GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY 8-K
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 22, 2004 (November 16, 2004)

GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-13079   73-0664379

 
 
 
 
 
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
      Identification No.)
     
One Gaylord Drive    
Nashville, Tennessee   37214

 
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 316-6000


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

     o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 


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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Agreement of a Registrant.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-10.1 PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EX-10.2 LETTER AGREEMENT


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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 17, 2004, Gaylord Entertainment Company (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp. (the “Initial Purchasers”), to sell $225 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Private Placement”). The Notes are expected to be resold by the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchasers is expected to be completed on November 30, 2004. The Purchase Agreement contains customary terms and conditions.

The aggregate net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Notes is expected to be $221 million after deducting the Initial Purchasers’ discount and estimated offering expenses. The Company will use the net proceeds to repay the indebtedness under the Company’s Nashville hotel loan and to provide capital for development of the Gaylord National hotel project, growth of the Company’s other businesses and other general corporate purposes.

Certain of the Initial Purchasers or their affiliates have provided, and may in the future provide, certain commercial banking, financial advisory, and investment banking services in the ordinary course of business for the Company, its subsidiaries and certain of its affiliates, for which they receive customary fees. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC are joint book-running managers and co-lead arrangers, and certain affiliates thereof and the other Initial Purchasers are lenders, under our 2003 Senior Secured Credit Facility (as defined below).

In connection with the Private Placement, the Company entered into a letter agreement dated November 16, 2004 (the “Bank Consent”) with the administrative agent and the majority lenders under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2003, among Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, as borrower, the Company, as parent guarantor, certain lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, and certain subsidiary guarantors, as amended on December 17, 2003 (the “2003 Senior Secured Credit Facility”), whereby the administrative agent and majority lenders consented to the Private Placement on the condition that, among other things, (i) the Notes are issued in full on or before December 31, 2004 and (ii) the proceeds of the Notes are applied as set forth above.

The foregoing description of the Private Placement and the Bank Consent does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement and the Bank Consent, each of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and 10.2, respectively.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Agreement of a Registrant.

The information under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibits.

     
10.1   Purchase Agreement, dated November 17, 2004, by and among Gaylord Entertainment Company, the guarantors listed therein, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bank of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp.
 
10.2    Letter Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2004 by and among Opryland Hotel - Florida Limited Partnership, as Borrower, Gaylord Entertainment Company, as Parent Guarantor, certain Lenders listed therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
  GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
 
 
Date: November 22, 2004  By:   /s/ Carter R. Todd    
    Name:   Carter R. Todd   
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary   
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit
  Description
     
10.1   Purchase Agreement, dated November 17, 2004, by and among Gaylord Entertainment Company, the guarantors listed therein, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Bank of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp.
 
10.2    Letter Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2004 by and among Opryland Hotel - Florida Limited Partnership, as Borrower, Gaylord Entertainment Company, as Parent Guarantor, certain Lenders listed therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent.


                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                          Gaylord Entertainment Company

                                       and

                   the Guarantors listed on Schedule B hereto

                                  $225,000,000

                           6.75% Senior Notes due 2014

                               PURCHASE AGREEMENT

                             dated November 17, 2004

                          Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
                         Banc of America Securities LLC
                          Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
                            CIBC World Markets Corp.

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                                                               November 17, 2004

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.

   As Initial Purchasers
c/o DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
       60 Wall Street
       New York, New York 10005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                  Introductory. Gaylord Entertainment Company, a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to the several Initial
Purchasers named in Schedule A (the "INITIAL PURCHASERS"), acting severally and
not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $225,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Company's 6.75% Senior Notes due 2014 (the
"NOTES"). Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC,
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and CIBC World Markets Corp. have agreed to act as
the several Initial Purchasers in connection with the offering and sale of the
Notes.

                  The Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of
November 30, 2004 (the "INDENTURE"), among the Company, the Guarantors (as
defined below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").
Notes issued in book-entry form will be issued in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "DTC") pursuant to a letter of
representations, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2)
(the "LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS"), among the Company, the Trustee and DTC.

                  The holders of the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of a
registration rights agreement, dated as of November 30, 2004 (the "REGISTRATION
RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial
Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file
a registration statement with the Commission registering the Exchange Securities
(as defined below) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "SECURITIES
ACT," which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "COMMISSION") promulgated thereunder).
Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, each of the Company and the
Guarantors will agree to file with the Commission, under the circumstances set
forth therein, a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to
another series of debt securities of the Company with terms substantially
identical to the Notes (the "EXCHANGE NOTES") to be offered in exchange for the
Notes (the "EXCHANGE OFFER") and to the extent required by the Registration
Rights Agreement, a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 of the
Securities Act relating to the resale by certain holders of the Notes, and in
each case, to use its best efforts to cause such registration statements to be
declared effective.

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                  The payment of principal of, premium and Liquidated Damages
(as defined in the Indenture), if any, and interest on the Notes and the
Exchange Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior
unsecured basis, jointly and severally by the Company's domestic subsidiaries as
set forth in Schedule B hereof and any other subsidiary of the Company,
including those that are formed or acquired after the Closing Date, that
executes an additional guarantee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
and their respective successors and assigns (collectively, the "GUARANTORS"),
pursuant to their guarantees (the "GUARANTEES") set forth in the Indenture and
the notation of guarantee. The Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are
herein collectively referred to as the "SECURITIES"; and the Exchange Notes and
the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the
"EXCHANGE SECURITIES".

                  The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers propose to
make an offering of the Securities on the terms and in the manner set forth
herein and in the Offering Memorandum (as defined below) and agrees that the
Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all
or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the "SUBSEQUENT PURCHASERS") at
any time after the date of this Agreement. The Securities are to be offered and
sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the
Commission under the Securities Act, in reliance upon exemptions therefrom.
Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors that
acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be
resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are
registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the
exemption afforded by Rule 144A ("RULE 144A") or Regulation S ("REGULATION S")
thereunder).

                  The Company has prepared and will deliver to each Initial
Purchaser, copies of the Offering Memorandum, dated November 17, 2004,
describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser
in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. As
used herein, the "OFFERING MEMORANDUM" shall mean, with respect to any date or
time referred to in this Agreement, the Company's Offering Memorandum, dated
November 17, 2004, including amendments or supplements thereto and any
information incorporated by reference therein, in the most recent form that has
been prepared and delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers in
connection with their solicitation of offers to purchase Securities.

                  The Company and the Guarantors hereby confirms their
agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.

  Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby represents, warrants and
covenants to each Initial Purchaser as follows:

         (a)      No Registration Required

           Subject to compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the
         representations and warranties set forth in Section 2 hereof and with
         the procedures set forth in Section 7 hereof, it is not necessary in
         connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the
         Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner
         contemplated by this

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         Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under
         the Securities Act or, until such time as the registration statement
         registering the Exchange Securities is declared effective by the
         Commission, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of
         1939 (the "TRUST INDENTURE ACT," which term, as used herein, includes
         the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).

         (b)      No Integration of Offerings or General Solicitation

           Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has, directly or indirectly,
         solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or
         indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United
         States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which
         is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner
         that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities
         Act. None of the Company, its affiliates (as such term is defined in
         Rule 501 under the Securities Act (each, an "AFFILIATE"), or any person
         acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial
         Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no
         representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection
         with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general
         solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502
         under the Securities Act. With respect to those Securities sold in
         reliance upon Regulation S: (i) none of the Company, the Guarantors,
         their respective Affiliates, or any person acting on their behalf
         (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom neither the Company nor
         any Guarantor makes any representation or warranty) has engaged or will
         engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation
         S; and (ii) each of the Company, the Guarantors, and their respective
         Affiliates and any person acting on their behalf (other than the
         Initial Purchasers, as to whom neither the Company nor any Guarantor
         makes any representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with
         the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.

         (c)      Eligibility for Resale under Rule 144A

           The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will
         not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on
         a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the
         Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the "EXCHANGE Act", which
         term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the
         Commission promulgated thereunder) or quoted in a U.S. automated
         interdealer quotation system.

         (d)      The Offering Memorandum

           The Offering Memorandum does not, and at the Closing Date will not,
         include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
         material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
         light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
         provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not
         apply to statements in or omissions from the Offering Memorandum made
         in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the
         Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through Deutsche Bank
         Securities Inc. expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum. The
         Offering Memorandum, as of its date, contains all the information

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         specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A. The Company
         has not distributed and will not distribute, prior to the later of the
         Closing Date and the completion of the Initial Purchasers' distribution
         of the Securities, any offering material in connection with the
         offering and sale of the Securities other than the Offering Memorandum.

         (e)      The Purchase Agreement

           This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by,
         and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and each
         Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as rights
         to indemnification hereunder may be limited by applicable law and
         except as the enforcement hereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating
         to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally or by
         general equitable principles and except as rights to indemnification
         under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited by applicable
         law.

         (f)      The Registration Rights Agreement

           At the Closing Date, the Registration Rights Agreement will be duly
         authorized, executed and delivered by, and will be a valid and binding
         agreement of, the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable in accordance
         with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by
         bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
         laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors
         generally or by general equitable principles and except as rights to
         indemnification under the Registration Rights Agreement may be limited
         by applicable law.

         (g)      The Letter of Representations

           At the Closing Date, the Letter of Representations will have been
         duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and (assuming the due
         authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties
         thereto) will be a valid and binding agreement of, the Company,
         enforceable in accordance with its terms except as the enforcement
         thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
         moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights
         and remedies of creditors generally or by general equitable principles.

         (h)      Authorization of the Securities and the Exchange Securities

           (i) The Notes to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers from the
         Company are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly
         authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the
         Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the
         Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the
         Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor,
         will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company,
         enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement
         thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
         moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws relating to or
         affecting the rights and remedies of creditors generally or by general
         equitable principles

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         and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (ii) The
         Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by
         the Company, and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the
         terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the
         Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
         Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
         terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or
         similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and
         remedies of creditors generally or by general equitable principles and
         will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. (iii) The Guarantees
         of the Notes are and, when issued, the Exchange Notes will be, in the
         respective forms contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly
         authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the
         Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by
         each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been authenticated in
         the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment
         of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding
         agreements of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their
         terms, except as (x) the enforcement thereof may be limited by
         bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
         conveyance or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights
         and remedies of creditors generally or by general equitable principles
         and (y) the authorization, execution, delivery and enforcement of the
         Guarantee of any Guarantor incorporated in the State of Tennessee may
         be limited by Tennessee corporate law relating to the adequacy of
         capital, and the Guarantees will be entitled to the benefits of the
         Indenture.

         (i)      Authorization of the Indenture

           The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each
         Guarantor and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and
         delivered by the Company and each Guarantor and will constitute a valid
         and binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable
         against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
         except as (i) the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
         insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other
         similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
         creditors generally or by general equitable principles and (ii) the
         authorization, execution and delivery by any Guarantor incorporated in
         the State of Tennessee, and enforcement of the Indenture against any
         Guarantor incorporated in the State of Tennessee, may be limited by
         Tennessee corporate law relating to the adequacy of capital.

         (j)      Description of the Securities and the Indenture

           The Notes, the Exchange Notes, the Guarantees of the Notes and the
         Guarantees of the Exchange Notes and the Indenture will conform in all
         material respects to the respective statements relating thereto
         contained in the Offering Memorandum.

         (k)      Incorporated Documents

           The portions of documents incorporated by reference in the Offering
         Memorandum, when they were filed or last amended as of the date hereof,
         conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
         Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of such
         documents, as amended as of the date

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         hereof, contained any 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, in the light of the circumstances under
         which they were made, not misleading.

         (l)      No Material Adverse Change

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, subsequent
         to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
         Offering Memorandum: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or
         any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a
         material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
         in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not
         arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the
         Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change
         is called a "MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE"); (ii) the Company and its
         subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material
         liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the
         ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction
         or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there
         has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made
         by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the Company or its
         other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital
         stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

         (m)      Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

           The Company and, to the best of its knowledge, its officers and
         directors are in compliance in all material respects with applicable
         provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and
         regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the "SARBANES-OXLEY
         ACT") that are effective as of the date hereof.

         (n)      Independent Accountants of the Company

           Ernst & Young LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to
         the Company's financial statements (which term as used in this
         Agreement includes the related notes thereto) and supporting schedules
         filed with the Commission included in the Offering Memorandum are
         independent public or certified public accountants within the meaning
         of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

         (o)      Financial Statements

           The historical financial statements of the Company and its
         consolidated subsidiaries and the related notes thereto included in the
         supplemental F-pages to the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all
         material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company
         and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the
         results of their operations for the periods specified; such financial
         statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
         accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
         periods involved. The historical financial data set forth in the
         Offering Memorandum under the captions "Offering Memorandum Summary -
         Summary Historical Consolidated Financial

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         Information" and "Selected Consolidated Financial Information" are
         presented on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial
         statements contained in the Offering Memorandum.

         (p)      Accounting System

           The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial
         reporting that is sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i)
         transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
         specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to
         permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
         accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to
         maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted
         only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization;
         and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
         existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
         with respect to any differences.

         (q)      Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its
                  Subsidiaries

           Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated
         or organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited
         liability company, limited partnership or general partnership and is in
         good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation
         or organization and has corporate or other power and authority to own,
         lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as
         described in the Offering Memorandum and, in the case of each of the
         Company and the Guarantors, to enter into and perform its obligations,
         as the case may be, under each of this Agreement, the Registration
         Rights Agreement, the Letter of Representations, the Securities, the
         Exchange Securities, and the Indenture.

                           Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly
         qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation, limited
         liability company or partnership, as applicable, and is in good
         standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
         whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the
         conduct of business, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to
         so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the
         aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and
         outstanding capital stock or partnership or other ownership interests
         of each subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly
         issued, is fully paid and nonassessable and is owned by the Company,
         directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security
         interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim except as set
         forth in the Offering Memorandum. The Company does not own or control,
         directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity
         other than the subsidiaries listed in Schedule C hereto.

