Gaylord Entertainment Company
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-124251
PROSPECTUS
$225,000,000
Gaylord Entertainment Company
6.75% Senior Notes due 2014
Terms of the new 6.75% senior notes offered in the exchange
offer:
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The terms of the new notes are identical to the terms of the
outstanding notes, which were issued in a private placement on
November 30, 2004, except that the new notes have been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and will not contain
restrictions on transfer, or certain registration rights or
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The outstanding notes and the new notes are fully and
unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally by all of our
existing domestic subsidiaries that are borrowers or guarantors
under our 8% senior notes. Each such guarantee is a general
unsecured obligation of the guarantor, is effectively
subordinated to any secured indebtedness of each guarantor, is
equal in right of payment with any unsecured, unsubordinated
indebtedness of each guarantor, and is senior in right of
payment to any subordinated indebtedness of each guarantor. |
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We do not intend to list the new notes on any national
securities exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market. |
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Approximately $3.7 million of the Companys secured
debt and our non-guarantor subsidiaries debt and
liabilities (excluding intercompany liabilities) will rank
senior to the new notes. In addition, any future indebtedness
under our new $600 million credit facility will rank senior to
the new notes to the extent of the assets securing such
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Terms of the exchange offer:
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We are offering to exchange up to $225,000,000 of our
outstanding 6.75% senior notes due 2014 for new notes with
materially identical terms that have been registered under the
Securities Act and are generally freely tradable. |
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We will exchange all outstanding notes that you validly tender
and do not validly withdraw before the exchange offer expires
for an equal principal amount of new notes. |
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The exchange offer expires at 12:00 midnight, Eastern time,
on June 9, 2005, unless extended. |
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Tenders of outstanding notes may be withdrawn at any time prior
to the expiration of the exchange offer. |
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The exchange of new notes for outstanding notes will not be a
taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. |
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should carefully consider the Risk Factors beginning on
page 15 of this prospectus before participating in the
exchange offer.
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broker-dealer who holds outstanding notes acquired for its own
account as a result of market-making activities or other trading
activities, and who receives the new notes in exchange for the
outstanding notes in the exchange offer, may be deemed a
statutory underwriter. Additionally, a broker-dealer:
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that receives new notes pursuant to the exchange offer must
acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with
any resale of the new notes; |
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that acquired the outstanding notes as a result of market making
or other trading activities, may use this prospectus, as
supplemented or amended, in connection with resales of the new
notes; and |
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that acquired the outstanding notes directly from us in the
initial offering must, in the absence of an exemption, comply
with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with the secondary
resales and cannot rely on the position of the Securities and
Exchange Commission staff enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings
Corporation, SEC No-Action Letter (April 13, 1989). |
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the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of the new notes or
determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
May 11, 2005
You should rely only on the information contained in or
incorporated by reference in this prospectus and in the
accompanying letter of transmittal. We have not authorized
anyone to provide you with different information. We are not
making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where
the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the
information appearing in this prospectus is accurate only as of
the date on the front cover of this prospectus. Our business,
financial condition, results of operations and prospects may
have changed since that date.
This prospectus incorporates by reference important business
and financial information about us that is not included in or
delivered with this prospectus. See Where You Can Find
Additional Information and Incorporation of Certain
Documents by Reference. This information, excluding
exhibits to the information unless the exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into the information, is available
without charge to any holder or beneficial owner of outstanding
notes upon written or oral request to Gaylord Entertainment
Company, One Gaylord Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37214, Attn:
Corporate Secretary, Telephone: (615) 316-6000. To obtain
timely delivery of this information, you must request this
information no later than five business days before the
expiration of the exchange offer. Therefore, you must request
information on or before June 2, 2005.
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SUMMARY
This summary highlights the information contained elsewhere
in this prospectus. Because this is only a summary, it does not
contain all the information that may be important to you. For a
more complete understanding of this exchange offer, we encourage
you to read this entire prospectus, the documents incorporated
by reference into this prospectus and the documents to which we
refer you. You should read the following summary together with
the more detailed information and consolidated financial
statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere
in this prospectus. You should also carefully consider the
matters discussed in Risk Factors. References to
notes means both the outstanding notes and the new
notes unless the context otherwise requires. References to the
Company, Gaylord, we,
us and our refer to Gaylord
Entertainment Company and its subsidiaries.
The Exchange Offer
On November 30, 2004, we completed a private offering of
the outstanding notes. We entered into a registration rights
agreement with the initial purchasers of the outstanding notes
in which we agreed to deliver you this prospectus.
The new notes will be identical to the outstanding notes except
that the new notes have been registered under the Securities Act
and will not have restrictions on transfer or certain
registration rights. The new notes will evidence the same debt
as the outstanding notes, and the same indenture will govern the
new notes and the outstanding notes. The exchange offer will not
have any impact on the amount or the accounting treatment of the
indebtedness outstanding under the notes.
The following summary contains basic information about the new
notes. For a more complete understanding of the new notes, see
Description of Notes.
