Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR
TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment") is entered into as of May 2, 2005, by the lenders identified on
the signature pages hereof (the "Lenders"), ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO FOOTHILL, INC., a
California corporation ("Agent"; and together with the Lenders, the "Lender
Group"), as the arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders, and POSTER
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., a Nevada corporation ("Parent"), and each of Parent's
Subsidiaries identified on the signature pages hereof (such Subsidiaries
together with Parent are referred to hereinafter each individually as a
"Borrower" and individually and collectively, jointly and severally, as the
"Borrowers"), with reference to the following:
WHEREAS, Borrowers and the Lender Group are parties to that certain
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2004 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Loan
Agreement");
WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that the Lender Group agree to
certain amendments of the Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Lender Group is willing to make the amendments requested by Borrowers.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement,
as amended hereby.
2. Amendments to Loan Agreement.
(a) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
adding the following new defined term in alphabetical order:
"Amendment Number Four" means that certain Amendment Number
Four to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2005, by and among the
Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders
(b) Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by
amending and restating the defined term "EBITDA" in its entirety as follows:
"EBITDA" means, with respect to any fiscal period,
Consolidated Net Income, minus extraordinary gains and interest income, plus
(a) interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization for such
period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) for the fiscal year ending
2004 only, signing bonuses paid in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, (c) for
any fiscal period ending prior to the Closing Date only, management fees paid
to MGM Mirage during such fiscal period, (d) severance costs of up to
$2,500,000 in the aggregate incurred during the term of this Agreement, and
(e) $150,000 in respect of the amendment fee payable to Agent under Amendment
Number Four.
(c) Section 7.18(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting such section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
"(a) Fail to maintain or achieve:
(i) Minimum TTM EBITDA. TTM EBITDA, measured on a
quarter-end basis, of at least the required amount set forth in the following
table for the applicable period set forth opposite thereto:
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Applicable Amount Applicable Period
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$18,600,000 For the 12 month period ending
March 31, 2005
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$17,800,000 For the 12 month period ending
June 30, 2005
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$23,600,000 For the 12 month period ending
September 30, 2005
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$25,500,000 For the 12 month period ending
December 31, 2005
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$26,000,000 For the 12 month period ending
March 31, 2006
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$27,000,000 For the 12 month period ending
June 30, 2006 and each 12 month period
ending on each fiscal quarter end
thereafter
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(ii) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. A Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio, measured on a quarter-end basis, of greater than the required amount
set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite
thereto:
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Applicable Ratio Applicable Period
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0.41:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
March 31, 2005
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0.43:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
June 30, 2005
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0.66:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
September 30, 2005
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0.79:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
December 31, 2005
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0.90:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
March 31, 2006
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1.00:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
June 30, 2006 and each 12 month period
ending on each fiscal quarter end
thereafter
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(iii) Maximum Senior Debt to EBITDA Ratio. A Senior Debt to
EBITDA Ratio, measured on a quarter-end basis of less than the required amount
set forth in the following table for the applicable period set forth opposite
thereto:
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Applicable Ratio Applicable Period
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10.64:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
March 31, 2005
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11.08:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
June 30, 2005
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8.33:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
September 30, 2005
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7.68:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
December 31, 2005
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8.00:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
March 31, 2006
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7.50:1.00 For the 12 month period ending
June 30, 2006 and each 12 month period
ending on each fiscal quarter end
thereafter
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If (a) the sale of the Stock of GNL pursuant to the GNL
Stock Purchase Agreement and as permitted hereunder is not consummated on or
before June 30, 2005 or (b) the GNL Stock Purchase Agreement is terminated or
repudiated on or before June 30, 2005 for any reason (including the failure to
obtain any necessary regulatory or governmental approvals), the covenants set
forth in this Section 7.18(a) and related definitions shall be adjusted at
such time to reflect the re-inclusion of GNL as a Subsidiary of Parent in the
Permitted Discretion of Agent using a methodology that is consistent with the
methodology used in the initial setting of such covenants."
3. Conditions Precedent to Amendment. The satisfaction of each of the
following shall constitute conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this
Amendment and each and every provision hereof :
(a) Agent shall have received this Amendment, duly executed
by the parties hereto, and the same shall be in full force and effect.
(b) Agent shall have received a reaffirmation and consent
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, duly executed and
delivered by Guarantor.
(c) Agent shall have received, for the benefit of the
Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares, a non-refundable amendment
fee of $150,000, which fee shall be fully earned and paid in full in cash in
immediately available funds on or before the date hereof (Agent hereby is
expressly authorized by Borrowers to (i) charge such amount to Borrowers' Loan
Account, and (ii) designate such amounts as an Advance under the Loan
Agreement).
(d) The representations and warranties herein and in the
Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the date hereof, as though made on such date
(except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate solely
to an earlier date).
(e) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date hereof, nor shall result from the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein.
(f) No Material Adverse Change shall have occurred since
December 31, 2004.
(g) No injunction, writ, restraining order, or other order
of any nature prohibiting, directly or indirectly, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein shall have been issued and remain in force
and effect by any Governmental Authority against any Borrower, any Guarantor,
Agent, or any Lender.
