Contract
Exhibit
10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of April 30, 2008 (this
“Agreement”) to the Forbearance Agreement, Consent and Waiver,
among TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Trop Entertainment), TROPICANA FINANCE CORP. (“Trop
Finance”), the undersigned affiliates of Trop Entertainment (each
of the foregoing, an “Obligor” and collectively, the “Obligors”)
XXXXXXX X. XXXX III (“Yung”), XXXXX MORE (“More”), WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, as successor Trustee (in such capacity, the
“Indenture Trustee”) under that certain Indenture (as defined
below), and the undersigned holders of the Notes (the
“Noteholders”).
Recitals
A. Pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of December 28, 2006 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) among Trop Entertainment and
Trop Finance (collectively, the “Issuers”) and the Indenture Trustee (as successor Trustee to
U.S. Bank National Association), the Issuers have issued $960,000,000 in principal amount of 9
5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) to the Noteholders.
B. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Original Forbearance (as defined below).
C. The Issuers, the Obligors, Yung, More, the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders entered into that certain Forbearance Agreement, Consent and Waiver dated as of
April 11, 2008 (the “Original Forbearance”), pursuant to which the Indenture Trustee and the
Noteholders agreed to a Forbearance with respect to the Acknowledged Event of Default for the
Forbearance Period.
D. The Issuers have informed the Indenture Trustee that certain events may
occur that would constitute a Termination Event under the Original Forbearance.
E. The Issuers have requested that the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders
amend the Original Forbearance as set forth below, subject to the terms hereof.
F. The Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders are willing to amend the
Original Forbearance on the terms set forth herein.
Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments. Upon the Effective Date (as defined below), the Original Forbearance
shall be amended as follows:
(a) Section 2(a) of the Original Forbearance shall be amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows
"(a) (i) the acceleration of the maturity of any obligations under the Credit
Agreement or (ii) the occurrence of a Default under the Credit Agreement or the
Bank Forbearance Agreement (in either case, except any Default resulting from the
failure to pay interest due and payable under the Credit Agreement on April 30,
2008 and other than the Specified Defaults (as defined in the Bank Forbearance
Agreement), but only until 11:59 p.m. New York City time on May 5, 2008), that is
not timely cured or the subject of a forbearance agreement between Borrower and
Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent, under the Credit Agreement;”; and
(b) The eighth Whereas clause and Section 5 of the Original Forbearance Agreement
shall be amended by deleting the date “May 1, 2008” appearing therein and inserting in
lieu thereof “11:59 p.m. New York City time on May 5, 2008”.
Section 2. Limited Waiver. The Noteholders hereby waive any Termination Event under the
Original Forbearance by the Issuers resulting from the occurrence of an event that would not
constitute a Termination Event pursuant to the Original Forbearance as amended hereby.
Section 3. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date set forth
above on the date (the “Effective Date”) on which the Indenture Trustee shall have received
counterparts of this Agreement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Issuers,
Yung, More, the Indenture Trustee and the requisite amount of the Noteholders.
Section 4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile (or other electronic) transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof.
Section 5. Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 6. Headings. The headings of this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and
shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
duly authorized officers, all as of the date and year first above written.
TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, for or itself and its
direct and indirect subsidiaries that are issuers or
guarantors under the 9-5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture dated as of December 28, 2006 |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | XXXXXXX X. XXXX | |||
Title: | PRESIDENT | |||
TROPICANA FINANCE CORP. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | XXXXXXX X. XXXX | |||
Title: | PRESIDENT | |||
COLUMBIA VICKSBURG PROPERTIES LLC |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | XXXXXXX X. XXXX | |||
Title: | PRESIDENT | |||
XX XXXXXXXX REALTY, LLC, |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | XXXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX | |||
Title: | SVP, CFO, Treasurer | |||
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Forbearance Agreement
XXXXX XXXXXXX BERLACK ISRAELS, LLP, in its capacity as counsel to,
and on behalf of, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Forbearance Agreement
AGREED AND CONSENTED TO FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH 6(b) OF THE ORIGINAL FORBEARANCE XXXXXXX X. XXXX |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
XXXXX MORE |
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/s/ Xxxxx More | ||||
Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Forbearance Agreement