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Issuer |
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Gaylord Entertainment Company. |
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Securities |
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$225.0 million in principal amount of senior notes due 2014. |
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Maturity |
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November 15, 2014. |
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Interest |
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Annual rate: 6.75%. |
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Payment frequency: every six months on May 15 and
November 15. |
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First payment: May 15, 2005. |
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Outstanding Notes |
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6.75% senior notes due 2014, which were issued on
November 30, 2004. |
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New Notes |
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6.75% senior notes due 2014, which have been registered under
the Securities Act. |
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Registration Rights Agreement |
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You are entitled under the registration rights agreement to
exchange your outstanding notes for new registered notes with
substantially identical terms. The exchange offer is intended to
satisfy these rights. After the exchange offer is complete,
except as set forth in the next paragraph, you will no longer be
entitled to any exchange or registration rights with respect to
your outstanding notes. |
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The registration rights agreement requires us to file a
registration statement for a continuous offering in accordance
with Rule 415 under the Securities Act for your benefit if
you would not receive freely tradeable registered notes in the
exchange offer or you are ineligible to participate in the
exchange offer and indicate that you wish to have your
outstanding notes registered |
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under the Securities Act. See The Exchange
Offer Procedures for Tendering. |
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Exchange Offer |
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We are offering to exchange new notes for outstanding notes. The
exchange offer is not conditioned on a minimum aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding notes being tendered. |
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Resales of the New Notes |
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We believe that the new notes to be issued in the exchange offer
may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by
you without compliance with the registration and prospectus
delivery provisions of the Securities Act if you meet the
following conditions: |
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(1) the new notes are acquired by you in the ordinary
course of your business; |
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(2) you are not engaging in and do not intend to engage in
a distribution of the new notes; |
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(3) you do not have an arrangement or understanding with
any person to participate in the distribution of the new notes;
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(4) you are not an affiliate of ours, as that term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. |
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Our belief is based on interpretations by the staff of the
Commission, as set forth on no-action letters issued to third
parties unrelated to us. The staff has not considered this
exchange offer in the context of a no-action letter, and we
cannot assure you that the staff would make a similar
determination with respect to this exchange offer. |
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If you do not meet the above conditions, you may incur liability
under the Securities Act if you transfer any registered note
without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the
Securities Act. We do not assume or indemnify you against that
liability. |
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Each broker-dealer that is issued new notes in the exchange
offer for its own account in exchange for old notes which were
acquired by that broker-dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities must agree to deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resales of the new notes. A broker-dealer
may use this prospectus for an offer to resell or to otherwise
transfer these new notes. |
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For more information on resales of the new notes, see The
Exchange Offer Resale of the New Notes. |
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Expiration Date |
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The exchange offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, Eastern
time, on June 9, 2005, unless we decide to extend it. |
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Conditions to the Exchange Offer |
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The only material conditions to our consummating the exchange
offer are that the exchange offer not violate applicable law or
interpretations of the Commission staff and that no injunction,
order or decree has been issued which would prohibit, prevent or
materially impair our ability to proceed with the exchange
offer. See The Exchange Offer Conditions to
the Exchange Offer. |
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There are no federal or state regulatory requirements that we
must comply with in connection with the exchange offer, other
than our obligations in connection with this prospectus. |
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Procedures for Tendering Outstanding Notes |
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To participate in the exchange offer, you must complete, sign
and date the letter of transmittal and send it, together with
all other documents required by the letter of transmittal,
including the outstanding notes that you wish to exchange, to
U.S. Bank National Association, as exchange agent, at the
address indicated on the cover page of the letter of
transmittal. In the alternative, you can tender your outstanding
notes by following the procedures for book-entry transfer
described in this prospectus. |
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If your outstanding notes are held through The Depository Trust
Company, or DTC, and you wish to participate in the exchange
offer, you may do so through the automated tender offer program
of DTC. If you tender under this program, you will agree to be
bound by the letter of transmittal that we are providing with
this prospectus as though you had signed the letter of
transmittal. |
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If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other
nominee is the registered holder of your outstanding notes, we
urge you to contact that person promptly to tender your
outstanding notes in the exchange offer. |
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For more information on tendering your outstanding notes, see
The Exchange Offer Terms of the Exchange
Offer, Procedures for Tendering
and Book-Entry Transfer. |
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Guaranteed Delivery Procedures |
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If you wish to tender your outstanding notes and you cannot get
your required documents to the exchange agent on time, you may
tender your outstanding notes according to the guaranteed
delivery procedures described in The Exchange
Offer Guaranteed Delivery Procedures. |
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Withdrawal of Tenders |
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You may withdraw your tender of outstanding notes at any time
prior to the expiration date of the exchange offer. To withdraw,
you must deliver a written or facsimile transmission notice of
withdrawal to the exchange agent at its address indicated on the
cover page of the letter of transmittal before
12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on the expiration date of the
exchange offer. |
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If you fulfill all conditions required for proper acceptance of
outstanding notes, we will accept any and all outstanding notes
that you properly tender in the exchange offer on or before
12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on the expiration date. We
will return any outstanding notes that we do not accept for
exchange to you as promptly as practicable after the expiration
date and acceptance of the outstanding notes for exchange. See
The Exchange Offer Terms of the Exchange
Offer. |
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Each broker-dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act
that receives new notes for its own account in exchange for
outstanding notes, when such outstanding notes were acquired by
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other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver
a prospectus in connection with any resale of those new notes.
See Plan of Distribution. |
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Fees and Expenses |
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We will bear all expenses related to the exchange offer. See
Exchange Offer Fees and Expenses. |
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Federal and State Regulatory Requirements |
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No regulatory approvals are being sought in connection with the
exchange offer. |
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Use of Proceeds |
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We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the new
notes. We are making this exchange offer solely to satisfy our
obligations under the registration rights agreement. |
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Consequences of Failure to Exchange Outstanding Notes |
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If you do not exchange your outstanding notes in this exchange
offer, you will no longer be able to require us to register the
outstanding notes under the Securities Act, except in the
limited circumstances provided under the registration rights
agreement. In addition, you will not be able to resell, offer to
resell or otherwise transfer the outstanding notes unless we
have registered the outstanding notes under the Securities Act,
or unless you resell, offer to resell or otherwise transfer the