         (r)      Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters

           At September 30, 2004, on a consolidated basis, after giving pro
         forma effect to the issuance and sale of the Securities pursuant hereto
         and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, the Company would
         have an authorized and outstanding capitalization in each case as set
         forth in the Offering Memorandum under the caption "Capitalization"
         (other

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         than for subsequent issuances of capital stock, if any, pursuant to
         employee benefit plans described in the Offering Memorandum or upon
         exercise of outstanding options described in the Offering Memorandum).
         All of the outstanding shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par
         value (the "COMMON STOCK") have been duly authorized and validly
         issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in
         compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the
         outstanding shares of Common Stock were issued in violation of any
         preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to
         subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company.

         (s)      Stock Exchange Listing

           The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
         Exchange Act and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE"),
         and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the
         effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the
         Exchange Act or delisting the Common Stock from the NYSE, nor has the
         Company received any notification that the Commission or the NYSE is
         contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

         (t)      Non-Contravention of Existing Instruments; No Further
                  Authorizations or Approvals Required

           Except with respect to claims disclosed in the Offering Memorandum,
         neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of
         its charter, by-laws or other constitutive document or (ii) is in
         default (or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would be in
         default) ("DEFAULT") under any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit
         agreement, note, contract, franchise, lease or other instrument to
         which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it
         or any of them may be bound (including, without limitation, the
         agreements listed in Schedule D), or to which any of the property or
         assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (each, an
         "EXISTING INSTRUMENT"), or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or
         any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
         governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses
         (ii) and (iii) above, for any such Default or violation that would not,
         individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change.

                           The Company's and each Guarantor's, as the case may
         be, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
         Registration Rights Agreement, the Letter of Representations and the
         Indenture, and the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the
         Exchange Securities, and consummation of the transactions contemplated
         hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum (after giving effect
         to the application of the net proceeds of the sale of the Notes) (i)
         have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action
         and will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter,
         by-laws or other constitutive document of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, (ii) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or
         Default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under,
         or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
         encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to,
         any Existing Instrument, except (x) for such conflicts, breaches,
         Defaults, liens,

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         charges or encumbrances as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
         result in a Material Adverse Change and (y) that as to conflicts,
         breaches, Defaults, Liens, charges or Debt Repayment Triggering Event
         with respect to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2003,
         among Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, as borrower, the
         Company, as parent guarantor, certain lenders party thereto, and
         Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, with
         Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as
         joint book running managers and co-lead arrangers, and Bank of America,
         N.A., as syndication agent (the "Credit Agreement"), this
         representation will only be deemed to be made as of the Closing Date,
         and (iii) assuming the accuracy of the representations, warranties and
         covenants of the Initial Purchasers herein, will not result in any
         violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or
         court decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

                           No consent, approval, authorization or other order
         of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or
         regulatory authority or agency, is required for the Company's and each
         Guarantor's, as the case may be, execution, delivery and performance of
         this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Letter of
         Representations or the Indenture, or the issuance and delivery of the
         Securities or the Exchange Securities, or consummation of the
         transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering
         Memorandum, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company
         and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable
         state securities or blue sky laws, except such as may be required by
         federal and state securities laws with respect to the Company's and
         each Guarantor's obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
         As used herein, a "DEBT REPAYMENT TRIGGERING EVENT" means any event or
         condition which gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time
         would give, the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of
         indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right
         to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion
         of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

         (u)      No Material Actions or Proceedings

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are
         no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
         the best of the Company's knowledge, threatened (i) against or
         affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) which has as
         the subject thereof any property owned or leased by, the Company or any
         of its subsidiaries, and which action, suit or proceeding, if
         determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the
         case may be, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
         Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions
         contemplated by this Agreement.

                           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering
         Memorandum, no material labor dispute with the employees of the Company
         or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the best of the Company's
         knowledge, is threatened or imminent.

         (v)      Intellectual Property Rights

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           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company
         and its subsidiaries own or possess sufficient trademarks, trade names,
         patent rights, copyrights, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other
         similar rights (collectively, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS")
         reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted,
         except where the failure to own or possess such rights would not
         reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; and the
         expected expiration of any of such Intellectual Property Rights would
         not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of
         its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement or conflict
         with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others, which
         infringement or conflict, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
         would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

         (w)      All Necessary Permits, etc

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company
         and each of its subsidiaries possess such valid and current
         certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate
         state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to
         conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any
         such subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the
         revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such
         certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate,
         if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could
         result in a Material Adverse Change.

         (x)      Title to Properties

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company
         and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all the
         properties and assets reflected as owned in the financial statements
         referred to in Section 1(o) above (or elsewhere in the Offering
         Memorandum), in each case free and clear of any security interests,
         mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, claims and other defects,
         except as disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or such as do not
         materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not
         materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such
         property by the Company or such subsidiary. The real property,
         improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the
         Company or any subsidiary are held under valid and enforceable leases,
         with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially
         interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real
         property, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company
         or such subsidiary.

         (y)      Tax Law Compliance

           The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal,
         state and foreign income and franchise tax returns or have properly
         requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be
         paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar
         assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them except as may be
         being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The
         Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the
         applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(o) above in
         respect of all material federal, state and foreign income and

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         franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the
         Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

         (z)      Company Not an "Investment Company"

           The Company has been advised of the rules and requirements under the
         Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "INVESTMENT COMPANY
         ACT"). The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the
         Securities and application of the net proceeds therefrom will not be,
         an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company
         Act.

         (aa)     Insurance

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company
         and its subsidiaries are self-insured or are insured by recognized,
         financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts and with
         such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed
         adequate and customary for their businesses including, but not limited
         to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the
         Company and its subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction, acts
         of vandalism and earthquakes. The Company has no reason to believe that
         it or any subsidiary will not be able to (i) renew its existing
         insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain
         comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or
         appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that
         would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither of the Company
         nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage,
         which it has sought or for which it has applied. (bb) No Price
         Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Company, the Guarantors or
         any of their affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly,
         any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or
         result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of
         the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

         (bb)     No Price Stabilization or Manipulation

           None of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their affiliates has
         taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
         that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization
         or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
         facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

         (cc)     Solvency

           Each of the Company and the Guarantors is, and after giving effect to
         the sale of the Notes and the application of the proceeds therefrom,
         and the execution of the Guarantees to which each Guarantor is a party,
         will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term "SOLVENT" means, with
         respect to each of the Company and the Guarantors on a particular date,
         that on such date (i) the fair market value of its assets is greater
         than the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent
         liabilities), (ii) the present fair salable value of its assets is
         greater than the amount that will be required to pay its probable
         liabilities on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) it
         is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other
         liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature and (iv)
         it does not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct its
         business.

         (dd)     No Unlawful Contributions or Other Payments

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         Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, neither the
         Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best of the Company's
         knowledge, any employee or agent of the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, has made any contribution or other payment to any
         official of, or candidate for, any federal, state or foreign office in
         violation of any law or of the character necessary to be disclosed in
         the Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements therein not
         misleading.

         (ee)     Compliance with Environmental Laws

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum or as would
         not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
         Change: (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
         violation of any federal, state, local or foreign law or regulation
         relating to pollution or protection of human health or the environment
         (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
         groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including
         without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions,
         discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants,
         contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum
         and petroleum products (collectively, "MATERIALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL
         CONCERN"), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing,
         distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling
         of Materials of Environmental Concern (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL
         LAWS"), which violation includes, but is not limited to, noncompliance
         with any permits or other governmental authorizations required for the
         operation of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries under
         applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and
         conditions thereof, nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries
         received any written communication, whether from a governmental
         authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the
         Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental
         Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action filed with a
         court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which
         the Company has received written notice, and no written notice by any
         person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs,
         cleanup costs, governmental responses costs, natural resources damages,
         property damages, personal injuries, attorneys' fees or penalties
         arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release
         into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any
         location owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries, now or in the past (collectively, "ENVIRONMENTAL
         CLAIMS"), pending or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
         threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person
         or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or
         any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or
         by operation of law; and (iii) to the best of the Company's knowledge,
         there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances,
         conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the
         release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of
         Environmental Concern, that reasonably could result in a violation of
         any Environmental Law or form the basis of a potential Environmental
         Claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or against any
         person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the
         Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either
         contractually or by operation of law.

         (ff)     Periodic Review of Costs of Environmental Compliance

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           In the ordinary course of its business, the Company conducts a
         periodic review of the effect of Environmental Laws on the business,
         operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the
         course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and
         liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating
         expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance
         with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related
         constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to
         third parties). On the basis of such review and the amount of its
         established reserves, the Company has reasonably concluded that such
         associated costs and liabilities would not, individually or in the
         aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, except to the extent
         otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.

         (gg)     ERISA Compliance

           Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company
         and its subsidiaries and any "employee benefit plan" (as defined under
         the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
         the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively,
         "ERISA")) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or
         its ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all
         material respects with ERISA. "ERISA AFFILIATE" means, with respect to
         the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any member of any group of
         organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of
         1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations
         thereunder (the "CODE") of which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
         is a member. No "reportable event" (as defined under ERISA) has
         occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any
         "employee benefit plan" established or maintained by the Company, its
         subsidiaries or any of its ERISA Affiliates. No "employee benefit plan"
         established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of
         its ERISA Affiliates, if such "employee benefit plan" were terminated,
         would have any "amount of unfunded benefit liabilities" (as defined
         under ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of its
         ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any
         material liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to
         termination of, or withdrawal from, any "employee benefit plan" or (ii)
         Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each "employee benefit
         plan" established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any
         of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section
         401 of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by
         action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such
         qualification.

         (hh)     Repayment of Existing Indebtedness

           The Company and the Guarantors are not aware of any fact that will
         prevent the Company from repaying, within 30 business days of the
         Closing Date in the manner contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, the
         Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 27,
         2001, by and between Opryland Hotel Nashville, LLC, and Merrill Lynch
         Mortgage Lending, Inc.

         (ii)     Taxes; Fees

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           There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or
         other similar fees or charges required to be paid in connection with
         the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale of
         the Securities.

         (jj)     Disclosure Controls and Procedures

           The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and
         procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14 under the 1934 Act),
         which: (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to
         the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         the Company's principal executive officer and its principal financial
         officer by others within those entities, particularly during the
         periods in which the periodic reports required under the 1934 Act are
         being prepared, (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the
         end of the period covered by the Company's most recent annual or
         quarterly report filed with the Commission, and (iii) are effective in
         all material respects to perform the functions for which they were
         established. Based on the evaluation of the Company's disclosure
         controls and procedures described above, the Company is not aware of
         (a) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal
         controls which could adversely affect the Company's ability to record,
         process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses
         in internal controls or (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that
         involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
         the Company's internal controls. Since the most recent evaluation of
         the Company's disclosure controls and procedures described above, there
         have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other
         factors that could significantly affect internal controls.

         (kk)     Regulation S

           The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates and all
         persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as
         to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) have
         complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions
         requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the
         Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the
         Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902 of
         the Securities Act. The Company is a "reporting issuer", as defined in
         Rule 902 under the Securities Act.

                  Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or any
Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial
Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the Company or such Guarantor to each Initial Purchaser as to the
matters set forth therein.

SECTION 2.        Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.

         (a)      The Securities

           The Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Initial
         Purchasers, severally and not jointly, all of the Securities upon the
         terms herein set forth. On the basis of the representations, warranties
         and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the
         conditions herein set forth, the Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule
         A agree,

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         severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the aggregate
         principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in
         Schedule A, at a purchase price of 98.5% of the principal amount
         thereof payable on the Closing Date.

         (b)      The Closing Date

           Delivery of certificates for the Securities in definitive form to be
         purchased by the Initial Purchasers and payment therefor shall be made
         at the offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP, 599 Lexington Avenue, New
         York, New York 10022 (or such other place as may be agreed to by the
         Company and the Initial Purchasers) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on
         November 30, 2004, or such other time and date, as the Initial
         Purchasers shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date
         of such closing are called the "CLOSING DATE"). The Company hereby
         acknowledges that circumstances under which the Initial Purchasers may
         provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled
         include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company
         or the Initial Purchasers to recirculate to investors copies of an
         amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated
         by the provisions of Section 16.

         (c)      Delivery of the Securities

           The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Deutsche Bank
         Securities Inc. for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers
         certificates for the Securities at the Closing Date against the
         irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds
         for the aggregate amount of the purchase price therefor to such
         accounts as the Company shall have specified in writing not less than
         two business days prior to the Closing Date. The certificates for the
         Securities shall be in such denominations and registered in the name of
         Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository, pursuant to the Letter of
         Representations, and shall be made available for inspection on the
         business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City,
         as the Initial Purchasers may designate. Time shall be of the essence,
         and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a
         further condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers.

         (d)      Delivery of Offering Memorandum to the Initial Purchasers

           Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the fourth business day following the
         date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
         delivered copies of the Offering Memorandum in such quantities and at
         such places as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request.

         (e)      Initial Purchasers as Qualified Institutional Buyers

           Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and
         warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that it is a "qualified
         institutional buyer" within the meaning of Rule 144A (a "QUALIFIED
         INSTITUTIONAL BUYER").

SECTION 3. Additional Covenants

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         The Company and each Guarantor further covenant and agree with each
Initial Purchaser as follows:

         (a)      Initial Purchasers' Review of Proposed Amendments and
                  Supplements

           Prior to amending or supplementing the Offering Memorandum, the
         Company shall furnish to the Initial Purchasers for review a copy of
         each such proposed amendment or supplement, and the Company shall not
         use any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Initial
         Purchasers reasonably object.