4. Release. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower
and each Guarantor hereby waives, releases, remises and forever discharges
each member of the Lender Group, each of their respective Affiliates, and each
of their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents (collectively,
the "Released Parties"), from any and all claims, demands, obligations,
liabilities, causes of action, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any kind
or character, known or unknown, past or present, liquidated or unliquidated,
suspected or unsuspected, which any Borrower or any Guarantor ever had, now
has or might hereafter have against any such Released Party which relates,
directly or indirectly, to the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, or
to any acts or omissions of any such Release with respect to the Loan
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to the lender-borrower relationship
evidenced by the Loan Documents. As to each and every claim released
hereunder, each Borrower and each Guarantor hereby represents that it has
received the advice of legal counsel with regard to the releases contained
herein, and having been so advised, each Borrower specifically waives, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, the benefit of the provisions of Section
1542 of the Civil Code of California which provides as follows:
"A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH A CREDITOR DOES
NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING
THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM, MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS
SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR."
As to each and every claim released hereunder, each Borrower
and each Guarantor also waives the benefit of each other similar provision of
applicable federal or state law, if any, pertaining to general releases after
having been advised by its legal counsel with respect thereto.
5. Representation and Warranty. Each Borrower represents and warrants
to the Lender Group that the execution, delivery, and performance of this
Amendment and of the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, are within its powers,
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and are not in
contravention of any law, rule, or regulation applicable to it, or any order,
judgment, decree, writ, injunction, or award of any arbitrator, court, or
Governmental Authority, or of the terms of its Governing Documents, or of any
contract or undertaking to which it is a party or by which any of its
properties may be bound or affected.
6. Choice of Law. The validity of this Amendment, its construction,
interpretation and enforcement and the rights of the parties hereunder, shall
be determined under, governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California.
7. Counterpart Execution. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which when taken together shall constitute one
and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this
Amendment by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of this Amendment by telefacsimile or electronic mail shall be equally as
effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment.
Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Amendment by
telefacsimile or electronic mail also shall deliver an original executed
counterpart of this Amendment, but the failure to deliver an original executed
counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability and binding effect
of this Amendment.
8. Effect on Loan Documents.
(a) The Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, and each of the
other Loan Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect in
accordance with their respective terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed
in all respects. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment
shall not operate, except as expressly set forth herein, as a modification or
waiver of any right, power, or remedy of Agent or any Lender under the Loan
Agreement or any other Loan Document. The waivers, consents and modifications
herein are limited to the specifics hereof, shall not apply with respect to
any facts or occurrences other than those on which the same are based, shall
not excuse future non-compliance with the Loan Documents and shall not operate
as a consent to any further or other matter under the Loan Documents.
(b) Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each
reference in the Loan Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "herein",
"hereof" or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, and each
reference in the other Loan Documents to "the Loan Agreement", "thereunder",
"therein", "thereof" or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement,
shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as modified and amended
hereby.
(c) To the extent that any terms and conditions in any of
the Loan Documents shall contradict or be in conflict with any terms or
conditions of the Loan Agreement, after giving effect to this Amendment, such
terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified or amended accordingly to
reflect the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement as modified or amended
hereby.
(d) This Amendment is a Loan Document.
9. Entire Agreement. This Amendment embodies the entire understanding
and agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements or
understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof, whether express or
implied, oral or written.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as
of the date first above written.
POSTER FINANCIAL GROUP,
a Nevada corporation
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Sr. Vice President & CFO
GNL, CORP.,
a Nevada corporation
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Sr. Vice President & CFO
GNLV, CORP.,
a Nevada corporation
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Sr. Vice President & CFO
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.,
a California corporation, as Agent
and as a Lender
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Vice President
FOOTHILL INCOME TRUST II, L.P.,
as a Lender
By FIT II GP, LLC,
its General Partner
By: /s/ R. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Managing Member
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Exhibit A
REAFFIRMATION AND CONSENT
Dated as of May 2, 2005
Reference is hereby made to that certain Amendment Number Four to
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Amendment"),
among the lenders signatory thereto (the "Lenders"), ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Foothill,
Inc., as arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders ("Agent") and
Poster Financial Group, Inc. ("Poster"), GNL, Corp. ("GNL") and GNLV, Corp.
("GNLV" and together with Poster and GNL, the "Borrowers"). Capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in that certain Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2004 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Loan Agreement"),
among Borrowers, Agent, and the Lenders. The undersigned hereby (a) represents
and warrants that the execution and delivery of this Reaffirmation and Consent
is within its powers, has been duly authorized by all necessary limited
liability company action and is not in contravention of any law, rule, or
regulation applicable to it, or any order, judgment, decree, writ, injunction,
or award of any arbitrator, court, or Governmental Authority, or of the terms
of its Governing Documents, or of any contract or undertaking to which it is a
party or by which any of its properties may be bound or affected, (b) consents
to the amendment of the Loan Agreement set forth in the Amendment and any
waivers granted therein; (c) acknowledges and reaffirms all obligations owing
by it to the Lender Group under any Loan Document to which it is a party; (d)
agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party is and shall remain in
full force and effect, and (e) ratifies and confirms its consent to any
previous waivers granted with respect to the Loan Agreement. Although the
undersigned has been informed of the matters set forth herein and has
acknowledged and agreed to same, the undersigned understands that the Lender
Group shall have no obligation to inform the undersigned of such matters in
the future or to seek the undersigned's acknowledgement or agreement to future
amendments, waivers or modifications and nothing herein shall create such a
duty.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Reaffirmation
and Consent as of the date first set forth above.
GOLDEN NUGGET EXPERIENCE, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Title: Sr. Vice President & CFO