outstanding notes under an exemption from the registration
requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the
Securities Act. |
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U.S. Federal Income Tax
Considerations |
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The exchange of the new notes for the outstanding notes in the
exchange offer will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. See Material U.S. Federal Income Tax
Considerations. |
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Exchange Agent and Trustee |
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We have appointed U.S. Bank National Association as exchange
agent for the exchange offer. U.S. Bank National
Association also serves as the trustee under the indenture
governing the notes. You should direct questions and requests
for assistance, requests for additional copies of this
prospectus or the letter of transmittal and requests for the
notice of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent addressed as
follows: U.S. Bank National Association, 60 Livingston
Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-2292, Attention:
Specialized Finance, (800) 934-6802. Eligible institutions
may make requests by facsimile at (651) 495-8158. |
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Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreement among
us, the guarantors and the initial purchasers of the outstanding
notes, we and the guarantors have agreed: |
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to file a registration statement on or prior to
150 days after the date of issuance of the outstanding
notes with respect to an offer to exchange the outstanding notes
for new registered notes with substantially identical terms to
the outstanding notes, except that the new notes will not
contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions; |
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to use our best efforts to cause the registration
statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
within 240 days after the date of the issuance of the
outstanding notes; and |
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upon the exchange offer registration statement being
declared effective, to offer the new notes in exchange for
surrender of the outstanding notes. |
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In the event that the exchange offer is not permitted by
applicable law or Commission policy or any holder notifies us
prior to the 20th day following the consummation of the exchange
offer that such holder (i) is prohibited by law or
Commission policy from participating in the exchange offer,
(ii) may not resell the new notes acquired in the exchange
offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and this
prospectus is not appropriate or available for such resales, or
(iii) is a broker-dealer who holds notes acquired directly
from us or any of our affiliates, we and the guarantors will
also be required to provide a shelf registration statement to
cover resales of the notes by the holders thereof. |
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All of our subsidiaries that have guaranteed our 8% senior notes
will fully and unconditionally and jointly and severally
guarantee the new notes on a senior unsecured basis. |
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Ranking |
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The new notes will be unsecured unsubordinated debt of Gaylord
Entertainment Company. Accordingly, they will rank: |
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equally with all of its existing and future
unsecured unsubordinated debt; |
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effectively subordinated to its existing and future
secured debt to the extent of the assets securing such debt,
including our new $600 million credit facility; |
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ahead of any of its existing and future subordinated
debt; and |
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structurally behind all of the existing and future
liabilities of its subsidiaries that are not guarantors. |
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The guarantees will be general unsecured unsubordinated
obligations of the guarantors. Accordingly, they will rank
equally with all unsecured unsubordinated debt of the
guarantors, effectively behind all secured debt of the
guarantors to the extent of the assets securing such debt, ahead
of all future subordinated debt of the guarantors and behind all
debt and other liabilities of our non-guarantor subsidiaries. As
of March 31, 2005, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had
$1.9 million of indebtedness and other liabilities
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The Companys ability to incur additional indebtedness,
including additional senior indebtedness, is limited as
described in Incurrence of Indebtedness.
As of March 31, 2005, we had $581.6 million of debt
outstanding (inclusive of capital lease obligations but
exclusive of our $613.1 million secured forward exchange
contract), $1.9 million of which was secured debt. This
significant amount of debt could prevent us from satisfying our
obligations under the new notes. |
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Optional Redemption |
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We may redeem the new notes, in whole or in part, at any time on
or after November 15, 2009, at the redemption prices
described in the section Description of Notes
Optional Redemption, plus accrued and unpaid interest. |
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In addition, on or before November 15, 2007, we may redeem
up to 35% of the notes with the net cash proceeds from certain
equity offerings at the redemption price listed in
Description of Notes Optional
Redemption. However, we may only make such redemptions if
at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of notes issued
under the indenture remains outstanding immediately after the
occurrence of such redemption. |
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If we experience specific kinds of changes in control, we must
offer to purchase the new notes at 101% of their face amount,
plus accrued interest. Such offer to purchase may be prohibited
by our new $600 million credit facility if we fail to
obtain the consent of our lenders thereunder. In such event, our
failure to purchase the notes would be an event of default under
the indenture. For more detail, see Description of
Notes Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control. Our ability to
enter into mergers, consolidations or asset sale transactions is
restricted as described below in Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets. |
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The indenture governing the notes, among other things, limits
our ability and the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to: |
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borrow money or sell preferred stock; |
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create liens; |
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pay dividends on or redeem or repurchase stock; |
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make certain types of investments; |
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sell stock in our restricted subsidiaries; |
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restrict dividends or other payments from
subsidiaries; |
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enter into transactions with affiliates; |
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issue guarantees of debt; and |
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sell assets or merge with other companies. |
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These covenants contain important exceptions, limitations and
qualifications. For more details, see Description of
Notes. |
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Other than certain types of permitted indebtedness, the
indenture governing the notes restricts us and our restricted
subsidiaries from incurring any additional indebtedness,
including the issuance of any senior indebtedness, and restricts
our restricted subsidiaries from issuing any preferred stock,
unless we have a fixed charge coverage ratio for our four most
recent fiscal quarters of at least 2.0 to 1, determined as if
the additional indebtedness was outstanding for the four quarter
period. For more details, see Description of
Notes Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. |
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Under the indenture governing the notes, we are not permitted to
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all of our assets unless certain conditions are met, including
(a) the surviving corporation assumes all obligations under
the notes and (b) immediately after giving effect to such
transaction on a pro forma basis the surviving corporation would
(a) be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional indebtedness
under the fixed charge coverage test described above or
(b) have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that exceeds the
Companys Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (determined without
giving effect to such transaction). For more details, see
Description of Notes Certain
Covenants Merger, Consolidation or Sale of
Assets. |
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Restricted Payments |
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Generally, unless permitted as specified below, we are
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declaring or paying dividends (other than certain
dividends payable in our equity securities); |
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purchasing, redeeming or otherwise acquiring any of
our equity interests; |
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with certain exceptions, making any payment on, or
purchasing, redeeming, defeasing or otherwise acquiring any
indebtedness that is subordinated to the notes; |
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making certain payments, repurchases, redemptions or
defeasances of our obligations under the SAILS forward exchange
contract; and |
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making any investment that is not of a type
permitted under the indenture. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may make a payment described
above if, after giving effect to such payment, we are not in
default, would be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional
indebtedness under the fixed charge coverage test described
above and such payment (together with the amount of certain