         (b)      Amendments and Supplements to the Offering Memorandum and
                  Other Securities Act Matters

           If, prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the
         Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, any event shall
         occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend
         or supplement the Offering Memorandum in order to make the statements
         therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Offering Memorandum
         is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if in the opinion of
         the Initial Purchasers or counsel for the Initial Purchasers it is
         otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to
         comply with law, the Company and the Guarantors agree to promptly
         prepare (subject to Section 3 hereof), file with the Commission and
         furnish at their own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or
         supplements to the Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the
         Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
         light of the circumstances when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to
         a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum, as
         amended or supplemented, will comply with law.

                           Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer or
         the effectiveness of an applicable shelf registration statement and for
         so long as the Securities are outstanding if, in the reasonable
         judgment of the Initial Purchasers, the Initial Purchasers or any of
         their affiliates (as such term is defined in the rules and regulations
         under the Securities Act) are required to deliver a prospectus in
         connection with sales of, or market-making activities with respect to,
         such securities, to periodically amend the applicable registration
         statement so that the information contained therein complies with the
         requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, to amend the
         applicable registration statement or supplement the related prospectus
         or the documents incorporated therein when necessary to reflect any
         material changes in the information provided therein so that the
         registration statement and the prospectus will not contain any 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 existing as of the date the prospectus is so delivered,
         not misleading and to provide the Initial Purchasers with copies of
         each amendment or supplement filed and such other documents as the
         Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.

                           The Company and each Guarantor hereby expressly
         acknowledge that the indemnification and contribution provisions of
         Sections 8 and 9 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each
         offering memorandum, registration statement, prospectus,

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         amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.

         (c)      Copies of the Offering Memorandum

           The Company agrees to furnish the Initial Purchasers, without charge,
         as many copies of the Offering Memorandum and any amendments and
         supplements thereto as they shall have reasonably requested.

         (d)      Blue Sky Compliance

           The Company and each Guarantor shall cooperate with the Initial
         Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or
         register the Securities for sale under (or obtain exemptions from the
         application of) the Blue Sky or state securities laws of those
         jurisdictions designated by the Initial Purchasers, shall comply with
         such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and
         exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the
         Securities. The Company and each Guarantor shall not be required to
         qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would
         subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where
         it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation
         as a foreign corporation. The Company and each Guarantor will advise
         the Initial Purchasers promptly of the suspension of the qualification
         or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities
         for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or
         threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the
         issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or
         exemption, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their best efforts
         to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

         (e)      Use of Proceeds

           The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the
         Securities sold by it in the manner described under the caption "Use of
         Proceeds" in the Offering Memorandum.

         (f)      DTC

           The Company and each Guarantor will cooperate with the Initial
         Purchasers and use their best efforts to permit the Securities to be
         eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.

         (g)      Additional Issuer Information

           Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the
         Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, the Company shall
         file, on a timely basis, with the Commission and the New York Stock
         Exchange all reports and documents required to be filed under Section
         13 or 15 of the Exchange Act. Additionally, at any time when the
         Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of the Exchange Act, for the
         benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of
         Securities, the Company shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to
         holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers
         of Securities information ("ADDITIONAL ISSUER INFORMATION") satisfying
         the requirements of subsection (d)(4) of Rule 144A.

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         (h)      Future Reports to the Initial Purchasers

           At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15 of
         the Exchange Act, for so long as any Securities or Exchange Securities
         remain outstanding, the Company will furnish to Deutsche Bank
         Securities Inc. (i) as soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal
         year, copies of the Annual Report of the Company containing the balance
         sheet of the Company as of the close of such fiscal year and statements
         of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended
         and the opinion thereon of the Company's independent public or
         certified public accountants; (ii) as soon as practicable after the
         filing thereof, copies of each proxy statement, Annual Report on Form
         10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K or
         other report filed by the Company with the Commission, the NASD or any
         securities exchange; and (iii) as soon as available, copies of any
         report or communication of the Company mailed generally to holders of
         its capital stock or debt securities (including the holders of the
         Securities).

         (i)      No Integration

           The Company and each Guarantor agree that they will not and will
         cause their Affiliates not to make any offer or sale of securities of
         the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of
         "integration" referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such
         offer or sale would render invalid (for the purpose of (i) the sale of
         the Securities by the Company to the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the
         resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent
         Purchasers or (iii) the resale of the Securities by such Subsequent
         Purchasers to others) the exemption from the registration requirements
         of the Securities Act provided by Section 4 thereof or by Rule 144A or
         Regulation S thereunder or otherwise.

         (j)      Legended Securities

           Each certificate for a Note will bear the legend contained in "Notice
         to Investors" in the Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon
         the other terms stated in the Offering Memorandum.

         (k)      PORTAL

           The Company will use its best efforts to cause such Notes to be
         eligible for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
         PORTAL market (the "PORTAL MARKET").

         (l)      Rating of Securities

           The Company and each Guarantor shall take all reasonable actions
         necessary to enable Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
         The McGraw Hill, Inc. Companies ("S&P"), and Moody's Investors Service,
         Inc. ("MOODY'S") to provide their respective credit ratings to the
         Securities.

         (m)      Future Agreement Not to Offer or Sell Additional Securities

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           During the period of 180 days following the date of the Offering
         Memorandum, none of the Company or any Guarantor will, without the
         prior written consent of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (which consent
         may be withheld at the sole discretion of Deutsche Bank Securities
         Inc.), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any
         option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open "put equivalent
         position" within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or
         otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file
         any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any
         debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor substantially similar
         to the Securities or securities exchangeable for or convertible into
         debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor substantially similar
         to the Securities (other than as contemplated by this Agreement and to
         register the Exchange Securities).

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses

  The Company and each Guarantor agree to pay all costs, fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations hereunder and
in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including without
limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the
Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all necessary
issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, (iii) all fees and expenses of the
Company's and the Guarantors' counsel, independent public or certified public
accountants and other advisors, (iv) all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of
the Offering Memorandum (including financial statements and exhibits), and all
amendments and supplements thereto, this Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Indenture, the Letter of Representations, and the Notes and the
Guarantees, all filing fees, attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the
Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying
or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration
of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the Blue Sky laws
and, if requested by the Initial Purchasers, preparing and printing a "Blue Sky
Survey" or memorandum, and any supplements thereto, advising the Initial
Purchasers of such qualifications, registrations and exemptions, (v) the fees
and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Exchange
Securities, (vi) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the
Securities or the Exchange Securities with the ratings agencies and the listing
of the Securities with the PORTAL market, (vii) any filing fees incident to, and
any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in
connection with the review by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc., if any, of the terms of the sale of the Securities or the Exchange
Securities, and (viii) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel) of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with the
approval of the Securities by DTC for "book-entry" transfer, and the performance
by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective other obligations under
this Agreement. Except as provided in this Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and
Section 9 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including
the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

SECTION 5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers

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  The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the
Securities as provided herein on the Closing Date shall be subject to the
accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company set
forth in Section 1 hereof as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date as
though then made and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants
and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional
conditions:

         (a)      Accountants' Comfort Letter

           The Initial Purchasers shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP,
         independent public or certified public accountants for the Company, a
         letter dated the date hereof addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in
         form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, containing
         statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
         accountant's "comfort letters" to Initial Purchasers, delivered
         according to Statement of Auditing Standards Nos. 100, 72 and 76 (or
         any successor bulletins), with respect to the audited and unaudited
         financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
         Offering Memorandum.

         (b)      No Material Adverse Change or Ratings Agency Change

           For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to
         the Closing Date:

                  (i)      in the reasonable judgment of the Initial Purchasers
                           there shall not have occurred any Material Adverse
                           Change; and

                  (ii)     there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor
                           shall any notice have been given of any intended or
                           potential downgrading or of any review for a possible
                           change that does not indicate the direction of the
                           possible change, in the rating accorded any
                           securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
                           by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
                           organization" as such term is defined for purposes of
                           Rule 436 under the Securities Act.

         (c)      Opinions of Counsel for the Company and Guarantors

           On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received (i)
         the favorable opinion of Bass Berry & Sims PLC, counsel for the
         Company, dated as of such Closing Date, the form of which is attached
         as Exhibit A, (ii) the favorable opinion of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene &
         MacRae, L.L.P., special New York law counsel to the Company, dated as
         of such Closing Date, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C
         and (ii) the favorable opinion of each counsel listed in Schedule B,
         dated as of such Closing Date, substantially in the form attached as
         Exhibit B.

         (d)      Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers

           On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received the
         favorable opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the Initial
         Purchasers, dated as of such Closing Date, with respect to such matters
         as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.

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         (e)      Officers' Certificates

           On the Closing Date the Initial Purchasers shall have received a
         written certificate executed by the Chairman of the Board, Chief
         Executive Officer or President of the Company and each of the
         Guarantors and the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer
         of the Company and each of the Guarantors, dated as of the Closing
         Date, to the effect set forth in subsection (b)(ii) of this Section 5,
         and further to the effect that:

         (i)      for the period from and after the date of this Agreement and
                  prior to the Closing Date there has not occurred any Material
                  Adverse Change;

         (ii)     the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company
                  and the Guarantors set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement
                  are true and correct with the same force and effect as though
                  expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and

         (iii)    the Company and each Guarantor has complied with all the
                  agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its respective
                  part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
                  Date.

         (f)      Bring-down Comfort Letters

           On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received from
         Ernst & Young LLP, independent public or certified public accountants
         for the Company, a letter dated such date, in form and substance
         satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect that they
         reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished by them pursuant
         to subsection (a) of this Section 5, except that the specified date
         referred to therein for the carrying out of procedures shall be no more
         than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

         (g)      PORTAL Listing

           At the Closing Date, the Notes shall have been designated for trading
         on the PORTAL market.

         (h)      Registration Rights Agreement

           The Company and each Guarantor shall have entered into the
         Registration Rights Agreement and the Initial Purchasers shall have
         received executed counterparts thereof.

         (i)      Credit Agreement

           On or before the Closing Date, either (i) the Credit Agreement shall
         have been amended to allow for the issuance of the Securities and such
         amendment shall be in full force and effect or (ii) the Company shall
         have received the necessary consents of the lenders party to the Credit
         Agreement to allow for the issuance of the Securities.

         (j)      Additional Documents

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           On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for
         the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents
         and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purposes of
         enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as
         contemplated herein, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the
         representations and warranties, or the satisfaction of any of the
         conditions or agreements, herein contained.

                  If any condition specified in this Section 5 is not satisfied
when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the
Initial Purchasers by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the
Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any
party to any other party, except that Section 4, Section 6, Section 8 and
Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

SECTION 6. Reimbursement of Initial Purchasers' Expenses

  If this Agreement is terminated by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to
Section 5 or Section 10, or if the sale to the Initial Purchasers of the
Securities on the Closing Date is not consummated because of any refusal,
inability or failure on the part of the Company or any Guarantor to perform any
agreement herein or to comply with any provision hereof, the Company and each
Guarantor agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers (or such Initial Purchasers
as have terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves), severally, upon
demand for all out-of-pocket expenses that shall have been reasonably incurred
by the Initial Purchasers in connection with the proposed purchase and the
offering and sale of the Securities, including but not limited to fees and
disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile
and telephone charges. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 16 hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall
not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Initial Purchaser on account of
such expenses.

SECTION 7. Offer, Sale and Resale Procedures

  Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company and each of
the Guarantors, on the other hand, hereby establish and agree to observe the
following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:

                  (a) Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by
         the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the
         jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made. Each such offer
         or sale shall only be made to (A) persons whom the offeror or seller
         reasonably believes to be qualified institutional buyers (as defined in
         Rule 144A under the Securities Act), or (B) non-U.S. persons outside
         the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes
         offers and sales of Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation
         S under the Securities Act, upon the terms and conditions set forth in
         Annex I hereto, which Annex I is hereby expressly made a part hereof.

                  (b) The Securities will be offered by approaching prospective
         Subsequent Purchasers on an individual basis. No general solicitation
         or general advertising (within the meaning of Rule 502 under the
         Securities Act) will be used in the United States in connection with
         the offering of the Securities.

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                  (c) Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time
         as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of
         the Securities Act, the Securities (and all securities issued in
         exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange
         Securities) shall bear the legend set forth in the Offering Memorandum
         under the caption "Notice to Investors". Following the sale of the
         Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant
         to the terms hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or
         responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities
         suffered or incurred by the Company, including any losses, damages or
         liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any
         resale or transfer of any Security.

SECTION 8. Indemnification.

         (a)      Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers

           Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold
         harmless each Initial Purchaser, its directors, officers and employees,
         and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the
         meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act against any loss,
         claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to which such Initial
         Purchaser or such controlling person may become subject, under the
         Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory
         law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in
         settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the
         written consent of the Company), insofar as such loss, claim, damage,
         liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated
         below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged
         untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Offering
         Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or
         alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to
         make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
         which they were made, not misleading; and to reimburse each Initial
         Purchaser and each such controlling person for any and all expenses
         (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Deutsche
         Bank Securities Inc.) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such
         Initial Purchaser or such controlling person in connection with
         investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such
         loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however,
         that the foregoing indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss,
         claim, damage, liability or expense to the extent, but only to the
         extent, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged
         untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon
         and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by
         the Initial Purchasers expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum (or
         any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth
         in this Section 8(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the
         Company may otherwise have.

         (b)      Indemnification of the Company, its Directors and Officers

           Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to
         indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors,
         officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls the
         Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act,
         against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, as incurred, to
         which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person
         may become subject, under the

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         Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory
         law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in
         settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the
         written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss,
         claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as
         contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue or
         alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Offering
         Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or arises out of
         or is based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
         material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
         statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only
         to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
         or omission or alleged omission was made in the Offering Memorandum (or
         any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in
         conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the
         Initial Purchasers expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the
         Company, or any such director, officer or controlling person for any
         legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company, or any
         such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
         investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such
         loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. The Company hereby
         acknowledges that the only information that the Initial Purchasers have
         furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Offering Memorandum
         (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth
         in the first and second sentences of the fifth paragraph, the sixth
         paragraph and the tenth paragraph, each under the caption "Plan of
         Distribution" in the Offering Memorandum; and the Initial Purchasers
         confirm that such statements are correct. The indemnity agreement set
         forth in this Section 8(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that
         each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.

