to
the Recent Acquisitions drew, on average, approximately 88.0% of their patrons
from within a 100-mile radius, with approximately 38.4% of visitors utilizing
group and other pre-sold tickets and approximately 16.5% utilizing season
passes. Each of the Company's parks is individually themed and provides a
complete family-oriented entertainment experience. The Company's theme parks
generally offer a broad selection of state-of-the-art and traditional thrill
rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts and shows, restaurants, game
venues and merchandise outlets.
Since current management assumed control in 1989, the Company has acquired
nine parks and achieved significant internal growth. In addition, the Company
expects, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, to acquire
Riverside Park in late January 1997. As a result of the Company's operating
strategy, during the three years ended December 31, 1995, the three parks owned
by the Company during that entire period achieved internal growth in attendance,
revenue and EBITDA at compounded annual rates of 12.7%, 17.1% and 41.8%,
respectively. In August 1995, the Company acquired three of its parks through
its acquisition (the "Funtime Acquisition") of Funtime Parks, Inc. ("Funtime").
During the first nine months of 1996, these three parks achieved internal growth
in attendance, revenue and park-level operating cash flow (representing all park
operating revenues and expenses without depreciation and amortization or
allocation of corporate overhead or interest expenses) of 15.0%, 23.9% and
46.0%, respectively, compared to the comparable period of 1995. Furthermore,
after giving pro forma effect to the Recent Acquisitions as if they had occurred
on January 1, 1996, the Company has increased its attendance, revenue and EBITDA
from park operations by 6.6, 8.7 and 15.8
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times, respectively, from the nine months ended September 30, 1992, to the nine
months ended September 30, 1996.
The Company believes that each of its parks benefits from limited direct
competition. The combination of limited supply of real estate appropriate for
theme park development, high initial capital investment, long development
lead-time and zoning restrictions provides each of the parks with a significant
degree of protection from competitive new theme park openings. Based on its
knowledge of the development of other theme parks in the United States, the
Company's management estimates that it would cost at least $100 million and
would take a minimum of two years to construct a new regional theme park
comparable to the Company's four largest parks.
The Company's senior and operating management team has extensive experience
in the theme park industry. Premier's three senior executive officers have
approximately 35 years aggregate experience in the industry and its seven
general managers have an aggregate of approximately 140 years experience in the
industry, including approximately 70 years at Premier's parks. See "Management."
The Company's strategy for achieving growth includes the following key
elements: (i) pursuing on-going growth opportunities at existing parks; (ii)
expanding existing parks; and (iii) making selective acquisitions.
PURSUING ON-GOING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AT EXISTING PARKS
The Company believes there are substantial opportunities for internal growth
at its existing parks. The Company seeks to increase revenue by increasing
attendance and per capita spending, while also maintaining strict control of
operating expenses. The primary elements used to achieve this objective are: (i)
adding rides and attractions and improving overall park quality; (ii) enhancing
marketing, sponsorship and group sales programs; (iii) implementing ticket
pricing strategies to maximize ticket revenues and park utilization; (iv) adding
and enhancing restaurants and merchandise and other revenue outlets; and (v)
adding special events. This approach is designed to exploit the operating
leverage inherent in the theme park business. Once parks achieve certain
critical attendance levels, operating cash flow margins increase because revenue
growth through incremental attendance gains and increased in-park spending is
not offset by a comparable increase in operating expenses, since a large portion
of such expenses is relatively fixed during any given year.
Management believes it has demonstrated the effectiveness of its strategy at
the parks owned prior to the Recent Acquisitions. Since acquiring Adventure
World (a combination theme and water park between Baltimore and Washington,
D.C.) in 1992, the Company has invested over $28.1 million in that park to add
numerous rides and attractions and to improve theming and landscaping. As a
result of these improvements, as well as aggressive and creative marketing and
sales strategies, Adventure World's attendance increased during the four seasons
ended 1996 at a compounded annual rate of 21.2%. Additionally, revenue and
park-level operating cash flow at Adventure World increased from $6.0 million
and $0.3 million, respectively, for the first nine months of 1992, to $15.2
million and $3.9 million, respectively, during the comparable period of 1996.
During the 1996 season, the Company began to apply its growth strategy at
the parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition. While the Funtime parks generated
substantial and stable cash flows prior to their acquisition by Premier, they
lacked the sustained capital investment and creative marketing required to
realize their full potential. To take advantage of this opportunity, the Company
invested approximately $21.8 million at the Funtime parks prior to the 1996
season to add marketable rides and attractions and make other improvements and
implemented creative marketing and sales programs. As a result of this strategy,
during the first nine months of 1996, the three parks acquired in the Funtime
Acquisition achieved growth in attendance, revenue and park-level operating cash
flow of 15.0%, 23.9% and 46.0%, respectively, compared to the comparable period
of 1995.
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Management believes that each of the parks acquired and to be acquired in
the Recent Acquisitions offers opportunities to implement the Company's growth
strategy. Specifically, the following outlines the Company's strategy for these
parks. The Company believes that Elitch Gardens lacks certain marketable rides
and attractions and revenue outlets necessary to achieve its attendance
potential. In that connection, the Company intends to invest between $20.0
million and $25.0 million at Elitch Gardens for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add
marketable rides and attractions (including a "state-of-the-art" steel looping
roller coaster and a "shoot-the-chute" giant splash ride for the 1997 season),
to improve landscaping and theming and to enhance marketing programs. While The
Great Escape (a combination theme and water park) has shown solid performance
over the past several years, the Company believes that it can increase the
park's attendance and operating cash flow through the continued addition of
attractions and the introduction of a more extensive marketing strategy. The
Company intends to invest between $8.0 million and $12.0 million at The Great
Escape for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add additional marketable rides and
attractions (including a wave pool for the 1997 season) and to make other
improvements. After consummation of the Riverside Acquisition, the Company
currently expects to invest between $15.0 million and $20.0 million at Riverside
Park for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add additional marketable rides and
attractions (including a "state-of-the-art" steel looping roller coaster for the
1997 season) and to make other improvements. Finally, the Company believes that
the two water parks acquired in the California Acquisition (together with a
family entertainment center, "Waterworld") have growth potential, although more
limited than the other recently-acquired parks. The Company intends to add a
marketable attraction to each of the water parks in the next two to three years
to achieve growth in attendance and operating cash flow. See "Business --
Operating Strategy."
EXPANDING EXISTING PARKS
In addition to pursuing on-going growth opportunities at its parks, the
Company is considering a number of expansions at several of its parks in order
to increase attendance and per capita spending. For example, the Company expects
to expand its Darien Lake theme park and camping resort in western New York by
purchasing additional recreational vehicles (RV's) and may in the future
construct economy motel rooms to supplement the campground. In addition, the
Company may add campgrounds or an amphitheater at Frontier City, its
western-themed park in Oklahoma City. The Company is also considering adding a
more complete complement of "dry" rides to Wyandot Lake, which is currently
primarily a water park. In addition, the Company owns 400 acres adjacent to
Adventure World which are zoned for entertainment, recreational and residential
uses and are available for complementary uses. Additional acreage owned by the
Company and suitable for development exists at several of the Company's other
parks. The Company may use a portion of the proceeds of the Offerings to fund
expansions at its parks. See "Use of Proceeds."
MAKING SELECTIVE ACQUISITIONS
The U.S. regional theme park industry is highly fragmented with over 150
parks owned by over 100 operators. Management believes that, in addition to the
Recent Acquisitions, there are numerous acquisition opportunities that would
expand its business. The Company expects that a portion of the proceeds from the
Offerings will be used for such acquisitions (including the Riverside
Acquisition). The Company's primary target for acquisitions will continue to be
regional parks with attendance between 300,000 and 1.5 million annually.
As the only owner of multiple parks in numerous markets that has been
actively making acquisitions of parks in this range over the last several years,
the Company believes it has a number of competitive advantages in acquiring
parks of this size. Historically, operators of destination or large regional
park chains have not generally sought to acquire parks in the Company's primary
target range and do not have the experience or management structure to readily
operate parks of that size profitably. Additionally, as a multi-park operator
with a track record of successfully acquiring, improving and repositioning
parks, the Company has numerous competitive advantages over single-park
operators in pursuing acquisitions and
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improving the operating results at acquired parks. These advantages include the
ability to (i) exercise group purchasing power (for both operating and capital
assets); (ii) achieve administrative economies of scale; (iii) attract greater
sponsorship revenue, support from sponsors with nationally-recognized brands and
marketing partners; (iv) recruit and retain superior management; (v) optimize
the use of capital assets by rotating rides among its parks to provide fresh
attractions; and (vi) access capital markets. See "-- Recent Transactions,"
"Risk Factors -- Uncertainty of Future Acquisitions; Potential Effects of
Acquisitions; Discretionary Use of Proceeds," "Use of Proceeds," "Business --
Acquisition Strategy" and -- Recent and Pending Acquisitions."
THE THEME PARK INDUSTRY
The theme park industry includes destination and regional parks. Destination
parks are designed primarily to attract visitors who travel long distances and
incur significant expense to visit the parks' attractions as part of an extended
stay. Regional theme parks, such as those operated by the Company, are designed
to attract visitors for a full day or a significant number of hours. Management
views regional parks as those that draw the majority of their patrons from
within a 50-mile radius of the park and the great majority of their visitors
from within a 100-mile radius of the park. Management believes that destination
parks are typically more affected by the national economy than are regional
parks.
According to U.S. News & World Report, total North American amusement/theme
park attendance in 1995 was approximately 255 million, compared to 151 million
in 1970. Revenue for 1995 was approximately $5 billion, up from $321 million in
1970. These increases represent compound annual growth rates of 2.1% for
attendance and 11.6% for revenues over the twenty-five year period. According to
Amusement Business, a recognized industry publication, total attendance for the
40 largest parks in North America, which include both destination and regional
parks, was 144.5 million in 1995, compared to 123.4 million in 1991,
representing a compound annual growth rate of 4.0% over this period. The Company
believes that this growth in the industry reflects two trends: (i) demographic
growth in the 5-24 year old age group, which is expected to continue through
2010; and (ii) an increasing emphasis on family-oriented leisure and recreation
activities.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THE DENVER ACQUISITION. On October 31, 1996, the Company acquired
substantially all of the assets of Elitch Gardens Company, used in the operation
of Elitch Gardens, for $62.5 million in cash.
THE CALIFORNIA ACQUISITION. On November 19, 1996, the Company acquired
substantially all of the assets of FRE, Inc. (Family Recreational Enterprises,
Inc.) ("FRE") and Concord Entertainment Company, an affiliate of FRE
("Concord"), used in the operation of Waterworld for an aggregate cash purchase
price of approximately $17.3 million.
THE GREAT ESCAPE ACQUISITION. On December 4, 1996, the Company acquired
substantially all of the assets of Storytown USA, Inc. and Fantasy Rides
Corporation (collectively, "Storytown") used in the operation of The Great
Escape for a cash purchase price of $33.0 million.
THE RIVERSIDE ACQUISITION. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, the
Company has agreed to acquire all of the capital stock of Stuart Amusement
Company, the owner of Riverside Park and the adjacent multi-use stadium
(collectively, "Riverside"), for approximately $22.2 million, of which $1.0
million is payable in shares of Common Stock, valued at the average market price
thereof for a specified period prior to the closing date (the "Riverside
Stock"), with the balance payable in cash. The outstanding indebtedness and
preferred stock of Stuart Amusement Company will be retired out of the cash
purchase price at closing. The closing of the Riverside Acquisition, which is
scheduled to occur in late January 1997, is subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of certain conditions, including the obtaining of all governmental
approvals for the installation of a steel looping roller coaster for the 1997
season. The Company intends to
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fund the cash portion of the purchase price from a portion of the proceeds of
the Offering. If the Riverside Acquisition closes before the Offering, the
Company will issue up to $22.0 million of its Series A Redeemable Exchangeable
Preferred Stock (the "Exchangeable Preferred Stock") to certain shareholders of
the Company or their affiliates to fund such cash portion. In that event, the
Company intends to redeem the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, at a redemption
price equal to the purchase price thereof, plus accumulated dividends, from a
portion of the proceeds of the Offering. See "Business -- Recent and Pending
Acquisitions" and "Description of Securities -- Exchangeable Preferred Stock."
NEW CREDIT FACILITY. In October 1996, the Company entered into a $115.0
million senior secured credit facility (the "New Credit Facility") with a
syndicate of banks to finance certain of the Recent Acquisitions and capital
expenditures at existing and acquired parks and to provide working capital.
Specifically, the New Credit Facility provides for (i) a six-year $30.0 million
revolving credit facility (reducing to $15.0 million on October 31, 2001) for
working capital and general corporate purposes (the "Revolving Credit
Facility"); and (ii) a five-year multiple draw $85.0 million term loan facility
to fund acquisitions and make capital improvements prior to April 30, 1998 (the
"Term Loan Facility"). As of December 30, 1996, the Company will have borrowed
$57.0 million (after giving effect to $8.9 million of borrowings the Company
plans to make in respect of the California Acquisition) under the Term Loan
Facility and had borrowed $9.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility
(which amount the Company plans to repay from the proceeds of such $8.9 million
Term Loan borrowing or a portion of the proceeds of the Offerings). Borrowings
under the Revolving Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the
assets of the Company's parks (other than real estate). Borrowings under the
Term Loan Facility are secured on a non-cross-collateralized basis by the assets
(including real estate, if applicable) purchased with the proceeds of such
borrowings, together with guarantees, limited to approximately $17.5 million, by
the Company's principal subsidiaries. See "Description of Indebtedness." If the
Concurrent Offering is completed, the Company intends to repay in full the
borrowings under the New Credit Facility from a portion of the net proceeds
thereof, which will result in the termination of the Term Loan Facility. Prior
to the consummation of the Concurrent Offering, the Company will either amend
the New Credit Facility to permit the transactions contemplated by the
Concurrent Offering and to provide for the continuation (and possible expansion)
of the Revolving Credit Facility or terminate the entire New Credit Facility and
thereafter enter into a new revolving credit facility. See "Use of Proceeds."
PUBLIC OFFERING; PREFERRED STOCK CONVERSION. In June 1996, the Company
completed a public offering of 3,938,750 shares of Common Stock (the "Public
Offering") at a price to the public of $18.00 per share, generating net proceeds
of approximately $65.2 million. In connection with the Public Offering, all of
the Company's outstanding shares of preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock"),
together with all accrued dividends thereon, were converted into an aggregate of
2,560,928 shares of Common Stock (the "Preferred Stock Conversion"). See
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations--Liquidity, Capital Commitments and Resources."
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THE OFFERING
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Common Stock offered:(1)
U.S. Offering.............................. 3,400,000 shares
<CAPTION>
International Offering..................... 600,000 shares
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Total.................................... 4,000,000 shares
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Common Stock outstanding:(2)
prior to the Offering...................... 11,366,323 shares
after the Offering......................... 15,366,323 shares
Concurrent Offering.......................... Concurrently with the Offering, the Company
is offering $100 million aggregate principal
amount of % Senior Notes (the "New Notes")
due 2007. If the Riverside Acquisition is not
consummated on or prior to March 17, 1997,
the Company will be required to redeem a
portion of the New Notes on a pro rata basis
to reduce the principal amount of the New
Notes to the maximum amount then permitted to
be incurred under the Existing Indenture (as
defined herein), estimated to be between
$90.0 and $95.0 million. For a description of
the material provisions of the New Notes, see
"Description of Indebtedness--The New Notes."
Neither the Offering nor the Concurrent
Offering is conditioned on the consummation
of the other.
Use of Proceeds.............................. The Company intends to apply the net proceeds
from the Offering to acquire and make
improvements at additional theme parks
(including the funding of the $21.2 million
cash portion of the Riverside purchase price
or redemption of the Exchangeable Preferred
Stock if the Riverside Acquisition closes
before the Offering); to fund improvements
and expansion of the Company's existing
parks, including the parks acquired and to be
acquired in the Recent Acquisitions; and for
general corporate purposes, including working
capital requirements and, if the Concurrent
Offering is not consummated, repayment of
borrowings under the Revolving Credit
Facility. The Company intends to use a
substantial portion of the net proceeds from
the Concurrent Offering, if completed, to
fully repay borrowings under the New Credit
Facility, with the balance used in the same
manner as the net proceeds from the Offering.
See "Use of Proceeds."
NASDAQ symbol................................ "PARK"
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(1) Excludes 600,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Underwriters' over-allotment options.
(2) Excludes (i) an aggregate of 45,039 shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of warrants; (ii) an aggregate of 1,270,000 shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Company's Stock Incentive Plans, of which
options for 766,700 shares have been granted and options for 304,460 shares
are presently exercisable; (iii) 600,000 shares of Common Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment options; and (iv) the
Riverside Stock (approximately 31,571 shares assuming a December 20, 1996
issue date). See "Business -- Recent and Pending Acquisitions," "Management
-- Stock Incentive Plans" and "Underwriting."
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SUMMARY HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA DATA
The tables below contain certain summary historical and pro forma financial
and operating data for the Company and certain summary historical financial and
operating data for Funtime. The historical financial data for 1995 for the
Company includes Funtime from the date of acquisition (August 15, 1995). The pro
forma financial and operating data for the year ended December 31, 1995 give
effect to the Funtime Acquisition, the Denver Acquisition and the California
Acquisition as if they had occurred on January 1, 1995, to The Great Escape
Acquisition as if it had occurred on November 1, 1994 (the first day of The
Great Escape's 1995 fiscal year) and to the Riverside Acquisition as if it had
occurred on October 1, 1994 (the first day of Riverside's 1995 fiscal year). The
pro forma financial and operating data for the nine months ended September 30,
1996 give effect to the Recent Acquisitions as if they had occurred on January
1, 1996. The following summary historical financial and operating data of the
Company as of September 30, 1996, for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996
and of Funtime for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1994, respectively, have been derived from the financial statements of the
Company and Funtime appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus (which in the case of
the unaudited consolidated financial statements, in the opinion of management,
include all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments)
necessary for a fair presentation) and should be read in conjunction with those
financial statements (including the notes thereto) and "Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." Other historical
financial and operating data have been derived from audited consolidated
financial statements which are not included herein.
The Company's business is highly seasonal. Results for the nine-month period
ended September 30, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of results to be
expected for the year ended December 31, 1996. Specifically, the parks do not
generate meaningful revenue during the fourth quarter of the year, but do incur
expenses during that quarter. Accordingly, the Company historically incurs a
loss for the fourth calendar quarter and expects to incur such a loss in the
fourth quarter of 1996.
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<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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PRO FORMA(3)
1991 1992(1) 1993 1994 1995(2) 1995
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<CAPTION>
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
THE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Total revenue............................... $ 10,547 $ 17,392 $ 21,860 $ 24,899 $ 41,496 $ 145,407
Gross profit(4)............................. 4,096 4,921 7,787 7,991 13,220 54,354
Income from operations(4)................... 970 487 3,019 2,543 3,948 26,271
Interest expense, net....................... (858) (1,413) (1,438) (2,299) (5,578) (15,718)
Income (loss) from continuing operations.... (118) (1,735) 1,354 102 (1,045 (5) 5,765
Income (loss) from continuing operations per
common share (primary and fully
diluted).................................. $ (.26) $ (2.10) $ .51 $ .04 $ (.40 (5) $ .27(3)
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(6)................................... $ 2,246 $ 1,938 $ 4,562 $ 4,549 $ 7,706(7) $ 39,222
Net cash provided by operating
activities(8)............................. $ 1,924 $ 1,980 $ 2,699 $ 1,060 $ 10,646(9) $ 31,508
Depreciation and amortization............... $ 1,107 $ 1,442 $ 1,537 $ 1,997 $ 3,866 $ 13,230
Capital expenditures(10).................... $ 4,508 $ 3,956 $ 7,674 $ 10,108 $ 10,732 $ 49,695(11)
Total attendance............................ 828 1,116 1,322 1,408 2,302 12) 7,081
Revenue per visitor......................... $ 12.74 $ 15.58 $ 16.54 $ 17.68 $ 18.03 $ 20.25(13)
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<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
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HISTORICAL PRO
HISTORICAL COMBINED HISTORICAL FORMA
1995(2) 1995 (14) 1996 1996(3)
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<CAPTION>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE AND PER
VISITOR AMOUNTS)
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
THE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Total revenue...................................... $ 38,771 $ 77,054 $ 89,792 $ 154,607(15)
Gross profit(4).................................... 16,540 29,066 40,611 68,832
Income from operations(4).......................... 9,707 16,241 25,248 41,418
Interest expense, net.............................. (3,101) (6,163) (7,657) (11,121)
Income before extraordinary loss(5)................ $ 3,956 $ 6,074 $ 10,512 $ 17,779
Income before extraordinary loss per common
share(5)
Primary.......................................... $ 1.04 (14 $ 1.24 $ 1.35(3)
Fully diluted.................................... $ 0.84 (14 $ 1.11 $ 1.35(3)
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(6).......................................... $ 11,928 $ 22,607 $ 30,848 $ 52,055(15)
Net cash provided by operating activities(8)....... $ 13,794 $ 17,855 $ 10,222 $ 29,061(15)
Depreciation and amortization...................... $ 2,258 $ 6,403 $ 5,599 $ 10,795
Capital expenditures(10)........................... $ 6,501 $ 8,203 $ 29,290 $ 33,273
Total attendance................................... 2,159 (12 3,930 4,302 7,049
Revenue per visitor................................ $ 17.96 $ 19.61 $ 20.87 $ 21.70(13)
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<CAPTION>
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
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PRO PRO FORMA
ACTUAL FORMA(3) AS ADJUSTED(16)
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(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and cash equivalents........................................... $ 73,766 $ 13,674 $ 153,396
Total assets........................................................ $ 252,114 $ 343,144 $ 486,386
Total long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations (excluding
current maturities)............................................... $ 92,350 $ 149,350 $ 192,350
Total debt.......................................................... $ 93,404 $ 150,404 $ 193,404
Stockholders' equity................................................ $ 121,574 $ 142,174 $ 243,016
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(1) During 1992, the Company purchased Adventure World, as well as the
remaining minority interest in Frontier City. During 1992, the Company also
discontinued substantially all of its non-theme park operations through a
disposition transaction which significantly reduced the Company's assets and
indebtedness, as well as resulted in an extraordinary gain of $18,400,000,
which gain is not reflected in income (loss) from continuing operations. See
"The Company." During 1992, the Company also adopted Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" ("Statement
109"), resulting in a decrease in net income of $2,300,000 which decrease is
not reflected in income (loss) from continuing operations.
(2) The historical Statement of Operations Data for 1995 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1995 reflect the results of the parks acquired in the
Funtime Acquisition from the date of acquisition, August 15, 1995.
(3) The pro forma financial and operating data for the year ended December 31,
1995 give effect to the Acquisitions, the related financings and the
presumed issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock as if they had
occurred on January 1, 1995 (or on November 1, 1994 in the case of The Great
Escape Acquisition and on October 1, 1994 in the case of the Riverside
Acquisition). The pro forma financial and operating data for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996 give effect to the Recent Acquisitions, the related
financings and the presumed issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock as
if they had occurred on January 1, 1996. The pro forma income per share for
the 1995 and 1996 periods also give effect to the June 1996 Public Offering
and the Preferred Stock Conversion as if they had occurred on January 1 of
such period, as well as the pro forma effect of reducing net income
applicable to Common Stock by the accumulated dividend on the $20.0 million
of Exchangeable Preferred Stock presumed to have been issued to fund the
Riverside Acquisition. The pro forma balance sheet data give effect to the
Recent Acquisitions, the related financings and the presumed issuance of the
Exchangeable Preferred Stock as if they had occurred on September 30, 1996.
See "Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial and Operating Data,"
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations -- Liquidity, Capital Commitments and Resources" and Note 3 to
the Company's consolidated financial statements.
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If the Riverside Acquisition is not consummated, the summary pro forma
statement of operations and other data for the year ended December 31, 1995
and the nine months ended September 30, 1996 would be as follows:
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<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED
DECEMBER 31, 1995 SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
PRO FORMA PRO FORMA
<CAPTION>
UNAUDITED
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND
PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C>
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Total revenue....................................................... $ 125,941 $ 135,981(15)
Gross profit(4)..................................................... 48,073 61,260
Income from operations(4)........................................... 24,673 38,064
Interest expense, net............................................... (15,718) (11,121)
Income before extraordinary loss(5)................................. 4,957 15,873
Income before extraordinary loss per common share(5):
Primary and fully diluted......................................... $ 0.44 $ 1.36
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(6)........................................................... $ 36,216 $ 47,635(15)
Net cash provided by operating activities(8)........................ $ 28,566 $ 24,271(15)
Depreciation and amortization....................................... $ 11,808 $ 9,729
Capital expenditures(10)............................................ $ 49,367 (11 $ 32,582
Total attendance.................................................... 6,213 6,329
Revenue per visitor................................................. $ 19.95 (13 $ 21.23(13)
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(4) Gross profit is revenue less operating expenses, costs of products sold and
depreciation and amortization. Income from operations is gross profit less
selling, general and administrative expenses.
(5) During 1995, the Company incurred an extraordinary loss of $140,000, net of
income tax benefit, on extinguishment of debt in connection with the Funtime
Acquisition. This extraordinary loss is not included in income (loss) from
continuing operations and income (loss) from continuing operations per
common share for 1995 or for the nine months ended September 30, 1995.
(6) EBITDA is defined as earnings from continuing operations before interest
expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization,
minority interest and equity in loss of partnership. The Company has
included information concerning EBITDA because it is used by certain
investors as a measure of the Company's ability to service and/or incur
debt. EBITDA is not required by generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to
net income, net cash provided by operating, investing and financing
activities or other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as an
indicator of the Company's operating performance. This information should be
read in conjunction with the Statements of Cash Flows contained in the
financial statements included elsewhere herein. Equity in loss of
partnership was $176,000, $122,000, $142,000, $83,000, $69,000, $50,000 and
$60,000 during each of the five years ended December 31, 1995 and the nine
months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
(7) EBITDA for the Company during 1995 without giving any effect to the Funtime
Acquisition and the related financings would have been $5,527,000.
(8) During each of the five years ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, the Company's net cash used in investing
activities was $6,841,000, $5,649,000, $7,698,000, $10,177,000, $74,139,000,
$65,167,000 and $29,328,000, respectively. During those periods, net cash
provided by financing activities was $5,175,000, $8,736,000, $2,106,000,
$7,457,000, $90,914,000, $91,585,000 and $64,085,000, respectively.
(9) Net cash provided by operating activities during 1995 without giving any
effect to the Funtime Acquisition and the related financings would have been
$6,890,000.
(10) Capital expenditures are presented on a calendar-year basis, rather than on
a project-year basis. When presented on a project-year basis, expenditures
are aggregated based on the amounts incurred for the relevant year's
operating season.
(11) Pro Forma capital expenditures for 1995 include $33,247,000 expended to
construct Elitch Gardens and Waterworld USA/ Concord.
(12) Represents attendance at the three parks owned by the Company prior to the
Funtime Acquisition for the entire 1995 period and attendance at the Funtime
parks from and after August 15, 1995.
(13) Pro Forma revenue per visitor does not include revenue of Paradise Island
(a fee-per-attraction entertainment center acquired in the California
Acquisition) of $2,004,000 for the year ended December 31, 1995 or
$1,621,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
(14) Represents results of operations of Premier for the entire period and the
results of operations for Funtime through August 14, 1995 on a combined
basis. No pro forma adjustments for additional depreciation, interest
expense or income taxes have been made in combining the Company and Funtime
amounts. Income per share is not presented on this basis as amounts are not
meaningful.
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(15) After giving pro forma effect to the Recent Acquisitions and the related
financings as if they had occurred on October 1, 1995, total revenue, EBITDA
and net cash provided by operating activities for the twelve months ended
September 30, 1996 would have been approximately $158.7 million, $44.1
million and $23.6 million, respectively. If the Riverside Acquisition is not
consummated, pro forma total revenue, EBITDA and net cash provided by
operating activities for this period would have been $139.6 million, $40.9
million and $20.3 million, respectively.
(16) Adjusted to give effect to the Offerings, assuming no exercise of the
Underwriters' over-allotment options and a public offering price per share
of $31.79 (based on a prior two week average of the Common Stock's trading
price), the repayment of all borrowings under the New Credit Facility from a
portion of the proceeds of the Concurrent Offering and the redemption of the
Exchangeable Preferred Stock from a portion of the proceeds of the Offering.
If the Concurrent Offering is not consummated, pro forma as adjusted cash
and cash equivalents, total assets, total long-term debt and capitalized
lease obligations and total debt (in thousands) at that date would have been
$113,916, $443,386, $149,350 and $150,404, respectively. If the Riverside
Acquisition is not consummated (assuming $90.0 million principal amount of
New Notes remain outstanding), the pro forma and pro forma as adjusted
balance sheet data at September 30, 1996 (in thousands) would have been:
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<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
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Cash and cash equivalents........................................................... $ 13,845 $ 163,867
Total assets........................................................................ $ 310,764 $ 464,006
Total long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations.............................. $ 149,350 $ 182,350
Total debt.......................................................................... $ 150,404 $ 183,404
Stockholders' equity................................................................ $ 121,774 $ 242,016
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<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1991 1992 1993 1994
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(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
FUNTIME
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Total revenue......................................................... $ 48,777 $ 46,852 $ 51,253 $ 50,435
Gross profit.......................................................... 14,979 13,764 16,863 14,636
Income from operations................................................ 6,713 5,100 8,645 6,203
Interest expense, net................................................. (4,150) (3,001) (2,783) (4,792)
Income before cumulative
effect of accounting change(1)...................................... $ 1,003 $ 384 $ 3,540 $ 263
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(2)............................................................. $ 12,374 $ 11,179 $ 14,000 $ 11,862
Net cash provided by operating activities(3).......................... $ 8,043 $ 6,950 $ 9,180 $ 8,784
Depreciation and amortization......................................... $ 5,681 $ 6,182 $ 5,632 $ 5,956
Capital expenditures.................................................. $ 2,531 $ 2,971 $ 4,395 $ 4,211
Total attendance...................................................... 2,593 2,406 2,575 2,468
Revenue per visitor................................................... $ 18.81 $ 19.47 $ 19.90 $ 20.44
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(1) During 1993, Funtime adopted Statement 109, resulting in a decrease in net
income of $3,200,000. This decrease is not included in income before
cumulative effect of accounting change.
(2) See footnote 6 appearing on page 11 for a discussion of EBITDA.
(3) During each of the four years ended December 31, 1994, Funtime's net cash
used in investing activities was $2,687,000, $2,971,000, $5,095,000 and
$6,344,000, respectively. During those periods, net cash used in financing
activities was $5,300,000, $4,133,000, $4,249,000 and $2,454,000,
respectively.
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RISK FACTORS
Prior to making an investment in the Common Stock offered hereby,
prospective investors should carefully consider, together with the other matters
referred to in this Prospectus, the following risk factors:
RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANTIAL INDEBTEDNESS
The Company is highly leveraged. Upon completion of the Offerings (and after
giving effect to the repayment of all borrowings under the New Credit Facility
with a portion of the net proceeds from the Concurrent Offering), the Company
will have outstanding (i) $100.0 million principal amount of the New Notes (or
the maximum level of indebtedness then permitted to be incurred under the
Existing Indenture, estimated to be between $90.0 million and $95.0 million, if
the Riverside Acquisition is not completed on or prior to March 17, 1997); and
(ii) $90.0 million principal amount of the Company's 12% Senior Notes Due 2003
(the "Existing Notes" and together with the New Notes, the "Senior Notes"). If
the Concurrent Offering is not completed, the New Notes will not be issued and
the Company will have outstanding the Existing Notes and up to $85.0 million
under the Term Loan Facility. In addition, the Company has the ability to borrow
up to $30.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility. See "Description of
Indebtedness." This high level of indebtedness will result in significant
interest expense and eventual principal repayment obligations. Revolving credit
borrowings under the New Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the
Company's assets (other than real estate) and borrowings under the Term Loan
Facility are secured by the assets acquired with the proceeds thereof, together
with a guarantee, limited to approximately $17.5 million, by the Company's
principal subsidiaries. In the event of bankruptcy proceedings involving the
Company, the Company's lenders will have a claim upon the Company's assets prior
in right to the holders of Common Stock. See "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations -- Liquidity, Capital
Commitments and Resources."
The Company's high degree of leverage could limit its ability to withstand
competitive pressures and adverse economic conditions, to take advantage of
significant business opportunities that may arise or to meet its obligations.
The inability of the Company to service its obligations in respect of the Senior
Notes and other indebtedness or obligations would have a material adverse effect
on the market value and marketability of the Common Stock.
UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE ACQUISITIONS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF ACQUISITIONS;
DISCRETIONARY USE OF PROCEEDS
Approximately $21.2 million of the net proceeds of the Offerings is expected
to be used to fund the cash portion of the purchase price of the Riverside
Acquisition and a portion of the balance of such proceeds is expected to be used
to fund additional acquisitions and improvements at parks acquired and to be
acquired. There can be no assurance that the Company will consummate the
Riverside Acquisition or will be able to locate and acquire additional
businesses to enable it to so employ that portion of the proceeds. To the extent
any such acquisition would result in the incurrence or assumption of
indebtedness by the Company, a waiver of the debt incurrence covenant or an
amendment of the New Credit Facility would be required. In addition, the
indenture relating to the Existing Notes (the "Existing Indenture") also
imposes, and the indenture relating to the New Notes (the "New Indenture" and,
together with the Existing Indenture, the "Indentures"), will impose, certain
limitations on the Company's ability to incur or assume indebtedness in
connection with any such acquisitions. There can be no assurance that any
proposed acquisition will be permissible under these loan agreements or that
waivers of any such covenants could be obtained. See "-- Restrictive Debt
Covenants" and "Description of Indebtedness."
In certain instances, a consummated acquisition may adversely affect the
Company's financial condition and reported results, at least in the short-term,
depending on many factors, including capital requirements and the accounting
treatment of such acquisitions. There can be no assurance that the Recent
Acquisitions or any future acquisition, if completed successfully, will perform
as expected, will not result in significant unexpected liabilities or will ever
contribute significant revenues or profits to the
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Company. As the Company continues to grow, the increasing size of its operations
will place additional demands upon existing management resources, which will
require the Company to effectively redeploy such resources and, at times, to
hire new personnel. If the Company is unable to manage growth effectively, the
Company's operating results could be materially adversely affected. Although
Common Stock was not used as a material portion of the aggregate consideration
in the Recent Acquisitions, the Company may issue a substantial number of shares
of Common Stock to fund future acquisitions. By virtue of the foregoing, the
Company's future acquisitions could have an adverse effect on the market price
of the Common Stock. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Business -- Acquisition
Strategy."
The Company has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of
the net proceeds of the Offering. Management of the Company will have virtually
unrestricted flexibility in identifying and selecting prospective acquisition
candidates. The Company does not intend to seek stockholder approval for any
acquisitions unless required by applicable law or regulations, and stockholders
will most likely not have an opportunity to review financial information on an
acquisition candidate prior to consummation of an acquisition. See "Use of
Proceeds," "Business -- Acquisition Strategy" and "-- Recent and Pending
Acquisitions."
RESTRICTIVE DEBT COVENANTS
The New Credit Facility contains a number of significant covenants that,
among other things, restrict the ability of the Company to dispose of assets,
incur additional indebtedness, pay cash dividends, create liens on assets, make
investments or acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, make capital
expenditures, engage in certain transactions with affiliates or redeem or
repurchase the Existing Notes or the New Notes. In addition, under the New
Credit Facility, the Company is required to comply with specified financial
ratios and tests, including interest expense, fixed charges, debt service and
total debt coverage ratios. Prior to the consummation of the Concurrent
Offering, the Company will either amend the New Credit Facility to permit the
transactions contemplated by the Concurrent Offering and to provide for the
continuation (and possible expansion) of the Revolving Credit Facility or
terminate the entire New Credit Facility and enter into a new revolving credit
facility. See "Description of Indebtedness -- New Credit Facility." The Existing
Indenture contains, and the New Indenture (if the Concurrent Offering is
completed) will contain, a series of restrictive covenants. See "Description of
Indebtedness -- The Existing Notes" and "-- The New Notes."
The Company is currently in compliance with the covenants and restrictions
contained in the New Credit Facility and the Existing Indenture. However, its
ability to continue to comply with financial tests and ratios in the New Credit
Facility may be affected by events beyond its control, including prevailing
economic, financial, weather and industry conditions. The breach of any such
financial covenant could result in the inability of the Company to borrow under
the New Credit Facility, the termination of the facility (and the repayment of
all amounts outstanding thereunder) or, by virtue of cross default provisions,
the acceleration of the maturity of the Existing Notes and, if issued, the New
Notes. See "Description of Indebtedness."
RISKS OF ACCIDENTS AND DISTURBANCES AT PARKS
Because substantially all of the Company's parks feature "thrill rides,"
attendance at the parks and, consequently, revenues may be adversely affected by
any serious accident or similar occurrence with respect to a ride. The Company's
liability insurance policies provide coverage of up to $25.0 million per loss
occurrence and require the Company to pay the first $50,000 of loss per
occurrence. In addition, in view of the proximity of certain of the Company's
parks to major urban areas and the appeal of the parks to teenagers and young
adults, the Company's parks could experience disturbances that could adversely
affect the image of and attendance levels at its parks. Working together with
local police authorities, the Company has taken certain security-related
precautions designed to prevent disturbances in its parks, but there can be no
assurance that it will be able to prevent any such disturbances.
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EFFECTS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS OF OPERATING RESULTS
Because the great majority of a theme park's attractions are outdoor
activities, attendance at parks and, accordingly, the Company's revenues are
significantly affected by the weather. Additionally, four of the Company's parks
(including two of the parks acquired in the Recent Acquisitions) are primarily
water parks which, by their nature, are more sensitive to adverse weather than
are theme parks. Unfavorable weekend weather and unusual weather of any kind can
adversely affect park attendance.
The operations of the Company are highly seasonal, with more than 90% of
park attendance occurring in the second and third calendar quarters of each
year. The great majority of the Company's revenue is collected in those quarters
while most expenditures for capital improvements and significant maintenance are
incurred when the parks are closed in the first and fourth quarters.
Accordingly, the Company believes that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of its
results of operations should not be relied upon as an indication of future
performance. Nevertheless, the market price of the Common Stock may fluctuate
significantly in response to variations in the Company's quarterly and annual
results of operations.
HIGHLY COMPETITIVE BUSINESS
The Company's parks compete directly with other theme, water and amusement
parks and indirectly with all other types of recreational facilities and forms
of entertainment within their market areas, including movies, sports attractions
and vacation travel. The Company's family entertainment center competes directly
with all types of recreational facilities and forms of entertainment within its
market area. Accordingly, the Company's business is and will continue to be
subject to factors affecting the recreation and leisure time industries
generally, such as general economic conditions and changes in discretionary
consumer spending habits. Within each park's regional market area, the principal
factors affecting competition include location, price, the uniqueness and
perceived quality of the rides and attractions in a particular park, the
atmosphere and cleanliness of a park and the quality of its food and
entertainment. Certain of the Company's direct competitors have substantially
greater financial resources than the Company.
DEPENDENCE ON KEY PERSONNEL
The Company's success depends upon the continued contributions of its
executive officers and key operating personnel, particularly Kieran E. Burke,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Gary Story, President and Chief
Operating Officer. The Company does not have employment agreements with, or key
man insurance relating to, Messrs. Burke and Story. The loss of services of, or
a material reduction in the amount of time devoted to the Company by, either of
such individuals or certain other key personnel could adversely affect the
business of the Company. See "Management." Under certain circumstances, the loss
of the services of both Messrs. Burke and Story and the failure to replace them
within a specified time period would constitute a default under the New Credit
Facility. See "Description of Indebtedness--New Credit Facility."
CONTROL BY MANAGEMENT AND EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS; CHANGE OF CONTROL
Upon consummation of the Offering, the Company's directors, executive
officers and entities affiliated with them will, in the aggregate, beneficially
own approximately 36.6% of the outstanding Common Stock (without giving effect
to shares, if any, purchased by such persons in the Offering). As a result,
these stockholders, if they were to act together, would be able to influence
significantly the election of the Company's Board of Directors and other matters
requiring approval by the stockholders of the Company, including any required
stockholder approval of acquisitions and other significant corporate
transactions. See "Principal Stockholders." This concentration of ownership may
have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company.
The ability of these stockholders to significantly influence
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the Company is enhanced by the requirement that the Company make an offer to
purchase the Existing Notes (and, if issued, the New Notes) and repay all
indebtedness under the New Credit Facility upon a Change of Control (as
defined). Additionally, the Company's authorized but unissued Preferred Stock
could be used, under certain circumstances, as a method of discouraging,
delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company.
DIVIDENDS UNLIKELY
The Company has not paid dividends on its Common Stock during the three
years ended December 31, 1995 and does not anticipate paying any cash dividends
in the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the New Credit Facility and the Existing
Indenture restrict (and, if the Concurrent Offering is completed, the New
Indenture will restrict) the payment of cash dividends by the Company. Earnings,
if any, are expected to be retained to finance the Company's growth strategy.
See "Dividend Policy" and "Description of Indebtedness."
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Upon consummation of the Offering, the Company will have 15,366,323 shares
of Common Stock outstanding. Future sales of Common Stock by existing
stockholders pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or through the
exercise of outstanding registration rights or otherwise, could have an adverse
effect on the prevailing market price of the Common Stock and the Company's
ability to raise additional capital. The Common Stock offered hereby will be
eligible for sale in the public market following the Offering without
restriction, except for Common Stock purchased by "affiliates" of the Company.
Except for the Common Stock to be sold in the Offering, the Company has agreed
not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise issue any shares of Common
Stock or other capital stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for,
or any rights to acquire, Common Stock or other capital stock, with certain
exceptions (including certain exceptions for Common Stock or other capital stock
issued or sold in connection with the Riverside Acquisition and future
acquisitions by the Company), prior to the expiration of 180 days from the date
of this Prospectus without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc.
("Lehman Brothers"). The Company's officers, directors and principal
stockholders, who hold in the aggregate approximately 6.9 million shares of
Common Stock (including shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options and
warrants), have agreed not to sell any such shares for 180 days following the
date of this Prospectus without the consent of Lehman Brothers. Thereafter,
approximately 4.0 million of such shares will be eligible for sale in the public
market (subject to applicable volume limitations and other resale conditions
imposed by Rule 144) and 2.3 million will become eligible for such sale in
August 1997. Substantially all of the 5.1 million outstanding shares not held by
such persons are currently eligible for sale in the public market without
restrictions under Rule 144. Promptly after the closing of the Riverside
Acquisition, the Company will file a registration statement covering the resale
of shares issued and issuable in the Riverside Acquisition and The Great Escape
Acquisition (approximately 40,662 shares assuming a December 20, 1996 issue date
of Riverside Stock). However, no sales may be made under such registration
statement for ninety days following the Offering. Commencing May 29, 1997,
holders of approximately 7.0 million shares (including approximately 6.0 million
shares held by officers, directors and principal stockholders of the Company)
will have the right to require the Company to register such shares for sale
under the Securities Act. The sale, or the availability for sale, of substantial
amounts of Common Stock in the public market at any time subsequent to the
Offering could adversely affect the prevailing market price of the Common Stock.
See "Description of Securities -- Registration Rights" and "-- Shares of Common
Stock Eligible for Future Sale."
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THE COMPANY
The Company is a leading U.S. theme park company which, after completion of
the Recent Acquisitions, will own and operate eleven regional parks. Based on
1996 attendance of approximately 7.3 million at these parks, the Company is the
fourth largest domestic regional park operator. After giving pro forma effect to
the Recent Acquisitions as if they had occurred on October 1, 1995, the
Company's total revenue and EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30,
1996 would have been approximately $158.7 million and $44.1 million,
respectively. See "Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements" and
"Business -- Recent and Pending Acquisitions."
The Company's parks (including Riverside) are located in nine geographically
diverse markets with concentrated populations:
- ADVENTURE WORLD, a combination theme and water park located three miles
off the Beltway, between Washington, D.C. (15 miles away) and Baltimore,
Maryland (30 miles away), with 1996 attendance of approximately 782,000;
- DARIEN LAKE & CAMPING RESORT, a combination theme and water park with an
adjacent camping resort and 20,000 person amphitheater, located between
Buffalo and Rochester, New York, with 1996 attendance of approximately
1,290,000;
- ELITCH GARDENS, a theme park located in the downtown area of Denver,
Colorado, with 1996 attendance of approximately 894,000;
- FRONTIER CITY, a western themed park located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
with 1996 attendance of approximately 527,000;
- GEAUGA LAKE, a combination theme and water park located near Cleveland,
Ohio, with 1996 attendance of approximately 1,209,000;
- THE GREAT ESCAPE, a combination theme and water park, located in Lake
George/Albany, New York, with 1996 attendance of approximately 574,000;
- RIVERSIDE, a theme park and adjacent multi-use stadium located in
Springfield, Massachusetts, with combined 1996 attendance of approximately
750,000;
- WATERWORLD USA/SACRAMENTO and PARADISE ISLAND, a water park and a family
entertainment center, both located on the grounds of the California State
Fair, with 1996 water park attendance of approximately 294,000;
- WATERWORLD USA/CONCORD, a water park located in Concord, California, in
the East Bay area of San Francisco, with 1996 attendance of approximately
310,000;
- WHITE WATER BAY, a tropical themed water park located in Oklahoma City,
with 1996 attendance of approximately 314,000; and
- WYANDOT LAKE, a water park, which also includes "dry" rides and other
attractions, located adjacent to the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio, with
1996 attendance of approximately 396,000.
The Company seeks to provide its customers with quality family entertainment
that is affordably priced and close to home. In 1996, the six parks owned by the
Company prior to the Recent Acquisitions drew, on average, approximately 88.0%
of their patrons from within a 100-mile radius, with approximately 38.4% of
visitors utilizing group and other pre-sold tickets and approximately 16.5%
utilizing season passes. Each of the Company's parks is individually themed and
provides a complete family-oriented entertainment experience. The Company's
theme parks generally offer a broad selection of state-of-the-art and
traditional thrill rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts and shows,
restaurants, game venues and merchandise outlets.
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Since current management assumed control in 1989, the Company has acquired
nine parks and achieved significant internal growth. In addition, the Company
expects, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, to acquire
Riverside in late January 1997. As a result of the Company's operating strategy,
during the three years ended December 31, 1995, the three parks owned by the
Company during that entire period achieved internal growth in attendance,
revenue and EBITDA at compounded annual rates of 12.7%, 17.1% and 41.8%,
respectively. In August 1995, the Company acquired three of its parks through
the Funtime Acquisition. During the first nine months of 1996, the three parks
acquired in the Funtime Acquisition achieved internal growth in attendance,
revenue and park-level operating cash flow of 15.0%, 23.9% and 46.0%,
respectively, compared to the comparable period of 1995. Furthermore, after
giving pro forma effect to the Recent Acquisitions as if they had occurred on
January 1, 1996, the Company has increased its attendance, revenue and EBITDA
from park operations by 6.6, 8.7 and 15.8 times, respectively, from the nine
months ended September 30, 1992 to the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
The Company believes that each of its parks benefits from limited direct
competition. The combination of limited supply of real estate appropriate for
theme park development, high initial capital investment, long development
lead-time and zoning restrictions provides each of the parks with a significant
degree of protection from competitive new theme park openings. Based on its
knowledge of the development of other theme parks in the United States, the
Company's management estimates that it would cost at least $100 million and
would take a minimum of two years to construct a new regional theme park
comparable to the Company's four largest parks.
The Company's senior and operating management team has extensive experience
in the theme park industry. Premier's three senior executive officers have
approximately 35 years experience in the industry and its seven general managers
have an aggregate of approximately 140 years experience in the industry,
including approximately 70 years at Premier's parks.
STRATEGY
The Company's strategy for achieving growth includes the following key
elements: (i) pursuing on-going growth opportunities at existing parks; (ii)
expanding existing parks; and (iii) making selective acquisitions.
PURSUING ON-GOING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AT EXISTING PARKS
The Company believes there are substantial opportunities for internal growth
at its existing parks. The Company seeks to increase revenue by increasing
attendance and per capita spending, while also maintaining strict control of
operating expenses. The primary elements used to achieve this objective are: (i)
adding rides and attractions and improving overall park quality; (ii) enhancing
marketing, sponsorship and group sales programs; (iii) implementing ticket
pricing strategies to maximize ticket revenues and park utilization; (iv) adding
and enhancing restaurants and merchandise and other revenue outlets; and (v)
adding special events. This approach is designed to exploit the operating
leverage inherent in the theme park business. Once parks achieve certain
critical attendance levels, operating cash flow margins increase because revenue
growth through incremental attendance gains and increased in-park spending is
not offset by a comparable increase in operating expenses, since a large portion
of such expenses is relatively fixed during any given year.
Management believes it has demonstrated the effectiveness of its strategy at
the parks owned prior to the Recent Acquisitions. Since acquiring Adventure
World in 1992, the Company has invested over $28.1 million in that park to add
numerous rides and attractions and to improve theming and landscaping. As a
result of these improvements, as well as aggressive and creative marketing and
sales strategies, Adventure World's attendance increased during the four seasons
ended 1996 at a compounded annual rate of 21.2%. Additionally, revenue and
park-level operating cash flow at Adventure World increased from $6.0 million
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and $0.3 million, respectively, for the first nine months of 1992 to $15.2
million and $3.9 million, respectively, during the comparable period of 1996.
During the 1996 season, the Company began to apply its growth strategy at
the parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition. While the Funtime parks generated
substantial and stable cash flows prior to their acquisition by Premier, they
lacked the sustained capital investment and creative marketing required to
realize their full potential. To take advantage of this opportunity, the Company
invested approximately $21.8 million at the Funtime Parks prior to the 1996
season to add marketable rides and attractions and make other improvements and
implemented creative marketing and sales programs. As a result of this strategy,
during the first nine months of 1996, the three parks acquired in the Funtime
Acquisition achieved growth in attendance, revenue and park-level operating cash
flow of 15.0%, 23.9% and 46.0%, respectively, compared to the comparable period
of 1995.
Management believes that each of the parks acquired and to be acquired in
the Recent Acquisitions offers opportunities to implement the Company's growth
strategy. Specifically, the following outlines the Company's strategy for these
parks. The Company believes that Elitch Gardens lacks certain marketable rides
and attractions and revenue outlets necessary to achieve its attendance
potential. In that connection, the Company intends to invest between $20.0
million and $25.0 million at Elitch Gardens for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add
marketable rides and attractions (including a "state-of-the-art" steel looping
roller coaster and a "shoot-the-chute" giant splash ride for the 1997 season),
to improve landscaping and theming and to enhance marketing programs. While The
Great Escape has shown solid performance over the past several years, the
Company believes that it can increase the park's attendance and operating cash
flow through the continued addition of attractions and the introduction of a
more extensive marketing strategy. The Company intends to invest between $8.0
million and $12.0 million at The Great Escape for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to
add marketable rides and attractions (including a wave pool for the 1997 season)
and to make other improvements. After consummation of the Riverside Acquisition,
the Company currently expects to invest between $15.0 million and $20.0 million
at Riverside for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add additional marketable rides
and attractions (including a "state-of-the-art" steel looping roller coaster for
the 1997 season) and to make other improvements. Finally, the Company believes
that each of the Waterworld facilities has growth potential, although more
limited than the other recently-acquired parks. The Company intends to add a
marketable attraction to each of the water parks in the next two to three years
to achieve growth in attendance and operating cash flow. See "Business --
Operating Strategy."
EXPANDING EXISTING PARKS
In addition to pursuing on-going growth opportunities at its parks, the
Company is considering a number of expansions at several of its parks in order
to increase attendance and per capita spending. For example, the Company expects
to expand the Darien Lake Campground by purchasing additional recreational
vehicles (RV's) and may in the future construct economy motel rooms to
supplement the campground. In addition, the Company may add campgrounds or an
amphitheater at Frontier City, its western-themed park in Oklahoma City. The
Company is also considering adding a more complete complement of "dry" rides to
Wyandot Lake, which is currently primarily a water park. In addition, the
Company owns 400 acres adjacent to Adventure World which are zoned for
entertainment, recreational and residential uses and are available for
complementary uses. Additional acreage owned by the Company and suitable for
development exists at several of the Company's other parks, including The Great
Escape and Geauga Lake. The Company may use a portion of the proceeds of the
Offerings to fund expansions at its parks. See "+Use of Proceeds."
MAKING SELECTIVE ACQUISITIONS
The U.S. regional theme park industry is highly fragmented with over 150
parks owned by over 100 operators. Management believes that, in addition to the
Recent Acquisitions, there are numerous
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acquisition opportunities that would expand its business. The Company expects
that a portion of the proceeds from the Offerings will be used for acquisitions
(including the Riverside Acquisition). The Company's primary target for
acquisitions will continue to be regional parks with attendance between 300,000
and 1.5 million annually.
As the only owner of multiple parks in numerous markets that has been
actively making acquisitions of parks in this range over the last several years,
the Company believes it has a number of competitive advantages in acquiring
parks of this size. Historically, operators of destination or large regional
park chains have not generally sought to acquire parks in the Company's primary
target range and do not have the experience or management structure to readily
operate parks of that size profitably. Additionally, as a multi-park operator
with a track record of successfully acquiring, improving and repositioning
parks, the Company has numerous competitive advantages over single-park
operators in pursuing acquisitions and improving the operating results at
acquired parks. These advantages include the ability to (i) exercise group
purchasing power (for both operating and capital assets); (ii) achieve
administrative economies of scale; (iii) attract greater sponsorship revenue and
support from sponsors with nationally-recognized brands; (iv) recruit and retain
superior management; (v) optimize the use of capital assets by rotating rides
among its parks to provide fresh attractions; and (vi) access capital markets.
See "Risk Factors -- Uncertainty of Future Acquisitions; Potential Effects of
Acquisitions; Discretionary Use of Proceeds," "Use of Proceeds," "Business --
Acquisition Strategy" and "-- Recent and Pending Acquisitions."
THE THEME PARK INDUSTRY
The theme park industry includes destination and regional parks. Destination
parks are designed primarily to attract visitors willing to travel long
distances and incur significant expense to visit the parks' attractions as part
of an extended stay. Regional theme parks, such as those operated by the
Company, are designed to attract visitors for a full day or a significant number
of hours. Management views regional parks as those that draw the majority of
their patrons from within a 50-mile radius of the park and the great majority of
their visitors from within a 100-mile radius of the park. Management believes
that destination parks are typically more affected by the national economy than
are regional parks.
According to U.S. News & World Report, total North American amusement/theme
park attendance in 1995 was approximately 255 million, compared to 151 million
in 1970. Revenue for 1995 was approximately $5 billion, up from $321 million in
1970. These increases represent compound annual growth rates of 2.1% for
attendance and 11.6% for revenues over the twenty-five year period. According to
Amusement Business, a recognized industry publication, total attendance for the
40 largest parks in North America, which include both destination and regional
parks, was 144.5 million in 1995, compared to 123.4 million in 1991,
representing a compound annual growth rate of 4.0% over the period. The Company
believes that this growth in the industry reflects two trends: (i) demographic
growth in the 5-24 year old age group, which is expected to continue through
2010; and (ii) an increasing emphasis on family-oriented leisure and recreation
activities.
HISTORY
The Company was incorporated in 1981 as The Tierco Group, Inc., and through
1989 was primarily engaged in the ownership and management of real estate and
mortgage loans. In October 1989, the Company's current senior management assumed
control, and during 1989, management determined to focus Premier's business on
its theme park operations, which at that point consisted of a 50% interest in
Frontier City. In 1991, the Company acquired White Water Bay and increased its
ownership in Frontier City to in excess of 50%. In 1992, the Company acquired
Adventure World and the remaining minority interest in Frontier City and
disposed of substantially all of its real estate operations. In 1994, the
Company changed its name to Premier Parks Inc. On August 15, 1995, the Company
completed the Funtime Acquisition. On June 4, 1996, the Company completed the
Public Offering which raised $65.2 million of net proceeds. On October 31, 1996,
the Company completed the Denver Acquisition, on November 19,
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1996, the Company completed the California Acquisition and on December 4, 1996,
the Company completed The Great Escape Acquisition. Subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of certain conditions, the Company expects to acquire Riverside in
late January 1997.
The Company's principal executive offices are located at 11501 Northeast
Expressway, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73131, (405) 475-2500 and at 122 East 42nd
Street, New York, New York 10168, (212) 599-4690.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds to be received by the Company from the Offering (assuming a
public offering price of $31.79 per share, based on a prior two week average of
the Common Stock's trading price), after deducting estimated underwriting
discounts and commissions and expenses payable by the Company, will be
approximately $120.2 million (or approximately $138.4 million if the
Underwriters' over-allotment options are exercised in full). The Company intends
to use the net proceeds from the Offering to acquire and make improvements at
additional theme parks (including the funding of the $21.2 million cash portion
of the Riverside purchase price); to fund improvements and expansion of the
Company's existing parks, including the parks acquired and to be acquired in the
Recent Acquisitions; and for general corporate purposes, including working
capital requirements and the repayment of borrowings under the Revolving Credit
Facility if the Concurrent Offering is not consummated. Although the Company has
had discussions with respect to several additional acquisition opportunities, no
agreement or understanding with respect to any specific acquisition has been
reached. There can be no assurance that any such additional acquisitions will be
made. If the Riverside Acquisition is consummated before the Offering, the
Company intends to fund the cash portion of the purchase price of the Riverside
Acquisition from the proceeds of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock and to use a
portion of the net proceeds of the Offering to redeem the Exchangeable Preferred
Stock. See "Business -- Recent and Pending Acquisitions." The Company expects to
incur approximately $61 million of capital expenditures in 1997, approximately
half of which are expected to be funded with the proceeds of borrowings under
the New Credit Facility (or net proceeds of the Concurrent Offering to the
extent consummated prior to such borrowings). See "Risk Factors -- Uncertainty
of Future Acquisitions; Potential Effects of Acquisitions; Discretionary Use of
Proceeds" and "Business -- Acquisition Strategy."
The net proceeds from the Concurrent Offering (after deducting estimated
underwriting discounts and offering expenses), if completed, would be
approximately $96.5 million (approximately $86.8 million if the Riverside
Acquisition is not completed on or prior to March 17, 1996). The Company intends
to use a substantial portion of the net proceeds of the Concurrent Offering to
fully repay all borrowings under the New Credit Facility and to fund capital
expenditures (to the extent not previously funded by the New Credit Facility)
with the balance used in the same manner as the proceeds of the Offering not
used to fund the Riverside Acquisition.
Because the Company does not have any agreement or understanding with
respect to any future acquisitions, other than Riverside, it is unable to
estimate the portion of the net proceeds of the Offering to be used to fund
acquisition opportunities and improvements at acquired parks and the portion to
be used to expand or make improvements at existing parks. In addition, although
the Company presently intends to fund planned capital expenditures for the 1997
season from existing cash, cash generated from operations and borrowings under
the New Credit Facility (or a portion of the proceeds of the Concurrent
Offering) the Company may use a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering to
fund capital expenditures for the 1997 season or may accelerate its capital
expenditure program. Although the Company does not presently intend to do so, it
may use a portion of the proceeds of the Offering to redeem a portion of the
Existing Notes. Under the Existing Indenture, the Company is permitted to redeem
up to an aggregate of $30.0 million principal amount of the Existing Notes from
proceeds of one or more equity offerings at a redemption price of 110% of
principal amount, plus accrued interest. See "Description of Indebtedness -- The
Existing Notes."
Pending their ultimate use, the net proceeds from the Offerings will be
invested in short-term, investment grade, interest bearing securities,
certificates of deposit or direct or guaranteed obligations of the United
States.
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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
During the second quarter of 1994, The Pink Sheets and the OTC Bulletin
Board commenced reporting of trading in the Common Stock under the symbol
"PARKD." On May 30, 1996, the Company commenced the Public Offering at a public
offering price of $18.00 per share. Since that date, the Common Stock has been
traded on NASDAQ and quoted under the symbol "PARK." Set forth below in the
first table are the high and low sales prices for the Common Stock as reported
by NASDAQ since May 30, 1996. The second table sets forth the high and low bid
quotations and the average weekly trading volume for the Common Stock as
reported on The Pink Sheets and the OTC Bulletin Board for the periods
indicated. These quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without mark-up,
mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
NASDAQ
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<CAPTION>
YEAR QUARTER HIGH LOW
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1996 Fourth (through December 30, 1996).......................................... $ 32 7/8 $ 29 3/8
Third....................................................................... 29 3/4 20 3/4
Second (beginning May 30, 1996)............................................. 22 1/8 19 7/8
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THE PINK SHEETS/OTC BULLETIN BOARD
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AVERAGE
WEEKLY
YEAR QUARTER HIGH BID LOW BID VOLUME
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<C> <S> <C> <C> <C>
1996 Second (through May 29, 1996)............................................... $ 20 $ 12 1/2 1,321
First....................................................................... 13 3/4 10 1,111
1995 Fourth...................................................................... 13 3/4 8 1/8 663
Third....................................................................... 17 1/2 4 3/8 4,611
Second...................................................................... 4 11/16 1 7/8 720
First....................................................................... 5 5/8 2 1/2 570
1994 Fourth...................................................................... 5 3 3/4 2,766
Third....................................................................... 5 2 1/2 0
Second...................................................................... 3 3/4 2 1/2 0
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On December 30, 1996, the last sales price for the Common Stock, as reported
by NASDAQ, was $32 1/8 per share. As of December 9, 1996, there were 808 holders
of record of the Common Stock. There is no trading market outside the United
States for the Common Stock.
DIVIDEND POLICY
The Company has not paid any dividends on the Common Stock during the three
years ended December 31, 1995 and does not anticipate paying any cash dividends
during the foreseeable future. Furthermore, the New Credit Facility and the
Existing Indenture restrict (and, if the Concurrent Offering is completed, the
New Indenture will restrict) payment of cash dividends by the Company. See
"Description of Indebtedness." The Company currently intends to retain future
earnings, if any, to finance the Company's growth strategy. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations --
Liquidity, Capital Commitments and Resources."
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CAPITALIZATION
The following table sets forth as of September 30, 1996, (i) the actual
capitalization of the Company; (ii) the pro forma capitalization of the Company
after giving effect to the Recent Acquisitions and the related financings; and
(iii) the pro forma capitalization of the Company as adjusted to give effect to
the Offerings (assuming that the Underwriters' over-allotment options are not
exercised). This table should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements of the Company, "Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial
Statements" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
-----------------------------------------
PRO FORMA
ACTUAL PRO FORMA(1) AS ADJUSTED(1)
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS)
<CAPTION>
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents........................................... $ 73,766 $ 13,674 $ 153,396(2)
---------- ------------- --------------
---------- ------------- --------------
Short-term debt(3).................................................. $ 1,054 $ 1,054 $ 1,054
---------- ------------- --------------
---------- ------------- --------------
Long-term debt (excluding current maturities):
Term Loan Facility................................................ $ -- $ 57,000(4) $ --
Existing Notes.................................................... 90,000 90,000 90,000
New Notes......................................................... -- -- 100,000
Other............................................................. 2,350 2,350 2,350
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Total long-term debt.............................................. 92,350 149,350 192,350
---------- ------------- --------------
Stockholders' equity................................................ 121,574 142,174(5) 243,016(5)
---------- ------------- --------------
Total capitalization.......................................... $ 213,924 $ 291,524 $ 435,366
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</TABLE>
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(1) Pro forma as adjusted reflects the pro forma capitalization of the Company
as adjusted to give effect to the Offerings, assuming no exercise of the
Underwriters' over-allotment options and a public offering price per share
of $31.79 (based on a prior two week average of the Common Stock's trading
price), the repayment of all borrowings under the New Credit Facility from a
portion of the proceeds of the Concurrent Offering and the redemption of the
Exchangeable Preferred Stock from a portion of the proceeds of the Offering.
If the Concurrent Offering is not consummated, pro forma as adjusted cash
and cash equivalents, Term Loan Facility, total long-term debt and total
capitalization (in thousands) would have been $113,916, $57,000, $149,350
and $392,366, respectively. If the Riverside Acquisition is not consummated
(assuming $90.0 million principal amount of New Notes remain outstanding),
pro forma and pro forma as adjusted capitalization of the Company at
September 30, 1996 (in thousands) would have been:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
----------- --------------
<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents........................................................ $ 13,845 $ 163,867
New Notes........................................................................ $ -- $ 90,000
Total long-term debt............................................................. $ 149,350 $ 182,350
Stockholders' equity............................................................. $ 121,774 $ 242,016
Total capitalization....................................................... $ 271,124 $ 424,366
</TABLE>
(2) Pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents do not give effect to
anticipated off-season cash requirements prior to the 1997 season,
anticipated capital improvements to the Company's existing and acquired
parks prior to that season nor the operating cash flow expected to be
generated during that season.
(3) Represents current portion of long-term debt. At December 30, 1996, the
Company had $9.0 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility,
none of which was outstanding at September 30, 1996. This amount will remain
outstanding until the borrowing referred to in note (4) below is made or
until the Offering or the Concurrent Offering is consummated.
(4) Includes $8.9 million under the Term Loan Facility which the Company
intends to borrow in respect of the California Acquisition within 180 days
following the date of such acquisition.
(5) Pro forma stockholders' equity includes the $20.0 million of Exchangeable
Preferred Stock presumed to have been issued to fund the Riverside
Acquisition. Since such stock, if issued, will be redeemed from the proceeds
of the Offering, the pro forma as adjusted stockholders' equity does not
include the Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
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SELECTED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA
The following selected historical financial and operating data, except for
attendance and revenue per visitor data, of (i) the Company for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996; (ii) Funtime for each of the years in the three-
year period ended December 31, 1994 and the six-month periods ended July 3, 1994
and July 2, 1995; (iii) Elitch Gardens Company for the period from May 31, 1994
(date of inception) through December 31, 1994, the year ended December 31, 1995
and the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996; (iv) The Great Escape for
the two years ended October 31, 1995 and the eleven months ended September 30,
1995 and 1996; (v) FRE and Concord (the owners of Waterworld) (on a combined
basis) for the three years (one year, in the case of Concord) ended December 31,
1995 and the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996; and (vi) Stuart
Amusement Company (the owner of Riverside) for each of the years in the
three-year period ended September 30, 1996 are derived from the financial
statements (audited in the case of all annual periods) of those entities
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. The selected historical financial data
of the Company for fiscal years 1991 and 1992 and of Funtime for fiscal year
1991 have been derived from audited financial statements which are not included
herein. The historical financial data for the year ended December 31, 1995 for
the Company includes the activity of Funtime from August 15, 1995, the date of
the Funtime Acquisition. The historical financial data for all interim periods
have been derived from unaudited financial statements of those entities included
elsewhere herein which, in the opinion of their respective management, include
all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary for
a fair presentation.
The following selected pro forma financial and operating data of the Company
for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months ended September 30,
1996 are derived from the Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. The pro forma financial and operating
data are for informational purposes only, have been prepared based on estimates
and assumptions deemed by the Company to be appropriate and do not purport to be
indicative of the financial position or results of operations which would
actually have been attained if the Acquisitions had occurred or which may be
achieved in the future.
The Company's business is highly seasonal. Results for the nine-month
periods ended September 30, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of results to be
expected for the year ended December 31, 1996. Specifically, the parks do not
generate meaningful revenue during the fourth quarter of the year, but do incur
expenses during that quarter. Accordingly, the Company historically incurs a
loss for the fourth calendar quarter and expects to incur such a loss in the
fourth quarter of 1996.
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SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1995
1991 1992(1) 1993 1994 1995(2) PRO FORMA(3)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
THE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admissions............................... $ 6,849 $ 10,186 $ 12,874 $ 13,936 $ 21,863 $ 73,409
Theme park food, merchandise, and other............. 3,698 7,206 8,986 10,963 19,633 71,998
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Total......................................... 10,547 17,392 21,860 24,899 41,496 145,407
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses.................................. 4,327 9,293 10,401 12,358 19,775 59,419
Selling, general and administrative................. 3,126 4,434 4,768 5,448 9,272 28,083
Cost of products sold............................... 1,017 1,736 2,135 2,553 4,635 18,404
Depreciation and amortization....................... 1,107 1,442 1,537 1,997 3,866 13,230
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Total......................................... 9,577 16,905 18,841 22,356 37,548 119,136
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Income from operations.............................. 970 487 3,019 2,543 3,948 26,271
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net............................... (858) (1,413) (1,438) (2,299) (5,578) (15,718)
Minority interest in earnings....................... (223) (270) -- -- -- --
Other income (expense).............................. (7) (113) (136) (74) (177) (348)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Total......................................... (1,088) (1,796) (1,574) (2,373) (5,755) (16,066)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Income (loss) from continuing operations before
income taxes...................................... (118) (1,309) 1,445 170 (1,807) 10,205
Income tax expense (benefit)........................ -- 426 91 68 (762) 4,440
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Income (loss) from continuing operations............ $ (118) $ (1,735) $ 1,354 $ 102 $ (1,045 (4) $ 5,765
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
Income (loss) from continuing operations per common
share (primary and fully diluted)................. $ (.26) $ (2.10) $ .51 $ .04 $ (.40 (4) $ .27(3)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(5)........................................... $ 2,246 $ 1,938 $ 4,562 $ 4,549 $ 7,706(6) $ 39,222
Net cash provided by operating activities(7)........ $ 1,924 $ 1,980 $ 2,699 $ 1,060 $ 10,646(8) $ 31,508
Capital expenditures(9)............................. $ 4,508 $ 3,956 $ 7,674 $ 10,108 $ 10,732 $ 49,695(10)
Total attendance.................................... 828 1,116 1,322 1,408 2,302 11) 7,081
Revenue per visitor................................. $ 12.74 $ 15.58 $ 16.54 $ 17.68 $ 18.03 $ 20.25(12)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------------------------------------
HISTORICAL
HISTORICAL COMBINED HISTORICAL PRO FORMA
1995(13) 1995(14) 1996 1996(3)
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND PER VISITOR
AMOUNTS)
(UNAUDITED)
THE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admissions.................................... $ 20,263 $ 36,138 $ 38,970 $ 73,032
Theme park food, merchandise, and other.................. 18,508 40,916 50,822 81,575
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Total.............................................. 38,771 77,054 89,792 154,607(15)
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses....................................... 15,640 32,216 32,897 54,847
Selling, general and administrative...................... 6,833 12,825 15,363 27,415
Cost of products sold.................................... 4,333 9,369 10,685 20,133
Depreciation and amortization............................ 2,258 6,403 5,599 10,795
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Total.............................................. 29,064 60,813 64,544 113,190
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Income from operations................................... 9,707 16,241 25,248 41,418
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net.................................... (3,101) (6,163) (7,657) (11,121)
Other income (expense)................................... (87) (87) (59) (218)
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Total.............................................. (3,188) (6,250) (7,716) (11,339)
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Income before extraordinary loss and income
taxes (4).............................................. 6,519 9,991 17,532 30,079
Income tax expense....................................... 2,563 3,917 7,020 12,300
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Income before extraordinary loss (4)..................... $ 3,956 $ 6,074 $ 10,512 $ 17,779
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
Income before extraordinary loss per common share(4).....
Primary............................................ $ 1.04 (14) $ 1.24 $ 1.35 (3)
Fully-diluted...................................... $ 0.84 (14) $ 1.11 $ 1.35 (3)
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(5)................................................ $ 11,928 $ 22,607 $ 30,848 $ 52,055 (15)
Net cash provided by operating activities(7)............. $ 13,794 $ 17,855 $ 10,222 $ 29,061 (15)
Capital expenditures(9).................................. $ 6,501 $ 8,203 $ 29,290 $ 33,273
Total attendance......................................... 2,159 11) 3,930 4,302 7,049
Revenue per visitor...................................... $ 17.96 $ 19.61 $ 20.87 $ 21.70 (12)
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
PRO FORMA AS
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ACTUAL PRO FORMA(3) ADJUSTED(16)
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- ------------
<CAPTION>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(IN)THOUSANDS
THE COMPANY
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Cash and cash
equivalents............. $ 853 $ 5,919 $ 3,026 $ 1,366 $ 28,787 $ 73,766 $ 13,674 $ 153,396
Total assets.............. $ 74,555 $ 30,615 $ 36,708 $ 45,539 $ 173,318 $ 252,114 $ 343,144 $ 486,386
Total long-term debt and
capitalized lease
obligations (excluding
current maturities)..... $ 49,615 $ 7,619 $ 18,649 $ 22,216 $ 93,213 $ 92,350 $ 149,350 $ 192,350
Total debt................ $ 74,913 $ 15,627 $ 20,821 $ 24,108 $ 94,278 $ 93,404 $ 150,404 $ 193,404
Stockholders' equity
(deficit)............... $ (15,558) $ 11,838 $ 13,192 $ 18,134 $ 45,911 $ 121,574 $ 142,174 $ 243,016
</TABLE>
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(1) During 1992, the Company purchased Adventure World, as well as the
remaining minority interest in Frontier City. During 1992, the Company also
discontinued substantially all of its non-theme park operations through a
disposition transaction which significantly reduced the Company's assets and
indebtedness, as well as resulted in an extraordinary gain of $18,400,000,
which gain is not reflected in income (loss) from continuing operations. See
"The Company." During 1992, the Company also adopted Financial Accounting
Standards Board Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" ("Statement
109"), resulting in a decrease in net income of $2,300,000 which decrease is
not reflected in income (loss) from continuing operations.
(2) The historical Statement of Operations Data for 1995 reflects the results
of the parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition from the date of
acquisition, August 15, 1995.
(3) The pro forma financial and operating data for the year ended December 31,
1995 give effect to the Acquisitions, the related financings and the
presumed issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock as if they had
occurred on January 1, 1995 (or on November 1, 1994 in the case of The
Great Escape Acquisition and on October 1, 1994 in the case of the
Riverside Acquisition). The pro forma financial and operating data for the
nine months ended September 30, 1996, give effect to the Recent
Acquisitions, the related financings and the presumed issuance of the
Exchangeable Preferred Stock as if they had occurred on January 1, 1996.
The pro forma income from continuing operations per share for the 1995 and
1996 periods also give effect to the June 1996 Public Offering and the
Preferred Stock Conversion as if they had occurred on January 1 of such
period, as well as the pro forma effect of reducing net income applicable
to Common Stock by the accumulated dividend on the $20.0 million of
Exchangeable Preferred Stock presumed to have been issued to fund the
Riverside Acquisition. The pro forma balance sheet data give effect to the
Recent Acquisitions, the related financings and the presumed issuance of
the Exchangeable Preferred Stock as if they had occurred on September 30,
1996.