other restricted payments made by us since the date of the
indenture) is less than the sum of |
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an amount equal to our consolidated cash flow (from
the beginning of the first fiscal quarter after
November 12, 2003 to the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter) less the product of 2.0 times our fixed charges for the
same period; plus |
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100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by
us since November 12, 2003 as contribution to our common
equity capital or from the issue or sale of our equity
securities; plus |
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the net reduction in our investments made after
November 12, 2003 resulting from repayment of loans or
advances or other transfers of assets or from the sale of any
such investment. |
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For more details, see Description of Notes
Certain Covenants Restricted Payments. |
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Generally, the following constitute events of default with
respect to the notes: |
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default for 30 days in the payment of interest; |
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default in the payment of principal when due; |
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a failure by us to comply with certain repurchase
requirements triggered by a change of control and provisions
relating to mergers, consolidations or asset sales as described
above; |
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a failure by us to comply for 30 days, after
written notice from the trustee or holders representing 25% or
more of the principal amount outstanding, with any other
agreements in the indenture; |
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certain defaults by us under any other debt
instruments representing more than $20.0 million in
indebtedness; and |
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other defaults related to the failure to pay final
judgments, any guarantee being held in a judicial proceeding to
be unenforceable and certain events of bankruptcy. |
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We are required to deliver to the trustee a statement regarding
compliance with the terms of the indenture (a) within
90 days after the end of each fiscal year and (b) upon
becoming aware of any event of default. For more details, see
Description of Notes Events of Default and
Remedies. |
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Generally, we may amend or supplement the indenture governing
the notes, and certain events of default may be waived, with the
consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the notes then outstanding. In some circumstances we
may not amend the indenture, and certain events of default may
not be waived, without the consent of each holder. These
circumstances include, among others, reduction of principal and
changing the maturity of the notes. Additionally, in some
circumstances we may amend or supplement the indenture without
the consent of the holders, such as to evidence a successor
trustee, cure any ambiguity, provide for uncertificated notes,
or make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the holders of notes or that does not adversely
affect the legal rights under the indenture of such holders. For
more details, see Description of Notes
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. |
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Covenant Suspension |
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If the notes are rated investment grade by Moodys
Investors Service, Inc. and Standard & Poors
Rating Services and we are not in default under the indenture,
most of the covenants contained in the indenture will be subject
to suspension. We currently do not meet the conditions for
covenant suspension. |
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Transfer Restrictions |
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The new notes have been registered under the Securities Act and
generally will be freely transferable. We do not intend to list
the notes on any securities exchange. |
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Gaylord Entertainment Company
We are the only hospitality company whose stated primary focus
is the large group meetings segment of the lodging market. Our
hospitality business includes our Gaylord branded hotels
consisting of the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention
Center in Nashville, Tennessee, the Gaylord Palms Resort &
Convention Center near Orlando, Florida and the Gaylord Texan
Resort & Convention Center near Dallas, Texas. Driven by our
All-in-One-Place strategy, our award-winning Gaylord
branded hotels incorporate not only high quality lodging, but
also significant meeting, convention and exhibition space,
superb food and beverage options and retail facilities within a
single self-contained property. As a result, our properties
provide a convenient and entertaining environment for our
convention guests. In addition, our custom-tailored,
all-inclusive solutions cater to the unique needs of meeting
planners.
In order to strengthen and diversify our hospitality business,
on November 20, 2003, we acquired ResortQuest
International, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction.
ResortQuest is a leading provider of vacation condominium and
home rental property management services in premier destination
resort locations in the United States and Canada, with a branded
network of vacation rental properties. We refer to ResortQuest
and its subsidiaries in this prospectus as
ResortQuest.
We also own and operate several attractions in Nashville,
including the Grand Ole Opry, a live country music variety show,
which is the nations longest running radio show and an
icon in country music. Our local Nashville attractions provide
entertainment opportunities for Nashville-area residents and
visitors, including our Nashville hotel and convention guests,
while adding to our destination appeal.
Our operations are organized into four principal business
segments: (i) Hospitality, which includes our hotel
operations; (ii) Opry and Attractions, which includes our
Nashville attractions and assets related to the Grand Ole Opry;
(iii) ResortQuest, which is our newly acquired provider of
vacation and home rental property management services and
(iv) Corporate and Other, which includes our corporate
expenses and certain investments.
Material Risk Factors
In considering our company, our competitive strengths and our
business strategy, you should also be aware that we face risks
to our business which may adversely affect our competitive
position and our ability to achieve our business strategy. These
include the following factors:
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We have a substantial amount of indebtedness. As of
March 31, 2005, we had approximately $581.6 million of
debt outstanding, exclusive of our $613.1 million secured
forward exchange contract, and our substantial indebtedness
could hinder our ability to satisfy our obligations under our
indebtedness and our other obligations. |
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The agreements governing our debt, including the notes, the 8%
senior notes and our new $600 million credit facility, contain
various covenants that limit our discretion to operate our
business and could lead to acceleration of debt. |
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To service our debt, we will require a significant amount of
cash, which may not be available to us. |
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We have recently refocused our business strategy on the
development of additional resort and convention center hotels
and on the management of rental vacation properties, which
strategy we may not be able to successfully implement. |
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We may not be able to successfully integrate our recent and
future acquisitions, including our recent acquisition of
ResortQuest, and may be unable to achieve the anticipated cost
savings and other benefits from these acquisitions, which may
weaken our competitive position. |
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Our hotel development is subject to timing and budgeting risks,
including, without limitation, construction delays or cost
overruns, that may increase project costs. |
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The regional concentration of our hotels may subject us to
economic downturns in the southeastern United States, which may
reduce our revenues and operating income. |
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Hospitality companies have been the target of class actions and
other lawsuits alleging violations of federal and state law, and
damages and expenses from lawsuits of this type could reduce our
operating income and profits. |
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Our properties are subject to numerous environmental regulations
that could impose significant financial liability on us. |
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Any failure to attract, retain and integrate our senior and
managerial level executives and employees could negatively
impact our operations and development of our properties. |
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We own minority equity interests in certain entities over which
we have no significant control, to or for which we may owe
significant obligations and for which there is no liquid market,
and these investments may not be profitable. |
Additionally, in considering whether to participate in the
exchange offer, you should be aware of the following risks
related to an investment in the exchange notes:
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The notes are unsecured and therefore will be effectively
subordinated to our secured debt and the debt and other
liabilities of our non-guarantor subsidiaries. As of
March 31, 2005, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had
approximately $1.9 million of indebtedness and other
liabilities (excluding intercompany liabilities). |
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In the event of a change of control or a sale of assets, we must
offer to purchase the notes, but our new $600 million
credit facility prohibits a repurchase of the notes without
lender consent. |
Our principal executive offices are located at One Gaylord
Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37214. Our telephone number is
(615) 316-6000 and our website address is
www.gaylordentertainment.com (information set forth in our
website is not incorporated herein by reference). Our common
stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
GET.