         (c)      Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures

           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8
         of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
         will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an
         indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party
         in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so to notify
         the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it
         may have to any indemnified party for contribution or otherwise than
         under the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 8 or to the
         extent it is not prejudiced as a proximate result of such failure. In
         case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and such
         indemnified party seeks or intends to seek indemnity from an
         indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will be entitled to
         participate in and, to the extent that it shall elect, jointly with all
         other indemnifying parties similarly notified, by written notice
         delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the
         aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense
         thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
         provided, however, if the defendants in any such action include both
         the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified
         party shall have reasonably concluded that a conflict may arise between
         the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in
         conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal
         defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are
         different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying
         party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select
         separate counsel reasonably

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         satisfactory to the indemnifying party to assume such legal defenses
         and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of
         such indemnified party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the
         indemnifying party to such indemnified party of such indemnifying
         party's election so to assume the defense of such action and approval
         by the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be
         liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or
         other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in
         connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party
         shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to
         the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
         indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than
         one separate counsel (together with local counsel), approved by the
         indemnifying party (Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in the case of
         Section 8 and Section 9), representing the indemnified parties who are
         parties to such action) or (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
         employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
         represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice
         of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and
         expenses of counsel reasonably incurred shall be at the expense of the
         indemnifying party.

         (d)      Settlements

           The indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall not be liable for
         any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent,
         but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for
         the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
         indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense
         by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing
         sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
         indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and
         expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 8 hereof, the
         indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of
         any proceeding effected without its written consent (i) if such
         settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such
         indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying
         party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at
         least 45 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)
         such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party
         in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.
         No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
         indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the
         entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or
         proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
         been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by
         such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent
         includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
         liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or
         proceeding.

SECTION 9. Contribution

  If the indemnification provided for in Section 8 is for any reason held to be
unavailable to or otherwise insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party
in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to
therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount
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losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from
the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement 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 Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with
the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial
Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective
proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company,
and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate
initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on
the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether any such 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, on the one hand, or the
Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.

                  The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8, any legal
or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in
Section 8 with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a
claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 9; provided, however,
that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which
notice has been given under Section 8 for purposes of indemnification.

                  The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not
be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9 were determined
by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 9.

                  Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 9, no Initial
Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount
received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Securities distributed
by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial
Purchasers' obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 9 are several,
and not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set forth
opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 9, each
director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any,
who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial
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the Company, and each person, if any, who controls the Company with the meaning
of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.

SECTION 10. Termination of this Agreement

  Prior to the Closing Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Initial
Purchasers by notice given to the Company if at any time (i) trading or
quotation in the Company's securities shall have been suspended or limited by
the Commission or by the New York Stock Exchange, or trading in securities
generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the New York Stock Exchange shall
have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been
generally established on any of such stock exchanges by the Commission or the
NASD; (ii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of
federal, New York, Delaware or Tennessee authorities; (iii) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of national or international hostilities or
any crisis or calamity, or any change in the United States or international
financial markets, or any substantial change or development involving a
prospective substantial change in United States' or international political,
financial or economic conditions, as in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers
is material and adverse and makes it impracticable to market the Securities in
the manner and on the terms described in the Offering Memorandum or to enforce
contracts for the sale of securities; (iv) in the judgment of the Initial
Purchasers there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change; or (v) the
Company shall have sustained a loss by strike, fire, flood, earthquake, accident
or other calamity of such character as in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers
may interfere materially with the conduct of the business and operations of the
Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have been insured. Any
termination pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part
of (a) the Company to any Initial Purchaser, except that the Company shall be
obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to
Sections 4 and 6 hereof, (b) any Initial Purchaser to the Company, or (c) of any
party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Section 8 and
Section 9 shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.

SECTION 11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive Delivery

  The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company and each Guarantor, of their respective officers and
of the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the Company, any Guarantor or any
of its or their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as
the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities
sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 12. Notices

  All communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, hand
delivered, telecopied or emailed and confirmed to the parties hereto as follows:

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If to the Initial Purchasers:

         Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
         60 Wall Street
         New York, New York 10005
         Attention:  Martin Newburger

with a copy to:

         Shearman & Sterling LLP
         599 Lexington Avenue
         New York, New York 10022
         Facsimile:  646-848-7293
         Attention:  Andrew R. Schleider, Esq.

If to the Company or the Guarantors:

         Gaylord Entertainment Company
         One Gaylord Drive
         Nashville, Tennessee 37214
         Facsimile:  615-316-6544
         Attention:  Carter R. Todd, Esq.
         with a copy to:

         Bass Berry & Sims PLC
         315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
         Nashville, Tennessee 37238
         Facsimile:  615-742-2775
         Attention:  F. Mitchell Walker, Jr., Esq.

Any party hereto may change the address for receipt of communications by giving
written notice to the others.

SECTION 13. Successors

  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and to the benefit of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8
and Section 9, and in each case their respective successors, and no other person
will have any right or obligation hereunder. The term "successors" shall not
include any purchaser of the Securities as such from any of the Initial
Purchasers merely by reason of such purchase.

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SECTION 14. Partial Unenforceability

  The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of
this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision
of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable,
there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor
changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

SECTION 15. Governing Law Provisions

  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.

         (a)      Consent to Jurisdiction

           Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon
         this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby ("RELATED
         PROCEEDINGS") may be instituted in the federal courts of the United
         States of America located in the City and County of New York or the
         courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and
         County of New York (collectively, the "SPECIFIED COURTS"), and each
         party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such
         courts in any such suit, action or proceeding (except for proceedings
         instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court
         (a "RELATED JUDGMENT"), as to which such jurisdiction is
         non-exclusive). Service of any process, summons, notice or document by
         mail to such party's address set forth above shall be effective service
         of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such
         court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection
         to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the
         Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree
         not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or
         other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an
         inconvenient forum.

SECTION 16. Default of One or More of the Several Initial Purchasers

  If any one or more of the several Initial Purchasers listed in Table 1 to
Schedule A shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have
agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of
Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed
but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of
the Securities to be purchased on such date, then the other Initial Purchasers
listed in Table 1 of Schedule A shall be obligated, severally, in the
proportions that the number of Securities set forth opposite their respective
names in Table 1 of Schedule A bears to the aggregate number of Securities set
forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers in such
Table 1, or in such other proportions as may be specified by the Initial
Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, to
purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial
Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If any of
Initial Purchasers listed in Table 2 to Schedule A shall fail or refuse to
purchase Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing
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the aggregate number of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser
agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate
number of the Securities to be purchased on such date, then the non-defaulting
Initial Purchaser listed in Table 2 of Schedule A shall be obligated to purchase
the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed or
refused to purchase on such date. If any one or more of the Initial Purchasers
shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate number of
Securities with respect to which such default occurs exceeds 10% of the
aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and
arrangements satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the
Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after
such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to
any other party except that the provisions of Section 4, Section 8 and Section 9
shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such
case either the Initial Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to
postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than
seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Offering
Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.

                  As used in this Agreement, the term "INITIAL PURCHASER" shall
be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser
under this Section 16. Any action taken under this Section 16 shall not relieve
any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of
such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

SECTION 17. General Provisions

 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this
Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral
agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter
hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of
which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement may not be amended or
modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein
(express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom
the condition is meant to benefit.

SECTION 18. Tax Disclosure

  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each of the Initial
Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors shall be permitted to disclose the
tax treatment and tax structure of any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement or the Offering Memorandum (including any materials, opinions or
analyses relating to such tax treatment or tax structure, but without disclosure
of identifying information or, except to the extent relating to such tax
structure or tax treatment, any nonpublic commercial or financial information);
provided, however, that if such transaction is not consummated for any reason,
the provisions of this sentence shall cease to apply with respect to such
transaction.

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                  If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of
our agreement kindly sign and return to the Company the enclosed copies hereof,
whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts hereof, shall become a
binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

                                       By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                           --------------------------------
                                           Name: David C. Kloeppel
                                           Title: Executive Vice President and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer

                                       SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

                                       CCK HOLDINGS, LLC
                                       CORPORATE MAGIC, INC.
                                       GAYLORD CREATIVE GROUP, INC.
                                       GAYLORD HOTELS, LLC
                                       GAYLORD INVESTMENTS, INC.
                                       GAYLORD NATIONAL, LLC
                                       GAYLORD PROGRAM SERVICES, INC.
                                       GRAND OLE OPRY TOURS, INC.
                                       OLH HOLDINGS, LLC
                                       OPRYLAND ATTRACTIONS, INC.
                                       OPRYLAND HOSPITALITY, LLC
                                       OPRYLAND PRODUCTIONS INC.
                                       OPRYLAND THEATRICALS INC.
                                       WILDHORSE SALOON ENTERTAINMENT
                                         VENTURES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                           --------------------------------
                                           Name: David C. Kloeppel
                                           Title:   Executive Vice President

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                                    OLH, G.P.

                                    By: Gaylord Entertainment Company, a
                                        general partner

                                    By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David C. Kloeppel
                                        Title: Executive Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer

                                    OPRYLAND HOTEL-FLORIDA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                    By: Opryland Hospitality, LLC, its
                                         general partner

                                    By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Name: David C. Kloeppel
                                        Title:   Executive Vice President

                                    OPRYLAND HOTEL-TEXAS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                                    By: Opryland Hospitality, LLC, its
                                         general partner

                                    By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David C. Kloeppel
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                    OPRYLAND HOTEL-TEXAS, LLC

                                    By: Gaylord Hotels, LLC, its Sole Member

                                    By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                        ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  David C. Kloeppel
                                        Title: Executive Vice President

                                    RESORTQUEST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                    ABBOTT & ANDREWS REALTY, LLC
                                    ABBOTT REALTY SERVICES, INC.

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                                 ABBOTT RESORTS, LLC
                                 ACCOMMODATIONS CENTER, INC.
                                 ADVANTAGE VACATION HOMES BY STYLES, LLC
                                 B&B ON THE BEACH, INC.
                                 BASE MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, INC.
                                 BLUEBILL PROPERTIES, LLC
                                 BRINDLEY & BRINDLEY REALTY & DEVELOPMENT, INC.
                                 COASTAL REAL ESTATE SALES, LLC
                                 COASTAL RESORTS MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                 COASTAL RESORTS REALTY, LLC
                                 COATES, REID & WALDRON, INC.
                                 COLLECTION OF FINE PROPERTIES, INC.
                                 COLUMBINE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
                                 COVE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
                                 CRW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                 EXCLUSIVE VACATION PROPERTIES, INC.
                                 FIRST RESORT SOFTWARE, INC.
                                 HIGH COUNTRY RESORTS, INC.
                                 HOUSTON AND O'LEARY COMPANY
                                 K-T-F ACQUISITION CO.
                                 MAUI CONDOMINIUM AND HOME REALTY, INC.
                                 MOUNTAIN VALLEY PROPERTIES, INC.
                                 PEAK SKI RENTALS, LLC
                                 PLANTATION RESORT MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                 PRISCILLA MURPHY REALTY, LLC
                                 R&R RESORT RENTAL PROPERTIES, INC.
                                 REALTY REFERRAL CONSULTANTS, LLC
                                 REP HOLDINGS, LTD.
                                 RESORT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                 RESORTQUEST HAWAII, LLC
                                 RESORTQUEST HILTON HEAD, INC.,
                                 RESORTQUEST SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, LLC
                                 RESORT RENTAL VACATIONS, LLC
                                 RIDGEPINE, INC.
                                 RYAN'S GOLDEN EAGLE MANAGEMENT, INC.
                                 SCOTTSDALE RESORT ACCOMMODATIONS, INC.
                                 STEAMBOAT PREMIER PROPERTIES, INC.
                                 STYLES ESTATES, LLC

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                                 TELLURIDE RESORT ACCOMMODATIONS, INC.
                                 TEN MILE HOLDINGS, LTD.
                                 THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
                                 THE MAURY PEOPLE, INC.
                                 THE TOPS'L GROUP, INC.
                                 TOPS'L CLUB OF NW FLORIDA, LLC
                                 TRUPP-HODNETT ENTERPRISES, INC.

                                 By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                     ------------------------------------
                                     Name:  David C. Kloeppel
                                     Title: Executive Vice President

                                 OFFICE AND STORAGE LLC

                                 By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
                                     ------------------------------------
                                     Name:  David C. Kloeppel
                                     Title:    Manager

                                 RQI HOLDINGS, LTD.

                                 By: /s/ Mark Fioravanti
                                     ------------------------------------
                                     Name:  Mark Fioravanti
                                     Title: Executive Vice President

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                  The foregoing Purchase Agreement is hereby confirmed and
accepted by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written:

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC.
CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.