If the Riverside Acquisition is not consummated, the selected pro forma
statement of operations and other data for the year ended December 31, 1995
and the nine months ended September 30, 1996 would be as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER NINE MONTHS ENDED
31, 1995 SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
-------------------- -------------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND
PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
REVENUE:
Theme park admissions........................................ $ 66,082 $ 65,767
Theme park food, merchandise and other....................... 59,859 70,214
-------- --------
Total................................................ 125,941 135,981(15)
Operating costs and expense:
Operating expenses........................................... 50,983 47,985
Selling, general and administrative.......................... 23,400 23,196
Cost of products sold........................................ 15,077 17,007
Depreciation and amortization................................ 11,808 9,729
-------- --------
Total................................................ 101,268 97,917
-------- --------
Income from operations....................................... 24,673 38,064
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net...................................... (15,718) (11,121)
Other income (expense)..................................... (334) (218)
-------- --------
Total................................................ (16,052) (11,339)
-------- --------
Income before extraordinary loss and income taxes............ 8,621 26,725
Income tax expense........................................... 3,664 10,852
-------- --------
Income before extraordinary loss(4).......................... $ 4,957 $ 15,873
-------- --------
-------- --------
Income before extraordinary loss per common share:(4)
Primary and fully diluted............................ $ 0.44 $ 1.36
-------- --------
-------- --------
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER NINE MONTHS ENDED
31, 1995(2) SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
-------------------- -------------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND
PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(5).................................................... $ 36,216 $ 47,635(15)
Net cash provided by operating activities(7)................. $ 28,566 $ 24,271(15)
Capital expenditures(9)...................................... $ 49,367(10) $ 32,582
Total attendance............................................. 6,213 6,329
Revenue per visitor.......................................... $ 19.95(12) $ 21.23(12)
</TABLE>
(4) During 1995, the Company incurred an extraordinary loss of $140,000, net of
income tax benefit, on extinguishment of debt in connection with the Funtime
Acquisition. This extraordinary loss is not included in income (loss) from
continuing operations and income (loss) from continuing operations per
common share for 1995 or for the nine months ended September 30, 1995.
(5) EBITDA is defined as earnings from continuing operations before interest
expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization,
minority interest and equity in loss of partnership. The Company has
included information concerning EBITDA because it is used by certain
investors as a measure of the Company's ability to service and/or incur
debt. EBITDA is not required by generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to
net income, net cash provided by operating, investing and financing
activities or other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as an
indicator of the Company's operating performance. This information should be
read in conjunction with the Statements of the Cash Flows contained in the
financial statements included elsewhere herein. Equity in loss of
partnership was $176,000, $122,000, $142,000, $83,000, $69,000, $50,000 and
$60,000 during each of the five years ended December 31, 1995 and the nine
months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
(6) EBITDA for the Company during 1995, without giving any effect to the
Funtime Acquisition and the related financings would have been $5,527,000.
(7) During each of the five years ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, the Company's net cash used in investing
activities was $6,841,000, $5,649,000, $7,698,000, $10,177,000, $74,139,000,
$65,167,000 and $29,328,000, respectively. During those periods, net cash
provided by financing activities was $5,175,000, $8,736,000, $2,106,000,
$7,457,000, $90,914,000, $91,585,000 and $64,085,000, respectively.
(8) Net cash provided by operating activities during 1995, without giving any
effect to the Funtime Acquisition and the related financings, would have
been $6,890,000.
(9) Capital expenditures are presented on a calendar-year basis, rather than on
a project-year basis. When presented on a project-year basis, expenditures
are aggregated based on the amounts incurred for the relevant year's
operating season.
(10) Pro Forma capital expenditures for 1995 include $33,247,000 expended to
construct Elitch Gardens and Waterworld USA/ Concord.
(11) Represents attendance at the three parks owned by the Company prior to the
Funtime Acquisition for the entire 1995 period and attendance at the Funtime
parks from and after August 15, 1995.
(12) Pro Forma revenue per visitor does not include revenue of Paradise Island
(a fee-per-attraction entertainment center acquired in the California
Acquisition) of $2,004,000 for the year ended December 31, 1995 or
$1,621,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
(13) Results of the Company for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 include
results of operations of Funtime from and after August 15, 1995.
(14) Represents results of operations of Premier for the entire period and
results of operations of Funtime through August 14, 1995, on a combined
basis. No pro forma adjustments for additional depreciation, interest
expense or income taxes have been made in combining Premier and Funtime
amounts. Income per share is not presented on this basis as amounts are not
meaningful.
(15) After giving pro forma effect to the Recent Acquisitions and the related
financings as if they had occurred on October 1, 1995, total revenue, EBITDA
and net cash provided by operating activities for the twelve months ended
September 30, 1996 would have been approximately $158.7 million, $44.1
million and $23.6 million, respectively. If the Riverside Acquisition is not
consummated, pro forma total revenue, EBITDA and net cash provided by
operating activities for this period would have been $139.6 million, $40.9
million and $20.3 million, respectively.
(16) Adjusted to give effect to the Offerings assuming no exercise of the
Underwriters' over-allotment options and a public offering price per share
of $31.79 (based on a prior two week average of the Common Stock's trading
price), the repayment of all borrowings under the New Credit Facility from a
portion of the proceeds of the Concurrent Offering and the redemption of the
Exchangeble Preferred Stock from a portion of the proceeds of the Offering.
If the Concurrent Offering is not completed, pro forma as adjusted cash and
cash equivalents, total assets, total long-term debt and capitalized lease
obligations and total debt (in thousands) at that date, would have been
$113,916, $443,386, $149,350 and $150,404, respectively. If the Riverside
Acquisition is not consummated (assuming $90.0 million principal amount of
New Notes remain outstanding), pro forma and pro forma as adjusted balance
sheet data (in thousands) at September 30, 1996, would have been:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA
PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
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<S> <C> <C>
Cash and cash equivalents....................... $ 13,845 $ 163,867
Total assets.................................... $ 310,764 $ 464,006
Total long-term debt and capitalized lease
obligations................................... $ 149,350 $ 182,350
Total debt...................................... $ 150,404 $ 183,404
Stockholders' equity............................ $ 121,774 $ 242,016
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIX MONTHS ENDED(1)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------
------------------------------------------ JULY 3, JULY 2,
1991 1992 1993 1994 1994 1995
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
(UNAUDITED)
------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
FUNTIME
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admissions......................... $ 20,438 $ 19,352 $ 20,820 $ 20,339 $ 5,851 $ 6,195
Theme park food, merchandise, and other....... 28,339 27,500 30,433 30,096 9,407 8,958
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total..................................... 48,777 46,852 51,253 50,435 15,258 15,153
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses............................ 22,229 21,166 22,203 23,208 10,700 10,537
Selling, general and administrative........... 8,266 8,664 8,218 8,433 3,339 3,459
Cost of products sold......................... 5,888 5,740 6,555 6,635 2,053 2,083
Depreciation and amortization................. 5,681 6,182 5,632 5,956 2,978 3,316
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total..................................... 42,064 41,752 42,608 44,232 19,070 19,395
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) from operations................. 6,713 5,100 8,645 6,203 (3,812) (4,242)
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net......................... (4,150) (3,001) (2,783) (4,792) (2,397) (2,741)
Other income (expense)........................ (20) (103) (277) (297) (166) 4
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total..................................... (4,170) (3,104) (3,060) (5,089) (2,563) (2,737)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) before income taxes............. 2,543 1,996 5,585 1,114 (6,375) (6,979)
Income tax expense (benefit).................. 1,540 1,612 2,045 851 (2,486) (2,722)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
accounting change(2)........................ $ 1,003 $ 384 $ 3,540 $ 263 $ (3,889) $ (4,257)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(3)..................................... $ 12,374 $ 11,179 $ 14,000 $ 11,862 $ (1,000) $ (922)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities(4)............................... $ 8,043 $ 6,950 $ 9,180 $ 8,784 $ (1,791) $ (1,196)
Capital expenditures.......................... $ 2,531 $ 2,971 $ 4,395 $ 4,211 $ 2,927 $ 955
Total attendance.............................. 2,593 2,406 2,575 2,468 809 742
Revenue per visitor........................... $ 18.81 $ 19.47 $ 19.90 $ 20.44 $ 18.86 $ 20.42
</TABLE>
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(1) Represents most recent results of Funtime prior to the date of the Funtime
Acquisition. For information concerning results of Funtime from July 3, 1995
to the date of acquisition, August 15, 1995, see Unaudited Pro Forma
Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 1995.
(2) During 1993, Funtime adopted Statement 109, resulting in a decrease in net
income of $3,200,000. This decrease is not included in income (loss) before
cumulative effect of accounting change.
(3) See footnote 5 appearing on page 28 for a discussion of EBITDA.
(4) During each of the four years ended December 31, 1994 and the six months
ended July 3, 1994 and July 2, 1995, Funtime's net cash used in investing
activities was $2,687,000, $2,971,000, $5,095,000, $6,344,000, $2,895,000
and $935,000, respectively. During those periods, net cash provided by (used
in) financing activities was $(5,300,000), $(4,133,000), $(4,249,000),
$(2,454,000), $4,729,000 and $2,066,000, respectively.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
PERIOD ENDED YEAR ENDED ---------------------
DECEMBER 31, 1994 DECEMBER 31, 1995 1995 1996
----------------- ----------------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ELITCH GARDENS(1)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admissions............................... $ -- $ 12,824 $ 12,762 $ 10,631
Theme park food, merchandise and other.............. -- 7,015 6,880 8,875
------- ------- --------- ----------
Total........................................... -- 19,839 19,642 19,506
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses.................................. 300 8,373 7,383 8,579
Selling, general and administrative................. -- 9,289 7,903 6,216
Cost of products sold............................... -- 2,684 2,455 3,287
Depreciation and amortization(2).................... -- 1,550 880 10,291
------- ------- --------- ----------
Total........................................... 300 21,896 18,621 28,373
------- ------- --------- ----------
Income (loss) from operations....................... (300) (2,057) 1,021 (8,867)
Other income (expense):
Interest income (expense), net...................... 35 (2,041) (1,500) (3,193)
Other income (expense).............................. -- (157) (153) (284)
------- ------- --------- ----------
Total........................................... 35 (2,198) (1,653) (3,477)
------- ------- --------- ----------
Loss before income taxes............................ (265) (4,255) (632) (12,344)
Income tax expense (benefit)(3)..................... -- -- -- --
------- ------- --------- ----------
Net loss............................................ $ (265) $ (4,255) $ (632) $ (12,344)
------- ------- --------- ----------
------- ------- --------- ----------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(4)........................................... $ (300) $ (664) $ 1,749 $ 1,140
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities........................................ $ (39) $ 217 $ 1,194 $ (720)
Capital expenditures................................ $ 36,854(5) $ 26,044(5) $ 23,760(5) $ 590
Total attendance.................................... -- 959 950 849
Revenue per visitor................................. -- $ 20.69 $ 20.68 $ $22.98
</TABLE>
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(1) Represents historical financial and operating data of Elitch Gardens
Company which commenced operations in June 1995. Prior to 1995, a different
park under the name "Elitch Gardens" was operated by the predecessor of the
general partner of Elitch Gardens Company. The results of operations of the
prior park are not comparable to those of Elitch Gardens.
(2) Included in the September 1996 results is an $8,000,000 impairment
provision to reduce the carrying value of Elitch Gardens long-lived assets.
(3) As a partnership, Elitch Gardens Company is not subject to federal and
state income taxes.
(4) See footnote 5 appearing on page 28 for a discussion of EBITDA.
(5) Represents amount spent during that period to complete construction of the
new park.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED
OCTOBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1994 1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- --------- ---------
<CAPTION>
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
THE GREAT ESCAPE
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admissions...................................................... $ 7,740 $ 8,503 $ 8,515 $ 8,938
Theme park food, merchandise and other..................................... 5,581 5,857 5,843 6,132
--------- --------- --------- ---------
Total.................................................................... 13,321 14,360 14,358 15,070
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses......................................................... 4,442 4,702 4,477 4,610
Selling, general and administrative........................................ 1,985 2,001 1,794 2,770(1)
Costs of products sold..................................................... 1,610 1,701 1,715 1,824
Depreciation and amortization.............................................. 849 1,018 951 1,319
--------- --------- --------- ---------
Total.................................................................... 8,886 9,422 8,937 10,523
--------- --------- --------- ---------
Income from operations..................................................... 4,435 4,938 5,421 4,547
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net...................................................... (960) (964) (829) (821)
Income before income taxes................................................. 3,475 3,974 4,592 3,726
Income tax expense......................................................... 10 34 39 40
--------- --------- --------- ---------
Net income................................................................. $ 3,465 $ 3,940 $ 4,553 $ 3,686
--------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- --------- ---------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(2).................................................................. $ 5,284 $ 5,956 $ 6,372 $ 5,866(1)
Net cash provided by operating activities.................................. $ 3,978 $ 5,378 $ 5,695 $ 5,215
Capital expenditures....................................................... $ 2,284 $ 1,645 $ 1,615 $ 298
Total attendance........................................................... 531 557 557 574
Revenue per visitor........................................................ $ 25.09 $ 25.78 $ 25.78 $ 26.25
</TABLE>
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(1) Selling, general and administrative expense in the 1996 period increased
primarily due to increased compensation expense paid to the owner of The
Great Escape during that period.
(2) See footnote 5 on page 28 for a discussion of EBITDA.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS
ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
<CAPTION>
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
WATERWORLD(1)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admission...................................... $ 2,661 $ 3,346 $ 7,017 $ 6,758 $ 7,228
Theme park food, merchandise and other.................... 1,894 2,592 4,586 4,227 4,425
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total................................................... 4,555 5,938 11,603 10,985 11,653
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses........................................ 1,387 2,296 3,558(2) 2,739(2) 3,941
Selling, general and administrative....................... 1,538 1,352 2,328 2,059 2,482
Cost of products sold..................................... 463 631 1,203 1,127 1,223
Depreciation and amortization............................. 521 556 1,018 674 1,075
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total................................................... 3,909 4,835 8,107 6,599 8,721
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) from operations............................. 646 1,103 3,496 4,386 2,932
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net..................................... (184) (207) (546) (375) (446)
Other income (expense).................................... -- 92 183 183 --
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total................................................... (184) (115) (363) (192) (446)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) before income taxes......................... 462 988 3,133 4,194 2,486
Income tax expense (benefit)(3)........................... (15) 1 92 92 163
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Net income................................................ $ 477 $ 987 $ 3,041 $ 4,102 $ 2,323
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(4)................................................. $ 1,167 $ 1,751 $ 4,697(2) $ 5,243(2) $ 4,007
Net cash provided by operating activities................. $ 985 $ 1,680 $ 4,019 $ 4,243 $ 3,360
Capital expenditures...................................... $ 2,683 $ 1,551 $ 9,243 $ 8,818 $ 2,406
Total attendance.......................................... 258 280 602 602 604
Revenue per visitor(5).................................... $ 13.71 $ 13.87 $ 15.95 $ 16.03 $ 16.61
</TABLE>
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(1) Represents historical financial and operating data of FRE and Concord (the
owners of Waterworld) on a combined basis. The owners do not have any
significant operations other than Waterworld. Concord commenced operation of
Waterworld USA/Concord in May 1995. Accordingly, the combined financial
statements include the results of operations subsequent to the opening of
that park only for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the nine months
ended September 30, 1995 and 1996.
(2) In 1995, Waterworld USA/Concord's operations benefited from the absence of
substantial operating expenses during the construction period prior to the
May 1995 opening of the facility. During 1996, the corporate structure was
fully staffed during the entire period. Additionally, in 1995, Waterworld
USA/Concord incurred rental expense of $75,000; in 1996, the lease, by its
terms, converted to a percentage of revenue rent structure, resulting in
rental expense of $352,000 in that year.
(3) FRE is an "S" Corporation and Concord is a partnership. Accordingly, taxes
reflect only state taxes of FRE.
(4) See footnote 5 appearing on page 28 for a discussion of EBITDA.
(5) Revenue per visitor does not include revenues of Paradise Island (a
fee-per-attraction entertainment center) of $1,018,000, $2,054,000,
$2,004,000, $1,333,000, and $1,621,000 for the years ended December 31,
1993, 1994, and 1995 and for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and
1996, respectively.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1994 1995 1996
--------- --------- ---------
<CAPTION>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER
VISITOR AMOUNTS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
RIVERSIDE(1)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
Revenue:
Theme park admission.......................................................... $ 7,603 $ 7,327 $ 7,484
Theme park food, merchandise and other........................................ 11,678 12,139 11,362
--------- --------- ---------
Total....................................................................... 19,281 19,466 18,846
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses............................................................ 8,673 8,436 7,515
Selling, general and administrative........................................... 6,614 6,059 6,555
Cost of products sold......................................................... 3,320 3,327 3,212
Depreciation and amortization................................................. 798 785 764
--------- --------- ---------
Total....................................................................... 19,405 18,607 18,046
--------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) from operations................................................. (124) 859 800
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net......................................................... (383) (413) (342)
Other income (expense)........................................................ 250 (14) (6)
--------- --------- ---------
Total....................................................................... (133) (427) (348)
--------- --------- ---------
Income (loss) before income taxes............................................. (257) 432 452
Income tax expense (benefit).................................................. (85) 182 209
--------- --------- ---------
Net income (loss)............................................................. $ (172) $ 250 $ 243
--------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ---------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(2)..................................................................... $ 924 $ 1,630 $ 1,558
Net cash provided by operating activities..................................... $ 815 $ 1,083 $ 1,586
Capital expenditures.......................................................... $ 466 $ 328 $ 691
Total attendance.............................................................. 862 858 750
Revenue per visitor........................................................... $ 22.37 $ 22.69 $ 25.13
</TABLE>
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(1) Represents historical consolidated financial and operating data of Stuart
Amusement Company, the owner of Riverside. The owner does not have any
significant operations other than Riverside.
(2) See footnote 5 appearing on page 28 for a discussion of EBITDA.
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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following unaudited pro forma combined financial statements (the "Pro
Forma Financial Statements") of the Company are based upon and should be read in
conjunction with the historical financial statements of Premier, Funtime, Elitch
Gardens Company, The Great Escape (owned by Storytown), FRE and Concord (the
owners of Waterworld) and Stuart Amusement Company (the owner of Riverside), all
of which are included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The Unaudited Pro Forma
Combined Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 1995 gives
effect to (i) the financings relating to the Acquisitions, the presumed issuance
of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, the Funtime Acquisition, the Denver
Acquisition and the California Acquisition as if they had occurred on January 1,
1995; (ii) The Great Escape Acquisition as if it had occurred on November 1,
1994; and (iii) the Riverside Acquisition as if it had occurred on October 1,
1994. The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 1996 gives effect to the Recent Acquisitions, the
related financings and the presumed issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock
as if they had occurred on January 1, 1996.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet is presented as if the Recent
Acquisitions occurred on September 30, 1996. The Acquisitions have been (or in
the case of the Riverside Acquisition, will be) accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting. Allocations of the purchase price have been determined
based upon estimates of fair value.
The Pro Forma Financial Statements are for informational purposes only, have
been prepared based on estimates and assumptions deemed by the Company to be
appropriate and do not purport to be indicative of the financial position or
results of operations which would actually have been attained if the
Acquisitions had occurred as presented in such statements or which may be
achieved in the future.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL HISTORICAL
FUNTIME(1) FUNTIME(2)
SIX MONTHS FORTY- THREE HISTORICAL
ENDED DAYS ENDED COMBINED HISTORICAL HISTORICAL
HISTORICAL JULY 2, AUGUST 14, (PREMIER AND ELITCH THE GREAT
PREMIER 1995 1995 FUNTIME) GARDENS ESCAPE
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Theme park admissions............................... $ 21,863 $ 6,195 $ 9,680 $ 37,738 $ 12,824 $ 8,503
Theme park food, merchandise and other.............. 19,633 8,958 13,450 42,041 7,015 5,857
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Total revenue..................................... 41,496 15,153 23,130 79,779 19,839 14,360
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses.................................. 19,775 10,537 6,039 36,351 8,373 4,702
Selling, general and administrative................. 9,272 3,459 2,533 15,264 9,289 2,001
Costs of products sold.............................. 4,635 2,083 2,953 9,671 2,684 1,701
Depreciation and amortization....................... 3,866 3,316 829 8,011 1,550 1,018
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Total............................................. 37,548 19,395 12,354 69,297 21,896 9,422
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) from operations....................... 3,948 (4,242) 10,776 10,482 (2,057) 4,938
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net............................... (5,578) (2,741) (321) (8,640) (2,041) (964)
Other income (expense).............................. (177) 4 (4) (177) (157) --
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Total............................................... (5,755) (2,737) (325) (8,817) (2,198) (964)
Income (loss) before income taxes................... (1,807) (6,979) 10,451 1,665 (4,255) 3,974
Income tax expense (benefit)........................ (762) (2,722) 4,076 592 -- 34
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss............. $ (1,045) $ (4,257) $ 6,375 $ 1,073 $ (4,255) $ 3,940
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss applicable
to common stock.................................... $ (1,574) $ (4,257) $ 6,375 $ 544 $ (4,255) $ 3,940
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Income (loss) per common share...................... $ (.40) (13) (13) (13) (13) (13)
-----------
-----------
Weighted average shares............................. 3,938,000 (13) (13) (13) (13) (13)
-----------
-----------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(15).......................................... $ 7,706 $ (922 ) $ 11,601 $ 18,385 $ (664 ) $ 5,956
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities......................................... $ 10,646 $ (1,196 ) $ 5,257 $ 14,707 $ 217 5,378
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
----------- ----------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -----------
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMBINED PRO FORMA COMPANY
WATERWORLD(3) RIVERSIDE COMPANY(16) ADJUSTMENTS(16) PRO FORMA(16)
------------- ----------- ----------- --------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Theme park admissions............................... $ 7,017 $ 7,327 $ 73,409 $ -- $ 73,409
Theme park food, merchandise and other.............. 4,586 12,139 71,638 360(4) 71,998
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Total revenue..................................... 11,603 19,466 145,047 360 145,407
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses.................................. 3,558 8,436 61,420 (2,001)(5) 59,419
Selling, general and administrative................. 2,328 6,059 34,941 (6,858)(6) 28,083
Costs of products sold.............................. 1,203 3,327 18,586 (182)(7) 18,404
Depreciation and amortization....................... 1,018 785 12,382 848(8) 13,230
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Total............................................. 8,107 18,607 127,329 (8,193) 119,136
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Income (loss) from operations....................... 3,496 859 17,718 8,553 26,271
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net............................... (546) (413) (12,604) (3,114)(9) (15,718)
Other income (expense).............................. 183 (14) (165) (183)(10) (348)
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Total............................................... (363) (427) (12,769) (3,297) (16,066)
Income (loss) before income taxes................... 3,133 432 4,949 5,256 10,205
Income tax expense (benefit)........................ 92 182 900 3,540(11) 4,440
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Income (loss) before extraordinary loss............. $ 3,041 $ 250 $ 4,049 $ 1,716 $ 5,765
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss applicable
to common stock.................................... $ 3,041 $ 250 $ 3,520 $ (505)(12) $ 3,015
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Income (loss) per common share...................... (13) (13) (13) $ .27
-------------
-------------
Weighted average shares............................. (13) (13) (13) 11,262,000 (14)
-------------
-------------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(15).......................................... $ 4,697 $ 1,630 $ 30,004 $ 9,218 $ 39,222
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities......................................... $ 4,019 $ 1,083 $ 25,404 $ 6,104 $ 31,508
------------- ----------- ----------- ------- -------------
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for
the year ended December 31, 1995, has been prepared based upon certain pro forma
adjustments to historical financial information of the Company, Funtime, Elitch
Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and Riverside. The Company's acquisitions
of the operating assets of Elitch Gardens, Waterworld and The Great Escape
occurred on October 31, 1996, November 19, 1996 and December 4, 1996,
respectively. The Company's acquisition of the capital stock of Stuart Amusement
Company, the owner of Riverside, is scheduled to occur in late January 1997. The
Company acquired Funtime in August 1995.
The unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the year ended
December 31, 1995, has been prepared assuming the Acquisitions, the related
financings and the presumed issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock
occurred January 1, 1995 (November 1, 1994, in the case of The Great Escape and
October 1, 1994, in the case of Riverside). The unaudited pro forma combined
statement of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements of the Company, Funtime, Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld
and Riverside and notes thereto included elsewhere herein.
The pro forma weighted average of shares used to calculate pro forma income
per share is based on the actual weighted average number of shares outstanding
during 1995, adjusted to give effect to shares of Common Stock issued in the
Preferred Stock Conversion in June 1996 and upon conversion of subordinated
notes (August 1995) and adjusted to give effect to the issuance of 3,938,000
shares of Common Stock in June 1996 pursuant to the Public Offering, a portion
of the proceeds of which were utilized to make the acquisitions, as well as
approximately 9,000 shares of Common Stock issued in The Great Escape
Acquisition and approximately 32,000 shares of Riverside Stock issued as partial
consideration for the Riverside Acquisition (assuming a December 20, 1996 issue
date).
PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS (ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(1) See Funtime's Consolidated Financial Statements included
herein.
(2) Represents the results of Funtime from the end of the first
six months of 1995 through August 14, 1995, the day prior to
the Funtime Acquisition.
(3) The amounts for Waterworld are the combined amounts of
revenues and expenses of FRE and Concord with elimination of
the 50% interest of Concord owned by FRE.
(4) Other revenue adjustments reflect the following:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Effects of new contractual arrangement for Funtime's
Darien Lake's 20,000 seat amphitheater.................. $ 395
Elimination of operations of Funtime-Famous Recipe
restaurants which the Company closed.................... (360)
Change in concessionaire arrangements at the Funtime
parks................................................... 325
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$ 360
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---------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
(5) Operating expense adjustments reflect the following:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Elimination of operations of Funtime-Famous Recipe
restaurants which the Company closed.................... $ 239
Reduction of Funtime operating expenses related to
insurance and leasing................................... 672
Reduction of Elitch Gardens operating expenses related to
park staffing levels and lease expenses................. 1,090
---------
$ 2,001
---------
---------
</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(6) Selling, general and administrative expense adjustments reflect the
following:
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and corporate
expense at the Funtime parks.................................... $ 1,175
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and corporate
expenses at Elitch Gardens as follows:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Corporate and full time personnel costs....................... $ 1,520
Pre-opening marketing costs................................... 847
Insurance and entertainment costs............................. 725
Professional fees............................................. 492
Rental expense................................................ 111
---------
3,695
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs at The Great
Escape.......................................................... 500
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and corporate
expenses at Waterworld.......................................... 112
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and corporate
expenses of Riverside as follows:
Corporate and full-time personnel costs....................... $ 560
Insurance expense............................................. 385
Professional fees............................................. 241
Other......................................................... 190
---------
1,376
---------
$ 6,858
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---------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
(7) Adjustment reflects the elimination of operations of Funtime-Famous Recipe restaurants
which the Company closed.
(8) Adjustment reflects the effects of eliminating historical depreciation ($8,516) of the
acquired parks, the pro forma depreciation of $8,479 on the Funtime property and
equipment and the property and equipment of Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape,
Waterworld and Riverside and the pro forma amortization of $885 on the $22,124 costs in
excess of fair value. Of the total purchase price for the Recent Acquisitions, $103,250
was allocated to depreciable assets and $16,700 allocated to land. Depreciation is
based on estimated lives of 15 to 25 years. Intangible assets are amortized over 25
years.
(9) Adjustment reflects the increase in interest expense as if the acquisitions of Funtime,
Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and Riverside and the related financings
had been consummated on January 1, 1995. Approximately $1,848 of secured indebtedness
of Premier was not refinanced with the proceeds of the Existing Notes issued in August
1995. Additionally, as a component of the financing transactions, obligations of $3,259
were recognized as a result of modifications of certain lease agreements resulting in
their reclassification as capital leases. Other than the proceeds of the Term Loan
Facility, the funding of the acquisitions of Elitch Gardens, Waterworld, and The Great
Escape is from the proceeds of the Company's June 1996 Public Offering and cash from
operations. Funding of the Riverside Acquisition is presumed to have been made from the
proceeds of the issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Issuance costs
</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
associated with the Existing Notes and the Term Loan Facility are being amortized over
their respective eight and five year terms. The components of the adjustment are as
follows:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Interest expense on the Existing Notes issued in August 1995 --
January 1, 1995 to August 14, 1995.............................. $ 6,750
Interest expense on the Term Loan Facility........................ 4,204
Amortization costs associated with issuance of the Existing
Notes........................................................... 383
Amortization of costs associated with Term Loan Facility.......... 415
Elimination of historical interest expense--Premier............... (1,689)
Elimination of historical interest expense--Funtime............... (3,062)
Elimination of historical interest expense--Elitch Gardens, The
Great Escape, Waterworld and Riverside.......................... (3,964)
Interest relating to reclassified capital leases.................. 77
---------
$ 3,114
---------
---------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
If the Concurrent Offering is consummated (assuming an interest rate of 10% per annum
on the New Notes) and after giving effect to the repayment in full of the Term Loan
Facility, pro forma interest expense, net, would be $21,866. For purposes of these
adjustments, the Company has assumed that the New Credit Facility will be amended,
rather than terminated.
(10) Adjustment reflects the elimination of a development fee recognized by one of the
Waterworld parks for developing the other Waterworld park.
(11) Adjustment reflects the application of income taxes at a rate of 40% to the pro forma
adjustments and to the acquired operations that were not previously directly subject
to income taxation and after consideration of permanent differences.
(12) Adjustment reflects the aggregate pro forma adjustments to income (loss) before
extraordinary loss and the elimination of $529 of accumulated, but unpaid, preferred
stock dividends as a result of the Preferred Stock Conversion in June 1996 and $2,750
of dividends on $20,000 of Exchangeable Preferred Stock presumed to have been issued
to fund the Riverside Acquisition.
(13) Income (loss) per common share and weighted average share data are not presented for
Funtime, Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and Riverside as the
information is not meaningful.
(14) The calculation of pro forma weighted average shares outstanding for the
year ended December 31, 1995 is as follows:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Weighted average shares of Common Stock outstanding.................. 3,938,000
Common Stock issued as a result of the conversion of the Company's
subordinated notes, presumed outstanding on January 1, 1995........ 920,000
Preferred Stock Conversion into Common Stock, as if issued and
converted on January 1, 1995....................................... 2,424,000
Common Stock issued in the June 1996 Public Offering, a portion of
the proceeds of which were used to make the Recent Acquisitions.... 3,939,000
Common Stock issued as partial consideration for The Great Escape
Acquisition........................................................ 9,000
Common Stock issued as partial consideration for the Riverside
Acquisition........................................................ 32,000
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11,262,000
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----------
</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
EBITDA is defined as earnings from continuing operations before interest expense,
(15) net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, minority interest
and equity in loss of partnership. The Company has included information concerning
EBITDA because it is used by certain investors as a measure of the Company's ability
to service and/or incur debt. EBITDA is not required by GAAP and should not be
considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, net cash provided by
operating, investing and financing activities or other financial data prepared in
accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of the Company's operating performance. This
information should be read in conjunction with the Statements of the Cash Flows
contained in the financial statements included elsewhere herein.
(16) If the Riverside Acquisition is not consummated, Combined Company, Pro Forma
Adjustments and Company Pro Forma would be as follows:
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMBINED PRO FORMA COMPANY
COMPANY ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE
AND PER SHARE DATA)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Theme park admissions.................................... $ 66,082 $ -- $ 66,082
Theme park food, merchandise and other................... 59,499 360(4) 59,859
----------- ----------- -------------
Total.................................................. 125,581 360 125,941
----------- ----------- -------------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses....................................... 52,984 (2,001)(5) 50,983
Selling, general and administrative...................... 28,882 (5,482)(6) 23,400
Costs of products sold................................... 15,259 (182)(7) 15,077
Depreciation and amortization............................ 11,597 211(8) 11,808
----------- ----------- -------------
Total.................................................. 108,722 (7,454) 101,268
----------- ----------- -------------
Income from operations................................... 16,859 7,814 24,673
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net.................................... (12,191) (3,527)(9) (15,718)
Other income (expense)................................... (151) (183) 10) (334)
----------- ----------- -------------
Total.................................................... (12,342) (3,710) (16,052)
Income before income taxes............................... 4,517 4,104 8,621
Income tax expense ...................................... 718 2,946(11) 3,664
----------- ----------- -------------
Income before extraordinary loss......................... $ 3,799 $ 1,158 $ 4,957
----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- -------------
Income before extraordinary loss applicable to common
stock.................................................. $ 3,270 $ 1,687(12) $ 4,957
----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- -------------
Income per common share.................................. (13) $ 0.44
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-------------
Weighted average shares.................................. (13) 11,230,000(14)
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-------------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(15)............................................... $ 28,374 $ 7,842 $ 36,216
----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- -------------
Net cash provided by operating activities................ $ 24,321 $ 4,245 $ 28,566
----------- ----------- -------------
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</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL HISTORICAL HISTORICAL HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMBINED
PREMIER ELITCH GARDENS THE GREAT ESCAPE WATERWORLD(1) RIVERSIDE COMPANY(14)
----------- --------------- ----------------- -------------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Theme park admissions....... $ 38,970 $ 10,631 $ 8,938 $ 7,228 $ 7,265 $ 73,032
Theme park food, merchandise
and other................. 50,822 8,875 6,092 4,425 11,061 81,275
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Total................... 89,792 19,506 15,030 11,653 18,326 154,307
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Operating costs and
expenses:
Operating expenses.......... 32,897 8,579 4,293 3,941 6,862 56,572
Selling, general and
administrative............ 15,363 6,216 2,593 2,482 5,273 31,927
Costs of products sold...... 10,685 3,287 1,812 1,223 3,126 20,133
Depreciation and
amortization.............. 5,599 10,291 1,079 1,075 583 18,627
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Total................... 64,544 28,373 9,777 8,721 15,844 127,259
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Income (loss) from
operations................ 25,248 (8,867) 5,253 2,932 2,482 27,048
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense, net....... (7,657) (3,193) (711) (446) (274) (12,281)
Other income (expense)...... (59) (284) -- -- -- (343)
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Total................... (7,716) (3,477) (711) (446) (274) (12,624)
Income (loss) before income
taxes..................... 17,532 (12,344) 4,542 2,486 2,208 14,424
Income tax expense.......... 7,020 -- 40 163 928 8,151
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Net income (loss)........... $ 10,512 $ (12,344) $ 4,502 $ 2,323 $ 1,280 $ 6,273
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Net income (loss) applicable
to common stock........... $ 9,909 $ (12,344) $ 4,502 $ 2,323 $ 1,280 $ 5,670
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Net income per common
share..................... $ 1.24 (11) (11) (11) (11) (11)
-----------
-----------
Weighted average shares..... 7,979,000 (11) (11) (11) (11) (11)
-----------
-----------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(13).................. $ 30,848 $ 1,140 $ 6,332 $ 4,007 $ 3,065 $ 45,392
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
Net cash provided by (used
in) operating
activities................ $ 10,222 $ (720) $ 5,215 $ 3,360 $ 3,161 $ 21,238
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
----------- --------------- ------- ------- ----------- ------------
<CAPTION>
PRO FORMA COMPANY
ADJUSTMENTS(14) PRO FORMA(14)
--------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C>
REVENUE
Theme park admissions....... $ -- $ 73,032
Theme park food, merchandise
and other................. 300(2) 81,575
--------------- --------------
Total................... 300 154,607
--------------- --------------
Operating costs and
expenses:
Operating expenses.......... (350)(3) 54,847
(1,375)(4)
Selling, general and
administrative............ (4,513)(5) 27,414
Costs of products sold...... -- 20,133
Depreciation and
amortization.............. (7,832)(6) 10,795
--------------- --------------
Total................... (14,070) 113,189
--------------- --------------
Income (loss) from
operations................ 14,370 41,418
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense, net....... 1,160(7) (11,121)
Other income (expense)...... 125(8) (218)
--------------- --------------
Total................... 1,285 (11,339)
Income (loss) before income
taxes..................... 15,655 30,079
Income tax expense.......... 4,149(9) 12,300
--------------- --------------
Net income (loss)........... $ 11,506 $ 17,779
--------------- --------------
--------------- --------------
Net income (loss) applicable
to common stock........... $ 10,109 (10 $ 15,779
--------------- --------------
--------------- --------------
Net income per common
share..................... $ 1.35
--------------
--------------
Weighted average shares..... 11,701,000(12)
--------------
--------------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(13).................. $ 6,663 $ 52,055
--------------- --------------
--------------- --------------
Net cash provided by (used
in) operating
activities................ $ 7,823 $ 29,061
--------------- --------------
--------------- --------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying pro forma combined statement of operations for the nine
months ended September 30, 1996 has been prepared based upon certain pro forma
adjustments to historical financial information of the Company, Elitch Gardens,
The Great Escape, Waterworld and Riverside. The Company's acquisitions of the
operating assets of Elitch Gardens, Waterworld and The Great Escape occurred on
October 31, 1996, November 19, 1996 and December 4, 1996, respectively. The
Company's acquisition of the capital stock of Stuart Amusement Company, the
owner of Riverside, is scheduled to occur in late January 1997. The Company
acquired Funtime in 1995.
The unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the nine months
ended September 30, 1996 has been prepared assuming the acquisitions of Elitch
Gardens, Waterworld, The Great Escape and Riverside, the related financings and
the presumed issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock occurred on January 1,
1996. The operations of Funtime are included in the Company's operations for
1996 since the acquisition of Funtime occurred in 1995. The unaudited pro forma
combined statement of operations should be read in conjunction with the
financial statements of the Company, Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape,
Waterworld and Riverside, and notes thereto included elsewhere herein.
The pro forma weighted average number of common shares used to calculate pro
forma income per share is based on the actual weighted average number of shares
outstanding during the nine months ended September 30, 1996, adjusted to give
effect to shares issued in the Preferred Stock Conversion (June 1996) and the
issuance of 3,938,000 shares in June 1996 pursuant to the Public Offering, a
portion of the proceeds of which were utilized to make the Recent Acquisitions,
as well as approximately 9,000 shares of Common Stock issued in The Great Escape
Acquisition and approximately 32,000 shares of Riverside Stock issued as partial
consideration for the Riverside Acquisition (assuming a December 20, 1996 issue
date).
PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENT (ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
(1) The amounts for Waterworld are the combined amounts of revenues and
expenses of FRE and Concord with elimination of the 50% interest of
Concord owned by FRE.
(2) Adjustment reflects the change in concessionaire arrangements at
Riverside.
(3) Adjustment reflects the change in food concessionaire arrangements at
Elitch Gardens.
(4) Adjustments reflect the reduction of Elitch Gardens operating expenses
related to park staffing levels ($1,000) and entertainment contracts
($375).
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
(5) Selling, general and administrative expense adjustments reflect the
following:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and
corporate expenses at Elitch Gardens as follows:
Corporate and full-time personnel costs..................... $ 1,140
Insurance expense........................................... 375
Professional fees........................................... 466
Rental expense.............................................. 89
---------
2,070
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel expenses at The
Great Escape.................................................. 1,300
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and
corporate expenses at Waterworld.............................. 88
Elimination of duplicative corporate personnel costs and
corporate expenses at Riverside as follows:
Corporate and full-time personnel costs..................... $ 420
Insurance expense........................................... 289
Professional fees........................................... 180
Other....................................................... 166
---------
1,055
---------
$ 4,513
---------
---------
</TABLE>
(6) Adjustment reflects the effects of eliminating historical depreciation
($5,028) and impairment provision ($8,000) recognized by one of the
acquired parks, the pro forma depreciation of $4,532 on the property
and equipment of Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and
Riverside and the pro forma amortization of $664 on the $22,124 costs
in excess of fair value. Of the total purchase price for the Recent
Acquisitions, $103,250 was allocated to depreciable assets and $16,700
was allocated to land. Depreciation is based on estimated lives of 15
to 25 years. Intangible assets are amortized over 25 years.
(7) Adjustment reflects the decrease in interest expense as if the
acquisitions of Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and
Riverside and related borrowings under the Term Loan Facility had been
consummated on January 1, 1996. Other than the proceeds of the Term
Loan Facility, the funding of the acquisitions of Elitch Gardens,
Waterworld, and The Great Escape is assumed to be from the proceeds of
the June 1996 Public Offering and cash from operations. Funding of the
Riverside Acquisition is presumed to have been made from the proceeds
of the issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Issuance costs
associated with the Existing Notes and the Term Loan Facility are
being amortized over the respective eight and five year terms. The
components of the adjustment are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Interest expense on the Term Loan Facility....................................... $ 3,153
Amortization of costs associated with Term Loan Facility......................... 311
Elimination of historical interest expense -- Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape,
Waterworld and Riverside....................................................... (4,624)
---------
$ (1,160)
---------
---------
</TABLE>
If the Concurrent Offering is consummated (assuming an interest rate of
10% per annum on the New Notes) and after giving effect to the
repayment in full of the Term Loan Facility, pro forma interest
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
expense, net, would be $15,732. For purposes of these adjustments, the
Company has assumed that the New Credit Facility will be amended,
rather than terminated.
(8) Adjustment reflects the elimination of food service management fee at
Elitch Gardens.
(9) Adjustment reflects the application of income taxes at a rate of 40%
to the pro forma adjustments and to the acquired operations that were
not previously directly subject to income taxation and after
consideration of permanent differences.
(10) Adjustment reflects the aggregate pro forma adjustment to income
(loss) before extraordinary loss and the elimination of $603 of
preferred stock dividends as a result of the Preferred Stock
Conversion and $2,000 of dividends on $20,000 of Exchangeable
Preferred Stock presumed to have been issued to fund the Riverside
Acquisition.
(11) Income (loss) per common share and weighted average share data are not
presented for Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and
Riverside as the information is not meaningful.
(12) The calculation of pro forma weighted average shares outstanding for
the nine months ended September 30, 1996 is as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
Weighted average shares of Common Stock outstanding........................... 7,979,000
Preferred Stock Conversion, as if issued and converted on January 1, 1996..... 1,619,000
Common Stock issued in the Public Offering, a portion of the proceeds of which
were used to make the Recent Acquisitions, as if issued on January 1,
1996........................................................................ 2,062,000
Common Stock issued as partial consideration for The Great Escape
Acquisition................................................................. 9,000
Common Stock issued as partial consideration for the Riverside Acquisition.... 32,000
---------
11,701,000
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---------
</TABLE>
(13) EBITDA is defined as earnings from continuing operations before
interest expense, net, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and
amortization, minority interest and equity in loss of partnership. The
Company has included information concerning EBITDA because it is used
by certain investors as a measure of the Company's ability to service
and/or incur debt. EBITDA is not required by GAAP and should not be
considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, net cash
provided by operating, investing and financing activities or other
financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of
the Company's operating performance. This information should be read
in conjunction with the Statements of the Cash Flows contained in the
financial statements included elsewhere herein.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
(14) If the Riverside Acquisition is not consummated, Combined Company, Pro
Forma Adjustments and Company Pro Forma would be as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMBINED PRO FORMA COMPANY
COMPANY ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
---------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR SHARE AND
PER SHARE DATA)
REVENUE
Theme park admissions..................................................... $ 65,767 $ -- $ 65,767
Theme park food, merchandise and other.................................... 70,214 -- 70,214
---------- ----------- -------------
Total................................................................. 135,981 -- 135,981
---------- ----------- -------------
Operating costs and expenses:
(350)(3)
Operating expenses........................................................ 49,710 (1,375)(4) 47,985
Selling, general and administrative....................................... 26,654 (3,458)(5) 23,196
Costs of products sold.................................................... 17,007 -- 17,007
Depreciation and amortization............................................. 18,044 (8,315)(6) 9,729
---------- ----------- -------------
Total................................................................. 111,415 (13,498) 97,917
---------- ----------- -------------
Income from operations.................................................... 24,566 13,498 38,064
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
Interest expense, net..................................................... (12,007) 886(7) (11,121)
Other income (expense).................................................... (343) 125(8) (218)
---------- ----------- -------------
Total................................................................. 12,350 1,011 (11,339)
Income before income taxes................................................ 12,216 14,509 26,725
Income tax expense........................................................ 7,223 3,629(9) 10,852
---------- ----------- -------------
Net income................................................................ $ 4,993 $ 10,880 $ 15,873
---------- ----------- -------------
---------- ----------- -------------
Net income applicable to common stock..................................... $ 4,390 $ 11,483 (10 $ 15,873
---------- ----------- -------------
---------- ----------- -------------
Net income per common share............................................... (11) $ 1.36
-------------
-------------
Weighted average shares................................................... (11) 11,669,000(12)
-------------
-------------
OTHER DATA:
EBITDA(13)................................................................ $ 42,327 $ 5,308 $ 47,635
---------- ----------- -------------
---------- ----------- -------------
Net cash provided by operating
activities.............................................................. $ 18,077 $ 6,194 $ 24,271
---------- ----------- -------------
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</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMPANY
HISTORICAL ELITCH THE GREAT HISTORICAL HISTORICAL COMBINED PRO FORMA PRO
PREMIER GARDENS ESCAPE WATERWORLD(1) RIVERSIDE COMPANY ADJUSTMENTS(4) FORMA(4)
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents....... $ 73,766 $ 2,969 $ 569 $ 854 $ 197 $ 78,355 $ (4,392)(2) $ 13,674
(60,289)(3)
Accounts receivable............. 8,409 969 265 338 983 10,964 (1,572)(2) 9,392
Inventories..................... 3,460 860 94 143 786 5,343 -- 5,343
Prepaid expenses................ 1,906 128 92 208 356 2,690 -- 2,690
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total current assets...... 87,541 4,926 1,020 1,543 2,322 97,352 (66,253) 31,099
Deferred charges................ 4,448 1,629 63 57 193 6,390 (1,942)(2) 6,523
2,075(3)
Deposits and other.............. 7,125 -- -- 10 2 7,137 (10)(2) 8,127
1,000(3)
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
Other assets................ 11,573 1,629 63 67 195 13,527 1,123 14,650
Property and equipment, net..... 140,153 57,728 13,996 15,706 6,377 233,960 28,464(3) 262,424
Intangible assets, net.......... 12,847 -- -- -- -- 12,847 22,124(3) 34,971
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total assets................ $ 252,114 $ 64,283 $ 15,079 $ 17,316 $ 8,894 357,686 $ (14,542) $ 343,144
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY:
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses....................... $ 6,378 $ 3,983 $ 607 $ 997 $ 3,262 $ 15,227 $ (5,587)(2) $ 10,904
1,264 (3)
Accrued interest payable........ 1,386 2,454 -- -- -- 3,840 (2,454)(2) 1,386
Current maturities of long-term
debt and capital lease
obligations.................... 1,054 36,994 1,200 1,621 1,151 42,020 (39,815)(2) 1,054
(1,151)(3)
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total current
liabilities............. 8,818 43,431 1,807 2,618 4,413 61,087 (47,743) 13,344
Long-term debt and
capital lease
obligations.................... 92,350 6,465 1,600 5,182 -- 105,597 (13,247)(2) 149,350
57,000(3)
Other long-term liabilities..... 3,234 -- 3,782 -- -- 7,016 (3,782)(2) 5,684
2,450(3)
Deferred income taxes........... 26,138 -- -- -- 965 27,103 5,489(3) 32,592
Mandatorily redeemable preferred
stock.......................... -- -- -- -- 3,405 3,405 (3,405)(3) --
Stockholders' equity............ 121,574 14,387 7,890 9,516 111 153,478 (31,904)(2) 142,174
20,600(3)
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity........... $ 252,114 $ 64,283 $ 15,079 $ 17,316 $ 8,894 $ 357,686 $ (14,542) $ 343,144
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
--------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- -----------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September
30, 1996 has been prepared based on certain pro forma adjustments to historical
financial information of the Company, Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape,
Waterworld and Riverside. The Company's acquisition of the operating assets of
Elitch Gardens, Waterworld and The Great Escape occurred on October 31, 1996,
November 19, 1996, and December 4, 1996, respectively. The Company's acquisition
of the capital stock of Stuart Amusement Company (the owner of Riverside) is
scheduled to occur in late January 1997.
The unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet as of September 30, 1996 has
been prepared assuming the acquisition of Elitch Gardens, Waterworld, The Great
Escape and Riverside occurred on September 30, 1996. The assets and liabilities
of Funtime are included in the Company's assets and liabilities as of September
30, 1996, since the acquisition of Funtime occurred in 1995. The unaudited pro
forma combined balance sheet should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements of the Company, Elitch Gardens, The Great Escape, Waterworld and
Riverside and notes thereto included elsewhere herein.
PRO FORMA ADJUSTMENTS (ALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
(1) The amounts for Waterworld are the combined amounts of assets, liabilities,
and equity of FRE and Concord with elimination of the 50% interest of
Concord owned by FRE.
(2) Adjustments reflect the elimination of deferred charges ($193) of Riverside
associated with long-term debt of Riverside which will be paid in full at
the closing and the elimination of assets not purchased ($7,723) and
liabilities not assumed ($64,885) by the Company, as follows:
(a) the Company did not acquire the cash ($4,392), accounts receivable
($1,572) or deferred charges ($1,749) or deposits ($10) of Elitch
Gardens, Waterworld or The Great Escape.
(b) the Company did not assume the accounts payable and accrued expenses
($5,587), accrued interest payable ($2,454), current maturities of
long-term debt and capital lease obligations ($39,815), long-term debt
and capital lease obligations ($13,247), or other long-term liabilities
($3,782) of Elitch Gardens, Waterworld or The Great Escape.
(3) Adjustment reflects the purchase for cash of the operating assets of Elitch
Gardens ($62,500), Waterworld ($17,250), and The Great Escape ($33,000), the
purchase from the lessor of certain assets of Elitch Gardens subject to a
capital lease ($496), the purchase of the stock of Riverside ($22,150
purchase price reduced by $1,000 worth of Common Stock to be issued and
$2,132 of current liabilities to be assumed by Premier pursuant to the stock
purchase agreement, both of which will reduce the cash consideration to be
paid to the owners of Riverside), the purchase from the concessionaire of
certain assets used at Riverside ($450) and estimated transaction costs of
$1,900. Part of the cash consideration to be paid for the Riverside Stock
will be used to pay in full the long-term debt of Riverside ($1,151),
redeemable preferred stock of Riverside ($3,405) and accrued dividends
payable on such preferred stock ($236), classified under accounts payable
and accrued expenses. The purchase of The Great Escape also included the
issuance of $200 of Common Stock and recognition of $1,450 of other
long-term liabilities associated with the transaction. The Riverside
acquisition agreement requires the Company to fund certain pre-acquisition
operating expenses of Riverside. A current liability of $1,500 has been
recognized in the pro forma balance sheet. Purchase prices were funded
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through existing cash balances of the Company, borrowings of $57,000 under
the Term Loan Facility and $19,400 of net proceeds from the presumed
issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock. Costs associated with the New
Credit Facility approximate $2,075 and have been reflected as deferred
charges. The acquisitions are being accounted for using the purchase method
of accounting. Allocation of the purchase price is based upon estimated fair
values for property and equipment. Fair value of inventory and prepaid
expenses approximate recorded historical amounts. Additionally, a $5,489
increase in deferred tax liabilities is recognized related to the Riverside
Acquisition, since the acquisition is of Riverside's stock rather than its
assets. Purchase price in excess of underlying asset aggregate fair values
($22,124) has been reflected as intangible assets. Pursuant to the Riverside
acquisition agreement, an escrow account of $1,000 will be established. The
escrow account is reflected as a deposit and as an other long-term
liability.
(4) If the Riverside Acquisition is not consummated (assuming $90.0 million
principal amount of New Notes remain outstanding), Company Combined, Pro
Forma Adjustments and Company Pro Forma would be as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
COMPANY PRO FORMA COMPANY
COMBINED ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA
----------- ------------- -----------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents.................................... $ 78,158 $ (4,392)(2) $ 13,845
(59,921)(3)
Accounts receivable.......................................... 9,981 (1,572)(2) 8,409
Inventories.................................................. 4,557 -- 4,557
Prepaid expenses............................................. 2,334 -- 2,334
----------- ------------- -----------
Total current assets..................................... 95,030 (65,885) 29,145
Deferred charges............................................. 6,197 (1,749)(2) 6,523
2,075(3)
Deposits and other........................................... 7,135 (10)(2) 7,125
----------- ------------- -----------
Other assets............................................. 13,332 316 13,648
Property and equipment, net.................................. 227,583 14,291(3) 241,874
Intangible assets, net....................................... 12,847 13,250(3) 26,097
----------- ------------- -----------
Total assets............................................. $ 348,792 $ (38,028) $ 310,764
----------- ------------- -----------
----------- ------------- -----------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses........................ $ 11,965 $ (5,587)(2) $ 6,378
Accrued interest payable..................................... 3,840 (2,454)(2) 1,386
Current maturities of long-term debt and capital lease
obligations................................................ 40,869 (39,815)(2) 1,054
----------- ------------- -----------
Total current liabilities................................ 56,674 (47,856) 8,818
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations................. 105,597 (13,247)(2) 149,350
57,000(3)
Other long-term liabilities.................................. 7,016 (3,782)(2) 4,684
1,450(3)
Deferred income taxes........................................ 26,138 -- 26,138
----------- ------------- -----------
Total liabilities........................................ 195,425 (6,435) 188,990
Stockholders' equity......................................... 153,367 (31,793)(2) 121,774
200(3)
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity............... $ 348,792 $ (38,028) $ 310,764
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
GENERAL
The Company's revenue is derived principally from the sale of tickets for
entrance to its parks (approximately 43.4%, 52.7%, 56.0% and 58.9% in the nine
months ended September 30, 1996 and in the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994
and 1993, respectively) and the sale of food, merchandise, games and attractions
inside its parks and other income (approximately 56.6%, 47.3%, 44.0% and 41.1%
in the nine months ended September 30, 1996 and in the years ended December 31,
1995, 1994 and 1993, respectively). The Company's principal costs of operations
include salaries and wages, fringe benefits, advertising, outside services,
maintenance, utilities and insurance. The Company's expenses are relatively
fixed. Costs for full-time employees, maintenance, utilities, advertising and
insurance do not vary significantly with attendance, thereby providing the
Company with a significant degree of operating leverage as attendance increases
and fixed costs per visitor decrease.
The Company believes that significant opportunities exist to acquire
additional theme parks. Although the Company has had discussions with respect to
several additional business acquisitions, no agreement or understanding has been
reached with respect to any specific future acquisition (other than Riverside).
See "Use of Proceeds" and "Business -- Acquisition Strategy." In addition, the
Company intends to continue its on-going expansion of its rides and attractions
and overall improvement of its existing parks (and Riverside) to maintain and
enhance the appeal of its parks. Management believes this strategy has
contributed to increased attendance, lengths of stay, in-park spending and,
therefore, profitability. See "Business -- Operating Strategy."
The following discussion does not include the results of the parks acquired
and to be acquired in the Recent Acquisitions. For financial information
regarding the parks acquired and to be acquired in the Acquisitions, see
"Selected Historical and Pro Forma Financial and Operating Data," "Unaudited Pro
Forma Combined Financial Statements" and the financial statements of the sellers
in the Acquisitions included elsewhere herein.
The Company's business is highly seasonal. Results for the nine-month period
ended September 30, 1996 are not necessarily indicative of results to be
expected for the year ended December 31, 1996. Specifically, the parks do not
generate meaningful revenue during the fourth quarter of the year, but do incur
expenses during that quarter. Accordingly, the Company historically incurs a net
loss for the fourth calendar quarter and expects to incur such a loss in the
fourth quarter of 1996.
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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 AND 1995
The following table sets forth certain financial information with respect to
the Company and Funtime for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996:
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<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995
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HISTORICAL HISTORICAL
FUNTIME(2) FUNTIME(2) HISTORICAL
SIX MONTHS FORTY-THREE NINE MONTHS
ENDED DAYS ENDED ENDED
HISTORICAL JULY 2, AUGUST 14, HISTORICAL PRO FORMA COMPANY SEPTEMBER 30,
PREMIER(1) 1995 1995 COMBINED ADJUSTMENTS(3) PRO FORMA 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(IN THOUSANDS)
(UNAUDITED)
Revenues:
Theme park admissions..... $ 20,263 $ 6,195 $ 9,680 $ 36,138 $ -- $ 36,138 $ 38,970
Theme park food,
merchandise, and
other................... 18,508 8,958 13,450 40,916 360 41,276 50,822
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Total revenue............. 38,771 15,153 23,130 77,054 360 77,414 89,792
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Expenses:
Operating expenses........ 15,640 10,537 6,039 32,216 (911) 31,305 32,897
Selling, general and
administrative.......... 6,833 3,459 2,533 12,825 (1,175) 11,650 15,363
Costs of products sold.... 4,333 2,083 2,953 9,369 (182) 9,187 10,685
Depreciation and
amortization............ 2,258 3,316 829 6,403 (1,708) 4,695 5,599
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Total cost and expenses... 29,064 19,395 12,354 60,813 (3,976) 56,837 64,544
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Income (loss) from
operations.............. 9,707 (4,242) 10,776 16,241 4,336 20,577 25,248
Interest expense, net..... (3,101) (2,741) (321) (6,163) (2,459) (8,622) (7,657)
Other income (expense).... (87) 4 (4) (87) -- (87) (59)
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Total other income
(expense)............... (3,188) (2,737) (325) (6,250) (2,459) (8,709) (7,716)
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Income before income taxes
and extraordinary
loss.................... 6,519 (6,979) 10,451 9,991 1,877 11,868 17,532
Income taxes.............. 2,563 (2,722) 4,076 3,917 1,050 4,967 7,020
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Income before
extraordinary loss...... $ 3,956 $ (4,257) $ 6,375 $ 6,074 $ 827 $ 6,901 $ 10,512
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(1) Includes results of parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition from and
after August 15, 1995.
(2) Includes results of parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition from January
1, 1995 to August 14, 1995.
(3) See footnotes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations for
the Year Ended December 31, 1995, as they relate to Funtime, for a
discussion of the pro forma adjustments.
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REVENUE. Revenue aggregated $89.8 million in the nine months ended
September 30, 1996 compared to $38.8 million in the first nine months of 1995,
and to revenues (after giving pro forma effect to the Funtime Acquisition, which
occurred on August 15, 1995) of $77.4 million in the first nine months of 1995.
This 16.0% increase over pro forma same period 1995 revenue is attributable to
increased attendance (15.0%) and per capita revenue (5.9%) at the parks and
increased sponsorship revenues, as well as increased season pass sales at
several parks, and increased campground revenues at Darien Lake and income from
the new contractual arrangements at the Darien Lake Performance Arts Center.
OPERATING EXPENSES. Operating expenses increased during the first nine
months of 1996 to $32.9 million from $15.6 million reported in 1995, and from
$31.3 million pro forma operating expenses for the first nine months of 1995.
This 5.1% increase over pro forma operating expenses is mainly due to additional
staffing related to the increased attendance levels and increased pay rates,
offset to some extent by a decrease in equipment rental expense due to the
purchase of equipment that had been leased during 1995. As a percentage of
revenue, operating expenses constituted 36.6% for the 1996 period and 40.4% on a
pro forma basis for the prior-year period.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. Selling, general and administrative
expenses were $15.4 million in the first nine months of 1996, compared to $6.8
million reported, and $11.7 million pro forma selling, general and
administrative expenses for the 1995 period. As a percentage of revenues, these
expenses constituted 17.1% for the 1996 period and 15.0% for the prior-year
period (pro forma). This increase over 1995 pro forma expenses relates primarily
to increased advertising and marketing expenses to promote the newly-acquired
parks and the new rides and attractions at all of the parks, increased sales
taxes arising from increased volume generally, increased property taxes and
professional services and additional staff added at the corporate level.
COSTS OF PRODUCTS SOLD. Costs of products sold were $10.7 million for the
first nine months of 1996 compared to $4.3 million reported for the first nine
months of 1995, and $9.2 million pro forma for the 1995 period. Costs of
products sold (as a percentage of in-park revenue) constituted approximately
21.0% for the 1996 period and 22.3% for the 1995 period (pro forma). This $1.5
million or 16.3% increase over pro forma 1995 results is directly related to the
23.1% increase in food, merchandise and other revenues.
DEPRECIATION AND INTEREST EXPENSE. Depreciation expense increased $3.3
million over the reported 1995 period results and $0.9 over pro forma
depreciation and amortization expense for that period. The increase over the pro
forma 1995 period expense is a result of the on-going capital program at the
Company's parks. Interest expense, net, increased $4.6 million as a result of
interest on the Existing Notes.
INCOME TAXES. The Company had a provision for income tax expense of $7.0
million during the first nine months of 1996, compared to a provision for such
expense of $2.6 million during the comparable period of 1995. The effective tax
rate used to calculate the provision was approximately 40% in the 1996 period,
as compared to 39% in the prior-year period. See Note 6 to the Company's
consolidated financial statements.
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
REVENUE. Revenue aggregated $41.5 million in 1995, a 66.7% increase over
1994 revenue of $24.9 million. A large portion of the increase ($13.5 million)
resulted from the Funtime Acquisition on August 15, 1995. The Company's 1995
results include the results from the Funtime parks from and after that date. The
1995 results of the Company without consideration of the Funtime Acquisition
provided a revenue increase of 12.5% from $24.9 million in 1994 to $28.0 million
in 1995. This increase is primarily attributable to the increased attendance of
14.3% from 1.4 million in 1994 to 1.6 million in 1995 at the three theme parks
owned by the Company prior to the Funtime Acquisition.
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OPERATING EXPENSES. Operating expenses increased approximately $7.4
million, or 60.0%, in 1995 over 1994 levels. A large portion of the increase
($6.9 million) is a result of the Funtime Acquisition. The 1995 results of the
Company without consideration of the Funtime Acquisition provided an increase of
3.2% in operating expenses from $12.4 million in 1994 to $12.8 million in 1995.
As a percentage of revenue, operating expenses constituted approximately 47.7%
in 1995 and approximately 49.6% in 1994. Without consideration of the Funtime
Acquisition, operating expenses constituted approximately 45.7% of revenue in
1995.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. Selling, general and administrative
expenses increased from approximately $5.5 million in 1994 to approximately $9.3
million in 1995. These expenses (as a percentage of revenues) constituted
approximately 22.3% and 21.9% during 1995 and 1994, respectively. A large
portion of the increase ($2.6 million) is a result of the Funtime Acquisition.
The Company's selling, general and administrative expenses without consideration
of the Funtime Acquisition increased 21.8% from $5.5 million in 1994 to $6.7
million in 1995 primarily due to a 20.3% increase in marketing and advertising
expenses. Most of the increase was incurred at Adventure World as part of the
advertising campaign design to promote public awareness of the new Mind Eraser
suspended, looping roller coaster, and a lesser portion of this increase was
incurred in connection with the promotion of the new combined season pass
program at Frontier City and White Water Bay.
COSTS OF PRODUCTS SOLD. Costs of products sold increased from $2.6 million
in 1994 to $4.6 million in 1995. A large portion of the increase ($1.7 million)
is a result of the Funtime Acquisition. Cost of products sold (as a percentage
of in-park revenue) constituted approximately 23.6% and 23.3%, during 1995 and
1994, respectively. The Company's costs of products sold without consideration
of the Funtime Acquisition increased 11.5% from $2.6 million in 1994 to $2.9
million in 1995. This increase is a direct result of increased in-park sales at
the parks.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION. Depreciation and amortization expense
aggregated approximately $3.9 million in 1995 and approximately $2.0 million in
1994. This 93.6% increase resulted primarily from the Funtime Acquisition. The
Company's depreciation and amortization without consideration of the Funtime
Acquisition increased 25.0% from $2.0 million in 1994 to $2.5 million in 1995,
reflecting the effect of the Company's additional capital improvements.
INCOME TAXES. The Company had an income tax benefit in 1995 of $852,000,
compared to an income tax expense of $68,000 in 1994. The Company's income tax
benefit in 1995 was allocated to loss before income taxes ($762,000) and an
extraordinary loss ($90,000) on extinguishment of debt. The effective income tax
rate for 1995 was 42.2% as compared to approximately 40% in 1994. The Company
anticipates an effective tax rate of between 40% and 42% in the future since the
parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition are located in higher tax
jurisdictions than the Company's three previous parks and due to the
non-deductibility of the amortization of the goodwill that resulted from the
Funtime Acquisition. See Note 6 to the Company's consolidated financial
statements.
On its December 31, 1995 federal income tax return, the Company reported
carryovers of approximately $13.8 million of net operating losses ("NOLS"), $3.7
million of alternative minimum tax ("AMT") NOLs and $1.9 million of AMT credits
for federal income tax purposes. The regular tax and AMT NOLs and AMT credits
are subject to review and potential disallowance by the Internal Revenue Service
upon audit of the federal income tax returns of the Company and its
subsidiaries. In addition, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, the use of such NOLs and AMT credits is subject to one or more
limitations on the amount of taxable income, or in the case of the AMT credits,
regular tax, that can be offset with such NOLs and AMT credits. Some of such
NOLs also are subject to a limitation as to which of the subsidiaries' income
such NOLs are permitted to offset. Accordingly, no assurance can be given as to
the timing or amount of the availability of such NOLs and AMT credits to the
Company and its subsidiaries.
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YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
REVENUE. Revenue aggregated $24.9 million in 1994, a 13.9% increase over
1993 revenue of $21.9 million, resulting from a 30.1% increase in revenue at
Adventure World and a 3.8% increase in revenue at Frontier City, offset in part
by a 7.0% decrease in revenue at White Water Bay.
Attendance at Premier's three parks in 1994 increased approximately 6.5%
compared to 1993 levels primarily as a result of a 19.2% increase at Adventure
World based on Premier's substantial investment in new rides and attractions and
increased marketing (including the engagement of Cal Ripken, Jr. as the park's
official spokesperson), which was offset in part by a 6.1% decrease in
attendance at White Water Bay. The aggregate increase in attendance in 1994 was
augmented by a 1.8% increase in ticket revenue per customer and a 8.4% increase
in per-customer in-park spending in that year. The increased ticket revenue
resulted from increased prices and a reduction in discount levels. The increased
in-park spending in 1994 was primarily attributable to higher price levels,
additional food and other retail outlets at the parks in that year and longer
in-park stays. Of the 1994 revenues, $417,000 represents the excess of insurance
proceeds received by Premier over the net book value of assets destroyed, and
repair costs of assets damaged, by high winds at one of Premier's parks. See
Note 11 to the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company believes
that the storm and the resulting damage caused a substantial loss of attendance
and revenue at the affected park. The Company estimates that the storm resulted
in an attendance loss of at least 20,000 customers at the park. During 1994,
revenue per visitor at the affected park was approximately $20.36.
OPERATING EXPENSES. Operating expenses increased approximately $2.0
million, or 18.8%, in 1994 over 1993 levels. As a percentage of revenues,
operating expenses constituted approximately 49.6% in 1994 and 47.6% in 1993.
The increase in operating expenses during 1994 was primarily attributable to an
approximate $805,000 increase (representing a 12% increase over 1993 levels) in
salaries and other compensation benefits during that year, an approximate
$406,000 (65%) increase in repair and maintenance expense and a $511,000 (42%)
increase in operating supplies, equipment rentals and other expense. The
increase in personnel cost reflected an increase primarily at Adventure World in
the number of seasonal employees (11%) required to operate additional
attractions as well as longer operating hours and, to a lesser extent, changes
in hourly rates paid to lifeguards and other skilled employees (6%). Salary and
other compensation benefits increased $613,000 at Adventure World in 1994.
Repairs and maintenance increased due largely to a $288,000 increase at
Adventure World arising out of the significant expansion of that park with the
addition of 14 new rides and numerous other improvements during the two years
preceding the 1994 season. Operating supplies, equipment rentals and other
expenses increased due to additional "live" shows presented at the parks,
additional equipment rentals, particularly at Adventure World, increases in
utility costs due to the additional rides and attractions at the parks, and
costs associated with the preparation of group sales brochures.
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE. Selling, general and administrative
expenses increased from $4.8 million in 1993 to $5.4 million in 1994. Selling,
general and administrative expenses (as a percentage of revenues) constituted
21.9% in 1994 and 21.8% in 1993. The increase in these expenses in 1994 was
almost exclusively the result of a 37% increase in sales and advertising
expense. Of this increase $578,000 represented additional marketing and
advertising expense at Adventure World, which was designed to increase public
awareness of the significant capital improvements made at the parks.
COSTS OF PRODUCTS SOLD. Costs of products sold aggregated approximately
$2.6 million in 1994, as compared to the 1993 level of $2.1 million. Cost of
products sold (as a percentage of in-park revenue) constituted approximately
23.3% and 23.8%, during 1994 and 1993, respectively.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION. Depreciation and amortization expense
aggregated $2.0 million in 1994 and $1.5 million in 1993. This 33.3% increase
reflected the effect of Premier's additional capital improvements.
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INCOME TAXES. Premier's provision for income taxes represented
approximately 40% of 1994 income before income taxes compared to 6.3% of 1993
income before income taxes. State and local taxes were the principal reason that
Premier's effective tax rate was higher than the 34% federal corporate rate. See
Note 6 to the Company's consolidated financial statements.
LIQUIDITY, CAPITAL COMMITMENTS AND RESOURCES
The operations of the Company are highly seasonal, with the majority of the
operating season occurring between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Most of the
Company's revenue is collected in the second and third quarters of each year
while most expenditures for capital improvements and major maintenance are
incurred when the parks are closed. See "Risk Factors -- Effects of Inclement
Weather; Seasonal Fluctuations of Operating Results." The Company employs a
substantial number of seasonal employees who are compensated on an hourly basis.
The Company is not subject to federal or certain applicable state minimum wage
rates in respect of its seasonal employees. However, the recent increase of $.90
an hour over two years in the federal minimum wage rate, and any increase in
these state minimum wage rates, may result over time in increased compensation
expense for the Company as it relates to these employees as a result of
competitive factors.
Prior to the 1993 season, the Company began implementing a long-range
capital improvement program for its parks, spending approximately $7.7 million
in 1993, $10.1 million in 1994 and $10.7 million in 1995. This program was
continued and extended to the parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition, with
the expenditure of approximately $29.3 million for all its then owned parks in
the first nine months of 1996. Also, Premier acquired certain rides and
attractions through leases and borrowings of $2.7 million, $570,000 and $3.3
million in 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. No such leases or borrowings were
effected during the first nine months of 1996.
During 1994, the Company generated $1.1 million in net cash from operating
activities. Additionally, financing activities provided approximately $7.5
million in net cash during that year, of which approximately $4.2 million
represented the proceeds of a 1994 private placement of Common Stock and
approximately $3.4 million represented net borrowings. During that year, the
Company used $10.2 million in net cash in connection with investing activities,
substantially all of which represented additions to buildings, rides and
attractions at Premier's parks made in connection with its capital improvement
program. The 1994 capital improvements were funded from cash generated from
operations in 1993, and the proceeds of borrowings. As a result of these
activities, the Company's property and equipment (after depreciation) at
December 31, 1994 increased approximately $8.7 million over the amount at
December 31, 1993, and cash and cash equivalents at 1994 year-end decreased $1.7
million as compared to the December 31, 1993 level. Liabilities at December 31,
1994 aggregated $27.4 million, representing a $3.9 million increase over
December 31, 1993, substantially all of which represented increased borrowings
in 1994.
During 1995, the Company generated approximately $10.6 million in net cash
from operating activities. Additionally, financing activities provided
approximately $90.9 million in net cash during that year, consisting of the net
proceeds of the $90.0 million Existing Note offering and the $20.0 million
convertible preferred stock offering, both of which were consummated in
connection with the Funtime Acquisition, offset in part by the Company's
repayment during 1995 of approximately $17.5 million of indebtedness. During
1995, the Company used $74.1 million in net cash in connection with investing
activities, $63.3 million of which was employed in connection with the Funtime
Acquisition and $10.7 million represented additions to buildings, rides and
attractions at the Company's parks made in connection with its capital
improvement program. The Company acquired Funtime for approximately $60.0
million, excluding the post-closing adjustment of approximately $5.4 million
paid in December 1995, which represented a substantial portion of the operating
cash flow of the Funtime parks for the portion of the 1995 season after the date
of acquisition. As a result of these activities, the Company's property and
equipment (after depreciation) at December 31, 1995 increased approximately
$77.4 million over the amount at December 31, 1994, and cash and cash
equivalents at December 31, 1995 increased $27.4
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million as compared to the December 31, 1994 level. Liabilities at December 31,
1995 aggregated $127.4 million, representing a $100.0 million increase over
December 31, 1994, most of which ($90.0 million) represented the Company's
indebtedness under the Existing Notes.
During the nine months ended September 30, 1996, the Company generated net
cash of $10.2 million from operating activities. Net cash used in investing
activities in the nine months ended September 30, 1996 totaled $29.3 million,
reflecting amounts spent for capital expenditures. Net cash provided by
financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 1996 totaled $64.1
million, reflecting the net proceeds from the June 1996 Public Offering, offset,
in part, by scheduled repayments of capitalized lease obligations.
In June 1996, the Company completed the Public Offering in which the Company
sold an aggregate of 3,938,750 shares of Common Stock at a price to the public
of $18.00 per share, resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of
approximately $65.2 million. In connection with the Public Offering, all of the
Company's outstanding Preferred Stock, together with all accrued dividends
thereon, were converted into a total of 2,560,928 shares of Common Stock.
At September 30, 1996, substantially all of the Company's indebtedness was
represented by the Existing Notes, which require annual interest payments of
$10.8 million. Except in the event of a change of control of the Company and
certain other circumstances, no principal payment on the Senior Notes is due
until the maturity dates thereof, August 15, 2003 in the case of the Existing
Notes and , 2007, in the case of the New Notes. At December 30, 1996, the
interest rate on the borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term
Loan Facility was 8.175% and 7.5625%, respectively, per annum. See "Description
of Indebtedness."