10
SELECTED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following selected historical financial information of
Gaylord and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2004, 2003,
and 2002 and for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2004 was derived from our audited consolidated
financial statements. The selected financial information as of
December 31, 2001 and 2000 and for each of the two years in
the period ended December 31, 2001 was derived from
previously issued audited consolidated financial statements
adjusted for unaudited revisions for the Bass Pro investment and
discontinued operations. The information in the following table
should be read in conjunction with Managements
Discussion of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and our consolidated financial statements and
related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 and
incorporated by reference herein.
The selected financial information for the three-month periods
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was derived from our
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements which have
been prepared on a basis consistent with our audited
consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments
necessary (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) in the
opinion of management for a fair presentation of the financial
position and the results of operations for these periods. The
information in the following table related to the three-month
periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 should be read in
conjunction with Managements Discussion of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and our condensed
consolidated financial statements and related notes included in
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended March 31, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
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Three Months Ended | |
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Years Ended December 31, | |
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March 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
Income Statement Data:
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Revenues:
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|
|
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|
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Hospitality
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$ |
473,051 |
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$ |
369,263 |
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$ |
339,380 |
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$ |
228,712 |
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$ |
237,260 |
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$ |
142,501 |
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$ |
95,259 |
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Opry and Attractions
|
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|
66,565 |
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61,433 |
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|
65,600 |
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67,064 |
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|
69,283 |
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|
12,857 |
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12,625 |
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ResortQuest
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|
209,449 |
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|
17,920 |
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
63,805 |
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|
50,951 |
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Corporate and Other
|
|
|
388 |
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|
|
184 |
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|
|
272 |
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|
|
290 |
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|
64 |
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|
147 |
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|
48 |
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Total revenues
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749,453 |
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448,800 |
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|
|
405,252 |
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|
|
296,066 |
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|
|
306,607 |
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|
|
219,310 |
|
|
|
158,883 |
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|
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|
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Operating expenses:
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Operating costs
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|
479,864 |
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|
|
276,937 |
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|
254,583 |
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|
201,299 |
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|
210,018 |
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|
137,331 |
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|
98,856 |
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Selling, general and administrative
|
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189,976 |
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|
117,178 |
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|
108,732 |
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|
|
67,212 |
|
|
|
89,052 |
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|
48,839 |
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|
42,812 |
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Preopening costs(1)
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|
14,205 |
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|
11,562 |
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|
8,913 |
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|
15,927 |
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|
5,278 |
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|
943 |
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|
10,806 |
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Gain on sale of assets(2)
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(30,529 |
) |
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Impairment and other charges
|
|
|
1,212 |
(4) |
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|
856 |
(4) |
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|
|
|
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|
14,262 |
(4) |
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|
75,660 |
(4) |
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Restructuring charges
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|
196 |
(5) |
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|
(17 |
)(5) |
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2,182 |
(5) |
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|
12,952 |
(5) |
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Depreciation and amortization:
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|
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|
|
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Hospitality
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|
58,521 |
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|
|
46,536 |
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|
44,924 |
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|
25,593 |
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|
|
24,447 |
|
|
|
15,844 |
|
|
|
11,461 |
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|
Opry and Attractions
|
|
|
5,215 |
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|
|
5,129 |
|
|
|
5,778 |
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|
|
6,270 |
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|
|
13,955 |
|
|
|
1,398 |
|
|
|
1,311 |
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|
ResortQuest
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|
9,530 |
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|
|
1,186 |
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,774 |
|
|
|
2,526 |
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|
Corporate and Other
|
|
|
4,737 |
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|
|
6,099 |
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|
|
5,778 |
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|
|
6,542 |
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|
|
6,257 |
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|
|
1,002 |
|
|
|
1,397 |
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
Total depreciation and amortization
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|
|
78,003 |
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|
|
58,950 |
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|
56,480 |
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|
|
38,405 |
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|
|
44,659 |
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|
|
21,018 |
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|
|
16,695 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Total operating expenses
|
|
|
763,456 |
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|
|
465,483 |
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|
|
398,162 |
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|
|
339,287 |
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|
|
437,619 |
|
|
|
208,131 |
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|
|
169,169 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating (loss) income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
Hospitality
|
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|
43,525 |
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|
|
42,347 |
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|
|
25,972 |
|
|
|
34,270 |
|
|
|
45,478 |
|
|
|
21,952 |
|
|
|
12,650 |
|
|
Opry and Attractions
|
|
|
1,548 |
|
|
|
(600 |
) |
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|
1,596 |
|
|
|
(5,010 |
) |
|
|
(44,413 |
)(8) |
|
|
(2,156 |
) |
|
|
(2,578 |
) |
|
ResortQuest
|
|
|
288 |
|
|
|
(2,616 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,092 |
|
|
|
1,891 |
|
|
Corporate and Other
|
|
|