By: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

By: /s/ John Mehlman
    ------------------------------
    Name: John Mehlman
    Title: Managing Director

By: /s/ Martin Newburger
    ------------------------------
    Name: Martin Newburger
    Title: Director

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                           List of Initial Purchasers

Initial Purchasers Aggregate Principal Amount of Securities to be Purchased - ------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ......................... $ 84,375,000 Banc of America Securities LLC......................... 84,375,000 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ......................... 28,125,000 CIBC World Markets Corp. .............................. 28,125,000 Total......................................... $ 225,000,000
SCHEDULE A-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT SCHEDULE B List of Guarantors See attached. SCHEDULE C LIST OF THE COMPANY'S SUBSIDIARIES The following are 100% owned subsidiaries that are guarantors or borrowers under our revolving credit facility or the Company's 8% senior secured notes due 2013. 1. Gaylord National, LLC 2. Gaylord Program Services, Inc. 3. Grand Ole Opry Tours, Inc. 4. Wildhorse Saloon Entertainment Ventures, Inc. 5. Gaylord Investments, Inc. 6. OLH Holdings, LLC 7. OLH, G.P. 8. Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership 9. Gaylord Hotels, LLC 10. Opryland Hospitality, LLC 11. Opryland Hotel-Texas, LLC 12. Opryland Hotel-Texas Limited Partnership 13. Opryland Productions, Inc. 14. Opryland Theatricals, Inc. 15. Corporate Magic, Inc. 16. Opryland Attractions, Inc. 17. Gaylord Creative Group, Inc. 18. CCK Holdings, LLC 19. ResortQuest International, Inc. 20. Abbott and Andrews Realty, LLC 21. Abbott Realty Services, Inc. 22. Abbott Resorts, LLC 23. Accommodations Center, Inc. 24. Advantage Vacation Homes By Styles, LLC 25. B & B on the Beach, Inc. 26. Base Mountain Properties, Inc. 27. Bluebill Properties, LLC 28. Brindley & Brindley Realty & Development, Inc. 29. Coastal Real Estate Sales, LLC 30. Coastal Resorts Management, Inc. 31. Coastal Resorts Realty, LLC 32. Coates, Reid & Waldron, Inc. 33. Collection of Fine Properties, Inc. 34. CRW Property Management, Inc. 35. Columbine Management Company 36. Cove Management Services, Inc. 37. Exclusive Vacation Properties, Inc. 38. First Resort Software, Inc. 39. High Country Resorts, Inc. 40. Houston & O'Leary Company SCHEDULE C-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT 41. K-T-F Acquisition Co. 42. Maui Condominium & Home Realty, Inc. 43. Mountain Valley Properties, Inc. 44. Office and Storage, LLC 45. Peak Ski Rentals, LLC 46. Plantation Resort Management, Inc. 47. Priscilla Murphy Realty, LLC 48. R & R Resort Rental Properties, Inc. 49. Realty Referral Consultants, LLC 50. REP Holdings, Ltd. 51. Resort Property Management, Inc. 52. ResortQuest Hawaii, LLC 53. ResortQuest Hilton Head, Inc. 54. ResortQuest Southwest Florida, LLC 55. Resort Rental Vacations, LLC 56. RQI Holdings, Ltd. 57. Ridgepine, Inc. 58. Ryan's Golden Eagle Management, Inc. 59. Scottsdale Resort Accommodations, Inc. 60. Steamboat Premier Properties, Inc. 61. Styles Estates, LLC 62. Telluride Resort Accommodations 63. Ten Mile Holdings, Ltd. 64. THE Management Company, Inc. 65. The Maury People, Inc. 66. Tops'1 Club of NW Florida, LLC 67. The Tops'1 Group, Inc. 68. Trupp-Hodnett Enterprises, Inc. The Company also owns majority interests in the following companies that are not guarantors: 1. Country Music Television International, Inc. 2. Acuff-Rose Music, LLC 3. Acuff-Rose Music Publishing, LLC 4. Milene Music, LLC 5. Hickory Music, LLC 6. Springhouse Music, LLC 7. Gaylord Digital, LLC 8. OHN Holdings Management, Inc. 9. OHN Management, Inc. 10. OHN Finance, LLC 11. OHN Holdings, LLC 12. OHN Finance Management, Inc. 13. Opryland Hotel Nashville, LLC (borrower under our Nashville Hotel Loan) 14. Word Entertainment (Canada), Inc. 15. ResortQuest Whistler Property Management, Inc. SCHEDULE C-2 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT 16. Whistler Chalets Holding Corp. 17. Whistler Exclusive Property Management, Ltd. The following is a list of companies for which the Company owns a minority interest: 1. Bass Pro, Inc. 2. Flying Rhinoceros Holdings, Inc. 3. Nashville Hockey Club, LP 4. Promotional Broadcast Network, Inc. 5. Sound Track Channel, LLC The Company owns certain minority interests in other entities that it acquired as a result of its acquisition of ResortQuest International, Inc. These entities are listed on Schedule 2.1(c) to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger among the Company, GET Merger Sub, Inc. and ResortQuest International, Inc. dated August 4, 2003. SCHEDULE C-3 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT SCHEDULE D List of Debt Instruments 1. Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2003, by and between the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. 2. First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 20, 2003, by and between the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. 3. Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 27, 2001, by and between Opryland Hotel Nashville, LLC, and Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc. 4. Credit Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2003, among Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, as borrower, the Company, as parent guarantor, certain lenders party thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as joint book running managers and co-lead arrangers, and Bank of America, N.A., as syndication agent. 5. First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Ratification of Guaranty, dated as of December 17, 2003, among Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, as borrower, the Company, as parent guarantor, certain lenders party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent, and the certain subsidiary guarantors. 6. Opryland Hotel-Florida Ground Lease, dated as of March 3, 1999, by and between Xentury City Development Company, L.L.C., and Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, as amended on October 4, 2001 and May 20, 2003. SCHEDULE D-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXHIBIT A FORM OF OPINION OF BASS BERRY & SIMS PLC We have acted as counsel to Gaylord Entertainment Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and the guarantors listed in Annex 1 attached hereto (the "Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors"), in connection with the offering (the "Offering") of $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2014 (the "Notes") of the Company as described in the Offering Memorandum of the Company, dated November 17, 2004 (the "Offering Memorandum"), and pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement dated November 17, 2004 among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and you (the "Purchase Agreement"). This letter is provided pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement. The terms used in this opinion letter that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the same definitions as set forth therein, unless otherwise defined herein. In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the Offering Memorandum, executed copies of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Registration Rights Agreement, and the Letter of Representations to be delivered on the date hereof (collectively, the "Agreements"). We have also reviewed such corporate documents and records of the Company and its subsidiaries, such certificates of public officials and such other matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion letter. As to various issues of fact, we have relied upon the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Purchase Agreement and upon statements and certificates of officers of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries without independent verification or investigation. For purposes of the opinions on the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries, we have relied solely upon good standing certificates of recent dates and a bring-down good standing letter from a commercial filing service dated November __, 2004, confirming receipt of oral confirmation of good standing as of such date. We have assumed regarding agreements executed by parties other than the Company and its subsidiaries that such agreements are, if applicable, the valid and binding obligations of and enforceable against such parties. We have also assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the legal capacity of all natural persons. For purposes of this opinion, we express no view as to the antifraud provisions of federal or state securities laws except to the extent specified in the paragraph following numbered Paragraph 20 of this letter. The law covered by the opinions expressed herein is limited to the federal law of the United States, the law of the State of Tennessee, the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, and we are not admitted to practice in the state of New York. Based on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications as set forth herein, we are of the opinion that: EXHIBIT A-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT 1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. 2. Each of the Gaylord Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors (as defined on Annex I) (other than OLH GP and Opryland Hotel-Texas Limited Partnership) has been duly incorporated, formed or organized and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or other organization in good standing under the laws of the State of Tennessee or the State of Delaware, as applicable. Opryland Hotel - Texas Limited Partnership is a limited partnership validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. OLH GP is a general partnership validly existing under the laws of the State of Tennessee. Each of the RZT Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors (as defined on Annex I) is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or other organization in good standing under the laws of the State of Tennessee or the State of Delaware, as applicable. 3. The Company and each of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors has corporate, limited liability or other organization power and authority under the laws of its state of organization to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Offering Memorandum and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Agreements to which it is a party. 4. Each of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors is in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdictions of incorporation or formation. The Company and each of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing as foreign corporations, limited liability companies or limited partnerships in the jurisdiction listed beside their names on Annex 1. 5. The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors (in the case of Opryland Hospitality, LLC, such authorization being for itself and in its capacity as general partner of Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership). 6. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors (in the case of Opryland Hospitality, LLC, such authorization being for itself and in its capacity as general partner of Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership). 7. The Letter of Representations has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. 8. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors (in the case of Opryland Hospitality, LLC, such authorization being for itself and in its capacity as general partner of Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership). 9. The Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture. EXHIBIT A-2 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT 10. The Exchange Notes have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company. 11. The Guarantees of the Notes and the Exchange Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized for issuance by each of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture (in the case of Opryland Hospitality, LLC, such authorization being for itself and in its capacity as general partner of Opryland Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership), and the Notations of Guarantees of the Notes have been duly executed by each of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors. 12. The Securities and the Indenture conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum. 13. The statements contained in the Offering Memorandum under the captions "Business - Legal Proceedings," "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" and "Notice to Investors" insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by us and fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein. 14. Assuming the accuracy of assumptions (i), (ii) and (iii) of Paragraph (18) of this opinion, except for the registration of the Exchange Notes and Exchange Guarantees under the Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under applicable state securities laws or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Notes and the Guarantees by the Initial Purchasers or under applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the issuance of the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Guarantees (as to which we express no opinion), no consent, approval, authorization or other action by or filing with any federal, Tennessee or Delaware court or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements by the Company or any of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors, the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Securities or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby or, if required, the requisite consent, approval or authorization has been obtained, the requisite action has been taken or the requisite filing has been made. 15. The issue and sale of the Notes being delivered on the date hereof by the Company, the execution and delivery of the Agreements by the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and the compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with all of their obligations under the Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, assuming the application of the net proceeds of the Offering as described in the Offering Memorandum, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or a Debt Repayment Trigger Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, or require the consent of any other party to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument listed on Schedule D to the Purchase Agreement or which has been filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to either (a) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the EXHIBIT A-3 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT year ended December 31, 2003 (but no opinion is given with respect to Exhibits 10.26-10.41 (Executive Compensation Plans and Management Contracts) or with respect to any matters which would require us to perform a mathematical calculation or make a financial or accounting determination) or (b) the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004 (but no opinion is given with respect to any matters which would require us to perform a mathematical calculation or make a financial or accounting determination) (the "Reviewed Instruments"). The issue and sale of the Notes being delivered on the date hereof by the Company, the execution and delivery of the Agreements by the Company and the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors, as applicable, and the compliance by the Company and the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors with all of their obligations under the Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or comparable organizational documents of the Company or of any of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors or (ii) to our knowledge will not result in any violation of any applicable statute, judgment, order, rule or regulation known to us of any court or federal, Tennessee or Delaware governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors or any of their properties or assets. 16. The Company is not, and after receipt of payment for the Securities will not be, an "investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. 17. To our knowledge, there is no litigation threatened or to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject except as described in the Offering Memorandum, or if not described therein, would not, individually or in the aggregate with all other such actions, suits and proceedings be reasonably expected to have, if adversely determined, a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. 18. Assuming (i) that the representations, warranties and covenants of the Initial Purchasers in Section 2(e) of the Purchase Agreement are true, (ii) the compliance of the Initial Purchasers with their agreements set forth in the Purchase Agreement, (iii) that the offering and resale procedures in Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement are observed, and (iv) the accuracy of the representations made by the Company in the Purchase Agreement and compliance by the Company with its agreements made in the Purchase Agreement, no registration under the Act of the Notes is required for the purchase of the Notes by the Initial Purchasers as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement or the initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Qualified Institutional Buyers in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and no qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act is required with respect thereto, other than any registration or qualification that may be required in connection with the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Offering Memorandum or in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement. We express no opinion, however, as to when or under what circumstances any Notes initially sold by the Initial Purchasers may be reoffered or resold. 19. We are of the opinion that the courts of the State of Tennessee and federal courts sitting in the State of Tennessee would enforce the choice of law provisions contained in the EXHIBIT A-4 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT Agreements that expressly provide that the terms and provisions thereof will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, unless giving effect to such provisions would violate public policy of the state of Tennessee. In giving the opinion in this paragraph, we have assumed that (i) some of the parties who negotiated the Agreements were in the State of New York during those negotiations, (ii) the Trustee has a place of business in the State of New York, (iii) Deutsche Bank Securities has a place of business in the state of New York, (iv) the Agreements were delivered in the State of New York and (v) the purchase price of the Securities payable by the Initial Purchasers to the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement will be funded in the State of New York. 20. No taxes, fees and other charges are required under any regulations or law of the State of Tennessee to be paid by the Company or the Guarantors incorporated, formed or organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreements. We participated in the preparation of the Offering Memorandum, during the course of which, among other things, we examined various documents and other papers and participated in conferences with representatives of the Company, with representatives of the Company's independent public accountants, and with your representatives and your counsel, at which conferences the contents of the Offering Memorandum and related matters were discussed. On the basis of the information that was developed in the course of our above-described participation, considered in the light of our understanding of applicable law and the experience we have gained through our practice thereunder, no facts have come our attention which lead us to believe that the Offering Memorandum, as of the date of the Offering Memorandum or as of the date hereof, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state such 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 (except we express no opinion as to the financial statements and related notes and schedules, the pro forma financial statements and related notes or other financial data contained in the Offering Memorandum). In giving this opinion or undertaking the above-described representation, we have not verified and are not passing upon and we do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Offering Memorandum, except to the extent set forth in Paragraph 13 of this opinion. The opinions expressed above are further subject to the following qualifications and limitations: (a) The effect of laws, court decisions and legal or equitable principles relating to, limiting or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, including, without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and moratorium laws and laws relating to fraudulent transfers or conveyances, preferences and equitable subordination. (b) The discretion of any court of competent jurisdiction in awarding equitable remedies, including, but not limited to, specific performance or injunctive relief. (c) We note that a court might not permit the exercise of any right or remedy provided in any of the Agreements if, under the circumstances then existing, such EXHIBIT A-5 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT exercise is deemed to be inconsistent with the covenant of good faith and fair dealing implied under law to exist in all agreements or if the party seeking to exercise such right or remedy fails to act in a commercially reasonable manner or fails to fulfill other duties imposed by statutes or judicial decisions. (d) The unenforceability under certain circumstances of contractual provisions respecting various self-help or summary remedies without adequate notice or opportunity for hearing or correction. (e) The unenforceability under certain circumstances of provisions waiving vaguely or broadly stated rights and provisions stating that rights or remedies are not exclusive, that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to or with any other right or remedy, or that the election of some particular remedy or remedies does not preclude recourse to other remedies. (f) The availability or enforceability of particular remedies or waivers in the Agreements may be limited by equitable principles, provided that the qualification expressed in this clause (f) does not in our opinion render the Agreements invalid as a whole or preclude (i) the judicial enforcement of the Company's or any of the Tennessee and Delaware Guarantors' obligation to repay the principal together with interest thereon, as provided in the Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes (to the extent not deemed a penalty), or (ii) enforcement of such obligations through normal legal proceedings. (g) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of provisions releasing a party from, or indemnifying a party against, liability for its own wrongful or negligent acts or where such release or indemnity is contrary to law or public policy. (h) We express no opinion as to the validity, binding effect, or enforceability of any provision of the Registration Rights Agreement or Purchase Agreement relating to indemnification or contribution under any federal or state securities laws or public policy. Our opinion is rendered as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you of changes in law or fact (or the effect thereof on the opinions expressed herein) that hereafter may come to our attention. As used herein, "known to us," "to our knowledge," "to the best of our knowledge" and any similar phrase refers solely to the current, actual knowledge, acquired during the course of our representation of the Company and its subsidiaries, of those attorneys in this firm who have rendered substantive legal services in connection with such representation, without investigation. This letter may be relied upon by you only in connection with the Offering and may not be provided to, used or relied upon by any other person for any purpose whatsoever without in each instance our prior written consent. EXHIBIT A-6 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXHIBIT B FORM OF OPINION OF LOCAL COUNSEL We have acted as special _______ counsel to ______, a ______ corporation and one of the initial Guarantors (the "_______ Guarantor"), in connection with the execution and delivery by the Guarantor of each of the following documents (collectively, the "Subject Documents"): 1. The Purchase Agreement; 2. The Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 30, 2004, by and among the Company, the Initial Guarantors, and the Initial Purchasers (the "Registration Rights Agreement"). 