On October 31, 1996, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets
used in the operation of Elitch Gardens for $62.5 million in cash. On November
19, 1996, the Company acquired substantially all of the assets used in the
operation of Waterworld for an aggregate cash consideration of approximately
$17.3 million. On December 4, 1996, the Company acquired substantially all of
the assets of The Great Escape for $33.0 million in cash. The Company funded
these amounts from a portion of the net proceeds received by the Company from
the Public Offering, cash from operations and, in the case of Elitch Gardens and
The Great Escape, borrowings under the Term Loan Facility. In December 1996, the
Company entered into an agreement to acquire all of the capital stock of the
owner of Riverside for approximately $22.2 million, of which $1.0 million is
payable in Common Stock with the balance payable in cash. The Company expects to
fund the cash portion from a portion of the net proceeds of the Offering, or, if
the Riverside Acquisition closes before the Offering, proceeds received by the
Company from the issuance of up to $22.0 million of Exchangeable Preferred
Stock, which the Company expects to redeem with a portion of the proceeds of the
Offering. The Riverside Acquisition is scheduled to close in late January 1997.
See "Business -- Recent and Pending Acquisitions."
Revolving credit borrowings under the New Credit Facility, which was entered
into in October 1996, are secured by substantially all of the Company's assets
(other than the real estate). Term loan borrowings are secured by the assets
acquired with the proceeds thereof, together with guarantees, limited to
approximately $17.5 million, by the Company's principal subsidiaries. The New
Credit Facility has an aggregate availability of $115.0 million of which (i) up
to $30.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility may be used for working
capital and other general corporate purposes; (ii) up to $25.0 million
("Facility A") may be used to finance capital expenditures prior to April 30,
1998; and (iii) up to $60.0 million ("Facility B") may be used to finance
certain acquisitions by the Company (including certain of the Recent
Acquisitions), including an amount of up to $2.0 million which may be used to
finance improvements at the parks acquired, provided that at least 50% of the
consideration for any such acquisition or improvements under Facility A or
Facility B must be funded by the Company. As of December 30, 1996, $9.0 million
had been borrowed under the Revolving Credit Facility (which amount the Company
plans to repay from the proceeds of the $8.9 million Term Loan borrowing
described below or a portion of the proceeds of the Offerings) and approximately
$57.0 million (after giving effect to $8.9 million of borrowings the Company
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plans to make in respect of the California Acquisition) will have been borrowed
under Facility B to fund approximately 50% of the consideration paid for certain
of the Recent Acquisitions. Interest rates per annum under the New Credit
Facility are equal to a base rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds Rate
plus 1/2% or the prime rate of Citibank, N.A., in each case plus the Applicable
Margin (as defined thereunder) or the London Interbank Offered Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. The Revolving Credit Facility terminates October 31, 2002
(reducing to $15 million on October 31, 2001) and borrowings under the Term Loan
Facility mature October 31, 2001; however, aggregate principal payments of $7.5
million, $20.0 million and $25.0 million are required under the Term Loan
Facility during 1998, 1999 and 2000, respectively. The New Credit Facility and
the Existing Indenture contain restrictive covenants that, among other things,
limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to dispose of assets;
incur additional indebtedness or liens; pay dividends; repurchase stock; make
investments; engage in mergers or consolidations and engage in certain
transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates. In addition, the New Credit
Facility requires that the Company comply with certain specified financial
ratios and tests, including ratios of total debt to EBITDA, interest expense to
EBITDA, debt service to EBITDA and fixed charges to EBITDA. See "Description of
Indebtedness."
If the Concurrent Offering is completed, the Company intends to repay in
full borrowings under the New Credit Facility with a substantial portion of the
net proceeds thereof, which repayment will terminate the Term Loan Facility.
Prior to the consummation of the Concurrent Offering, the Company will either
amend the New Credit Facility to permit the transactions contemplated by the
Concurrent Offering and to provide for the continuation (and possible expansion)
of the Revolving Credit Facility or terminate the entire New Credit Facility and
thereafter enter into a new revolving credit facility. If the Concurrent
Offering is not consummated, the Company may use a portion of the proceeds of
the Offering to repay borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offerings to acquire
and make improvements at additional theme parks (including Riverside); to fund
improvements and expansion of the Company's existing parks, including the parks
acquired and to be acquired in the Recent Acquisitions; and for general
corporate purposes, including working capital requirements.
The Company expects that existing cash, funds generated from operations and
borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, Facility A and the applicable
portion of Facility B (or if the Concurrent Offering is completed prior to the
utilization of these facilities, a portion of the proceeds thereof) will be
adequate to cover its currently anticipated working capital and debt service
requirements as well as to fund planned capital expenditures for the 1997
season. To the extent not used for acquisition purposes, the net proceeds of the
Offering may be used to fund expansion of and improvements at existing parks,
including the acceleration of the Company's capital expenditure program. See
"Use of Proceeds."
NEWLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 123,
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("Statement No. 123"), which
establishes a fair value based method of accounting for stock-based compensation
plans. Entities are encouraged to adopt all provisions of Statement No. 123 but
are required only to comply with the disclosure requirements of Statement No.
123. Statement No. 123 is effective for financial statements for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 1995. The adoption of Statement No. 123 did not
have a material effect on the consolidated financial condition or operating
results of the Company, as the Company did not adopt the optional value based
measurement concept related to stock-based compensation contained in Statement
No. 123.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has also issued SFAS No. 121,
"Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to
be Disposed Of" ("Statement No. 121"). Statement No. 121 requires that
long-lived assets and certain intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. The Company periodically re-evaluates the carrying
amounts of its long-lived assets and the related depreciation and amortization
periods as discussed in the notes to the Company's consolidated financial
statements, and the Company's adoption of Statement No. 121 did not have a
material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
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BUSINESS
GENERAL
The Company is a leading U.S. theme park company which, after completion of
the Recent Acquisitions, will own and operate eleven regional parks. Based on
1996 attendance of approximately 7.3 million at these parks, the Company is the
fourth largest domestic regional park operator. After giving pro forma effect to
the Recent Acquisitions as if they had occurred on October 1, 1995, the
Company's total revenue and EBITDA for the twelve months ended September 30,
1996 would have been approximately $158.7 million and $44.1 million,
respectively. See "Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements" and " --
Recent and Pending Acquisitions."
The Company's parks are located in nine geographically diverse markets with
concentrated populations:
- Adventure World, a combination theme and water park located three miles
off the Beltway, between Washington, D.C. (15 miles away) and Baltimore,
Maryland (30 miles away);
- Darien Lake & Camping Resort, a combination theme and water park with an
adjacent camping resort and 20,000 person amphitheater, located between
Buffalo and Rochester, New York;
- Elitch Gardens, a theme park located in the downtown area of Denver,
Colorado;
- Frontier City, a western themed park located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
- Geauga Lake, a combination theme and water park located near Cleveland,
Ohio;
- The Great Escape, a combination theme and water park located in Lake
George/Albany, New York;
- Riverside, a theme park and adjacent multi-use stadium located in
Springfield, Massachusetts;
- Waterworld USA/Sacramento and Paradise Island, a water park and family
entertainment center, both located on the grounds of the California State
Fair;
- Waterworld USA/Concord, a water park located in Concord, California, in
the East Bay area of San Francisco;
- White Water Bay, a tropical themed water park located in Oklahoma City;
and
- Wyandot Lake, a water park, which also includes "dry" rides and other
attractions, located adjacent to the Columbus Zoo in Columbus, Ohio.
The Company seeks to provide its customers with quality family entertainment
that is affordably priced and close to home. In 1996, the six parks owned by the
Company prior to the Recent Acquisitions, drew, on average, approximately 88.0%
of their patrons from within a 100-mile radius, with approximately 38.4% of
visitors utilizing group and other pre-sold tickets and approximately 16.5%
utilizing season passes. Each of the Company's parks is individually themed and
provides a complete family-oriented entertainment experience. The Company's
theme parks generally offer a broad selection of state-of-the-art and
traditional thrill rides, water attractions, themed areas, concerts and shows,
restaurants, game venues and merchandise outlets.
Since current management assumed control in 1989, the Company has acquired
nine parks and achieved significant internal growth. In addition, the Company
expects, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, to acquire
Riverside in late January 1997. As a result of the Company's operating strategy,
during the three years ended December 31, 1995, the three parks owned by the
Company during that entire period achieved internal growth in attendance,
revenue and EBITDA at compounded annual rates of 12.7%, 17.1% and 41.8%,
respectively. In August 1995, the Company acquired three of its parks through
the Funtime Acquisition. During the first nine months of 1996, the three parks
acquired in the Funtime Acquisition achieved internal growth in attendance,
revenue and park-level operating cash flow of
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15.0%, 23.9% and 46.0%, respectively, compared to the comparable period of 1995.
Furthermore, after giving pro forma effect to the Recent Acquisitions as if they
had occurred on January 1, 1996, the Company has increased its attendance,
revenue and EBITDA from park operations by 6.6, 8.7 and 15.8 times,
respectively, from the nine months ended September 30, 1992 to the nine months
ended September 30, 1996.
The Company believes that each of its parks benefits from limited direct
competition. The combination of limited supply of real estate appropriate for
theme park development, high initial capital investment, long development
lead-time and zoning restrictions provides each of the Company's parks with a
significant degree of protection from competitive new theme park openings. Based
on its knowledge of the development of other theme parks in the United States,
the Company's management estimates that it would cost at least $100 million and
would take a minimum of two years to construct a new regional theme park
comparable to the Company's four largest parks.
The Company's senior and operating management team has extensive experience
in the theme park industry. Premier's three senior executive officers have
approximately 35 years of experience in the industry and its seven general
managers have an aggregate of approximately 140 years experience in the
industry, including approximately 70 years at Premier's parks.
OPERATING STRATEGY
PURSUING ON-GOING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AT EXISTING PARKS
The Company believes there are substantial opportunities for internal growth
at its existing parks. The Company's operating strategy is to increase revenue
through attendance and per capita spending gains, while maintaining strict
control of operating expenses. The primary elements of this strategy include (i)
adding rides and attractions and improving overall park quality; (ii) enhancing
marketing, sponsorship and group sales programs; (iii) implementing ticket
pricing strategies to maximize ticket revenues and park utilization; (iv) adding
and enhancing restaurants and merchandise and other revenue outlets; and (v)
adding special events. This approach is designed to exploit the operating
leverage inherent in the theme park business. Once parks achieve certain
critical attendance levels, operating cash flow margins increase because revenue
growth through incremental attendance gains and increased in-park spending is
not offset by a comparable increase in operating expenses, since a large portion
of such expenses is relatively fixed during any given year. Management believes
it has demonstrated the effectiveness of its strategy at the parks owned prior
to the Recent Acquisitions.
FRONTIER CITY -- In 1990 and 1991, an aggregate of approximately $7.0
million was invested in Frontier City to add several major rides, expand and
improve the children's area, significantly increase the size of and theme the
group picnic facilities and construct a 12,000 square foot air-conditioned mall
and main events center. These additions, combined with an aggressive marketing
strategy, resulted in Frontier City's attendance and revenue increasing
approximately 54% and 83%, respectively, from 1989 to 1991.
ADVENTURE WORLD -- Since acquiring Adventure World in January 1992, the
Company has invested over $28.1 million in the park to add numerous rides and
attractions and to improve theming. As a result of these improvements, as well
as aggressive and creative marketing and sales strategies, Adventure World's
attendance increased during the four seasons ended 1996 at a compounded annual
rate of 21.2%. Additionally, revenue and park-level operating cash flow at
Adventure World increased from $6.0 million and $0.3 million, respectively, for
the first nine months of 1992 to $15.2 million and $3.9 million, respectively,
during the comparable period of 1996. As a result of these improvements,
Adventure World was voted the "Most Improved Park" in the country in each of
1992, 1993 and 1994, according to Inside Track Magazine, a recognized industry
periodical.
During the 1996 season, the Company began to apply its growth strategy at
the parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition. While the Funtime parks generated
substantial and stable cash flows prior to their
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acquisition by Premier, they lacked the sustained capital investment and
creative marketing required to realize their full potential. To take advantage
of this opportunity, the Company invested approximately $21.8 million at the
Funtime parks prior to the 1996 season to add marketable rides and attractions
and make other improvements and implemented creative marketing and sales
programs. As a result of this strategy, during the first nine months of 1996,
the three parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition achieved growth in
attendance, revenue and park-level operating cash flow of 15.0%, 23.9% and
46.0%, respectively, compared to the comparable period of 1995. Specifically,
these efforts achieved the following results:
DARIEN LAKE -- For the 1996 season, Premier invested approximately $8.6
million, adding an indoor roller coaster, a five-story interactive water
attraction, and a new children's area, themed around the "Popeye" characters.
Further, the Company entered into a long-term contract with a national concert
promoter under which the promoter invested $2.5 million to make improvements at
Darien Lake's 20,000 seat amphitheater and agreed to book at least twenty
nationally-recognized performers per season. Performers at Darien Lake in 1996
included Hootie and the Blowfish, Sting, the Dave Matthews Band and Alanis
Morissette. These arrangements helped drive attendance and financial performance
at Darien Lake. As a result of these investments and creative marketing and
sales initiatives, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 1996, Darien
Lake achieved 22.4% growth in attendance and 29.9% growth in revenue over the
results of the comparable 1995 period.
GEAUGA LAKE -- For the 1996 season, Premier invested $11.1 million at the
park. The major elements of this investment were a forward/backward steel roller
coaster, a giant river rapids ride and a complete renovation of the front
entrance gate and plaza. Premier also instituted creative marketing, enhanced
its beverage sponsorship by entering into a new relationship with Coca-Cola,
which provided for more marketing support, and implemented a joint marketing
program with Sea World, which is located adjacent to Geauga Lake. As a result of
these strategies, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 1996, Geauga
Lake achieved 10.1% growth in attendance and 18.9% growth in revenue over the
results of the comparable 1995 period.
WYANDOT LAKE -- For the 1996 season, Premier invested $2.1 million at
Wyandot Lake, primarily to expand the water park with a five-story interactive
water attraction, and increased the marketing effort significantly, including
entering into a new beverage sponsorship and marketing agreement with Coca-Cola.
As a result of these strategies, during the nine-month period ended September
30, 1996, Wyandot Lake posted 8.0% growth in attendance and 19.7% growth in
revenue over the results of the comparable 1995 period.
Management believes that each of the parks acquired and to be acquired in
the Recent Acquisitions offers opportunities to implement the Company's growth
strategy. Specifically, the following outlines the Company's strategy for these
parks. The Company believes that prior management of Elitch Gardens failed to
provide the appropriate level of marketable rides and attractions and revenue
outlets necessary to achieve its attendance potential. In that connection, the
Company intends to invest between $20.0 and $25.0 million at Elitch Gardens for
the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add marketable rides and attractions (including a
"state-of-the-art" steel looping roller coaster, water park additions and other
rides and attractions), to improve landscaping and theming and to enhance
marketing programs. While The Great Escape has shown solid performance over the
past several years, the Company believes that it can increase the park's
attendance and operating cash flow through the continued addition of attractions
and the introduction of a more extensive marketing strategy. The Company intends
to invest between $8.0 and $12.0 million at The Great Escape for the 1997 and
1998 seasons to add marketable rides and attractions (including a wave pool for
the 1997 season) and to make other improvements. After consummation of the
Riverside Acqusition, the Company currently expects to invest between $15.0
million and $20.0 million at Riverside for the 1997 and 1998 seasons to add
additional marketable rides and attractions (including a "state-of-the-art"
steel looping roller coaster for the 1997 season) and to make other
improvements. The Company believes that the Waterworld facilities have growth
potential, although more limited than the
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other parks. The Company intends to add one major water attraction (costing in
the range of between $1.0 million and $1.5 million) at each of the Waterworld
parks in the next two to three years.
ADDING RIDES AND ATTRACTIONS AND IMPROVING OVERALL PARK QUALITY. The
Company regularly makes investments in the development and implementation of new
rides and attractions at its parks. The Company believes that the introduction
of marketable rides is an important factor in promoting each of the parks in
order to achieve market penetration and encourage longer visits, which lead to
increased attendance and sales of food and merchandise. Once a park reaches an
appropriate level of attractions for its market size, the Company will add new
marketable attractions at that park only every three to four years. In addition,
the Company generally adds theming to acquired parks and continuously enhances
the theming and landscaping of its existing parks in order to provide a complete
family oriented entertainment experience.
ENHANCING MARKETING, SPONSORSHIP AND GROUP SALES PROGRAMS. Premier's parks
have benefitted from professional, creative marketing programs which emphasize
the marketable rides and attractions, breadth of available entertainment and
value provided by each park. The Company's marketing programs have a local
orientation, which the Company believes is a key ingredient to successful
marketing for regional theme parks. For example, Cal Ripken, Jr., the all-star
shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles, serves as official spokesperson for
Adventure World, making numerous appearances in radio and television
commercials, and Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller, an Oklahoma City resident, has
opened rides at White Water Bay. Management implemented similar marketing
programs to promote the capital improvements for the 1996 season at the Funtime
parks and intends to extend this strategy to the parks acquired and to be
acquired in the Recent Acquisitions.
The Company has also successfully attracted well known sponsorship and
promotional partners, such as Pepsi, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Taco Bell,
Blockbuster, 7-Eleven, Wendy's and various supermarket chains. The Company
believes that its increased number of parks and annual attendance has enabled it
to expand and enhance its sponsorship and promotional programs. In addition,
group sales and pre-sold tickets provide the Company with a consistent and
stable base of attendance, representing over 38.4% of aggregate attendance at
the six owned parks in 1996. Premier increased its group sales and pre-sold
ticket business at the three parks owned prior to the Acquisitions by
approximately 34% from 1992 to the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
IMPLEMENTING TICKET PRICING STRATEGIES TO MAXIMIZE TICKET REVENUES AND PARK
UTILIZATION. Management regularly reviews its ticket price levels and ticket
category mix in order to capitalize on opportunities to implement selective
price increases, both through main gate price increases and the reduction in the
number and types of discounts. Management believes that opportunities exist to
implement marginal ticket price increases without significant reductions in
attendance levels. Such increases have successfully been implemented on a
park-by-park basis in connection with the introduction of major new attractions
or rides. As a result of these measures, the average ticket price per paid
visitor at the three parks owned prior to the Acquisitions increased by 14.7%
from 1992 to the nine months ended September 30, 1996. Average ticket price per
visitor at the Funtime parks increased by 7.1% from the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 to the comparable period of 1996. The Company believes that
through similar measures it will be able to increase the average ticket price
per paid visitor at the parks acquired and to be acquired in the Recent
Acquisitions. In addition, the Company offers discounts on season, multi-visit
and group tickets and also offers discounts on tickets for specific periods, in
order to increase attendance at less popular times such as weekdays and
evenings.
INCREASING AND ENHANCING RESTAURANTS AND MERCHANDISE AND OTHER REVENUE
OUTLETS TO INCREASE LENGTH OF STAY AND IN-PARK SPENDING. The Company also seeks
to increase in-park spending by adding well-themed restaurants, remodeling and
updating existing restaurants and adding new merchandise outlets. The Company
has successfully increased spending on food and beverages by introducing well-
recognized local and national brands, such as Domino's, Friendly's, KFC and
TCBY. Typically, the
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Company operates these revenue outlets and often is the franchisee. Finally, the
Company has taken steps to decrease the waiting time for its most popular
restaurants and merchandise outlets. As a result of these measures, average
in-park spending per visitor at the three parks owned prior to the Acquisitions
increased by 27.9% from 1992 to the nine months ended September 30, 1996. During
the first nine months of 1996, per capita in-park spending at the Funtime parks
increased 6.9% over the comparable period of 1995. The Company believes that
through similar measures it will be able to increase average in-park spending
per visitor at the parks acquired and to be acquired in the Recent Acquisitions.
ADDING SPECIAL EVENTS. The Company has also developed a variety of
off-season special events designed to increase attendance and revenue prior to
Memorial Day and after Labor Day. Examples include Hallowscream, a Halloween
event in which parks are transformed with supernatural theming, scary rides and
haunting shows, and Oktoberfest, in which traditional German food, theming,
music and entertainment are presented at the parks. Over the last several years,
Frontier City has on average drawn approximately 29,500 visitors to its
Oktoberfest event and approximately 30,500 to Hallowscream. In 1996, over 75,000
visitors attended Hallowscream at Adventure World. Management intends to
introduce these types of events at the parks acquired and to be acquired in the
Recent Acquisitions and believes they will have a similar impact on attendance.
EXPANDING EXISTING PARKS
In addition to pursuing on-going growth opportunities at existing parks, the
Company is considering a number of expansions at several of its existing parks.
For example, the Company expects to expand the Darien Lake campgrounds by
purchasing additional recreational vehicles (RV's) and may in the future
construct economy motel rooms to supplement the campgrounds. In addition, the
Company may add campgrounds or an amphitheater at Frontier City. The Company is
also considering adding a more complete complement of "dry" rides to Wyandot
Lake, which is currently primarily a water park. In addition, the Company owns
400 acres adjacent to Adventure World which are zoned for entertainment,
recreational and residential uses and are available for complementary uses.
Additional acreage owned by the Company and suitable for development exists at
several of the Company's other parks, including The Great Escape and Geauga
Lake. The Company may use a portion of the proceeds of the Offerings to fund
expansions at its parks. See "Use of Proceeds."
ACQUISITION STRATEGY
The Company expects to achieve further growth beyond that generated from
internal growth at its current parks through continued selective acquisitions of
additional regional theme parks. Given its decentralized management approach,
the Company has experience in managing assets in diverse locations, and will
therefore not seek acquisitions with any specific geographic focus. In that
connection, the Company may pursue acquisitions of parks located outside of the
United States.
The U.S. regional theme park industry is highly fragmented with over 150
parks owned by over 100 operators. Management believes that, in addition to the
Recent Acquisitions, numerous acquisition opportunities exist that would expand
its business. The Company expects that a portion of the proceeds raised in the
Offerings will be used for such further acquisitions. While the Company believes
that it has the capability to manage larger parks, its primary target for
acquisitions has been and will continue to be regional parks with attendance
between 300,000 and 1.5 million annually.
As the only owner of multiple parks in numerous locations that has been
actively making acquisitions of parks in this range over the last several years,
the Company believes it has a number of competitive advantages in acquiring
parks of this size. Historically, operators of destination or large regional
park chains have not generally sought to acquire parks in the Company's primary
target range and do not have the experience or management structure to readily
operate parks of that size profitably. Additionally, as a multi-park operator
with a track record of successfully acquiring, improving and repositioning
parks, the
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Company has numerous competitive advantages over single-park operators in
pursuing acquisitions and improving the operating results at acquired parks.
These advantages include the ability to (i) exercise group purchasing power (for
both operating and capital assets); (ii) achieve administrative economies of
scale; (iii) attract greater sponsorship revenue, support from sponsors with
nationally-recognized brands and marketing partners; (iv) recruit and retain
superior management; (v) optimize the use of capital assets by rotating rides
among its parks to provide fresh attractions; and (vi) access capital markets.
Furthermore, following the consummation of the Offering, the Company
believes it will be better able to make acquisitions where its capital stock
forms all or part of the purchase price. This is particularly important where
the seller has a low tax basis in its assets, which the Company believes is
often the case with its acquisition targets. While the Company expects that many
acquisitions will be made for cash, its ability to use Common Stock for all or
part of the purchase price will provide it with an additional advantage over
single-park operators in making such acquisitions. In most cases, the Company
will seek to acquire outright ownership of parks, as it has with the
Acquisitions. However, transactions may be undertaken in other forms, including
acquisition of less than full ownership, such as participations in park
management, leases or joint venture arrangements. In that connection, the
Company has recently entered into negotiations with the City of Vallejo,
California relating to the proposed management by the Company of Marine
World/Africa USA, a marine and exotic wildlife park located in Vallejo, 32 miles
northeast of San Francisco. If the transaction is consummated, the Company would
enter into a five-year management agreement, with an option to purchase the park
and would be obligated to fund up to $3.0 million of improvements to the
facility. There can be no assurance that the Company will enter into these
arrangements or that, if entered into, such arrangements will conform to the
foregoing terms.
The Company expects to improve the operations of acquired parks by following
the operating strategy it employs at its current parks. This includes the
addition of marketable rides and attractions and other park improvements,
enhanced and expanded marketing and sales programs and professional management,
as well as the economies of scale available to the Company as a multi-park
operator. The Company expects to continue to acquire parks which have been
undermanaged and have not benefitted from sustained capital expenditures, and to
reposition such parks through the implementation of its operating strategies.
The Company may also acquire better performing parks which require less
additional investment but where cash flow can be improved through economies of
scale and other enhancements.
The Company intends to locate acquisition targets primarily through its own
direct efforts. Management has extensive contacts throughout the industry and is
an active participant in industry associations. Particular attention is given to
cultivating relationships over time with park owners who appear likely to be or
become potential sellers due to factors such as age or family or economic
circumstances. In addition, the Company has developed a reputation as an active
acquiror of regional parks. Through this reputation and general industry
contacts, the Company believes that it becomes aware of most acquisition
opportunities that develop in its area of focus.
RECENT AND PENDING ACQUISITIONS
Consistent with its acquisition strategy, the Company has recently acquired
one park in the Denver Acquisition, two parks and one family entertainment
center in the California Acquisition and one park in The Great Escape
Acquisition. The Riverside Acquisition is scheduled to close in late January
1997 subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions. Although the
Company has had discussions with respect to several additional business
opportunities, no agreement or understanding with respect to any specific
acquisition has been reached. There can be no assurance that any such additional
acquisitions will be made.
THE DENVER ACQUISITION. On October 31, 1996, the Company acquired
substantially all of the assets of Elitch Gardens Company used in the operation
of Elitch Gardens for $62.5 million in cash. The general partner and a principal
limited partner of Elitch Gardens Company have agreed severally to indemnify the
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Company for customary losses in excess of $100,000 in an amount up to $1.0
million each. In connection with the Denver Acquisition, each of Elitch Gardens
Company, its general partner and certain of its limited partners, have agreed
not to compete with the Company's business for a period of five years within a
defined territory. In addition, the Company has entered into a five-year
non-competition agreement with the president of Elitch Gardens Company's general
partner.
THE CALIFORNIA ACQUISITION. On November 19, 1996, the Company acquired
substantially all of the assets of FRE and Concord used in the operation of
Waterworld for an aggregate cash purchase price of approximately $17.3 million,
of which $862,500 was placed in escrow to fund indemnification claims of the
Company. To the extent such claims exceed such escrow funds, the Company has
indemnification rights against FRE, Concord, the shareholders of FRE and the
members of Concord, not to exceed approximately $4.3 million in the aggregate.
THE GREAT ESCAPE ACQUISITION. On December 4, 1996, the Company acquired
substantially all of the assets of Storytown used in the operation of The Great
Escape for a cash purchase price of $33.0 million. The agreement provides for
customary indemnification to the Company by Storytown and indemnification for
misrepresentations by Charles R. Wood, the sole shareholder of Storytown, in
each case, unlimited as to amount. In connection with The Great Escape
Acquisition, the Company entered into a five-year non-competition agreement and
a five-year consulting agreement with Mr. Wood, providing for an aggregate
consideration of $1.25 million, payable over the term of the consulting
agreement. In addition, at the closing of the transaction, the Company issued
9,091 shares of Common Stock to a charitable organization affiliated with Mr.
Wood.
THE RIVERSIDE ACQUISITION. Pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, the
Company has agreed to acquire all of the capital stock of Stuart Amusement
Company (the owner of Riverside) for approximately $22.2 million, of which $1.0
million is payable by delivery of the Riverside Stock, with the balance payable
in cash. The outstanding indebtedness and preferred stock of Stuart Amusement
Company will be retired out of the cash purchase price at the closing. The
closing of the Riverside Acquisition, which is scheduled to occur in late
January 1997, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions,
including the obtaining of all governmental approvals for the installation of a
steel looping roller coaster for the 1997 season. The Company intends to fund
the cash portion of the purchase price from a portion of the proceeds of the
Offering. If the Riverside Acquisition closes before the Offering, the Company
will issue up to $22.0 million of its Exchangeable Preferred Stock to certain
shareholders of the Company or their affiliates to fund such cash portion. In
that event, the Company intends to redeem the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, at a
redemption price equal to the purchase price thereof, plus accumulated
dividends, from a portion of the proceeds of the Offering. See "Description of
Securities--Exchangeable Preferred Stock."
At the closing of the Riverside Acquisition, $1.0 million of the purchase
price will be placed in escrow to fund indemnification claims of the Company. To
the extent such claims exceed the escrow funds or, in certain circumstances,
arise after the expiration of the escrow period (18 months) the Company has
indemnification rights against the sellers not to exceed $2.5 million (for all
matters other than one pending litigation) or $10.0 million (for all matters).
See "Business--Legal Proceedings." One of the sellers, Edward J. Carroll, has
agreed not to compete with the Company for five years. In addition to the
purchase price, at the closing, the Company will fund the Net Operating Expenses
(as defined) of Riverside (up to $500,000 per month) for the period subsequent
to November 1, 1996.
THE THEME PARK INDUSTRY
HISTORY
Although there is a long history of traditional amusement parks, primarily
family-owned and consisting of thrill rides and midways, the opening of
Disneyland in 1955 introduced the first modern theme park.
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Several features of modern theme parks distinguish them from the traditional
amusement park whose carnival atmosphere and thrill rides offer less to families
and adults. Theme parks are designed around one central or several different
themes which are consistently applied to all areas, including the rides,
attractions, entertainment, food, restaurants and landscape. Modern parks also
typically present a variety of free entertainment not found at old-style
amusement parks. Theme parks also offer the visitor numerous and diverse dining
establishments in order to expand length of stay and position the parks as an
all-day entertainment center. Generally, theme parks also plan nighttime
entertainment (such as fireworks) and special events, and keep certain rides
open into the night to further extend the hours of operation. As a result of
these differences, theme parks draw attendance from a wider geographic area and
attract a larger number of people from within a given market. Theme parks also
attract more families and group outings, and the average length of stay and per
capita outlay is greater.
DESTINATION PARKS VERSUS REGIONAL PARKS
Destination parks are those designed primarily to attract visitors willing
to travel long distances and incur significant expense to visit the parks'
attractions as part of an extended stay. To accommodate vacationers, many
destination parks also include on-site lodging. Walt Disney World and Universal
Studios are well-known examples of this type of park. Management believes that
destination parks are typically more affected by the national economy than are
regional parks. The Company does not believe that its parks compete directly
with destination parks.
Regional theme parks, such as those operated by the Company, are designed to
attract visitors for a full day or a significant number of hours. Management
views regional theme parks as those that draw the majority of their patrons from
within a 50-mile radius of the park and the great majority of their visitors
from within a 100-mile radius of the park. Visiting a regional theme park is
significantly less expensive than visiting a destination park because of lower
transportation expenses, lower ticket prices and the lack of extended lodging
expenses. The U.S. regional theme park industry is highly fragmented with over
150 parks owned by over 100 operators.
ATTRACTIONS
Regional theme parks attract patrons of all ages. Families and young people
are attracted by the variety of major rides and attractions, children's rides
and various entertainment areas including thematic shows and concerts. Most park
admission policies are "pay-one-price," which entitles a guest to virtually
unlimited free access to all rides, shows and attractions.
Depending on the size of the property, regional theme parks typically have
between 30 and 40 attractions. These rides include roller coasters and water
rides, as well as other attractions such as bumper cars, aerial rides and
children's rides. A park may also have distinct entertainment and show areas
with specific themes such as a Wild West or pirate stunt show. Games, food and
merchandise stands often reflect the theme of the particular area in which they
are located. This enhances the promotional effect of the thematic area. By
offering a variety of rides and themed areas, a park is able to target a wider
age spectrum from the surrounding population.
In addition to thrill rides, many parks offer indoor attractions and outdoor
concerts, ranging from musical skits and bands to full-scale evening concerts by
prominent entertainers. Selected concerts may require an add-on to the
admissions price, but often are part of the regular ticket price, providing
added value to visitors.
Food service offered ranges from full-service restaurants to fast food.
Young people may only be interested in a quick meal between rides while the
family may choose to relax for a picnic. Refreshment stands serve snack foods,
such as hot dogs, cotton candy and soda. In addition, game booths and
merchandise souvenir stands are dispersed throughout a park.
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DESCRIPTION OF PARKS
The following table summarizes certain operating statistics of each of the
Company's parks:
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ADVENTURE DARIEN ELITCH FRONTIER GEAUGA THE GREAT
WORLD LAKE GARDENS CITY LAKE ESCAPE
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Market..................... Baltimore/ Buffalo/ Denver Oklahoma Cleveland/ Lake
Washington, D.C. Rochester/ City/ Tulsa Akron/ George/
Syracuse Youngstown/ Albany
Pittsburgh
Population(000)(2)
within 50 miles.......... 6,486 2,153 2,357 1,157 3,990 1,103
within 100 miles......... 10,862 3,127 3,258 2,397 7,442 3,258
Percentage of 1996 patrons
within 50 miles.......... 88% 56% N/A 66% 63% N/A
within 100 miles......... 94% 88% N/A 82% 83% N/A
1996 total attendance 782 1,290 894 527 1,209 574
(000)....................
1996 operating days........ 136 107 143 136 132 101
Year opened................ 1980(3) 1964 1995 (4) 1958 1895 1954
Year acquired.............. 1992 1995 1996 1982 1995 1996
Park acres (public)(5)..... 115(6) 144 (7) 60 60 (8) 116 (9) 100(10)
Total rides and
attractions(14).......... 47 65 40 32 60 45
Food outlets(14)........... 31 62 30 26 44 30
Merchandise outlets(14).... 16 22 33 21 25 18
Game venues(14)............ 39 41 35 34 38 29
Theater capacity(14)....... 1,626 20,550 -- 4,500 500 3,350
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WATERWORLD WATERWORLD
USA/ USA/ WHITE WYANDOT
RIVERSIDE SACRAMENTO(1) CONCORD WATER BAY LAKE
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Market..................... Springfield, Sacramento Concord/ East Oklahoma Columbus
Massachusetts Bay area, City
California
Population(000)(2)
within 50 miles.......... 3,100 2,647 6,719 1,157 1,998
within 100 miles......... 14,700 9,650 9,977 2,397 6,386
Percentage of 1996 patrons
within 50 miles.......... N/A N/A N/A 87% 82%
within 100 miles......... N/A N/A N/A 92% 92%
1996 total attendance 750 294 310 314 396
(000)....................
1996 operating days........ 147 113 119 100 126
Year opened................ N/A 1986 1995 1981 1981
Year acquired.............. 1997 1996 1996 1991 1995
Park acres (public)(5)..... 130 11) 20 12) 24 22 18 (13)
Total rides and
attractions(14).......... 51 22 7 28 31
Food outlets(14)........... 20 9 4 7 11
Merchandise outlets(14).... 16 1 1 3 3
Game venues(14)............ 32 2 1 1 9
Theater capacity(14)....... 15,000 -- -- -- 100
</TABLE>
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(1) All information other than attendance, year opened and operating days
include Paradise Island, a family entertainment center adjacent to
Waterworld USA/Sacramento.
(2) Population figures have been obtained from CACI, a marketing firm
specializing in demographics, which derived such information from U.S.
Census data.
(3) Prior to 1980, the park operated as a drive-through wildlife preserve.
(4) A predecessor park with the same name was in operation for over 100 years.
(5) All the facilities (other than Waterworld and Wyandot Lake) are owned by the
Company.
(6) Does not include approximately 400 acres adjacent to Adventure World owned
by the Company and zoned for entertainment, recreational and residential
uses.
(7) Does not include approximately 242 acres of campgrounds and 593 acres of
agricultural, undeveloped and water areas.
(8) Does not include approximately 30 acres owned by the Company which are
available for complementary uses.
(9) Does not include an approximate 55 acre spring-fed lake and 87 acres of
undeveloped land owned by the Company, approximately 30 acres of which are
suitable for further development.
(10) Does not include approximately 235 acres of land, including over 200 acres
of freshwater wetlands and approximately 30 acres available for development.
(11) Does not include 30 acres of undeveloped land, a portion of which is
available for future developments.
(12) Both sites are leased on a long-term basis. Amount shown for Concord does
not include approximately five acres available for development.
(13) Does not include approximately 30 acres of parking which Wyandot Lake
shares with the Columbus Zoo. The Company subleases the Wyandot Lake site
from the Columbus Zoo, and the Company is currently discussing with the
Columbus Zoo a lease of an additional five to ten acres of land for the
expansion of Wyandot Lake.
(14) Information provided for 1996 season.
N/A Reflects information concerning acquired parks that is not available to the
Company.
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ADVENTURE WORLD
OVERVIEW. Adventure World is a combination theme and water park located in
Largo, Maryland, approximately 15 miles east of Washington, D.C. and 30 miles
southwest of Baltimore, Maryland. The park's primary market includes Maryland,
northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. and parts of Pennsylvania and Delaware. This
market provides the park with a permanent resident population base of
approximately 6.5 million people within 50 miles and 10.9 million people within
100 miles. According to a copyrighted 1995-96 study published by A.C. Nielsen
Media Research (the "Nielsen Report"), which measures the number of persons in
television households within a given geographic area or designated market area
("DMA"), the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore markets are the number 7 and number
23 DMAs in the United States, respectively. This market also has a substantial
base of businesses, associations, schools and churches for group sales and
outings, as well as a large tourist market. Based upon in-park surveys,
approximately 88% of the visitors to Adventure World in 1996 resided within a
50-mile radius of the park, and 94% resided within a 100-mile radius.
The Company owns a site of 515 acres, with 115 acres currently used for park
operations. The remaining 400 acres, which are fully zoned for entertainment and
recreational uses, provide the Company with ample expansion opportunity, as well
as the potential to develop complementary operations, such as an amphitheater.
During its 1996 season, Adventure World had 33 adult and 14 children's rides, 31
food outlets, 16 merchandise outlets, 39 game venues and 4 theaters. In
addition, picnic grounds are available for family and group outings. Adventure
World also offers a complete water park, including a large wave pool, water
slides, a large activity pool, a "lazy river" ride and a children's play area.
The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at Adventure
World:
<TABLE>
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ATTRACTION DESCRIPTION
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Mind Eraser............................................. Inverted suspended steel looping roller coaster
Tower of Doom........................................... Giant drop ride
Python.................................................. Return loop steel roller coaster
Wild One................................................ Wooden roller coaster
Renegade Rapids......................................... 1,350-foot long rapids ride
Iron Eagle.............................................. 83-foot spinning ride
Shipwreck Falls......................................... Splash water ride
Wild West Stunt Show.................................... Western stunt show
Antique Cars............................................ Gasoline powered cars on guided track
Falling Star............................................ 65-foot rotating platform ride
Carousel................................................ 64-piece major carousel
Balloon Ferris Wheel.................................... 12-balloon rotating wheel
A Day at the Circus..................................... Themed children's area with 14 rides and attractions
Paradise Island WaterPark............................... Water park with 11 rides and attractions
</TABLE>
Adventure World's principal competitors are King's Dominion Park, located in
Doswell, Virginia (near Richmond); Hershey Park, located in Hershey,
Pennsylvania; and Busch Gardens, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. These parks
are located approximately 120, 125 and 175 miles, respectively, from Adventure
World.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. Adventure World was originally
developed in the 1970s as a drive-through wild life preserve. After 1980, the
park was converted by the prior owners into a combination theme and water park,
with an emphasis on the water park component. Prior to the Company's acquisition
of Adventure World in early 1992, the theme park component lacked sufficient
rides and attractions, as well as appropriate theming.
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Employing its strategy of acquiring undermanaged parks and significantly
improving operations and marketable attractions, the Company implemented new
marketing, sales and promotional programs and aggressively expanded the
attractions at the park, adding (i) eleven major new rides through the 1996
season; (ii) an elaborately themed new children's area with 14 new rides and
attractions; (iii) a major new western themed area, including an outdoor show
area and an enclosed saloon/theatre; and (iv) extensive theming and landscaping.
The Company also upgraded and expanded the picnic/festival grounds. This capital
program, entailing a capital investment of approximately $28.1 million through
1996, together with creative marketing and promotional programs, have enabled
the Company to increase Adventure World's attendance during the four seasons
ended 1996, at a compounded annual rate of 21.2%. Additionally, revenue and
park-level operating cash flow increased from $6.0 million and $0.3 million,
respectively, for the first nine months of 1992 to $15.2 million and $3.9
million, respectively, during the comparable period of 1996. As a result of
these achievements, the park was voted the "Most Improved Park" in the United
States according to Inside Track Magazine for each of 1992, 1993 and 1994. In
addition, in 1994 and 1995, the park received the Platinum Award from Ellis &
Associates, leading international water safety consultants, for achieving a
perfect score on safety tests administered by Ellis & Associates.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Adventure World since its acquisition by the Company in January
1992:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30,
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1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues (000)............................ $ 6,103 $ 9,785 $ 12,733 $ 15,419 $ 14,292 $ 15,198
Total attendance (000).......................... 363 524 625 726 666 696
Revenues per visitor............................ $ 16.80 $ 18.67 $ 20.36 $ 21.23 $ 21.46 $ 21.84
In-park spending per visitor.................... $ 7.01 $ 7.50 $ 8.36 $ 8.80 $ 9.11 $ 10.19
Number of operating days........................ 116 121 121 130 115 115
Capital expenditures(1) (000)................... $ 931 $ 6,159 $ 9,365 $ 7,136 $ 7,136 $ 4,500
</TABLE>
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(1) Capital expenditures shown above and in the following individual park
tables, except where otherwise indicated, are calculated on a project-year
basis, i.e., amounts shown for each year (or nine-month period), represent
expenditures incurred during and prior to the park's operating season for
that year.
STRATEGY. The Company's strategy is to continue its capital investment and
marketing programs at Adventure World in order to further penetrate the densely
populated Washington, D.C./Baltimore market and to achieve further growth in
attendance, ticket prices and in-park spending per capita. The Company made
capital improvements at Adventure World of approximately $4.5 million for the
1996 season and expects to make between $8.0 and $12.0 million of such
improvements prior to the 1997 season, in each case, to fund the development of
additional rides, attractions and revenue-generating locations, as well as
general park improvements, including the development of a new section at the
park for 1997.
Marketing programs at Adventure World for the 1996 season continued to
utilize Cal Ripken, Jr., the Baltimore Orioles all-star shortstop, as the park's
official spokesperson for radio, television and other advertising. Additionally,
signage for Adventure World was added at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles'
stadium, and promotional events involving the Orioles were conducted. Prior to
the 1996 season, Pepsi agreed to expand its sponsorship of the park, which
resulted in expanded advertising and sponsorship support by Pepsi, including
promotion of the park on millions of Pepsi cans throughout the summer. In
addition, during the 1996 season, McDonald's became a promotional partner of the
park for the first time.
The Company intends to continue to add sales representatives and increase
direct mail programs in order to expand its group sales and pre-sold ticket
business, increase its season pass sales and capitalize on the substantial
tourist market in the Washington, D.C. area, with a particular emphasis on
visiting student
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groups and families. The Company is also considering adding complementary
entertainment attractions at the park, either alone or in conjunction with joint
venture partners. Management also intends to extend weekend operations before
and after the current operating season, to expand special events (such as its
Oktoberfest and Hallowscream events) and to increase its night business through
evening discount programs. Given the size of the Washington, D.C./Baltimore
market and the capital investment and marketing programs planned at Adventure
World, management believes that Adventure World has the potential to reach
annual attendance of at least 1.5 million within the next five to seven years.
DARIEN LAKE & CAMPING RESORT
OVERVIEW. Darien Lake, a combination theme and water park, is the largest
theme park in the State of New York and the 46th largest theme park in the
United States based on 1995 attendance of 1.1 million. Attendance for the 1996
season totaled 1.3 million. Darien Lake is located off Interstate 90 in Darien
Center, New York, approximately 30, 40 and 120 miles from Buffalo, Rochester and
Syracuse, New York, respectively. The park's primary market includes upstate New
York, western and northern Pennsylvania and southern Ontario, Canada. This
market provides the park with a permanent resident population base of
approximately 2.2 million people within 50 miles of the park and 3.1 million
with 100 miles. According to the Nielsen Report, the Buffalo, Rochester and
Syracuse markets are the number 39, number 73 and number 69 DMAs in the United
States, respectively. Based upon in-park surveys, approximately 56% of the
visitors to Darien Lake in 1996 resided within a 50-mile radius of the park, and
88% resided within a 100-mile radius.
The Darien Lake property consists of approximately 1,000 acres, including
144 acres for the theme park, 242 acres of campgrounds, and 593 acres of
agricultural, undeveloped and water areas. During its 1996 season, Darien Lake
had 26 "wet" rides, 19 "dry" rides, 20 children's rides, 41 game venues, 62 food
outlets, 22 merchandise outlets and five arcades. Darien Lake also has a 20,000
seat amphitheater. Following the 1995 season, the Company entered into a
long-term agreement with a national concert promoter described more fully below.
Adjacent to the Darien Lake theme park is a camping resort owned and
operated by the Company with 1,180 developed campsites, including 330
recreational vehicles (RV's) available for daily and weekly rental. In addition,
there are 500 other campsites available for tenting. Darien Lake is one of the
few theme parks in the United States which offers a first class campground
adjacent to the park. The campground is the fifth largest in the United States
and was rated three stars on facilities and five stars on recreation by Woodalls
1995 North American Edition of The Campground Directory. In 1996, approximately
284,000 people used the Darien Lake campgrounds. Since admission to the
campgrounds requires visitors to also purchase admission tickets to the theme
park, the Company believes that substantially all of the camping visitors use
the theme park.
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The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at Darien Lake:
<TABLE>
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ATTRACTION DESCRIPTION
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The Giant Wheel........................... Second largest North American ferris wheel
The Predator.............................. Wooden roller coaster with 100-foot hill
The Viper................................. Steel looping roller coaster
Nightmare at Phantom Cove................. Indoor roller coaster
Cuda Falls................................ 4-tube slide complex
Performing Arts Center.................... 20,000 seat capacity outdoor amphitheater
Hook's Lagoon............................. A five-story interactive family water attraction
Chance Train.............................. Train ride around lake
Grizzly Run............................... White-water raft ride
Grand Prix................................ Formula K race cars
Thunder Rapids............................ Half-mile long flume ride
Sky Coaster............................... 180 foot hang-gliding attraction
Barracuda Bay............................. Water park with 15 rides
Campground................................ Four-star camping facility
Popeye's Seaport.......................... Themed children's area with 10 rides and attractions
Adventureland............................. Children's area with 12 "dry" rides
</TABLE>
Darien Lake's principal competitor is Wonderland Park located in Toronto,
Canada, approximately 125 miles from Darien Lake. In addition, Darien Lake
competes to a lesser degree with three smaller amusement parks located within 50
miles of the park. Darien Lake is significantly larger with a more diverse
complement of entertainment than any of these three smaller facilities. Unlike
Darien Lake, none of these parks have camping facilities or large concert
venues.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. Darien Lake was opened in 1964. From
1991 to 1995, revenue and attendance at the park averaged approximately $21.6
million and 1.0 million, respectively, as compared to revenue for the first nine
months of 1996 of $29.3 million and attendance of 1.3 million for the 1996
season.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Darien Lake since 1991:
<TABLE>
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THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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Total revenues (000)................. $ 21,602 $ 20,005 $ 21,682 $ 22,202 $ 22,706 $ 22,511 $ 29,280
Total attendance (000)............... 1,103 974 1,010 1,038 1,053 1,053 1,290
Revenues per visitor................. $ 19.58 $ 20.54 $ 21.47 $ 21.39 $ 21.56 $ 21.41 $ 22.70
In-park spending per visitor(1)...... $ 11.81 $ 12.66 $ 13.45 $ 13.62 $ 13.70 $ 13.67 $ 14.23
Number of operating days............. 120 118 109 106 107 107 107
Capital expenditures (project-year
basis) (000)....................... $ 700 $ 1,050 $ 1,157 $ 3,002 $ 300 $ 300 $ 8,600
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(1) Includes campground revenue.
STRATEGY. When it acquired the park in August 1995, the Company believed
Darien Lake had significant growth potential, some of which was realized during
the 1996 season. Prior to that season, the Company (i) added marketable new
rides and attractions (with particular emphasis on increasing the children's
component of the park and upgrading the water park facilities); (ii) improved
the quality of the park's daily live shows; (iii) upgraded the quality of the
merchandise outlets and restaurants; (iv) improved
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the park's theming, signage and landscaping; and (v) implemented more
professional and creative marketing, sales and promotional programs to emphasize
the park's improved product offerings. The Company spent approximately $8.6
million on capital expenditures at Darien Lake prior to the 1996 season and
expects to spend between $9.0 and $12.0 million on such expenditures prior to
the 1997 season to add a "state-of-the-art" steel looping roller coaster, a wave
pool and other attractions and revenue generating locations.
The 1996 marketing program for Darien Lake included the targeting of
potential patrons in outer markets, which the Company believes represent a
significant untapped opportunity. The Company intends to continue to target
these markets in 1997. Darien Lake has also expanded its sponsorship
relationship with Pepsi, which resulted in higher payments by Pepsi to the
Company and increased advertising and sponsorship support by Pepsi. In that
connection, Pepsi agreed to promote the park on cans sold in a number of upstate
New York markets.
Following the 1995 season, the Company entered into a long-term arrangement
with a national concert promoter to realize the cash flow potential of the
Performing Arts Center, a 20,000 seat amphitheater. Pursuant to this agreement,
the promoter funded approximately $2.5 million of capital improvements at the
Center prior to the 1996 season (including a new stage, improved restroom
facilities and a tensile roof over a substantial portion of the permanent
seating area) and agreed to book at the Center at least 20 concerts per season
featuring nationally recognized performers. The promoter is required to pay the
Company a base annual fee plus a fee based on concert attendance and fund all
concert expenses and certain other operating expenses. During the 1996 season,
there were 18 concerts at the center, including performances by Hootie and the
Blowfish, Sting, the Dave Matthews Band and Alanis Morissette. During that
season, the Company received fees of approximately $540,000 under this
agreement. During the 1995 season, the Center generated a loss of approximately
$145,000. To increase revenue at the Darien Lake campgrounds, the Company has,
among other things, added new recreational vehicles for rental. During 1995, a
number of Darien Lake's food and game outlets and certain attractions were
operated by third parties with whom the former owner divided revenues. The
Company has bought out certain of these arrangements in order to secure all of
the revenues from such concessions. Lastly, as with the other acquired parks,
the Company is considering adding special events before, during and after the
season. Given its historical levels of attendance, the size of its market and
the capital investment and marketing programs planned at Darien Lake,
particularily in light of the 1996 season, the Company believes that Darien Lake
has the potential to reach annual attendance of at least 1.5 million within the
next three to five years.
ELITCH GARDENS
OVERVIEW. Elitch Gardens is a theme park located in the downtown area of
Denver, Colorado, next to Mile High Stadium, McNichols Arena and close to Coors
Field. The park's primary market includes the greater Denver area as well as
most of central Colorado. This market provides the park with a permanent
resident population base of approximately 2.4 million people within 50 miles of
the park and approximately 3.3 million people within 100 miles. According to the
Nielsen Report, the Denver area is the number 18 DMA in the United States.
The Company owns a site of approximately 60 acres, all of which are
currently used for park operations. During its 1996 season, Elitch Gardens had
22 adult and 18 children's rides, 30 food outlets, 33 merchandise outlets and 35
game venues. Picnic grounds are also available for family picnics and group
outings.
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The following table sets forth certain of the major attractions at Elitch
Gardens:
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ATTRACTIONS DESCRIPTION
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Launch Loop............................................. Return loop steel roller coaster
Twister II.............................................. Wooden roller coaster
Accelator............................................... Sky coaster
Big Wheel............................................... Giant ferris wheel
River Rapids............................................ River rapids ride
Top Spin................................................ Rotating platform ride
Sea Dragon.............................................. Swinging ship ride
Sky Ride................................................ Sky lift ride
Run Away Train.......................................... High speed metal coaster
</TABLE>
Elitch Gardens has no significant direct competitors.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. A park in Denver under the name of
"Elitch Gardens" has been in continuous operation for over 100 years. During
1994 and 1995, the park was relocated from its smaller location on the north
side of Denver to its current location in downtown Denver, in close proximity to
Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. The park was constructed at a cost of
$100 million (including land and equipment, as well as extensive
infrustructure). The park was reopened in 1995, in which year the park generated
approximately 960,000 in attendance and $20.0 million in revenues. Management
believes that the park, as constructed, did not have sufficient marketable rides
and attractions to achieve its attendance potential. In addition, the park lacks
theming and landscaping, as well as creative marketing. This provides a
significant opportunity for improved performance under the Company's management.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Elitch Gardens in 1995, the year the park was opened, and the
first nine months of 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30,
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1995 1995 1996
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Total revenues (000)............................................................. $ 19,839 $ 19,642 $ 19,506
Total attendance (000)........................................................... 959 950 849
Revenues per visitor............................................................. $ 20.69 $ 20.68 $ 22.98
In-park spending per visitor..................................................... $ 7.12 $ 7.33 $ 9.59
Number of operating days......................................................... 109 108 133
Capital expenditures (calendar-year basis) (000)................................. $ 26,044 $ 23,760 $ 590
</TABLE>
STRATEGY. The Company believes it can improve the park's attendance and
operating cash flow through the addition of marketable rides and attractions and
other improvements, as well as the implementation of more professional and
creative marketing, sales and promotional programs, which will emphasize the
park's improved product offering. In that connection, the Company presently
intends to invest between $20.0 and $25.0 million during 1997 and 1998 to add
marketable rides and attractions (including the introduction of water rides) and
to enhance marketing programs. Among the planned additions for the 1997 season
is a "state-of-the-art" steel looping roller coaster and a "shoot-the-chute"
giant splash ride. These additions will result in a more complete entertainment
product. Premier also believes it can improve the park's performance by reducing
operating expenses from historical levels and implementing a more efficient
management structure. Given the size of its market, the location of the park,
the absence of direct competition and the capital investment and marketing
programs planned at Elitch Gardens, the Company believes that Elitch Gardens has
the potential to reach annual attendance of 1.5 million within the next three to
five years.
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FRONTIER CITY
OVERVIEW. Frontier City is a western theme park located along Interstate 35
in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, approximately 100 miles from Tulsa. The
park's market includes nearly all of Oklahoma and certain parts of Texas and
Kansas, with its primary market in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. This market provides
the park with a permanent resident population base of approximately 1.2 million
people within 50 miles of the park and 2.4 million people within 100 miles.
According to the Nielsen Report, the Oklahoma City and Tulsa markets are the
number 43 and number 59 DMAs in the United States, respectively. This market
also has a substantial base of businesses, associations, schools and churches
for group sales and outings. Based upon in-park surveys, approximately 66% of
the visitors to Frontier City in 1996 resided within a 50-mile radius of the
park, and 82% resided within a 100-mile radius.
The Company owns a site of approximately 90 acres, with 60 acres currently
used for park operations. The remaining 30 acres provide the Company with the
potential to develop complementary operations, such as campgrounds or an
amphitheater. During the 1996 season, Frontier City had 22 adult and 10
children's rides, 26 food outlets, 21 merchandise outlets, 34 game venues and
four theaters. In addition, the Company professionally produces eight live shows
daily, such as country music shows, a 50's musical revue and a magic show, and
holds a concert series each summer. Fort Frontier, a 12,000 square foot air-
conditioned mall and main event center, contains numerous food and retail
locations, an entertainment center and a 500-seat western opera house. In the
off-season, the center serves as a banquet facility, accommodating groups of up
to 1,500 people. Picnic grounds are also available for family picnics and group
outings.
The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at Frontier
City:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTIONS DESCRIPTION
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<S> <C>
Silver Bullet........................................... Looping steel roller coaster
Wildcat................................................. Wooden roller coaster
Nightmare............................................... Indoor steel roller coaster
Diamond Back............................................ Backwards looping steel roller coaster
Time Warp............................................... Double looping gondolas
Sky Coaster............................................. 135-foot hang-gliding attraction
Thunder Road............................................ Go-cart track
Renegade Rapids......................................... River rapids ride
Red River Logging Co.................................... Log flume
Prairie Schooner........................................ Swinging ship
Grand Centennial Wheel.................................. Giant ferris wheel
Swingin' Six Guns....................................... Flying swings
O.K. Kiddie Corral...................................... Themed Children's Area with multiple rides and
attractions
</TABLE>
Frontier City's only significant competitor is Six Flags Over Texas located
in Arlington, Texas, approximately 225 miles from Frontier City.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. Frontier City opened in 1958 as a
replica of an 1880s western town and was acquired by the Company in 1982. The
Company began redeveloping the park after the 1989 season with a two-year, $7.0
million capital program to reposition and revitalize the park. In addition to
extensive western theming and landscaping and general upgrading of the physical
plant, capital improvements included the addition of three major rides, the
expansion and improvement of the O.K. Kiddie Corral children's area (including
the addition of three children's rides), the expansion and theming of the group
picnic facilities and the addition of Fort Frontier. The effect of these capital
improvements, combined with an aggressive marketing program, was to increase the
park's attendance and revenue by
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approximately 54% and 83%, respectively, from 1989 to 1991. Since 1991, the park
has achieved steady growth in annual revenue to $9.1 million in 1995 and has
maintained annual attendance in the range of approximately 500,000. As a result
of these efforts, Frontier City has received numerous community and industry
awards and was named the 1991 Tourist Attraction of the Year by the State of
Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Frontier City since 1989, when current management assumed control
of Premier:
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<CAPTION>
THROUGH
SEPTEMBER
30,
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1989(1) 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues (000)................ $ 4,140 $ 5,571 $ 7,579 $ 8,289 $ 8,658 $ 8,990 $ 9,070 $ 8,108
Total attendance (000).............. 331 398 508 496 503 506 544 471
Revenues per visitor................ $ 12.53 $ 14.02 $ 14.91 $ 16.73 $ 17.20 $ 17.76 $ 16.67(2) $ 17.21
In-park spending per visitor........ $ 5.01 $ 5.44 $ 5.66 $ 6.70 $ 6.92 $ 7.09 $ 6.32(2) $ 6.42
Number of operating days............ 96 117 117 136 136 137 134 116
Capital expenditures
(project-year basis) (000)........ $ 558 $ 1,588 $ 5,459 $ 904 $ 1,824 $ 2,161 $ 1,537 $ 1,537
<CAPTION>
1996
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<S> <C>
Total revenues (000)................ $ 8,283
Total attendance (000).............. 454
Revenues per visitor................ $ 18.24
In-park spending per visitor........ $ 7.30
Number of operating days............ 123
Capital expenditures
(project-year basis) (000)........ $ 500
</TABLE>
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(1) Reflects results prior to the Company's implementation of a $7.0 million
capital improvement program.
(2) The reduction in revenues and in-park spending per visitor in 1995
primarily reflects the effects of the sale of an additional 20,000 season
passes in 1995. Season pass sales generally decrease ticket revenue per
customer since season pass holders tend to visit the parks frequently. In
addition, although these patrons visit the park more often than other
customers, the Company believes that they generally spend less during each
visit.
STRATEGY. Management believes that as a result of its capital improvement
program to date, Frontier City has reached an appropriate level of attractions
for its market size. As a result, with maintenance-level capital expenditures in
the range of $300,000 to $400,000 per year and additions of new marketable
attractions every two or three years, the Company believes that the park should
be able to build upon its performance by achieving moderate attendance growth,
gradually increasing ticket prices and increasing in-park spending, as well as
improving operating margins as revenue increases. Prior to the 1996 season, the
Company added a go-cart track, and plans to add a children's activity area for
the 1997 season.
The Company conducts weekend activities in the off-season at Frontier City,
including special events such as Hallowscream and Oktoberfest. Management will
consider expanding these activities in the future (for example, by adding
Christmas events). The Company may also consider adding a campground and a
concert venue at the park.
Because of the geographic proximity of Frontier City and White Water Bay,
the Company seeks to take advantage of operational efficiencies and other tie-in
benefits at these parks. For example, the two parks are supervised by a single
general manager and are serviced by a single marketing and sales department. In
addition, the Company enhanced its joint marketing program for Frontier City and
White Water Bay with a revised season pass program for 1995 which offers
unlimited use of both facilities for a single price. As a result of this
simplified joint program, season passes sold for 1995 for Frontier City and
White Water Bay exceeded 36,000, as compared to 17,800 for 1994. Even after
price increases in 1996, season pass sales aggregated approximately 35,000
during that season.
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GEAUGA LAKE
OVERVIEW. Geauga Lake is a combination theme and water park, and is the
42nd largest theme park in the United States based on 1995 attendance of 1.1
million. Attendance for the 1996 season totaled 1.2 million. Geauga Lake is
located in Aurora, Ohio, 20 miles southeast of Cleveland and approximately 30,
60 and 120 miles, respectively, from Akron and Youngstown, Ohio and Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. This market provides the park with a permanent resident population
base of approximately 4.0 million people within 50 miles of the park and 7.4
million within 100 miles. According to the Nielsen Report, the Cleveland/Akron,
Youngstown and Pittsburgh markets are the number 13, number 95 and number 19
DMAs in the United States, respectively. Based upon in-park surveys,
approximately 63% of the visitors to Geauga Lake in 1996 resided within a
50-mile radius of the park, and 83% resided within a 100-mile radius.
The 257-acre property on which Geauga Lake is situated includes a 55-acre
spring-fed lake. The theme park itself presently occupies approximately 116
acres. There are approximately 87 acres of undeveloped land (of which
approximately 30 acres have the potential for further development). During the
1996 season, Geauga Lake featured over 60 "wet" and "dry" attractions, a tidal
wave pool, 38 game venues, 44 food outlets, 25 merchandise outlets, three
theaters and two arcades. Rainbow Island, the park's "dry" area for young
children, features 16 children's rides. Turtle Beach, a 1.4-acre water activity
area designed exclusively for children ages two through twelve, is located
adjacent to Rainbow Island.
The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at Geauga Lake:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTION DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Mind Eraser............................................. Forward and backward roller coaster with five elements
The Double Loop......................................... Steel roller coaster
The Big Dipper.......................................... Wooden roller coaster
Texas Twister........................................... Top spin ride
The Raging Wolf Bobs.................................... 85-foot high wooden roller coaster
Stingray Slides......................................... 70-foot tall water slides
Grizzly Run............................................. River rapids ride
Euro Racers............................................. Grand prix raceway
The Wave................................................ Tsunami tidal wave pool
Neptune Falls........................................... 1,600-foot, four flumed water slide complex
The Rampage............................................. Two high-speed water slides
Turtle Beach............................................ Children's water park
Rainbow Island.......................................... Children's ride area
</TABLE>
Geauga Lake's principal competitors are Cedar Point located in Sandusky,
Ohio and Kennywood, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. These parks are located
approximately 90 miles and 120 miles, respectively, from Geauga Lake. There are
also three small water parks within a 50-mile radius of Geauga Lake, and Sea
World, a marine park, is on the other side of Geauga Lake. While Sea World does,
to some extent, compete with Geauga Lake for patrons, it is a complementary
attraction, and many patrons visit both facilities.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. Geauga Lake has been in continuous
operation for over 100 years. The park was one of the first theme parks in the
United States to introduce a complete water entertainment complex within a
traditional theme park at no additional charge to visitors. From 1991 to 1995,
revenue and attendance at the park averaged approximately $23.1 million and 1.1
million, respectively, as compared to revenue for the first nine months of 1996
of $27.8 million and attendance of 1.2 million during the 1996 season.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Geauga Lake since 1991:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30,
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues (000)............................... $ 22,341 $ 22,298 $ 24,097 $ 23,106 $ 23,781 $ 23,400 $ 27,834
Total attendance (000)............................. 1,140 1,107 1,177 1,068 1,075 1,064 1,171
Revenues per visitor............................... $ 19.60 $ 20.14 $ 20.47 $ 21.63 $ 22.12 $ 21.99 $ 23.76
In-park spending per visitor....................... $ 10.68 $ 11.08 $ 11.26 $ 11.88 $ 11.86 $ 11.97 $ 12.82
Number of operating days........................... 115 115 115 116 127 114 117
Capital expenditures
(project-year basis) (000)....................... $ 1,650 $ 1,050 $ 3,050 $ 913 $ 1,805 $ 1,805 $ 11,100
</TABLE>
STRATEGY. When it acquired the park, the Company believed Geauga Lake had
significant growth potential, certain of which was realized during the 1996
season. Prior to that season, the Company (i) added marketable new rides and
attractions; (ii) improved the quality of the park's daily live shows; (iii)
upgraded the quality of the merchandise outlets and restaurants; (iv) improved
the park's theming, signage and landscaping; and (v) implemented more
professional and creative marketing, sales and promotional programs, with an
emphasis on the park's improved product offerings. Among the major new
improvements for 1996 were a forward/backward roller coaster and a river rapids
ride. The Company spent approximately $11.1 million on capital improvements
prior to the 1996 season and expects to spend between $5.0 and $8.0 million on
such expenditures prior to the 1997 season. Planned 1997 improvements include a
free-fall ride and a five-story interactive water attraction.
In conjunction with 1996 improvements, the Company increased its marketing
and sales activities to corporate sponsors as well as to the public. In that
connection, the park has replaced its beverage sponsor with Coca-Cola. This
arrangement resulted in higher beverage sponsorship payments to the park, and
Coca-Cola agreed to an expanded level of advertising and sponsorship support,
including promotion of the park on Coke cans in multiple markets, including
Cleveland and Pittsburgh, for the entire season.
The Company plans to continue to take greater advantage of its location next
to Sea World of Ohio. As a unique destination marine park, Sea World, which is
located directly across Geauga Lake, is able to attract visitors from a much
wider geographical area than Geauga Lake. Historically, the two parks have not
participated in any co-marketing programs. During 1996, the Company and Sea
World conducted joint marketing programs in outer market areas, including
Detroit, involving joint television advertising of combination passes. In
addition, combination tickets were sold at each park. The Company plans to
continue and expand this joint marketing program for the 1997 season. To
increase attendance and revenue prior to Memorial Day and after Labor Day, the
Company expanded off-season special events such as Oktoberfest and Hallowscream.
The Company intends to develop Geauga Lake's 30 acres of unutilized land for
complementary uses. Lastly, as with the other parks acquired in the Funtime
Acquisition, the Company has bought out third-party game concessionaires who had
shared game revenue with the prior owners of the park. Given its historical
levels of attendance, the size of its market and the capital investment and
marketing programs planned at Geauga Lake, the Company believes that Geauga Lake
has the potential to reach annual attendance of at least 1.5 million within the
next three to five years.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
OVERVIEW. The Company acquired The Great Escape on December 4, 1996. The
Great Escape, which opened in 1954, is a combination theme and water park
located off Interstate 87 in the Lake George resort area, 180 miles north of New
York City and 40 miles north of Albany. The park's primary market includes the
Lake George tourist population and the resident upstate New York and western New
England population. Official statistics indicate that the area had a visitor
population of over 7.5 million people in 1995, of which over 3.5 million were
overnight visitors, with an average length of stay of 4.3 days. This market
provides the park with a permanent resident population base of approximately 1.1
million people within 50 miles of the park and 3.3 million people within 100
miles. According to the Nielsen Report, the Albany market is the number 52 DMA
in the United States.
The Great Escape is located on a site of approximately 335 acres, with 100
acres currently used for park operations. Approximately 30 of the undeveloped
acres are suitable for park expansion. During the 1996 season, The Great Escape
had 33 adult and 12 children's rides, 30 food outlets, 18 merchandise outlets,
29 game venues and five theaters. In addition, The Great Escape professionally
produces live shows daily and holds a concert series each summer. Picnic grounds
are also available for family picnics and group outings.
The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at The Great
Escape:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTIONS DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Comet................................................... Wooden roller coaster
Steamin' Demon.......................................... Looping steel roller coaster
Desperado............................................... Log flume ride
Giant Ferris Wheel...................................... Ferris wheel
Raging River............................................ River rapids ride
Banshee Plunge.......................................... Water tube slide
Blue Typhoon............................................ Water tube slide
Twister Falls........................................... Water tube slide
Black Cobra............................................. Wet/dry water slide
</TABLE>
The Great Escape's only significant direct competitor is Riverside, located
in Springfield, Massachusetts, approximately 150 miles from The Great Escape.
The Company is scheduled to acquire Riverside in late January 1997. See
"--Recent and Pending Acquisitions". In addition, there is a smaller water park
located in Lake George.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. In late 1992, Mr. Wood reacquired the
park from International Broadcasting Company ("IBC") (to whom he had previously
sold the facility) out of IBC's bankruptcy proceedings. Since its reacquisition,
a water park component was added to The Great Escape, and the park has shown
steadily improving operating results, including attendance, per capita spending
and operating cash flow.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of The Great Escape since 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ELEVEN MONTHS
YEAR ENDED ENDED
OCTOBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
-------------------- --------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1994 1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- --------- ---------
Total revenues (000)............................................ $ 13,321 $ 14,360 $ 14,358 $ 15,070
Total attendance (000).......................................... 531 557 557 574
Revenues per visitor............................................ $ 25.09 $ 25.78 $ 25.78 $ 26.25
In-park spending per visitor.................................... $ 10.51 $ 10.56 $ 10.56 $ 10.75
Number of operating days........................................ 100 100 100 101
Capital expenditures (fiscal-year basis) (000).................. $ 2,284 $ 1,645 $ 1,615 $ 298
</TABLE>
STRATEGY. While The Great Escape has shown solid performance, Premier
believes it can increase attendance and park-level operating cash flow through
the continued addition of attractions and the introduction of a more extensive
marketing strategy. Without upsetting a successful strategy, Premier intends to
selectively extend the park's operating hours beyond the current 6:00 p.m.
closing time and extend the season into October. In addition, Premier sees the
opportunity to increase revenue outlets through the park. In addition to the
park's traditional vacation customer, Premier intends to emphasize group sales,
as well as greater marketing in selected markets such as Albany to help drive
attendance increases. The Company expects to spend between $8.0 and $12.0
million on capital expenditures prior to the 1997 and 1998 seasons, including
the addition of a wave pool and other attractions.
RIVERSIDE
OVERVIEW. Riverside is a combination theme park and motor speedway, located
off Interstate 91 near Springfield, Massachusetts, approximately 95 miles west
of Boston. Riverside's primary market includes Springfield and western
Massachusetts, Hartford and western Connecticut, as well as portions of eastern
Massachusetts and eastern New York. This market provides the park with a
permanent resident population base of approximately 3.1 million people within 50
miles and 14.7 million people within 100 miles. According to the Nielsen Report,
the Springfield market is the number 102 DMA in the United States.
Riverside is comprised of approximately 160 acres, with 118 acres currently
used for park operations, 12 acres for a picnic grove and approximately 30
undeveloped acres. Riverside's Speedway is a multi-use stadium which includes a
one-quarter mile NASCAR-sanctioned short track for automobile racing which can
seat 6,200 for speedway events and 15,000 festival style for concerts. During
the 1996 season, Riverside had 26 adult rides, 25 children's rides, 20 food
outlets, 16 merchandise outlets and 32 game venues.
The following is a list of the major attractions at Riverside:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTIONS DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Cyclone................................................. Wooden roller coaster
Colossus................................................ 150' ferris wheel
Thunderbolt............................................. Wooden roller coaster
Black Widow............................................. Looping steel coaster
Wild River Rapids....................................... Log flume ride
Swiss Sky Ride.......................................... Gondola ride
Carousel................................................ 1909 Antique Illions carousel
Monorail................................................ Elevated monorail
</TABLE>
Riverside's most significant competitor is expected to be Lake Compounce
located in Bristol, Connecticut, approximately 50 miles from Riverside. Lake
Compounce has not been in regular full-service
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operation for several years. However, the prior owner of the park recently
entered into a joint venture relationship with an established park operator, and
the park has received a substantial investment of private and public funds. To a
lesser extent, Riverside competes with The Great Escape, the Company's park
located in Lake George, New York.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. The park has been serving the
southern New England market for over 100 years. The park was purchased by Edward
Carroll, Sr. in 1940 and has been operated by his family since that date.
The following table sets forth certain information (on a September 30 fiscal
year basis) with respect to the operations of Riverside since 1994:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995 1996
--------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues (000)................................................... $ 19,281 $ 19,466 $ 18,846
Total attendance (000)................................................. 862 858 750
Revenue per visitor.................................................... $ 22.37 $ 22.69 $ 25.13
In-park spending per visitor........................................... $ 10.82 $ 10.75 $ 11.65
Number of operating days............................................... 147 147 147
Capital expenditures (fiscal-year basis) (000)......................... $ 466 $ 328 $ 691
</TABLE>
STRATEGY. Since the late 1980s, the park has suffered from limited
available funds for investment and a lack of creative marketing. The Company
believes that, although Riverside is outfitted with a large number of rides and
revenue outlets, it has lacked the investment and marketing needed to drive
attendance. The Company believes that by adding marketable rides and
attractions, such as a suspended looping coaster similar to Adventure World's
Mind Eraser, and by initiating a superior marketing campaign, it can solidify
the park's attendance base and expand into other markets, such as additional
portions of eastern Massachusetts, as well as achieve greater penetration in
Connecticut. In addition, management believes that adding water elements to the
park could substantially increase its appeal. These steps will be particularly
important as significant investments are made to Lake Compounce.
The closing of the Riverside Acquisition is scheduled to occur in late
January 1997 by which time Premier will not be able to make all of its desired
improvements for the 1997 season, although the Company intends to add a
suspended coaster, address deferred maintenance and initiate an aggressive
marketing campaign. Further improvements will be made for the 1998 season. In
addition, although the park has generated revenues of between $18-$20 million,
the park has generated cash flow at margins of only 10%-15%. The Company
believes that opportunities exist to significantly improve these margins.
WATERWORLD
OVERVIEW. Waterworld consists of two water parks (Waterworld USA/Concord
and Waterworld USA/ Sacramento) and one family entertainment center (Paradise
Island).
Waterworld USA/Concord is located in Concord, California, in the East Bay
area of San Francisco. The park's primary market includes nearly all of the San
Francisco Bay area. This market provides the park with a permanent resident
population base of approximately 6.7 million people within 50 miles of the park
and 10.0 million people within 100 miles. Water parks by their nature tend to
draw patrons from a smaller radius than theme park. According to the Nielsen
Report, the San Francisco Bay market is the number 5 DMA in the United States.
Waterworld USA/Sacramento is located on the grounds of the California State
Fair in Sacramento, California. Also located on the fair grounds is Paradise
Island, the Company's family entertainment center. The facilities' primary
market includes Sacramento and the immediate surrounding area. This market
provides the park with a permanent resident population base of approximately 2.6
million people within 50
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miles of the park and 9.7 million people within 100 miles. According to the
Nielsen Report, the Sacramento market is the number 21 DMA in the United States.