(43,751 |
) |
|
|
(43,396 |
) |
|
|
(42,111 |
) |
|
|
(40,110 |
) |
|
|
(38,187 |
) |
|
|
(9,766 |
) |
|
|
(11,443 |
) |
|
Preopening costs(1)
|
|
|
(14,205 |
) |
|
|
(11,562 |
) |
|
|
(8,913 |
) |
|
|
(15,927 |
) |
|
|
(5,278 |
) |
|
|
(943 |
) |
|
|
(10,806 |
) |
see footnotes beginning on page 13
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended | |
|
|
Years Ended December 31, | |
|
March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
2004 | |
|
2003 | |
|
2002 | |
|
2001 | |
|
2000 | |
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(In thousands, except per share amounts) | |
|
Gain on sale of assets(2)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment and other charges
|
|
|
(1,212 |
)(4) |
|
|
(856 |
)(4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,262 |
)(4) |
|
|
(75,660 |
)(4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restructuring charges
|
|
|
(196 |
)(5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17 |
(5) |
|
|
(2,182 |
)(5) |
|
|
(12,952 |
)(5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating (loss) income
|
|
|
(14,003 |
) |
|
|
(16,683 |
) |
|
|
7,090 |
|
|
|
(43,221 |
) |
|
|
(131,012 |
) |
|
|
11,179 |
|
|
|
(10,286 |
) |
Interest expense, net of amounts
capitalized
|
|
|
(55,064 |
) |
|
|
(52,804 |
) |
|
|
(46,960 |
) |
|
|
(39,365 |
) |
|
|
(30,307 |
) |
|
|
(18,091 |
) |
|
|
(9,829 |
) |
Interest income
|
|
|
1,521 |
|
|
|
2,461 |
|
|
|
2,808 |
|
|
|
5,554 |
|
|
|
4,046 |
|
|
|
585 |
|
|
|
386 |
|
Unrealized (loss) gain on Viacom stock
|
|
|
(87,914 |
) |
|
|
39,831 |
|
|
|
(37,300 |
) |
|
|
782 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17,163 |
) |
|
|
(56,886 |
) |
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives, net
|
|
|
56,533 |
|
|
|
(33,228 |
) |
|
|
86,476 |
|
|
|
54,282 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,637 |
|
|
|
45,054 |
|
Income (loss) from unconsolidated companies
|
|
|
3,825 |
|
|
|
2,340 |
|
|
|
3,058 |
|
|
|
(385 |
) |
|
|
(1,266 |
) |
|
|
1,472 |
|
|
|
813 |
|
Other gains and (losses)
|
|
|
1,089 |
|
|
|
2,209 |
|
|
|
1,163 |
|
|
|
2,661 |
|
|
|
(3,514 |
) |
|
|
2,450 |
|
|
|
920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
|
(94,013 |
) |
|
|
(55,874 |
) |
|
|
16,335 |
|
|
|
(19,692 |
) |
|
|
(162,053 |
) |
|
|
(13,931 |
) |
|
|
(29,828 |
) |
(Benefit) provision for income taxes
|
|
|
(39,731 |
) |
|
|
(23,755 |
) |
|
|
2,509 |
|
|
|
(9,291 |
) |
|
|
(52,824 |
) |
|
|
(5,074 |
) |
|
|
(10,930 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from continuing operations
|
|
|
(54,282 |
) |
|
|
(32,119 |
) |
|
|
13,826 |
|
|
|
(10,401 |
) |
|
|
(109,229 |
) |
|
|
(8,857 |
) |
|
|
(18,898 |
) |
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes(3)
|
|
|
644 |
|
|
|
34,371 |
|
|
|
85,757 |
|
|
|
(48,833 |
) |
|
|
(47,600 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of taxes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,572 |
)(6) |
|
|
11,202 |
(7) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income
|
|
$ |
(53,638 |
) |
|
$ |
2,252 |
|
|
$ |
97,011 |
|
|
$ |
(48,032 |
) |
|
$ |
(156,829 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,857 |
) |
|
$ |
(18,898 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) Income Per Share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Loss) income from continuing operations
|
|
$ |
(1.37 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.93 |
) |
|
$ |
0.41 |
|
|
$ |
(0.31 |
) |
|
$ |
(3.27 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.48 |
) |
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations
|
|
|
0.02 |
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
2.54 |
|
|
|
(1.45 |
) |
|
|
(1.43 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cumulative effect of accounting change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.08 |
) |
|
|
0.33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net (loss) income
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$ |
(1.35 |
) |
|
$ |
0.07 |
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$ |
2.87 |
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|
$ |
(1.43 |
) |
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$ |
(4.70 |
) |
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$ |
(0.22 |
) |
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$ |
(0.48 |
) |
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(Loss) Income Per Share Assuming Dilution:
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(Loss) income from continuing operations
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$ |
(1.37 |
) |
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$ |
(0.93 |
) |
|
$ |
0.41 |
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|
$ |
(0.31 |
) |
|
$ |
(3.27 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.48 |
) |
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations
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|
|
0.02 |
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|
|
1.00 |
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|
|
2.54 |
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|
|
(1.45 |
) |
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|
(1.43 |
) |
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Cumulative effect of accounting change
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|
|
|
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(0.08 |
) |
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|
0.33 |
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Net (loss) income
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|
$ |
(1.35 |
) |
|
$ |
0.07 |
|
|
$ |
2.87 |
|
|
$ |
(1.43 |
) |
|
$ |
(4.70 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
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$ |
(0.48 |
) |
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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA:
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Three Months | |
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Ended | |
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Years Ended December 31, | |
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March 31, | |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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2004 | |
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| |
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(11)
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|
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1.16 |
x |
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As of | |
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As of December 31, | |
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March 31, | |
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| |
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| |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2002 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(In thousands) | |
Balance Sheet Data:
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Total assets
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$ |
2,521,045 |
(9) |
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$ |
2,581,010 |
(9) |
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$ |
2,180,098 |
(9) |
|
$ |
2,175,993 |
(9) |
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$ |
1,929,539 |
(9) |
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$ |
2,539,139 |
|
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$ |
2,552,494 |
|
Total debt
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|
576,409 |
(10) |
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|
548,759 |
(10) |
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|
340,638 |
(10) |
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|
468,997 |
(10) |
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|
175,500 |
|
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|
581,645 |
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|
551,447 |
|
Secured forward exchange contract
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|
613,054 |
(9) |
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|
613,054 |
(9) |
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|
613,054 |
(9) |
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|
613,054 |
(9) |
|
|
613,054 |
(9) |
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|
613,054 |
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|
613,054 |
|
Total stockholders equity
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|
|
869,601 |
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|
|
906,793 |
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|
788,437 |
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|
|
695,979 |
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|
765,164 |
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|
867,511 |
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|
891,450 |
|
see footnotes beginning on the following page
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(1) |
Preopening costs are related to the Gaylord Palms, the new
Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine, Texas, and our Gaylord
National hotel project in Washington, D.C. Gaylord Palms opened
in January 2002 and the Gaylord Texan opened in April 2004. The
Gaylord National hotel is expected to open in 2008. |
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(2) |
During 2002, the Company sold its one-third interest in the Opry
Mills Shopping Center in Nashville, Tennessee and the related
land lease interest between the Company and the Mills
Corporation. |
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(3) |
In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144,
Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets. In accordance with the provisions of
SFAS No. 144, the Company has presented the operating
results and financial position of the following businesses as
discontinued operations: WSM-FM and WWTN(FM); Word
Entertainment; Acuff-Rose Music Publishing; GET Management, the
Companys artist management business; Oklahoma RedHawks;
the Companys international cable networks; the businesses
sold to affiliates of The Oklahoma Publishing Company consisting
of Pandora Films, Gaylord Films, Gaylord Sports Management,
Gaylord Event Television and Gaylord Production Company; and the
Companys water taxis. |
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(4) |
Reflects the divestiture of certain businesses and reduction in