3. Indenture dated as of November 30, 2004, among the Company, the Initial Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Indenture"); and 4. The respective Note Guarantees (collectively, the "Initial Note Guarantees") endorsed on each of the following Notes: (a) Gaylord Entertainment Company, 6.75% Senior Note Due 2014, executed by the Company and payable to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, in the principal sum of _______ Dollars ($_______) on November 15, 2014; and (b) Gaylord Entertainment Company, 6.75% Senior Note Due 2014, executed by the Company and payable to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, in the principal sum of _______ Dollars ($_______) on November 15, 2014. This opinion letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement. Each term defined in the Purchase Agreement is used herein with the same meaning, unless otherwise defined herein or unless reference to the definition of a specific term contained in another Subject Document is made herein, in which event such term is used herein with the meaning ascribed to such term in the Subject Document to which reference is so made herein. In connection with this opinion letter, we have reviewed copies of the Subject Documents, each as executed by the _______ Guarantor. We have also reviewed copies of (i) a certificate of active existence of the _______ Guarantor as a domestic business corporation in the State of _______, issued by the Secretary of State of the State of _______ on November ___, 2004 (the "_____ Guarantor Existence Certificate"), (ii) a certificate of account status evidencing the ____ Guarantor's good standing with the office of ______ issued by ______ on November ___, 2004 (the "_____ Guarantor Good Standing Certificate," and, collectively with the ______ Guarantor Existence Certificate, the "_____ Guarantor Certificates"), (iii) the Articles of Incorporation of the _____ Guarantor as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of _____ on ______, and certified as being true and correct by the Secretary of State of ______ on November EXHIBIT B-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT ____, 2004 (the "______ Guarantor Articles"), (v) the Bylaws of the ______ Guarantor, adopted as of ______, and certified as being true and correct on the date hereof by [Carter R. Todd, Vice President and Secretary] of the ______ Guarantor, on the date hereof (the "______ Guarantor Bylaws"), and (vi) certain resolutions of the board of directors of the ______ Guarantor relating to the authorization of the execution and delivery of the Subject Documents by the ______ Guarantor and related matters (the "______ Guarantor Resolutions," and, collectively with the ______ Guarantor Certificates, the ______ Guarantor Articles, the ______ Guarantor Bylaws, and the ____ Guarantor Resolutions, the "______ Guarantor Corporate Documents"). We have also reviewed certificates of public officials, certificates of officers of the ______ Guarantor, and such other instruments, certificates, documents, agreements and written materials, and have considered such questions of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of rendering the opinions expressed herein. Except for review and examination of the Subject Documents and the ______ Guarantor Corporate Documents, we have made no independent investigation as to the organization, existence or affairs of the ______ Guarantor. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (including, without limitation, endorsements), the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. We have also assumed: A. The fact that each of the Subject Documents has been delivered by the ____ Guarantor to the other parties to the respective Subject Documents in accordance with the applicable provisions thereof. B. That David C. Kloeppel is, and was at the time of his execution of each of the Subject Documents on behalf of the ______ Guarantor, the duly elected or appointed ______ of the ______ Guarantor. C. That each of the respective Notes on which the Initial Guarantees are endorsed have been duly authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the respective Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement. D. That each of the Subject Documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto (other than the ______ Guarantor). OPINIONS Based on the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications herein set forth, it is our opinion that: 1. The ______ Guarantor is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas. EXHIBIT B-2 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT 2. The ______ Guarantor has the requisite corporate power and authority under the laws of the State of ______ to enter into and perform its obligations under each of the Subject Documents to which it is a party. 3. Each of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the ______ Guarantor. 4. The Guarantees of the Notes and the Exchange Notes have been duly authorized for execution and issuance by the ______ Guarantor. 5. Each of the Initial Note Guarantees has been duly authorized, and executed and delivered by the ______ Guarantor. 6. Except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications, if any, as may be required under ______ state securities or "Blue Sky" laws, as to which we express no opinion, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of the State of ______ is required for the ______ Guarantor's execution and delivery of, or for the performance of its obligations under, the Subject Documents, or for the ______ Guarantor's execution and delivery of, or for the performance of its obligations under, the Guarantees of the Notes and the Exchange Notes. 7. Neither the execution and delivery of the Subject Documents by the ______ Guarantor, nor the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations under the Transaction Documents: (i) will result in any violation of the provisions of the ______ Guarantor Articles or the ____ Guarantor Bylaws, (ii) will result in the creation of or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the ______ Guarantor that arises under or by operation of any law or regulation of the State of ______, or (iii) to our knowledge, will result in any violation of any applicable ______ law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree known to us and generally applicable to the Guarantor, provided, that in rendering the opinion in this clause (iii), we express no opinion with respect to compliance with ______ state securities or "Blue Sky" laws. 8. The choice of New York law stipulated to govern the Subject Documents, as set forth respectively in Section ______ of the Indenture (with respect to the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees), Section 15 of the Purchase Agreement, and Section ______ of the Registration Rights Agreement, is a valid and effective choice of law by the ______ Guarantor under the laws of the State of ______ and would be enforced against the Guarantor to the extent the parties have provided therein by a ______ court or a federal court sitting in ______ and applying the existing law of the State of ______, except to the extent that New York law contravenes the public policy of the State of ______. Moreover, although the Subject Documents contain the choice of law provisions referenced in the preceding sentence, in the event that the laws of the State of ______ were applied to govern the Subject Documents, the Subject Documents would not violate any of the applicable usury laws of the State of ______. 9. No taxes, fees or other charges are required to be paid under any laws or regulations of the State of ______ in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of EXHIBIT B-3 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT the Subject Documents, provided, that in rendering the opinion in this paragraph 9, we express no opinion with respect to any fees or other charges that may be payable in connection with compliance with ______ state securities or "Blue Sky" laws. The opinions expressed herein are subject to the assumptions set forth above and to the following assumptions, qualifications or limitations: (a) The opinions expressed in paragraph 1 regarding the corporate existence and good standing, of the ______ Guarantor under the laws of the State of ______ are rendered solely on the basis of the issuance of the ______ Guarantor Existence Certificate by the Secretary of State of ______ and the issuance of the ______ Guarantor Good Standing Certificate by the ______ [Comptroller of Public Accounts]. (b) In rendering the opinions expressed in paragraph 8, we have assumed that at least one party to the transaction contemplated by the Subject Documents (which may be the Company, any Initial Guarantor, any Initial Purchaser or the Trustee) either (i) has its place of business, or, having more than one place of business, its chief executive office or an office from which it conducted a substantial part of the negotiations relating to the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, in the State of New York, or (ii) is required to perform a substantial part of its obligations relating to the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, such as delivering payments, in the State of New York. (c) The opinions set forth herein are based solely upon the current laws of the State of ______, and we express no opinion as to, and assume no responsibility as to the applicability or the effect of, the laws of the United States of America or of any other state or commonwealth. (d) The opinions set forth herein are rendered as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation, and disclaim all obligation, to advise you of any subsequent changes or developments in any law or facts which might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein. This opinion is rendered only to the Initial Purchasers, and is solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers, and their respective counsel, in connection with closing of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, or furnished, quoted to or relied upon by any other person for any purpose, without our prior written consent, except that (a) this opinion may be furnished to a person pursuant to a subpoena, legal process or as otherwise required under applicable law (it being understood that such person may not rely upon this opinion without our prior written consent), and (b) this opinion may be furnished to, and, subject to all of the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and restrictions set forth herein, may be relied upon by, any person becoming a Holder (as defined in the Indenture) after the date hereof. EXHIBIT B-4 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT EXHIBIT C FORM OF OPINION OF LEBOEUF, LAMB, GREENE & MACRAE, L.L.P. We have acted as special New York and Florida counsel to Gaylord Entertainment Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Opryland Hotel - Florida Limited Partnership, a Florida limited partnership ("Opryland"), and certain other subsidiary guarantors listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, together with Opryland, the "FL Subsidiary Guarantors"), in connection with the offering of $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company (the "Notes"), as described in the Offering Memorandum of the Company, dated November 17, 2004 (the "Offering Memorandum"), and pursuant to (i) a Purchase Agreement dated November 17, 2004 (the "Purchase Agreement") among the Company, each of the Guarantors (listed on Exhibit B attached hereto and as defined therein) and you, (ii) an Indenture dated as of November 30, 2004 (the "Indenture") among the Company, each of the Guarantors, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee"), in connection with the issuance of the Notes, and (iii) the other Transaction Documents (as hereinafter defined). This opinion letter is provided pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided such terms in the Transaction Documents. In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined, among other things, the following documents (the "Transaction Documents"), all of which are dated as of November 30, 2004 (the "Closing Date") unless otherwise noted: 1. The Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $225,000,000; 2. The Purchase Agreement; 3. The Indenture; 4. The Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company, each of the Guarantors, and each of the Initial Purchasers (the "Registration Rights Agreement"); 5. The Letter of Representations by and among the Company, the Trustee and The Depository Trust Company (the "Letter of Representations"); 6. The Form of Exchange Note to be issued in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture (as so issued, the "Exchange Notes"); 7. The Notation of Guarantee, in the Form attached as [ Exhibit "E" ] to the Indenture and to be given in connection with the Notes by the Guarantors to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes (as so given, the "Guarantee Notations"); and 8. The Form of Notation of Guarantee, attached as [ Exhibit "E" ] to the Indenture and to be given in connection with the Exchange Notes by the Guarantors to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes (as so given, the "Exchange Note Guarantee Notations"). Exhibit C-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT In addition, we have examined a Certificate of Authority issued by the Florida Department of State dated November __, 2004, relating to the Company, and [Certificates of Status issued by the Florida Department of State dated various dates between November __ and __, 2004, relating to the FL Subsidiary Guarantors [LIST EACH FLORIDA CERTIFICATE SEPARATELY]. We also have reviewed such other instruments, certificates, documents, agreements, and written materials, and have considered such questions of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of rendering this opinion. As to any facts material to our opinion, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established by us, relied upon the aforesaid instruments, certificates, documents, agreements, and written materials. We were not present at the time the duly authorized representatives of the FL Subsidiary Guarantors physically executed or delivered any of the Transaction Documents and have, with your permission, relied upon certifications from certain officers of the FL Subsidiary Guarantors regarding their execution and delivery of, and/or witnessing of the actual execution and delivery of, inter alia, the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, and the Registration Rights Agreement, by such representatives, in each case with the actual and present intent of each FL Subsidiary Guarantor to create an immediately binding contract. Except for examination of the documents enumerated herein, we have made no independent investigation as to the organization, existence, or affairs of the Company or the FL Subsidiary Guarantors. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have made no examination of dockets or other public records, except as expressly set forth herein. In performing our examination, we have assumed (and relied entirely upon such assumption), without inquiry or other investigation: (a) the completeness and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals; (b) the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of all such copies; (c) the genuineness of all signatures; (d) the legal competence of all natural persons who are or act on behalf of parties to the Transaction Documents and each of the documents contemplated thereby; (e) the legal existence and good standing of all parties to the transaction, other than the FL Subsidiary Guarantors; (f) the power and authority of each person (other than the FL Subsidiary Guarantors) to execute, deliver and perform the Transaction Documents and the other document(s) executed and delivered by such person in connection therewith and to do each other act done or to be done by such person, including the taking of all corporate, shareholder, partnership, limited liability company or other action necessary to execute and deliver each such document and to perform all other obligations and otherwise to effect the transactions contemplated thereby; (g) the due authorization by each person (other than the FL Subsidiary Guarantors) to execute, deliver, and perform the Transaction Documents and each other document contemplated thereby to which such person is party and each other document executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered by such person; (h) the due execution and delivery by each person (other than the FL Subsidiary Guarantors) of the Transaction Documents and each other document contemplated thereby to which such person is a party and each other document executed and delivered or to be executed and delivered by such person; (i) the legality, validity, binding effect, and enforceability of the Transaction Documents as to each person to the extent any Transaction Document is not governed by New York or Florida law; (j) the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability as to each person (other than the Company and the Guarantors) of the Transaction Documents; (k) the legality, validity, binding effect and Exhibit C-2 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT enforceability as to each person of all other documents (other than the Transaction Documents) contemplated by the Transaction Documents and each other document executed and delivered by such person and each other act done or to be done by such person in connection therewith; (l) the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties and other statements as to all matters of fact (including factual conclusions and characterizations and descriptions of purpose, intention or other states of mind) set forth in the Transaction Documents and in the certificates of the Company and any of the Guarantors; (m) that there have been no undisclosed modifications of any provision of any document reviewed by us in connection with the rendering of this opinion and no undisclosed prior waiver of any right or any remedy contained in any of the documents; (n) that fair and adequate consideration has been given and received by all parties (including the Guarantors); (o) that there is and will be an economic benefit to each of the Guarantors from the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, which economic benefit is of reasonably equivalent value to the obligations being guaranteed by such Guarantor; (p) that the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Company and the Guarantors to the extent set forth in the opinions given below) have complied with all laws applicable to them that affect the transactions that are the subject of this opinion; (q) that such transactions comply with all tests of good faith, fairness, and conscionability required by law; (r) that routine procedural matters, such as service of process or qualification to do business in the relevant jurisdictions will be satisfied by the parties seeking to enforce the Transaction Documents; (s) that all statutes, judicial and administrative decisions, rules, and regulations constituting law for which we have assumed responsibility are constitutional and are published in a generally accessible manner; (t) that there are no other agreements or understandings among the parties that would modify the terms of the transactions or the respective rights or obligations of the parties to the Transaction Documents or the other documents relating thereto; (u) that there has been no mutual mistake of fact or fraud or duress with respect to the Transaction Documents; (v) that the Company and each Guarantor possesses all licenses, permits, approvals and qualifications necessary to enable it to perform its respective obligations under the Transaction Documents on which we are opining; (w) that the Notes have been or will be sold in the manner contemplated by the Offering Memorandum and in accordance with the procedures specified in the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture; (x) that each of the Notes has been authenticated as specified in the Indenture, and the Notes have been duly executed and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and as provided in the Offering Memorandum and the Indenture; (y) that (1) each of the Transaction Documents is in consideration of, or relates to an obligation arising out of, a transaction covering in the aggregate not less than the applicable amounts specified in Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York; and (2) subject to the preceding Clause (1), the choice of the law of the State of New York as the governing law for the Transaction Documents will be recognized in the courts of the State of New York as a valid choice of law in any action properly instituted to enforce any such Transaction Document, except to the extent that provisions of applicable law regarding enforcement of rights and remedies require the application of the law of another jurisdiction; (z) that the legal requirements of all jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Notes are offered or sold or where any Holders of the Notes are domiciled will be complied with, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations or orders of, or filings with, any governmental body, agency or court under the laws of such jurisdictions have been or will be obtained or made; (aa) that (1) the Transaction Documents (other than the Exchange Notes and Guarantee Notations) have been duly executed and delivered outside the State of Florida, and none of the Exhibit C-3 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT Transaction Documents involves or relates to