Both facilities are leased under long-term ground leases. The Concord site
includes approximately 29 acres, with 24 acres currently used for park
operations. The Sacramento facility is located on approximately 20 acres, all of
which is used for the park and the family entertainment center. During the 1996
season, Waterworld had 13 adult and 16 children's rides and attractions, 13 food
outlets, two merchandise outlets and three game venues. The family entertainment
center, which operates year-round, features six thrill rides, laser tag, a rock
climbing wall, batting cage, two miniature golf courses, two go-cart tracks,
arcade games and other attractions. Picnic grounds at both facilities are also
available for family picnics and group outings.
The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at Waterworld:
CONCORD
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTIONS DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Breaker Beach........................................... Wave pool
Kaanapali Kooler........................................ 1,200 foot lazy river
Typhoon................................................. Four 250 foot open and closed tube slides
Banzai.................................................. Six body slides
Cliffhanger............................................. Two drop-out slides
Diablo Falls............................................ Two shotgun slides
Wildwater Kingdom....................................... Water activity area
Treasure Island......................................... Children's activity area
</TABLE>
SACRAMENTO
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTIONS DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
Dew Lagoon.............................................. Wave pool
Calypso Cooler.......................................... 800 foot lazy river
Cannon Ball Falls....................................... Two shotgun slides
Windjammer Pool......................................... Lap pool
Tadpool................................................. Children's pool
Trinidad Falls.......................................... Four 300 foot open and closed tube slides
Cobra................................................... Two 250 foot corkscrew slides
Cliffhanger............................................. Two drop-out slides
The Hurricane........................................... Tube slide
Surf Hill............................................... Children's slide
Treasure Island......................................... Children's activity area
Paradise Island......................................... Family entertainment center
</TABLE>
Concord's only significant direct competitor is Raging Waters located in San
Jose, approximately 100 miles from that facility. Sacramento's only significant
competitor is Sunsplash located in the north east of Sacramento, approximately
40 miles from that facility. Paradise Island's significant direct competitors
are Golf land, which is adjacent to Sunsplash, Wooz Family Entertainment Center,
located in Vacaville, 30 miles from Sacramento and Scadia Family Fun Center
located in Fairfield, 45 miles from Sacramento.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. The Concord park opened in May 1995
and was constructed by the former owners at an aggregate cost of approximately
$9.2 million. The Sacramento facility opened in 1986 and Paradise Island opened
during 1993 and was constructed at a cost of $2.6 million.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Waterworld USA/ Concord since 1995, the year the park opened:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THROUGH SEPTEMBER
30,
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1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues (000)........................................................................... $ 5,791 $ 5,647 $ 5,827
Total attendance (000)......................................................................... 331 331 310
Revenues per visitor........................................................................... $ 17.50 $ 17.06 $ 18.80
In-park spending per visitor................................................................... $ 6.40 $ 6.28 $ 6.32
Number of operating days....................................................................... 110 108 117
Capital expenditures (calendar-year basis) (000)............................................... $ 7,383 $ 7,265 $ 1,331
</TABLE>
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of Waterworld USA/ Sacramento since 1993.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THROUGH SEPTEMBER
30,
--------------------
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Total revenues (000)(1).......................................... $ 4,555 $ 5,938 $ 5,812 $ 5,338 $ 5,826
Total attendance (000)........................................... 258 280 271 271 294
Revenues per visitor(2).......................................... $ 13.71 $ 13.87 $ 14.05 $ 14.78 $ 14.30
In-park spending per visitor..................................... $ 5.00 $ 5.02 $ 5.31 $ 5.31 $ 5.22
Number of operating days......................................... 111 106 109 109 112
Capital expenditures (calendar-year basis) (000)................. $ 70 $ 225 $ 281 $ 231 $ 373
</TABLE>
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(1) Excludes fee income from management of Concord.
(2) Revenues per visitor do not include revenue of Paradise Island (a
fee-per-attraction entertainment center) of $1,218,000, $2,054,000,
$2,004,000, $1,333,000, and $1,621,000 for the years ended December 31,
1993, 1994, and 1995 and for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and
1996, respectively.
STRATEGY. Management believes that the parks have growth potential in
attendance and operating cash flow. Stand-alone water parks are by their nature
less capital intensive than theme parks. The Company plans to add a major water
attraction (costing in the range of between $1.0 million and $1.5 million) at
each of the Waterworld parks in the next two to three years. Thereafter,
management expects that Waterworld will require minimal on-going capital
expenditures of approximately $200,000 to $300,000 per year and the addition of
a new attraction every three or four years.
WHITE WATER BAY
OVERVIEW. White Water Bay is a tropical themed water park located along
Interstate 40 in southwest Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The park is the 15th largest
water park in the United States based on 1995 attendance of approximately
327,000. The park's primary market includes the greater Oklahoma City
metropolitan area. According to the Nielsen Report, Oklahoma City is the number
43 DMA in the United States. This market provides the park with a permanent
resident population base of approximately 1.2 million people within 50 miles of
the park and 2.4 million people within 100 miles. White Water Bay also attracts
group sales from groups such as churches and other civic organizations. Based
upon in-park surveys, approximately 87% of the visitors to White Water Bay in
1996 resided within a 50-mile radius of the park, and 92% resided within a
100-mile radius.
The Company owns a site of 22 acres, all of which are currently used for
park operations. White Water Bay features a 500,000 gallon wave pool, an eight
story multiple slide ride, a 450,000 gallon activity pool, nine slides, a "lazy
river" ride, a children's activity pool and four volleyball courts. White Water
Bay also has a full service restaurant and two snack stands. Raft and locker
rentals are also available. In addition, the park has picnic grounds for family
and group outings.
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The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at White Water
Bay:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTION DESCRIPTION
- -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C>
White Water Bay......................................... Wave pool
Castaway Creek.......................................... Lazy river
Acapulco Cliff Dive..................................... Speed slide
Bermuda Triangle........................................ Multiple slide complex
Shipwreck Island........................................ Activity pool
Kid's Cove.............................................. Kiddie pool
Tad Pool................................................ Kiddie pool
Black Beard's Revenge................................... Water slide
The Rapids.............................................. Splash pool ride
Big Kahuna.............................................. White water rafting ride
Swashbuckler Flumes..................................... Slide complex
</TABLE>
There are no other water parks located in Oklahoma City and, therefore, the
Company's primary competition is from other outdoor water activities, such as
local swimming pools.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. White Water Bay was originally opened
in 1981 and was acquired by the Company in 1991. While the park was fairly
well-developed and maintained under its prior ownership, the Company has
expanded the park with the addition of a major white water raft ride, two speed
slides, a full service restaurant and a picnic pavilion. Since the Company's
acquisition of the park in 1991, the park has achieved average annual attendance
of approximately 295,000 and average annual revenues of approximately $3.3
million.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
operations of White Water Bay since 1991:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30,
--------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1991 1992(1) 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------
Total revenues (000)....................... $ 3,335 $ 3,001 $ 3,417 $ 3,176 $ 3,475 $ 3,398 $ 3,313
Total attendance (000)..................... 320 257 295 277 327 327 314
Revenues per visitor....................... $ 10.43 $ 11.68 $ 11.60 $ 11.47 $ 10.64(2) $ 10.40 $ 10.55
In-park spending per visitor............... $ 3.02 $ 3.33 $ 3.35 $ 3.15 $ 3.14 $ 3.14 $ 3.55
Number of operating days................... 103 110 102 102 97 97 100
Capital expenditures (project-year basis)
(000).................................... $ 423 $ 202 $ 202 $ 596(3) $ 56 $ 56 $ 25
</TABLE>
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(1) Although each of the Company's parks was adversely affected by inclement
weather in 1992, White Water Bay, as a water park, was particularly affected
by such weather. See "Risk Factors -- Effects of Inclement Weather; Seasonal
Fluctuations of Operating Results."
(2) The reduction in revenues per visitor in 1995 primarily reflects the
effects of the sale of an additional 20,000 season passes in 1995. Season
pass sales generally decrease ticket revenue per customer since season pass
holders tend to visit the parks frequently.
(3) Of such amount, $150,000 was funded by Pepsi in connection with a
sponsorship arrangement.
STRATEGY. Management expects that White Water Bay will require minimal
on-going capital expenditures of up to approximately $75,000 per year and the
addition of a new attraction every three or four years. Through this strategy,
the Company believes that the park should generate a consistent annual
attendance in the range of 280,000 to 320,000. In addition, White Water Bay
expects to continue to benefit from the joint marketing initiatives with
Frontier City described above.
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WYANDOT LAKE
OVERVIEW. Wyandot Lake, which has 13 water rides, is the 12th largest water
park in the United States based on 1995 attendance of approximately 370,000.
Attendance for the 1996 season totaled 396,000. The park also has 18 "dry"
rides. Wyandot Lake is located just outside of Columbus, Ohio, adjacent to the
Columbus Zoo on property sub-leased from the Columbus Zoo. The park's primary
market includes the Columbus metropolitan area and other central Ohio towns.
This market provides the park with a permanent resident population base of
approximately 2.0 million people within 50 miles of the park and approximately
6.4 million people within 100 miles. The Columbus market, according to the
Nielsen Report, is the number 34 DMA in the United States. Based on in-park
surveys, approximately 82% of the visitors to Wyandot Lake in 1996 resided
within a 50-mile radius of the park, and 92% resided within a 100-mile radius.
The Company leases from the Columbus Zoo the land, the buildings and several
rides which existed on the property at the time the lease was entered into in
1983. The current lease expires in 1998 and the Company has two five-year
renewal options. The land leased by Wyandot Lake consists of approximately 18
acres. The park shares parking facilities with the Columbus Zoo. Wyandot Lake
features a variety of "wet" and "dry" attractions, including a "wet" and "dry"
area for young children.
The following is a list of certain of the major attractions at Wyandot Lake:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ATTRACTION DESCRIPTION
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Christopher's Island Discovery Treehouse.................... Five-story family interactive water attraction
Zuma Falls.................................................. Twin passenger tube slide
Parrot Beach................................................ Kids water attraction
Jet Stream.................................................. Twin passenger tube slide
Canoochee Creek............................................. Adult water attraction
Buccaneer Bay............................................... Children's water attraction
Phantom Tunnel Hydro Tube................................... A 300-foot enclosed water slide
Wild Rage................................................... 70-foot water slide
Star Fish Ferris Wheel...................................... A 52-foot high ferris wheel
The Wild Tide Wave Pool..................................... 30,000 sq. foot tidal wave pool
Sea Dragon Roller Coaster................................... Small wooden roller coaster
Water Coil.................................................. A two-flumed water slide
Uncle Al's Treehouse........................................ Children's playground
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Wyandot Lake's direct competitors are King's Island and The Beach, each
located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cedar Point, located in Sandusky, Ohio. These
three parks are each located approximately 100 miles from Wyandot Lake. Although
the Columbus Zoo is located adjacent to the park, it is a complementary
attraction, with many patrons visiting both facilities.
HISTORY AND RECENT OPERATING RESULTS. Wyandot Lake has been in operation
since 1981. From 1991 to 1995, revenue and attendance at the park averaged
approximately $4.4 million and 359,000, respectively. During the first nine
months of 1996, revenue totaled $5.9 million and attendance for 1996 aggregated
396,000. The Company believes that under prior ownership the park suffered from
a lack of capital investment in marketable rides and attractions and creative
marketing. This provides a significant opportunity for improved performance
under the Company's management.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to
operations of Wyandot Lake since 1991:
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1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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Total revenues (000)...................... $ 4,000 $ 3,830 $ 4,755 $ 4,597 $ 5,059 $ 4,919 $ 5,889
Total attendance (000).................... 350 324 388 361 370 349 377
Revenues per visitor...................... $ 11.43 $ 11.82 $ 12.26 $ 12.73 $ 13.67 $ 14.10 $ 15.62
In-park spending per visitor.............. $ 5.02 $ 5.20 $ 5.17 $ 5.27 $ 5.26 $ 5.72 $ 6.49
Number of operating days.................. 101 116 111 111 132 108 110
Capital expenditures (project-year basis)
(000)................................... $ 450 $ 610 $ 276 $ 556 $ 155 $ 155 $ 2,100
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STRATEGY. The Company believes that Wyandot Lake has significant growth
potential. Of its capital expenditure budget for 1996, the Company spent
approximately $2.1 million on Wyandot Lake and the Company is considering
spending up to $1.5 million on this facility for the 1997 season to add a
children's area.
The Company implemented aggressive marketing and sales activities for the
1996 season both to corporate sponsors and to the general public to highlight
these park upgrades. In that connection, Coca-Cola became a sponsor of the park
for 1996, which resulted in higher beverage sponsorship revenue and expanded
promotional and marketing support for the park. The Company also expects Wyandot
Lake to benefit from the $75 million planned expansion of the Columbus Zoo
located adjacent to the park. The Company is currently discussing with the Zoo
the addition of five to ten acres to Wyandot Lake which, if obtained, will
facilitate a significant expansion of the existing park. In an effort to attract
visitors going to the Columbus Zoo, Wyandot Lake participates in joint local
advertising programs with the Columbus Zoo and is implementing other marketing
programs to capitalize on the park's close proximity to the Zoo. As with the
other acquired parks, the Company will seek to add special events.
MARKETING AND PROMOTION
The Company attracts visitors through multi-media marketing and promotional
programs for each of its parks. These programs are tailored to address the
different characteristics of their respective markets and to maximize the impact
of specific park attractions and product introductions. All marketing and
promotional programs are updated or completely revamped each year to address new
developments. Marketing programs are generally initiated at the park level and
supervised by the Company's Vice President for Marketing, with the assistance of
the Company's senior management and national advertising agency. During the
three years ended December 31, 1995 and the nine-months ended September 30,
1996, the Company incurred advertising expense of approximately $2.8 million,
$3.7 million, $5.7 million (including approximately $1.5 million expended with
respect to the parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition) and $9.0 million,
respectively. During 1993 and 1994, Funtime incurred approximately $5.1 million
and $5.2 million, respectively, in such expense.
The Company believes that the local orientation of its marketing programs is
a key ingredient to successfully promoting its parks. For example, Cal Ripken,
Jr., the all-star shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles, serves as official
spokesperson for Adventure World, making numerous appearances in radio and
television commercials, and Olympic gymnast Shannon Miller, an Oklahoma City
resident, has opened rides at White Water Bay. The Company also develops
partnership relationships with well-known national and regional sponsors to
supplement its advertising efforts and to provide attendance incentives in the
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form of discounts and/or premiums. Presented below is a selection of some of
Premier's most recognized corporate sponsors and marketing partners:
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7-Eleven Kodak
Blockbuster Video McDonald's
Coca-Cola Pepsi
Columbus Zoo Safeway Supermarkets
Domino's Sea World of Ohio
Friendly's Sherwin Williams
Giant Eagle Supermarkets Taco Bell
Giant Food Supermarkets TCBY
John Deere TOPS Supermarkets
KFC Wendy's
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The Company has also arranged for popular local radio and television
programs to be filmed or broadcast live from its parks. The Company's Friday
evening teen dances at Frontier City are broadcast as thirty-minute shows with
an MTV-style format by a Fox Television affiliate on Saturday evenings. These
strategies have been well received in local markets, and have been an integral
element of Premier's growth.
Group sales and pre-sold tickets provide the Company with a consistent and
stable base of attendance, representing over 38.4% of aggregate attendance at
the six parks owned prior to the Recent Acquisitions in 1996. Each park has a
group sales and pre-sold ticket manager and a well-trained sales staff dedicated
to selling multiple group sales and pre-sold ticket programs through a variety
of methods, including direct mail, telemarketing and personal sales calls.
Premier has increased its group sales and pre-sold ticket business at the three
parks owned prior to the Funtime Acquisition by approximately 34% from 1992 to
the nine months ended September 30, 1996. During 1996, group sales and pre-sold
tickets at the three parks acquired in the Funtime Acquisition, increased 13%
over 1995 levels. The Company believes that similar opportunities exist at the
parks acquired in the Recent Acquisitions.
The Company has also developed effective programs for marketing season pass
tickets. Season pass sales establish a solid attendance base in advance of the
season, thus reducing exposure to inclement weather. Additionally, season pass
holders often bring paying guests and generate "word-of-mouth" advertising for
the parks. Management believes that incremental attendance from season pass
sales has a positive effect on operating results. The increased in-park spending
which results from season passes is not offset by incremental operating
expenses, since such expenses are relatively fixed during the operating season.
Since its acquisition of Adventure World in 1992, the Company has increased
season passes sold at the park from approximately 2,000 in 1991 to over 25,000
in 1996. In 1995, the Company revised its joint marketing program for Frontier
City and White Water Bay, and season passes sold at these parks increased from
approximately 17,800 in 1994 to approximately 35,000 in 1996. During 1996, 16.5%
of visitors to the Company's six parks utilized season passes.
A significant portion of the Company's attendance is attributable to the
sale of discount admission tickets. The Company offers discounts on season and
multi-visit tickets, tickets for specific dates and tickets to affiliated groups
such as businesses, schools and religious, fraternal and similar organizations.
As with season passes, management believes that incremental attendance from
discount sales activities has a positive effect on operating results. The
increased in-park spending which results from such attendance is not offset by
incremental operating expenses, since such expenses are relatively fixed during
the operating season. In 1996, approximately 76.0% of patrons at the Company's
six parks were admitted at a discount rate and for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996, approximately 55.1% of the Company's revenue was
attributable to in-park spending.
The Company also implements promotional programs as a means of targeting
specific market segments and geographic locations not reached through its group
or retail sales efforts. The promotional programs utilize coupons, sweepstakes,
reward incentives and rebates to attract additional visitors. These
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programs are implemented through direct mail, telemarketing, direct response
media, sponsorship marketing and targeted multi-media programs. The special
promotional offers are usually for a very limited period of time and offer a
reduced admission price or provide some additional incentive to purchase a
ticket, such as combination tickets with a complementary location.
PARK OPERATIONS
The Company is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and New York, New
York and, following the Riverside Acquisition, will operate in nine
geographically diverse markets: Baltimore/ Washington, D.C., Maryland; Buffalo/
Rochester; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Denver; Sacramento and the
San Francisco Bay area; Lake George/Albany; and Springfield, Massachusetts. Each
park is managed by a general manager who reports to the Company's Chief
Operating Officer and is responsible for all operations and management of the
individual park. Advertising, ticket sales, community relations and hiring and
training of personnel are the responsibility of individual park management in
coordination with corporate support teams. The Company has systems and controls
in place for the daily tracking and monitoring of revenues and expenses
associated with ticket sales and in-park spending.
Each of the Company's parks is managed by a full-time, on-site management
team under the direction of the general manager. Each such management team
includes senior personnel responsible for operations and maintenance, marketing
and promotion, human resources and merchandising. Park management compensation
structures are designed to provide incentives (including stock options and cash
bonuses) for individual park managers to execute the Company's strategy and to
maximize revenues and operating cash flow at each park. The Company's seven
general managers have an aggregate of approximately 140 years experience in the
industry, including approximately 70 years at the Company's parks.
Each of the Company's parks is operated, to the extent practicable, as a
separate operating division of the Company in order to maximize local marketing
opportunities and to provide flexibility in meeting local needs. For example,
local park management recommends local advertising focus, annual operating
schedules and application of available capital.
The Company maintains trained security forces to administer the parks' crowd
control policies and guest screening procedures and to enforce the parks' rules
relating to behavior of guests in the parks. The specific policies and practices
of the security forces are dictated on a park-by-park basis by crowd composition
and operating experience.
The Company's parks are generally open daily from Memorial Day through Labor
Day. In addition, most of the Company's parks are open during weekends prior to
and following their daily seasons, primarily as a site for theme events (such as
Hallowscream and Oktoberfest). Typically, the parks charge a basic daily
admission price, which allows unlimited use of all rides and attractions,
although in certain cases special rides and attractions require the payment of
an additional fee. The Company's family entertainment center is open year-round
and does not charge an admission price.
COMPETITION
The Company's parks compete directly with other theme, water and amusement
parks and indirectly with all other types of recreational facilities and forms
of entertainment within their market areas, including movies, sports attractions
and vacation travel. The Company's family entertainment center competes directly
with all types of recreational facilities and forms of entertainment within its
market. Accordingly, the Company's business is and will continue to be subject
to factors affecting the recreation and leisure time industries generally, such
as general economic conditions and changes in discretionary consumer spending
habits. Within each park's regional market area, the principal factors affecting
competition include location, price, the uniqueness and perceived quality of the
rides and attractions in a particular park, the atmosphere and cleanliness of a
park and the quality of its food and entertainment. The Company believes its
parks feature a sufficient variety of rides and attractions, restaurants and
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merchandise outlets to enable it to compete effectively. Certain of the
Company's direct competitors have substantially greater financial resources than
the Company.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
The Company regularly makes capital investments in the development and
implementation of new rides and attractions at its parks. The Company believes
that the introduction of new rides is an important factor in promoting each of
the parks in order to achieve market penetration and encourage longer visits,
which lead to increased attendance and in-park spending. In addition, the
Company generally adds theming to acquired parks and continuously enhances the
theming and landscaping of its existing parks in order to provide a complete
family oriented entertainment experience. Capital expenditures are planned on a
seasonal basis with most expenditures made during the off-season.
The Company's level of capital expenditures are directly related to the
optimum mix of rides and attractions given park attendance and market
penetration. These targeted expenditures are intended to drive significant
attendance growth at the parks and to provide an appropriate complement of
entertainment value, depending on the size of a particular market. As an
individual park begins to reach an appropriate attendance penetration for its
market, management generally plans a new ride or attraction every three to four
years in order to enhance the park's entertainment product.
The Company divides its capital expenditures into three categories: capital
expenditures for marketable attractions which are primarily for new rides and
attractions; retail projects capital expenditures which are associated with
increasing in-park spending; and asset upgrades which are capital expenditures
made to significantly improve, as opposed to maintain, an existing asset.
Expenditures for materials and services associated with maintaining assets, such
as painting and inspecting rides are expensed as incurred and therefore are not
included in capital expenditures. These expenditures generally represent
approximately 5%-7% of annual revenue.
MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
The Company's rides are inspected daily by maintenance personnel during the
operating season. These inspections include safety checks as well as regular
maintenance and are made through both visual inspection of the ride and test
operation. Senior management of the Company and the individual parks evaluate
the risk aspects of each park's operation. Potential risks to employees and
staff as well as to the public are evaluated. Contingency plans for potential
emergency situations have been developed for each facility. During the
off-season, maintenance personnel examine the rides and repair, refurbish and
rebuild them where necessary. This process includes x-raying and magnafluxing (a
further examination for minute cracks and defects) steel portions of certain
rides at high-stress points. The Company has approximately 130 full-time
employees who devote substantially all of their time to maintaining the theme
parks and their rides and attractions.
In addition to the Company's maintenance and inspection procedures, the
Company's liability insurance carrier performs an annual inspection of each park
and all attractions and related maintenance procedures. The result of insurance
inspections are written evaluation and inspection reports, as well as written
suggestions on various aspects of park operations. State inspectors also conduct
annual ride inspections before the beginning of each season. Other portions of
each park are also subject to inspections by local fire marshals and health and
building department officials. Furthermore, the Company uses Ellis & Associates
as water safety consultants at its parks in order to train life guards and audit
safety procedures.
SEASONALITY
The operations of the Company are highly seasonal, with more than 90% of
park attendance occurring in the second and third calendar quarters of each year
and the most active period falling between
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Memorial Day and Labor Day. The great majority of the Company's revenues are
collected in the second and third quarters of each year while most expenditures
for capital improvements and significant maintenance are incurred when the parks
are closed in the first and fourth quarters. See "Risk Factors -- Effects of
Inclement Weather; Seasonal Fluctuations of Operating Results" and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
Operations at the parks are subject to certain local, state and federal
governmental regulations including, without limitation, labor, health, safety
and minimum wage regulations applicable to theme park operations, and local and
state regulations applicable to restaurant operations at the park. The Company
believes that it is in substantial compliance with applicable regulatory
standards and, although no assurance can be given, it does not foresee the need
for any significant expenditures in this area in the near future.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
The Company's operations are subject to increasingly stringent federal,
state and local environmental laws and regulations governing water discharges,
air emissions, soil contamination, wetlands, the maintenance of underground
storage tanks and the disposal of waste and hazardous materials. The Company
believes that it is in substantial compliance with all such laws and
regulations. At Geauga Lake, the Company is conducting groundwater monitoring
around a former on-site landfill under the supervision of the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency. The Company is awaiting administrative action on its request
for curtailment of the scope and duration of this monitoring, based on the
sampling results to date. The Company does not anticipate that it will be
required to incur any material costs in connection with the monitoring program
or any other post-closure activities.
Elitch Gardens is located on property that was used as a manufactured gas
plant by the Public Service Company of Colorado ("PSC"), a railroad yard for
Burlington Northern Railroad, and an auto shredding operation. Although these
operations were discontinued over 30 years ago, residual contamination related
to those operations remains in the soil and groundwater beneath the property.
Specifically, environmental investigations have documented the presence of trash
fill material, metals, hydrocarbon-contaminated soils and residual coal tars at
the site.
At the time of the construction of the park, Elitch Gardens Company entered
into a consent agreement with the Colorado Department of Health which specifies
the soil and groundwater management and monitoring requirements for the site
(the "Consent Agreement"). The Consent Agreement also contains a limited release
and covenant not to sue by the State of Colorado with respect to then-known
environmental conditions, subject to several conditions and exceptions. In
addition, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has reviewed the
Consent Agreement and stated that its intervention under applicable Federal
environmental statutes would not be warranted, assuming compliance with the
Consent Agreement and barring a change in, or discovery of new information
about, environmental conditions relating to the property.
At the closing of the Denver Acquisition, PSC and Trillium Corporation
(successor-in-interest to Burlington Northern Railroad) consented to the
assignment to Premier by Elitch Gardens Company of its rights under an
allocation agreement (the "Allocation Agreement"). Under the Allocation
Agreement, PSC and Trillium agreed to pay for 25 years, commencing in 1994, all
Contamination Expenses (as defined) with respect to the site, except that
Premier will be responsible, under certain circumstances, for a maximum of
$100,000 of such Contamination Expenses and, in all cases, for the costs of
groundwater monitoring (historically approximately $25,000 per year) required
under the Consent Agreement. The Company does not anticipate that it will be
required to incur any material costs in connection with the environmental
condition of this site.
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EMPLOYEES
The Company employs approximately 430 full-time employees (including
employees of Riverside) and approximately 8,800 seasonal employees during the
operating season. In this regard, the Company competes with other local
employers for qualified student and other candidates on a season-by-season
basis. As part of the seasonal employment program, the Company employs a
significant number of teenagers, which subjects the Company to child labor laws.
The Company is not subject to federal or certain applicable state minimum wage
rates in respect of its seasonal employees. However, the recent increase in the
federal or any applicable state minimum wage rate could result over time in
increased compensation expense for the Company as it relates to these employees
as a result of competitive factors.
None of the employees of the Company are represented by a union or other
collective bargaining unit. The Company has not experienced any strikes or work
stoppages by its employees, and the Company considers its employee relations to
be good.
INSURANCE
The Company maintains insurance of the type and in amounts that it believes
are commercially reasonable and that are available to businesses in its
industry. The Company maintains multi-layered general liability policies that
provide for excess liability coverage of up to $25.0 million per occurrence. By
virtue of self-insured retention limits, the Company is required to pay the
first $50,000 of loss per occurrence. The Company also maintains fire and
extended coverage, workers' compensation, and other forms of insurance typical
to businesses in its industry. The fire and extended coverage policies insure
the Company's real and personal properties (other than land) against physical
damage resulting from a variety of hazards.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The nature of the industry in which the Company operates tends to expose it
to claims by visitors for injuries. Historically, the great majority of these
claims have been minor. While the Company believes that it is adequately insured
against the claims currently pending against it and any potential liability, if
the number of such events resulting in liability significantly increased, or if
the Company becomes subject to damages that cannot by law be insured against,
such as punitive damages, there may be a material adverse effect on its
operations.
In 1995, an action titled ROBERT W. FREEMAN D/B/A ROBERT FREEMAN ASSOCS. V.
RIVERSIDE PARK ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL., Civ. No. 95-1446 was brought in
Superior Court for Hampden County, Massachusetts against Riverside Park
Enterprises, Inc., Riverside Park Food Services, Inc., Stuart Amusement Company,
Inc., and Edward J. Carroll, Jr., the controlling stockholder of Riverside. The
plaintiff seeks damages of approximately $7.5 million in connection with
management and consulting services he allegedly provided to Riverside from 1985
to 1994. Defendants are vigorously contesting the action, both factually and
legally, and have asserted a counterclaim alleging that the plaintiff has failed
to repay a loan in the amount of $155,000. The stock purchase agreement relating
to the Riverside Acquisition provides that the sellers will, jointly and
severally, indemnify the Company in an amount not to exceed $10.0 million with
respect to certain matters, including any losses arising out of this action.
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MANAGEMENT
DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
directors, executive officers and key employees of the Company or its
subsidiaries.
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Kieran E. Burke.................. 39 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Director
Gary Story....................... 41 President and Chief Operating Officer; Director
James F. Dannhauser.............. 44 Chief Financial Officer; Director
James C. Bouy.................... 54 Vice President, General Manager, Elitch Gardens
Hue W. Eichelberger.............. 38 Vice President, General Manager, Adventure World
Jeffrey A. Lococo................ 40 Vice President, General Manager, Geauga Lake
Richard A. McCurley.............. 37 Vice President, General Manager, Waterworld
Bradley Y. Paul.................. 49 Vice President, General Manager, Darien Lake
Traci E. Blanks.................. 35 Vice President of Marketing
David Thomas..................... 38 Vice President of Entertainment
Richard R. Webb.................. 40 Vice President of Accounting
Richard A. Kipf.................. 62 Vice President of Administration, Corporate Secretary
Paul A. Biddelman................ 50 Director
Michael E. Gellert............... 65 Director
Jack Tyrrell..................... 49 Director
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Kieran E. Burke has served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the
Company since October 1989 and Chairman of the Board since June 1994. From 1989
through June 1994, he was President of Premier. Mr. Burke also serves as a
director of Blue Ridge Real Estate Company and Big Boulder Corporation. Mr.
Burke was an investment banker prior to becoming President of Premier. Mr. Burke
is a member of the board of directors of the International Association of
Amusement Parks & Attractions ("IAAPA").
Gary Story has served as President and a Director of the Company since June
1994 and as Chief Operating Officer since January 1992. From January 1992
through June 1994, he also served as Premier's Executive Vice President. Prior
to that time, he had been General Manager of Frontier City for more than five
years. From 1983 through 1984, Mr. Story served as General Manager of Luna Park,
an amusement park in Sydney, Australia, during its redevelopment as a theme park
and from 1981 through 1983 he served as General Manager of Diversiones del
Reino, an amusement park in Mexico City. From 1972 through 1981, Mr. Story
served in various capacities with Six Flags Corporation. Mr. Story is a former
member of the board of directors of IAAPA.
James F. Dannhauser became Chief Financial Officer of the Company in October
1995 and has served as a Director of Premier since December 1992. From 1990
through June 1996, Mr. Dannhauser was a managing director of Lepercq, de
Neuflize & Co. Incorporated, an investment banking firm ("Lepercq"). Mr.
Dannhauser is a member of the board of directors of Lepercq.
James C. Bouy served as Vice President and General Manager of Geauga Lake
since 1994 and became General Manager of Elitch Gardens following the Denver
Acquisition. Prior thereto, from 1992 through 1994, he served as Vice President
and General Manager of Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. From 1985
through 1991, Mr. Bouy was employed by Funtime as Vice President and General
Manager of Darien Lake. Prior thereto, from 1975 through 1981, he was employed
by the Marriott Corporation, where his responsibilities included serving as
Chief Operating Officer for The Great
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American Theme Park in Gurnee, Illinois and The Great American Theme Park in
Santa Clara, California.
Hue W. Eichelberger has served as Vice President and General Manager of
Adventure World since 1992. From 1991 through 1992, he served as Park Manager of
White Water Bay. From 1988 through 1991, he was Associate Director of Corporate
Development at Silver Dollar City, Inc. Prior thereto, Mr. Eichelberger served
as General Manager of White Water (a water park in Grand Prairie, Texas) and
FantaSea (a water park in Wichita, Kansas).
Jeffrey A. Lococo has served as Vice President and General Manager of
Wyandot Lake since 1989 and became the General Manager of Geauga Lake following
the Denver Acquisition. From 1982 through 1989, he served as Director of
Marketing and Sales of Geauga Lake. From 1980 through 1982, Mr. Lococo served as
Regional Sales Manager with Marriott's Great America Theme Park.
Richard A. McCurley has served as Vice President and General Manager of
Frontier City and White Water Bay since 1994 and became General Manager of
Waterworld following the California Acquisition. He joined Premier in 1992 as
Director of Revenue for Frontier City and White Water Bay and, during that year,
transferred to become Director of Revenue for Adventure World. From 1985 through
1992, Mr. McCurley was Food Service Manager and later Food Service Director at
Knotts Berry Farms. Prior to that period, he spent six years with Worlds of Fun,
a major theme park in Kansas City, Missouri, ultimately serving as Director of
Food Services.
Bradley Y. Paul has served as Vice President and General Manager of Darien
Lake since 1991. From 1984 through 1991 he served as Marketing Director of
Darien Lake.
Traci E. Blanks has served as Vice President of Marketing since 1995. From
1992 through 1994, she served as Vice President Marketing for Frontier City and
White Water Bay. From 1986 through 1992, she served as Director of Marketing for
Frontier City, and as such was responsible for all marketing and group sales
programs. From 1986 through 1987, she also served as Manager of Advertising and
Promotions for Frontier City.
David Thomas has served as Vice President of Entertainment since 1993. From
1987 through 1993, he was responsible for the Company's show productions
(including booking national touring acts to appear at the parks) as well as the
staging of numerous festivals including Oktoberfest and Hallowscream. Prior to
1987, he served as President of Silvertree Productions, producing over forty
stage shows, musicals, stunt spectaculars and magic illusion presentations.
Richard R. Webb has served as Vice President of Accounting since 1991. From
1988 through 1991, he was Controller of a subsidiary of the DeBartolo
Corporation which operated a race track in Oklahoma City. Prior to that time,
Mr. Webb spent nine years with Landmark Land Company, Inc., ultimately serving
as Controller.
Richard A. Kipf has served as Corporate Secretary of the Company (or its
predecessors) since 1975 and has served as Vice President of Administration
since 1994.
Paul A. Biddelman has served as a Director of the Company since December
1992. Since April 1992, Mr. Biddelman has been treasurer of Hanseatic
Corporation ("Hanseatic"), a private investment company. From January 1991
through March 1992, Mr. Biddelman was managing director of Clements Taee
Biddelman Incorporated, a financial advisory firm. Mr. Biddelman also serves as
a director of Electronic Retailing Systems International, Inc., Insituform
Technologies, Inc., Celadon Group, Inc., Petroleum Heat and Power Co., Inc. and
Star Gas Corporation (general partner of Star Gas Partners, L.P.).
Michael E. Gellert has served as a Director of the Company since March 1989.
He previously served as a Director of Premier and as a Trustee of Tierco from
1979 until 1986. From June 1989 through June 1994, he also served as the
Chairman of the Board of Premier. Mr. Gellert is a general partner of Windcrest
Partners ("Windcrest"), a New York limited partnership. Windcrest, the principal
business of
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which is private investing, is an affiliate of Premier. Mr. Gellert also serves
as a director of Devon Energy Corp., The Harvey Group, Inc., Humana Inc., Seacor
Holdings, Inc., Regal Cinemas, Inc. and The Putnam Trust Company of Greenwich
Advisory Board of The Bank of New York.
Jack Tyrrell has served as a Director of Premier since December 1992. For
more than five years, Mr. Tyrrell has been a general partner of Lawrence Venture
Partners, a general partnership, the principal business of which is that of
acting as general partner of Lawrence, Tyrrell, Ortale & Smith ("LTOS"), a
private investment limited partnership. Mr. Tyrrell is also a general partner of
LTOS II Partners, a general partnership, the principal business of which is that
of acting as general partner of Lawrence, Tyrrell, Ortale & Smith II, L.P.
("LTOS II"), a private investment limited partnership. Mr. Tyrrell is also a
general partner of Richland Partners, L.P., a limited partnership, the principal
business of which is that of acting as general partner of Richland Ventures,
L.P. ("Richland"), a private investment limited partnership. In addition, Mr.
Tyrrell is a general partner of Richland Partners II, L.P., a limited
partnership, the principal business of which is that of acting as general
partner of Richland Ventures II, L.P. ("Richland II"), a private investment
limited partnership. Mr. Tyrrell also serves as a director of National Health
Investors, Inc. and Regal Cinemas, Inc.
The Company's directors and officers are elected to serve one-year terms.
None of the Company's officers has employment agreements.
STOCK INCENTIVE PLANS
In March 1993, the Company adopted a stock option and incentive plan (the
"1993 Stock Incentive Plan") pursuant to which 250,000 shares of Common Stock
were reserved for issuance from time to time to key employees of the Company and
its subsidiaries. Pursuant to the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan, through December
30, 1996, options to purchase an aggregate of 250,000 shares (excluding options
that terminated by their terms) had been granted, all of which are Incentive
Options (as defined below). Of such options, 125,000 and 60,000 were granted to
Messrs. Burke and Story, respectively, and 215,000 were granted to the Company's
executive officers as a group. The 1993 Stock Incentive Plan provides for the
grant of options ("Options") to purchase Common Stock intended to qualify as
incentive stock options ("Incentive Options") under Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), options that do not so qualify
("Non-Qualified Options") and stock appreciation rights ("SARs") in tandem with
Options. An SAR granted in tandem with an Option (a "tandem SAR") permits an
optionee to surrender his Option to the Company for cancellation and receive an
amount (in cash or Common Stock) equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the then
fair market value of the Common Stock subject to the Option; over (ii) the
exercise price of the Option. Of the options granted under the 1993 Stock
Incentive Plan, 68,800 were granted in 1996 at an exercise price of $22.00 per
share, 36,000 were granted in 1994 at an exercise price of $7.50 per share and
145,200 Options were granted in 1993 at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. In
each case, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determined that
the exercise price was equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the
date of grant.
In August 1995, the Company adopted a stock option and incentive plan (the
"1995 Stock Incentive Plan") pursuant to which 270,000 shares of Common Stock
were reserved for issuance from time to time to key employees of the Company and
its subsidiaries. Pursuant to the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, through December
30, 1996, Options to purchase an aggregate of 270,000 shares of Common Stock had
been granted, all of which are Incentive Options. Of such Options, 100,000 and
72,000 were granted to Messrs. Burke and Story, respectively, and 212,000 were
granted to the Company's executive officers as a group. Of the Options granted
under the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, 248,000 have an exercise price of $8.25 per
share, and 22,000 have an exercise price of $22.00 per share. In each case, the
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors determined the exercise price
was equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The
1995 Stock Incentive Plan provides for the grant of Options to purchase Common
Stock intended to qualify as Incentive Options under Section 422 of the Code,
Non-Qualified Options or SARs. The terms of the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan are
substantially the same as the
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terms of the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (except for the total number of shares
subject to Options available for grant thereunder.)
In August 1996, the Company adopted a stock option and incentive plan (the
"1996 Stock Incentive Plan," and together with the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan and
the 1995 Stock Incentive Plan, the "Stock Incentive Plans"), pursuant to which
750,000 shares of Common Stock were reserved for issuance from time to time to
key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. Pursuant to the 1996 Stock
Incentive Plan, through December 30, 1996, Options to purchase an aggregate of
246,700 shares of Common Stock had been granted, all of which are Incentive
Options. Of such Options, 86,200 and 58,000 were granted to Messrs. Burke and
Story, respectively, and 164,200 were granted to the Company's executive
officers as a group. All of the Options granted under the 1996 Stock Incentive
Plan have an exercise price of $22.00 per share, which the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors determined to be the fair market value of
the Common Stock on the date of grant. The 1996 Stock Incentive Plan, and the
grant of options thereunder in August 1996, have been approved by the holders of
a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. The 1996 Stock Incentive
Plan provides for the grant of Options to purchase Common Stock intended to
qualify as Incentive Options under Section 422 of the Code, Non-Qualified
Options or SARs. The terms of the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan are substantially
the same as the terms of the 1993 Stock Incentive Plan (except for the total
number of shares subject to Options available for grant thereunder.)
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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth certain information as of September 30, 1996
(except as noted below) as to Common Stock owned by (a) each of the Company's
current directors and named executive officers; (b) all current directors and
officers of the Company as a group; and (c) each person who, to the best of the
Company's knowledge, beneficially owned on that date more than 5% of the
outstanding Common Stock. All share amounts have been rounded to the nearest
whole share. The information presented does not reflect any prospective purchase
of Common Stock in the Offering by the named persons.
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PERCENTAGE OF CLASS
NUMBER OF SHARES ------------------------
NAME AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIALLY PRIOR TO AFTER
BENEFICIAL OWNER OWNED OFFERING OFFERING
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Kieran E. Burke(1)........................................................ 224,301 1.9 1.4
Paul A. Biddelman(2)...................................................... 3,020,063 26.6 19.7
James F. Dannhauser(3).................................................... 37,000 * *
Michael E. Gellert(4)(5).................................................. 1,396,560 12.3 9.1
Gary Story(6)............................................................. 80,000 * *
Jack Tyrrell(7)........................................................... 1,001,336 8.8 6.5
Robert J. Gellert(5)(8)................................................... 1,261,945 11.1 8.2
122 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10168
Windcrest Partners(5)(9).................................................. 1,136,025 10.0 7.4
122 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10168
Lawrence, Tyrrell, Ortale & Smith II, L.P.(10)............................ 661,940 5.8 4.3
Lawrence, Tyrrell, Ortale & Smith
3100 West End Avenue, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37203
Hanseatic Corporation(11)................................................. 3,020,063 26.6 19.7
Wolfgang Traber
450 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10152
Janus Capital Corporation(12)............................................. 1,257,900 11.1 8.2
Thomas H. Baily
Janus Venture Fund
100 Fillmore Street, Suite 300
Denver, Colorado 80206-4923
All directors and officers as a group(13) (10 persons).................... 5,774,460 49.5 36.9
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* Less than one percent.
(1) Includes 47,302 shares of Common Stock and warrants and options to
purchase 176,999 shares of Common Stock for his own account as to which
Mr. Burke has sole voting and investment power.
(2) Represents shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Hanseatic, of
which Mr. Biddelman is treasurer. See footnote (11) below.
(3) Includes 11,000 shares of Common Stock and options to purchase 26,000
shares of Common Stock for his own account.
(FOOTNOTES CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)
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(4) Includes 231,818 shares of Common Stock, as to which Mr. Gellert has sole
voting and investment power. Also includes 1,136,025 shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by Windcrest which shares voting and investment
power with its general partners, Michael E. Gellert and Robert J.
Gellert. Also includes 28,717 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by Michael E. Gellert's daughter who resides in his household. Mr.
Gellert disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares beneficially owned
by his daughter.
(5) Members of the Gellert family and entities controlled by them
beneficially own in the aggregate 1,597,881 shares of Common Stock. Such
shares will represent approximately 10.4% of the Company's outstanding
Common Stock after the Offering. See footnotes (4), (8) and (9).
(6) Represents 80,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock
options held by Mr. Story, as to which he has sole voting and investment
power.
(7) Includes 200,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by LTOS;
461,940 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by LTOS II; and 339,240
shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Richland. Mr. Tyrrell, who
is a general partner of the respective general partners of LTOS, LTOS II
and Richland, disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares.
(8) Includes 2,514 shares of Common Stock for his own account, as to which he
has sole voting and investment power; 49,597 shares of Common Stock as
agent for 30 other persons and entities with whom he shares voting and
investment power; 2,168 shares of Common Stock as trustee for Michael E.
Gellert's sister with respect to which he shares voting and investment
power with Peter J. Gellert (who holds these shares as agent); 5,558
shares of Common Stock as trustee of irrevocable trusts for the benefit
of Michael E. Gellert's children as to which he has sole voting and
investment power; 1,083 shares of Common Stock as trustee of an
irrevocable trust for the benefit of his brother as to which he has sole
voting and investment power; 1,136,025 shares of Common Stock owned by
Windcrest which shares voting and investment power with its general
partners, Michael E. Gellert and Robert J. Gellert; and 65,000 shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by Lexfor Corporation of which he is
President and a director, as to which he shares voting and investment
power with the other officers and directors. Michael E. Gellert disclaims
beneficial ownership of the shares of Common Stock owned by the trusts
for the benefit of his children.
(9) Windcrest shares voting and investment power with its general partners,
Michael E. Gellert and Robert J. Gellert.
(10) Includes 200,000 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by LTOS and
461,940 shares beneficially owned by LTOS II. LTOS and LTOS II may be
deemed to constitute a "group" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of
the Securities Exchange Act. Information has been derived from Amendment
No. 2 to Schedule 13D, dated November 2, 1994.
(11) Represents shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Hanseatic. Mr.
Traber holds a majority of the shares of capital stock of Hanseatic and
thus may be deemed to beneficially own such Common Stock. Of such shares,
2,588,695 shares of Common Stock are held by Hanseatic Americas LDC, a
Bahamian limited duration company in which the sole managing member is
Hansabel Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company in which the
sole managing member is Hanseatic. The remaining shares of Common Stock
are held by Hanseatic for discretionary customer accounts. Information
has been derived from Amendment No. 6 to Schedule 13D, dated June 4,
1996.
(12) Janus Capital Corporation ("Janus Capital") is a registered investment
adviser that furnishes investment advice to certain registered investment
companies, including Janus Venture Fund (the "Fund") and individual and
institutional clients (collectively the "Managed Portfolios"). As a
result, Janus Capital may be deemed to be the benefical owner of the
Common Stock held by such Managed Portfolios. Of the amount shown,
719,400 shares are held by the Fund and the balance are held in other
Managed Portfolios. Mr. Bailey owns 12.2% of Janus Capital and serves as
President and Chairman thereof. As a result, Mr. Bailey may be deemed
beneficial owner of the shares held by the Managed Portfolios.
Information has been obtained from Schedule 13G, dated November 8, 1996.
(13) The share amounts listed include shares of Common Stock that the
following persons have the right to acquire within 60 days from September
30, 1996 (Kieran E. Burke, 176,999 shares (see footnote (1)); James F.
Dannhauser, 26,000 shares (see footnote (3)); Gary Story, 80,000 shares
(see footnote (6)); and all directors and officers as a group, 298,199
shares.
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CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
In connection with the Funtime Acquisition, the Company paid investment
banking and financial advisory fees in the amount of $800,000 and $475,000 to
Lepercq and Hanseatic, respectively. James F. Dannhauser, a director of the
Company, was a managing director of Lepercq at the time of the Funtime
Acquisition, and Paul A. Biddelman, also a director of the Company, is the
treasurer of Hanseatic. On October 1, 1995, Mr. Dannhauser became Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.
In connection with a private placement by the Company consummated in August
1995, Hanseatic purchased shares of convertible Preferred Stock which were
converted into 1,695,335 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Public
Offering. In addition, pursuant to that placement, Richland, a private
investment limited partnership, the general partner of which is Richland
Partners, L.P., a limited partnership of which Jack Tyrrell, a director of the
Company, is a general partner, and Michael Gellert, a director of the Company,
purchased shares of convertible Preferred Stock which were converted into
256,093 and 121,645 shares of Common Stock, respectively, in connection with the
Public Offering.
In November 1990, the Company entered into an office lease. A portion of the
office space is being used by Windcrest, and the Company and Windcrest have
agreed to allocate 50% of the monthly rental payments to Windcrest. During 1995,
Windcrest paid the Company approximately $68,000 with respect to such office
space.
If the Riverside Acquisition closes prior to the Offering, the Company will
fund the cash portion of the purchase price for Riverside from the proceeds of
the issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, all of which will be sold to
certain principal stockholders of the Company, including Hanseatic, Jack Tyrrell
and Michael Gellert, or their affiliates at a purchase price of $100.00 per
share, less a funding fee of $2.00 per share. The Company has entered into
agreements with each such stockholder pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to pay to each holder a non-refundable commitment fee equal to 1% of the
purchase price of the shares to be purchased by such holder. Lehman Brothers has
agreed, as a condition to the closing of the issuance of the Exchangeable
Preferred Stock, to issue an opinion to the board of directors of the Company
that the transaction is fair from a financial point of view to the Company. The
Company intends to redeem the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, if issued, from a
portion of the proceeds of the Offering. See "Description of Securities --
Exchangeable Preferred Stock". Although the Company has agreed to indemnify
Lehman Brothers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act, in connection with such opinion, no payment is being made to
Lehman Brothers for rendering the opinion or otherwise in connection with the
issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
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DESCRIPTION OF INDEBTEDNESS
NEW CREDIT FACILITY
Revolving credit borrowings under the New Credit Facility, which was entered
into in October 1996, are secured by substantially all of the Company's assets
(other than real estate). Borrowings under the Term Loan Facility are secured by
the assets acquired with the proceeds thereof, together with guarantees, limited
to approximately $17.5 million, by the Company's principal subsidiaries. The New
Credit Facility has an aggregate availability of $115.0 million of which (i) up
to $30.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility may be used for working
capital and other general corporate purposes; (ii) up to $25.0 million under
Facility A may be used to finance capital expenditures prior to April 30, 1998;
and (iii) up to $60.0 million under Facility B may be used to finance certain
acquisitions by the Company (including the Recent Acquisitions), including an
amount of up to $2.0 million which may be used to finance improvements at the
parks acquired, provided that at least 50% of the consideration for any such
acquisition or improvements under Facility A or Facility B must be funded by the
Company. As of December 30, 1996, the Company had borrowed $9.0 million under
the Revolving Credit Facility (which amount the Company plans to repay from the
proceeds of the $8.9 million Term Loan borrowing described below or a portion of
the proceeds of the Offerings) and approximately $57.0 million (after giving
effect to $8.9 million of borrowings the Company plans to make in respect of the
California Acquisition) will have been borrowed under Facility B to fund
approximately 50% of the consideration paid for certain of the Recent
Acquisitions. Interest rates per annum under the New Credit Facility are equal
to a base rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2% or the
prime rate of Citibank, N.A., in each case, plus the Applicable Margin or the
London Interbank Offered Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The Revolving Credit
Facility terminates October 31, 2002 (reducing to $15 million on October 31,
2001) and borrowings under the Term Loan Facility mature October 31, 2001;
however, aggregate principal payments of $7.5 million, $20.0 million and $25.0
million are required under the Term Loan Facility during 1998, 1999 and 2000,
respectively. The New Credit Facility contains restrictive covenants that, among
other things, limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to dispose
of assets; incur additional indebtedness or liens; pay dividends; repurchase
stock; make investments; engage in mergers or consolidations and engage in
certain transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates. In addition, the New
Credit Facility requires that the Company comply with certain specified
financial ratios and tests, including ratios of total debt to EBITDA, interest
expense to EBITDA, debt service to EBITDA and fixed charges to EBITDA.
The Company intends to repay in full borrowings under the New Credit
Facility from a substantial portion of the net proceeds from the Concurrent
Offering, if completed, which repayment will terminate the Term Loan Facility.
Prior to consummation of the Concurrent Offering, the Company will either amend
the New Credit Facility to permit the transactions contemplated by the
Concurrent Offering and to provide for the continuation (and possible expansion)
of the Revolving Credit Facility or terminate the entire New Credit Facility and
thereafter enter into a new revolving credit facility. If the Concurrent
Offering is not completed, the New Credit Facility will remain in place.
Defaults under the New Credit Facility include (i) failure to repay
principal when due; (ii) failure to pay interest within three days after due;
(iii) default in the performance of certain obligations of the Company's
principal subsidiaries under the Revolving Credit Security Agreement or any
Equipment Security Agreement (as defined thereunder); (iv) failure to comply
with certain covenants, conditions or agreements under the credit agreement
which, in certain cases, continues for 30 days; (vii) default by the Company or
any of its principal subsidiaries in respect of any indebtedness above specified
levels; (viii) certain events of bankruptcy; (ix) certain judgments against the
Company or any of its principal subsidiaries; (x) the occurrence of a Change in
Control (as defined thereunder); (xi) the assertion of certain Environmental
Claims (as defined thereunder); and (xii) under certain circumstances, the
failure by Messrs. Burke and Story to serve the Company in their present
positions and the failure to replace them within a specified time period.
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THE EXISTING NOTES
Concurrently with the consummation of the Funtime Acquisition, the Company
issued $90.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 12% Senior Notes due 2003
(the "Existing Notes"). The Existing Notes were issued under the Existing
Indenture. The description set forth below does not purport to be complete and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Existing Indenture which is an
exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part.
The Existing Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company, limited
to $90.0 million aggregate principal amount and will mature on August 15, 2003.
The Existing Notes bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum, payable
semiannually on August 15 and February 15 of each year and are guaranteed on a
senior, unsecured basis by the Company's principal operating subsidiaries.
The Existing Notes are redeemable, at the Company's option, in whole or in
part, at any time on or after August 15, 1999, at specified redemption prices,
together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. In
addition, at any time prior to August 15, 1998, the Company may redeem up to 33
1/3% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes with the
net cash proceeds of one or more public equity offerings by the Company
following which there is a public market for the Common Stock, at a price equal
to 110% of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, provided that at least 66 2/3% of the original
aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes remain outstanding immediately
after each such redemption. The Company does not presently intend to redeem any
Existing Notes from the proceeds of the Offering, although it may do so in the
future. See "Use of Proceeds." Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control (as
defined in the Existing Indenture), the Company will be required to make an
offer to repurchase the Existing Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal
amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date
of repurchase.
The Existing Indenture contains restrictive covenants that, among other
things, limit the ability of the Company to dispose of assets; incur additional
indebtedness or liens; pay dividends; engage in mergers or consolidations; and
engage in certain transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates.
Defaults under the Existing Indenture include (i) failure to pay interest on
the Existing Notes within 30 days after such payments are due; (ii) failure to
repay principal when due at its maturity date, upon optional redemption, upon
required repurchase, upon acceleration or otherwise; (iii) failure to comply for
30 days after notice with the Company's repurchase obligations upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control and failure to comply for 60 days after notice
with the other covenants contained in the Indenture; (iv) the default by the
Company or any of its principal subsidiaries (the "Note Guarantors") in respect
of any indebtedness above specified levels; (v) certain events of bankruptcy;
(vi) certain judgments against the Company or any Note Guarantor; (vii) any Note
Guarantee (as defined in the Existing Indenture) ceasing to be in full force and
effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof); and (viii) the denial or
disaffirmation by any Note Guarantor of its obligations under the Existing
Indenture or any Note Guarantee, which continues for 10 days.
THE NEW NOTES
Concurrently with the Offering, the Company is offering under a separate
prospectus in the Concurrent Offering $100.0 million aggregate principal amount
of its % Senior Notes due 2007 (the "New Notes"). Neither the Offering nor the
Concurrent Offering is conditioned upon the completion of the other. The New
Notes will be issued under the New Indenture. If the Riverside Acquisition is
not consummated on or prior to March 17, 1997, the Company will be required to
redeem a portion of the New Notes on a pro rata basis to reduce the principal
amount of the New Notes to the maximum amount then permitted to be incurred
under the Existing Indenture, estimated to be between $90.0 and $95.0 million.
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The New Notes will be senior, unsecured obligations of the Company, limited
to $100.0 million aggregate principal amount and will mature on , 2007.
To the extent possible in the future, and provided that such action is permitted
by the Company's other existing obligations, the New Notes will be guaranteed on
a senior, unsecured basis by the Company's principal operating subsidiaries.
The New Notes will be redeemable, at the Company's option, in whole or in
part, at any time on or after , 2002, at specified redemption prices,
together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption. In
addition, at any time prior to , 2000, the Company will be entitled to
redeem up to 33 1/3% of the original aggregate principal amount of the New Notes
with the net cash proceeds of one or more public equity offerings by the Company
following which there is a public market for the Common Stock, at a price equal
to % of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest, if any, provided that at least 66 2/3% of the original
aggregate principal amount of the New Notes remains outstanding immediately
after each such redemption. Upon the occurence of a Change of Control (as
defined in the New Indenture), the Company will be required to make an offer to
repurchase the New Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount
thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of
repurchase.
The New Indenture is expected to contain restrictive covenants that, among
other things, limit the ability of the Company to dispose of assets; incur
additional indebtedness or liens; pay dividends; engage in mergers or
consolidations; and engage in certain transactions with subsidiaries and
affiliates.
Defaults under the Indenture are expected to include failure to pay interest
on the New Notes within 30 days after such payments are due; failure to repay
principal when due at its maturity date, upon optional redemption, upon required
repurchase, upon acceleration or otherwise; failure to comply for 30 days after
notice with the Company's repurchase obligations upon the occurence of a Change
of Control and failure to comply for 60 days after notice with the other
covenants contained in the Indenture; the default by the Company or any of its
principal subsidiaries in respect of any indebtedness above specified levels;
certain events of bankruptcy and certain judgments against the Company or any
such subsidiary Guarantor.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
COMMON STOCK
The Company's authorized capital stock includes 30,000,000 shares of Common
Stock, par value $0.05 per share. Each share of Common Stock entitles the holder
thereof to one vote. Holders of the Common Stock have equal ratable rights to
dividends from funds legally available therefor, when, as and if declared by the
Board of Directors and are entitled to share ratably, as a single class, in all
of the assets of the Company available for distribution to holders of Common
Stock upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Company. Holders of Common Stock do not have preemptive, subscription or
conversion rights. As of December 30, 1996, 11,366,323 shares of Common Stock
were outstanding.
The Liberty National Bank & Trust Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is the
transfer agent and registrar for the Common Stock.
PREFERRED STOCK
The Company's authorized capital stock includes 500,000 shares of Preferred
Stock, par value $1.00 per share. The Preferred Stock may be issued in series,
and shares of each series will have such rights and preferences as are fixed by
the Board of Directors in resolutions authorizing the issuance of that
particular series. In designating any series of Preferred Stock, the Board of
Directors may, without further action by the holders of Common Stock, fix the
number of shares constituting that series and fix the dividend rights, dividend
rate, conversion rights, voting rights (which may be greater or lesser than the
voting rights of the Common Stock), rights and terms of redemption (including
any sinking fund provisions), and the liquidation preferences of such series of
Preferred Stock. Holders of any series of Preferred Stock, when and if issued,
may have priority claims to dividends and to any distributions upon liquidation
of the Company, and other preferences over the holders of the Common Stock.
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In connection with the Funtime Acquisition, the Company issued to certain of
its then current stockholders and their affiliates 200,000 shares of convertible
Preferred Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $20.0 million. On June 4,
1996, simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering, the
convertible Preferred Stock, together with accrued dividends thereon, were
converted into 2,560,928 shares of Common Stock. No shares of Preferred Stock
are currently outstanding.
EXCHANGEABLE PREFERRED STOCK
If the Riverside Acquisition closes before the Offering, the Company will
fund the cash portion of the purchase price from the proceeds of its issuance to
certain stockholders of the Company (or their affiliates) of up to 220,000
shares of Exchangeable Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $100.00 per share
(the "Purchase Price"), less a funding fee of $2.00 per share. In that
connection, the Company has entered into agreements with each such stockholder
pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay such holder a non-refundable
commitment fee equal to 1% of the Purchase Price of the shares to be purchased
by such holder. The funding fee and commitment fee are payable, at the option of
the holders, in cash or shares of Common Stock. As a condition precedent to the
issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors of the
Company must receive an opinion that the transaction is fair from a financial
point of view to the Company. Lehman Brothers has agreed to issue this opinion.
The Company intends to redeem the Exchangeable Preferred Stock, if issued, in
whole from a portion of the proceeds of the Offering. If the Riverside
Acquisition closes concurrently with or following the Offering, the Exchangeable
Preferred Stock will not be issued. The following is a summary of the terms of
the Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
DIVIDENDS. Subject to the terms of the Senior Notes and the New Credit
Facility, holders of shares of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock will be entitled
to receive annually, at the Company's option, either (i) cash dividends out of
funds of the Company legally available for payment, or (ii) additional shares of
Exchangeable Preferred Stock (valued at $100 per share), in each case at an
annual rate of 12 1/2% per share, PROVIDED that, if the shares of Exchangeable
Preferred Stock are not redeemed on or prior to six months after the date of
their issuance (the "Adjustment Date"), the dividend rate will thereupon
increase to 15% per annum. Dividends will be cumulative from the date of
original issuance of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock. The Exchangeable Stock
will rank senior as to dividends to the Common Stock and any other series or
class of the Company's stock hereafter issued which ranks junior as to dividends
to the Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
LIQUIDATION RIGHTS. In case of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of shares of Exchangeable
Preferred Stock are entitled to receive the liquidation price of $100 per share,
plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to the payment date,
before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of Common Stock or any
other series or class of the Company's stock hereafter issued which ranks junior
to the liquidation rights of the Exchangeable Preferred Stock.
VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Exchangeable Preferred Stock will not be
entitled to vote on matters submitted to stockholders, except as required by
Delaware law and except in certain circumstances involving the merger or
consolidation of the Company.
REDEMPTION BY COMPANY. The Exchangeable Preferred Stock is redeemable at
any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at
a redemption price of $100 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends thereon
to the date of redemption.
EXCHANGE RIGHTS. Upon notice delivered to the Company during a specified
period following the Adjustment Date, each holder of shares of Exchangeable
Preferred Stock will have the right to exchange such shares into an equal number
of shares of Series B 8% Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company (the "Series
B Stock"). The Series B Stock will (i) accrue dividends at 8% per annum (payable
in cash or by delivery of additional shares of Series B Stock at the Company's
option), PROVIDED that, on or prior to the Adjustment Date, the Company shall
have received an opinion of a nationally-recognized investment
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banking firm to the effect that such dividend rate is fair to the Company from a
financial point of view, (ii) be redeemable by the Company on and after two
years following the Adjustment Date, at a redemption price equal to $100 per
share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (iii) be convertible at the holder's
option into shares of the Company's Common Stock at an initial conversion price
equal to 116% of the average closing price of the Common Stock for the thirty
consecutive trading days prior to the Adjustment Date and (iv) rank PARI PASSU
with the Exchangeable Preferred Stock as to dividends and liquidation.
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Promptly after the closing of the Riverside Acquisition, the Company will
file a registration statement covering the resale of the shares of Common Stock
issued and issuable in the Riverside Acquisition and The Great Escape
Acquisition (approximately 40,662 shares assuming a December 20, 1996 issue date
for the Riverside Stock). However, no sale may be made under such registration
statement for ninety days following the Offering. In addition, holders of
approximately 7.0 million shares of Common Stock have rights to require the
Company to register such shares for sale under the Securities Act commencing May
29, 1997. In addition, such holders have the right to have such shares included
in a future registration statement relating to Common Stock and, in certain
cases, other than equity securities, subject to customary provisions relating to
the right of the underwriters of any such offering to exclude such shares if
their inclusion would impair the success of such offering. In the event such
holders exercise their registration rights, the Company will be required to bear
all registration expenses other than underwriting discounts or other selling
expenses and fees and expenses of counsel to such holders.
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
Upon consummation of the Offering, the Company will have 15,366,323 shares
of Common Stock outstanding. Future sales of Common Stock by existing
stockholders pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or through the
exercise of outstanding registration rights or otherwise, could have an adverse
effect on the prevailing market price of the Common Stock and the Company's
ability to raise additional capital. The Common Stock offered hereby will be
eligible for sale in the public market following the Offering without
restriction, except for Common Stock purchased by "affiliates" of the Company.
Except for the Common Stock to be sold in the Offering, the Company has agreed
not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise issue any shares of Common
Stock or other capital stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for,
or any rights to acquire, Common Stock or other capital stock, with certain
limited exceptions (including certain limited exceptions for Common Stock or
other capital stock issued or sold in connection with the Riverside Acquisition
and future acquisitions by the Company), prior to the expiration of 180 days
from the date of this Prospectus without the prior written consent of Lehman
Brothers Inc. ("Lehman Brothers"). The Company's officers, directors and
principal stockholders, who hold in the aggregate approximately 6.9 million
shares of Common Stock (including shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options and warrants), have agreed not to sell any such shares for 180 days
following the date of this Prospectus without the consent of Lehman Brothers.
Thereafter, approximately 4.0 million of such shares will be eligible for sale
in the public market (subject to applicable volume limitations and other resale
conditions imposed by Rule 144) and 2.3 million will become eligible for such
sale in August 1997. Substantially all of the 5.1 million outstanding shares not
held by such persons are currently eligible for sale in the public market
without restrictions under Rule 144. Promptly after the closing of the Riverside
Acquisition, the Company will file a registration statement covering the resale
of shares issued and issuable in the Riverside Acquisition and The Great Escape
Acquisition (approximately 40,662 shares assuming a December 20, 1996 issue date
for the Riverside Stock). However, no sales may be made under such registration
statement for ninety days following the Offering. Commencing May 29, 1997,
holders of approximately 7.0 million shares (including approximately 6.0 million
shares held by officers, directors and principal stockholders of the Company)
will have the right to require the Company to register such shares for sale
under the Securities Act. The sale, or the availability for sale, of substantial
amounts of Common Stock in the public market at any time subsequent to the
Offering could adversely affect the prevailing market price of the Common Stock.
See "--Registration Rights."
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UNDERWRITING
Under the terms of and subject to the conditions contained in an
underwriting agreement (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement"), among the Company
and each of the underwriters named below (the "U.S. Underwriters"), for whom
Lehman Brothers Inc., Furman Selz LLC and Smith Barney Inc. are acting as
representatives (the "Representatives"), each of the several U.S. Underwriters
has agreed to purchase from the Company, and the Company has agreed to sell to
each U.S. Underwriter, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite the name of such U.S. Underwriter below:
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NUMBER OF
U.S. UNDERWRITERS SHARES
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Lehman Brothers Inc. ...........................................................
Furman Selz LLC ................................................................
Smith Barney Inc. ..............................................................
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Total....................................................................... 3,400,000
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Under the terms of and subject to the conditions contained in an
underwriting agreement (the "International Underwriting Agreement"), among the
Company and each of the international managers named below (the "International
Managers"), for whom Lehman Brothers International (Europe), Furman Selz LLC and
Smith Barney Inc. are acting as Lead Managers (the "Lead Managers"), each of the
several International Managers has agreed to purchase from the Company, and the
Company has agreed to sell to each International Manager, the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name of such International
Manager below.
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NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS SHARES
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Lehman Brothers International (Europe) .........................................
Furman Selz LLC ................................................................
Smith Barney Inc. ..............................................................
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Total....................................................................... 600,000
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The U.S. Underwriting Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement
(collectively, the "Underwriting Agreements") provide that the obligations of
the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers, respectively, to purchase
shares of Common Stock, are subject to the approval of certain legal matters by
counsel and to certain other conditions and that if any of the shares of Common
Stock are purchased by the U.S. Underwriters pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement or by the International Managers pursuant to the International
Underwriting Agreement, all the shares of Common Stock agreed to be purchased by
either the U.S. Underwriters or the International Managers, as the case may be,
pursuant to their respective Underwriting Agreements, must be so purchased. The
offering price and underwriting discounts and commissions for the U.S. Offering
and the International Offering are identical. The closing of each of the U.S.
Offering and the International Offering is conditioned upon the closing of the
other.
The Company has been advised by the Representatives and the Lead Managers
that the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers propose to offer
shares of Common Stock directly to the public initially at the public offering
price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus and to certain selected
dealers (who may include the U.S. Underwriters and International Managers) at
such public offering price less a selling concession not to exceed $ per
share. The selected dealers may reallow a concession not to exceed $ per
share. After the initial offering of the Common Stock, the offering price, the
concession to selected dealers and the reallowance to other dealers may be
changed by the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers.
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At the request of the Company, the Underwriters intend to reserve
approximately 150,000 shares of Common Stock (approximately 4% of the Offering
without giving effect to the Underwriters' overallotment options) for sale at
the initial public offering price to principal stockholders of the Company or
their affiliates. The number of shares available for sale to the general public
will be reduced to the extent such individuals purchase such reserved shares.
Any reserved shares of Common Stock that are not so purchased by such persons at
the closing of the Offering will be offered to the general public on the same
terms as the other shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus.
The U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers have entered into an
Agreement Among U.S. Underwriters and International Managers (the "Agreement
Among") pursuant to which each U.S. Underwriter has agreed that, as part of the
distribution of the shares of Common Stock offered in the U.S. Offering, (a) it
is not purchasing any of such shares for the account of anyone other than a U.S.
or Canadian Person (as defined below) and (b) it has not offered or sold, and
will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of such
shares or distribute any prospectus relating to the U.S. Offering outside the
United States or Canada or to anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person. In
addition, pursuant to the Agreement Among, each International Manager has agreed
that, as part of the distribution of the shares of Common Stock offered in the
International Offering, (a) it is not purchasing any of such shares for the
account of any U.S. or Canadian Person and (b) it has not offered or sold, and
will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of such
shares or distribute any prospectus relating to the International Offering
within the United States or Canada or to any U.S. or Canadian Person. The
foregoing limitations do not apply to stabilization transactions or to certain
other transactions specified in the Underwriting Agreements and the Agreement
Among, including: (i) certain purchases and sales between the U.S. Underwriters
and the International Managers; (ii) certain offers, sales, resales, deliveries
or distributions to or through investment advisors or other persons exercising
investment discretion; (iii) purchases, offers or sales by a U.S. Underwriter
that is also acting as an International Manager or by an International Manager
that is also acting as an International Manager or by a International Manager
that is also acting as a U.S. Underwriter; and (iv) other transactions
specifically approved by the U.S. Underwriters and International Managers. As
used herein, "U.S. or Canadian Person" means any resident or citizen of the
United States or Canada, any corporation, pension, profit sharing or other trust
or other entity organized under or governed by the laws of the United States or
Canada or any political subdivision thereof (other than the foreign branch of
any United States or Canadian Person), any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States or Canadian federal income taxation regardless of
the source of its income, and any United States or Canadian branch of a person
other than a United States or Canadian Person. The term "United States" means
the United States of America (including, the states thereof and the District of
Columbia) and its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its
jurisdiction. The term "Canada" means the provinces of Canada, its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
Pursuant to the Agreement Among, sales may be made among the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Managers of such number of shares of Common
Stock as may be mutually agreed. The price of any shares so sold shall be the
public offering price as then in effect for Common Stock being sold by the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Managers, less an amount not greater than the
selling concession unless otherwise determined by mutual agreement. To the
extent that there are sales pursuant to the Agreement Among, the number of
shares initially available for sale by the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers may be more or less than the amount specified on the
cover page of this Prospectus.
Each International Manager has represented and agreed that: (i) it has not
offered or sold and, prior to the date six months after the date of issue of the
shares of Common Stock, will not offer or sell any shares of Common Stock to
persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities
involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as
principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in
circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an
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offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public
Offers of Securities Regulations 1995; (ii) it has complied and will comply with
all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986 with respect to
anything done by it in relation to the shares of Common Stock in, from or
otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii) it has only issued or passed
on, and will only issue or pass on, to any person in the United Kingdom, any
document received by it in connection with the issue of the Common Stock if that
person is of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act
1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1995.
Purchasers of the shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the Offering
may be required to pay stamp taxes and other charges in accordance with the laws
and practices of the country of purchase in addition to the offering price set
forth on the cover page hereof.
Stockholders of the Company, including the directors and executive officers,
beneficially owning an aggregate of approximately 6.9 million shares of Common
Stock (including shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of
outstanding options and warrants) have agreed not to, directly or indirectly,
offer, sell or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock of the Company, or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or any rights to acquire,
Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company for a period of 180 days
after the date of this Prospectus without the prior written consent of Lehman
Brothers on behalf of the Representatives. Except for the Common Stock to be
sold in the Offering, the Company has agreed not to offer, sell, contract to
sell or otherwise issue any shares of Common Stock or other capital stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any rights to acquire,
Common Stock or other capital stock, with certain limited exceptions (including
certain exceptions for Common Stock or other capital stock issued or sold in
connection with acquisitions by the Company including the Riverside
Acquisition), prior to the expiration of 180 days from the date of this
Prospectus without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers on behalf of the
Representatives and the Lead Managers.
The Company has granted to the U.S. Underwriters and the International
Managers options to purchase up to an additional 510,000 and 90,000 shares of
Common Stock, respectively, at the initial public offering price to the public,
less the underwriting discounts and commissions shown on the cover page of this
Prospectus, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The options may be
exercised at any time up to 30 days after the date of this Prospectus. To the
extent that the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers exercise such
options, each of the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers, as the
case may be, will be committed (subject to certain conditions) to purchase a
number of additional shares proportionate to such U.S. Underwriter's or
International Manager's initial commitment as indicated in the preceding tables.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under
the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments which the U.S. Underwriters
and the International Managers may be required to make in respect thereof.
Lehman Brothers, Inc., Chase Securities Inc., Smith Barney Inc. and Furman
Selz LLC are underwriters of the Concurrent Offering and will receive
compensation for such services. Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Inc. is the
arranger as well as one of the Company's lenders under the New Credit Facility.
If the Concurrent Offering is not consummated, the Company may use a portion of
the net proceeds of the Offering to repay borrowings under the Revolving Credit
Facility. The Company intends to use a substantial portion of the net proceeds
of the Concurrent Offering, if completed, to fully repay borrowings under the
New Credit Facility.
Under Rule 2710(c)(8) of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"), if more than 10% of the net proceeds of a
public offering of equity securities are to be paid to members of the NASD that
are participating in the offering, or affiliated or associated persons, the
price at which the equity securities are distributed to the public must be no
higher than that recommended by a "qualified independent underwriter," as
defined in Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD. Because
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Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., the arranger of, and a lender under, the New
Credit Facility and an affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc., one of the
Underwriters of the Offering, may receive more than 10% of the net proceeds of
the Offering as a result of the repayment of amounts outstanding under the
Revolving Credit Facility, Smith Barney Inc., another Underwriter of the
Offering (the "Independent Underwriter"), will act as a qualified independent
underwriter in connection with the Offering. The Independent Underwiter in its
role as qualified independent underwriter has performed due diligence
investigations and reviewed and participated in the preparation of this
Prospectus and the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
The Independent Underwriter will not receive any additional fees for serving as
a qualified independent underwriter in connection with the Offering. The price
at which the Common Stock will be sold to the public will be no higher than the
price recomended by the Independent Underwriter.
Lehman Brothers Inc. acted as the lead manager and Furman Selz LLC as
co-manager of the Public Offering and received customary commissions therefor.