the carrying values of certain assets. The components of the
impairment and other charges related to continuing operations
are as follows: |
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Years Ended December 31, | |
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| |
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2004 | |
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2003 | |
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2001 | |
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2000 | |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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| |
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(In thousands) | |
Programming, film and other content
|
|
$ |
1,212 |
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|
$ |
856 |
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|
$ |
6,858 |
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$ |
7,410 |
|
Gaylord Digital and other technology investments
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|
|
|
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4,576 |
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|
48,127 |
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
2,828 |
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|
|
3,397 |
|
Orlando-area Wildhorse Saloon
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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15,854 |
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
872 |
|
|
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|
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Total impairment and other charges
|
|
$ |
1,212 |
|
|
$ |
856 |
|
|
$ |
14,262 |
|
|
$ |
75,660 |
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(5) |
Related primarily to employee severance and contract termination
costs. |
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(6) |
Reflects the cumulative effect of the change in accounting
method related to adopting the provisions of
SFAS No. 142. The Company recorded an impairment loss
related to impairment of the goodwill of the Radisson Hotel at
Opryland. The impairment loss was $4.2 million, less taxes
of $1.6 million. |
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(7) |
Reflects the cumulative effect of the change in accounting
method related to recording the derivatives associated with the
secured forward exchange contract at fair value as of
January 1, 2001, of $18.3 million less a related
deferred tax provision of $7.1 million. |
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(8) |
Includes operating losses of $27.5 million related to
Gaylord Digital, the Companys Internet initiative, and
operating losses of $6.1 million related to country record
label development, both of which were closed during 2000. |
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(9) |
In 1999 the Company recognized a pretax gain of
$459.3 million as a result of the divestiture of television
station KTVT in Dallas-Ft. Worth in exchange for CBS
Series B preferred stock (which was later converted into
11,003,000 shares of Viacom, Inc. Class B common stock),
$4.2 million of cash, and other consideration. The Viacom,
Inc. Class B common stock was included in total assets at
its market values of $400.4 million, $488.3 million,
$448.5 million, $485.8 million and $514.4 million
at December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000,
respectively. During 2000, the Company entered into a seven-year
forward exchange contract for a notional amount of
$613.1 million with respect to 10,937,900 shares of the
Viacom, Inc. Class B common stock. Prepaid interest related
to the secured forward exchange contract of $64.3 million,
$91.2 million, $118.1 million, $145.0 million and
$171.9 million was included in total assets at
December 31, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. |
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(10) |
Related primarily to the construction of the Gaylord Palms and
the Gaylord Texan. |
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(11) |
The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is computed by dividing
(a) the sum of income from continuing operations before
income taxes, plus fixed charges, plus amortization of
capitalized interest, less interest capitalized, by
(b) fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest
expense, including capitalized interest, amortization of debt
issuance costs and a portion of operating lease rental expense
deemed to be representative of the interest factor. For the
years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2001 and 2000, as well
as the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, earnings
were insufficient to cover fixed charges. The amount of earnings
needed to cover fixed charges were $97.9 million,
$69.4 million, $38.2 million and $168.6 million
for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2001 and 2000,
respectively, and $13.8 million and $34.7 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
14
RISK FACTORS
Participating in the exchange offer involves a number of
risks. You should carefully consider the factors described and
referred to below in addition to the other information set forth
in this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference
into this prospectus before deciding whether to participate in
the exchange offer.
Risks Relating to the Notes
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If you do not properly tender your outstanding notes, you
will continue to hold unregistered outstanding notes and you may
not be able to transfer your outstanding notes. |
We will only issue new notes in exchange for outstanding notes
that you timely and properly tender. Therefore, you should allow
sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the outstanding
notes and you should carefully follow the instructions on how to
tender your outstanding notes. Neither we nor the exchange agent
is required to tell you of any defects or irregularities with
respect to your tender of outstanding notes.
If you do not exchange your outstanding notes for new notes
pursuant to the exchange offer, the outstanding notes you hold
will continue to be subject to the existing transfer
restrictions. In general, you may not offer or sell the
outstanding notes except under an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable
state securities laws. We do not plan to register outstanding
notes under the Securities Act unless our registration rights
agreement with the initial purchasers of the outstanding notes
requires us to do so. Further, if you continue to hold any
outstanding notes after the exchange offer is consummated, you
may be unable to sell them because there will be fewer of these
notes outstanding.
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Our substantial debt could reduce our cash flow and limit
our future business activities and prevent us from fulfilling
our obligations under the notes. |
We have now, and will continue to have after the exchange offer,
a significant amount of debt. As of March 31, 2005, we had
$581.6 million of total debt, exclusive of our $613.1
million secured forward exchange contract, and
stockholders equity of $867.5 million.
Our substantial amount of debt could have important consequences
to you. For example, it could:
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make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations under
the notes; |
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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and
industry conditions; |
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require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow
from operations to make interest and principal payments on our
debt, thereby limiting the availability of our cash flow to fund
future capital expenditures, working capital and other general
corporate requirements; |
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limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes
in our business and the hospitality industry, which may place us
at a competitive disadvantage compared with competitors that are
less leveraged; |
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increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and
industry conditions; and |
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limit our ability to borrow additional funds, even when
necessary to maintain adequate liquidity. |
In addition, the terms of our new $600 million credit
facility and the indentures governing our 8% senior notes and
the notes allow us to incur substantial amounts of additional
debt subject to certain limitations. Any such additional debt
could increase the risks associated with our substantial
leverage. Our substantial leverage is evidenced by our earnings
being insufficient to cover fixed charges by $97.9 million,
$69.4 million, $38.2 million and $168.6 million for
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, 2001 and 2000,
respectively, and $13.8 million and $34.7 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
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Although the notes are referred to as senior notes, they
are effectively subordinated to our and the subsidiary
guarantors secured debt and the liabilities of our
non-guarantor subsidiaries. |
The notes, and each guarantee of the notes, are unsecured and
therefore will be effectively subordinated to any secured debt
we, or the relevant guarantor, may incur to the extent of the
assets securing such debt. In the event of a bankruptcy or
similar proceeding involving us or a guarantor, the assets which
serve as collateral for any secured debt will be available to
satisfy the obligations under the secured debt before any
payments are made on the notes. As of March 31, 2005, we
had $581.6 million of debt outstanding (exclusive of our
$613.1 million secured forward exchange contract),
$1.9 million of which was secured debt effectively senior
to the notes. In addition, as of March 31, 2005, we had up
to $590.1 million of additional availability under our new
$600 million credit facility. The notes are effectively
subordinated to any borrowings under our new $600 million credit
facility and our other secured debt. The terms of the indenture
governing the notes allows us to incur substantial amounts of
additional secured debt. In addition, the notes are effectively
subordinated to the liabilities of our non-guarantor
subsidiaries.