a mortgage that is or will be recorded in the State of Florida, and (2) the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations, when issued in accordance with the procedures specified in the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, will be duly executed and delivered outside of the State of Florida; and (bb) that the liquidated damages provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement (I) are reasonable, compensatory in nature, not unconscionable and not intended as security for the performance of obligations thereunder, (II) are a good faith estimate of actual damages that would be sustained in the event of a default, (III) bear a reasonable relation to the actual amount of probable damage in the event of a default, (IV) are not plainly disproportionate to the injury that may be sustained, and (V) are not contrary to public policy, and that, in the view of the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement, the actual damages in the event of a default would be difficult to ascertain or estimate. No opinion is expressed with respect to the status of title to any real or personal property or other assets or with respect to the relative priority of any liens or security interests, if any, created by the Transaction Documents. Furthermore, we assume that all recording taxes and fees, documentary stamp taxes, and intangible taxes that may be due or owing to any jurisdiction or governmental or regulatory body (other than the State of New York or the State of Florida) have been paid. Whenever our opinion herein, with respect to the existence or absence of facts or circumstances, indicates that it is based on our knowledge or awareness, such indication signifies that, during the course of our representation of the Company and the FL Subsidiary Guarantors in this matter and as herein described, no information has come to the attention of the individual lawyers in the firm who have devoted substantive attention to the transaction to which this opinion relates which gave them actual, conscious awareness, other than as herein described, that any opinions so qualified by such indication of knowledge are incorrect, and no special or additional investigation has been undertaken for the purpose thereof. The opinion in paragraph 5 below is further qualified to the extent that the validity, binding effect and enforceability of any provision of the Transaction Documents, or any agreement or document contemplated thereby or executed in connection therewith, or any rights granted pursuant to the Transaction Documents, any agreement or document contemplated thereby or executed in connection therewith, or obligations incurred thereunder, may be subject to and affected by: (a) applicable bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally; (b) general principles of equity, including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and the exercise of equitable powers by a court of competent jurisdiction (and no opinion is expressed herein as to any specific or equitable relief of any kind or as to the availability of equitable remedies); and Exhibit C-4 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT (c) applicable state and Federal laws relating to fraudulent conveyances or fraudulent transfers, and indemnification for violations of securities laws, including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance laws that may result in the avoidance of the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantee Notations. In addition, we express no opinion as to the enforceability of the following: the "self-help" remedy and right to use collateral after default; contractual provisions respecting various summary remedies without adequate notice or opportunity for hearing or correction; any attempt in any Transaction Document to exclude or limit the effect of UCC choice of law provisions; contractual provisions waiving vaguely or broadly stated rights and contractual provisions stating that rights or remedies are not exclusive, that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to or with any other right or remedy, or that the election of some particular remedy or remedies does not preclude recourse to other remedies. We also express no opinion as to the enforceability or effectiveness of any provision in the Transaction Documents which purports to limit the applicability or effect of federal laws. Furthermore, we express no opinion as to the subject matter jurisdiction of the United States Federal Courts. Certain other remedies, waivers and other provisions of the Transaction Documents may not be enforceable, such as (and we express no opinion concerning the validity, binding effect or enforceability of): (i) provisions to the effect that failure to exercise, or delay in exercising, rights or remedies will not operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy; (ii) disclaimers, liability limitations with respect to third parties, releases, legal or equitable discharge of defenses, liquidated damages provisions (other than, subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, the liquidated damages provisions set forth in Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement), provisions purporting to waive the benefit of statutory or common law rights, or provisions releasing a party from, or indemnifying a party against, liability for its own wrongful or negligent acts, or where such release or indemnity is contrary to law or public policy; (iii) provisions that are determined to be a penalty or a forfeiture, including by reason of a party being required or allowed to pay, deliver, receive, or recover (or not to pay, deliver, receive, or recover) any amount or item; (iv) provisions that may require a party to pay any consequential, special, incidental, indirect, contingent, or exemplary damages or amounts; (v) provisions that relate to any waiver of obligations; (vi) provisions that relate to the conclusiveness or binding effect of any calculation or determination made by any person; (vii) provisions that relate to any affiliate of a party; (viii) provisions that relate to any oral agreement or waiver, or written but unsigned agreement or waiver, by a party not satisfying applicable statutes of fraud; (ix) provisions that require any amendment or waiver to be in writing, to the extent that an oral agreement or waiver, or an implied agreement or waiver, by trade practice or course of conduct has been created that modifies any such provision; (x) provisions that purport to create rights of set-off in favor of any party or that provide for set-off to be made otherwise than in accordance with applicable laws; or (xi) any provision that violates public policy. We express no opinion herein as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the States of Florida and New York, and the federal law of the United States of America, and assume no responsibility for the applicability or effect of any such other laws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we express no opinion concerning the following types of laws: creation (other than as provided for in Opinions 2 and 3 below) or perfection of any lien, encumbrance or collateral security interest under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise; federal and state securities laws and regulations; pension and employee benefit laws Exhibit C-5 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT and regulations such as ERISA; federal and state tax laws (other than Florida State tax laws to the extent set forth in the opinion in paragraph 8 below); federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws and regulations; federal and state regulations concerning filing requirements (such as Hart-Scott-Rodino); laws relating to compliance by the Trustee with fiduciary duty requirements generally applicable to the parties in this transaction; federal and state environmental laws and regulations; federal and state land use laws and regulations; and local laws (including statutes, administrative decisions, and rules and regulations of county, municipal, and political subdivisions). We have assumed that, as to matters of title and priority, each of the Company and the Guarantors has good title to or a sufficient interest in the real and personal property covered by the Transaction Documents. In rendering this opinion, we express no opinion as to any laws regulating the types of investments which can be properly made by, or the legal lending limits of, the Trustee, the Initial Purchasers, or any of the Holders of the Notes, or compliance or the effect of noncompliance by the Trustee, the Initial Purchasers, or any of the Holders of the Notes with any state or federal laws or regulations applicable to the Trustee, the Initial Purchasers, or any of the Holders of the Notes in connection with the transactions described in the Transaction Documents. In addition, we express no opinion as to state or federal taxes relating to the taxation of income or real or personal property that may be imposed upon the Trustee, any of the Initial Purchasers, any of the Holders of the Notes, or their successors and assigns, in connection with ownership of the Notes, the Transaction Documents or the income derived therefrom. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the further qualifications, limitations, restrictions and assumptions hereinafter set forth, we are of the opinion that: 1. The Company is registered to transact business as a foreign corporation in the State of Florida. 2. Opryland is a limited partnership which has been formed under the Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and its status is active. Opryland has the partnership power to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Assuming that Opryland Hospitality, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company, the general partner of Opryland (the "General Partner") has taken all action necessary under Tennessee law to authorize the execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by the General Partner as the general partner of Opryland, then Opryland has taken all necessary action under its certificate of limited partnership, its limited partnership agreement, and the Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act to authorize the execution and delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which Opryland is a party. [Opryland has duly executed and delivered each of the Transaction Documents (other than the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations) to which it is a party.] No consent of or filing with the State of Florida, or any regulatory authority or administrative body thereof, is required in connection with the execution, delivery, and performance by Opryland of any Transaction Document to which it is a party. The execution and delivery by Opryland of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not, and the performance of Opryland of its obligations thereunder, will not, (i) violate or result in a breach of Opryland's certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement, (ii) result in the creation of or imposition of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of Opryland as a result of any Exhibit C-6 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT applicable Florida statutory law or Florida state administrative regulation known to us and generally applicable to Opryland, or (iii) to our knowledge, result in any violation of any applicable Florida statutory law or Florida state administrative regulation known to us and generally applicable to Opryland. 3. Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations [NEED TO DEFINE] set forth on the attached Exhibit C (collectively, the "Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations", and each a "Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporation") is incorporated under the Florida Business Corporation Act and its status is active. Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations has the corporate power to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations has taken all necessary action under its Organizational Documents and the Florida Business Corporation Act to authorize the execution and delivery of, and performance of its respective obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. [Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations has duly executed and delivered each of the Transaction Documents (other than the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations) to which it is a party.] No consent of or filing with the State of Florida, any regulatory authority or administrative body thereof, is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations of any Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution and delivery by each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporations of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not, and the performance of such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporation of its respective obligations thereunder will not, (i) violate or result in a breach of the respective Organizational Documents of such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporation, (ii) result in the creation of or imposition of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporation as a result of any applicable Florida statutory law or Florida state administrative regulation known to us and generally applicable to such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporation, or (iii) to our knowledge, result in any violation of any applicable Florida statutory law or Florida state administrative regulation known to us and generally applicable to such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor Corporation. 4. Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs [NEED TO DEFINE] set forth on the attached Exhibit D (the "Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs", and each a "Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC") is a limited liability company which has been formed under the Florida Limited Liability Company Act and its status is active. Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs has the limited liability company power to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs has taken all necessary action under its Organizational Documents and the Florida Limited Liability Company Act to authorize the execution and delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, the Transaction Documents to which such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC is a party. [Each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs has duly executed and delivered each of the Transaction Documents (other than the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations) to which it is a party.] No consent of or filing with the State of Florida, any regulatory authority or administrative body thereof, is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by each of the Florida Exhibit C-7 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs of any Transaction Document to which it is a party. The execution and delivery by each of the Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLCs of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not, and the performance of such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC of its respective obligations thereunder will not, violate or result in a breach of such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC's Organizational Documents, (ii) result in the creation of or imposition of any material lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC as a result of any applicable Florida statutory law or Florida state administrative regulation known to us and generally applicable to such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC, or (iii) to our knowledge, result in any violation of any applicable Florida statutory law or Florida state administrative regulation known to us and generally applicable to such Florida Subsidiary Guarantor LLC. 5. Each of the Transaction Documents (other than the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations) constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company and each of the Guarantors, as applicable (to the extent that each such person or entity is a party thereto), enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors (to the extent that each such person or entity is a party thereto), in accordance with their respective terms, and the Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. Upon due execution, delivery, authentication, and payment in accordance with the procedures and specifications set forth in the Offering Memorandum, the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement, and assuming that (i) the Exchange Notes as issued, authenticated and delivered are in form and substance identical to the Form of Exchange Note reviewed by us, and (ii) the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations as issued and delivered are in form and substance identical to the Form of Exchange Note Guarantee Notation reviewed by us, then each of the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Note Guarantee Notations will constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company and each of the Guarantors, as applicable, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors under New York law in accordance with their respective terms, and the Exchange Notes will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 6. In any proceedings taken against the Company or the Guarantors in any Florida state court or in any Federal court applying Florida law (each, a "Reviewing Court") in connection with the Transaction Documents which, by their terms, are governed by New York law (collectively, the "New York Documents"), to the extent that (i) the transactions which are the subject of the New York Documents are the result of arm's length negotiations among the parties, (ii) another choice of law is not mandated by any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or the State of Florida, (iii) there is no direct conflict between the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the State of Florida, (iv) the application of New York law to such New York Documents is not determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to any public policy of the State of Florida, (v) substantial contacts between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the State of New York, on the other hand, exist, and (vi) the Reviewing Court is properly presented with and briefed on all relevant issues and properly applies the law of the State of Florida, then the Reviewing Court would uphold the choice of New York law as a valid choice of the governing law for the New York Documents. In giving the opinion in this paragraph, we have assumed that (a) some of the parties who negotiated the Transaction Documents were in the State of New York during those negotiations, (b) the Trustee has a place of business in the State of New York, (c) the Transaction Documents were delivered in the State of New York, and (d) the purchase price of the Securities Exhibit C-8 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT payable by the Initial Purchasers to the Company pursuant to the Purchase Agreement will be funded in the State of New York. 7. Provided that, for purposes of the application of Section 5-501.6.b of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York, the initial principal balance of all of the Notes is aggregated and treated as one single loan or forbearance, then the interest required to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture will not violate any applicable usury laws of the State of New York. Provided that the interest and any payment or property charged, reserved, or taken by the Trustee for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of the Notes, that is in the nature of interest is not charged at a rate in excess of 25% per annum on the principal balance from time to time outstanding, then the payment by the Company and receipt by the Trustee, for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of the Notes, of all amounts required to be paid pursuant to the Notes and the Indenture will not violate the usury laws of the State of Florida. 8. There is no mortgage, recording, registration, stamp, or other similar tax or fee due to the State of New York or the State of Florida in connection with the execution, delivery, recordation or filing of, or the Company's performance under, as the case may be, any Transaction Document, except nominal filing and recording fees. This opinion is rendered solely for your benefit and the benefit of your respective successors and assigns, in connection with your purchase of the Notes, and may not be relied upon by any other person or for any other purpose without our written consent. Any successor or assign may rely on this opinion only as if it were delivered to it on and as of the date hereof. We express no opinion with respect to any issue arising out of or related to (i) the identity or status of any Holders of the Notes or any transferee of Holders of the Notes or any (ii) a securitization and/or syndication of the Notes, or (iii) any subsequent transaction. No person or entity acquiring any rights of the Initial Purchasers or any Holders of the Notes through subrogation may rely on this opinion or be entitled to any rights with respect to this opinion. The opinions expressed herein are as of the date hereof only, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions to reflect any fact or circumstance that may hereafter come to our attention or any change in law that may hereafter occur or become effective or in connection with any subsequent transaction. This letter is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no opinions are intended to be implied or may be inferred beyond those expressly stated herein. Exhibit C-9 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT ANNEX I RESALE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S OR RULE 144A. Each Initial Purchaser understands that: Such Initial Purchaser agrees that (i) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. Person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S of the Securities Act or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Securities (including any "tombstone" advertisement) to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Securities by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 under the Securities Act, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect: "The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the Offering and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or Rule 144A or to Accredited Institutions in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Notes covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S." Such Initial Purchaser agrees that the Securities offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be represented upon issuance by a global security that may not be exchanged for definitive securities until the expiration of the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of the Securities Act and only upon certification of beneficial ownership of such Securities by non-U.S. persons or U.S. persons who purchased such Securities in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Annex I-1 GAYLORD - PURCHASE AGREEMENT