In connection with the Offering, certain Underwriters and selling group
members (if any), or their respective affiliates who are qualified registered
market makers on NASDAQ may engage in passive market making transactions in the
Common Stock on NASDAQ in accordance with Rule 10b-6A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, during the two business day period before
commencement of offers or sales of the Common Stock offered hereby. Passive
market making transactions must comply with applicable volume and price
limitations and be identified as such. In general, a passive market maker may
display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for the
security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker's
bid, however, such bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are
exceeded.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby and certain legal matters in
connection with the Offering will be passed upon for the Company by Baer Marks &
Upham LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters in connection with the
Offering will be passed upon for the Underwriters and the International Managers
by Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 1994
and 1995, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1995, have been included herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick
LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing elsewhere herein, and
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. With
respect to the unaudited interim financial information of the Company as of and
for the nine months ended September 30, 1996, included herein, the independent
certified public accountants have reported that they applied limited procedures
in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information.
However, their separate report included herein states that they did not audit
and they do not express an opinion on that interim financial information.
Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should
be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied.
The accountants are not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the
Securities Act for their report on the unaudited interim financial information
because that report is not a "report" or a "part" of the registration statement
prepared or certified by the accountants within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11
of the Securities Act.
The consolidated financial statements of Funtime Parks, Inc. at December 31,
1994 and 1993 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1994, appearing in this Prospectus and Registration Statement have been audited
by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in
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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 Elitch Gardens Company at December 31, 1995 and
1994, and for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the period from May 31, 1994
(date of inception) through December 31, 1994, appearing in this Prospectus and
Registration Statement have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their report thereon (which contains an explanatory
paragraph with respect to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern)
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 The Great Escape as of October 31, 1994 and
1995, and for the years then ended, have been included herein in reliance upon
the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants,
appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of FRE, Inc. (Family Recreational Enterprises,
Inc.) as of December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1995, have been included herein and in the
Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of Nelson & Company,
independent auditors, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Concord Entertainment Company, as of December
31, 1995, and for the year ended December 31, 1995, have been included herein
and in the Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of Nelson &
Company, independent auditors, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Stuart Amusement Company as of
September 30, 1995 and 1996, and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended September 30, 1996, have been included herein in reliance upon the report
of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing
elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting
and auditing.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Consolidated Financial Statements of Premier Parks Inc..................................................... F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements of Funtime Parks, Inc.................................................... F-23
Financial Statements of Elitch Gardens Company............................................................. F-38
Financial Statements of The Great Escape................................................................... F-52
Financial Statements of FRE, Inc........................................................................... F-61
Financial Statements of Concord Entertainment Company...................................................... F-71
Consolidated Financial Statements of Stuart Amusement Company.............................................. F-81
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
PREMIER PARKS INC.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Premier
Parks Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995. These
consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
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 consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Premier
Parks Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the results of
their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
February 29, 1996, except as to
note 13 which is as of April 4, 1996
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REVIEW REPORT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
PREMIER PARKS INC.:
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Premier
Parks Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1996, and the related
consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended
September 30, 1996. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management.
We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim
financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to
financial data and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the objective of which is
the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a
whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that
should be made to the consolidated financial statements referred to above for
them to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 23, 1996
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
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1994 1995 1996
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents.......................................... $ 1,366,000 $ 28,787,000 $73,766,000
Accounts receivable................................................ 870,000 965,000 8,409,000
Inventories........................................................ 1,018,000 2,904,000 3,460,000
Prepaid expenses................................................... 765,000 2,352,000 1,906,000
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Total current assets........................................... 4,019,000 35,008,000 87,541,000
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Other assets:
Deferred charges................................................... 428,000 4,839,000 4,448,000
Deposits and other................................................. 2,520,000 4,229,000 7,125,000
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Total other assets............................................. 2,948,000 9,068,000 11,573,000
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Property and equipment, at cost...................................... 44,842,000 125,906,000 155,260,000
Less accumulated depreciation...................................... 6,270,000 9,905,000 15,107,000
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38,572,000 116,001,000 140,153,000
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Intangible assets.................................................... -- 13,471,000 13,475,000
Less accumulated amortization...................................... -- 230,000 628,000
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-- 13,241,000 12,847,000
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Total assets................................................... $ 45,539,000 $ 173,318,000 $252,114,000
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses.............................. $ 1,281,000 $ 6,361,000 $ 6,378,000
Accrued interest payable........................................... 102,000 4,158,000 1,386,000
Current portion of long-term debt--unrelated parties............... 1,239,000 56,000 --
Current portion of long-term debt--related parties................. 200,000 -- --
Current portion of capitalized lease obligations................... 453,000 1,009,000 1,054,000
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Total current liabilities...................................... 3,275,000 11,584,000 8,818,000
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Long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations:
Capitalized lease obligations...................................... 1,420,000 3,213,000 2,350,000
Long-term debt--unrelated parties:
Senior subordinated notes........................................ 1,240,000 -- --
Senior notes..................................................... 11,901,000 90,000,000 90,000,000
Long-term debt--related parties:
Senior subordinated notes........................................ 5,760,000 -- --
Junior subordinated loan......................................... 1,895,000 -- --
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Total long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations......... 22,216,000 93,213,000 92,350,000
Other long-term liabilities.......................................... -- 3,465,000 3,234,000
Deferred income taxes................................................ 1,914,000 19,145,000 26,138,000
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Total liabilities.............................................. 27,405,000 127,407,000 130,540,000
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Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, 500,000 shares authorized at December 31, 1994 and
1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively; no shares issued and
outstanding at December 31, 1994, and September 30, 1996; 200,000
shares Series A, 7% cumulative convertible, $1 par value ($100
redemption value) issued and outstanding at December 31, 1995.... -- 200,000 --
Common stock, $.05 par value, 30,000,000 shares authorized at
December 31, 1994 and 1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively;
3,398,467, 4,883,900 and 11,383,578 shares issued and 3,372,121,
4,857,554 and 11,357,232 shares outstanding as of December 31,
1994 and 1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively............... 170,000 244,000 569,000
Capital in excess of par value..................................... 50,573,000 79,261,000 144,287,000
Accumulated deficit................................................ (31,920,000) (33,105,000) (22,593,000)
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18,823,000 46,600,000 122,263,000
Less 26,346 common shares of treasury stock, at cost............... 689,000 689,000 689,000
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Total stockholders' equity..................................... 18,134,000 45,911,000 121,574,000
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity..................... $ 45,539,000 $ 173,318,000 $252,114,000
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
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1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
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Revenue:
Theme park admissions...................... $ 12,874,000 $ 13,936,000 $ 21,863,000 $ 20,263,000 $ 38,970,000
Theme park food, merchandise, and other.... 8,986,000 10,963,000 19,633,000 18,508,000 50,822,000
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Total revenue............................ 21,860,000 24,899,000 41,496,000 38,771,000 89,792,000
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Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses......................... 10,401,000 12,358,000 19,775,000 15,640,000 32,897,000
Selling, general and administrative........ 4,768,000 5,448,000 9,272,000 6,833,000 15,363,000
Costs of products sold..................... 2,135,000 2,553,000 4,635,000 4,333,000 10,685,000
Depreciation and amortization.............. 1,537,000 1,997,000 3,866,000 2,258,000 5,599,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Total operating costs and expenses....... 18,841,000 22,356,000 37,548,000 29,064,000 64,544,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Income from operations................... 3,019,000 2,543,000 3,948,000 9,707,000 25,248,000
Other expense:
Interest expense, net...................... (1,438,000) (2,299,000) (5,578,000) (3,101,000) (7,657,000)
Other expense.............................. (136,000) (74,000) (177,000) (87,000) (59,000)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Total other expense...................... (1,574,000) (2,373,000) (5,755,000) (3,188,000) (7,716,000)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Income (loss) before income taxes........ 1,445,000 170,000 (1,807,000) 6,519,000 17,532,000
Income tax expense (benefit)................. 91,000 68,000 (762,000) 2,563,000 7,020,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Income (loss) before extraordinary
loss................................... 1,354,000 102,000 (1,045,000) 3,956,000 10,512,000
Extraordinary loss on extinguishment of debt,
net of income tax benefit of $90,000....... -- -- (140,000) (140,000) --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Net income (loss)........................ $ 1,354,000 $ 102,000 $ (1,185,000) $ 3,816,000 $ 10,512,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Net income (loss) applicable to common
stock.................................. $ 1,354,000 $ 102,000 $ (1,714,000) $ 3,640,000 $ 9,909,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding--primary....................... 2,655,000 2,810,000 3,938,000 3,622,000 7,979,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Income (loss) per common
share--primary:
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss.... $ .51 $ .04 $ (.40) $ 1.04 $ 1.24
Extraordinary loss......................... -- -- (.04) (.04) --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Net income (loss)........................ $ .51 $ .04 $ (.44) $ 1.00 $ 1.24
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Weighted average number of common shares
outstanding--fully diluted................. 2,655,000 2,810,000 3,938,000 5,006,000 9,439,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Income (loss) per common
share--fully diluted:
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss.... $ .51 $ .04 $ (.40) $ .84 $ 1.11
Extraordinary loss......................... -- -- (.04) (.03) --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
Net income (loss)........................ $ .51 $ .04 $ (44) $ .81 $ 1.11
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SERIES A, 7%
CUMULATIVE
CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED STOCK COMMON STOCK
-------------------- -------------------- CAPITAL IN
SHARES SHARES EXCESS OF ACCUMULATED TREASURY
ISSUED AMOUNT ISSUED AMOUNT PAR VALUE DEFICIT STOCK TOTAL
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balances at December 31, 1992....... -- $ -- 2,681,565 $ 134,000 $45,769,000 ($33,376,000) $(689,000) $11,838,000
Net income.......................... -- -- -- -- -- 1,354,000 -- 1,354,000
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balances at December 31, 1993....... -- -- 2,681,565 134,000 45,769,000 (32,022,000) (689,000) 13,192,000
Issuance of common stock:
Cash proceeds--net................ -- -- 619,815 31,000 4,154,000 -- -- 4,185,000
Exchange of debt for equity....... -- -- 97,087 5,000 650,000 -- -- 655,000
Net income.......................... -- -- -- -- -- 102,000 -- 102,000
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balances at December 31, 1994....... -- -- 3,398,467 170,000 50,573,000 (31,920,000) (689,000) 18,134,000
Issuance of preferred stock......... 200,000 200,000 -- -- 19,800,000 -- -- 20,000,000
Conversion of debt to equity........ -- -- 1,485,433 74,000 8,888,000 -- -- 8,962,000
Net loss............................ -- -- -- -- -- (1,185,000) -- (1,185,000)
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balances at December 31, 1995....... 200,000 200,000 4,883,900 244,000 79,261,000 (33,105,000) (689,000) 45,911,000
Conversion of preferred stock....... (200,000) (200,000) 2,560,928 128,000 72,000 -- -- --
Issuance of common stock............ -- -- 3,938,750 197,000 64,954,000 -- -- 65,151,000
Net income.......................... -- -- -- -- -- 10,512,000 -- 10,512,000
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
Balances at September 30, 1996
(Unaudited)....................... -- -- 11,383,578 $ 569,000 $144,287,000 ($22,593,000) $(689,000) $121,574,000
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
--------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ --------- -----------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
--------------------------------------- ------------------------
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)................................... $ 1,354,000 $ 102,000 $ (1,185,000) $ 3,816,000 $10,512,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net
cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization..................... 1,537,000 1,997,000 3,866,000 2,258,000 5,599,000
Extraordinary loss on early extinguishment of
debt............................................ -- -- 230,000 230,000 --
Amortization of discount on debt and debt issuance
costs........................................... 290,000 94,000 317,000 136,000 523,000
Gain on sale of assets............................ (3,000) (9,000) -- -- --
Decrease in escrow cash accounts.................. 506,000 -- -- -- --
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable........ (210,000) (496,000) 5,794,000 1,717,000 (7,444,000)
Deferred income taxes (benefit)................... 91,000 24,000 (808,000) 2,471,000 6,993,000
(Increase) decrease in inventories and prepaid
expenses........................................ (339,000) (422,000) (455,000) 861,000 (110,000)
(Increase) decrease in deposits and other assets.. 19,000 (808,000) 1,197,000 1,241,000 (2,858,000)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
accrued expenses................................ (532,000) 511,000 (2,366,000) (250,000) (221,000)
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest payable... (14,000) 67,000 4,056,000 1,314,000 (2,772,000)
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Total adjustments............................. 1,345,000 958,000 11,831,000 9,978,000 (290,000)
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities........... 2,699,000 1,060,000 10,646,000 13,794,000 10,222,000
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale of equipment................. 90,000 14,000 -- -- --
Other investments................................... (114,000) (83,000) (63,000) (49,000) (38,000)
Additions to property and equipment................. (7,674,000) (10,108,000) (10,732,000) (6,501,000) (29,290,000)
Acquisition of Funtime Parks, Inc., net of cash
acquired.......................................... -- -- (63,344,000) (58,617,000) --
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Net cash used in investing activities............... (7,698,000) (10,177,000) (74,139,000) (65,167,000) (29,328,000)
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of debt................................... (8,252,000) (5,079,000) (17,487,000) (17,060,000) (938,000)
Proceeds from borrowings............................ 10,758,000 8,451,000 93,500,000 93,176,000 --
Net cash proceeds from issuance of preferred stock.. -- -- 20,000,000 20,000,000 --
Net cash proceeds from issuance of common stock..... -- 4,185,000 -- -- 65,151,000
Payments of debt issuance costs..................... (400,000) (100,000) (5,099,000) (4,531,000) (128,000)
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by financing activities........... 2,106,000 7,457,000 90,914,000 91,585,000 64,085,000
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents.... (2,893,000) (1,660,000) 27,421,000 40,212,000 44,979,000
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.... 5,919,000 3,026,000 1,366,000 1,366,000 28,787,000
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.......... $ 3,026,000 $ 1,366,000 $ 28,787,000 $41,578,000 $73,766,000
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid for interest.............................. $ 1,433,000 $ 2,178,000 $ 2,018,000 $ 2,018,000 $11,405,000
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
Cash paid for income taxes (refund)................. $ -- $ 38,000 $ (22,000) $ (22,000) $ 27,000
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- -----------
</TABLE>
(CONTINUED)
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, CONTINUED
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994, AND 1995
AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 (UNAUDITED)
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Year Ended 1993
- The Company purchased certain rides and attractions through capital leases
with obligations totaling $2,745,000.
- In connection with a term loan obtained during the year, $5,824,000 was
used to retire existing notes with the same institution.
Year Ended 1994
- Common stock (97,087 shares) was exchanged for $655,000 of debt.
- The Company entered into two separate note agreements, aggregating
$570,000 for the purchase of property and equipment.
Year Ended 1995 and Nine Months Ended September 30, 1995
- Common stock (1,485,433 shares) was exchanged for $9,095,000 of debt, net
of $133,000 of costs.
- The Company purchased certain rides and attractions through capital leases
with obligations totaling $3,259,000.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 1996
- Preferred stock (200,000 shares) was converted into Common Stock
(2,560,928 shares).
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 AND FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Premier Parks Inc. (the Company) owns and operates regional themed amusement
and water parks. The Company and its subsidiaries currently own and operate six
parks: Frontier City, a western theme park located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
White Water Bay, a tropical theme water park located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Adventure World, a combination theme and water park located in Largo, Maryland;
Geauga Lake, a combination theme and water park located near Cleveland, Ohio;
Darien Lake & Camping Resort, a combination theme and water park with an
adjacent camping resort and performing arts center, located between Buffalo and
Rochester, New York; and Wyandot Lake, a water park which also includes "dry
rides" located in Columbus, Ohio.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Company's accounting policies reflect industry practices and conform to
generally accepted accounting principles.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company,
its wholly owned subsidiaries, and the limited partnership (Frontier City
Partners Limited Partnership) in which the Company beneficially owns 100% of the
partnership interests. Intercompany transactions and accounts have been
eliminated in consolidation.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 1996 and for the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996, reflect all adjustments (all of which were normal
and recurring) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair
presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the interim
periods presented. The results of operations for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full
year. The Company's business is highly seasonal. The great majority of the
Company's revenue is collected in the second and third quarters while operating
expenses are incurred throughout the year. Accordingly, the Company historically
incurs a net loss for the fourth calendar quarter.
CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash equivalents of $26,728,000 and $70,367,000 at December 31, 1995 and
September 30, 1996, respectively, consist of short-term highly liquid
investments with an original maturity of three months or less, which are readily
convertible into cash. For purposes of the consolidated statements of cash
flows, the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with original
maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first in, first out) or market
and consist of products for resale including merchandise and food and
miscellaneous supplies including repair parts for rides.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
ADVERTISING COSTS
Production costs of commercials and programming are charged to operations in
the year first aired. The costs of other advertising, promotion, and marketing
programs are charged to operations in the year incurred. The amounts capitalized
at year-end are included in prepaid expenses.
DEFERRED CHARGES
The Company capitalizes all costs related to the issuance of debt with such
costs included in deferred charges in the consolidated balance sheets. The
capitalized debt costs at December 31, 1995 and September 30, 1996 relate to the
senior notes and senior credit facility and the amortization of such costs are
recognized as interest expense under a method approximating the interest method
over the life of the respective debt issue.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
Buildings and improvements are depreciated over their estimated useful lives
of approximately 30 years by use of the straight-line method. Furniture and
equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over 5-10 years. Rides
and attractions are depreciated using the straight-line method over 5-25 years.
Amortization of property associated with capitalized lease obligations is
included in depreciation expense in the consolidated financial statements.
Maintenance and repairs are charged directly to expense as incurred, while
betterments and renewals are generally capitalized in the property accounts.
When an item is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and applicable
accumulated depreciation are removed and the resulting gain or loss is
recognized.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill, which represents the excess of purchase price over fair value of
net assets acquired, is amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected
period to be benefited, generally 25 years.
INTEREST EXPENSE RECOGNITION
Interest on notes payable is generally recognized as expense on the basis of
stated interest rates. Notes payable and capitalized lease obligations that do
not have a stated interest rate or that have interest rates considered to be
lower than prevailing market rates (when the obligations were incurred) are
carried at amounts discounted to impute a market rate of interest cost. Total
interest expense incurred was $1,481,000, $2,341,000, $6,074,000, $3,317,000 and
$9,156,000 in 1993, 1994, 1995 and for the nine months ended September 30, 1995
and 1996, respectively. Interest expense in the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations is shown net of interest income.
LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The Company assesses the recoverability of its property and equipment and
intangible assets by determining whether the depreciation of the property and
equipment balance and the amortization of the goodwill balance over its
remaining life can be recovered through undiscounted future operating cash flows
generated from the operations of the long-lived assets. The amount of
impairment, if any, is measured based on projected discounted future operating
cash flows using an appropriate interest rate. The
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
assessment of the recoverability of long-lived assets will be impacted if
estimated future operating cash flows are not achieved.
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.
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 and operating loss carryforwards. 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. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
Income (loss) per share is computed based on income (loss) applicable to
common stock divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding
during the period. For the year ended December 31, 1995, no warrants, options,
or potential shares from convertible securities were considered as the effect
would be antidilutive. For the years ended December 31, 1993 and 1994, and the
nine months ended September 30, 1995 warrants and options outstanding have been
excluded from the per share calculations as no active trading market existed for
the Company's common stock during those periods. For the nine months ended
September 30, 1996, the effect of warrants and options were included in the
primary share calculation.
The Company's former senior subordinated notes were converted into common
shares in 1995. For 1993 and 1994, the senior subordinated notes were considered
to be potentially dilutive securities. The weighted average number of common
shares attributable to the conversion feature of the notes was 475,600,
1,120,000 and 700,000 for the years ended December 31, 1993 and 1994 and the
nine months ended September 30, 1995, respectively. The former senior
subordinated notes bore interest and if the notes had been converted, the
interest expense on the notes in 1993 or 1994 would not have been incurred.
After consideration of the increase in income that would have occurred from the
reduction in interest expense, the effect of the convertible notes on income per
share was antidilutive.
The Company issued convertible preferred stock in 1995 which was a
potentially dilutive security. The 2,424,000 common shares that would result
from conversion of the preferred stock (without consideration of accumulated
dividends) were not considered in the 1995 calculation of loss per share, as the
effect would be antidilutive. Accumulated, but unpaid, preferred stock dividends
of $529,000, $176,000, and $603,000 were considered in determining net income
(loss) applicable to common stock in 1995, the nine months ended September 30,
1995 and the nine months ended September 30, 1996, respectively.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES (CONTINUED)
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Reclassifications have been made to certain amounts reported in 1993 and
1994 to conform with the 1995 presentation.
(2) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The recorded amounts for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
deposits, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and accrued interest payable
approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these financial
instruments. The fair value estimates, methods, and assumptions relating to the
Company's other financial instruments are discussed in note 5.
(3) ACQUISITION OF THEME PARKS
Pursuant to a merger agreement, the Company acquired Funtime Parks, Inc.
(Funtime), a company owning three regional theme parks, for an initial purchase
price of approximately $60,000,000 in cash with an additional amount of
approximately $5,400,000 paid to the former shareholders as a post closing
adjustment related to the operating cash flows of the former Funtime parks after
the acquisition. The acquisition was accounted for as a purchase. The allocation
of the purchase price was determined based upon estimates of fair value as
determined by independent appraisal. As of the acquisition date and after giving
effect to the purchase, $18,030,000 of deferred tax liabilities were recognized
for the tax consequences attributable to the differences between the financial
statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of Funtime's assets and
liabilities. Approximately $13,500,000 of cost in excess of the fair value of
the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill. To fund the acquisition, on
August 15, 1995, the Company issued $90,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
12% senior notes due 2003 (the Notes) and $20,000,000 of convertible preferred
stock and converted approximately $9,100,000 of previously existing indebtedness
into Company common stock. Except in the case of a change of control (as defined
in the indenture relating to the Notes) and certain other circumstances, no
principal payment on the Notes is due prior to maturity (August 15, 2003). As
part of the acquisition, $2,500,000 of the purchase price was placed into escrow
as an indemnification fund. Except in limited circumstances, the indemnification
fund represents the sole source of funds for indemnification claims made by the
Company against the former shareholders of Funtime. The escrow is to be released
in February 1997. The indemnification fund is classified in the accompanying
consolidated financial statements as a deposit and as a noncurrent other
liability.
The accompanying 1995 consolidated statement of operations reflects the
results of Funtime from the date of acquisition (August 15, 1995).
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(3) ACQUISITION OF THEME PARKS (CONTINUED)
The following summarized pro forma results of operations for the years ended
December 31, 1994 and 1995, assumes that the acquisition and related
transactions occurred as of the beginning of 1994 (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995
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(UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Theme park admissions................................................................... $ 34,275 $ 37,738
Theme park food, merchandise, and other................................................. 41,319 42,401
---------- ----------
Total revenue....................................................................... 75,594 80,139
---------- ----------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses...................................................................... 34,832 35,440
Selling, general and administrative..................................................... 12,380 14,089
Costs of products sold.................................................................. 9,188 9,489
Depreciation and amortization........................................................... 5,768 6,303
---------- ----------
Total operating costs and expenses.................................................. 62,168 65,321
---------- ----------
Income from operations.................................................................... 13,426 14,818
---------- ----------
Interest expense, net..................................................................... (11,559) (11,099)
Equity in loss of partnership............................................................. (83) (69)
Other income (expense).................................................................... (27) (108)
---------- ----------
Total other expense................................................................. (11,669) (11,276)
---------- ----------
Income before income taxes and extraordinary loss......................................... 1,757 3,542
Income tax expense........................................................................ 948 1,642
---------- ----------
Income before extraordinary loss.......................................................... $ 809 $ 1,900
---------- ----------
---------- ----------
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss applicable to common stock........................ $ (591) $ 500
---------- ----------
---------- ----------
Income (loss) before extraordinary loss per common share.................................. $ (.10) $ .10
---------- ----------
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</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(4) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, at cost, are classified as follows
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1994 1995 1996
------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
Theme parks:
Land........................................................... $ 5,964,000 $ 12,230,000 $ 12,535,000
Buildings and improvements..................................... 15,213,000 54,935,000 67,922,000
Rides and attractions.......................................... 20,179,000 51,653,000 66,144,000
Equipment...................................................... 3,486,000 7,088,000 8,659,000
------------- -------------- --------------
Total theme parks.......................................... 44,842,000 125,906,000 155,260,000
Less accumulated depreciation.................................. 6,270,000 9,905,000 15,107,000
------------- -------------- --------------
$ 38,572,000 $ 116,001,000 $ 140,153,000
------------- -------------- --------------
------------- -------------- --------------
</TABLE>
Included in property and equipment are costs and accumulated depreciation
associated with capital leases as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1994 1995 1996
------------ ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
Costs.................................................................. $ 2,745,000 $ 6,005,000 $ 6,069,000
Accumulated depreciation............................................... (165,000) (334,000) (513,000)
------------ ------------ -------------
$ 2,580,000 $ 5,671,000 $ 5,556,000
------------ ------------ -------------
------------ ------------ -------------
</TABLE>
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(5) LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS
At December 31, 1994 and 1995 and September 30, 1996, debt consists of:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
---------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1994 1995 1996
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Capitalized lease obligations:
Capitalized lease obligations expiring 1997 through 2000,
requiring aggregate annual lease payments ranging from
approximately $1,172,000 to $360,000 including implicit interest
at rates ranging from 9.875% to 11% and secured by equipment
with a net book value of approximately $5,671,000 and $5,556,000
as of December 31, 1995 and September 30, 1996, respectively.... $ 1,873,000 $ 4,222,000 $ 3,404,000
Debt to unrelated parties:
Senior notes(a)................................................... -- 90,000,000 90,000,000
Senior subordinated convertible debt maturing in 2000, convertible
into common stock at a conversion price of $6.25, requiring
quarterly interest payments at 9.5% per annum(b)................ 1,240,000 -- --
Term note payable due December 1998, requiring monthly interest
payments at prime plus 1% (9.5% as of December 31, 1994) and
principal payments annually and borrowings under a revolving
line of credit(c)............................................... 12,451,000 -- --
Other debt........................................................ 689,000 56,000 --
------------- ------------- -------------
Total--debt to unrelated parties.................................. 14,380,000 90,056,000 90,000,000
------------- ------------- -------------
Debt to related parties:
Junior subordinated loan payable with interest at 8% per annum
plus accrued interest unpaid(d)................................. 2,095,000 -- --
Senior subordinated convertible debt maturing in 2000, convertible
into common stock at a conversion price of $6.25 requiring
quarterly interest payments at 9.5% per annum (b)............... 5,760,000 -- --
------------- ------------- -------------
Total--debt to related parties.................................... 7,855,000 -- --
------------- ------------- -------------
Total........................................................... $ 24,108,000 $ 94,278,000 $ 93,404,000
------------- ------------- -------------
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</TABLE>
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(a) The notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company,with a
$90,000,000 aggregate principal amount, and mature on August 15, 2003. The
notes bear interest at 12% per annum payable semiannually on August 15 and
February 15 of each year, commencing February 15, 1996. The notes are
redeemable, at the Company's option, in whole or part, at any time on or
after August 15, 1999, at varying redemption prices. Additionally, at any
time and from time-to-time prior to August 15, 1998, the Company may redeem
in the aggregate up to 33 1/3% of the original aggregate principal amount of
notes with the proceeds of one or more public equity offerings at a
redemption price of 110% of the
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(5) LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS (CONTINUED)
principal amount. These notes are guaranteed by all of the Company's
principal operating subsidiaries.
The indenture under which the notes were issued places limitations on
operations and sales of assets by the Company or its subsidiaries, requires
maintenance of certain financial ratios, and limits the Company's ability to
pay cash dividends or make other distributions to the holders of its capital
stock or to redeem such stock.
The indenture permits the Company, subject to certain limitations, to incur
additional indebtedness, including secured senior indebtedness under its
$20,000,000 senior credit facility described below.
The Company is a holding company with no operations or assets other than its
investment in its wholly-owned direct and indirect subsidiaries and an
investment in a real estate partnership. All of the Company's subsidiaries,
except for one indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Funtime-Famous Recipe,
Inc., are full, unconditional, and joint and several guarantors of the
notes. The assets and operations of Funtime-Famous Recipe, Inc. are
inconsequential to the Company and its consolidated financial position and
results of operations. Condensed financial statement information for the
guarantors is not included herein, as the Company does not believe such
information would be material to the understanding of the Company and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries.
(b) During 1993, the Company consummated a private placement of $7,000,000 of
its 9.5% senior subordinated convertible notes due March 2000. The notes
were funded on July 29, 1993. The notes were convertible into shares of
common stock at the conversion price of $6.25 per share subject to certain
antidilution adjustments. These notes were converted into 1,175,063 common
shares during 1995.
(c) On December 7, 1993, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a
financial institution which provided for a $13,583,000 term loan facility
due December 31, 1997, and a $3,500,000 revolving line of credit that was
due December 31, 1995. The term loan facility was fully funded in 1994. The
revolving line had a zero balance at December 31, 1994. All amounts
outstanding including amounts advanced under the line of credit were repaid
during 1995 in connection with the issuance of the senior notes.
Additionally, the line of credit was cancelled.
(d) On October 30, 1992, in connection with a private placement, the Company
consolidated the outstanding Windcrest Partners loans in the principal
amount of $2,095,000 into a junior subordinated term loan. Under the terms
of this loan agreement, interest was payable monthly at the rate of 8% per
annum until maturity on December 31, 1999. The junior term loan was
exchanged for common stock (310,370 shares) during 1995.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(5) LONG-TERM DEBT AND CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS (CONTINUED)
Annual maturities of long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations during
the five years subsequent to December 31, 1995, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996........................................................................... $1,065,000
<S> <C>
1997........................................................................... 1,473,000
1998........................................................................... 713,000
1999........................................................................... 360,000
2000 and thereafter............................................................ 90,667,000
----------
$94,278,000
----------
----------
</TABLE>
The Company's $20,000,000 senior credit facility is secured by substantially
all of the Company's assets (other than real estate), including the capital
stock of its subsidiaries. The facility matures in August 1998. At December 31,
1995 and September 30, 1996, no advances were outstanding under the senior
credit facility. Advances under the senior credit facility will bear interest at
a variable rate.
The senior credit facility contains restrictive covenants that, among other
things, limit the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to dispose of
assets; incur additional indebtedness or liens; pay cash dividends; repurchase
stock; make investments; engage in mergers or consolidations; engage in certain
transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates; and redeem or purchase the senior
notes. In addition, the senior credit facility requires that the Company comply
with certain specified financial ratios and tests, including cash interest
expense coverage, a minimum net worth requirement and a maximum capital
expenditure requirement. See note 14.
The fair value of the Company's long-term debt is estimated by using quoted
bond prices or discounted cash flow analyses based on current borrowing rates
for debt with similar maturities. Under the above assumptions the estimated fair
value of long-term debt and capitalized lease obligations at both December 31,
1995 and September 30, 1996 is approximately $103,000,000.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(6) INCOME TAXES
The Company recognized an income tax benefit of $852,000 in 1995. The
benefit of $762,000 was allocated to loss before income taxes and $90,000 to the
extraordinary loss.
Income tax expense (benefit) allocated to operations for 1993, 1994 and 1995
consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT DEFERRED TOTAL
---------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1993:
U.S. Federal.......................................... $ -- $ 75,000 $ 75,000
State and local....................................... -- 16,000 16,000
---------- ----------- -----------
$ -- $ 91,000 $ 91,000
---------- ----------- -----------
---------- ----------- -----------
1994:
U.S. Federal.......................................... $ 44,000 $ 15,000 $ 59,000
State and local....................................... -- 9,000 9,000
---------- ----------- -----------
$ 44,000 $ 24,000 $ 68,000
---------- ----------- -----------
---------- ----------- -----------
1995:
U.S. Federal.......................................... $ (44,000) $ (508,000) $ (552,000)
State and local....................................... -- (210,000) (210,000)
---------- ----------- -----------
$ (44,000) $ (718,000) $ (762,000)
---------- ----------- -----------
---------- ----------- -----------
</TABLE>
Recorded income tax expense (benefit) allocated to operations differed from
amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 34% to pretax
income (loss) approximately as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1994 1995
----------- --------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Computed "expected" federal income tax expense (benefit)..................... $ 491,000 $ 58,000 $ (614,000)
Amortization of goodwill..................................................... -- -- 78,000
Other, net................................................................... (6,000) 1,000 (16,000)
Effect of state and local income taxes....................................... 16,000 9,000 (210,000)
Change in the beginning-of-the-year balance of the valuation allowance for
deferred tax assets........................................................ (410,000) -- --
----------- --------- -----------
$ 91,000 $ 68,000 $ (762,000)
----------- --------- -----------
----------- --------- -----------
</TABLE>
Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996 was
approximately 39% and 40%, respectively, of the periods' income before income
taxes.
Substantially all of the Company's future taxable temporary differences
(deferred tax liabilities) relate to the different financial accounting and tax
depreciation methods and periods for property and equipment. The Company's net
operating loss carryforwards and alternative minimum tax carryforwards
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(6) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
represent future income tax deductions (deferred tax assets). The tax effects of
these temporary differences as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, are presented
below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995
------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance....................................... $ 3,161,000 $ 7,860,000
Less valuation allowance............................................................. -- --
------------ -------------
Net deferred tax assets.............................................................. 3,161,000 7,860,000
Deferred tax liabilities............................................................. 5,075,000 27,005,000
------------ -------------
Net deferred tax liability........................................................... $ 1,914,000 $ 19,145,000
------------ -------------
------------ -------------
</TABLE>
The Company's deferred tax liability results from the financial carrying
value for assets acquired in the
Funtime acquisition, which was based upon the fair value at the acquisition date
being substantially in excess of Funtime's tax basis in the assets and from the
Company's remaining depreciable assets being depreciated primarily over a 7-year
period for tax reporting purposes and a longer 20- to 25-year period for
financial purposes. The faster tax depreciation has resulted in tax losses which
can be carried forward to offset future taxable income. Because the Company's
assets' financial carrying value and tax basis difference will primarily reverse
before the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards and taking into
account the Company's projections of future taxable income over the same period,
management believes that it will more likely than not realize the benefits of
these net future deductions.
The Company experienced an ownership change within the meaning of the
Internal Revenue Code Section 382 and the regulations thereunder on October 30,
1992, as a result of the issuance of 2,200,000 shares of common stock. As a
result of the ownership change, net operating loss carryforwards generated
before the ownership change can be deducted in subsequent periods only in
certain limited situations. Accordingly, it is probable that the Company will
not be able to use net operating loss carryforwards generated prior to October
30, 1992. None of the pre-October 30, 1992, net operating loss carryforwards
were considered in computing the Company's available net operating loss
carryforwards and deferred tax liability. Net operating loss carryforwards
generated after October 30, 1992, can be utilized without restriction unless
another ownership change in excess of 50% during any three-year period occurs.
As of December 31, 1995, the Company has approximately $13,681,000 of
unrestricted net operating loss and $4,077,000 of alternative minimum tax
carryforwards available for federal income tax purposes which expire in 2008
through 2010. Additionally, the Company has $1,864,000 of alternative minimum
tax credits which have no expiration date.
(7) PREFERRED STOCK
The Company has authorized 500,000 shares of preferred stock, $1 par value.
During 1995, the Company issued 200,000 shares of Series A 7% cumulative
convertible preferred stock at $100 per share.
All shares of Series A preferred stock rank senior and prior in right to all
of the Company's now or hereafter issued common stock with respect to dividend
payments and distribution of assets upon liquidation or dissolution of the
Company.
Holders of Series A preferred stock are entitled to receive cumulative
dividends at an annual rate of $7 per share. At the Company's election,
dividends are payable in cash and/or in additional Series A
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(7) PREFERRED STOCK (CONTINUED)
preferred stock. The terms of the Company's senior notes and senior credit
facility limit the Company's ability to pay cash dividends.
At the option of the holder, the Series A preferred stock may be converted
into fully-paid and nonassessable shares of common stock. The number of shares
of common stock deliverable upon conversion of one share of Series A preferred
stock will be determined by dividing $100 by the then applicable conversion
rate. The initial conversion rate was $8.25 and will be adjusted from time to
time in accordance with the provisions of the Series A preferred stock. The
Company has agreed to provide the preferred stockholders certain registration
rights relative to the common stock issued upon conversion of the preferred
stock.
The Company may redeem the Series A preferred stock at any time in whole or
from time to time in part at a redemption price of $100 per share provided that
either certain common stock market price levels are met or that the Company will
have consummated an underwritten public offering of common stock with gross
proceeds of at least $15,000,000. (See note 14).
(8) CAPITAL STOCK
In October 1994, the Company issued 619,815 common shares in a private
placement with existing stockholders for cash. In connection with this
placement, Windcrest Partners also exchanged $655,000 of then existing debt for
97,087 shares of common stock. The Company has agreed to provide the
stockholders certain registration rights in the future.
In August 1995, the Company issued 1,175,063 common shares in full exchange
for the Company's $7,000,000 senior subordinated convertible notes and 310,370
common shares in full exchange for the Company's $2,095,000 junior subordinated
term loan. The Company has agreed to provide the stockholders certain
registration rights in the future.
(9) STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS
In 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 certain members of the Company's existing
management were issued seven-year options to purchase 145,200, 36,000, 248,000,
and 337,500 shares of common stock, at an exercise price of $5.00, $7.50, $8.25,
and $22.00 per share, respectively, under the Company's 1993, 1995 and 1996
Stock Option and Incentive Plans. The options granted in 1995 were subject to
the approval of the Company's shareholders at the 1996 annual meeting. The 1996
Plan and options (247,000) granted pursuant to the 1996 Plan are subject to the
approval of shareholders. These options may be exercised on a cumulative basis
with 20% of the total exercisable on date of issuance and with an additional 20%
being available for exercise on each of the succeeding anniversary dates. Any
unexercised portion of the options will automatically and without notice
terminate upon the seventh anniversary of the issuance date or upon termination
of employment. At December 31, 1995 and September 30, 1996 (assuming shareholder
approval of the 1996 Plan and the options granted thereunder), 101,520 and
304,460 options, respectively, were exercisable.
In October 1989, the Company's current chairman was issued a ten-year
warrant to purchase 26,346 shares of common stock (currently being held as
treasury stock) at an exercise price of $1.00 per share and a ten-year warrant
to purchase 18,693 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per
share.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(10) CASUALTY LOSS
On July 27, 1994, high winds damaged the Company's Adventure World location.
The loss was covered by insurance and the total insurance benefits recognized
during 1994 were $748,000, including approximately $348,000 accrued as a
receivable, which was collected subsequent to December 31, 1994. The Company
spent approximately $393,000 in 1994 to replace and repair capital assets which
had been destroyed or damaged. Insurance proceeds in excess of the net book
value of destroyed assets and the repair costs of damaged assets were
approximately $417,000 and are reflected in the 1994 consolidated statement of
operations in theme parks revenue.
(11) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company leases office space under a lease agreement which expires April
30, 2001. The lease requires minimum monthly payments over its term and also
escalation charges for proportionate share of expenses as defined in the lease.
The Company may also terminate the lease during 1996 and pay a termination
penalty. Windcrest Partners, an affiliate of the Company, shares office space
with the Company and has agreed to pay 50% of the rental payments. Rent expense
recognized by the Company (after deduction of amounts paid by Windcrest
Partners) for the years ended December 1993, 1994 and 1995 and for the nine
months ended September 30, 1995 and 1996, aggregated $70,000, $68,000, $68,000,
$51,000 and $46,000, respectively. Future minimum lease payments (exclusive of
amounts to be reimbursed by Windcrest Partners) on operating leases for the
Company's office space and equipment (with initial or remaining lease terms in
excess of one year), are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
1996.............................................................................. $ 416,000
1997.............................................................................. 336,000
1998.............................................................................. 220,000
1999.............................................................................. 70,000
2000.............................................................................. 70,000
Later years....................................................................... 70,000
</TABLE>
The Company is not a party to, nor is its property subject to, any pending
material legal proceedings.
(12) CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
In connection with the acquisition of Funtime and the issuance of the
$90,000,000 senior notes, the Company paid investment banking and financial
advisory fees in the amount of $800,000 and $475,000 to Lepercq, de Neuflize &
Co. Incorporated (Lepercq) and Hanseatic Corporation (Hanseatic), respectively.
Two directors of the Company are managing director and treasurer, respectively,
of Lepercq and Hanseatic.
(13) REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
On April 4, 1996, a majority of the Company's common and preferred
shareholders and the Company's board of directors approved a one-for-five
reverse stock split effective May 6, 1996. The par value of the common stock was
increased to $.05 per share from $.01 per share. Additionally, the authorized
common shares of the Company were reduced to 30,000,000. The accompanying
consolidated financial statements and notes to the consolidated financial
statements reflect the reverse stock split as if it had occurred as of the
earliest date presented.
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PREMIER PARKS INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(14) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (UNAUDITED)
On June 3, 1996 and June 5, 1996 the Company issued 3,425,000 and 513,750,
respectively, of its common shares resulting in net proceeds to the Company of
$65,151,000. Additionally, on June 3, 1996 the Company exchanged 2,560,928
shares of its Common Stock for all 200,000 shares of its previously outstanding
preferred stock.
The Company has acquired the assets of Elitch Gardens, located in Denver,
Colorado, for a purchase price of $62,500,000, the assets of Waterworld/USA
locations in Sacramento and Concord, California for a purchase price of
$17,250,000, The Great Escape, located near Lake George, New York for a purchase
price of $33,000,000 and has reached an agreement to purchase the stock of
Stuart Amusement Company, owner of Riverside Park, located in Springfield,
Massachusetts, for a purchase price of $22,150,000, $1,000,000 of which will be
paid with shares of the Company's Common Stock.
In connection with the acquisitions, in October 1996 the Company entered
into a senior secured credit facility (the "New Credit Facility") with a
syndicate of banks. The New Credit Facility has an aggregate availability of
$115.0 million of which (i) up to $30 million under the revolving credit
facility (the "Revolving Credit Facility") may be used for working capital and
general corporate purposes; (ii) up to $25.0 million ("Facility A") may be used
to finance capital expenditures prior to April 30, 1998; and (iii) up to $60.0
million ("Facility B") may be used to finance certain acquisitions by the
Company (including the acquisitions described in the preceding paragraph),
including an amount of up to $2.0 million which may be used to finance
improvements at the parks acquired, provided that at least 50% of the
consideration for any such acquisition or improvements under Facility A or
Facility B (collectively, the "Term Loan Facility") must be funded by the
Company. Interest rates per annum under the New Credit Facility are equal to a
base rate equal to the higher of the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2% or the prime
rate of Citibank N.A., in each case plus the Applicable Margin (as defined
thereunder) or the London Interbank Offered Rate plus the Applicable Margin. The
Revolving Credit Facility terminates October 31, 2002 (reducing to $15.0 million
on October 31, 2001) and borrowing under the Term Loan Facility mature October
31, 2001; however, aggregate principal payments of $7.5 million, $20.0 million
and $25.0 million are required under the Term Loan Facility during 1998, 1999
and 2000, respectively. Revolving credit borrowings under the New Credit
Facility will be secured by substantially all of the Company's assets (other
than real estate). Term Loan borrowings are secured by the assets acquired with
the proceeds thereof, together with guarantees, limited to approximately $17.5
million, by the Company's subsidiaries. The New Credit Facility contains
restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company
and its subsidiaries to dispose of assets; incur additional indebtedness or
liens; pay dividends; repurchase stock; make investments; engage in mergers or
consolidations and engage in certain transactions with subsidiaries and
affiliates. In addition, the New Credit Facility requires that the Company
comply with certain specified financial ratios and tests.
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<PAGE>
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Board of Directors and Stockholders
FUNTIME PARKS, INC.
Aurora, Ohio
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Funtime Parks,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, redeemable preferred stock and
stockholders' equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1994. 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 audits 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 consolidated financial position of Funtime Parks,
Inc. and subsidiaries at December 31, 1994 and 1993, and the consolidated
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1994, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, in 1993 the Company changed
its method of accounting for income taxes.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
January 25, 1995,
except for Note 13, as to which the date is
August 29, 1995
Akron, Ohio
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FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------- JULY 2,
1993 1994 1995
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash.................................................................... $ 185,800 $ 171,394 $ 107,016
Trade receivable........................................................ 8,881 6,714 2,454,980
Other receivables....................................................... 196,707 138,546 93,346
Refundable income taxes................................................. 240,000 -- --
Prizes and other supplies............................................... 1,876,825 1,720,528 2,849,395
Other current assets--Note 6............................................ 757,183 590,197 583,297
------------ ------------ ------------
Total current assets................................................ 3,265,396 2,627,379 6,088,034
Deferred charges, less accumulated amortization
(1993--$44,614; 1994--$313,494; July 2, 1995--$559,468)................. 777,929 519,049 276,340
Property and equipment
Land and land improvements.............................................. 18,092,049 19,986,705 19,986,706
Buildings and building improvements..................................... 15,950,066 16,899,094 16,899,094
Equipment............................................................... 39,888,326 43,000,651 43,000,650
Construction in progress................................................ 380,359 118,111 1,072,817
------------ ------------ ------------
74,310,800 80,004,561 80,959,267
Less accumulated depreciation........................................... 30,491,646 35,784,701 39,100,701
------------ ------------ ------------
43,819,154 44,219,860 41,858,566
------------ ------------ ------------
Total assets........................................................ $ 47,862,479 $ 47,366,288 $ 48,222,940
------------ ------------ ------------
------------ ------------ ------------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Revolving line of credit................................................ $ 4,133,192 $ 5,500,351 $ 8,075,979
Accounts payable........................................................ 1,059,004 719,457 3,547,036
Accrued taxes, other than income taxes.................................. 608,029 639,493 920,033
Accrued payroll and related expenses.................................... 227,923 5,132 622,292
Income taxes payable.................................................... 392,048 92,342 43,641
Accrued interest........................................................ 390,711 1,539,017 1,820,486
Other accrued liabilities--Note 6....................................... 2,123,132 2,571,202 4,358,741
Current portion of long-term debt....................................... 3,100,000 20,782,304 20,157,705
------------ ------------ ------------
Total current liabilities................................................. 12,034,039 31,849,298 39,545,913
Non-current obligations:
Long-term debt, less current portion--Note 2............................ 31,796,627 10,528,131 10,643,283
Deferred income taxes--Note 4........................................... 7,356,000 7,205,000 4,483,055
Other long-term liabilities............................................. 556,240 1,483,293 1,487,518
------------ ------------ ------------
39,708,867 19,216,424 16,613,856
Stockholders' equity (deficit)
Common stock--without par value (stated value of $1,000 per share,
authorized 4,000 shares; issued 1,800 shares at December 31, 1993 and
3,013 shares at December 31, 1994 and July 2, 1995, respectively)..... 1,800,000 3,013,043 3,013,043
Retained earnings (deficit)............................................. (5,409,191) (6,278,262) (10,546,965)
------------ ------------ ------------
(3,609,191) (3,265,219) (7,502,614)
Less:
Cost of common stock in treasury........................................ 166,536 329,515 298,207
Value of warrant put option............................................. 104,700 104,700 104,700
------------ ------------ ------------
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)................................ (3,880,427) (3,699,434) (7,936,829)
------------ ------------ ------------
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)................ $ 47,862,479 $ 47,366,288 $ 48,222,940
------------ ------------ ------------
------------ ------------ ------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992, 1993 AND 1994, AND THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED JULY 2, 1995 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIX
MONTHS
ENDED
JULY 2,
1992 1993 1994 1995
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
<CAPTION>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Redeemable Preferred Stock:
Series A Senior Preferred Stock:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 7,000,000 $ 7,000,000 $ -- $ --
Redeem Preferred Stock in exchange for
subordinated debt............................ -- (7,000,000) -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of year........................... $ 7,000,000 $ -- $ -- $ --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Series B Senior Preferred Stock:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 2,354,940 $ 3,027,780 $ -- $ --
Issuance of 672.84 shares of Series B Senior
Preferred Stock for payment of stock
dividend..................................... 672,840 -- -- --
Issuance of 1,176.82 shares of Series B Senior
Preferred Stock for payment of stock
dividend..................................... -- 1,176,820 -- --
Redeem Preferred Stock in exchange for
subordinated debt............................ -- (4,204,600) -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of period......................... $ 3,027,780 $ -- $ -- $ --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Series A Junior Preferred Stock:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 2,500,000 $ 2,500,000 $ -- $ --
Redeem preferred stock in exchange for
long-term debt............................... -- (2,500,000) -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of year........................... $ 2,500,000 $ -- $ -- $ --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Series B Junior Preferred Stock:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 886,025 $ 1,139,175 $ -- $ --
Issuance of 253.15 shares of Series B Junior
Preferred Stock for payment of stock
dividend..................................... 253,150 -- -- --
Issuance of 442.768 shares Series B Junior
Preferred Stock for payment of stock
dividend..................................... -- 442,768 -- --
Redeem preferred stock in exchange for
long-term debt............................... -- (1,581,943) -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of year........................... $ 1,139,175 $ -- $ -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Total Redeemable Preferred Stock:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 12,740,965 $ 13,666,955 $ -- $ --
Issuance of Series B Senior Preferred Stock for
payment of stock dividend.................... 672,840 1,176,820 -- --
Issuance of Series B Junior Preferred Stock for
payment of stock dividend.................... 253,150 442,768 -- --
Redeem Preferred Stock in exchange for
subordinated debt............................ -- (11,204,600) -- --
Redeem Preferred Stock in exchange for long
term debt.................................... -- (4,081,943) -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of year........................... $ 13,666,955 $ -- $ -- $ --
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</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992, 1993 AND 1994, AND THE
SIX MONTHS ENDED JULY 2, 1995 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIX
MONTHS
ENDED
JULY 2,
1992 1993 1994 1995
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Stockholder's Equity (Deficit)
Common stock--shares outstanding:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 1,800 $ 1,800 $ 1,800 $ 3,013
Exercise G Warrants............................ -- -- 1,213 --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of year........................... $ 1,800 $ 1,800 $ 3,013 $ 3,013
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Common stock--amount:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ 1,800,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 3,013,043
Exercise G Warrants............................ -- -- 1,213,043 --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of period......................... $ 1,800,000 $ 1,800,000 $ 3,013,043 $ 3,013,043
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Treasury Stock:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ (166,536) $ (166,536) $ (166,536) $ (329,515)
Purchase treasury shares....................... -- -- (207,416) --
Issue treasury shares.......................... -- -- 44,437 31,308
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of period......................... $ (166,536) $ (166,536) $ (329,515) $ (298,207)
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Warrant Put Option:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ -- $ -- $ (104,700) $ (104,700)
Record value of warrant put option............. -- (104,700) -- --
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Balance, end of year........................... $ -- $ (104,700) $ (104,700) $ (104,700)
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
Accumulated deficit:
Balance, beginning of year..................... $ (2,120,572) $ (3,301,914) $ (5,409,191) $ (6,278,262)
Net income (loss).............................. 383,791 330,902 263,196 (4,257,395)
Dividends Paid................................. (639,143) (809,579) -- --
Issuance of Series B Senior Preferred Stock for
payment of stock dividend.................... (672,840) (1,176,820) -- --
Issuance of Series B Junior Preferred Stock for
payment of stock dividend.................... (253,150) (442,768) -- --
Unamortized discount on subordinated debt, net
of income tax................................ -- 586,288 -- --
Cancel H Warrants.............................. -- (700,000) -- --
Record value of warrant put option............. -- 104,700 -- --
Issue treasury shares.......................... -- -- (12,437) (11,308)
Exercise G Warrants............................ -- -- (1,211,830) --
Discount on subordinated debt, net of tax
reversal..................................... -- -- 92,000 --
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Balance, end of period......................... $ (3,301,914) $ (5,409,191) $ (6,278,262) $ (10,546,965)
------------- -------------- ------------- --------------
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIX MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------
---------------------------------------- JULY 3, JULY 2,
1992 1993 1994 1994 1995
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
Gross operating revenue:
Admissions....................................... $ 19,351,912 $ 20,820,183 $ 20,339,357 $ 5,851,250 $ 6,194,935
Food, merchandise, and other..................... 27,500,479 30,432,656 30,095,314 9,407,089 8,958,332
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
46,852,391 51,252,839 50,434,671 15,258,339 15,153,267
Operating expenses:
Operating labor.................................. 11,671,322 12,379,822 12,366,501 5,156,886 5,233,118
Payroll taxes and benefits....................... 1,826,112 1,892,503 1,922,107 826,483 809,300
Supplies and services............................ 1,608,152 1,756,904 1,998,955 943,200 994,110
Utilities........................................ 1,503,466 1,586,050 1,635,735 619,131 609,982
Maintenance and repairs.......................... 2,364,407 2,290,017 2,792,803 2,025,944 1,659,278
Licenses, taxes and rent......................... 1,478,803 1,600,755 1,781,712 704,078 851,011
Professional services............................ 207,393 186,827 132,897 95,183 105,070
Miscellaneous.................................... 507,307 510,787 577,081 328,994 275,346
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Total operating expenses........................... 21,166,962 22,203,665 23,207,791 10,699,899 10,537,215
Selling general, and administrative................ 8,663,536 8,217,796 8,432,771 3,339,518 3,459,003
Cost of sales...................................... 5,739,824 6,554,625 6,634,686 2,053,130 2,083,004
Depreciation....................................... 6,182,228 5,631,903 5,956,481 2,978,240 3,316,000
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Operating Profit................................... 5,099,841 8,644,850 6,202,942 (3,812,448) (4,241,955)
Other expenses:
Interest expense, net............................ 2,770,635 2,736,777 4,518,212 2,262,603 2,495,153
Amortization..................................... 230,388 45,814 272,784 134,440 245,974
Litigation costs................................. 48,129 38,003 261,444 -- --
Other............................................ 54,898 239,663 36,079 166,248 (3,742)
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Total other expenses............................... 3,104,050 3,060,257 5,088,519 2,563,291 2,737,385
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Income (loss) before income taxes and cumulative
effect of change in accounting method............ 1,995,791 5,584,593 1,114,423 (6,375,739) (6,979,340)
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
Current:
Federal........................................ 700,000 760,000 785,000 -- --
State.......................................... 236,000 389,691 125,227 -- --
Deferred......................................... -- 895,000 (59,000) (2,486,538) (2,721,945)
Charge in lieu of income taxes................... 676,000 -- -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
1,612,000 2,044,691 851,227 (2,486,538) (2,721,945)
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of change in
accounting method................................ 383,791 3,539,902 263,196 (3,889,201) (4,257,395)
Cumulative effect as of January 1, 1993 of change
in accounting method............................. -- 3,209,000 -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Net income (loss).................................. $ 383,791 $ 330,902 $ 263,196 $(3,889,201) $(4,257,395)
Preferred stock dividend requirements............ 724,359 426,094 -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Net income (loss) applicable to common
shareholders................................... $ (340,568) $ (95,192) $ 263,196 $(3,889,201) $(4,257,395)
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Income (loss) per share:
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of
accounting change (net of preferred stock
dividend requirements)......................... $ (201.52) $ 1,842.49 $ 102.93 $ (1,416.83) $ (1,498.03)
Cumulative effect of accounting change........... -- (1,898.82) -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Net income (loss) applicable to common
shareholders................................. $ (201.52) $ (56.33) $ 102.93 $ (1,416.83) $ (1,498.03)
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
Weighted average number of shares outstanding.... 1,690 1,690 2,557 2,745 2,842
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- -----------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIX MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, --------------------------
---------------------------------------- JULY 3, JULY 2,
1992 1993 1994 1994 1995
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss)................................ $ 383,791 $ 330,902 $ 263,196 $ (3,889,201) $ (4,257,395)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization.................. 6,412,616 5,707,300 6,464,501 3,112,680 3,561,974
Provision for deferred income taxes............ -- 895,000 (151,000) (2,486,538) (2,721,945)
Change in lieu of income taxes................. 676,000 -- -- -- --
Cumulative effect adjustment................... 47,957 3,209,000 -- -- --
Provision for deferred compensation............ -- 44,499 12,415 -- --
Other long-term liabilities.................... 680 -- 914,638 10,310 4,225
(Gain) Loss on sale of property and equipment.... (151,517) 886 (2,500) -- --
Deferred charges............................... (673,026) (10,000) -- (3,265)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade and other receivables.................. (40,106) (26,227) 60,328 (1,913,459) (2,403,066)
Refundable income taxes...................... -- (240,000) 240,000 -- --
Prizes and other supplies.................... 71,399 (677,743) 156,297 (1,175,009) (1,128,867)
Other current assets......................... 181,136 (321,621) 166,986 242,511 6,900
Accounts payable............................. (199,318) 672,033 (339,547) 2,350,266 2,827,579
Accrued taxes, other than income taxes....... (104,778) (62,436) 31,464 394,928 280,540
Accrued payroll and related expenses......... 69,755 (73,577) (222,791) 426,136 617,160
Income taxes payable......................... (374,950) 208,198 (299,706) (348,407) (48,701)
Accrued interest............................. (10,651) 205,957 1,148,306 728,912 281,469
Other accrued liabilities.................... (12,352) (19,425) 351,132 756,235 1,787,539
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities..................................... 6,949,662 9,179,720 8,783,719 (1,790,636) (1,195,853)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of property and equipment.............. (2,970,877) (4,394,647) (4,211,090) (2,926,675) (954,706)
Shareholders settlement.......................... -- -- (2,150,000) -- --
Purchase of stock warrants....................... -- (700,000) -- -- --
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment..... -- -- 2,500 2,500 --
(Purchase) sale of common stock.................. -- -- (77,266) 29,213 20,000
Discount on subordinated debt.................... -- -- 92,000 -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash used in investing activities............ (2,970,877) (5,094,647) (6,343,856) (2,894,962) (934,706)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from long-term borrowings............... -- 20,521,789 -- 117,618 115, 152
Principal payments on long-term borrowings....... (5,177,780) (23,324,751) (3,821,428) (721,428) (624,599)
Net proceeds from borrowings under a revolving
line-of-credit................................. 1,684,383 (636,384) 1,367,159 5,332,625 2,575,628
Dividends........................................ (639,143) (809,579) -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash (used in) provided by financing
activities..................................... (4,132,540) (4,248,925) (2,454,269) 4,728,815 2,066,181
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Net decrease in cash............................. (153,755) (163,852) (14,406)
Cash at beginning of year........................ 503,407 349,652 185,800 185,800 171,394
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash at end of year.............................. $ 349,652 $ 185,800 $ 171,394 $ 229,017 $ 107,016
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
F-28
<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND JULY 2, 1995
(INFORMATION AS OF JULY 2, 1995 OR FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
JULY 3, 1994 AND JULY 2, 1995 IS UNAUDITED)
(1) ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements as of July 2, 1995, and for the six months ended July 3,
1994 and July 2, 1995, reflect all adjustments (all of which were normal and
recurring) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for fair statement
of the financial position and results of operations for the interim periods
presented.
CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company
and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and
accounts have been eliminated upon consolidation.
NATURE OF OPERATIONS
The Company owns and operates Geauga Lake, Darien Lake and Wyandot Lake
amusement parks in Aurora, Ohio; Darien Center, New York and Columbus, Ohio,
respectively. The Company also owns and operates a Famous Recipe and Mr. Hero
restaurant.
PRIZES AND OTHER SUPPLIES
Prizes and other supplies are valued at cost which approximates market.
DEFERRED CHARGES
Deferred charges include primarily costs associated with obtaining long-term
debt and are amortized on the straight-line method over the term of the related
debt.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment are carried at cost. For financial reporting
purposes, depreciation is computed by the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives of the assets. Accelerated methods are used for income
tax purposes where permitted. Maintenance and repairs are charged to operating
expenses as incurred. Major renewals and betterments are capitalized and
depreciated over their estimated useful lives. The cost of assets retired or
sold and the related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and
any profit or loss on disposition is credited or charged to earnings.
INCOME TAXES
Effective January 1, 1993, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109 "Accounting for Income Taxes."
Under SFAS No. 109, the liability method is used in accounting for income taxes
and accordingly deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on
differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of assets
and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will
be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. Prior to the adoption
of SFAS No. 109, income tax expense was determined using the deferred method.
Deferred tax expense was based on items of income and expense that were reported
in different years in the financial statements and tax returns and were measured
at the tax rate in effect in the year the difference originated.
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(1) ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
As permitted by SFAS No. 109, the Company has elected not to restate the
financial statements of any prior years. The effect of the change has been
presented in the income statement in 1993 as a cumulative effect adjustment.
PER COMMON SHARE AMOUNTS
Per common share amounts are computed after preferred stock dividend
requirements on the basis on the weighted average number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, temporary cash investments are
considered cash equivalents.
RECLASSIFICATION
Certain amounts for 1993 and 1992 have been reclassified to conform to the
1994 presentation.
(2) FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
The Company entered into a financing agreement on November 12, 1993, amended
October 5, 1994, which provided borrowings of up to $38,103,733. This financing
agreement provided three term loans totaling $24,603,733 and a revolving credit
facility of up to $13,500,000. The financing agreement also contains provisions
which require the maintenance of certain financial ratios and limit additional
indebtedness, dividends and capital expenditures. The financing agreement
terminates on December 31, 1995. The Company believes that it has the ability to
and will refinance its current debt obligation prior to the expiration of the
term loan agreement on December 31, 1995.
The Company also entered into a subordinated debt agreement on November 12,
1993 which provided additional borrowings of $11,204,600.
Long-term debt consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
---------------------------- JULY 2,
1993 1994 1995
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Term loan from a finance company, payable in installments through
November 1, 1995, with a balloon payment due on December 31, 1995,
plus interest payable monthly at a variable rate (10.125% and
7.625% at December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively)............... $ 24,603,732 $ 20,782,304 $ 20,157,705
Subordinated debt, due December 31, 1997 with interest at 13.5%..... 11,204,600 11,204,600 11,204,600
Unamortized discount on subordinated debt........................... (911,705) (676,469) (561,317)
------------- ------------- -------------
34,896,627 31,310,435 30,800,988
Less current portion................................................ 3,100,000 20,782,304 20,157,705
------------- ------------- -------------
$ 31,796,627 $ 10,528,131 $ 10,643,283
------------- ------------- -------------
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</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(2) FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS (CONTINUED)
The scheduled installments of the term loan are coordinated so that four
payments totaling $775,000 are due monthly from August through November each
year during the term of the financing agreement. In addition, proceeds from the
sale of significant assets or from the exercise of stock purchase warrants must
be applied to the unpaid term loan balances. The Company may have to pay an
additional installment on the term loan each year during April. This installment
is based on a formula in the financing agreement. At December 31, 1995, all
unpaid term loan balances are due.
The subordinated debt includes interest at 7.5% payable semi-annually, plus
interest of 6% which is added to the outstanding principal balance. In 1993,
stock purchase warrants were issued to the subordinated debt holder in
conjunction with the subordinated financing. A portion of the subordinated loan
proceeds has been allocated to these warrants based on a formula which considers
the fair market values of the warrants and the loan proceeds. The portion of the
loan proceeds allocated to the warrants represents an additional interest cost
of the subordinated financing and totaled $911,705, $676,469, and $561,317 at
December 31, 1993, 1994, and July 2, 1995, respectively. This cost will be
recognized during the term of the note based on the interest method of
amortization. Amortization totaling $29,583, $235,236 and $115,152 is included
with 1993, 1994, and the six months ended July 2, 1995 interest expense,
respectively.
Maturities of long-term debt are $20,782,304 in 1995 and $11,204,600 in
1997. The Company may prepay all or portions of long-term debt without penalty.
The revolving credit note is due December 31, 1995. Interest is payable
monthly at the prime rate plus 1.625 percent (10.125% and 7.625% at December 31,
1994 and 1993 respectively). At December 31, 1994 and July 2, 1995, borrowings
of $7,999,649 and $5,424,021, respectively, were available under the revolving
credit note.
The revolving line-of-credit and term loans are secured by substantially all
of the Company's assets. The common stock of the Company's subsidiaries has also
been pledged under the term loan.
The Company paid $2,662,000, $2,455,668, $3,136,114 and $2,214,584 in
interest costs during the years ended December 31, 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the
six months ended July 2, 1995, respectively.
(3) LEASE COMMITMENTS
The Company has an agreement with the Columbus Zoological Park Association
(Zoo) to lease and operate Wyandot Lake amusement park located near Columbus,
Ohio. There are five years remaining on this lease which has two renewable
option periods of four years each. The agreement calls for minimum annual rent
payments of $100,000 plus a percentage of gross receipts in excess of
$2,000,000. Rent expense relating to this agreement totaled $216,000, $287,000,
$282,000 and $71,000 in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the six months ended July 2,
1995, respectively. Additionally, the Company must incur minimum annual
expenditures of $50,000 to maintain or improve the appearance of the Park.
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(Continued)
(3) LEASE COMMITMENTS--(CONTINUED)
Future minimum annual lease payments under noncancelable operating leases
with initial or remaining terms of one year or more as of December 31, 1994,
1993 and 1992 are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
OPERATING
LEASES
----------
<S> <C>
1995.............................................................................. $ 322,000
1996.............................................................................. 286,000
1997.............................................................................. 240,000
1998.............................................................................. 144,000
1999.............................................................................. --
----------
Total minimum lease payments...................................................... $ 992,000
----------
----------
</TABLE>
Total rent expense was approximately $462,000, $466,000 and $518,000 in
1992, 1993, and 1994 respectively. Total rent expense was approximately $216,000
and $221,000 during the six months ended July 3, 1994 and July 2, 1995,
respectively.
(4) INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rate varied from the statutory federal income tax
rate as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
-------------------------------
1994 1993 1992
--------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Statutory federal income tax rate.......................................................... 35.0% 35.0% 34.0%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit............................ 10.0 5.0 5.0
Depreciation on differences between purchase price and
tax basis of assets...................................................................... 36.1 10.3 39.1
Other, net................................................................................. (4.7) (13.7) 2.7
--- --------- ---
Effective income tax rate.................................................................. 76.4% 36.6% 80.8%
--- --------- ---
--- --------- ---
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(4) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
Significant components of the Company's deferred tax liabilities and assets
are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
------------------------------ JULY 2,
1993 1994 1995
-------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Deferred tax liabilities:
Accelerated depreciation....................................... $ (10,368,000) $ (9,860,000) $ (9,460,000)
Inventory purchases............................................ (349,000) (292,000) (292,000)
Subordinated debt discount..................................... (355,000) (263,000) (263,000)
Other.......................................................... (309,000) (171,000) (171,000)
-------------- -------------- --------------
(11,381,000) (10,586,000) (10,186,000)
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforwards............................... 2,160,000 1,319,000 3,640,945
Tax credits.................................................... 1,554,000 2,224,000 2,224,000
Accrued liabilities............................................ 570,000 338,000 338,000
Deferred compensation.......................................... 158,000 173,000 173,000
Litigation accrual............................................. 195,000 -- --
Deferred revenue............................................... 195,000 195,000 195,000
Other.......................................................... 90,000 163,000 163,000
-------------- -------------- --------------
4,922,000 4,412,000 6,733,945
Valuation allowance.............................................. (897,000) (1,031,000) (1,031,000)
-------------- -------------- --------------
Net deferred tax assets.......................................... 4,025,000 3,381,000 5,702,945
-------------- -------------- --------------
Net deferred taxes............................................... $ (7,356,000) $ (7,205,000) $ (4,483,055)
-------------- -------------- --------------
-------------- -------------- --------------
</TABLE>
Management believes that the timing of the reversal of its deferred tax
liabilities, principally relating to accelerated depreciation, will more likely
than not be sufficient to recognize fully its deferred tax assets, except for
certain New York net operating loss carryforwards. The valuation allowance
included with net deferred taxes at December 31, 1994 relates primarily to these
assets. The turnaround of the remaining deferred tax assets, primarily net
operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, will occur over an extended period
of time and as a result will be realized for tax purposes over those future
periods and beyond.
The 1994 current federal provision represents Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
payable. Regular tax was reduced to a minor amount with a net operating loss
carryforward not available for AMT purposes. AMT income was further increased by
deprecation adjustments required by the AMT system.
The income tax provision for 1992 includes a charge in lieu of income taxes
of $676,000, representing taxes which would have been provided in the absence of
net operating loss carryforwards. The net operating loss carryforwards utilized
in 1992 were generated prior to the Company's purchase of Funtime, Inc. and
Subsidiaries and therefore, were used to reduce the Company's carrying amount of
Funtime, Inc.'s fixed assets.
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(4) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
For federal income tax purposes, the Company has net operating loss and
investment tax credit carryforwards that expire as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NET OPERATING INVESTMENT
LOSS TAX CREDIT
CARRYFORWARDS CARRYFORWARDS
------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C>
1995........................................................... $ $ 20,000
1996........................................................... 22,000
1997........................................................... 25,000
1998........................................................... 12,000
2002........................................................... 1,905,000
------------- -------------
$ 1,905,000 $ 79,000
------------- -------------
------------- -------------
</TABLE>
The utilization of the carryforwards expiring prior to 2003 is limited to
the future taxable income or income taxes payable of the respective subsidiary
which generated the loss or credit. Additionally, alternative minimum tax
credits of approximately $2,224,000 are available to offset the Company's
regular tax liability in future years.
The Company made income tax payments of approximately $1,491,000, $1,312,000
and $1,306,000 in 1992, 1993 and 1994, respectively. The Company also received
income tax refunds in 1994 of approximately $257,000.
(5) EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The Company sponsors a defined contribution pension plan covering all
employees meeting specified age and service requirements. The Company's
contributions under this plan are 100% of the first 2% of each qualified
employee's salary plus an additional matching requirement of 25% of the next 6%
of the employee's contribution. Expense recorded under this plan amounted to
$95,000, $115,000, $114,000 and $59,000 in 1992, 1993, 1994 and the six months
ended July 2, 1995, respectively.
(6) OTHER CURRENT ASSETS AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
The components of other current assets are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
---------------------- JULY 2,
1993 1994 1995
---------- ---------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Prepaid maintenance and expenses............................................ $ 652,243 $ 430,459 $ 476,232
Other....................................................................... 104,940 159,738 107,065
---------- ---------- -----------
Total other current assets.................................................. $ 757,183 $ 590,197 $ 583,297
---------- ---------- -----------
---------- ---------- -----------
</TABLE>
The components of other accrued liabilities are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------
1993 1994 JULY 2, 1995
------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Deferred revenue........................................................ $ 642,967 $ 705,745 $ 2,908,411
Other................................................................... 1,480,165 1,865,457 1,450,330
------------ ------------ ------------
Total other accrued liabilities......................................... $ 2,123,132 $ 2,571,202 $ 4,358,741
------------ ------------ ------------
------------ ------------ ------------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(7) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The estimated cost to complete construction in progress as of July 2, 1995
is $-0-.
During 1988, a lawsuit was brought against the former Board of Directors of
Funtime, Inc. by several minority shareholders challenging the adequacy of the
$7 per share price of the 1987 merger of Funtime, Inc. into a subsidiary of the
Company. The plaintiffs were demanding damages and compensation from each
director of Funtime, Inc. as well as attorney fees, expenses and costs. The
Company recorded a reserve totaling $500,000 during 1988 to indemnify the former
Board of Directors of Funtime, Inc. for defense costs and for losses that may be
incurred in connection with this lawsuit. In 1994, $761,000 of litigation costs
were incurred of which $261,000 were charged to operations, the remaining
portion was charged against the reserve. Legal costs incurred in 1993 and 1992
totaled $38,000 and $48,000, respectively. In 1994, the Company agreed to pay
the minority shareholders $2,150,000 which was accounted for as additional
purchase price and reflected as additional property and equipment. The Company
paid $750,000 relating to this settlement in 1994. The remainder of the
settlement is due in two installments of $700,000 in 1995 and 1996.
(8) REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
On April 11, 1994 1,213 warrants were exercised to purchase 1,213 shares of
common stock for $1 per share. At December 31, 1994, 900 warrants were
outstanding which grant the holders the right to purchase 900 shares of the
Company's common stock. The 900 warrants outstanding are comprised of two
agreements. The first warrant agreement, which expires on November 12, 2003,
provides the right to purchase 783 shares of common stock at $894.44 per share,
upon the occurrence of certain events as stated in the warrant agreement. Such
events principally include the Company's default under the financing agreement
dated November 12, 1993, amended October 5, 1994, or action which dilutes the
aggregate ownership of the Company's outstanding common stock held by the
current principal stockholders to less than 50%.
The second warrant agreement, which expires on December 31, 1997, provides
the right to purchase 117 shares of common stock at $1 per share, upon the
occurrence of certain events as stated in the warrant agreement. Such events
principally include the Company's default under the financing agreement dated
November 12, 1993, amended October 5, 1994, or action which dilutes the
aggregate ownership of the Company's outstanding common stock held by the
current principal stockholders to less than 50%. Effective January 1, 1994, the
warrantholder under this agreement has the right to require the Company to
purchase the warrants (put option) at an amount determined by a nationally
recognized investment banking firm. The estimated value of this put option is
included as a component of stockholders' equity at December 31, 1993 and 1994
and July 2, 1995.
At December 31, 1992, redeemable preferred stock included Series A and
Series B senior and junior shares at $.01 par value. These shares were recorded
at a liquidation value of $1,000 per share. All authorized Series A shares were
issued and outstanding. Authorized Series B preferred stock included 7,000
senior and 2,500 junior shares. Issued and outstanding Series B preferred stock
included 3,027.78 senior and 1,139.175 junior shares.
On November 12, 1993, the Company redeemed all junior preferred stock (2,500
shares Series A; and 1,139 shares Series B) held by the lender in exchange for
long-term debt and redeemed all senior preferred stock (7,000 shares Series A;
and 3,027 Series B) in exchange for subordinated debt.
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(8) REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)
A provision of the 1993 financing agreement required the Company to redeem
783 then outstanding warrants, for $700,000.
The transferability of the Company's common stock is restricted in
accordance with the terms of a stockholder agreement. Under this agreement, the
death or termination of employment of a stockholder obligates the stockholder or
their legal representative to offer to sell the shares owned to the Company at a
price established by the agreement.
(9) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In January 1993, the Company entered into a three year agreement with an
advertising agency (the "Agency") for whom a director and stockholder of the
Company is also a director. The agreement appoints the Agency as the Company's
principal advertising agency which entitles it to receive compensation for the
reimbursement of costs incurred plus commissions. Agency commissions amounted to
approximately $633,000, $522,000, $518,000 and $150,000 in 1992, 1993, 1994 and
the six months ended July 2, 1995, respectively. Other costs paid to the Agency
in 1995, 1994, 1993 and 1992, represented reimbursement of expenses paid by the
Agency on behalf of the Company. The Agency served as the Company's principal
advertising agency over the past 20 years and it is management's opinion that
this agreement was negotiated at arms-length.
The subordinated debtholder's president serves on the Company's Board of
Directors.
(10) STOCK OPTIONS
Effective April 26, 1988, the Company granted certain key executives options
to purchase 80 shares of the Company's common stock for $1,000 per share. The
options expire on various dates from May 31, 1994 to November 30, 1996 and are
contingent upon continued employment with the Company. During 1994, 32 of these
options were exercised and three expired unexercised. During the second quarter
of 1995 20 of these options were exercised. At December 31, 1994 and July 2,
1995, 45 and 25 of these options remain outstanding, respectively.
(11) PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Beginning in 1993, the Company participated with an entertainment company in
the construction and operation of a performing arts center (the Center) located
at Darien Lake Park. On October 31, 1994, the Company purchased for $514,000 the
entertainment company's portion of the Center. At December 31, 1994 and July 2,
1995 the Company's investment in property and equipment at the Center
approximated $1,500,000 and $1,800,000 respectively. The Company is seeking a
third-party to share in the revenues and expenses of the Center.
As a part of establishing the Center, the Company entered into a separate
agreement with a food and beverage vendor. The agreement provides the vendor
with the exclusive right to sell food and beverage products to patrons at all
Center sponsored events through May 31, 2003 in exchange for a portion of such
sales. Under the agreement, the Company received a payment of $500,000 in 1993
and $300,000 in 1995 from the vendor. These payments represent an advance of the
Company's future proceeds from the Center which was used during 1993 and 1995 to
fund a portion of the construction costs of the Center. The
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<PAGE>
FUNTIME PARKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
(11) PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (CONTINUED)
Company has committed to reimburse the advance at an annual rate of $100,000 for
1993 and 1994 and $75,000 per year thereafter contingent upon the Centers'
ability to generate sufficient profit. At December 31, 1994 and July 2, 1995,
the commitment totaled $300,000, and $563,000 the current portion of which has
been accounted for in other accrued liabilities and the non-current portion has
been accounted for in other long-term liabilities. Either party may terminate
the contract subsequent to October 1, 1998.
(12) QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
The Company's unaudited results of operations for 1994 and 1993 are set
forth below.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NET INCOME
(LOSS) APPLICABLE NET INCOME
GROSS PROFIT NET INCOME TO COMMON (LOSS) PER
QUARTER ENDED TOTAL REVENUE (LOSS) (LOSS) SHAREHOLDER COMMON SHARE
--------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ----------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1995........................ April 2 $ 107,707 $ (4,556,368) $ (4,222,504) $ (4,222,504) $ (1,493.11)
July 2 15,045,560 3,773,416 (34,891) (34,891) (12.28)
--------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ----------------- ------------
1994........................ April 3 136,106 (4,477,124) (3,888,563) (3,888,563) (2,298.21)
July 3 15,122,233 4,004,194 (638) (638) (.23)
October 2 34,557,975 18,417,293 7,854,358 7,854,358 2,677.93
December 31 618,357 (3,308,650) (3,701,961) (3,701,961) (1,302.13)
--------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ----------------- ------------
1993........................ April 4 180,406 (3,843,931) (6,357,320)* (6,357,320)* (3,761.73)
July 4 15,077,987 4,507,503 622,443 196,349 116.18
October 3 35,246,519 19,844,334 9,415,271 9,415,271 5,571.17
December 31 747,927 (3,645,260) (3,349,492) (3,349,492) (1,981.95)
--------------- ------------- ------------- -------------- ----------------- ------------
</TABLE>
Gross profit (loss) is revenue less operating expenses, cost of sales and
depreciation.
*Includes a $3,509,000 charge for the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting method as described in Note 1.
(13) SUBSEQUENT EVENT
Pursuant to a merger agreement, the Company was acquired by Premier Parks
Inc. for approximately $60 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments
related to the 1995 operations of the Company's acquired theme parks.
On August 15, 1995 pursuant to the merger with Premier Parks Inc., all
outstanding warrants and options referred to in Notes 8 and 10, were exercised.
If the common shares issued on August 10, 1995, with respect to these warrants
and options had been outstanding for all periods presented, the number of
weighted average shares outstanding and income (loss) per share would have been
as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIX MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------
------------------------------- JULY 3, JULY 2,
1992 1993 1994 1994 1995
--------- --------- --------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding.......... 3,848 3,848 3,502 3,690 3,767
Income (loss) per common share......................... $ (88.51) $ (24.74) $ 75.16 $ (1,053.98) $ (1,130.18)
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Partners
Elitch Gardens Company
Denver, Colorado
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Elitch Gardens Company as
of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related statements of operations,
partners' capital, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 1995 and for
the period from May 31, 1994 (date of inception) through December 31, 1994.
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 Elitch Gardens Company as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the year ended December 31, 1995 and for the period from May 31, 1994 (date
of inception) through December 31, 1994, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that
Elitch Gardens Company will continue as a going concern. As more fully described
in Note 1, the Company is in default on a material portion of its debt and
incurred a significant operating loss in 1995, the first year of operations.
These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue
as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to
reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of
assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the
outcome of this uncertainty.
Ernst & Young LLP
Denver, Colorado
February 16, 1996
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31
---------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1994 1995 1996
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
-------------
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash (Note 1)................................................... $ 592,654 $ 3,420,785 $ 2,969,350
Subscriptions receivable........................................ 375,000 -- --
Accounts receivable............................................. 12,500 107,247 969,141
Inventory (Notes 1 and 2)....................................... -- 771,459 860,025
Prepaid expenses................................................ 323,816 235,932 127,805
------------- ------------- -------------
Total current assets.......................................... 1,303,970 4,535,423 4,926,321
Property, plant and equipment, at cost (Notes 1 and 2):
Land............................................................ 5,955,988 11,560,403 11,560,403
Rides........................................................... -- 25,134,006 25,989,043
Buildings....................................................... -- 17,928,837 17,942,657
Equipment....................................................... -- 2,452,546 2,495,859
Furniture and fixtures.......................................... -- 1,309,410 1,711,946
Vehicles........................................................ -- 445,219 445,219
Computers....................................................... -- 238,962 273,709
Construction in progress........................................ 28,819,410 -- --
------------- ------------- -------------
Property, plant and equipment, at cost.......................... 34,775,398 59,069,383 60,418,836
Less accumulated depreciation................................... -- (1,158,489) (2,690,986)
------------- ------------- -------------
Property, plant and equipment, net.................................. 34,775,398 57,910,894 57,727,850
Cash reserves (Note 1).............................................. -- 2,158,998 --
Other assets (Notes 1 and 2):
Capitalized loan costs.......................................... 4,160,123 5,695,113 5,695,113
Organization costs.............................................. 2,346,356 2,613,545 2,613,545
Goodwill and other intangibles.................................. 2,224,489 2,470,056 2,470,056
------------- ------------- -------------
8,730,968 10,778,714 10,778,714
Less accumulated amortization................................... -- (391,216) (1,149,583)
Less asset impairment reserve (Notes 1 and 2)................... -- -- (8,000,000)
------------- ------------- -------------
Total other assets.................................................. 8,730,968 10,387,498 1,629,131
------------- ------------- -------------
Total assets........................................................ $ 44,810,336 $ 74,992,813 $64,283,302
------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- -------------
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable................................................ $ -- $ 252,780 $ 1,105,972
Accrued interest................................................ -- 1,391,078 2,454,100
Other accrued liabilities....................................... -- 1,647,629 2,147,272
Deferred income (Note 1)........................................ 157,355 823,186 244,979
Payable to general partner (Note 7)............................. 405,000 148,129 485,159
Current portion of capital lease obligations (Note 7)........... -- -- 407,000
Current portion of long-term debt, including debt in default
(Note 4)...................................................... -- 37,300,000 36,587,000
------------- ------------- -------------
Total current liabilities..................................... 562,355 41,562,802 43,431,482
Liabilities incurred in connection with construction of park
facilities expected to be refinanced:
Construction loan payable (Note 5).............................. 6,878,984 -- --
Construction loan payable to related party (Note 4)............. 5,000,000 -- --
Construction accounts payable (Note 5).......................... 4,857,532 -- --
------------- ------------- -------------
16,736,516 -- --
Capital lease obligation, net of current portion (Note 7)........... -- -- 65,344
Long-term debt, net of current portion (Note 4)..................... 5,276,600 6,700,000 6,400,000
Partners' capital................................................... 22,234,865 26,730,011 14,386,476
------------- ------------- -------------
Total liabilities and partners' capital....................... $ 44,810,336 $ 74,992,813 $64,283,302
------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- -------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
PERIOD ENDED YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, -----------------------------
1994 1995 1995 1996
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
Theme park admissions............................... $ -- $ 12,824,158 $ 12,762,275 $ 10,631,177
Theme park food, merchandise and other revenue...... -- 7,014,550 6,879,941 8,875,175
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
Total revenue....................................... -- 19,838,708 19,642,216 19,506,352
Cost of goods sold.................................. -- 2,683,571 2,454,583 3,287,419
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
Gross profit........................................ -- 17,155,137 17,187,633 16,218,933
Other operating expenses:
Salaries, payroll taxes and related benefits...... -- 7,123,028 6,195,501 6,899,070
Advertising, promotions and pre-opening marketing
costs........................................... -- 3,243,940 3,130,378 1,846,167
Consulting and other professional services........ -- 1,261,660 1,000,741 740,035
State, local and other taxes...................... -- 1,126,409 876,900 1,119,315
Repairs and maintenance........................... -- 1,073,273 709,411 849,727
Supplies and printing............................. -- 838,732 824,356 431,965
Insurance......................................... -- 959,995 750,364 950,175
Equipment rental, utilities, and telephone........ -- 916,336 682,192 701,477
Depreciation and amortization..................... -- 1,549,705 879,809 2,291,017
Ogden operating expenses.......................... -- -- -- 262,121
Outside entertainment services.................... -- 581,403 581,403 634,676
Other operating expenses.......................... -- 537,419 534,911 359,984
General and administrative expenses allocated from
general partner................................. 300,000 -- -- --
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
Total other operating expenses...................... 300,000 19,211,900 16,165,966 17,085,729
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
Income (loss) before other revenue (expenses)....... (300,000) (2,056,763) 1,021,667 (866,796)
Other revenue (expenses):
Interest expense and loan fees.................... -- (2,209,343) (1,566,350) (3,288,152)
Management fee.................................... -- (171,551) (167,852) (284,453)
Interest income................................... 34,865 167,783 65,780 95,866
Miscellaneous income.............................. -- 15,020 14,529 --
Asset impairment (Note 1)......................... -- -- -- (8,000,000)
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
Other revenue (expenses), net....................... 34,865 (2,198,091) (1,653,893) (11,476,739)
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
Net loss............................................ $ (265,135) $ (4,254,854) $ (632,226) $ (12,343,535)
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
------------ ------------- ------------- --------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
GENERAL LIMITED
PARTNER PARTNERS TOTAL
------------- ------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash contributions................................................. $ 1,508,200 $ 8,125,000 $ 9,633,200
Other contributions................................................ 7,491,800 5,375,000 12,866,800
Transfer of units.................................................. (1,000,000) 1,000,000 --
Net loss........................................................... (94,270) (170,865) (265,135)
------------- ------------- --------------
Balance at December 31, 1994....................................... 7,905,730 14,329,135 22,234,865
Cash contributions................................................. -- 8,750,000 8,750,000
Net loss........................................................... (1,085,618) (3,169,236) (4,254,854)
------------- ------------- --------------
Balance at December 31, 1995....................................... 6,820,112 19,909,899 26,730,011
Net loss (unaudited)............................................... (3,159,945) (9,183,590) (12,343,535)
------------- ------------- --------------
Balance at September 30, 1996 (unaudited).......................... $ 3,660,167 $ 10,726,309 $ 14,386,476
------------- ------------- --------------
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
PERIOD ENDED YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
DECEMBER 31, DECEMBER 31, ------------------------------
1994 1995 1995 1996
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
Operating Activities:
Net loss....................................... $ (265,135) $ (4,254,854) $ (632,226) $ (12,343,535)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization................ -- 1,549,705 879,809 2,291,017
Asset impairment............................. -- -- -- 8,000,000
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable........................ (12,500) (94,747) (1,768,441) (861,894)
Inventory.................................. -- (771,459) (998,060) (88,566)
Prepaid expenses........................... (323,816) 87,884 20,200 108,127
Accounts payable........................... -- 252,780 2,110,283 853,192
Accrued interest........................... -- 1,391,078 933,910 1,063,022
Other accrued liabilities.................. -- 1,647,629 845,215 499,643
Deferred income............................ 157,355 665,831 47,609 (578,207)
Payable to general partner................. 405,000 (256,871) (244,042) 337,030
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities..................................... (39,096) 216,976 1,194,257 (720,171)
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment..... (36,854,286) (26,044,469) (23,760,102) (589,606)
Organization costs and other intangibles....... (291,213) (512,756) (512,756) --
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Net cash used in investing activities............ (37,145,499) (26,557,225) (24,272,858) (589,606)
Financing Activities:
Capital contributions, including subscription
payments..................................... 9,633,200 9,125,000 8,825,000 --
Proceeds from grant............................ 6,856,313 1,750,484 -- --
Proceeds from construction and bank loans...... 6,878,984 15,563,484 15,563,484 --
Proceeds from related party construction and
bank loans................................... 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 --
Proceeds from long-term debt................... 5,276,600 1,423,400 1,423,400 --
Principal payments on long-term debt........... -- -- -- (1,013,000)
Principal payments under capital lease
obligations.................................. -- -- -- (287,656)
Capitalized loan costs......................... (725,380) (1,534,990) (1,534,990) --
Cash reserves.................................. -- (2,158,998) (2,030,396) 2,158,998
Construction accounts payable.................. 4,857,532 -- -- --
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Net cash provided by financing activities........ 37,777,249 29,168,380 27,246,498 858,342
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Net change in cash............................... 592,654 2,828,131 4,167,897 (451,435)
Cash at beginning of period...................... -- 592,654 592,654 3,420,785
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Cash at end of period............................ $ 592,654 $ 3,420,785 $ 4,760,551 $ 2,969,350
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
-------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
</TABLE>
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
On May 31, 1994, Chilcott Entertainment Corp., the general partner,
contributed the following noncash items, at their fair value, to the Partnership
(see Note 1):
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Land............................................................ $ 290,665
Costs included in construction in progress:
Rides....................................................... 3,500,000
Furniture and fixtures...................................... 250,000
Other....................................................... 236,760
Organization costs.............................................. 2,118,643
Goodwill........................................................ 1,000,000
Capitalized loan costs.......................................... 95,732
---------
$7,491,800
---------
---------
</TABLE>
On May 31, 1994, Hensel Phelps Construction Co., a limited partner ("Hensel
Phelps"), received partnership units with a fair value of $5,000,000 in exchange
for the commitment to issue an approximate $3,000,000 irrevocable letter of
credit in connection with permanent financing, an approximate $590,000 line of
credit available to the Partnership, and a $1,160,989 letter of credit to the
grant provider (see Note 2). Hensel Phelps received capital credit equal to the
letters of credit and $339,011 capital credit for the line of credit. The
letters and line of credit contributions have been recorded as capitalized loan
costs in the amount of $3,339,011 and goodwill and other intangibles in the
amount of $1,160,989. Hensel Phelps also contributed construction costs of
$500,000 incurred on behalf of the Partnership. (See Note 1.)
As of December 31, 1994, $375,000 of subscriptions receivable for the
purchase of partnership units remained outstanding. During 1995, the
subscriptions were paid and are included in capital contributions.
The construction accounts payable balance at December 31, 1994, of
$4,857,532 was paid through advances on the construction loan in 1995.
The Partnership entered into a capital lease obligation of $740,000 during
the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
See accompanying notes.
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<PAGE>
ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995 AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
(INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 AND FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ORGANIZATION
In May 1994, New Elitch Gardens, Ltd. (the "Partnership") was formed for the
purpose of constructing and operating a new amusement park in Denver, Colorado.
During 1995, the Partnership was renamed Elitch Gardens Company. Operations at
the new park began in June 1995. The general partner of the Partnership is
Chilcott Entertainment Corp. ("Chilcott"). The Partnership derives all its
revenues from operation of an amusement park near downtown Denver. Its principal
customer base includes Denver and the Front Range as well as tourists from other
parts of Colorado and surrounding states.
Under the terms of the partnership agreement, Chilcott contributed assets
with an estimated fair market value of $7,491,800 and cash of $1,508,200 in
exchange for 36 units in the Partnership during 1994. Hensel Phelps, the initial
limited partner, contributed assets with an estimated fair market value of
$5,000,000 and cash of $3,000,000 for 32 partnership units in 1994. The
remaining limited partners contributed cash of $14,250,000 for a total of 57
partnership units (22 in 1994 and 35 in 1995).
The financial statements of the Partnership are presented as if the
Partnership was formed on May 31, 1994, the date the construction loans closed.
See Note 4.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the
Partnership will continue as a going concern. Management estimates its available
cash together with cash generated during 1996 from improved park operations will
be sufficient to meet its cash needs for the next fiscal year assuming Banque
Nationale de Paris (the "Bank") does not request payment of debt which is
currently in default (see Note 4.) The Partnership is also attempting to
renegotiate the loan with the Bank. The financial statements do not include any
adjustments to reflect the possible future effects of the recoverability and
classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that
may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going
concern.
ACCOUNTING PERIOD
The Partnership's month end is the four- or five-week period ending on the
Sunday closest to the end of the month.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
The Partnership considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with
an initial maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
The Partnership is required to maintain compensating cash balances of
approximately $775,000 related to the construction of a pedestrian bridge and
certain other capital expenditures. In addition, the Partnership is required to
maintain compensating cash balances of approximately 3% of cumulative gross
profits related to certain other capital expenditures as part of the Banque
Nationale de Paris debt agreement covenants. The Partnership is in violation of
this covenant at September 30, 1996.
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 1: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES --(CONTINUED)
INVENTORY
Inventory is valued at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or
market.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Additions to property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost. Contributed
assets are recorded at estimated fair market value.
Interest, including related construction loan fees, of $1,308,179 and
$954,633 has been capitalized as property and equipment for the periods ended
December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
OTHER ASSETS
Capitalized loan costs are amortized over the related life of the loan.
Organization costs are amortized over 10 years while goodwill is amortized over
30 years. See also New Accounting Standards.
ADVERTISING
The Partnership expenses advertising costs as incurred.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
The provision for depreciation and amortization of property, plant and
equipment, and other assets is computed using the straight-line method based
upon the estimated useful lives of the applicable assets, ranging from three to
thirty years.
DEFERRED INCOME
Deferred income consists of advance ticket sales and deposits and prepaid
sponsorship contracts. Income is recognized on advance ticket sales and
sponsorship contracts during the operating season for which the tickets were
sold, and over the term of the related sponsorship contract, respectively.
INCOME TAXES
No provision for the payment or refund of income taxes has been made in the
accompanying financial statements since the partners report their distributive
share of partnership taxable income or loss in their respective income tax
returns.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Partnership's financial instruments consist of cash, accounts
receivable, accounts payable, and long-term debt. The carrying values of these
assets and liabilities approximate fair value.
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 1: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES --(CONTINUED)
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In March 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No.
121, ACCOUNTING FOR THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND FOR LONG-LIVED
ASSETS TO BE DISPOSED OF. The Statement prescribes the accounting for the
impairment of long-lived assets, such as property, plant, and equipment, and
requires assets to be recorded at the lower of the assets' carrying amount or
fair value when events or circumstances indicate that an impairment may exist.
The Partnership implemented the statement on January 1, 1996. Based upon the
agreement for the sale of a majority of the Partnership's assets entered into on
September 23, 1996 (see Note 2), the Partnership has recorded an impairment loss
of $8,000,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and
with the instructions to Form S-2 and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly,
they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally
accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion
of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating
results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 1996 are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31,
1996.
NOTE 2: AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF A MAJORITY OF THE PARTNERSHIP'S ASSETS
On September 23, 1996, the Partnership entered into a sales agreement with
Premier Parks, Inc. for the sale of the majority of its assets, effective
October 31, 1996. The purchase price for such assets is to be $62,500,000,
subject to certain modifications as defined.
The net book value of the assets to be sold under this agreement is as
follows as of September 30, 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NET BOOK VALUE
--------------
<S> <C>
Property, plant and equipment................................................. $ 57,727,850
Inventory..................................................................... 860,025
Goodwill...................................................................... 1,000,000
--------------
$ 59,587,875
--------------
--------------
</TABLE>
The calculation of the asset impairment reserve as of September 30, 1996 is
as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Net book value of assets to be sold............................ $59,587,875
Net book value of other related assets......................... 8,629,131
----------
68,217,006
Expected proceeds.............................................. 60,217,006
----------
Asset impairment reserve....................................... $8,000,000
----------
----------
</TABLE>
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 2: AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF A MAJORITY OF THE PARTNERSHIP'S ASSETS
- --(CONTINUED)
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain 1994 and 1995 amounts have been reclassified to conform with the
1996 presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on net income.
NOTE 3: GRANT
In connection with the construction of the new park, the Partnership
received a grant from the Denver Urban Renewal Authority ("DURA") for at least
$8,700,000 of which $6,856,313 was received in 1994 and $1,750,484 was received
in 1995 for a total of $8,606,797. The funds are for construction of the
infrastructure benefiting the site for the new park, including acquisition of
land, roads, fencing, sewer, water and storm drainage systems, and the addition
of landfill and grading. The grant was funded by DURA through proceeds from tax
increment financing bonds. The bonds are not the obligation of the Partnership.
In connection with the bonds, Hensel Phelps Construction Company (Hensel Phelps)
has provided a $1,160,989 letter of credit benefiting DURA as a credit
enhancement for the bonds. As consideration for the grant, the Partnership has
agreed not to appeal or otherwise contest any property tax assessment levied by
the City and County of Denver upon real or personal property to the extent such
appeal or contest would have the effect of reducing the assessment below debt
service coverage of the bonds. The Partnership is also restricted on transfer of
property or relocation of the park.
During the time any bonds are outstanding (original maturity dates of
September 1, 2011 and 2017), the Partnership is required to pay DURA $2 per
person entering the park for attendance exceeding the projected attendance in
the original grant agreement. However, no payment is due until after repayment
of certain permanent financing as defined in the grant agreement. No payments
were made in 1994 or 1995. Until the earlier of June 15, 2003, or an initial
public offering ("IPO") (the proceeds of which are used to refinance debt or
redeem limited partnership interests), if there is a sale or refinancing of the
property or if specified partnership units are sold, the net proceeds therefrom
received or deemed to be received by the partners are subject to a participation
interest due to DURA equal to up to 4.2% for the general and its affiliated
limited partners and 1% for all other limited partners. The Partnership also is
required to pay DURA 4.2% of the value of the general and its affiliated limited
partners' equity and 1% of the value of all other limited partners' equity of
net proceeds from any IPO.
Proceeds from the grant have been recorded as a reduction of property, plant
and equipment.
NOTE 4: LONG-TERM DEBT
The Partnership's debt consists of the following at December 31:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1994
------------- ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Loan from bank, in default........................................................... $ 27,000,000 $ --
Section 108 loan from the City and County of Denver.................................. 7,000,000 5,276,600
Loan from related party, in default.................................................. 10,000,000 --
------------- ------------
44,000,000 5,276,600
Less current portion of long-term debt, including debt in default.................... 37,300,000 --
------------- ------------
Long-term portion of long-term debt.................................................. $ 6,700,000 $ 5,276,600
------------- ------------
------------- ------------
</TABLE>
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 4: LONG-TERM DEBT --(CONTINUED)
In June 1995, the Partnership obtained a loan from Banque Nationale de
Paris, which is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.
The loan has a fixed and variable rate, the combined of which is not to exceed
8.68% (7.59% at December 31, 1995), and interest is payable on a quarterly
basis. The principal will amortize quarterly over a 10-year period. Principal
payments are due quarterly beginning in December 1995. The Partnership was in
violation of one of the loan covenants of the debt agreement at December 31,
1995 and September 30, 1996. As a result, the total amount of the loan is in
default and due upon demand by the Bank. The entire balance of the loan is
recorded as a current liability on the September 30, 1996 and December 31, 1995
balance sheets.
The loan from the City and County of Denver was obtained from the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") pursuant to Section
108 of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The
interest rate is 1.2% above the LIBOR rate (6.544% at December 31, 1995) and is
payable quarterly in arrears. The loan is secured by a third deed of trust on
the park, a first deed of trust on the old park property owned by Chilcott,
guarantees from Chilcott and the president of Chilcott, and a $1,000,000
guarantee from Hensel Phelps available until approximately June 1996. The
principal will amortize quarterly over a 10-year period. Principal payments are
to be made quarterly commencing in November 1996; however, the first quarterly
interest payment became due in July 1995. Interest payments for both 1995 and
1996 were advanced to the Partnership by the general partner. These advances are
recorded as a payable to the general partner on the September 30, 1996 and
December 31, 1995 balance sheets.
During 1994, Hensel Phelps issued construction loans of $5,000,000 to the
Partnership. Hensel Phelps issued a replacement loan to the Partnership in June
1995 in the amount of $10,000,000, of which $2,500,000 was immediately assigned
to Total Petroleum, Inc. ("Total"). Principal and interest are payable in 120
monthly installments beginning in July 1995 for each of the loans. No principal
or interest has been paid on either of the two loans as of December 31, 1995 or
September 30, 1996, and both loans are in default and due upon demand by Hensel
Phelps and Total. Consequently, the Partnership has accrued interest at default
rates of 13% for Hensel Phelps and 14% for Total as provided in the loan
agreement, as well as a 5% late fee on all principal and interest charges due.
The loans are recorded as current liabilities on the September 30, 1996 and
December 31, 1995, balance sheets.
Future minimum payments under long-term debt, including accelerated
principal payments as a result of defaults, are summarized as follows at
December 31, 1995:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1996........................................................... $37,300,000
1997........................................................... 600,000
1998........................................................... 600,000
1999........................................................... 600,000
2000........................................................... 600,000
Thereafter..................................................... 4,300,000
----------
$44,000,000
----------
----------
</TABLE>
Interest payments totaled $1,993,680, $389,333, $1,165,514 and $0 for the
periods ended December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the nine months ended September
30, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 5: CONSTRUCTION LOANS
In 1994, the Partnership had a construction loan for $28,265,000, bearing
interest at one percentage point above the bank's prime rate. Interest was
payable monthly in arrears. At December 31, 1994, $6,878,984 was outstanding.
Substantially all of the Partnership s accounts payable at December 31, 1994,
were satisfied by additional draws on the construction loan in 1995. The loan
was secured by substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and was
guaranteed by Chilcott and the president of Chilcott. Hensel Phelps also
guaranteed completion of the park. Hensel Phelps issued irrevocable letters of
credit totaling approximately $3,000,000 benefiting the bank as a deposit for a
debt reserve required for permanent financing and an approximate $590,000
working capital line of credit for the Partnership's use. Proceeds from the loan
with the Bank (see Note 4) were used to retire the construction loan.
NOTE 6: REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT
On March 28, 1996, the Partnership entered into a Revolving Loan Agreement
(the "Agreement") with Hensel Phelps and Ascent Arena Corporation (both limited
partners). The terms of the Agreement allow for the Partnership to make weekly
draws to help fund operating expenditures up to a total of $3,000,000. Interest
is payable monthly on all outstanding draws at the prime rate plus 1% (8.58% at
September 1, 1996). The Agreement expires on December 31, 1996. There are no
amounts outstanding as of September 30, 1996.
On October 1, 1996, the Company made a draw of $857,000 to pay principal and
interest due on the bank loan.
NOTE 7: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
In 1994, the Partnership contracted with Hensel Phelps to construct the new
park, resulting in expenditures of $31,413,816 and $20,972,824 for the periods
ended December 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively, including reimbursed costs and
interest on construction loans from Hensel Phelps. In addition, the Partnership
has obtained a loan from Hensel Phelps (see Note 4).
Amounts payable to the general partner as of December 31, 1995 and September
30, 1996, include interest payments made on behalf of the Partnership to the
City and County of Denver (see Note 4). Amounts payable to the general partner
as of December 31, 1994, principally consist of reimbursable general and
administrative expenses incurred by Chilcott on behalf of the Partnership.
In conjunction with the limited partnership agreement, the Partnership has
agreed to pay Chilcott a fee for managing the Partnership equal to 1% of the
Partnership's annual gross profit. Management fees of $171,551 were incurred in
1995.
During 1995, Comsat Video Enterprises and The Anschutz Corporation
(collectively "C/A") purchased 29 limited partner units of the Partnership in
conjunction with an agreement which C/A, Chilcott, and Hensel Phelps entered
into during 1994, guaranteeing the purchase of equity by C/A. Chilcott
transferred two units to each member of C/A, as limited partner units, in
consideration for the guarantee. The agreement also gives C/A the right, for a
period of one year after the official opening of the park, to purchase
partnership units at the original price of $250,000 per unit up to 50% ownership
in the Partnership. In addition, C/A has been granted use of parking facilities
for 10 years when the amusement park is either closed or not using the parking.
Conversely, if C/A builds an arena, the Partnership will have use of the arena
parking when the arena is not using its parking. At the request of C/A, the
Partnership will construct a pedestrian bridge linking the respective parking
lots, sharing the costs equally with C/A.
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 7: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS --(CONTINUED)
Finally, the Partnership will designate a rent-free area of not less than .5
acre within the park for C/A to locate an exhibit.
During 1996, the Partnership entered into a capital lease agreement with one
of its limited partners, Hensel Phelps, whereby Hensel Phelps would develop and
build a new attraction, the Skycoaster, on behalf of the Partnership. The
Partnership is required to pay the greater of Hensel Phelps' cost plus a 30%
return on investment or 75% of all revenues that are generated by the
Skycoaster, as defined, through May 1998. The capital lease obligation will be
paid on the same revenue share basis as discussed above and is anticipated to be
paid by May 1998. The Partnership paid approximately $288,000 to Hensel Phelps
under the capital lease obligation for the nine months ended September 30, 1996.
NOTE 8: PROFIT-SHARING PLAN
The Partnership participates in Chilcott's profit-sharing plan, which
qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. It covers all
full-time employees who have reached the age of 21 and have completed one year
of service. A participant may elect to defer up to 20% of compensation to a
maximum determined annually by the Internal Revenue Service ($9,240 in 1995).
The Company contributes a percentage for every dollar deferred limited to 5% of
the employee's compensation (the percentage is set at the beginning of each plan
year by the Company). There were no Company contributions during 1995 or 1996.
Participant contributions are fully vested. Employer contributions vest over 7
years as follows: 0-3 years of service, 0%; 3 years, 20%; 4 years, 40%; 5 years,
60%; 6 years, 80%; 7 years, 100%. In the event of employee death or disability,
employer contributions become fully vested.
NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
ALLOCATION AGREEMENT--ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
In January 1993, Chilcott, Trillium Corporation, and Public Service Company
of Colorado entered into an agreement regarding allocation of environmental
remediation costs to prepare the site for the new park. The agreement required
Trillium Corporation to place $1,800,000 in escrow for any required
environmental remediation costs, excluding costs for ground water monitoring and
certain other incidental costs for which the Partnership is responsible.
Approximately $1,400,000 has been expended through December 31, 1995 and
September 30, 1996, and the remaining $400,000 was returned to Trillium. In the
event that additional costs are incurred, Trillium is liable for additional
costs up to $400,000 (for a total of $1,800,000), and the Partnership is liable
for 50% of the next $200,000 between $1,800,000 and $2,000,000 with Trillium
being liable for the remaining 50%, none of which has been expended through 1995
or September 30, 1996. Should further costs be incurred beyond $2,000,000,
Public Service becomes responsible.
CONTINGENCIES
The Partnership is subject to various environmental laws and regulations of
federal and state agencies. Management believes it is in substantial compliance
with environmental laws and the ultimate resolution of any claims or legal
proceedings instituted against it will not have a material adverse effect on the
Partnership's financial position.
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ELITCH GARDENS COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 9: COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES --(CONTINUED)
The Company is involved in various legal actions arising in the normal
course of business. In the opinion of management, the Company's liability, if
any, in these pending actions would not have a material adverse effect on the
financial position of the Company.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In October 1996, the Partnership was named the defendant in a lawsuit filed
by a contractor who was injured while working on a project for the Partnership
and is claiming that the Partnership was negligent and demonstrated willful and
wanton misconduct. The contractor is seeking punitive and exemplary damages for
approximately $2,000,000 plus additional unspecified damages, interest and costs
of the suit. Management believes the claim is without merit and, as such, these
financial statements do not contain any provision for potential loss relating to
this claim.
In October 1996, the Partnership was named the defendant in a lawsuit filed
by an individual who is seeking damages arising from a claim of bodily injury
obtained at the Partnership's amusement park. The amount of the claim is unknown
and the Partnership has not been able to determine if the claim is with or
without merit. Accordingly, these financial statements do not contain any
provision for potential loss relating to this claim.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Boards of Directors and Stockholder
Storytown, USA, Inc.
Fantasy Rides, Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of The Great Escape as of
October 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related statements of operations,
stockholder's equity, and cash flows for the years then ended (as defined in
note 1 to the financial statements). These financial statements are the
responsibility of The Great Escape'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 Great Escape as of
October 31, 1995 and 1994, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
October 11, 1996
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
OCTOBER 31,
-------------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
1994 1995 ------------------
--------------- --------------- (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents................................ $ 94,000 $ 66,000 $ 569,000
Accounts receivable...................................... 134,000 62,000 265,000
Inventories.............................................. 188,000 221,000 94,000
Prepaid expenses......................................... 179,000 100,000 92,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Total current assets................................. 595,000 449,000 1,020,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Other assets-principally deferred financing costs.......... 342,000 300,000 63,000
Property and equipment, at cost............................ 15,913,000 17,529,000 17,827,000
Less accumulated depreciation............................ 1,523,000 2,512,000 3,831,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
14,390,000 15,017,000 13,996,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Total assets......................................... $ 15,327,000 $ 15,766,000 $ 15,079,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
--------------- --------------- ------------------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses.................... $ 306,000 $ 566,000 $ 607,000
Current portion of long-term debt........................ 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Total current liabilities............................ 1,506,000 1,766,000 1,807,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Long-term debt............................................. 7,400,000 4,800,000 1,600,000
Advances from affiliates................................... 3,321,000 2,788,000 3,782,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Total liabilities.................................... 12,227,000 9,354,000 7,189,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Stockholder's equity....................................... 3,100,000 6,412,000 7,890,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity........... $ 15,327,000 $ 15,766,000 $ 15,079,000
--------------- --------------- ------------------
--------------- --------------- ------------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
--------------------------- ---------------------------
1994 1995 1995 1996
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
Revenue:
Theme park admissions................................ $ 7,740,000 $ 8,503,000 $ 8,515,000 $ 8,938,000
Theme park food, merchandise, and other.............. 5,581,000 5,857,000 5,843,000 6,132,000
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Total revenue.................................... 13,321,000 14,360,000 14,358,000 15,070,000
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses................................... 4,442,000 4,702,000 4,477,000 4,610,000
Selling, general and administrative.................. 1,985,000 2,001,000 1,794,000 2,770,000
Costs of products sold............................... 1,610,000 1,701,000 1,715,000 1,824,000
Depreciation and amortization........................ 849,000 1,018,000 951,000 1,319,000
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Total operating costs and expenses............... 8,886,000 9,422,000 8,937,000 10,523,000
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Income from operations........................... 4,435,000 4,938,000 5,421,000 4,547,000
Interest expense, net.................................. (960,000) (964,000) (829,000) (821,000)
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Income before income taxes........................... 3,475,000 3,974,000 4,592,000 3,726,000
Income tax expense..................................... 10,000 34,000 39,000 40,000
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Net income....................................... $ 3,465,000 $ 3,940,000 $ 4,553,000 $ 3,686,000
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, 1995 AND 1994 AND
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Balance at October 31, 1993..................................................... $ 166,000
Net income...................................................................... 3,465,000
Distributions to stockholder.................................................... (531,000)
----------
Balance at October 31, 1994..................................................... 3,100,000
Net income...................................................................... 3,940,000
Distributions to stockholder.................................................... (628,000)
----------
Balance at October 31, 1995..................................................... 6,412,000
Net income...................................................................... 3,686,000
Distributions to stockholder.................................................... (2,208,000)
----------
Balance at September 30, 1996 (Unaudited)....................................... $7,890,000
----------
----------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED
YEARS ENDED OCTOBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------- ----------------------------
1994 1995 1995 1996
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income.......................................... $ 3,465,000 $ 3,940,000 $ 4,553,000 $ 3,686,000
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization..................... 849,000 1,018,000 951,000 1,319,000
Amortization of discount on debt issuance costs... 42,000 42,000 39,000 239,000
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable........ (98,000) 72,000 (166,000) (203,000)
(Increase) decrease in inventories and prepaid
expenses........................................ (71,000) 46,000 (13,000) 133,000
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
accrued expenses................................ (209,000) 260,000 331,000 41,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Total adjustments............................... 513,000 1,438,000 1,142,000 1,529,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash provided by operating activities....... 3,978,000 5,378,000 5,695,000 5,215,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Cash flows from investing activities--additions to
property and equipment.............................. (2,284,000) (1,645,000) (1,615,000) (298,000)
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of debt................................... (2,316,000) (2,600,000) (2,600,000) (3,200,000)
Advances from (payments to) affiliates, net......... 1,098,000 (533,000) (604,000) 994,000
Distributions to stockholder........................ (531,000) (628,000) (628,000) (2,208,000)
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash used in financing activities........... (1,749,000) (3,761,000) (3,832,000) (4,414,000)
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents..................................... (55,000) (28,000) 248,000 503,000
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period...... 149,000 94,000 94,000 66,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period............ $ 94,000 $ 66,000 $ 342,000 $ 569,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Supplementary cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest.............................. $ 912,000 $ 922,000 $ 797,000 $ 783,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Cash paid for income taxes.......................... $ 10,000 $ 34,000 $ 39,000 $ 40,000
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
OCTOBER 31, 1995 AND 1994
(INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 AND FOR
THE ELEVEN MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
The accompanying financial statements present the assets and liabilities and
results of operations of The Great Escape (the Park), a theme park located in
Lake George, New York, owned by Storytown USA, Inc. (Storytown) and Fantasy
Rides, Inc. (Fantasy) and subject to an asset sale agreement (Agreement) with
Premier Parks Inc. (Premier) (See Note 6). Nontheme park assets and liabilities
and operations of Storytown are not subject to the Agreement and have been
excluded from the accompanying financial statements. An individual stockholder
wholly owns both Storytown and Fantasy. The combined equity of Storytown and
Fantasy relating to the theme park subject to the Agreement is reflected as
stockholder's equity in the accompanying financial statements.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Park accounting policies reflect industry practices and conform to
generally accepted accounting principles.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 1996 and for the eleven months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996, reflect all adjustments (all of which were normal
and recurring) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for fair
statement of the financial position and results of operations for the interim
periods presented. The results of operations for the eleven month period ended
September 30, 1996 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full
year. The Park's business is highly seasonal. The great majority of the Park's
revenue is collected during the summer while operating expenditures are incurred
throughout the year. Accordingly, the Park historically incurs a net loss for
the last fiscal month.
CASH EQUIVALENTS
For purposes of the statements of cash flows, the Park considers all highly
liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (determined by first in, first
out method) or market and consist of products for resale including merchandise
and food and miscellaneous supplies including repair parts for rides.
ADVERTISING COSTS
Production costs of commercials and programming are charged to operations in
the year first aired. The costs of other advertising, promotion, and marketing
programs are charged to operations in the year incurred.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT POLICIES --(CONTINUED)
DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS
The Park capitalizes all costs related to the issuance of debt with such
costs included in other assets in the accompanying balance sheets. The
amortization of such costs is recognized as interest expense under a method
approximating the interest method over the life of the respective debt issue.
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
Buildings and improvements are depreciated over their estimated useful lives
of approximately 15-40 years by use of the straight-line method. Furniture and
equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over 10-15 years. Rides
and attractions are depreciated using the straight-line method over 10-15 years.
Maintenance and repairs are charged directly to expense as incurred, while
betterments and renewals are generally capitalized in the property accounts.
When an item is retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and applicable
accumulated depreciation are removed and the resulting gain or loss is
recognized.
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest on notes payable is recognized as expense on the basis of stated
interest rates. Total interest expense incurred was $971,000, $969,000, $836,000
and $827,000 in the years ended October 31, 1995 and 1994, and periods ended
September 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Interest expense in the accompanying
statements of operations is shown net of interest income.
INCOME TAXES
Storytown and Fantasy, with the consent of their sole stockholder, have
elected under the Internal Revenue Code to be treated as "S" corporations. In
lieu of corporation federal income taxes, the individual stockholder of
Storytown and Fantasy is taxed on the Park's taxable income and/or losses.
Therefore, no provision or liability for federal income taxes has been included
in these financial statements. Provision for New York state income tax has been
made in accordance with the state's tax law for S corporations.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
NOTE 2: FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The recorded amounts for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and
accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value because of the
short maturity of these financial instruments. The fair value of the Park's
long-term debt approximates the recorded amounts due to the variable interest
rate on the debt. The fair value of the Park's advances from affiliates has not
been estimated as there are no prescribed repayment terms.
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 3: PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, at cost, consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
OCTOBER 31,
---------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1995 1994 1996
------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Land............................................ $ 1,960,000 $ 1,960,000 $ 1,960,000
Buildings and improvements...................... 2,345,000 2,345,000 2,345,000
Rides and attractions........................... 13,224,000 11,608,000 13,522,000
------------- ------------- -------------
Total....................................... $ 17,529,000 $ 15,913,000 $ 17,827,000
------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- -------------
</TABLE>
NOTE 4: LONG-TERM DEBT
Long-term debt consists of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
OCTOBER 31,
-------------------------- SEPTEMBER 30,
1995 1994 1996
------------ ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Note payable to bank, due in principal payments of
$400,000, payable in August, September, and
October each year, which coincides with the
Park's operating season. Interest is payable
monthly on the unpaid principal balance at the
prime rate plus 1.25% (10.25% at October 31,
1995 and 9% at October 31, 1994). The note is
secured by personal property and a mortgage on
the real property. Additionally, the sole
stockholder has personally guaranteed this
obligation. Final payment is due October 2002.
Principal payments have been made which have
served to shorten the note term................. $ 6,000,000 $ 8,600,000 $ 2,800,000
------------ ------------ -------------
6,000,000 8,600,000 2,800,000
Less current portion.............................. 1,200,000 1,200,000 1,200,000
------------ ------------ -------------
Long-term debt.................................... $ 4,800,000 $ 7,400,000 $ 1,600,000
-------------
------------ ------------ -------------
------------ ------------
</TABLE>
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THE GREAT ESCAPE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 4: LONG-TERM DEBT --(CONTINUED)
Annual maturities of long-term debt during the five years subsequent to
October 31, 1995, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1996............................................................ $1,200,000
1997............................................................ 1,200,000
1998............................................................ 1,200,000
1999............................................................ 1,200,000
2000............................................................ 1,200,000
---------
$6,000,000
---------
---------
</TABLE>
NOTE 5: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Park has certain shared service arrangements with several of its
affiliates, including payment of payroll, insurance, and other administrative
expenses. Amounts are allocated to affiliates based upon level of utilization or
coverage. Additionally, the Park has been advanced cash by certain of the
affiliates. The payments made by the Park for the benefit of its affiliates
reduce amounts owed by the Park to the affiliates. Interest expense is
recognized on the advances from affiliates using interest rates similar to the
Park's bank indebtedness. Interest expense from affiliates during the years
ended October 31, 1995 and 1994 and the eleven months ended September 30, 1995
and 1996 was $158,000, $207,000, $119,000, and $121,000, respectively. The
advances from affiliates have no prescribed repayment terms and are reflected as
noncurrent liabilities in the accompanying financial statements.
NOTE 6: SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On August 23, 1996, the stockholder of Storytown and Fantasy reached the
Agreement with Premier to sell all of the real estate, inventory, prepaid items,
theme park property and equipment, and supplies for approximately $33,000,000 in
cash. Certain of the proceeds from the sale will be used to satisfy the long-
term debt outstanding as of the closing date. As specified in the Agreement, the
closing date will be before December 10, 1996.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Board of Directors and
Stockholders of FRE, Inc.
Sacramento, California
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of FRE, Inc. as of December
31, 1995 and December 31, 1994, and the related statements of income, retained
earnings, and cash flows for the years then ended. 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 the 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 FRE, Inc. as of December 31,
1995 and December 31, 1994 and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Nelson & Company
Gold River, California
March 21, 1996
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FRE, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
------------------------ -------------
1994 1995 1996
----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash................................................................ $ 66,832 $ 10,403 $ --
Advances to Affiliates.............................................. 0 321,760 456,594
Accounts receivable................................................. 18,984 16,330 45,469
Inventory........................................................... 68,570 73,214 77,850
Prepaid expenses.................................................... 0 56,476 139,134
Franchise tax receivable............................................ 6,200 0 --
Notes receivable--current (Note 5).................................. 90,000 401,517
----------- ----------- -------------
Total Current Assets............................................ 250,586 879,700 719,047
----------- ----------- -------------
Property and Equipment, at Cost
Park assets......................................................... 6,934,661 7,424,971 8,524,906
Office and administrative assets.................................... 32,238 42,820 42,820
----------- ----------- -------------
6,966,899 7,467,791 8,567,726
Allowance for depreciation.......................................... (2,235,051) (2,784,024) (3,283,647)
----------- ----------- -------------
4,731,848 4,683,767 5,284,079
----------- ----------- -------------
Other Assets
Investment in CEC (Note 6).......................................... 382,668 1,985,601 2,711,020
Notes receivable (Note 5)........................................... 90,000 0 --
Loan costs.......................................................... 39,414 39,414 35,966
Accumulated amortization............................................ (4,598) (12,481) (15,766)
Deposits............................................................ 35,624 13,895 10,309
Expansion costs..................................................... 360,559 930,645 934,540
----------- ----------- -------------
Total Other Assets.............................................. 903,667 2,957,074 3,676,069
----------- ----------- -------------
Total Assets.................................................. $ 5,886,101 $ 8,520,541 $ 9,679,195
----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- -------------
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Bank overdraft...................................................... $ -- $ -- $ 125,600
Accounts payable.................................................... 273,503 66,663 --
Accrued payroll and payroll taxes................................... 176,571 222,761 49,304
Sales tax payable................................................... 1,158 1,939 15,615
Accrued interest payable............................................ 18,685 0 --
Franchise taxes payable............................................. 0 85,405 103,074
Other accrued expenses.............................................. 0 120,867 293,527
Deferred revenue.................................................... 4,895 2,344 --
Insurance claims reserve............................................ 93,735 133,646 154,651
Current portion long-term debt (Note 3)............................. 753,508 878,851 632,073
----------- ----------- -------------
Total Current Liabilities....................................... 1,322,055 1,512,476 1,373,844
Long-term debt due after one year (Note 3).............................. 1,788,762 2,300,000 2,000,000
----------- ----------- -------------
3,110,817 3,812,476 3,373,844
----------- ----------- -------------
Stockholders' Equity
Common stock, par value 10 cents per share, 300,000 shares
authorized, 10,000 shares issued and outstanding.................. 1,000 1,000 1,000
Class A common non-voting, par value 10 cents per share, 100,000
shares authorized, 10,000 shares issued and outstanding........... 1,000 1,000 1,000
Additional paid-in-capital.............................................. 391,710 391,710 391,710
Retained Earnings....................................................... 2,381,574 4,314,355 5,911,641
----------- ----------- -------------
2,775,284 4,708,065 6,305,351
----------- ----------- -------------
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity.................... $ 5,886,101 $ 8,520,541 $ 9,679,195
----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- -------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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FRE, INC.
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------------------- --------------------------
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net Sales
Gate admissions.......................... $ 2,661,103 $ 3,346,276 $ 3,272,068 $ 3,189,833 $ 3,362,756
Concessions and merchandise sales........ 1,187,576 1,563,204 1,518,320 1,377,446 1,691,660
Parking, rental and other income......... 706,205 1,028,074 1,020,866 770,364 772,000
Management fee income.................... -- -- 438,461 425,405 434,480
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
4,554,884 5,937,554 6,249,715 5,763,048 6,260,896
Cost of Sales.............................. (463,019) (630,886) (632,485) (570,818) (691,001)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
4,091,865 5,306,886 5,617,230 5,192,230 5,569,895
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Operating Expenses
Advertising.............................. 188,432 247,923 257,311 248,269 300,301
Depreciation and amortization............ 521,423 555,942 556,856 428,600 511,085
Insurance and claims payments............ 158,711 200,221 193,789 147,078 145,103
Miscellaneous............................ 25,709 99,102 150,741 116,398 195,357
Payroll and related expenses............. 1,400,364 1,749,257 1,818,290 1,436,616 1,906,483
Printing and postage..................... 74,761 97,701 94,083 64,550 99,857
Professional services.................... 134,323 59,996 47,029 33,934 47,839
Rents.................................... 414,439 554,593 555,066 495,852 541,375
Repairs and maintenance.................. 244,038 305,028 287,409 224,197 177,869
Supplies................................. 40,497 18,824 56,782 34,798 100,467
Taxes and licenses....................... 62,978 107,477 109,604 77,858 85,280
Telephone and utilities.................. 167,060 198,232 220,855 199,341 185,540
Travel and entertainment................. 13,851 9,525 25,402 14,526 35,382
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Total Operating Expenses............... 3,446,586 4,203,831 4,373,217 3,522,017 4,331,938
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Income From Operations............... 645,279 1,103,055 1,244,013 1,670,213 1,237,957
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Other Income (Expense)
Interest income.......................... 43,489 26,895 21,081 13,253 15,140
Development fee income................... -- 91,668 183,333 183,333 --
Partnership income....................... -- -- 985,601 1,275,162 725,419
Interest expense......................... (226,838) (233,762) (287,428) (222,632) (218,230)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Total Other Income (Expense)........... (183,349) (115,199) 902,587 1,249,116 522,329
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Income Before State Franchise Taxes........ 461,930 987,856 2,146,600 2,919,329 1,760,286
State Franchise Taxes--Current............. (800) (800) (91,605) (91,605) (163,000)
State Franchise Taxes--Deferred............ 15,882 -- -- -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Income before extraordinary items.......... 477,012 987,056 2,054,995 2,827,724 1,597,286
Extraordinary items (Note 7)............... -- -- (122,213) -- --
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Net income................................. 477,012 987,056 1,932,782 2,827,724 1,597,286
Retained earnings, beginning of period..... 917,506 1,394,517 2,381,573 2,381,574 4,314,355
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Retained earnings, end of period........... $ 1,494,518 $ 2,381,573 $ 4,314,355 $ 5,209,928 $ 5,911,641
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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FRE, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995
AND 1996 (UNAUDITED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEARS ENDED NINE MONTHS
DECEMBER 31, ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
---------------------------------- ----------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1993 1994 1995 1995 1996
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
<CAPTION>
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income (loss)................................ $ 477,012 $ 987,057 $1,932,782 $2,827,724 $1,597,286
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
provided by operations:
Depreciation and amortization.................. $ 512,423 345,619 556,856 428,600 511,085
Partnership income............................. -- -- (985,601) (1,275,162) (725,419)
Cash dividends................................. (100,000) -- -- -- --
Amortization of loan discount.................. (129,308) -- -- -- --
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable..... (7,743) (19,065) (319,106) (918,840) (163,973)
(Increase) decrease in inventory............... (21,109) (22,069) (4,644) (23,157) (4,636)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses........ (13,177) -- (56,476) (72,884) (82,658)
(Increase) in deposits......................... 126,133 5,208 21,729 (91,408) 3,586
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities.......................... 61,804 238,995 (1,642) 129,344 (35,123)
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest
payable...................................... 140,000 (43,197) (18,685) (18,685) --
Increase in notes receivable................... (16,000) 140,000 (221,517) -- 401,517
Decrease in franchise taxes receivable......... (38,195) 9,800 6,200 6,200 --
Increase in income tax payable................. (15,882) -- 85,405 85,405 (17,669)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities.... 984,958 1,680,478 995,301 1,077,128 1,483,996
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Decrease in loan costs........................... (79,818) 170,908 -- -- 3,448
Purchase of Family Entertainment Center assets... (2,612,660) (43,435) (219,815) (158,373) (700,199)
Purchases of water park assets................... (70,202) (225,177) (281,077) (231,560) (372,575)
Expansion costs.................................. -- (360,559) (570,086) (373,716) (3,895)
Investment in CEC................................ -- (382,668) (617,332) (617,332) --
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net Cash Used By Investing Activities........ (2,762,680) (840,931) (1,688,310) (1,380,981) (1,073,221)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Proceeds from revolving line of credit and
long-term borrowings........................... 3,297,291 2,508,762 1,092,963 1,568,841 2,571,979
Principal payments on revolving line of credit
and long-term borrowings....................... (1,502,975) (3,310,102) (456,382) (718,476) (3,118,757)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities.... 1,794,316 (801,340) 636,581 850,365 (546,778)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash.................... 16,594 38,207 (56,428) 546,512 (136,003)
Cash at Beginning of Year.......................... 12,030 28,624 66,831 66,831 10,403
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Cash at End of Year................................ $ 28,624 $ 66,831 $ 10,403 $ 613,343 $ (125,600)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
</TABLE>
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid during the period for:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Interest........................................... $ 165,034 $ 276,959 $ 312,657 $ 241,312 $ 218,230
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Income taxes....................................... $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 800 $ 91,531
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
</TABLE>
DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNTING POLICY
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all
highly-liquid debt instruments, purchased with a maturity of three months or
less, to be cash equivalents.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
these financial statements.
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FRE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 AND THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
FRE, Inc. dba, Waterworld U.S.A., (Company) was incorporated in the state of
Missouri on April 14, 1986. The Company owns and operates a water park and a
family entertainment center in Sacramento, California.
INVENTORY
Inventory consists of finished goods and food held for resale, and is stated
at the lower of cost or market using a first-in, first-out convention.
FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets are recorded at cost. It is the policy of management to provide
for depreciation over the lesser of the useful lives of the assets or the
remaining life of the operating lease. Straight line and accelerated
depreciation methods consistent with generally accepted accounting principles
are used. In determining depreciation for income tax purposes, the Company uses
the accelerated cost recovery system and the modified accelerated cost recovery
system.
INCOME TAXES
The stockholders of the Company have elected to be taxed as an S Corporation
for federal income tax purposes. No federal income taxes are paid by the
Company. The income or loss is reflected on the income tax returns of the
stockholders with any resultant income tax liabilities borne by them.
The Company has not elected to be taxed as an S Corporation in California.
Accordingly, it is subject to state franchise taxes based on taxable income.
Therefore, when appropriate, deferred income taxes are provided for differences
between financial statement and income tax reporting, principally from differing
depreciation methods utilized for franchise tax purposes. Franchise taxes paid
through December 31, 1995 were $6,200.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The process of preparing financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates and assumptions
regarding certain types of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. Such
estimates primarily relate to unsettled transactions and events as of the date
of the financial statements. Accordingly, upon settlement, actual results may
differ from estimated amounts.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Company's accounting policies reflect industry practices and conform to
generally accepted accounting principles.
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FRE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES --(CONTINUED)
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 1996 and for the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996, reflect all adjustments (all of which were normal
and recurring) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for fair
statement of the financial position and results of operations for the interim
periods presented. The results of operations for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full
year. The Company's business is highly seasonal. The great majority of the
Company's revenue is collected during the summer while operating expenditures
are incurred throughout the year.
NOTE 2: LEASE COMMITMENTS
The Company's original lease with the state of California, dated May 23,
1986, was amended October 14, 1994. The lease term was extended until December
31, 2011.
In part, the amendments provide for modifications in rent formulas and
capital improvement requirements to the water park. In addition, the lease
provides for rent formulas and capital improvement requirements to the family
entertainment center.
The rent formulas and capital improvement requirements are stated separately
for the water park and entertainment center.
WATER PARK--RENT FORMULA
For operating seasons through 2004 the greater of:
1) The sum of:
a) Eight percent (8%) of the general gross revenues under four
million dollars ($4,000,000) for the operating season; plus
b) Ten percent (10%) of the general gross revenues in excess of four
million dollars ($4,000,000) for the operating season; plus
c) Ten percent (10%) of the gross food revenues for the operating
season,
2) Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
For operating seasons 2005-2011 the greater of:
1) The sum of:
a) Ten percent (10%) of the general gross revenues for the operating
season; plus
b) Ten percent (10%) of the gross food revenues for the operating
season,
2) Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000)
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FRE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 2: LEASE COMMITMENTS --(CONTINUED)
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER--RENT FORMULA
For the operating seasons 1996-2011 the greater of:
1) The sum of:
a) Eight percent (8%) of the general gross revenues under one million
five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the operating season; plus
b) Ten percent (10%) of the general gross revenues above one million
five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for the operating season; plus
c) Ten percent (10%) of the gross food revenues for the operating
season,
If the cumulative gross revenues for all years of operation exceed sixteen
million dollars ($16,000,000), the formula will be adjusted and rent to be the
sum of:
a) Fifteen percent (15%) of the general gross revenues for the
operating season; plus
b) Seventeen percent (17%) of the gross food revenues for the
operating season, or
2) One hundred thousand ($100,000).
Future minimum lease payments on the Sacramento lease are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31 AMOUNT
------------- ------------
<S> <C>
1996.......................................................................... $ 300,000
1997.......................................................................... 300,000
1998.......................................................................... 300,000
1999.......................................................................... 300,000
2000.......................................................................... 300,000
Thereafter.................................................................... 3,300,000
------------
$ 4,800,000
------------
------------
</TABLE>
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
The lease provides for capital improvement requirements for the water park
and recreation center during the lease term.
WATER PARK
The water park's minimum capital improvements are to be the lower of the
following:
a) The higher of one hundred fifty thousand dollars (150,000) or five
percent (5%) of the gross revenues in the year preceding the year in which
improvements are carried out, or
b) $121,000, or
c) An amount which, when added to capital expenditures during the three
preceding years, would aggregate to the total minimum capital expenditures
required for those four years.
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FRE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 2: LEASE COMMITMENTS --(CONTINUED)
FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
The family recreation center's minimum capital improvements are to be the
lower of the following:
a) The higher of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000) or one percent
(1%) of the gross revenues in the year preceding the year in which
improvements are carried out, or
b) An amount which, when added to capital expenditures during the two
preceding years, would aggregate to the total minimum capital expenditures
required for those three years.
The Company satisfied the capital improvement requirements for the year
ended December 31, 1996.
NOTE 3: NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable at December 31, 1994 and 1995 and September 30, 1996 consisted
of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
--------------------------
1994 1995 SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
------------ ------------ ------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
(UNAUDITED)
Line of credit Wells Fargo Bank. Interest payable monthly at the
banks prime rate plus 1/2% due and payable June 1, 1996. (See
Note 4)......................................................... $ 600,000 $ 878,851 $ 632,073
Note payable Wells Fargo Bank. Interest payable monthly at the
bank's prime rate plus 3/4%. Due and payable December 31, 1999.
(See Note 4).................................................... 1,908,762 2,300,000 2,000,000
Non-interest bearing notes issued in connection with the
acquisition of the water park located in Phoenix, Arizona,
imputed interest of 11%. Principal and interest due in annual
installments beginning September 29, 1989....................... 33,508 -- --
------------ ------------ ------------------
2,542,270 3,178,851 2,632,073
Less current portion.............................................. (753,508) (878,851) (632,073)
------------ ------------ ------------------
Principal payments due after one year............................. $ 1,788,762 $ 2,300,000 $ 2,000,000
------------ ------------ ------------------
------------ ------------ ------------------
</TABLE>
NOTE 4: NOTES PAYABLE--WELLS FARGO BANK
In June 1994 the Company entered into a loan agreement with Wells Fargo Bank
providing for a working capital line-of-credit and a revolving reducing
commitment (loan commitment) for repayment of existing bank debt and future
expansion needs.
LINE-OF-CREDIT
The maximum principal amount of advances up to and including June 1, 1996
may not exceed $1,000,000. Interest to be paid monthly at the Bank's prime rate
plus 1/2%. Due to a $100,000 line of credit
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FRE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 4: NOTES PAYABLE--WELLS FARGO BANK --(CONTINUED)
in favor of CAL-Expo, the maximum available to the Company is $900,000. The
balance owing at December 31, 1995 was $878,851.
LOAN COMMITMENT
The loan commitment provides for the Company to borrow, repay and re-borrow
subject to the reductions as reflected below. The maximum principal amounts
outstanding may not exceed $3,600,000. Interest is payable monthly at the bank's
prime rate plus 3/4%, the loan matures December 31, 1999. Below is the maximum
principal loan amount available for each period:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Through December 31, 1996....................................... $2,880,000
Through December 31, 1997....................................... $2,160,000
Through December 31, 1998....................................... $1,440,000
Through December 31, 1999....................................... $ 720,000
</TABLE>
The balance owing at December 31, 1995 was $2,300,000.
NOTE 5: NOTES RECEIVABLE
Notes receivable consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Note receivable--Water Park sale.................................. $ 61,416
Note receivable--Concord Entertainment Center..................... 340,101
---------
$ 401,517
---------
---------
</TABLE>
Notes receivable from the water park sale represents the balance owing at
December 31, 1995. As explained in Note 7, the Company reimbursed, through
offset of the note receivable, certain costs incurred by the buyer.
Notes receivable from Concord Entertainment Center reflects amounts advanced
on behalf of the Joint Venture for construction and operating expenses. The
obligation was paid in full as of March 21, 1996, the date of the auditor's
report.
NOTE 6: CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY (CEC)
In September 1994, the Company entered into a 50% Joint Venture Agreement to
construct and operate a water park and family entertainment center in Concord,
California. Per the Joint Venture Agreement, the Company's mandatory capital
contribution is $1,000,000. During the year, the Company funded $617,332 to
satisfy the balance of its capital commitment. Also, the Company's 50% share of
net income totaled $985,601.
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FRE, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 6: CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY (CEC) --(CONTINUED)
In addition to 50% of sharing operating profits and losses, the Company is
entitled to the following:
DEVELOPMENT FEES
During construction the Company was entitled to receive development fees
equal to 5% of the projected construction cost, not to exceed $275,000. For the
years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995 payments received by the Company were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S> <C>
1994.................................................................................................. $ 91,667
1995.................................................................................................. 183,333
----------
$ 275,000
----------
----------
</TABLE>
MANAGEMENT FEES
Upon commencement of operations, the Company entered into a management
contract with CEC to manage and operate the facilities. The management fee will
equal 7 1/2% of gross annual revenues. Management fees received through December
31, 1995 totaled $438,461.
NOTE 7: EXTRAORDINARY ITEM
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the sale agreement relating to the
Arizona parks, the Company was obligated to resolve certain mandated
improvements. Although the new owners of the Arizona parks performed the work,
the Company was financially responsible for the costs they incurred. On December
27, 1995 a settlement agreement was reached and the costs were reimbursed
through a reduction of Notes Receivable generated by the sale. The $125,000
reduction of the notes has been recognized as an extraordinary item for
financial statement purposes.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Partners of
Concord Entertainment Company
Concord, California
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Concord Entertainment Company
(a general partnership) as of December 31, 1995, and the related statements of
income, retained earnings, and cash flows for the year then ended. 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 the 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 Concord Entertainment Company as of
December 31, 1995, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the
year then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Nelson & Company
Gold River, California
November 12, 1996
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
BALANCE SHEET
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31,
1995
------------ SEPTEMBER 30,
1996
-------------
(UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash.............................................................................. $ 47,338 $ 979,746
Accounts receivable............................................................... 86,471 292,807
Inventory......................................................................... 60,115 65,081
Prepaid expenses.................................................................. 11,932 68,243
Deposits.......................................................................... 66,069 1,229
------------ -------------
Total Current Assets.......................................................... 271,925 1,407,106
------------ -------------
Property and Equipment, at Cost
Park assets and improvements...................................................... 8,440,221 9,770,482
Allowance for depreciation........................................................ (389,579) (901,705)
------------ -------------
8,050,642 8,868,777
------------ -------------
Other Assets
Organizational costs.............................................................. 423,401 423,401
Development fees.................................................................. 330,000 330,000
Loan costs........................................................................ 35,280 20,543
------------ -------------
788,681 773,944
Accumulated amortization............................................................ (68,188) (119,320)
------------ -------------
720,493 654,624
------------ -------------
Total Assets.................................................................. $9,043,060 $ 10,930,507
------------ -------------
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable.................................................................. $ 34,485 $ 245,150
Partner advances.................................................................. 321,760 456,597
Other accrued expenses............................................................ 155,169 26,111
Deferred revenue.................................................................. 204,371 24,512
Insurance claims reserve.......................................................... 73,500 85,723
Notes payable-current portion..................................................... 1,081,942 988,745
------------ -------------
Total Current Liabilities......................................................... 1,871,227 1,826,838
Notes payable due after one year.................................................... 2,700,630 3,181,631
------------ -------------
4,571,857 5,008,469
Partners' equity.................................................................... 4,471,203 5,922,038
------------ -------------
Total Liabilities and Partners' Equity........................................ $9,043,060 $ 10,930,507
------------ -------------
------------ -------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND PARTNERS' EQUITY
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
YEAR ENDED --------------------------
DECEMBER 31, 1995 1996
1995 ------------ ------------
------------ (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Net Sales.............................................................. $5,791,141 $ 5,647,313 $ 5,827,335
Cost of Sales.......................................................... (572,279) (556,387) (532,301)
------------ ------------ ------------
5,218,862 5,090,926 5,295,034
------------ ------------ ------------
Operating Expenses
Advertising.......................................................... 159,272 149,773 364,584
Depreciation and amortization........................................ 457,767 286,084 564,363
Insurance and claims payments........................................ 112,877 60,536 111,006
Miscellaneous........................................................ 80,055 64,636 89,040
Payroll and related expenses......................................... 1,035,556 831,383 1,083,951
Printing and postage................................................. 112,288 56,521 83,673
Professional services................................................ 8,608 3,602 22,697
Rents................................................................ 110,819 105,577 370,136
Repairs and maintenance.............................................. 154,771 142,281 69,005
Supplies............................................................. 49,581 43,515 92,257
Taxes and licenses................................................... 77,903 48,896 100,371
Telephone and utilities.............................................. 168,649 147,757 206,494
Travel and entertainment............................................. 8,924 8,516 8,552
------------ ------------ ------------
Income Operating Expenses.......................................... 2,537,070 1,949,077 3,166,129
------------ ------------ ------------
Income From Operations........................................... 2,681,792 3,141,849 2,128,905
------------ ------------ ------------
Other Income (Expenses)
Interest Income...................................................... -- -- 4,668
Management fees...................................................... (433,743) (425,405) (434,480)
Interest expense..................................................... (276,846) (166,121) (248,258)
------------ ------------ ------------
Total Other Income (Expenses)...................................... (710,589) (591,526) (678,070)
------------ ------------ ------------
Net income............................................................. 1,971,203 2,550,323 1,450,835
Partners' equity, beginning of the year................................ 921,743 921,743 4,471,203
Partners' contributions................................................ 1,578,257 1,578,257 --
------------ ------------ ------------
Partners' equity, end of year.......................................... $4,471,203 $ 5,050,323 $ 5,922,038
------------ ------------ ------------
------------ ------------ ------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
these financial statements.
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
YEAR ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
1995
------------- NINE MONTHS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30,
1995 1996
------------- -------------
(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income......................................................... $ 1,971,203 $ 2,550,323 $ 1,450,835
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operations:
Depreciation and amortization.................................... 457,767 286,084 564,363
Accounts receivable.............................................. (86,471) (774,760) (206,336)
Inventory........................................................ (60,115) (46,534) (4,996)
Prepaid expenses................................................. (11,932) (8,547) (56,311)
Deposits......................................................... (66,069) (66,069) 79,577
Accounts payable................................................. 34,485 163,679 210,665
Accrued expenses................................................. 155,169 246,666 (129,058)
Accrued claims liability......................................... 73,500 29,458 12,223
Deferred revenue................................................. 204,371 159,298 (179,859)
Partner advances................................................. 321,760 625,908 134,837
------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash provided by operating activities.......................... 2,993,668 3,165,506 1,875,970
------------- ------------- -------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets........................................... (7,383,166) (7,265,521) (1,331,366)
Intangible assets.................................................. (788,681) (788,681) --
------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash used in investing activities.............................. (8,171,847) (8,054,202) (1,331,366)
------------- ------------- -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceed from credit line borrowings and long-term debt............. 3,600,000 3,600,000 4,170,376
Principal payments of long-term debt............................... (648,778) (135,332) (3,782,572)
Loans from partners................................................ 696,038 230,202 --
Partner contributions.............................................. 1,578,257 1,578,257 --
------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash provided by financing activities........................ 5,225,517 5,273,127 387,804
------------- ------------- -------------
Net increase in cash................................................. 47,338 384,431 932,408
Cash at beginning of year............................................ -- -- 47,338
------------- ------------- -------------
Cash at end of year.................................................. $ 47,338 $ 384,431 $ 979,746
------------- ------------- -------------
------------- ------------- -------------
</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of
these financial statements
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Cash paid during the year for interest $ 276,846 $ 166,141 $ 246,607
--------- --------- ---------
--------- --------- ---------
</TABLE>
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
A capital lease obligation of $135,312 was incurred when the Partnership
entered into a lease for pool equipment.
DISCLOSURE OF ACCOUNTING POLICY
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Partnership considers all
highly-liquid debt instruments, purchased with maturity of three months or less,
to be cash equivalents.
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
(INFORMATION AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 AND FOR THE
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
Concord Entertainment Company ("the Partnership"), a California general
partnership, owns and operates a waterpark in Concord, California. Equal
interests of the Partnership are owned by a Missouri S Corporation and a
California Limited Liability Company (LLC).
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Season ticket revenue is recognized over the months the waterpark is open.
Group event revenue is recognized at the time the event occurs.
INVENTORY
Inventory consists of retail goods, food held for resale, and uniforms.
Inventory is stated at the lower of average cost or market.
FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets are recorded at cost. It is the policy of management to provide
for depreciation over the lesser of the useful lives of the assets or the
remaining life of the operating lease. Straight line and accelerated
depreciation methods consistent with generally accepted accounting principles
are used. In determining depreciation for income tax purposes, the Partnership
uses the accelerated cost recovery system and the modified accelerated cost
recovery system.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Intangible assets consist of capitalized start-up costs, development and
loan fees. Amortization is computed using the straight-line method over lives
ranging from one to fifteen years.
INCOME TAXES
As a partnership, no income taxes are paid by Partnership, thus no income
tax expense has been recorded in these statements. Income, loss, credits, etc.,
from the Partnership are reported on a prorata basis by its partners on their
respective tax returns.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The process of preparing financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates and assumptions
regarding certain types of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses. Such
estimates primarily relate to unsettled transactions and events as of the date
of the financial statements. Accordingly, upon settlement, actual results may
differ from estimated amounts.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Company's accounting policies reflect industry practices and conform to
generally accepted accounting principles.
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES --(CONTINUED)
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 1996 and for the nine months ended
September 30, 1995 and 1996, reflect all adjustments (all of which were normal
and recurring) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for fair
statement of the financial position and results of operations for the interim
periods presented. The results of operations for the nine month period ended
September 30, 1996 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the full
year. The Company's business is highly seasonal. The great majority of the
Company's revenue is collected during the summer while operating expenditures
are incurred throughout the year. Accordingly, the Company incurs a net loss for
the last calendar quarter.
NOTE 2: ACCRUED CLAIMS LIABILITY
The Partnership maintains a reserve for claims arising from public use of
the waterpark. For Each claim presented, a reserve for the lesser of the claim
or $10,000 (the deductible limit of the Partnership's liability insurance) is
established to recognize the potential liability.
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 3: NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable at December 31, 1995 and September 30, 1996 consists of the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, 1995 SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
----------------- ------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Line of credit with Wells Fargo Bank with maximum
borrowings of $400,000. Interest is payable monthly at
the banks prime rate plus 3/4%. The loan matures June
30, 1996. The line of credit requires the Partnership
to meet certain loan covenants and financial ratios. At
December 31, 1995, the Partnership was in compliance
with these requirements................................ $ 400,000 --
Note payable to Wells Fargo Bank; payable in annual
installments of $640,000 with interest payable monthly
at the bank's prime rate plus 1%. The loan is
personally guaranteed by the individual owners of the
partners in the Partnership and secured by partnership
assets. The loan matures December 31, 1999. The
Partnership is required to meet certain loan covenants
and certain financial ratios. At December 31, 1995 the
Partnership was in compliance with these
requirements........................................... 2,560,000 --
Note payable to the general partners of the Partnership
due in three equal annual installments to commence
following repayment of notes payable, interest payable
at 12% per annum....................................... 696,038 --
Note payable to Union Bank, reducing revolving loan not
to exceed $6,000,000 with interest due monthly at 1.5%
in excess of the Banks Adjusted Treasuries rate or the
Adjusted LIBOR-Rate, the option is that of the
Partnership. The loan matures December 20, 2002........ -- 3,896,631
Notes payable, City of Concord payable, without
interest over thirty months from date of inception..... -- 189,153
Capital lease obligation (Note 4)...................... 126,534 84,592
----------------- ------------------
3,782,572 4,170,376
Less current portion................................... (1,081,942) (988,745)
----------------- ------------------
$ 2,700,630 $ 3,181,631
----------------- ------------------
----------------- ------------------
</TABLE>
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 3: NOTES PAYABLE --(CONTINUED)
Future principal maturities on notes payable are as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1996............................................................ $ 681,942
1997............................................................ 686,541
1998............................................................ 678,051
1999............................................................ 640,000
2000............................................................ 232,013
Thereafter...................................................... 464,025
---------
$3,382,572
---------
---------
</TABLE>
NOTE 4: LEASES
The Partnership leases equipment and land under operating leases expiring in
September, 2000 and August, 2024, respectively. The land lease is subject to
adjustment, beginning January 1, 2000 and every five years thereafter. The
Partnership also leases pool equipment under a capital lease which expires
August, 1998.