                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                      DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
                                 60 WALL STREET
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019

                                                               November 16, 2004

Gaylord Entertainment Company
One Gaylord Drive
Nashville, Tennessee  37214-1296
Attn:    Mr. David Kloeppel
         Chief Financial Officer

         Re:      Credit Agreement dated as of November 30, 2003, amended by
                  First Amendment to Credit Agreement and Ratification of
                  Guarantee dated as of December 17, 2003 (as so amended, the
                  "CREDIT AGREEMENT") by and among Opryland Hotel-Florida
                  Limited Partnership, as Borrower, Gaylord Entertainment
                  Company, as Parent Guarantor, the Lenders party thereto and
                  Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Administrative Agent
                  for itself and such Lenders; Capitalized terms not separately
                  defined in this letter shall have the definitions ascribed
                  thereto in the Credit Agreement.

Dear Mr. Kloeppel:

                  Gaylord Entertainment Company ("GET") has advised Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas ("DBTCA"), as Administrative Agent under the Credit
Agreement, that GET desires to (a) issue $225 million principal amount of senior
unsecured notes (the "NEW NOTES") substantially as summarized in the attached
Summary (the "SUMMARY") provided to DBTCA by GET and (b) use the net proceeds of
the New Notes to repay in full the Nashville Senior Loan and for general
corporate purposes, subject to all applicable terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement. GET has requested that DBTCA and the Majority Lenders consent to the
issuance of the New Notes and to such application of the proceeds thereof.

                  This letter is to confirm that the Administrative Agent and
the Majority Lenders consent to the issuance of the New Notes, substantially as
described in the Summary, insofar as the same would otherwise constitute
Indebtedness prohibited by Section 6.14 of the Credit Agreement, provided that

                           (i) the New Notes are issued on or before December
31, 2004;

                           (ii) the proceeds of the New Notes are applied to
repayment in full of the Nashville Senior Loan within 60 days after receipt of
such proceeds by GET;

                           (iii) pending such repayment of the Nashville Senior
Loan, a portion of the cash proceeds of the New Notes sufficient to pay the
Nashville Senior Loan in full shall be



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held by GET in a segregated account or accounts for the sole purpose of paying
the Nashville Senior Loan in full (it being understand that the cash so held
shall be deemed to be "Unrestricted Cash On Hand" for purposes of the
computations required by Section 6.25 of the Credit Agreement);

                           (iv) within 30 days after repayment of the Nashville
Senior Indebtedness, OHN shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
instruments of Adherence with respect to the Guaranty and the Environmental
Indemnity Agreement (substantially in the form of Exhibit H to the Credit
Agreement, properly completed), together with such Organizational Documents,
certifications, consents, resolutions and legal opinions with respect to
authorization, enforceability and related matters as Administrative Agent may
request;

                           (v) any remaining balance of such proceeds shall be
used by GET for general corporate purposes, subject to all applicable terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreement; and

                           (vi) GET shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
copies of all offering materials and other material documents evidencing its
issuance of the New Notes and the terms thereof as soon as such materials and
documents have been prepared.

                  Nothing in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed a waiver of
any of the terms or provisions of Section 6.25 of the Credit Agreement or any
other terms or provisions of the Credit Agreement (or of any other Loan
Document) not expressly described in the preceding paragraph.

                  This letter agreement shall not be effective unless and until
it is executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent and the Majority
Lenders and by Borrower, Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors,
whereupon this letter agreement shall be effective as of the date first written
above.

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004
                                          Very truly yours,

                                          DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
                                             AMERICAS, individually and as
                                             Administrative Agent

                                          By /s/ George R. Reynolds
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name: George R. Reynolds
                                             Title: Vice President

                                          BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                                          By: /s/ Roger C. Davis
                                              ----------------------------------
                                              Name: Roger C. Davis
                                              Title: Senior Vice President

                                          CIBC INC.

                                          By: /s/ Dean Decker
                                              ----------------------------------
                                                Name: Dean Decker
                                                Title: Managing Director

                                          FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                                          By: /s/ Roger C. Davis
                                              ----------------------------------
                                                Name: Roger C. Davis
                                                Title: Senior Vice President

                                          MIDFIRST BANK, a Federally Chartered
                                          Savings Association

                                          By:___________________________________
                                                Name:
                                                Title:

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004

                                          CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.

                                          By: /s/ Blake Gronich
                                              -----------------------------
                                                Name: Blake Gronich
                                                Title: Vice President

Agreed to and accepted as of
the date first written above

BORROWER:

OPRYLAND HOTEL - FLORIDA
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Florida limited
partnership

By: Opryland Hospitality, LLC, its general
    partner

    By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
        -------------------------------
        Name: David C. Kloeppel
        Title: Executive Vice President

PARENT GUARANTOR:

GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -------------------------------
    Name: David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President &
           Chief Financial Officer

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:

CCK HOLDINGS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

CORPORATE MAGIC, INC.,
a Texas corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

GAYLORD CREATIVE GROUP, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

GAYLORD HOTELS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

GAYLORD INVESTMENTS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004

GAYLORD PROGRAM SERVICES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

GRAND OLE OPRY TOURS, INC.,
a Tennessee corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

OLH, G.P., a Tennessee general partnership

By:Gaylord Entertainment Company, a general
   partner

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

OLH HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

OPRYLAND ATTRACTIONS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004

OPRYLAND HOSPITALITY, LLC, Tennessee
limited liability company

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

OPRYLAND HOTEL - TEXAS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By: Gaylord Hotels, LLC, its sole member

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President and
           Chief Financial Officer

OPRYLAND PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
a Tennessee corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

OPRYLAND THEATRICALS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

WILDHORSE SALOON ENTERTAINMENT
VENTURES, INC., a Tennessee corporation

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    -----------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004

OPRYLAND HOTEL-TEXAS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
 partnership

By: Opryland Hospitality, LLC, its general
    partner

    By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
        ---------------------------------
        Name:  David C. Kloeppel
        Title:Executive Vice President

ABBOTT & ANDREWS REALTY, LLC, a
Florida limited liability company

ABBOTT REALTY SERVICES, INC., a
Florida corporation

ABBOTT RESORTS, LLC, a Florida limited
liability company

ACCOMMODATIONS CENTER, INC., a
Colorado corporation

ADVANTAGE VACATION HOMES BY
STYLES, LLC, a Florida limited liability
company

B&B ON THE BEACH, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

BASE MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES INC., a
Delaware corporation

BLUEBILL PROPERTIES LLC, a Florida
limited liability company

BRINDLEY & BRINDLEY REALTY &
DEVELOPMENT, INC., a North Carolina
corporation

COASTAL REAL ESTATE SALES, LLC, a
Florida limited liability company

COASTAL RESORTS MANAGEMENT, INC., a
Delaware corporation

COASTAL RESORTS REALTY, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company

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November 16, 2004

COATES, REID & WALDRON INC., a
Delaware corporation

COLLECTION OF FINE PROPERTIES,
INC., a Colorado corporation

COLUMBINE MANAGEMENT COMPANY,
a Colorado corporation

COVE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., a
California corporation

CRW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC., a
Delaware corporation

EXCLUSIVE VACATION PROPERTIES
INC., a Delaware corporation

FIRST RESORT SOFTWARE, INC., a
Colorado corporation

HIGH COUNTRY RESORTS, INC., a
Delaware corporation

HOUSTON & O'LEARY COMPANY, a
Colorado corporation

K-T-F ACQUISITION CO., a Delaware
corporation

MAUI CONDOMINIUM AND HOME
REALTY INC., a Hawaii corporation

MOUNTAIN VALLEY PROPERTIES INC., a
Delaware corporation

PEAK SKI RENTALS, LLC, a Colorado
limited liability company

PLANTATION RESORT MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Delaware corporation

PRISCILLA MURPHY REALTY, LLC, a
Florida limited liability company

R&R RESORT RENTAL PROPERTIES,
INC., a North Carolina corporation

REP HOLDINGS, LTD., a Hawaii corporation

RESORT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Utah corporation

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
November 16, 2004

RESORTQUEST HILTON HEAD, INC., a
Delaware corporation

RESORTQUEST INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation

RESORT RENTAL VACATIONS, LLC, a
Tennessee limited liability company

RIDGEPINE, INC., a Delaware corporation

RYAN'S GOLDEN EAGLE MANAGEMENT
INC., a Montana corporation

SCOTTSDALE RESORT
ACCOMMODATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation

STEAMBOAT PREMIER PROPERTIES, a
Delaware corporation

STYLES ESTATES, LLC, a Florida limited
liability company

TELLURIDE RESORT
ACCOMMODATIONS, INC., a Colorado
corporation

TEN MILE HOLDINGS, LTD., a Colorado
corporation

THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC., a
Georgia corporation

THE MAURY PEOPLE, INC., a Massachusetts
corporation

THE TOPS'L GROUP, INC., a Florida
corporation

TOPS'L CLUB OF NW FLORIDA, LLC, a
Florida limited liability company

TRUPP-HODNETT ENTERPRISES, INC., a
Georgia corporation

RESORTQUEST SOUTHWEST FLORIDA,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

By: /s/ Carter R. Todd
    -------------------------------------
    Name: Carter R. Todd
    Title:Vice President and Secretary

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November 16, 2004

OFFICE AND STORAGE LLC, a Hawaii
limited liability company

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    ------------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel

RQI HOLDINGS, LTD., a Hawaii corporation

By: /s/ Mark Fioravanti
    ------------------------------------
    Name:  Mark Fioravanti
    Title: Executive Vice President

RESORTQUEST HAWAII, LLC, a Hawaii
limited liability company

By: /s/ David C. Kloeppel
    ------------------------------------
    Name:  David C. Kloeppel
    Title: Executive Vice President

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                            Summary of Notes Offering

Gaylord Entertainment Company is planning to issue its unsecured senior notes in
the principal amount of $225,000,000, maturing 2014 issued, under Rule 144A (the
"Notes"). The Notes will be guaranteed by substantially all of the Parent
Guarantor's subsidiaries. The terms of the Notes (other than maturity and rate)
will be substantially similar to the existing $350,000,000 of 8% senior notes
issued by the Parent Guarantor in 2003 (defined as the "Senior Notes" in the
Credit Agreement). The proceeds of the Notes will be used to repay in full the
Nashville Senior Loan (which has an outstanding balance of approximately
$193,000,000), and for general corporate purposes. Because of a notice period
and required payment date, the Nashville Senior Loan will not be repaid for up
to 60 days following issuance of the Notes.

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