Future minimum lease payments under these agreements are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPITAL OPERATING
LEASE LEASES
---------- ------------
<S> <C> <C>
1996................................................................ $ 54,138 $ 159,137
1997................................................................ 54,138 159,137
1998................................................................ 40,604 132,495
1999................................................................ -- 105,853
2000................................................................ -- 105,365
Thereafter.......................................................... -- 2,374,905
---------- ------------
Total minimum lease payments.................................... 148,880 $ 3,036,892
---------- ------------
Less amounts representing interest.................................. (22,346)
----------
Obligations under Capital lease..................................... 126,534
Less current maturaties............................................. (41,942)
----------
$ 84,592
----------
----------
</TABLE>
Rent and equipment rentals for 1995 totaled $110,819.
Total minimum lease payments do not include contingent rentals that may be
paid under the land lease. Contingent rentals begin October 1, 1995 and are
based on 5% of gross sales less the base rent. Contingent rental payments may be
reduced by certain expenditures for capital improvements, and entertainment and
business taxes. No contingent rental payments were accrued in 1995
Interest rate on the capital lease is 10.5% which is imputed based on the
lower of the Partnership's incremental borrowing rate at the inception of the
lease or the lessor's implicit rate of return.
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CONCORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS --(CONTINUED)
NOTE 5: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Missouri partner manages the Concord waterpark plus a waterpark and
entertainment center located in Sacramento, California. The partner receives a
management fee of 7.5% of gross sales plus out of pocket costs. Total management
fees paid or accrued under this agreement for year ended December 31, 1995 were
$438,461. The partner also bills the Partnership for payroll, worker's
compensation insurance and other operating expenses paid on behalf of the
Partnership. Total advances owing to this partner at December 31, 1995 were
$321,760.
The California partner receives a fee equal to .75% of gross sales for its
contribution of the water parks' land lease. Total fees accrued to the
California partner in 1995 were $43,846.
The Missouri partner received a development fee of $275,000 and the
California partner received a development fee of $55,000 for services in
connection with the waterpark's construction.
NOTE 6: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Partnership constructed Phase II of the waterpark in 1996. The total
cost to complete the construction was approximately $1,450,000.
The Partnership entered into an agreement with Union Bank subsequent to
December 31, 1995 to refinance existing debt of Wells Fargo Bank and finance
Phase II construction of the waterpark with a six million reducing revolving
loan. The loan will mature on December 20, 2002. The loan will bear interest at
either the bank's reference rate, LIBOR, plus 1.5%, or Adjusted Treasuries, plus
1.5%. The loan is guaranteed by the Missouri partner and owners of the
California partner.
On October 10, 1996 the Partnership entered into a sales agreement to sell
its assets to an unrelated publicly held company. The transaction will be
structured in the form of an asset sale or a contribution of assets to another
partnership with a subsequent buy out of its partnership interest. The proposed
gross sales price approximates $8,100,000.
The Partnership negotiated a settlement with the City of Concord for
reimbursement of initial construction costs related to preparing the land leased
from the City. The Partnership received a cash payment of approximately
$390,000. Related to this settlement, was an agreement for the Partnership to
pay offsite costs, sewer hook-up and related fees to the city of approximately
$202,000. This amount is to be paid over thirty months. The balance due at the
date of this report approximates $175,000.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Board of Directors
Stuart Amusement Company and Subsidiaries
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Stuart
Amusement Company and Subsidiaries as of September 30, 1995 and 1996, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, changes in common and other
stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended September 30, 1996. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these consolidated 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.
As described in note 1(b) to the consolidated financial statements, in
December 1996, the Company's shareholders entered into a purchase and sale
agreement ("Agreement"), whereby they agreed to sell all of the stock of the
Company to a third party. This sale is scheduled to be consummated on January
31, 1997 or not more than five days from the date that the conditions specified
in the Agreement are satisfied.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Stuart
Amusement Company and Subsidiaries as of September 30, 1995 and 1996, and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended September 30, 1996 in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
December 10, 1996, except as to the last sentence
of the third paragraph of Note 3, which is
as of December 24, 1996.
Springfield, Massachusetts
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STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1996
----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C>
ASSETS (NOTES 3 AND 9)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents............................................................. $ 19,694 $ 196,746
Accounts receivable:
Trade............................................................................... 303,509 664,256
Other............................................................................... 177,866 251,057
Due from affiliate (note 4)........................................................... 39,446 3,187
Inventory............................................................................. 754,627 785,888
Prepaid expenses and other assets..................................................... 195,361 187,818
Due from stockholder (note 4)......................................................... 65,228 65,228
Deferred income taxes (note 5)........................................................ 152,000 168,000
----------- -----------
Total current assets............................................................ 1,707,731 2,322,180
Property, plant and equipment, net (notes 2 and 6)...................................... 6,340,449 6,376,609
Deferred debt origination costs, net of accumulated amortization of $468,895 in 1996 and
$358,567 in 1995...................................................................... 303,398 193,070
Other assets............................................................................ 1,458 1,958
----------- -----------
Total assets.................................................................... $ 8,353,036 $ 8,893,817
----------- -----------
----------- -----------
LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK AND COMMON AND OTHER STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current installments of long-term debt (note 3)....................................... $ 572,000 $ 1,149,778
Current installments of obligations under capital leases (note 6)..................... 11,941 985
Accounts payable...................................................................... 1,082,478 1,748,858
Accrued liabilities (note 8).......................................................... 941,636 1,103,784
Accrued income taxes.................................................................. 161,118 173,501
Dividends payable (note 9)............................................................ 92,302 236,226
----------- -----------
Total current liabilities....................................................... 2,861,475 4,413,132
----------- -----------
Long-term debt, less current installments (note 3)...................................... 1,149,778 --
Deferred income taxes (note 5).......................................................... 787,000 965,000
Redeemable, $80 cumulative annual dividend, non-voting preferred stock, $1 par value.
Authorized, issued and outstanding 3,405 shares (note 9).............................. 3,405,385 3,405,385
Common and Other Stockholders' equity:
Class A common stock, voting, no par value. Authorized 1,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 400 shares (note 9)..................................................... 400 400
Class B common stock, nonvoting, no par value. Authorized 1,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 600 shares (note 9)..................................................... 600 600
Additional paid-in capital............................................................ 21,614 21,614
Retained earnings (note 3)............................................................ 126,784 87,686
----------- -----------
Total common and other stockholders' equity..................................... 149,398 110,300
Commitments and contingencies (notes 3, 6, 8 and 9)
----------- -----------
Total liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and common and other stockholders'
equity........................................................................ $ 8,353,036 $ 8,893,817
----------- -----------
----------- -----------
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995, AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenue:
Theme park admissions............................................. $ 7,602,736 $ 7,327,060 $ 7,484,054
Theme park food, merchandise and other............................ 11,678,063 12,139,037 11,362,270
------------- ------------- -------------
Total revenue................................................... 19,280,799 19,466,097 18,846,324
------------- ------------- -------------
Operating costs and expenses:
Operating expenses................................................ 8,672,312 8,436,372 7,514,852
Selling, general and administrative............................... 6,614,158 6,058,778 6,554,971
Costs of products sold............................................ 3,320,228 3,326,879 3,211,853
Depreciation and amortization..................................... 798,125 784,804 764,600
------------- ------------- -------------
Total operating costs and expenses.............................. 19,404,823 18,606,833 18,046,276
------------- ------------- -------------
Income (loss) from operations................................... (124,024) 859,264 800,048
Other expense:
Interest expense, net............................................. (382,554) (413,329) (341,944)
Other (expense) income, net (note 11)............................. 250,000 (13,916) (5,872)
------------- ------------- -------------
Total other expense............................................. (132,554) (427,245) (347,816)
------------- ------------- -------------
Income (loss) before income taxes............................... (256,578) 432,019 452,232
Income tax expense (benefit) (note 5)............................... (85,000) 182,000 209,000
------------- ------------- -------------
Net income (loss)............................................... $ (171,578) $ 250,019 $ 243,232
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN COMMON AND OTHER STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL COMMON
CLASS A CLASS B ADDITIONAL TREASURY AND OTHER
COMMON COMMON PAID-IN RETAINED STOCK STOCKHOLDERS'
STOCK STOCK CAPITAL EARNINGS AT COST EQUITY
----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance September 30, 1993....................... $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 128,528 $ 1,990,421 $(1,497,300) $ 623,649
Net loss for the twelve months ended September
30, 1994....................................... -- -- -- (171,578) -- (171,578)
Preferred dividends declared..................... -- -- -- (276,343) -- (276,343)
Effect of capital reorganization................. (600) (400) (106,914) (1,389,386) 1,497,300 --
----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------
Balance, September 30, 1994...................... 400 600 21,614 153,114 -- 175,728
Net income for the twelve months ended September
30, 1995....................................... -- -- -- 250,019 -- 250,019
Preferred dividends declared..................... -- -- -- (276,349) -- (276,349)
----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------
Balance September 30, 1995....................... 400 600 21,614 126,784 -- 149,398
Net income for the twelve months ended September
30, 1996....................................... -- -- -- 243,232 -- 243,232
Preferred dividends declared..................... -- -- -- (282,330) -- (282,330)
----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------
Balance, September 30, 1996...................... $ 400 $ 600 $ 21,614 $ 87,686 -- $ 110,300
----------- ----------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ------------
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</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995 1996
---------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss)........................................................... $ (171,578) $ 250,019 $ 243,232
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization............................................. 798,125 784,804 764,600
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment............................. (7,387) -- (2,737)
Decrease (increase) in:
Accounts receivable..................................................... 73,432 (217,231) (433,938)
Due from affiliate...................................................... 12,503 13,200 36,259
Inventory............................................................... (110,328) 45,771 (31,261)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets............................... (16,379) 51,593 7,543
Other assets............................................................ (29,173) 56,953 (500)
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable........................................................ 313,064 (171,063) 666,380
Accrued liabilities..................................................... (1,580) 109,589 162,148
Accrued and deferred income taxes....................................... (45,675) 159,300 174,383
---------- ----------- -----------
Net cash provided by operating activities............................. 815,024 1,082,935 1,586,109
---------- ----------- -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures...................................................... (466,362) (328,158) (690,895)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment....................... 20,900 -- 3,200
---------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used by investing activities................................. (445,462) (328,158) (687,695)
---------- ----------- -----------
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Repayment of notes payable................................................ (572,000) (572,000) (572,000)
Dividends paid............................................................ (276,059) (276,060) (138,406)
Payments of capital lease obligations..................................... (39,214) (42,225) (10,956)
Amount due from stockholder............................................... (18,000) (28,000) --
---------- ----------- -----------
Net cash used by financing activities................................. (905,273) (918,285) (721,362)
---------- ----------- -----------
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents........................ (535,711) (163,508) 177,052
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of twelve-month period................. 718,913 183,202 19,694
---------- ----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of twelve-month period....................... $ 183,202 $ 19,694 $ 196,746
---------- ----------- -----------
---------- ----------- -----------
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Cash paid during the twelve months for:
Interest................................................................ $ 343,430 $ 413,329 $ 341,944
Income tax paid (refunds received), net................................. $ (39,325) $ 22,700 $ 22,300
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(A) NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SEASONALITY
The Company operates Riverside Amusement Park, located in Western
Massachusetts, from April through September and on weekends during October. The
Company's year end for income tax and financial reporting purposes is March 31.
The accompanying financial statements as of September 30 and for the twelve
months then ended are prepared to comply with the Company's debt agreement.
(B) BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
On December 4, 1996, the shareholders of the Company entered into a stock
purchase agreement ("Agreement") whereby they agreed to sell 100% of the shares
of the Company to a third party. The closing date for the transaction is January
31, 1997 or not more than five days from such date that the conditions specified
in Article V to the Agreement are satisfied or waived. The outstanding debt of
the Company (note 3) will be satisfied and the outstanding preferred stock (note
9) will be redeemed from the proceeds of the sale at the closing.
The consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 1996 contain no
adjustments that may result from this contemplated transaction.
In the event the sale of the Company is not consummated, the Company would
seek alternative debt or equity financing. Management believes that these
alternative financings will be available and adequate to satisfy current
obligations.
(C) PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Stuart
Amusement Company (the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Riverside
Park Enterprises, Inc. and Riverside Park Food Services, Inc. All significant
intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
(D) INVENTORY
Inventory consists of prize merchandise, auto parts, food and supplies and
is stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first-in,
first-out (FIFO) method.
(E) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is charged to
expense over the estimated useful lives of the respective assets using a
combination of straight-line and accelerated methods for both financial
reporting and tax purposes. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as
incurred; major renewals and betterments are capitalized.
(F) DEFERRED DEBT ORIGINATION COSTS
Deferred debt origination costs are being amortized over the period of
expected repayment for the associated debt ranging from 5 to 10 years.
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STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
(G) CASH EQUIVALENTS
For financial statement purposes, the Company considers all short-term
investments with a maturity at date of purchase of three months or less to be
cash equivalents.
(H) USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(I) ADVERTISING COSTS
Production costs of commercials are charged to operations in the year first
aired. The costs of other advertising, promotion, and marketing programs are
charged to operations in the year incurred. There are no advertising costs
capitalized at September 30, 1995 or 1996.
(J) LONG-LIVED ASSETS
The Company assesses the recoverability of its property and equipment and
intangible assets by determining whether the depreciation of the property and
equipment over their remaining lives can be recovered through undiscounted
future operating cash flows generated from the operations of the long-lived
assets. The amount of impairment, if any, is measured based on projected
discounted future operating cash flows using an appropriate interest rate. The
assessment of the recoverability of long-lived assets will be impacted if
estimated future operating cash flows are not achieved.
(K) INCOME TAXES
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method.
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 and operating loss carryforwards. 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. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(2) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESTIMATED
1995 1996 USEFUL LIVES
------------- ------------ -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Land.................................................................. $ 139,259 139,259 --
Buildings............................................................. 6,605,149 6,605,149 20-40 years
Machinery and equipment............................................... 17,068,553 17,659,519 5-20 years
Motor vehicles........................................................ 227,055 243,264 3-10 years
------------- ------------
24,040,016 24,647,191
Less accumulated depreciation......................................... 17,699,567 18,270,582
------------- ------------
Property, plant and equipment, net.............................. $ 6,340,449 6,376,609
------------- ------------
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</TABLE>
Property, plant and equipment depreciation expense charged to income
amounted to $687,798, $674,475 and $654,272 for the twelve months ended
September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
(3) LONG-TERM DEBT
On June 18, 1992, the Company entered into a credit facility and issued
preferred stock (see note 9) as full payment of the then outstanding debt.
The credit facility consists of a $3,000,000 revolving line of credit and a
$4,000,000 term note, both bearing interest at the prime rate plus 1% (total
rate of 9.25% at September 30, 1996). The term note requires monthly principal
payments of $52,000 for each of the months between July 1992 and April 1993,
inclusive, and principal payments of $143,000 in June, July, August and
September in each of the years 1993 through 1997, inclusive. The remainder of
the outstanding balance of the term note of approximately $578,000 is due in
September 1997. Interest is payable monthly in arrears on the revolving line of
credit and the term note.
The loan agreement contains several covenants, among which are financial
ratios to be met by the Company, limitations on capital expenditures,
restrictions on amount of indebtedness assumed, and restrictions on cash
dividends paid by the Company. At September 30, 1996, the Company was not in
compliance with certain of these financial ratio covenants regarding debt
service coverage and minimum tangible net worth. On December 24, 1996, the
Company received from the lender a waiver of these financial covenants for the
reporting period ended September 30, 1996 and through the date of maturity of
the loans.
The credit facility is secured by substantially all the assets of the
Company.
There were no outstanding borrowings under the revolving line of credit at
September 30, 1995 or 1996.
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(3) LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED)
Long-term debt consists of the following at September 30:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1996
------------ ----------
<S> <C> <C>
Term note, as described above...................................... $ 1,721,778 1,149,778
Less current installments.......................................... 572,000 1,149,778
------------ ----------
1,149,778 $ --
------------ ----------
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</TABLE>
(4) TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
The balance due from stockholder as of September 30, 1995 and 1996 relates
to advances made by the Company and bears interest at 10%. It is payable on
demand.
Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc. leases certain property, plant and
equipment from a related trust under various monthly rental agreements accounted
for as operating leases. Total rental expense under these rental agreements
amounted to $39,495, $11,290 and $16,975 for the twelve-month periods ended
September 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
Remington Associates ("Remington"), an affiliated company through common
control, provides advertising services to the Company. Related advertising costs
incurred by the Company totaled approximately $1,041,000, $962,000 and
$1,168,451 during the twelve-month periods ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and
1996, respectively. In addition, Remington rents its operating facility from the
Company on a month-to-month basis for approximately $7,000 per month. Rental
income recognized from Remington totaled approximately $84,000 for each of the
twelve-month periods ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996. Approximately
$39,000 and $3,000 was due the Company from Remington at September 30, 1995 and
1996, respectively. The amounts due from Remington have been classified as "Due
from affiliate" in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
(5) INCOME TAXES
Income tax expense (benefit) consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995 1996
---------- --------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Current federal............................................ -- -- $ 2,000
Current state.............................................. 18,000 18,000 45,000
---------- --------- ----------
18,000 18,000 47,000
Deferred................................................... (103,000) 164,000 162,000
---------- --------- ----------
$ (85,000) 182,000 209,000
---------- --------- ----------
---------- --------- ----------
</TABLE>
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(5) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
The difference between the actual income tax expense (benefit) and the
income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the statutory federal income
tax rate of 34% to income (loss) before income taxes is attributable to the
following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1994 1995 1996
---------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Computed expected tax expense (benefit)..................... $ (87,000) 147,000 154,000
State income taxes, net of federal benefit.................. 8,000 21,000 31,000
Charitable contributions.................................... 2,000 -- 3,000
Life insurance.............................................. 2,000 5,000 4,000
Other....................................................... (10,000) 9,000 17,000
---------- --------- ---------
$ (85,000) 182,000 209,000
---------- --------- ---------
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</TABLE>
The tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to the deferred tax
assets and the deferred tax liability are:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Deferred tax assets:
Self-insurance................................................. $ 152,000 168,000
Federal tax operating loss carryforwards....................... 727,000 605,000
Federal alternative minimum tax credit......................... 27,000 11,000
General business credits....................................... 261,469 261,469
------------- -----------
Gross deferred tax assets.................................... 1,167,469 1,045,469
Less valuation allowance....................................... (261,469) (261,469)
------------- -----------
Net deferred tax assets...................................... 906,000 784,000
Deferred tax liability:
Depreciation................................................... (1,541,000) (1,581,000)
------------- -----------
Net deferred tax liability................................... $ (635,000) (797,000)
------------- -----------
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</TABLE>
The net deferred tax liability is classified in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheets as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1995 1996
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<S> <C> <C>
Current deferred income tax asset.................................... $ 152,000 168,000
Long-term deferred income tax liability.............................. (787,000) (965,000)
----------- ----------
Net deferred tax liability......................................... $ (635,000) (797,000)
----------- ----------
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</TABLE>
The Company has approximately $1,779,000 in net operating loss carryforwards
for federal income tax purposes that are available to reduce future income taxes
payable, provided sufficient taxable income is earned to permit their use
subject to applicable "carryforward" rules and limitations expiring as follows:
$1,101,000, March 31, 2005; $141,000, March 31, 2006; $137,000, March 31, 2007;
and $400,000, March 31,
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STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(5) INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
2010. The Company also has general business credit carryforwards for federal
income tax purposes of $261,469 which are available to reduce future federal
income taxes, if any, expiring as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
EXPIRATION DATE AMOUNT
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------
<S> <C>
March 31, 1997.................................................................... $ 10,009
March 31, 1998.................................................................... 183,050
March 31, 1999.................................................................... 2,687
March 31, 2000.................................................................... 32,444
March 31, 2001.................................................................... 30,850
March 31, 2002.................................................................... 2,429
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$ 261,469
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----------
</TABLE>
A valuation allowance of $261,469 has been established at September 30, 1995
and 1996. This allowance has been established due to the uncertainty of the
general business credits being used prior to their expiration. No valuation
allowance has been established against federal operating loss carryforwards. It
is management's belief that it is more likely than not that all of the
carryforwards will be used prior to their expiration.
(6) LEASES
The Company is obligated under various capital leases for certain machinery
and equipment; these leases expire at various dates during the next two years.
At September 30, 1996, the gross amount of machinery and equipment and related
accumulated amortization recorded under capital leases was $122,335 and $60,016,
respectively. At September 30, 1995, the gross amount of machinery and equipment
and related accumulated amortization recorded under capital leases was $122,335
and $44,664, respectively.
Amortization of assets held under capital leases is included with
depreciation expense.
The Company leases certain coin-operated machines under agreements accounted
for as operating leases. The leases are cancelable upon 60 to 90 days' notice by
either the lessee or lessor. Lease payments are based on a percentage of gross
proceeds collected in the coin-operated machines. The Company also rents certain
equipment, principally office and computer equipment, under lease agreements
accounted for as operating leases.
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STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(6) LEASES (CONTINUED)
Future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases and the
present value of future minimum capital lease payments as of September 30, 1996
are:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPITAL OPERATING
LEASES LEASES
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<S> <C> <C>
Twelve-month period ending September 30:
1997................................................................... $ 985 68,447
1998................................................................... -- 8,597
1999................................................................... -- 3,312
2000................................................................... -- 1,104
----- -----------
Total minimum lease payments......................................... 985 $ 81,460
-----------
-----------
Less amount representing interest........................................ --
-----
Net present value of minimum capital lease payments.................. $ 985
-----
-----
</TABLE>
Total rental expense, including the related party leases described in Note
4, was approximately $465,002, $349,546 and $348,273 for the twelve-month
periods ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
(7) EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The Company has a supplemental 401(k) savings plan (the "Plan") covering all
employees over 20 1/2 years of age who have been employed a minimum of 2 1/2
years. The Company, at its sole discretion, may provide a contribution of up to
3% of covered wages. In addition, the Company matches employee contributions up
to 5% of covered wages. The Company funds the Plan as the expense is incurred.
Expense under the Plan amounted to $141,994, $138,775 and $135,349 for the
twelve-month periods ended September 30, 1994, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
(8) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company is self-insured, up to $50,000 per occurrence, for liability
claims filed for injuries sustained by park visitors. At September 30, 1995 and
1996, respectively, approximately $381,000 and $420,000 is accrued in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheets for unsettled claims. Management
believes that settlement of any of the liability claims will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
The Company is a party to a number of legal actions arising in the ordinary
course of its business. In management's opinion, the Company has adequate legal
defenses and/or insurance coverage for those actions where the Company is a
defendant and does not believe that their settlement will materially affect the
Company's consolidated operations or financial position.
(9) REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK
On June 18, 1992, the Company, in connection with the repayment of certain
debt facilities, issued 3,405 shares of $1 par value preferred stock. The
holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to receive
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<PAGE>
STUART AMUSEMENT COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1994, 1995 AND 1996
(9) REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK (CONTINUED)
cumulative dividends of $80 per share per year. No dividends on the common stock
may be distributed while any shares of the Preferred Stock remain outstanding.
Holders of Preferred Stock may require the Company to redeem the Preferred
Stock at the earlier of five years from the date of issue or the event of a
substantial change in ownership as defined, payment in full of the Company's
indebtedness to institutional lenders, a default under the Company's new loan
agreements, or the failure to pay in full any two or more semiannual dividends.
The Company is in compliance with dividend payment requirements as of September
30, 1996. The Company shall redeem the Preferred Stock by issuing a promissory
note which will be subordinated to the then existing indebtedness to
institutional lenders, but not to exceed $7,000,000, and secured by a junior
mortgage and security interest on all assets. The note would be payable over
five years in ten equal semi-annual installments, bearing interest at the rate
of 9%.
Provided that no act or condition specified above has occurred, the Company
has the right to redeem the Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share at any time up
to the fifth anniversary of the issuance of such Preferred Stock. The Company's
right of redemption may only be exercised in full.
(10) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The carrying amounts of financial instruments classified as current assets
and current liabilities approximates fair value due to the relatively short
maturity of these instruments. The carrying amount of long-term debt
approximates fair value due to the interest rate approximating the year end
market price for similar debt.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY
OR ANY OF THE U.S. UNDERWRITERS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF
ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THOSE TO WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL, OR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH AN
OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS
NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE AN
IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME
SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PAGE
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<S> <C>
Additional Information......................... 2
Incorporation of Certain Information by
Reference.................................... 2
Prospectus Summary............................. 3
Risk Factors................................... 13
The Company.................................... 17
Use of Proceeds................................ 21
Price Range of Common Stock.................... 22
Dividend Policy................................ 22
Capitalization................................. 23
Selected Historical Financial and Operating
Data......................................... 24
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial
Statements................................... 34
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations................................... 48
Business....................................... 56
Management..................................... 88
Principal Stockholders......................... 92
Certain Transactions........................... 94
Description of Indebtedness.................... 95
Description of Securities...................... 97
Underwriting................................... 100
Legal Matters.................................. 103
Experts........................................ 103
Index to Financial Statements.................. F-1
</TABLE>
4,000,000 SHARES
[LOGO]
PREMIER PARKS INC.
COMMON STOCK
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PROSPECTUS
, 1997
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
FURMAN SELZ
SMITH BARNEY INC.
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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 IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR
TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.
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PROSPECTUS
Subject to Completion, dated December 31, 1996
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4,000,000 SHARES
PREMIER PARKS INC.
COMMON STOCK
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All of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby are being sold by Premier
Parks Inc. (the "Company" or "Premier"). Of the 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock
offered, 600,000 shares are being offered outside the United States and Canada
in an international offering (the "International Offering") by the International
Managers and 3,400,000 shares are being offered inside the United States and
Canada in a concurrent United States offering (the "U.S. Offering") by the U.S.
Underwriters (together with the International Mangers, the "Underwriters").
These offerings are collectively referred to herein as the "Offering." The
Underwriters intend to reserve approximately 150,000 shares of Common Stock
(approximately 4% of the Offering) for sale at the initial public offering price
to principal stockholders of the Company or their affiliates. See
"Underwriting."
The Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market ("NASDAQ") under
the symbol "PARK." On December 30, 1996, the last sales price of the Common
Stock, as reported on NASDAQ, was $32 1/8 per share. See "Price Range of Common
Stock."
Concurrently with the Offering, the Company is offering $100 million
aggregate principal amount of % Senior Notes (the "New Notes") due 2007 (the
"Concurrent Offering" and, together with the Offering, the "Offerings"). Neither
the Offering nor the Concurrent Offering is conditioned upon completion of the
other. See "Description of Indebtedness -- The New Notes".
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SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 13 HEREIN FOR CERTAIN FACTORS THAT
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS.
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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.
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PRICE TO UNDERWRITING DISCOUNTS PROCEEDS TO
PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONS(1) COMPANY (2)
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Per Share...................................... $ $ $
Total(3)....................................... $ $ $
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(1) The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. See "Underwriting."
(2) Before deducting expenses payable by the Company estimated at $560,000.
(3) The Company has granted options to the Underwriters to purchase up to
600,000 additional shares of Common Stock on the same terms and conditions
as set forth herein solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If such options
are exercised in full, the total Price to Public, Underwriting Discounts and
Commissions and Proceeds to Company will be $ , $ and
$ , respectively. See "Underwriting."
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The shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus are offered by the
International Managers subject to prior sale, to withdrawal, cancellation or
modification of the offer without notice, to delivery to and acceptance by the
International Managers and to certain further conditions. It is expected that
delivery of the shares of Common Stock will be made at the offices of Lehman
Brothers Inc., New York, New York, on or about , 1997.
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
FURMAN SELZ
SMITH BARNEY INC.
, 1997.
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CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS TO NON-UNITED STATES HOLDERS
The following is a general summary of certain material United States federal
income and estate tax considerations to a Foreign Holder relevant to the
ownership and disposition of shares of Common Stock. This summary is based on
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), final, temporary and
proposed United States Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS") rulings, official pronouncements and judicial decisions,
all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject to change,
possibly with retroactive effect, or different interpretations. This summary
does not discuss all the tax consequences that may be relevant to a particular
Foreign Holder in light of the holder's particular circumstances and it is not
intended to be applicable in all respects to all categories of Foreign Holders,
some of whom may be subject to special rules not discussed below. In addition,
this summary does not address any state, local or foreign tax considerations
that may be relevant to a Foreign Holders' decision to purchase shares of Common
Stock.
As used herein, a "Foreign Holder" means any person who, for United States
federal income tax purposes, is neither (i) a citizen or resident of the United
States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in
or under the laws of the United States or of any State or of any of its
territories or possessions or (iii) a domestic trust or estate.
ALL HOLDERS THAT ARE FOREIGN HOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX
ADVISORS REGARDING THE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE
OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK IN LIGHT OF THEIR OWN
PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
SALE OR EXCHANGE OF COMMON STOCK
Subject to the discussion of backup withholding below, any capital gain
realized upon a sale or exchange of Common Stock by a beneficial owner who is a
Foreign Holder ordinarily will not be subject to United States federal income
tax unless (i) such gain is effectively connected with a trade or business
conducted by such Foreign Holder within the United States (in which case the
branch profits tax may also apply if the holder is a foreign corporation), (ii)
in the case of a Foreign Holder that is an individual, such holder is present in
the United States for a period or periods aggregating 183 days or more in the
taxable year of the sale or exchange and certain other conditions are met or
(iii) the Company is or has been a "United States real property holding
corporation" for federal income tax purposes and such Foreign Holder has held,
directly or constructively, more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock within
the five-year period ending on the date of the sale or exchange, and no treaty
exception is applicable.
DIVIDENDS ON COMMON STOCK
Generally, any dividends paid on Common Stock will be subject to United
States federal withholding tax at a rate of 30% of the amount of the dividend,
or at a lower applicable treaty rate. However, if the dividend is effectively
connected with a United States trade or business of a Foreign Holder, it will be
subject to United States federal income tax at ordinary federal income tax rates
on a net basis (in which case the branch profits tax may also apply if such
holder is a foreign corporation), rather than the 30% withholding tax.
Under current Treasury Regulations, a holder's status as a non-United States
person and eligibility for a tax treaty reduced rate of withholding will be
determined by reference to the holder's address and to any outstanding
certificates or statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of
withholding, unless facts and circumstances indicate that reliance is not
warranted. However, the IRS has issued Proposed Regulations that, if adopted in
final form, would require a non-United States person to provide certifications
under penalties of perjury in order to obtain treaty benefits.
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FEDERAL ESTATE TAXES
Common Stock that is beneficially owned by an individual who is neither a
citizen nor a resident of the United States at the time of death will be
included in such holder's gross estate for United States federal estate tax
purposes, unless an applicable estate tax treaty provides otherwise.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND INFORMATION REPORTING
Generally, dividends on Common Stock paid to holders that are Foreign
Holders that are subject to the 30% or a reduced treaty rate of United States
federal withholding tax will be exempt from backup withholding tax. Otherwise,
backup withholding of United States federal income tax at a rate of 31% may
apply to dividends paid with respect to Common Stock to holders that are not
"exempt recipients" and that fail to provide certain information (including the
holder's taxpayer identification number) in the manner required by United States
law and applicable regulations.
Payments of the proceeds from the sale by a holder that is a Foreign Holder
of shares of Common Stock made to or through a foreign office of a broker will
not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding, except that if
the broker is a United States person, a controlled foreign corporation for
United States tax purposes or a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income
is effectively connected with a United States trade or business for a specified
three-year period, information reporting may apply to such payments. Payments of
the proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock to or through the United
States office of a broker will be subject to information reporting and backup
withholding unless the holder certifies as to its non-United States status or
otherwise establishes an exemption from information reporting and backup
withholding.
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UNDERWRITING
Under the terms of and subject to the conditions contained in an
underwriting agreement (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement"), among the Company
and each of the underwriters named below (the "U.S. Underwriters"), for whom
Lehman Brothers Inc., Furman Selz LLC and Smith Barney Inc. are acting as
representatives (the "Representatives"), each of the several U.S. Underwriters
has agreed to purchase from the Company, and the Company has agreed to sell to
each U.S. Underwriter, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock set forth
opposite the name of such U.S. Underwriter below:
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NUMBER OF
U.S. UNDERWRITERS SHARES
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Lehman Brothers Inc. ...........................................................
Furman Selz LLC ................................................................
Smith Barney Inc. ..............................................................
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Total....................................................................... 3,400,000
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Under the terms of and subject to the conditions contained in an
underwriting agreement (the "International Underwriting Agreement"), among the
Company and each of the international managers named below (the "International
Managers"), for whom Lehman Brothers International (Europe), Furman Selz LLC and
Smith Barney Inc. are acting as Lead Managers (the "Lead Managers"), each of the
several International Managers has agreed to purchase from the Company, and the
Company has agreed to sell to each International Manager, the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite the name of such International
Manager below.
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NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS SHARES
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Lehman Brothers International (Europe) .........................................
Furman Selz LLC ................................................................
Smith Barney Inc. ..............................................................
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Total....................................................................... 600,000
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The U.S. Underwriting Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement
(collectively, the "Underwriting Agreements") provide that the obligations of
the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers, respectively, to purchase
shares of Common Stock, are subject to the approval of certain legal matters by
counsel and to certain other conditions and that if any of the shares of Common
Stock are purchased by the U.S. Underwriters pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement or by the International Managers pursuant to the International
Underwriting Agreement, all the shares of Common Stock agreed to be purchased by
either the U.S. Underwriters or the International Managers, as the case may be,
pursuant to their respective Underwriting Agreements, must be so purchased. The
offering price and underwriting discounts and commissions for the U.S. Offering
and the International Offering are identical. The closing of each of the U.S.
Offering and the International Offering is conditioned upon the closing of the
other.
The Company has been advised by the Representatives and the Lead Managers
that the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers propose to offer
shares of Common Stock directly to the public initially at the public offering
price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus and to certain selected
dealers (who may include the U.S. Underwriters and International Managers) at
such public offering price less a selling concession not to exceed $ per
share. The selected dealers may reallow a concession not to exceed $ per
share. After the initial offering of the Common Stock, the offering price, the
concession to selected dealers and the reallowance to other dealers may be
changed by the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers.
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At the request of the Company, the Underwriters intend to reserve
approximately 150,000 shares of Common Stock (approximately 4% of the Offering
without giving effect to the Underwriters' overallotment options) for sale at
the initial public offering price to principal stockholders of the Company or
their affiliates. The number of shares available for sale to the general public
will be reduced to the extent such individuals purchase such reserved shares.
Any reserved shares of Common Stock that are not so purchased by such persons at
the closing of the Offering will be offered to the general public on the same
terms as the other shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus.
The U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers have entered into an
Agreement Among U.S. Underwriters and International Managers (the "Agreement
Among") pursuant to which each U.S. Underwriter has agreed that, as part of the
distribution of the shares of Common Stock offered in the U.S. Offering, (a) it
is not purchasing any of such shares for the account of anyone other than a U.S.
or Canadian Person (as defined below) and (b) it has not offered or sold, and
will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of such
shares or distribute any prospectus relating to the U.S. Offering outside the
United States or Canada or to anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person. In
addition, pursuant to the Agreement Among, each International Manager has agreed
that, as part of the distribution of the shares of Common Stock offered in the
International Offering, (a) it is not purchasing any of such shares for the
account of any U.S. or Canadian Person and (b) it has not offered or sold, and
will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of such
shares or distribute any prospectus relating to the International Offering
within the United States or Canada or to any U.S. or Canadian Person. The
foregoing limitations do not apply to stabilization transactions or to certain
other transactions specified in the Underwriting Agreements and the Agreement
Among, including: (i) certain purchases and sales between the U.S. Underwriters
and the International Managers; (ii) certain offers, sales, resales, deliveries
or distributions to or through investment advisors or other persons exercising
investment discretion; (iii) purchases, offers or sales by a U.S. Underwriter
that is also acting as an International Manager or by an International Manager
that is also acting as an International Manager or by a International Manager
that is also acting as a U.S. Underwriter; and (iv) other transactions
specifically approved by the U.S. Underwriters and International Managers. As
used herein, "U.S. or Canadian Person" means any resident or citizen of the
United States or Canada, any corporation, pension, profit sharing or other trust
or other entity organized under or governed by the laws of the United States or
Canada or any political subdivision thereof (other than the foreign branch of
any United States or Canadian Person), any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States or Canadian federal income taxation regardless of
the source of its income, and any United States or Canadian branch of a person
other than a United States or Canadian Person. The term "United States" means
the United States of America (including, the states thereof and the District of
Columbia) and its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its
jurisdiction. The term "Canada" means the provinces of Canada, its territories,
its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
Pursuant to the Agreement Among, sales may be made among the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Managers of such number of shares of Common
Stock as may be mutually agreed. The price of any shares so sold shall be the
public offering price as then in effect for Common Stock being sold by the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Managers, less an amount not greater than the
selling concession unless otherwise determined by mutual agreement. To the
extent that there are sales pursuant to the Agreement Among, the number of
shares initially available for sale by the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers may be more or less than the amount specified on the
cover page of this Prospectus.
Each International Manager has represented and agreed that: (i) it has not
offered or sold and, prior to the date six months after the date of issue of the
shares of Common Stock, will not offer or sell any shares of Common Stock to
persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities
involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as
principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in
circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an
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offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public
Offers of Securities Regulations 1995; (ii) it has complied and will comply with
all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act 1986 with respect to
anything done by it in relation to the shares of Common Stock in, from or
otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii) it has only issued or passed
on, and will only issue or pass on, to any person in the United Kingdom, any
document received by it in connection with the issue of the Common Stock if that
person is of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act
1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1995.
Purchasers of the shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the Offering
may be required to pay stamp taxes and other charges in accordance with the laws
and practices of the country of purchase in addition to the offering price set
forth on the cover page hereof.
Stockholders of the Company, including the directors and executive officers,
beneficially owning an aggregate of approximately 6.9 million shares of Common
Stock (including shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon the exercise of
outstanding options and warrants) have agreed not to, directly or indirectly,
offer, sell or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock of the Company, or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or any rights to acquire,
Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company for a period of 180 days
after the date of this Prospectus without the prior written consent of Lehman
Brothers on behalf of the Representatives. Except for the Common Stock to be
sold in the Offering, the Company has agreed not to offer, sell, contract to
sell or otherwise issue any shares of Common Stock or other capital stock or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or any rights to acquire,
Common Stock or other capital stock, with certain limited exceptions (including
certain exceptions for Common Stock or other capital stock issued or sold in
connection with acquisitions by the Company including the Riverside
Acquisition), prior to the expiration of 180 days from the date of this
Prospectus without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers on behalf of the
Representatives and the Lead Managers.
The Company has granted to the U.S. Underwriters and the International
Managers options to purchase up to an additional 510,000 and 90,000 shares of
Common Stock, respectively, at the initial public offering price to the public,
less the underwriting discounts and commissions shown on the cover page of this
Prospectus, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. The options may be
exercised at any time up to 30 days after the date of this Prospectus. To the
extent that the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers exercise such
options, each of the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers, as the
case may be, will be committed (subject to certain conditions) to purchase a
number of additional shares proportionate to such U.S. Underwriter's or
International Manager's initial commitment as indicated in the preceding tables.
The Company has agreed to indemnify the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under
the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments which the U.S. Underwriters
and the International Managers may be required to make in respect thereof.
Lehman Brothers, Inc., Chase Securities Inc., Smith Barney Inc. and Furman
Selz LLC are underwriters of the Concurrent Offering and will receive
compensation for such services. Lehman Brothers Commercial Paper Inc. is the
arranger as well as one of the Company's lenders under the New Credit Facility.
If the Concurrent Offering is not consummated, the Company may use a portion of
the net proceeds of the Offering to repay borrowings under the Revolving Credit
Facility. The Company intends to use a substantial portion of the net proceeds
of the Concurrent Offering, if completed, to fully repay borrowings under the
New Credit Facility.
Under Rule 2710(c)(8) of the Conduct Rules of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD"), if more than 10% of the net proceeds of a
public offering of equity securities are to be paid to members of the NASD that
are participating in the offering, or affiliated or associated persons, the
price at which the equity securities are distributed to the public must be no
higher than that recommended by a "qualified independent underwriter," as
defined in Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of the NASD. Because
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Lehman Commercial Paper Inc., the arranger of, and a lender under, the New
Credit Facility and an affiliate of Lehman Brothers Inc., one of the
Underwriters of the Offering, may receive more than 10% of the net proceeds of
the Offering as a result of the repayment of amounts outstanding under the
Revolving Credit Facility, Smith Barney Inc., another Underwriter of the
Offering (the "Independent Underwriter"), will act as a qualified independent
underwriter in connection with the Offering. The Independent Underwiter in its
role as qualified independent underwriter has performed due diligence
investigations and reviewed and participated in the preparation of this
Prospectus and the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus forms a part.
The Independent Underwriter will not receive any additional fees for serving as
a qualified independent underwriter in connection with the Offering. The price
at which the Common Stock will be sold to the public will be no higher than the
price recomended by the Independent Underwriter.
Lehman Brothers Inc. acted as the lead manager and Furman Selz LLC as
co-manager of the Public Offering and received customary commissions therefor.
In connection with the Offering, certain Underwriters and selling group
members (if any), or their respective affiliates who are qualified registered
market makers on NASDAQ may engage in passive market making transactions in the
Common Stock on NASDAQ in accordance with Rule 10b-6A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, during the two business day period before
commencement of offers or sales of the Common Stock offered hereby. Passive
market making transactions must comply with applicable volume and price
limitations and be identified as such. In general, a passive market maker may
display its bid at a price not in excess of the highest independent bid for the
security; if all independent bids are lowered below the passive market maker's
bid, however, such bid must then be lowered when certain purchase limits are
exceeded.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby and certain legal matters in
connection with the Offering will be passed upon for the Company by Baer Marks &
Upham LLP, New York, New York. Certain legal matters in connection with the
Offering will be passed upon for the Underwriters and the International Managers
by Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 1994
and 1995, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1995, have been included herein in reliance upon the report of KPMG Peat Marwick
LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing elsewhere herein, and
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. With
respect to the unaudited interim financial information of the Company as of and
for the nine months ended September 30, 1996, included herein, the independent
certified public accountants have reported that they applied limited procedures
in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information.
However, their separate report included herein states that they did not audit
and they do not express an opinion on that interim financial information.
Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should
be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied.
The accountants are not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the
Securities Act for their report on the unaudited interim financial information
because that report is not a "report" or a "part" of the registration statement
prepared or certified by the accountants within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11
of the Securities Act.
The consolidated financial statements of Funtime Parks, Inc. at December 31,
1994 and 1993 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1994, appearing in this Prospectus and Registration Statement have been audited
by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in
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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 Elitch Gardens Company at December 31, 1995 and
1994, and for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the period from May 31, 1994
(date of inception) through December 31, 1994, appearing in this Prospectus and
Registration Statement have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, independent
auditors, as set forth in their report thereon (which contains an explanatory
paragraph with respect to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern)
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 The Great Escape as of October 31, 1994 and
1995, and for the years then ended, have been included herein in reliance upon
the report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants,
appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of FRE, Inc. (Family Recreational Enterprises,
Inc.) as of December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, and for each of the years in the
three-year period ended December 31, 1995, have been included herein and in the
Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of Nelson & Company,
independent auditors, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said
firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The financial statements of Concord Entertainment Company, as of December
31, 1995, and for the year ended December 31, 1995, have been included herein
and in the Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of Nelson &
Company, independent auditors, appearing elsewhere herein, and upon the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
The consolidated financial statements of Stuart Amusement Company as of
September 30, 1995 and 1996, and for each of the years in the three-year period
ended September 30, 1996, have been included herein in reliance upon the report
of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, appearing
elsewhere herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting
and auditing.
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NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS NOT CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY
OR ANY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER OF ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THOSE TO WHICH IT RELATES OR AN OFFER TO
SELL, OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY, TO ANY PERSON IN ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE SUCH AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF
THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES,
CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY
TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Additional Information......................... 2
Incorporation of Certain Information by
Reference.................................... 2
Prospectus Summary............................. 3
Risk Factors................................... 13
The Company.................................... 17
Use of Proceeds................................ 21
Price Range of Common Stock.................... 22
Dividend Policy................................ 22
Capitalization................................. 23
Selected Historical Financial and Operating
Data......................................... 24
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial
Statements................................... 34
Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of
Operations................................... 48
Business....................................... 56
Management..................................... 88
Principal Stockholders......................... 92
Certain Transactions........................... 94
Description of Indebtedness.................... 95
Description of Securities...................... 97
Certain United States Federal Tax
Considerations to non-United States
Holders...................................... 100
Underwriting................................... 102
Legal Matters.................................. 105
Experts........................................ 105
Index to Financial Statements.................. F-1
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4,000,000 SHARES
[LOGO]
PREMIER PARKS INC.
COMMON STOCK
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PROSPECTUS
, 1997
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LEHMAN BROTHERS
FURMAN SELZ
SMITH BARNEY INC.
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PART II
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
The following table sets forth the various expenses to be borne by the
Company in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Common Stock
being registered (other than underwriting discounts and commissions). All
amounts presented are estimates except the Securities and Exchange Commission
registration fee, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. filing
fee and the Nasdaq National Market listing fee.
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee................ $ 45,478
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. filing fee........ 15,508
Nasdaq National Market filing fee.................................. 17,500
Accounting fees and expenses....................................... 100,000
Legal fees and expenses............................................ 140,000
Blue Sky fees and expenses......................................... 10,000
Printing and engraving expenses.................................... 200,000
Transfer agent and registrar fees.................................. 10,000
Miscellaneous...................................................... 21,514
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Total fees and expenses............................................ $ 560,000
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which covers the
indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of a corporation is
hereby incorporated herein by reference. Reference is made to Article XXV of
registrant's By-Laws which provides for indemnification by the registrant in the
manner and to the full extent permitted by Delaware law.
Reference is also made to Section 8 of the Underwriting Agreement filed as
Exhibit 1(a) to this Registration Statement.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
See Exhibit Index.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes the following:
(1) To provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the
underwriting agreement, certificates in such denominations and registered in
such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each
purchaser.
(2) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as
part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained
in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)
or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.
(3) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form
of prospectus 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.
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(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 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 any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its 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
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-2 and has duly caused this amendment to this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on the 30th day of
December, 1996.
PREMIER PARKS INC.
BY: /S/ KIERAN E. BURKE
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Kieran E. Burke
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
- ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------
Chairman of the Board and
* Chief Executive Officer
- ------------------------------ (principal executive December 30, 1996
Kieran E. Burke officer)
* Director, President and
- ------------------------------ Chief Operating Officer December 30, 1996
Gary Story
* Chief Financial Officer and
- ------------------------------ Director (principal December 30, 1996
James F. Dannhauser financial officer)
* Vice President (principal
- ------------------------------ accounting officer) December 30, 1996
Richard R. Webb
* Director
- ------------------------------ December 30, 1996
Paul A. Biddelman
* Director
- ------------------------------ December 30, 1996
Michael E. Gellert
* Director
- ------------------------------ December 30, 1996
Jack Tyrrell
*By: /s/ JAMES M.
COUGHLIN
- ------------------------------
James M. Coughlin
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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(1) Underwriting Agreements
(a) Form of U.S. Underwriting Agreement among the Registrant, Lehman Brothers Inc., Furman
Selz LLC and Smith Barney Inc., as representatives of the several U.S. Underwriters......
(b) Form of International Underwriting Agreement among the Registrant, Lehman Brothers Inc.,
Furman Selz LLC and Smith Barney Inc., as representatives of the several International
Underwriters.............................................................................
(c) Form of Agreement between U.S. Underwriters and International Managers...................
(4) Instruments Defining the Rights of Security Holders, Including Indentures:
(a) Indenture dated as of August 15, 1995, among the Registrant, the subsidiaries of the
Registrant named therein and United States Trust Company of New York, as trustee
(including the form of Notes)--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(2) to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 33-62225) declared effective on
November 9, 1995 (the "Registration Statement")..........................................
(b) Form of First Supplemental Indenture dated as of November , 1995-- incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 4(2.1) to the Registration Statement..............................
(c) Purchase Agreement, dated August 10, 1995, among the Registrant, the subsidiaries of the
Registrant named therein and Chemical Securities Inc.-- incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 4(3) to the Registration Statement...............................................
(d) Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 14, 1995, among the Registrant,
the subsidiaries of the Registrant named therein and Chemical Securities
Inc.--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(4) to the Registration Statement..........
(e) Form of Subscription Agreement between the Registrant and each of the purchasers of
shares of Preferred Stock--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(10) to the
Registration Statement...................................................................
(f) Convertible Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 3, 1993, between the Registrant
and the purchasers named therein (including forms of Senior Subordinated Convertible Note
and Registration Rights Agreement)-- incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(i) to Form
10-K of the Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1993..............................
(g) Form of Subscription Agreement, dated October 1992, between the Registrant and certain
investors--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(a) to the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K dated October 30, 1992.......................................................
(h) Stock Purchase and Warrant Issuance Agreement, dated October 16, 1989, between the
Registrant and Kieran E. Burke--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(i) to Form 10-K
of Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1989.......................................
(i) Warrant, dated October 16, 1989, to purchase 131,728 shares of Common Stock issued by the
Registration to Kieran E. Burke--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(k) to Form 10-K
of Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1989.......................................
(j) Warrant, dated October 16, 1989, to purchase 93.466 shares of Common Stock issued by the
Registrant to Kieran E. Burke--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(l) to Form 10-K
of Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1989.......................................
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(k) Form of Common Stock Certificate--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4(l) to
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-2 (Reg. No. 333-08281) declared effective
on May 28, 1996..........................................................................
**(m) Form of Escrow Agreement.................................................................
**(n) Form of Registration Rights Agreement among Registrant, Edward J. Carroll, Jr. and the
Carroll Family Limited Partnership.......................................................
**(o) Form of Indenture dated as of , 1997, among the Registrant and the Bank of New
York, as trustee (including the form of Notes)...........................................
* (5) Opinion of Baer Marks & Upham LLP, including consent.....................................
(10) Material Contracts:
(a) Agreement of Limited Partnership of 229 East 79th Street Associates LP dated July 24,
1987, together with amendments thereto dated, respectively, August 31, 1987, October 31,
1987, and December 31, 1987--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(i) to Form 10-K of
Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1987..........................................
(b) Agreement of Limited Partnership of Frontier City Partners Limited Partnership, dated
October 18, 1989, between Frontier City Properties, Inc. as general partner, and the
Registrant and Frontier City Properties, Inc. as limited partners--incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10(g) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October
18, 1989.................................................................................
(c) Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 10, 1990, between Registrant and Silver Dollar
City, Inc.--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(c) to the Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K dated February 6, 1991................................................
(d) Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 16, 1991, among the Registrant, Tierco Maryland
Inc., John J. Mason and Stuart A. Bernstein--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(a)
to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 31, 1992....................
(e) Asset Transfer Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1992, by and among the Registrant, B&E
Holding Company and the creditors referred to therein-- incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 10(a) to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 20, 1992.........
(f) Purchase Agreement, dated September 30, 1992, among the Registrant, Palma Real Estate
Management Company, First Stratford Life Insurance Company and Executive Life Insurance
Company--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 2(a) to the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K dated September 30, 1992.....................................................
(g) Lease Agreement, dated January 18,1993, among Registrant, Frontier City Partners Limited
Partnership and Fitraco N.V.--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(k) to Form 10-K
of Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1992.......................................
(h) Lease Agreement, dated January 18, 1993, among Registrant, Tierco Maryland Inc. and
Fitraco N.V.--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(l) to Form 10-K of Registrant for
the year ended December 31, 1992.........................................................
(i) Security Agreement and Conditional Sale Contract, between Chance Rides, Inc. and Tierco
Maryland, Inc. and Guaranty of Registrant in favor of Chance Rides, Inc.--incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 10(m) to Form 10-K of Registrant for the year ended December 31,
1992.....................................................................................
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(j) Registrant's 1993 Stock Option and Incentive Plan--incorporated by reference from Exhibit
10(k) to Form 10-K of Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1993....................
(k) Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 30, 1995 among the Registrant, Premier
Parks Acquisition Inc., Funtime parks, Inc. ("Funtime") and its
shareholders--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(11) to the Registration
Statement................................................................................
(l) Escrow Agreement, dated as of August 15, 1995, among the Registrant, certain shareholders
of Funtime and First National Bank of Ohio, Trust Division-- incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 10(12) to the Registration Statement........................................
(m) Consulting Agreement, dated as of August 15, 1995, between Registrant and Bruce E.
Walborn--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(13) to the Registration Statement.....
(n) Consulting Agreement, dated as of August 15, 1995, between Registrant and Gaspar C.
Lococo--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(14) to the Registration Statement......
(o) Lease Agreement dated December 22, 1995, between Darien Lake Theme Park and Camping
Resort, Inc. and The Metropolitan Entertainment Co., Inc.-- incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 10(o) to Form 10-K of Registrant for the year ended December 31, 1995.......
*(p) Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 23, 1996, among the Registrant, a subsidiary of the
Registrant, Storytown USA, Inc., Fantasy Riders Corporation and Charles R. Wood..........
(q) Asset Purchase Agreement dated September 23, 1996, among the Registrant, a subsidiary of
the Registrant, Elitch Gardens Company, Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and Chilcott
Entertainment Company--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(a) to the Company's
current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 13, 1996......................................
*(r) Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of October 10, 1996, among the Registrant, a subsidiary
of the Registrant, FRE, Inc. (Family Recreational Enterprises, Inc.) ("FRE") and the
shareholders of FRE listed on the signature page thereof.................................
*(s) Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of October 10, 1996, among the Registrant, a subsidiary
of the Registrant, FRE, Concord Entertainment Company, R&B Entertainment, LLC, the
shareholders of FRE listed on the signature page thereof and the members of R&B listed on
the signature page thereof...............................................................
(t) Credit Agreement, dated October 30, 1996, between the Registrant and Lehman Commercial
Paper Inc.--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(b) to the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K, dated November 13, 1996.....................................................
*(u) Consulting and Non-Competition Agreement, dated October 30, 1996, between Registrant and
Arnold S. Gurtler........................................................................
*(v) Non-Competition Agreement, dated October 30, 1996, between the Registrant and Ascent
Entertainment Group, Inc.................................................................
(w) Consulting Agreement dated as of December 4, 1996 between the Registrant and Charles R.
Wood--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(b) to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, dated December 13, 1996........................................................
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(x) Non-Competition Agreement dated as of December 4, 1996 between the Registrant and Charles
R. Wood--incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10(c) of the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K, dated December 13, 1996.....................................................
(y) Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of December 4, 1996, among the Registrant, Stuart
Amusement Company, Edward J., Carroll, Jr., and The Carroll Family Limited Partnership...
* (11) Statement re computation of per share earnings......................................................
(15) Letter on interim financial information.............................................................
(23) Consents:
*(a) Consent of Baer Marks & Upham LLP (included in Exhibit (5))..............................
(b) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.........................................................
(c) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.........................................................
(d) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.............................................................
*(e) Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.............................................................
(f) Consent of Nelson & Company..............................................................
(g) Consent of Nelson & Company..............................................................
(h) Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP.........................................................
* (24) Power of Attorney...................................................................................
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Exhibit 1(a)
3,400,000 SHARES
PREMIER PARKS INC.
COMMON STOCK
U.S. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
, 1997
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
FURMAN SELZ LLC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
As Representatives of the several
U.S. Underwriters named in Schedule 1,
c/o Lehman Brothers Inc.
Three World Financial Center
New York, New York 10285
Dear Sirs:
Premier Parks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to sell 3,400,000 shares (the "Firm Stock") of the Company's Common Stock, par
value $.05 per share (the "Common Stock"). In addition, the Company proposes to
grant to the U.S. Underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto (the "U.S.
Underwriters") an option to purchase up to an additional 510,000 shares of the
Common Stock on the terms and for the purposes set forth in Section 2 (the
"Option Stock"). The Firm Stock and the Option Stock, if purchased, are
hereinafter collectively called the "Stock". This is to confirm the agreement
concerning the purchase of the Stock from the Company by the U.S. Underwriters.
It is understood by all parties that the Company is currently entering
into an agreement dated the date hereof (the "International Underwriting
Agreement") providing for the sale by the Company of 690,000 shares of Common
Stock (including the over-allotment option thereunder) (the "International
Stock") through arrangements with certain underwriters outside the United States
(the "International Managers"), for whom Lehman Brothers International (Europe),
Furman Selz LLC and Smith Barney Inc. are acting as lead managers (the "Lead
Managers"). The U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers simultaneously
are entering into an agreement between the U.S.
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and international underwriting syndicates (the "Agreement Between U.S.
Underwriters and International Managers") which provides for, among other
things, the transfer of shares of Common Stock between the two syndicates.
Two forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with the
Offering, one relating to the Stock and the other relating to the International
Stock. The latter form of prospectus will be identical to the former except for
certain substitute pages as included in the registration statement and
amendments thereto referred to below. Except as used in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and
10 herein, and except as the context may otherwise require, references herein to
the Stock shall include all the shares which may be sold pursuant to either this
Agreement or the International Underwriting Agreement, and references herein to
any prospectus whether in preliminary or final form, and whether as amended or
supplemented, shall include both the U.S. and the international versions
thereof. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes U.S.
Underwriters and International Managers.
1. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The
Company represents, warrants and agrees that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-2 (file number 333-16573), and
amendments thereto, with respect to the Stock has (i) been prepared by the
Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the
United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the rules
and regulations (the "Rule and Regulations") of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, (ii) been
filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and (iii) become
effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement
and amendments thereto have been delivered by the Company to you as the
representatives (the "Representatives") of the U.S. Underwriters. Upon
your written request, but not without your agreement, the Company will also
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 462(b).
As used in this Agreement, "Effective Time" means the date and the time as
of which such registration statement, the most recent post-effective
amendment thereto, if any, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became
or become effective; "Effective Date" means the date of the Effective Time;
"Preliminary Prospectus" means each prospectus included in such
registration statement, or amendments thereof, before it became effective
under the Securities Act and any prospectus filed with the Commission by
the Company with the consent of the Representatives pursuant to Rule 424(a)
of the Rules and Regulations; "Registration Statement" means such
registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, including any
documents incorporated by reference therein at such time and all
information contained in
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the final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Rules and Regulations in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed
to be a part of the registration statement as of the Effective Time
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations and, in
the event any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to
the First Delivery Date (as hereinafter defined), also means such
registration statement as so amended, unless the context otherwise
requires; "Prospectus" means such final prospectus, as first filed with the
Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations; and "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" means the
registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations relating to the offering covered
by the initial Registration Statement (file number 333-16573). Reference
made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-2 under the Securities Act, as of the
date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus.
(b) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus, any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement will, when they
become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Rules and Regulations and do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date (as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto)
and as of the applicable filing date (as to the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto) contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; PROVIDED that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through
the Representatives or the Lead Managers by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein.
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none
of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(d) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries (as defined in Section
15) that is a corporation (a "corporate Subsidiary", and collectively with
all other such subsidiaries, the "corporate Subsidiaries") have been duly
incorporated and are validly existing as corporations in good standing
under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation; Frontier
City Partners, Limited Partnership, an Oklahoma limited partnership
("Frontier City Partners"), is validly existing as a limited partnership in
good standing under the laws of Oklahoma; the Company, the corporate
Subsidiaries and Frontier City Partners are duly qualified to do business
and are in good standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in
which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
their respective businesses requires such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify would not have in the aggregate a material adverse
effect on the consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity (or
partners' equity, as applicable), results of operations, business or
prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material
Adverse Effect") and have all corporate or partnership power and authority,
as the case may be, necessary to own or hold their respective properties
and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged; none of the
subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) of the
Company (other than the Subsidiaries) is a "significant subsidiary", as
such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations; and the
assets, liabilities and operations of such other subsidiaries are
immaterial to the assets, liabilities, operations and prospects of the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(e) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and conform to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each corporate
Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except for Stuart Amusement
Company ("Stuart"), a Massachusetts corporation and owner of Riverside Park
("Riverside Park"), which the Company has agreed to acquire pursuant to the
Stock Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Stuart, The Carroll
Family Limited Partnership and Edward J. Carroll, Jr. dated December 4,
1996, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims and 100% of the partnership
interest in Frontier City Partners is held directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims
except, in each case, for the liens and encumbrances of the lenders under
the Credit Agreement between the Company and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.
dated October 30, 1996 (the "New Credit Facility").
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(f) The unissued shares of the Stock to be issued and sold by the
Company to the U.S. Underwriters hereunder and to the International
Managers under the International Underwriting Agreement have been duly and
validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor
as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(g) This Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result
in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or, assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under
the Exchange Act and applicable state and foreign securities laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the U.S.
Underwriters and the International Managers are obtained, any statute or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of
their properties or assets except, in each case, breaches, violations or
defaults which, in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and except for the registration of the Stock under
the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act
and applicable state and foreign securities laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Stock by the U.S. Underwriters and the
International Managers, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
or the International Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(i) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, all contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the
Company owned or to be
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owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities
in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have
been amended so that such rights will not take effect prior to May 29,
1997.
(j) The Company has not sold or issued any shares of Common Stock
during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including
any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the
Securities Act, other than [ ] shares issued pursuant to (i) the
Company's acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Storytown USA,
Inc. and Fantasy Rides Corporation used in the operation of The Great
Escape and Splashwater Kingdom ("The Great Escape") on December 4, 1996,
[(ii) shares issuable pursuant to the Company's acquisition of Stuart], or
(iii) employee benefit plans, qualified stock options plans or other
employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or
warrants, which are disclosed in the Prospectus.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus,
except losses or interferences which will not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; and, since such date, there has not been any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity (or partners' equity,
as applicable) or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(l) The historical financial statements (including the related notes
and supporting schedules) filed as part of the Registration Statement or
included in the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition and
results of operations of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the
dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved. The pro forma financial statements
included in the Prospectus have been prepared on a basis consistent with
such historical financial statements, except for the pro forma adjustments
specified therein, and comply in all material respects with Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, and the pro form adjustments have been properly
applied to historical amounts in the compilation of such pro forma
financial statements.
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(m) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company, The Great Escape and Stuart, Ernst & Young LLP,
who have certified certain financial statements of Funtime Parks, Inc.
("Funtime") and Elitch Gardens Company ("Elitch Gardens") and Nelson &
Company, who have certified certain financial statements of FRE, Inc.
(Family Recreational Enterprises, Inc.) ("FRE") and Concord Entertainment
Company ("Concord"), whose reports appear in the Prospectus and who have
each delivered the respective initial letters referred to in Section 7(f)
hereof, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities
Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(n) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to
all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except for liens arising under the New
Credit Facility and such liens, encumbrances and defects as are described
in the Prospectus or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and
all real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases, with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered
by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company has
reasonably concluded, based on its experience, is adequate for the conduct
of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties
and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries.
(p) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries own or possess adequate
rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark
registrations, copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses as presently conducted and have no reason to believe
that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and
have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights
of others.
(q) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property
or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, might
have a Material Adverse Effect or are otherwise required to be disclosed in
the Prospectus; and to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others.
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(r) The conditions for use of Form S-2, as set forth in the General
Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
(s) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to
be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have
not been described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or incorporated therein by reference as permitted by
the Rules and Regulations.
(t) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the
Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company on the other hand, which is required
to be described in the Prospectus which is not so described.
(u) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company exists or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent which might be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in
ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in
ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not
incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA
with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or
(ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
"Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any
liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether
by action or by failure to act, which might reasonably be expected to cause
the loss of such qualification.
(w) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with (i) all presently applicable provisions of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, including all
applicable regulations thereunder and (ii) all presently applicable
material state and local laws and regulations relating to the safety of its
theme park and water park operations.
(x) The Company has filed all federal, state and local income and
franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof other
than those
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filings being contested in good faith, and has paid all taxes of which it
has notice are due thereon, other than those being contested in good faith
and for which adequate reserves have been provided or those currently
payable without penalty or interest and no tax deficiency has been
determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which has
had, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, might
have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus
through the date hereof, and except as may otherwise be disclosed in the
Prospectus, the Company has not (i) issued or granted any securities, (ii)
incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other
than liabilities and obligations which were incurred in the ordinary course
of business, (iii) entered into any material transaction not in the
ordinary course of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its
capital stock.
(z) The Company (i) makes and keeps accurate books and records and
(ii) maintains internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
management's authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of its financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for its
assets, (C) access to its assets is permitted only in accordance with
management's authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for its
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.
(aa) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is in
violation of its charter or by-laws (or its partnership agreement, as
applicable), (ii) is in default in any material respect, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets
is subject or (iii) is in violation in any material respect of any material
law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it
or its property or assets may be subject or has failed to obtain any
material license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental
authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to
the conduct of its business.
(ab) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor, to its
knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person
associated with
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or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, has used any
corporate or partnership funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity;
made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in
violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or
made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment.
(ac) There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture,
refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, medical
wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries (or, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, to
the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at,
upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the
Company or the Subsidiaries in violation of any applicable law, ordinance,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require
remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or remedial
action which would not have, or could not be reasonably likely to have,
singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and remedial
actions, a Material Adverse Effect; there has been no material spill,
discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any
kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property
of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or
hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, with
respect to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have knowledge,
except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape,
dumping or release which would not have or would not be reasonably likely
to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges,
leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a Material
Adverse Effect; and the terms "hazardous wastes", "toxic wastes",
"hazardous substances" and "medical wastes" shall have the meanings
specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or
regulations with respect to environmental protection.
(ad) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment
company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
2. PURCHASE OF THE STOCK BY THE U.S. UNDERWRITERS. On the basis of
the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and
conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell 3,400,000 shares of
the Firm Stock to the
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several U.S. Underwriters and each of the U.S. Underwriters, severally and not
jointly, agrees to purchase the number of shares of the Firm Stock set opposite
that U.S. Underwriter's name in Schedule 1 hereto.
In addition, the Company grants to the U.S. Underwriters an option to
purchase up to 510,000 shares of Option Stock. Such option is granted solely
for the purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of Firm Stock and is
exercisable as provided in Section 4 hereof. Shares of Option Stock shall be
purchased severally for the account of the U.S. Underwriters in proportion to
the number of shares of Firm Stock set opposite the name of such U.S.
Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto. The respective purchase obligations of each
U.S. Underwriter with respect to the Option Stock shall be adjusted by the
Representatives so that no U.S. Underwriter shall be obligated to purchase
Option Stock other than in 100 share amounts. The price of both the Firm Stock
and any Option Stock shall be $ per share.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Stock to be
delivered on the First Delivery Date or the Second Delivery Date (as hereinafter
defined), as the case may be, except upon payment for all the Stock to be
purchased on such Delivery Date as provided herein and in the International
Underwriting Agreement.
3. OFFERING OF STOCK BY THE U.S. UNDERWRITERS.
Upon authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Firm
Stock, the several U.S. Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Stock for sale
upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
It is understood that 150,000 shares of the Firm Stock will initially
be reserved by the several Underwriters for offer and sale upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus and in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to principal
stockholders of the Company or their affiliates who have heretofore delivered to
the Representatives and Lead Managers offers or indications of interest to
purchase shares of Firm Stock in form satisfactory to the Representatives and
Lead Managers, and that any allocation of such Firm Stock among such persons
will be made in accordance with timely directions received by the
Representatives and Lead Managers from the Company; PROVIDED, that under no
circumstances will the Representatives and Lead Managers or any Underwriter be
liable to the Company or to any such person for any action taken or omitted in
good faith in connection with such offering to principal stockholders of the
Company or their affiliates. It is further understood that any shares of such
Firm Stock which are not purchased by such persons will be offered by the
Underwriters to the public upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus.
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Each U.S. Underwriter agrees that, except to the extent permitted by
the Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and International Managers, it will not
offer or sell any of the Stock outside of the United States and Canada.
4. DELIVERY OF AND PAYMENT FOR THE STOCK. Delivery of and payment
for the Firm Stock shall be made at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore,
Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, at 10:00 A.M., New York
City time, on the fourth full business day following the date of this Agreement
or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the
Representatives and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to
as the "First Delivery Date." On the First Delivery Date, the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Firm Stock to the
Representatives for the account of each U.S. Underwriter against payment to or
upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by certified or official
bank check or checks payable in New York Clearing House (next-day) funds. Time
shall be of the essence (except that the Company will not be responsible for any
delay resulting from any action or inaction of any U.S. Underwriter or
International Manager) and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to
this Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of each U.S.
Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the Firm Stock shall be registered in
such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in
writing not less than two full business days prior to the First Delivery Date.
For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the certificates for
the Firm Stock, the Company shall make the certificates representing the Firm
Stock available for inspection by the Representatives in New York, New York, not
later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the First
Delivery Date.
At any time on or before the thirtieth day after the date of this
Agreement, the option granted in Section 2 may be exercised by written notice
being given to the Company by the Representatives. Such notice shall set forth
the aggregate number of shares of Option Stock as to which the option is being
exercised, the names in which the shares of Option Stock are to be registered,
the denominations in which the shares of Option Stock are to be issued and the
date and time, as determined by the Representatives, when the shares of Option
Stock are to be delivered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this date and time shall not
be earlier than the First Delivery Date nor earlier than the second business day
after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the
fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised.
The date and time the shares of Option Stock are delivered are sometimes
referred to as the "Second Delivery Date" and the First Delivery Date and the
Second Delivery Date are sometimes each referred to as a "Delivery Date".
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Delivery of and payment for the Option Stock shall be made at the
place specified in the first sentence of the first paragraph of this Section 4
(or at such other place as shall be determined by agreement between the
Representatives and the Company) at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
Second Delivery Date. On the Second Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver or
cause to be delivered the certificates representing the Option Stock to the
Representatives for the account of each U.S. Underwriter against payment to or
upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by certified or official
bank check or checks payable in New York Clearing House (next-day) funds. Time
shall be of the essence (except that the Company will not be responsible for any
delay resulting from any action or inaction of any U.S. Underwriter or
International Manager), and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to
this Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of each U.S.
Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the Option Stock shall be registered in
such names and in such denominations as the Representatives shall request in the
aforesaid written notice. For the purpose of expediting the checking and
packaging of the certificates for the Option Stock, the Company shall make the
certificates representing the Option Stock available for inspection by the
Representatives in New York, New York, not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the business day prior to the Second Delivery Date.
5. FURTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the
Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Securities Act not later than Commission's close of business on the
second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3)
under the Securities Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to
the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus and to file no Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement except as permitted herein; to advise the
Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time
when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has
been filed and to furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; upon
your request, to cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, properly
completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and to
provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such filing; to
advise the Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, of
the suspension of the qualification of the Stock for offering or sale in
any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or
supplementing of the Registration Statement or
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the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the
issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use
of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, to use promptly its reasonable best efforts to obtain its
withdrawal;
(b) To furnish reasonably promptly to each of the Representatives and
to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters a signed copy of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission, each amendment thereto
and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed with the Commission,
including all consents and exhibits filed therewith;
(c) To deliver promptly to the Representatives such number of the
following documents as the Representatives shall reasonably request:
(i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with
the Commission, each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits
other than this Agreement and the computation of per share earnings) and
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus and (iii) any
document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits
thereto); and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time
after the Effective Time in connection with the offering or sale of the
Stock or any other securities relating thereto and if at such time any
events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or
to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, to notify the Representatives and, upon their request, to file such
document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each U.S. Underwriter
and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may
from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance.
(d) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the
Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Company or the Representatives,
be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission;
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(e) Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment to the
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus, any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, any Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement to furnish a copy thereof to the Representatives and counsel for
the U.S. Underwriters and obtain the consent of the Representatives to the
filing;
(f) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (it being
understood that the Company shall have until at least 410 days after the
end of the Company's current fiscal quarter), to make generally available
to the Company's security holders and to deliver to the Representatives an
earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules
and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(g) For a period of five years following the Effective Date, to
furnish to the Representatives copies of all materials furnished by the
Company to its public shareholders and all public reports and all reports
and financial statements furnished by the Company to the principal national
securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed pursuant to
requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission
thereunder;
(h) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Stock for offering
and sale (or obtain an exemption from registration) under the securities
laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply
with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings
therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete
the distribution of the Stock; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer in
securities or to execute a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction in any action other than one arising out of the offering or
sale of the Stock;
(i) For a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, not to,
directly or indirectly, offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of (or
enter into any transaction or device which is designed to, or could be
expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the
future of) any shares of Common Stock (other than shares issued pursuant to
employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee
compensation plans existing on the date hereof or pursuant to currently
outstanding options, warrants or rights, and other than
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shares issued by the Company as consideration to any seller of assets or
stock that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is acquiring, provided
that any shares so issued to such seller or sellers, including any shares
issued pursuant to the Company's acquisition of Stuart, in the aggregate,
do not exceed one-third of the total equity of the Company outstanding at
the time of the first such issuance, and further provided that such seller
or sellers contemporaneously with any such issuance or issuances enter into
an agreement with the Representatives in substantially the same form as the
agreement described in this paragraph (i) for the remainder of the 180 day
period), or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to any
shares of Common Stock (other than the grant of options pursuant to option
plans existing on the date hereof), without the prior written consent of
Lehman Brothers Inc.; and to cause each officer and director of the Company
and Hanseatic Corporation, Richland Ventures, L.P., Lawrence, Tyrrell,
Ortale & Smith, Lawrence, Tyrell, Ortale & Smith II, L.P., Windcrest
Partners, JG Partnership, Ltd., David A. Jones, J. David Grissom and
Robert J. Gellert (in the case of Robert J. Gellert only, limited to (i)
shares held for his own account and (ii) shares beneficially owned by
Lexfor Corporation) to furnish to the Representatives, prior to the First
Delivery Date, a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to
counsel for the Underwriters, pursuant to which each such person shall
agree not to, directly or indirectly, offer for sale, sell or otherwise
dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device which is designed to,
or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any
time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for or any rights to acquire Common Stock
for a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, without the prior
written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc.;
(j) Prior to the Effective Date, to apply for the inclusion of the
Stock on the National Market System and to use its reasonable best efforts
to complete that listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and
evidence of satisfactory distribution, prior to the First Delivery Date;
and
(k) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that neither
the Company nor any subsidiary shall become an "investment company" within
the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
6. EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Stock and any taxes payable in
that connection; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing
under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement and any amendments and
exhibits thereto;
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(c) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and
each amendment thereto and any post-effective amendments thereof (including, in
each case, exhibits), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document incorporated by
reference therein, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) the costs of producing
and distributing this Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement, the
Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and International Managers, the Agreement
Among International Managers, the International Selling Agreement and any other
related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery
of the Stock; (e) the filing fees incident to securing any required review by
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of sale of the
Stock; (f) any applicable listing or other fees; (g) the fees and expenses of
qualifying the Stock under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as
provided in Section 5(h) and of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky
Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters);
(h) all fees and expenses of in its capacity as a qualified
independent underwriter; (i) all costs and expenses of the U.S. Underwriters,
including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the U.S. Underwriter,
incident to the offer and sale of shares of the Stock by the U.S. Underwriters
to principal stockholders of the Company or their affiliates, as described in
Section 3; and (j) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
the obligations of the Company under this Agreement; PROVIDED that, except as
provided in this Section 6 and in Section 11, the U.S. Underwriters shall pay
their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsel,
any transfer taxes on the Stock which they may sell and the expenses of
advertising any offering of the Stock made by the U.S. Underwriters.
7. CONDITIONS OF U.S. UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The respective
obligations of the U.S. Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when
made and on each Delivery Date, of the representations and warranties of the
Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission
in accordance with Section 5(a); no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of
additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or
otherwise shall have been complied with.
(b) No U.S. Underwriter or International Manager shall have
discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to such Delivery Date
that the
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Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, is material or
omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material
and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the
authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the International
Underwriting Agreement, the Stock, the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all
material respects to counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, and the Company
shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that
they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(d) Baer Marks & Upham LLP shall have furnished to the
Representatives its written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed
to the U.S. Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and each of its corporate Subsidiaries have been
duly incorporated and are validly existing as corporations in good
standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation; Frontier City Partners is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the laws of Oklahoma; and the
Company, the corporate Subsidiaries and Frontier City Partners are
duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign
corporations in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses
requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify
would not have a Material Adverse Effect and have all corporate or
partnership power and authority necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and conduct the businesses in which they are
engaged as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
the Company now outstanding (including the shares of Stock being
delivered on such Delivery Date) have been duly and validly authorized
and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus; all of the shares of
Stock have been duly
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authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Representatives for
the account of each U.S. Underwriter against payment therefor as
provided herein, shall be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable; to such counsel's knowledge, all of the issued shares
of capital stock of each corporate Subsidiary of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except
for liens or encumbrances arising under the New Credit Facility; and
100% of the partnership interest in Frontier City Partners is held
directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims, except for liens and encumbrances
arising under the New Credit Facility;
(iii) There are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for
or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of,
any shares of the Stock pursuant to the Company's charter or by-laws
or any agreement or other instrument known to such counsel;
(iv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, might have a Material Adverse
Effect; and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
or threatened by others;
(v) Based solely upon oral confirmation from the staff of the
Commission, the Registration Statement was declared effective under
the Securities Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion;
the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the
subparagraph of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations specified in
such opinion on the date specified therein and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no proceeding for that
purpose is pending or threatened by the Commission;
(vi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to
such Delivery Date (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein and other financial or statistical data included
therein, as to which
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such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Rules and Regulations; and the documents incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein and other financial or statistical data included
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they
were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(vii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the
Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the
Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not been
described or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or
incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the Rules and
Regulations;
(viii) Each of this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company;
(ix) The issue and sale of the shares of Stock being delivered
on such Delivery Date by the Company and the compliance by the Company
with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, nor will
such actions result in any violation of the provisions of the charter
or by-laws of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, assuming that
all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and
applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Stock by the U.S. Underwriters and
the International Managers are obtained, any Federal or New York State
statute, the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any order, rule or
regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets; and, except for
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the registration of the Stock under the Securities Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications
as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or
foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Stock by the U.S. Underwriters, no consent,
approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with,
any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
International Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(x) Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement,
to the best of such counsel's knowledge, all contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting such person
the right to require the Company to file a registration statement
under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company
owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to
include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement have been amended so that such rights will not
take effect prior to May 29, 1997.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that its opinion is
limited to matters governed by the Federal laws of the United States of
America, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and that such counsel is not admitted in the
States of Delaware, Ohio, Oklahoma, Colorado, California or Massachusetts;
and, in respect of matters of fact, may rely upon certificates of officers
of the Company or the Subsidiaries, PROVIDED that such counsel shall state
that it believes that both the U.S. Underwriters and it are justified in
relying upon such certificates. Such counsel shall also have furnished to
the Representatives a written statement, addressed to the U.S. Underwriters
and dated such Delivery Date, in form satisfactory to the Representatives,
to the effect that (x) such counsel has acted as counsel to the Company on
a regular basis (although the Company is also represented with respect to
litigation matters, regulatory matters and certain other matters, by other
outside counsel), has acted as counsel to the Company in connection with
financing transactions since February 1992 and has acted as counsel to the
Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement,
and (y) based on the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such
counsel which lead it to believe that (I) the Registration Statement (other
than the financial statements and other financial and statistical data
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief), as of
the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to
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be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, or that the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and
other financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which such
counsel need express no belief) contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (II) any
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements and other financial and statistical data contained
therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief) when they were
filed with the Commission contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The foregoing opinion and statement may be qualified
by a statement to the effect that such counsel does not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus except for the
statements made in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of
Capital Stock" and "Description of Indebtedness", insofar as such
statements relate to the Stock or the Company's debt instruments and
concern legal matters.
(e) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine &
Moore, counsel for the U.S. Underwriters, such opinion or opinions and such
statement or statements, dated such Delivery Date, with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Stock, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require,
and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
matters.
(f) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representatives
shall have received from (I) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, addressed to the U.S.
Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are
independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and
are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to
matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of
which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a
date not more than five days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and
findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other
matters ordinarily covered by accountants' "comfort letters" to
underwriters in connection with registered public offerings, except for
the financial information and other matters
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covered in the letters from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and
Nelson & Company described immediately hereinafter; from (II) KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, addressed to the U.S. Underwriters and dated the date
hereof (i) confirming that they are independent accountants within the
meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01
of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date
hereof, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to certain
financial information and other matters relating to The Great Escape as
have been previously agreed to by such firm and the Representatives; from
(III) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Representatives, addressed to the U.S. Underwriters and dated the date
hereof (i) confirming that they are independent accountants within the
meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01
of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date
hereof, the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to certain
financial information and other matters relating to Stuart Amusement
Company and its subsidiaries as have been previously agreed to by such firm
and the Representatives; from (IV) Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, addressed to the U.S.
Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in
compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification
of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii)
stating, as of the date hereof, the conclusions and findings of such firm
with respect to certain financial information and other matters relating to
Funtime and its subsidiaries as have been previously agreed to by such firm
and the Representatives; from (V) Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, addressed to the U.S.
Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in
compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification
of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii)
stating, as of the date hereof, the conclusions and findings of such firm
with respect to certain financial information and other matters relating to
Elitch Gardens as have been previously agreed to by such firm and the
Representatives; and from (VI) Nelson & Company a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representatives, addressed to the U.S.
Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are
independent accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in
compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification
of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii)
stating, as of the date hereof,
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the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to certain financial
information and other matters relating to FRE and Concord, as have been
previously agreed to by such firm and the Representatives.
(g) With respect to the letters of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Ernst &
Young LLP and Nelson & Company referred to in the preceding paragraph and
delivered to the Representatives concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement (the "initial letters"), the Company shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter (the "bring-down letters") of each of such
accountants, addressed to the U.S. Underwriters and dated such Delivery
Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the
meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01
of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the
bring-down letter (or, in the case of the letter of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,
with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the
respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in
the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of
the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with
respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the
initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the
conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate, dated such Delivery Date, of its Chairman of the Board, its
President or a Vice President and its chief financial officer stating that:
(i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company in Section 1 are true and correct as of such Delivery Date;
the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein; and
the conditions set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(i) have been
fulfilled; and
(ii) They have carefully examined the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and, in their opinion (A) as of the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement and Prospectus did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has
occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment
to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
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(i) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus there shall not
have been any change in the capital stock (or partners' equity, as
applicable) or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity (or partners' equity, as applicable) or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise, in each case,
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which,
in any such case, is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material
(to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and adverse as to
make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
the delivery of the Stock being delivered on such Delivery Date on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(j) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt
securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization",
as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of
the Rules and Regulations and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly
announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities.
(k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there
shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or
in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company
on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been
suspended or minimum prices shall have been established on any such
exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other
regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state
authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in
hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving
the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national
emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred
such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial
conditions (or the effect of international conditions on the financial
markets in the United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment
of a majority in interest of the several U.S. Underwriters, impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Stock
being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
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(l) The National Market System shall have approved the Stock for
inclusion, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of
satisfactory distribution.
(m) Delivery and payment for the Firm Stock under the International
Underwriting Agreement shall have occurred concurrently with delivery and
payment for the Firm Stock hereunder on the First Delivery Date.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are in form and scope reasonably satisfactory to
counsel for the U.S. Underwriters.
8. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each U.S
Underwriter (including any Underwriter in its role as qualified independent
underwriter pursuant to the rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.), its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls
any U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and against
any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect
thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or
action relating to purchases and sales of Stock), to which that U.S.
Underwriter, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under
the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto or (B) in any blue sky application or other document prepared or
executed by the Company (or based upon any written information furnished by the
Company) specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Stock
under the securities laws of any jurisdiction (any such application, document or
information being hereinafter called a "Blue Sky Application"), (ii) the
omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any
act or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any U.S.
Underwriter in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Stock or the
offering contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred to in
any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon
matters covered by clause (i) or (ii) above (PROVIDED that the Company shall not
be liable under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action resulted directly
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from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such
U.S. Underwriter through its gross negligence or willful misconduct), and shall
reimburse each U.S. Underwriter and each such officer, employee or controlling
person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by that U.S. Underwriter, officer, employee or controlling person in connection
with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is
based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus, or in any such amendment or supplement, or in any Blue Sky
Application, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning any U.S. Underwriter or any International Manager furnished to the
Company through the Representatives or Lead Managers by or on behalf of any U.S.
Underwriter or International Manager specifically for inclusion therein; and
PROVIDED FURTHER that with respect to any such untrue statement or omission made
in the Preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 8(a) shall not enure to the benefit of the U.S. Underwriter from whom
the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased
the Stock concerned if, to the extent that such sale was an initial sale by such
U.S. Underwriter and any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such U.S.
Underwriter is a result of the fact that both (A) a copy of the Prospectus was
not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written confirmation of the
sale of such Stock to such person, and (B) the untrue statement or omission in
the Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus unless, in either
case, such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a result of noncompliance by
the Company with Section 5(c). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition
to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any U.S. Underwriter or
to any officer, employee or controlling person of that U.S. Underwriter.
The Company also will indemnify and hold harmless the Independent
Underwriter, its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls
the Independent Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments incurred
as a result of the Independent Underwriter's participation as a "qualified
independent underwriter" within the meaning of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the
offering of the Stock, except for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
judgments resulting from the Independent Underwriter's or such controlling
person's willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(b) Each U.S. Underwriter, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each of its
directors, and each
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person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities
Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or
any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director,
officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or
otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained (A) in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or (B) in
any Blue Sky Application or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in
any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in
any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information concerning such U.S. Underwriter
furnished to the Company through the Representatives by or on behalf of that
U.S. Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, and shall reimburse the
Company and any such director, officer or controlling person for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing
to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any
liability which any U.S. Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any
such director, officer, employee or controlling person.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against
the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from
any liability which it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it
has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, PROVIDED FURTHER, that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this
Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an
indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying
party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the
indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or
action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party
under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Representatives shall have
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the right, upon written notice to the Company, to employ counsel to represent
jointly the Representatives and those other U.S. Underwriters and their
respective officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to
liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought
by the U.S. Underwriters against the Company under this Section 8 if, in the
reasonable judgment of the Representatives, it is advisable for the
Representatives and those U.S. Underwriters, officers, employees and controlling
persons to be jointly represented by separate counsel, and in that event the
reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the
Company. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in
connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction,
be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of more than
one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any one
time for all such indemnified party or parties; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that, if
indemnity is sought pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 8(a), then, in
addition to such counsel for the indemnified parties, the indemnifying party
shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one
separate counsel (in addition to any necessary local counsel) for the
Independent Underwriter in its capacity as a "qualified independent
underwriter," its officers and employees and all persons, if any, who control
the Independent Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, if, in the
reasonable judgment of the Independent Underwriter there may exist a conflict or
interest between the Independent Underwriter and the other indemnified parties.
In the case of any such separate counsel for the Independent Underwriter and
such control persons of the Independent Underwriter, such counsel shall be
designated in writing by the Independent Underwriter. No indemnifying party
shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written
consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with
the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the
plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for
any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or 8(c) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or
liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
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indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
U.S. Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Stock or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in
such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on
the one hand and the U.S. Underwriters on the other with respect to the
statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability,
or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand
and the U.S. Underwriters on the other with respect to such offering shall be
deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering
of the Stock purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the U.S. Underwriters with respect to the shares of the
Stock purchased under this Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total gross
proceeds from the offering of the shares of the Stock under this Agreement, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the U.S.
Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the U.S. Underwriters agree that will not receive
any additional benefits hereunder for serving as the Independent Underwriter in
connection with the offering and sale of the Stock. The Company and the U.S.
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions
pursuant to this Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even
if the U.S. Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for
purposes of this Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no U.S.
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Stock underwritten by it and distributed
to the public was offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which
such U.S. Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of
any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The U.S.
Underwriters' obligations to contribute as
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provided in this Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective
underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The U.S. Underwriters severally confirm and the Company
acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public offering of the
Stock by the U.S. Underwriters set forth on the cover page of, the legend
concerning over-allotments on the second page of and the concession and
reallowance figures appearing under the caption "Underwriting" in, the
Prospectus constitute the only information concerning such U.S. Underwriters
furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the U.S. Underwriters
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
9. DEFAULTING U.S. UNDERWRITERS.
If, on either Delivery Date, any U.S. Underwriter defaults in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining
non-defaulting U.S. Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the Stock which
the defaulting U.S. Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery
Date in the respective proportions which the number of shares of the Firm Stock
set opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting U.S. Underwriter in
Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total number of shares of the Firm Stock set
opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting U.S. Underwriters in
Schedule 1 hereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the remaining non-defaulting U.S.
Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Stock on such
Delivery Date if the total number of shares of the Stock which the defaulting
U.S. Underwriter or U.S. Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date
exceeds 9.09% of the total number of shares of the Stock to be purchased on such
Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting U.S. Underwriter shall not be
obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of shares of the Stock which
it agreed to purchase on such Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2.
If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting U.S.
Underwriters, or those other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives
who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in
such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Stock to be purchased
on such Delivery Date. If the remaining U.S. Underwriters or other underwriters
satisfactory to the Representatives do not elect to purchase the shares which
the defaulting U.S. Underwriter or U.S. Underwriters agreed but failed to
purchase on such Delivery Date, this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second
Delivery Date, the obligation of the U.S. Underwriters to purchase, and of the
Company to sell, the Option Stock) shall terminate without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting U.S. Underwriter or the Company, except that the Company
will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth
in Section 6. As used in this Agreement, the term "U.S. Underwriter" includes,
for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any
party not listed in Schedule 1 hereto who, pursuant to this
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Section 9, purchases Stock which a defaulting U.S. Underwriter agreed but failed
to purchase.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting U.S. Underwriter
of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default.
If other underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the Stock of a
defaulting or withdrawing U.S. Underwriter, either the Representatives or the
Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in
order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or
counsel for the U.S. Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.
10. TERMINATION. The obligations of the U.S. Underwriters hereunder
may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to and received by the
Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Firm Stock if, prior to that
time, any of the events described in Sections 7(i), 7(j) or 7(k) shall have
occurred or if the U.S. Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Stock for any
reason permitted under this Agreement.
11. REIMBURSEMENT OF U.S. UNDERWRITERS' EXPENSES. If the Company
shall fail to tender the Stock for delivery to the U.S. Underwriters by reason
of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform any
agreement on its part to be performed, or because any other condition of the
U.S. Underwriters' obligations hereunder required to be fulfilled by the Company
is not fulfilled (other than by reason of any events described in Section 7(k)
except for the suspension of trading or minimum prices of the securities of the
Company), the Company will reimburse the U.S. Underwriters for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by
the U.S. Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the proposed
purchase of the Stock, and promptly following demand the Company shall pay the
full amount thereof to the Representatives. If this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 9 by reason of the default of one or more U.S. Underwriters,
the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting U.S. Underwriter
on account of those expenses.
12. NOTICES, ETC. All statements, requests, notices and agreements
hereunder shall be in writing, and:
(a) if to the U.S. Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to Lehman Brothers Inc., Three World
Financial Center, New York, New York 10285, Attention: Syndicate
Department (Fax: 212-526-6588), with a copy, in the case of any notice
pursuant to Section 8(c), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the
General Counsel,
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Lehman Brothers Inc., 3 World Financial Center, 10th Floor, New York,
NY 10285;
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to 122 East 42nd Street, 49th Floor, New York, NY
10168, Attention: Kieran E. Burke (Fax: 212-949-6203);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any notice to a U.S. Underwriter pursuant to
Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission
to such U.S. Underwriter at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to the
Representatives, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the
Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall
be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given
or made on behalf of the U.S. Underwriters by Lehman Brothers Inc. on behalf of
the Representatives.
13. PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the U.S. Underwriters, the Company,
and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions
hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A) the
representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained
in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the officers and
employees of each U.S. Underwriter and the person or persons, if any, who
control any U.S. Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities
Act and for the benefit of each International Manager (and officers, employees
and such controlling persons thereof) who offers or sells any shares of Common
Stock in accordance with the terms of the Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters
and International Managers and (B) the indemnity agreement of the U.S.
Underwriters contained in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be
for the benefit of directors of the Company, officers of the Company who have
signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is
intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons
referred to in this Section 13, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
14. SURVIVAL. The respective indemnities, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the U.S. Underwriters contained in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Stock and shall
remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
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15. DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "BUSINESS DAY" AND "SUBSIDIARY". For
purposes of this Agreement, (a) "business day" means any day on which the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b) "Subsidiary" means each of
Funtime Parks, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Funtime, Inc., an Ohio corporation,
Wyandot Lake, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Darien Lake Theme Park and Camping
Resort, Inc., a New York corporation, Tierco Maryland, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Tierco Water Park, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Frontier City
Properties, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Frontier City Partners, Limited
Partnership, an Oklahoma limited partnership, and Stuart Amusement Company, a
Massachusetts corporation (collectively, the "Subsidiaries").
16. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.
17. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed
counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
18. HEADINGS. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the
Company and the U.S. Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space
provided for that purpose below.
Very truly yours,
PREMIER PARKS INC.
By____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted:
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
FURMAN SELZ LLC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
For themselves and as Representatives
of the several Underwriters named
in Schedule 1 hereto
By LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
By
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Authorized Representative
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SCHEDULE 1
Number
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Underwriters of Firm Shares
- ------------ ---------------
Lehman Brothers Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furman Selz LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Smith Barney Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400,000
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Exhibit 1(b)
600,000 SHARES
PREMIER PARKS INC.
COMMON STOCK
INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
, 1997
LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE)
FURMAN SELZ LLC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
As Lead Managers of the several
International Managers named in Schedule 1,
c/o Lehman Brothers Inc.
Three World Financial Center
New York, New York 10285
Dear Sirs:
Premier Parks Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to sell 600,000 shares (the "Firm Stock") of the Company's Common Stock, par
value $.05 per share (the "Common Stock") to the several International Managers
named in Schedule 1 hereto (the "International Managers"). In addition, the
Company proposes to grant to the International Managers an option to purchase up
to an additional 90,000 shares of the Common Stock on the terms and for the
purposes set forth in Section 2 (the "Option Stock"). The Firm Stock and the
Option Stock, if purchased, are hereinafter collectively called the "Stock".
This is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Stock from the
Company by the International Managers.
It is understood by all parties that the Company is currently entering
into an agreement dated the date hereof (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement")
providing for the sale by the Company of 3,910,000 shares of Common Stock
(including the over-allotment option thereunder) (the "U.S. Stock") through
arrangements with certain underwriters in the United States (the "U.S.
Underwriters"), for whom Lehman Brothers Inc., Furman Selz LLC and Smith Barney
Inc. are acting as representatives (the "Representatives"). The International
Managers and the U.S. Underwriters simultaneously are entering into an agreement
between the international and U.S.
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underwriting syndicates (the "Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and
International Managers") which provides for, among other things, the transfer of
shares of Common Stock between the two syndicates.
Two forms of prospectus are to be used in connection with the
Offering, one relating to the Stock and the other relating to the U.S. Stock.
The latter form of prospectus will be identical to the former except for certain
substitute pages as included in the registration statement and amendments
thereto referred to below. Except as used in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10
herein, and except as the context may otherwise require, references herein to
the Stock shall include all the shares which may be sold pursuant to either this
Agreement or the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, and references herein to any
prospectus whether in preliminary or final form, and whether as amended or
supplemented, shall include both the international and the U.S. versions
thereof. As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes
International Managers and U.S. Underwriters.
1. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The
Company represents, warrants and agrees that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-2 (file number 333-16573), and
amendments thereto, with respect to the Stock has (i) been prepared by the
Company in conformity in all material respects with the requirements of the
United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the rules
and regulations (the "Rule and Regulations") of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") thereunder, (ii) been
filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and (iii) become
effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement
and amendments thereto have been delivered by the Company to you as the
lead managers (the "Lead Managers") of the International Managers. Upon
your written request, but not without your agreement, the Company will also
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 462(b).
As used in this Agreement, "Effective Time" means the date and the time as
of which such registration statement, the most recent post-effective
amendment thereto, if any, or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became
or become effective; "Effective Date" means the date of the Effective Time;
"Preliminary Prospectus" means each prospectus included in such
registration statement, or amendments thereof, before it became effective
under the Securities Act and any prospectus filed with the Commission by
the Company with the consent of the Lead Managers pursuant to Rule 424(a)
of the Rules and Regulations; "Registration Statement" means such
registration statement, as amended at the Effective Time, including any
documents incorporated by reference therein at such time and all
information contained in
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the final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the Rules and Regulations in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed
to be a part of the registration statement as of the Effective Time
pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations and, in
the event any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes effective prior to
the First Delivery Date (as hereinafter defined), also means such
registration statement as so amended, unless the context otherwise
requires; "Prospectus" means such final prospectus, as first filed with the
Commission pursuant to paragraph (1) or (4) of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations; and "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" means the
registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations relating to the offering covered
by the initial Registration Statement (file number 333-16573). Reference
made herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or to the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include any documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-2 under the Securities Act, as of the
date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of
any Preliminary Prospectus.
(b) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus, any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement will, when they
become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be,
conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act
and the Rules and Regulations and do not and will not, as of the applicable
effective date (as to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto)
and as of the applicable filing date (as to the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto) contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; PROVIDED that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or
omitted from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through
the Lead Managers by or on behalf of any International Manager specifically
for inclusion therein.
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none
of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading.
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(d) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries (as defined in Section
15) that is a corporation (a "corporate Subsidiary", and collectively with
all other such subsidiaries, the "corporate Subsidiaries") have been duly
incorporated and are validly existing as corporations in good standing
under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation; Frontier
City Partners, Limited Partnership, an Oklahoma limited partnership
("Frontier City Partners"), is validly existing as a limited partnership in
good standing under the laws of Oklahoma; the Company, the corporate
Subsidiaries and Frontier City Partners are duly qualified to do business
and are in good standing as foreign corporations in each jurisdiction in
which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of
their respective businesses requires such qualification, except where the
failure to so qualify would not have in the aggregate a material adverse
effect on the consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity (or
partners' equity, as applicable), results of operations, business or
prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Material
Adverse Effect") and have all corporate or partnership power and authority,
as the case may be, necessary to own or hold their respective properties
and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged; none of the
subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) of the
Company (other than the Subsidiaries) is a "significant subsidiary", as
such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations; and the
assets, liabilities and operations of such other subsidiaries are
immaterial to the assets, liabilities, operations and prospects of the
Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(e) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and conform to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each corporate
Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except for Stuart Amusement
Company ("Stuart"), a Massachusetts corporation and owner of Riverside Park
("Riverside Park"), which the Company has agreed to acquire pursuant to the
Stock Purchase Agreement by and among the Company, Stuart, The Carroll
Family Limited Partnership and Edward J. Carroll, Jr. dated December 4,
1996, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims and 100% of the partnership
interest in Frontier City Partners is held directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims
except, in each case, for the liens and encumbrances of the lenders under
the Credit Agreement between the Company and Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.
dated October 30, 1996 (the "New Credit Facility").
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(f) The unissued shares of the Stock to be issued and sold by the
Company to the International Managers hereunder and to the U.S.
Underwriters under the U.S. Underwriting Agreement have been duly and
validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor
as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(g) This Agreement and the U.S. Underwriting Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
U.S. Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result
in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company
or any of the Subsidiaries or, assuming that all consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under
the Exchange Act and applicable state and foreign securities laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Stock by the
International Managers and the U.S. Underwriters are obtained, any statute
or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any
of their properties or assets except, in each case, breaches, violations or
defaults which, in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and except for the registration of the Stock under
the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act
and applicable state and foreign securities laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Stock by the International Managers and
the U.S. Underwriters, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
filing or registration with, any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
or the U.S. Underwriting Agreement by the Company and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
(i) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, all contracts,
agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting
such person the right to require the Company to file a registration
statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the
Company owned or to be
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owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities
in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement have
been amended so that such rights will not take effect prior to May 29,
1997.
(j) The Company has not sold or issued any shares of Common Stock
during the six-month period preceding the date of the Prospectus, including
any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the
Securities Act, other than [ ] shares issued pursuant to (i) the
Company's acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Storytown USA,
Inc. and Fantasy Rides Corporation used in the operation of The Great
Escape and Splashwater Kingdom ("The Great Escape") on December 4, 1996,
[(ii) shares issuable pursuant to the Company's acquisition of Stuart], or
(iii) employee benefit plans, qualified stock options plans or other
employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or
warrants, which are disclosed in the Prospectus.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the
Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood, accident or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order
or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus,
except losses or interferences which will not, in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect; and, since such date, there has not been any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a
prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity (or partners' equity,
as applicable) or results of operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(l) The historical financial statements (including the related notes
and supporting schedules) filed as part of the Registration Statement or
included in the Prospectus present fairly the financial condition and
results of operations of the entities purported to be shown thereby at the
dates and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved. The pro forma financial statements
included in the Prospectus have been prepared on a basis consistent with
such historical financial statements, except for the pro forma adjustments
specified therein, and comply in all material respects with Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, and the pro form adjustments have been properly
applied to historical amounts in the compilation of such pro forma
financial statements.
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(m) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company, The Great Escape and Stuart, Ernst & Young LLP,
who have certified certain financial statements of Funtime Parks, Inc.
("Funtime") and Elitch Gardens Company ("Elitch Gardens") and Nelson &
Company, who have certified certain financial statements of FRE, Inc.
(Family Recreational Enterprises, Inc.) ("FRE") and Concord Entertainment
Company ("Concord"), whose reports appear in the Prospectus and who have
each delivered the respective initial letters referred to in Section 7(f)
hereof, are independent public accountants as required by the Securities
Act and the Rules and Regulations.
(n) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries have good and marketable
title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to
all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and defects except for liens arising under the New
Credit Facility and such liens, encumbrances and defects as are described
in the Prospectus or such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and
all real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and the
Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases, with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries carry, or are covered
by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as the Company has
reasonably concluded, based on its experience, is adequate for the conduct
of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties
and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar
industries.
(p) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries own or possess adequate
rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark
registrations, copyrights and licenses necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses as presently conducted and have no reason to believe
that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and
have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights
of others.
(q) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property
or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, might
have a Material Adverse Effect or are otherwise required to be disclosed in
the Prospectus; and to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others.
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(r) The conditions for use of Form S-2, as set forth in the General
Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
(s) There are no contracts or other documents which are required to
be described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration
Statement by the Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have
not been described in the Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or incorporated therein by reference as permitted by
the Rules and Regulations.
(t) No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the
Company on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders,
customers or suppliers of the Company on the other hand, which is required
to be described in the Prospectus which is not so described.
(u) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company exists or,
to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent which might be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder ("ERISA"); no "reportable event" (as defined in
ERISA) has occurred with respect to any "pension plan" (as defined in
ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not
incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA
with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any "pension plan" or
(ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the
"Code"); and each "pension plan" for which the Company would have any
liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether
by action or by failure to act, which might reasonably be expected to cause
the loss of such qualification.
(w) The Company and each of the Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with (i) all presently applicable provisions of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, including all
applicable regulations thereunder and (ii) all presently applicable
material state and local laws and regulations relating to the safety of its
theme park and water park operations.
(x) The Company has filed all federal, state and local income and
franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof other
than those
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filings being contested in good faith, and has paid all taxes of which it
has notice are due thereon, other than those being contested in good faith
and for which adequate reserves have been provided or those currently
payable without penalty or interest and no tax deficiency has been
determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which has
had, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, might
have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Since the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus
through the date hereof, and except as may otherwise be disclosed in the
Prospectus, the Company has not (i) issued or granted any securities, (ii)
incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other
than liabilities and obligations which were incurred in the ordinary course
of business, (iii) entered into any material transaction not in the
ordinary course of business or (iv) declared or paid any dividend on its
capital stock.
(z) The Company (i) makes and keeps accurate books and records and
(ii) maintains internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with
management's authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of its financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for its
assets, (C) access to its assets is permitted only in accordance with
management's authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for its
assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.
(aa) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (i) is in
violation of its charter or by-laws (or its partnership agreement, as
applicable), (ii) is in default in any material respect, and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
condition contained in any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
loan agreement or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets
is subject or (iii) is in violation in any material respect of any material
law, ordinance, governmental rule, regulation or court decree to which it
or its property or assets may be subject or has failed to obtain any
material license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental
authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to
the conduct of its business.
(ab) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, nor, to its
knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person
associated with
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or acting on behalf of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, has used any
corporate or partnership funds for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity;
made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic
government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in
violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or
made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment.
(ac) There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture,
refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, medical
wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries (or, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, to
the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at,
upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the
Company or the Subsidiaries in violation of any applicable law, ordinance,
rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require
remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or remedial
action which would not have, or could not be reasonably likely to have,
singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and remedial
actions, a Material Adverse Effect; there has been no material spill,
discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any
kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property
of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or
hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, with
respect to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have knowledge,
except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape,
dumping or release which would not have or would not be reasonably likely
to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges,
leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a Material
Adverse Effect; and the terms "hazardous wastes", "toxic wastes",
"hazardous substances" and "medical wastes" shall have the meanings
specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or
regulations with respect to environmental protection.
(ad) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is an "investment
company" within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
2. PURCHASE OF THE STOCK BY THE U.S. UNDERWRITERS. On the basis of
the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and
conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to sell 600,000 shares of the
Firm Stock to the
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several International Managers and each of the International Managers, severally
and not jointly, agrees to purchase the number of shares of the Firm Stock set
opposite that International Manager's name in Schedule 1 hereto.
In addition, the Company grants to the International Managers an
option to purchase up to 90,000 shares of Option Stock. Such option is granted
solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of Firm Stock and
is exercisable as provided in Section 4 hereof. Shares of Option Stock shall be
purchased severally for the account of the International Managers in proportion
to the number of shares of Firm Stock set opposite the name of such
International Managers in Schedule 1 hereto. The respective purchase
obligations of each International Manager with respect to the Option Stock shall
be adjusted by the Lead Managers so that no International Manager shall be
obligated to purchase Option Stock other than in 100 share amounts. The price
of both the Firm Stock and any Option Stock shall be $ per share.
The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Stock to be
delivered on the First Delivery Date or the Second Delivery Date (as hereinafter
defined), as the case may be, except upon payment for all the Stock to be
purchased on such Delivery Date as provided herein and in the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement.
3. OFFERING OF STOCK BY THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS.
Upon authorization by the Lead Managers of the release of the Firm
Stock, the several International Managers propose to offer the Firm Stock for
sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
It is understood that 150,000 shares of the Firm Stock will initially
be reserved by the several Underwriters for offer and sale upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus and in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to principal
stockholders of the Company or their affiliates who have heretofore delivered to
the Lead Managers and Representatives offers or indications of interest to
purchase shares of Firm Stock in form satisfactory to the International Managers
and Representatives, and that any allocation of such Firm Stock among such
persons will be made in accordance with timely directions received by the Lead
Managers and Representatives from the Company; PROVIDED, that under no
circumstances will the Lead Managers and Representatives or any Underwriters be
liable to the Company or to any such person for any action taken or omitted in
good faith in connection with such offering to principal stockholders of the
Company or their affiliates. It is further understood that any shares of such
Firm Stock which are not purchased by
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such persons will be offered by the Underwriters to the public upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
Each International Manager agrees that, except to the extent permitted
by the Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and International Managers, it will
not offer or sell any of the Stock outside of the United States and Canada.
4. DELIVERY OF AND PAYMENT FOR THE STOCK. Delivery of and payment
for the Firm Stock shall be made at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore,
Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, at 10:00 A.M., New York
City time, on the fourth full business day following the date of this Agreement
or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the
Lead Managers and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as
the "First Delivery Date." On the First Delivery Date, the Company shall
deliver or cause to be delivered certificates representing the Firm Stock to the
Lead Managers for the account of each International Manager against payment to
or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by certified or official
bank check or checks payable in New York Clearing House (next-day) funds. Time
shall be of the essence (except that the Company will not be responsible for any
delay resulting from any action or inaction of any International Manager or U.S.
Underwriter) and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this
Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of each International
Manager hereunder. Upon delivery, the Firm Stock shall be registered in such
names and in such denominations as the Lead Managers shall request in writing
not less than two full business days prior to the First Delivery Date. For the
purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of the certificates for the
Firm Stock, the Company shall make the certificates representing the Firm Stock
available for inspection by the Lead Managers in New York, New York, not later
than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the First
Delivery Date.
At any time on or before the thirtieth day after the date of this
Agreement, the option granted in Section 2 may be exercised by written notice
being given to the Company by the Lead Managers. Such notice shall set forth
the aggregate number of shares of Option Stock as to which the option is being
exercised, the names in which the shares of Option Stock are to be registered,
the denominations in which the shares of Option Stock are to be issued and the
date and time, as determined by the Lead Managers, when the shares of Option
Stock are to be delivered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this date and time shall not
be earlier than the First Delivery Date nor earlier than the second business day
after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the
fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised.
The date and time the shares of Option Stock are delivered are sometimes
referred to as
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the "Second Delivery Date" and the First Delivery Date and the Second Delivery
Date are sometimes each referred to as a "Delivery Date".
Delivery of and payment for the Option Stock shall be made at the
place specified in the first sentence of the first paragraph of this Section 4
(or at such other place as shall be determined by agreement between the Lead
Managers and the Company) at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Second
Delivery Date. On the Second Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver or cause
to be delivered the certificates representing the Option Stock to the Lead
Managers for the account of each International Manager against payment to or
upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by certified or official
bank check or checks payable in New York Clearing House (next-day) funds. Time
shall be of the essence (except that the Company will not be responsible for any
delay resulting from any action or inaction of any International Manager or U.S.
Underwriter), and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this
Agreement is a further condition of the obligations of each International
Manager hereunder. Upon delivery, the Option Stock shall be registered in such
names and in such denominations as the Lead Managers shall request in the
aforesaid written notice. For the purpose of expediting the checking and
packaging of the certificates for the Option Stock, the Company shall make the
certificates representing the Option Stock available for inspection by the Lead
Managers in New York, New York, not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the business day prior to the Second Delivery Date.
5. FURTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE COMPANY. The Company agrees:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Lead Managers
and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act not later than Commission's close of business on the second business
day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under
the Securities Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the
Registration Statement or to the Prospectus and to file no Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement except as permitted herein; to advise the Lead
Managers, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective
or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been
filed and to furnish the Lead Managers with copies thereof; upon your
request, to cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, properly
completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and to
provide evidence satisfactory to the Lead Managers of such filing; to
advise the Lead Managers, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, of the
suspension of the
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qualification of the Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any
request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its
reasonable best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
(b) To furnish reasonably promptly to each of the Lead Managers and
to counsel for the International Managers a signed copy of the Registration
Statement as originally filed with the Commission, each amendment thereto
and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement filed with the Commission,
including all consents and exhibits filed therewith;
(c) To deliver promptly to the Lead Managers such number of the
following documents as the Lead Managers shall reasonably request:
(i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with
the Commission, each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits
other than this Agreement and the computation of per share earnings) and
any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus,
the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus and (iii) any
document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (excluding exhibits
thereto); and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time
after the Effective Time in connection with the offering or sale of the
Stock or any other securities relating thereto and if at such time any
events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or
to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange
Act, to notify the Lead Managers and, upon their request, to file such
document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each International
Manager and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Lead Managers
may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance.
(d) To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the
Prospectus that
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may, in the judgment of the Company or the Lead Managers, be required by
the Securities Act or requested by the Commission;
(e) Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment to the
Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus, any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, any Prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement to furnish a copy thereof to the Lead Managers and counsel for
the International Managers and obtain the consent of the Lead Managers to
the filing;
(f) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (it being
understood that the Company shall have until at least 410 days after the
end of the Company's current fiscal quarter), to make generally available
to the Company's security holders and to deliver to the Lead Managers an
earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be
audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules
and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(g) For a period of five years following the Effective Date, to
furnish to the Lead Managers copies of all materials furnished by the
Company to its public shareholders and all public reports and all reports
and financial statements furnished by the Company to the principal national
securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may be listed pursuant to
requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the Commission
pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission
thereunder;
(h) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Lead
Managers may reasonably request to qualify the Stock for offering and sale
(or obtain an exemption from registration) under the securities laws of
such jurisdictions as the Lead Managers may request and to comply with such
laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution
of the Stock; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer in securities or to execute a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction in any action
other than one arising out of the offering or sale of the Stock;
(i) For a period of 180 days from the date of the Prospectus, not to,
directly or indirectly, offer for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of (or
enter into any transaction or device which is designed to, or could be
expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the
future of) any shares of Common
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Stock (other than shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans,
qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans existing
on the date hereof or pursuant to currently outstanding options, warrants
or rights, and other than shares issued by the Company as consideration to
any seller of assets or stock that the Company or any of the Subsidiaries
is acquiring, provided that any shares so issued to such seller or sellers,
including any shares issued pursuant to the Company's acquisition of
Stuart, in the aggregate, do not exceed one-third of the total equity of
the Company outstanding at the time of the first such issuance, and further
provided that such seller or sellers contemporaneously with any such
issuance or issuances enter into an agreement with the Lead Managers in
substantially the same form as the agreement described in this paragraph
(i) for the remainder of the 180 day period), or sell or grant options,
rights or warrants with respect to any shares of Common Stock (other than
the grant of options pursuant to option plans existing on the date hereof),
without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc.; and to cause
each officer and director of the Company and Hanseatic Corporation,
Richland Ventures, L.P., Lawrence, Tyrrell, Ortale & Smith, Lawrence,
Tyrell, Ortale & Smith II, L.P., Windcrest Partners, JG Partnership, Ltd.,
David A. Jones, J. David Grissom and Robert J. Gellert (in the case of
Robert J. Gellert only, limited to (i) shares held for his own account and
(ii) shares beneficially owned by Lexfor Corporation) to furnish to the
Lead Managers, prior to the First Delivery Date, a letter or letters, in
form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, pursuant
to which each such person shall agree not to, directly or indirectly, offer
for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or
device which is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the
disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of
Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or any
rights to acquire Common Stock for a period of 180 days from the date of
the Prospectus, without the prior written consent of Lehman Brothers Inc.;
(j) Prior to the Effective Date, to apply for the inclusion of the
Stock on the National Market System and to use its reasonable best efforts
to complete that listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and
evidence of satisfactory distribution, prior to the First Delivery Date;
and
(k) To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that neither
the Company nor any subsidiary shall become an "investment company" within
the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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6. EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the
authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Stock and any taxes payable in
that connection; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing
under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement and any amendments and
exhibits thereto; (c) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement as
originally filed and each amendment thereto and any post-effective amendments
thereof (including, in each case, exhibits), any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any document
incorporated by reference therein, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) the
costs of producing and distributing this Agreement, the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement, the Agreement Between U.S. Underwriters and International Managers,
the Agreement Among International Managers, the International Selling Agreement
and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale
and delivery of the Stock; (e) the filing fees incident to securing any required
review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of
sale of the Stock; (f) any applicable listing or other fees; (g) the fees and
expenses of qualifying the Stock under the securities laws of the several
jurisdictions as provided in Section 5(h) and of preparing, printing and
distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of
counsel to the Underwriters or foreign counsel to the International Managers);
(h) all fees and expenses of in its capacity as a qualified
independent underwriter; (i) all costs and expenses of the International
Managers, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the International
Managers, incident to the offer and sale of shares of the Stock by the
International Managers to principal stockholders of the Company or their
affiliates, as described in Section 3; and (j) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement; PROVIDED that, except as provided in this Section 6 and in Section
11, the International Managers shall pay their own costs and expenses, including
the costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the Stock which
they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the Stock made by
the International Managers.
7. CONDITIONS OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS' OBLIGATIONS. The respective
obligations of the International Managers hereunder are subject to the accuracy,
when made and on each Delivery Date, of the representations and warranties of
the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its
obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission
in accordance with Section 5(a); no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued
and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of
additional
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information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise
shall have been complied with.
(b) No International Manager or U.S. Underwriter shall have
discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to such Delivery Date
that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the
opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, counsel for the International Managers,
is material or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel,
is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(c) All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the
authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement, the Stock, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and
all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material
respects to counsel for the International Managers, and the Company shall
have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(d) Baer Marks & Upham LLP shall have furnished to the Lead Managers
its written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the
International Managers and dated such Delivery Date, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Lead Managers, to the effect that:
(i) The Company and each of its corporate Subsidiaries have been
duly incorporated and are validly existing as corporations in good
standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of
incorporation; Frontier City Partners is validly existing as a limited
partnership in good standing under the laws of Oklahoma; and the
Company, the corporate Subsidiaries and Frontier City Partners are
duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign
corporations in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses
requires such qualification except where the failure to so qualify
would not have a Material Adverse Effect and have all corporate or
partnership power and authority necessary to own or hold their
respective properties and conduct the businesses in which they are
engaged as described in the Prospectus;
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(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in the Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of
the Company now outstanding (including the shares of Stock being
delivered on such Delivery Date) have been duly and validly authorized
and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and conform to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus; all of the shares of
Stock have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the
Lead Managers for the account of each International Manager against
payment therefor as provided herein, shall be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable; to such counsel's knowledge, all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each corporate Subsidiary of the
Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully
paid, non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims, except for liens or encumbrances arising under the New Credit
Facility; and 100% of the partnership interest in Frontier City
Partners is held directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except for liens and
encumbrances arising under the New Credit Facility;
(iii) There are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for
or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of,
any shares of the Stock pursuant to the Company's charter or by-laws
or any agreement or other instrument known to such counsel;
(iv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is
a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, might have a Material Adverse
Effect; and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities
or threatened by others;
(v) Based solely upon oral confirmation from the staff of the
Commission, the Registration Statement was declared effective under
the Securities Act as of the date and time specified in such opinion;
the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to the
subparagraph of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations specified in
such opinion on the date specified therein and no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued and, to the knowledge of
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such counsel, no proceeding for that purpose is pending or threatened
by the Commission;
(vi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
further amendments or supplements thereto made by the Company prior to
such Delivery Date (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein and other financial or statistical data included
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations; and the documents
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein and other financial or
statistical data included therein, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission,
complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder;
(vii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, there are no
contracts or other documents which are required to be described in the
Prospectus or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the
Securities Act or by the Rules and Regulations which have not been
described or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or
incorporated therein by reference as permitted by the Rules and
Regulations;
(viii) Each of this Agreement and the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company;
(ix) The issue and sale of the shares of Stock being delivered
on such Delivery Date by the Company and the compliance by the Company
with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement
or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions
result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of
the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or, assuming that all consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under the Exchange Act
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and applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Stock by the International Managers
and the U.S. Underwriters are obtained, any Federal or New York State
statute, the Delaware General Corporation Law, or any order, rule or
regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets; and, except for the
registration of the Stock under the Securities Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign
securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of
the Stock by the International Managers, no consent, approval,
authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any such
court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement or the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby; and
(x) Except as otherwise described in the Registration Statement,
to the best of such counsel's knowledge, all contracts, agreements or
understandings between the Company and any person granting such person
the right to require the Company to file a registration statement
under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company
owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to
include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the
Registration Statement have been amended so that such rights will not
take effect prior to May 29, 1997.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may state that its opinion is
limited to matters governed by the Federal laws of the United States of
America, the laws of the State of New York and the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and that such counsel is not admitted in the
States of Delaware, Ohio, Oklahoma, Colorado, California or Massachusetts;
and, in respect of matters of fact, may rely upon certificates of officers
of the Company or the Subsidiaries, PROVIDED that such counsel shall state
that it believes that both the International Managers and it are justified
in relying upon such certificates. Such counsel shall also have furnished
to the Lead Managers a written statement, addressed to the International
Managers and dated such Delivery Date, in form satisfactory to the Lead
Managers to the effect that (x) such counsel has acted as counsel to the
Company on a regular basis (although the Company is also represented with
respect to litigation matters, regulatory matters and certain other
matters, by other outside counsel), has acted as counsel to the Company in
connection with
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financing transactions since February 1992 and has acted as counsel to the
Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement,
and (y) based on the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such
counsel which lead it to believe that (I) the Registration Statement (other
than the financial statements and other financial and statistical data
contained therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief), as of
the Effective Date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other financial and
statistical data contained therein, as to which such counsel need express
no belief) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading or (II) any documents incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and other
financial and statistical data contained therein, as to which such counsel
need express no belief) when they were filed with the Commission contained
an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The foregoing
opinion and statement may be qualified by a statement to the effect that
such counsel does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus except for the statements made in the
Prospectus under the captions "Description of Capital Stock" and
"Description of Indebtedness", insofar as such statements relate to the
Stock or the Company's debt instruments and concern legal matters.
(e) The Lead Managers shall have received from Cravath, Swaine &
Moore, counsel for the International Managers, such opinion or opinions and
such statement or statements, dated such Delivery Date, with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Stock, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
and other related matters as the Lead Managers may reasonably require, and
the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
matters.
(f) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Lead Managers
shall have received from (I) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP a letter, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers, addressed to the International
Managers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent
public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in
compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification
of accountants under Rule 2-
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01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date
hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since
the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given
in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date
hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the
financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants'
"comfort letters" to underwriters in connection with registered public
offerings, except for the financial information and other matters covered
in the letters from KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Ernst & Young LLP and Nelson &
Company described immediately hereinafter; from (II) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers addressed
to the International Managers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that
they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act
and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof, the conclusions and
findings of such firm with respect to certain financial information and
other matters relating to The Great Escape as have been previously agreed
to by such firm and the Representatives; from (III) KPMG Peat Marwick LLP a
letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead Managers, addressed
to the International Managers and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that
they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act
and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the
qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the
Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof, the conclusions and
findings of such firm with respect to certain financial information and
other matters relating to Stuart Amusement Company and its subsidiaries as
have been previously agreed to by such firm and the Lead Managers; from
(IV) Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lead Managers, addressed to the International Managers and dated the date
hereof (i) confirming that they are independent accountants within the
meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable
requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01
of Regulation S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date
hereof,
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the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to certain financial
information and other matters relating to Funtime and its subsidiaries as
have been previously agreed to by such firm and the Lead Managers; from (V)
Ernst & Young LLP a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead
Managers, addressed to the International Managers and dated the date hereof
(i) confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of
the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements
relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation
S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof, the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to certain financial
information and other matters relating to Elitch Gardens as have been
previously agreed to by such firm and the Lead Managers; and from (VI)
Nelson & Company a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lead
Managers, addressed to the International Managers and dated the date hereof
(i) confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of
the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements
relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation
S-X of the Commission and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof, the
conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to certain financial
information and other matters relating to FRE and Concord, as have been
previously agreed to by such firm and the Lead Managers.
(g) With respect to the letters of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Ernst &
Young LLP and Nelson & Company referred to in the preceding paragraph and
delivered to the Lead Managers concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement (the "initial letters"), the Company shall have furnished to the
Lead Managers a letter (the "bring-down letters") of each of such
accountants, addressed to the International Managers and dated such
Delivery Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants
within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the
applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under
Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date
of the bring-down letter (or, in the case of the letter of KPMG Peat
Marwick LLP, with respect to matters involving changes or developments
since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is
given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the
date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm
with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the
initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the
conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.
(h) The Company shall have furnished to the Lead Managers a
certificate, dated such Delivery Date, of its Chairman of the Board, its
President or a Vice President and its chief financial officer stating that:
(i) The representations, warranties and agreements of the
Company in Section 1 are true and correct as of such Delivery Date;
the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein; and
the conditions set forth in Sections 7(a) and 7(i) have been
fulfilled; and
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(ii) They have carefully examined the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and, in their opinion (A) as of the Effective Date, the
Registration Statement and Prospectus did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and (B) since the Effective Date no event has
occurred which should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment
to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(i) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus there shall not
have been any change in the capital stock (or partners' equity, as
applicable) or long-term debt of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity (or partners' equity, as applicable) or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise, in each case,
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of which,
in any such case, is, in the judgment of the Lead Managers, so material (to
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) and adverse as to make
it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Stock being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms
and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(j) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) no
downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt
securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization",
as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of
the Rules and Regulations and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly
announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities.
(k) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there
shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities
generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or
in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company
on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been
suspended or minimum prices shall have been established on any such
exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other
regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared by Federal or state
authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in
hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving
the United
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States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or
war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material
adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions (or
the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the
United States shall be such) as to make it, in the judgment of a majority
in interest of the several International Managers, impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Stock
being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
(l) The National Market System shall have approved the Stock for
inclusion, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of
satisfactory distribution.
(m) Delivery and payment for the Firm Stock under the International
Underwriting Agreement shall have occurred concurrently with delivery and
payment for the Firm Stock hereunder on the First Delivery Date.
All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
provisions hereof only if they are in form and scope reasonably satisfactory to
counsel for the International Managers.
8. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each International
Manager (including any Underwriter in its role as qualified independent
underwriter pursuant to the rules of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.), its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls
any International Manager within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and
against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in
respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage,
liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Stock), to which that
International Manager, officer, employee or controlling person may become
subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or (B) in any blue sky application or other
document prepared or executed by the Company (or based upon any written
information furnished by the Company) specifically for the purpose of qualifying
any or all of the Stock under the securities laws of any jurisdiction (any such
application, document or information being hereinafter called a "Blue Sky
Application"), (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the
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Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or in any Blue Sky Application any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any
act or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any International
Manager in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Stock or the
offering contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred to in
any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon
matters covered by clause (i) or (ii) above (PROVIDED that the Company shall not
be liable under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final
judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action resulted directly from any such acts or failures to act
undertaken or omitted to be taken by such International Manager through its
gross negligence or willful misconduct), and shall reimburse each International
Manager and each such officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon
demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that International
Manager, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon,
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any such amendment or supplement, or in any Blue Sky
Application, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
concerning any International Manager or any U.S. Underwriter furnished to the
Company through the Lead Managers or Representatives by or on behalf of any
International Manager or U.S. Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein;
and PROVIDED FURTHER that with respect to any such untrue statement or omission
made in the Preliminary Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this
Section 8(a) shall not enure to the benefit of the International Manager from
whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased the Stock concerned if, to the extent that such sale was an initial
sale by such International Manager and any such loss, claim, damage or liability
of such International Manager is a result of the fact that both (A) a copy of
the Prospectus was not sent or given to such person at or prior to the written
confirmation of the sale of such Stock to such person, and (B) the untrue
statement or omission in the Preliminary Prospectus was corrected in the
Prospectus unless, in either case, such failure to deliver the Prospectus was a
result of noncompliance by the Company with Section 5(c). The foregoing
indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have to any International Manager or to any officer, employee or
controlling person of that International Manager.
The Company also will indemnify and hold harmless the Independent
Underwriter, its officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls
the
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Independent Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments incurred
as a result of the Independent Underwriter's participation as a "qualified
independent underwriter" within the meaning of Rule 2720 of the Conduct Rules of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. in connection with the
offering of the Stock, except for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
judgments resulting from the Independent Underwriter's or such controlling
person's willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(b) Each International Manager, severally and not jointly, shall
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and employees, each of its
directors, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability,
joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any
such director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the
Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or
action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained (A) in any Preliminary Prospectus,
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement
thereto, or (B) in any Blue Sky Application or (ii) the omission or alleged
omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any Blue Sky
Application any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that
the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning
such International Manager furnished to the Company through the Lead Manager by
or on behalf of that International Manager specifically for inclusion therein,
and shall reimburse the Company and any such director, officer or controlling
person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action as such expenses are incurred. The foregoing indemnity agreement is
in addition to any liability which any International Manager may otherwise have
to the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
liability which it may have under this Section 8 except to the extent it has
been materially prejudiced by such failure and, PROVIDED FURTHER, that the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may
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have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such
claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall
notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled
to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other
similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the
defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
the indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the Lead Managers shall have the right, upon written notice to the Company, to
employ counsel to represent jointly the Lead Managers and those other
International Managers and their respective officers, employees and controlling
persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of
which indemnity may be sought by the International Managers against the Company
under this Section 8 if, in the reasonable judgment of the Lead Managers, it is
advisable for the Lead Managers and those International Managers, officers,
employees and controlling persons to be jointly represented by separate counsel,
and in that event the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel
shall be paid by the Company. It is understood that the indemnifying party or
parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in
the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and
other charges of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any
local counsel) at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties;
PROVIDED HOWEVER, that, if indemnity is sought pursuant to the second paragraph
of Section 8(a), then, in addition to such counsel for the indemnified parties,
the indemnifying party shall be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of
not more than one separate counsel (in addition to any necessary local counsel)
for the Independent Underwriter in its capacity as a "qualified independent
underwriter," its officers and employees and all persons, if any, who control
the Independent Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, if, in the
reasonable judgment of the Independent Underwriter there may exist a conflict or
interest between the Independent Underwriter and the other indemnified parties.
In the case of any such separate counsel for the Independent Underwriter and
such control persons of the Independent Underwriter, such counsel shall be
designated in writing by the Independent Underwriter. No indemnifying party
shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding, or (ii) be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written
consent
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(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the
consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the
plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for
any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under Section 8(a) or 8(c) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or
liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party,
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in
such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the International Managers on the
other from the offering of the Stock or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
International Managers on the other with respect to the statements or omissions
which resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the International Managers
on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Stock purchased
under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company on the
one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
International Managers with respect to the shares of the Stock purchased under
this Agreement, on the other hand, bear to the total gross proceeds from the
offering of the shares of the Stock under this Agreement, in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault
shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the International
Managers, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the International Managers agree that
will not receive any additional benefits
hereunder for serving as the Independent Underwriter in connection with the
offering and sale of the Stock. The Company and the International Managers
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
Section 8(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
International Managers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable
considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, referred to above in this Section shall be deemed to include, for
purposes of this
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Section 8(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), no International
Manager shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Stock underwritten by it and distributed to
the public was offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which
such International Manager has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason
of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
International Managers' obligations to contribute as provided in this
Section 8(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The International Managers severally confirm and the Company
acknowledges that the statements with respect to the public offering of the
Stock by the International Managers set forth on the cover page of, the legend
concerning over-allotments on the second page of and the concession and
reallowance figures appearing under the caption "Underwriting" in, the
Prospectus constitute the only information concerning such International
Managers furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the
International Managers specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus.
9. DEFAULTING INTERNATIONAL MANAGER.
If, on either Delivery Date, any International Manager defaults in the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining
non-defaulting International Managers shall be obligated to purchase the Stock
which the defaulting International Manager agreed but failed to purchase on such
Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of shares of the
Firm Stock set opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting International
Manager in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total number of shares of the Firm
Stock set opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting International
Managers in Schedule 1 hereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the remaining
non-defaulting International Managers shall not be obligated to purchase any of
the Stock on such Delivery Date if the total number of shares of the Stock which
the defaulting International Manager or International Managers agreed but failed
to purchase on such date exceeds 9.09% of the total number of shares of the
Stock to be purchased on such Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting
International Manager shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the
number of shares of the Stock which it agreed to purchase on such Delivery Date
pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the
remaining non-defaulting International Managers, or those other underwriters
satisfactory to the Lead Managers
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who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in
such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Stock to be purchased
on such Delivery Date. If the remaining International Managers or other
underwriters satisfactory to the Lead Managers do not elect to purchase the
shares which the defaulting International Manager or International Managers
agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery Date, this Agreement (or, with
respect to the Second Delivery Date, the obligation of the International
Managers to purchase, and of the Company to sell, the Option Stock) shall
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting International
Manager or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for
the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Section 6. As used in this
Agreement, the term "International Manager" includes, for all purposes of this
Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in
Schedule 1 hereto who, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Stock which a
defaulting International Manager agreed but failed to purchase.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting International
Manager of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its
default. If other underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the Stock of
a defaulting or withdrawing International Manager, either the Lead Managers or
the Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in
order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or
counsel for the International Managers may be necessary in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.
10. TERMINATION. The obligations of the International Managers
hereunder may be terminated by the Lead Managers by notice given to and received
by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Firm Stock if, prior to
that time, any of the events described in Sections 7(i), 7(j) or 7(k) shall have
occurred or if the International Managers shall decline to purchase the Stock
for any reason permitted under this Agreement.
11. REIMBURSEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS' EXPENSES. If the
Company shall fail to tender the Stock for delivery to the International
Managers by reason of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the
Company to perform any agreement on its part to be performed, or because any
other condition of the International Managers' obligations hereunder required to
be fulfilled by the Company is not fulfilled (other than by reason of any events
described in Section 7(k) except for the suspension of trading or minimum prices
of the securities of the Company), the Company will reimburse the International
Managers for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by the International Managers in connection
with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Stock, and promptly
following
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demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Lead Managers. If
this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 by reason of the default of
one or more International Managers, the Company shall not be obligated to
reimburse any defaulting International Manager on account of those expenses.
12. NOTICES, ETC. All statements, requests, notices and agreements
hereunder shall be in writing, and:
(a) if to the International Managers, shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to Lehman Brothers International
(Europe), Three World Financial Center, New York, New York 10285,
Attention: Syndicate Department (Fax: 212-526-6588), with a copy, in the
case of any notice pursuant to Section 8(c), to the Director of Litigation,
Office of the General Counsel, Lehman Brothers Inc., 3 World Financial
Center, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10285;
(b) if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to 122 East 42nd Street, 49th Floor, New York, NY
10168, Attention: Kieran E. Burke (Fax: 212-949-6203);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any notice to an International Manager pursuant to
Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission
to such International Manager at its address set forth in its acceptance telex
to the Lead Managers, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto
by the Lead Managers upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall
be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given
or made on behalf of the International Managers by Lehman Brothers International
(Europe) on behalf of the Lead Managers.
13. PERSONS ENTITLED TO BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the International Managers, the
Company, and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and
provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that
(A) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the
officers and employees of each International Manager and the person or persons,
if any, who control any International Manager within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act and for the benefit of each International Manager (and
officers, employees and such controlling persons thereof) who offers or sells
any shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Agreement Between
U.S. Underwriters and International Managers and (B) the indemnity agreement of
the International Managers contained in Section 8(b) of this Agreement shall be
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deemed to be for the benefit of directors of the Company, officers of the
Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling
the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in
this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than
the persons referred to in this Section 13, any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained
herein.
14. SURVIVAL. The respective indemnities, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company and the International Managers
contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively,
pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the
Stock and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.
15. DEFINITION OF THE TERMS "BUSINESS DAY" AND "SUBSIDIARY". For
purposes of this Agreement, (a) "business day" means any day on which the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b) "Subsidiary" means each of
Funtime Parks, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Funtime, Inc., an Ohio corporation,
Wyandot Lake, Inc., an Ohio corporation, Darien Lake Theme Park and Camping
Resort, Inc., a New York corporation, Tierco Maryland, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, Tierco Water Park, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Frontier City
Properties, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation, Frontier City Partners, Limited
Partnership, an Oklahoma limited partnership, and Stuart Amusement Company, a
Massachusetts corporation (collectively, the "Subsidiaries").
16. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF NEW YORK.
17. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed
counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
18. HEADINGS. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of
reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or
interpretation of, this Agreement.
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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the
Company and the International Managers, please indicate your acceptance in the
space provided for that purpose below.
Very truly yours,
PREMIER PARKS INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
Accepted:
LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE)
FURMAN SELZ LLC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
For themselves and as Lead Managers
of the several International Managers named
in Schedule 1 hereto
By LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE)
By
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Authorized Representative
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SCHEDULE 1
Number
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Underwriters of Firm Shares
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Lehman Brothers International (Europe) . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furman Selz LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Smith Barney Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600,000
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Exhibit 1(c)
4,000,000 Shares Common Stock
PREMIER PARKS INC.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.S. UNDERWRITERS
AND INTERNATIONAL MANAGERS
January , 1997
AGREEMENT by and between (a) the U.S. Underwriters (the "U.S.
Underwriters") named in Schedule 1 to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement dated the
date hereof (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement") between Premier Parks Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Lehman Brothers Inc., Furman Selz LLC
and Smith Barney Inc., as Representatives (the "Representatives") of the U.S.
Underwriters, and (b) the International Managers (the "International Managers")
named in Schedule 1 to the International Underwriting Agreement dated the date
hereof (the "International Underwriting Agreement") between the Company and
Lehman Brothers International (Europe), Furman Selz LLC, and Smith Barney Inc.
as Lead Managers (the "Lead Managers") for the International Managers.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Underwriters, pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement, have agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 3,400,000
shares of the Company's Common Stock (par value $.05 per share) (the "U.S.
Stock") to be offered and sold in the United States and Canada, and the
International Managers, pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement,
have agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of 600,000 shares of the
Company's Common Stock (par value $.05 per share) (the "International Stock") to
be offered and sold outside the United States and Canada; the U.S. Stock and the
International Stock are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Firm
Stock";
WHEREAS, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, the U.S.
Underwriters, pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, have been granted
options by the Company to purchase up to 510,000 additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock (the "U.S. Option Stock") and the International Managers,
pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement, have been granted options
by the Company to purchase up to 90,000 additional shares of the Company's
Common Stock (the "International Option Stock")
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(the U.S. Option Stock and the International Option Stock are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Option Stock", and the Firm Stock and the
Option Stock are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Stock"); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, the Representatives and the
Lead Managers deem it necessary and advisable that certain of the activities of
the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers be coordinated pursuant to
this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Representatives (on behalf of the U.S.
Underwriters) and the Lead Managers (on behalf of the International Managers)
hereby agree as follows:
1. (a) The U.S. Underwriters, acting through the Representatives,
and the International Managers, acting through the Lead Managers, agree that
they will consult with each other as to the availability for sale to the public
of Stock purchased pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement, from time to time until the earliest of
(i) the termination of the provisions of the Supplemental Agreement Among U.S.
Underwriters dated the date hereof (the "Agreement Among U.S. Underwriters"),
(ii) the termination of the provisions of the Agreement Among International
Managers dated the date hereof (the "Agreement Among International Managers") or
(iii) a mutual agreement of the U. S. Underwriters, acting through the
Representatives, and the International Managers, acting through the Lead
Managers, to terminate the selling restrictions set forth in Sections 2(a) and
2(b) of this Agreement.
(b) At any time and from time to time as mutually agreed between the
Representatives and the Lead Managers, the Representatives may sell (for the
accounts of one or more U.S. Underwriters) to the Lead Managers (for the
accounts of the International Managers) such number of shares of U.S. Stock
purchased pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement and remaining unsold, as
may be so mutually agreed upon. From time to time as mutually agreed between
the Lead Managers and the Representatives, the Lead Managers may sell (for the
accounts of one or more International Managers) to the Representatives (for the
accounts of U.S. Underwriters) such number of shares of International Stock
purchased pursuant to the International Underwriting Agreement and remaining
unsold, as may be so mutually agreed upon.
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(c) Unless otherwise determined by mutual agreement, the price of any
Stock so purchased or sold shall be the public offering price as then in effect
for Stock being sold by the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers
less the selling concession allocable to such Stock. Settlement between the
Representatives and the Lead Managers with respect to any Stock which the
Representatives and the Lead Managers have agreed to purchase or sell pursuant
to this Agreement at least two business days prior to each Delivery Date
specified in the U.S. Underwriting Agreement shall be made on such Delivery Date
and, in the case of purchases and sales made thereafter, as promptly as
practicable but in no event later than three business days after the transaction
date. Certificates for the Stock so purchased shall be delivered on the
respective settlement dates. The liability for payment to the Company of the
purchase price of the Stock being purchased by the U.S. Underwriters under the
U.S. Underwriting Agreement and the liability for payment to the Company of the
purchase price of the Stock being purchased by the International Managers under
the International Underwriting Agreement, respectively, shall not be affected by
the provisions of this Agreement. The U.S. Underwriters and the International
Managers shall pay any sales or transfer taxes, fees or other charges payable in
connection with the sale or delivery of Stock sold by them under this Agreement.
(d) The obligations of the U.S. Underwriters in respect of any
purchase or sale of Stock hereunder shall be pro rata in accordance with the
proportion of the total number of shares of Stock which the U.S. Underwriters
are obligated to purchase from the Company pursuant to the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement; provided, however, that if the net purchases of International Stock
hereunder by the U.S. Underwriters exceed 15% of the aggregate number of shares
of U.S. Stock to be purchased from the Company by the U.S. Underwriters pursuant
to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, the excess shares of International Stock
shall be purchased by such U.S. Underwriters as shall be designated by the
Representatives.
2. (a) Each U.S. Underwriter agrees that, except for (i) purchases
and sales pursuant to Section 1 hereof, (ii) transactions described in paragraph
(c) of this Section 2, (iii) stabilization transactions contemplated under
Section 3 hereof and (iv) other transactions specifically approved by the
Representatives and the Lead Managers, (A) it is not purchasing any Stock for
the account
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of anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person (as defined below), (B) it has
not offered or sold, and will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or
indirectly, any of the Stock or distribute any Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus (each as defined in the U.S. Underwriting Agreement) to anyone other
than a U.S. or Canadian Person and (C) that any dealer to whom it may sell any
of the Stock (x) will represent that it is not purchasing for the account of
anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person and (y) will agree that it will not
offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the Stock to
anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person or to any other dealer who does not
so represent and agree.
(b) Each International Manager agrees that, except for (i) purchases
and sales pursuant to Section 1 hereof, (ii) transactions described in
paragraph (c) of this Section 2, (iii) stabilization transactions contemplated
under Section 3 hereof and (iv) other transactions specifically approved by the
Lead Managers and the Representatives, (A) it is not purchasing any Stock for
the account of any U.S. or Canadian Person, (B) it has not offered or sold, and
will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the
Stock or distribute any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus (each as defined in
the International Underwriting Agreement) to any U.S. or Canadian Person and
(C) that any dealer to whom it may sell any of the Stock (x) will represent that
it is not purchasing for the account of any U.S. or Canadian Person and (y) will
agree that it will not offer, sell, resell or deliver, directly or indirectly,
any of the Stock to any U.S. or Canadian Person or to any other dealer who does
not so represent and agree.
(c) The limitations of this Section 2 shall not restrict (i) offers,
sales, resales, deliveries or distributions by a U.S. Underwriter to or through
investment advisors who are U.S. or Canadian Persons, or other U.S. or Canadian
Persons exercising investment discretion, who are purchasing for the account of
anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person, or offers, sales, resales,
deliveries or distributions by an International Manager to or through investment
advisors who are not U.S. or Canadian Persons, or other persons exercising
investment discretion who are not U.S. or Canadian Persons, who are purchasing
for the account of a U.S. or Canadian Person, (ii) purchases by a U.S.
Underwriter who is also acting as an International Manager of Stock for the
account of anyone other than a U.S. or
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Canadian Person, or purchases by an International Manager who is also acting as
a U.S. Underwriter of Stock for the account of a U.S. or Canadian Person or
(iii) offers or sales by a U.S. Underwriter who is also acting as an
International Manager of Stock to anyone other than a U.S. or Canadian Person,
or offers or sales by an International Manager who is also acting as a U.S.
Underwriter of Stock to a U.S. or Canadian Person.
(d) As used herein, "U.S. or Canadian Person" means any resident or
citizen of the United States or Canada, any corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or Canada
or any political subdivision thereof or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States federal income taxation or Canadian income taxation
regardless of the source (other than the foreign branch of any U.S. or Canadian
Person), and includes any United States or Canadian branch of a person other
than a U.S. or Canadian Person. The term "United States" means the United
States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia)
and its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction
and the term "Canada" means Canada, its provinces, territories, possessions and
other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
3. (a) All stabilization transactions, if any, conducted in the
United States or Canada shall be conducted through the Representatives, and all
stabilization transactions, if any, conducted outside the United States and
Canada shall be conducted through the Lead Managers at the direction and subject
to the control of the Representatives, so that stabilization activities both
within and outside the United States and Canada shall be coordinated and
conducted in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
(b) The U.S. Underwriters shall have responsibility with respect to
any action which the Representatives may take to make over-allotments in
arranging for sales of Stock in the United States and Canada, and the
International Managers shall have responsibility with respect to any action
which the Lead Managers may take to make over-allotments in arranging for sales
of Stock outside the United States and Canada.
(c) The Lead Managers undertake, and agree to cause each of the
International Managers to undertake, that in connection with the distribution of
the Stock they will
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comply with the prohibitions against trading by persons interested in a
distribution set forth in Rules 10b-6 and 10b-7 under the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Sections 9 and 10 of the
Agreement Among International Managers. The International Managers will cause
each dealer who has agreed to participate or is participating in the
distribution to give a similar undertaking.
(d) All stabilization transactions conducted by the Representatives
or by the Lead Managers (under the direction of the Representatives) shall be
for the respective accounts of the several U.S. Underwriters and the several
International Managers in the proportions set forth in Section 4 hereof. In no
event shall the net commitment pursuant to overallotment of such stabilization
transactions, including the net commitment for long or short account represented
by the Stock purchased or sold pursuant to Section 1 hereof, exceed in the case
of each U.S. Underwriter or International Manager, 15% of the aggregate initial
public offering price of the total number of shares of Stock which such U.S.
Underwriter or International Manager is obligated to purchase pursuant to the
U.S. Underwriting Agreement or the International Underwriting Agreement, as the
case may be, and this Agreement.
4. The Representatives and the Lead Managers shall agree as to the
expenses which will constitute expenses of the underwriting and distribution of
the Stock common to the U.S. Underwriters and the International Managers which
expenses, as well as any stabilizing profits, shall be allocated between the
U.S. Underwriters, on the one hand, and the International Managers, on the other
hand, in the same proportions as the number of shares of Stock agreed to be
purchased under the U.S. Underwriting Agreement and the number of shares of
Stock agreed to be purchased under the International Underwriting Agreement bear
to the total number of shares of Stock. It is agreed that such common expenses
shall, unless otherwise agreed by the Representatives and the Lead Managers, be
limited to any losses or expenses incurred in stabilizing the market price of
the Stock in accordance with Section 3 hereof. Except with respect to such
common expenses, the U.S. Underwriters will pay the aggregate expenses incurred
in connection with the purchase, carrying or sale of the Stock purchased by the
U.S. Underwriters from the Company and the International Managers will pay the
aggregate expenses incurred in
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connection with the purchase, carrying or sale of the Stock purchased by the
International Managers from the Company.
5. The Representatives and the Lead Managers agree that:
(a) the Lead Managers will not establish a Delivery Date under the
International Underwriting Agreement which differs from that established
under the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, and if such Delivery Date is
postponed by action of the U.S. Underwriters as provided in the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement or by action of the International Managers as
provided in the International Underwriting Agreement, it will be postponed
to a date and time mutually agreed upon by the Representatives and the Lead
Managers;
(b) changes in the respective public offering prices or in the
respective selling concessions and reallowances to dealers will be made
only by mutual agreement until the time specified in Section 1(a) hereof;
(c) the Representatives and the Lead Managers will each keep the
other fully informed of the progress of the offering and distribution of
the Stock;
(d) the Representatives will not cause the termination of the
Agreement Among U.S. Underwriters and the Lead Managers will not cause the
termination of the Agreement Among International Managers without, in each
case, the consent of the other until 30 days after the date hereof; and
(e) advertising with respect to the offering shall be as mutually
agreed upon by the Representatives and the Lead Managers.
6. This Agreement may be amended prior to any Delivery Date
specified in the U.S. Underwriting Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement by mutual written consent of the Representatives and the Lead
Managers.
7. This Agreement may be signed in several counterparts, which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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8. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to choice of law
or conflicts of law principles thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed on the date first
above written.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
FURMAN SELZ LLC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
For themselves and as Representatives
for each of the several U.S.
Underwriters
by LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
by
_________________________
Authorized Representative
LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL
(EUROPE)
FURMAN SELZ LLC
SMITH BARNEY INC.
For themselves and as Lead Managers for each
of the several International Managers
by LEHMAN BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE)
by
__________________________
Authorized Representative
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Exhibit 15
Premier Parks Inc.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Re: Registration Statement No. 333-16573
With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our
awareness of the use therein of our report dated December 23, 1996 related to
our review of interim financial information.
Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, such report is not
considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning
of sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
Very truly yours,
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(B)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Premier Parks Inc.:
We consent to the use of our audit report dated February 29, 1996 on the
consolidated financial statements of Premier Parks Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994, and for each of the years in the three-year period
then ended included herein and to the reference to our firm under the heading
"Experts" in the prospectus.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(C)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Boards of Directors
Storytown USA, Inc.
Fantasy Rides, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(d)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated January 25, 1995, except for Note 13 as to which the
date is August 29, 1995 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Funtime Parks, Inc. included in Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement
(Form S-2 No. 333-16573) and related Prospectus of Premier Parks Inc. for the
registration of 4,600,000 shares of its Common Stock.
ERNST & YOUNG
LLP
Akron, Ohio
December 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(F)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
FRE, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
Nelson & Company
Gold River, California
December 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(G)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Concord Entertainment Company:
We consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
Nelson & Company
Gold River, California
December 30, 1996
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EXHIBIT 23(H)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
Stuart Amusement Company:
We consent to the use of our report included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Springfield, Massachusetts
December 30, 1996