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Gaylord Entertainment Company is a holding company and
depends upon its subsidiaries cash flow to meet its debt
service obligations. |
Gaylord Entertainment Company is a holding company, and it
conducts a substantial portion of its operations through its
subsidiaries. As a result, its ability to meet its debt service
obligations, including its obligations under the notes,
substantially depends upon its subsidiaries cash flow and
payment of funds to it by its subsidiaries as dividends, loans,
advances or other payments. In addition, the payment of
dividends or the making of loans, advances or other payments to
Gaylord Entertainment Company may be subject to regulatory or
contractual restrictions.
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To service our debt, we will require a significant amount
of cash, which may not be available to us. |
Our ability to make payments on, or repay or refinance, our
debt, including the notes, and to fund planned capital
expenditures will depend largely upon our future operating
performance and our ability to generate cash from operations.
Our future performance, to a certain extent, is subject to
general economic, financial, competitive, legislative,
regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. In
addition, our ability to borrow funds in the future to make
payments on our debt will depend on the satisfaction of the
covenants and certain financial ratios in our new $600 million
credit facility and our other debt agreements, including the
indenture governing the notes, and other agreements we may enter
into in the future. Our business may not generate sufficient
cash flow from operations or we may not have future borrowings
available to us under our new $600 million credit facility or
from other sources in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay
our debt, including the notes, or to fund our other liquidity
needs.
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|
Prior to the repayment of the notes, we will be required
to refinance our new $600 million credit facility and our
8% senior notes, which may hinder our ability to repay the
notes. |
Prior to the repayment of the notes, we will be required to
refinance or repay our new $600 million credit facility
which matures in 2010, and our 8% senior notes, which mature in
2013. We cannot assure you that we will be able to refinance any
of our debt, including our new $600 million credit facility, on
commercially reasonable terms or at all. If we were unable to
make payments or refinance our debt or obtain new financing
under these circumstances, we would have to consider other
options, such as:
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sales of assets; |
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sales of equity; and/or |
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negotiations with our lenders to restructure the applicable debt. |
Our credit agreements and the indenture governing the notes and
our 8% senior notes may restrict, or market or business
conditions may limit, our ability to do some of these things.
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Prior to the repayment of the notes, we may be required to
incur additional debt to pay deferred taxes relating to shares
of Viacom stock that we own, which could hinder our ability to
repay the notes. |
During May 2000, we entered into a secured forward exchange
contract with an affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston with
respect to 10.9 million shares of Viacom stock. At the
expiration of the secured forward exchange contract in May of
2007, we will be required to incur additional debt or use cash
on hand to pay the deferred tax payable at that time, which we
estimate to be approximately $153 million. If we are unable
to finance the deferred taxes on the Viacom stock on
commercially reasonable terms and if there is insufficient cash
on hand, we would have to consider other options, such as:
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sales of assets; |
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sales of equity; and/or |
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negotiations with our lenders to restructure our other
indebtedness. |
Our credit agreements and the indenture governing the notes and
our 8% senior notes may restrict, or market or business
conditions may limit, our ability to do some of these things.
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|
The agreements governing our debt, including the notes,
our 8% senior notes and our new $600 million credit facility,
contain various covenants that limit our discretion in the
operation of our business and could lead to acceleration of
debt. |
Our existing financing agreements, including our new $600
million credit facility and the senior notes, impose, and future
financing agreements are likely to impose, operating and
financial restrictions on our activities. These restrictions
require us to comply with or maintain certain financial tests
and ratios, including minimum consolidated net worth, minimum
interest coverage ratio and maximum leverage ratios, and limit
or prohibit our ability to, among other things:
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incur additional debt and issue preferred stock; |
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create liens; |
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redeem and/or prepay certain debt; |
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pay dividends on our stock to our stockholders or repurchase our
stock; |
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make certain investments; |
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enter new lines of business; |
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engage in consolidations, mergers and acquisitions; |
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make certain capital expenditures; and |
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pay dividends and make other distributions from our subsidiaries
to us. |
These restrictions on our ability to operate our business could
seriously harm our business by, among other things, limiting our
ability to take advantage of financing, merger and acquisition
and other corporate opportunities.
Various risks, uncertainties and events beyond our control could
affect our ability to comply with these covenants and maintain
these financial tests and ratios. Failure to comply with any of
the covenants in our existing or future financing agreements
could result in a default under those agreements and under other
agreements containing cross-default provisions. A default would
permit lenders to accelerate the maturity for the debt under
these agreements and to foreclose upon any collateral securing
the debt. Under these circumstances, we might not have
sufficient funds or other resources to satisfy all of our
obligations, including our obligations under the notes. In
addition, the limitations imposed by financing agreements on our
ability to incur additional debt and to take other actions might
significantly impair our ability to obtain other financing.
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The subsidiary guarantees may not be enforceable because
of fraudulent conveyance laws or state corporate laws
prohibiting shareholder distributions by an insolvent
subsidiary. |
The subsidiary guarantors guarantees of the notes may be
subject to review under U.S. federal bankruptcy law or relevant
state fraudulent conveyance laws or state laws prohibiting
subsidiary guarantees or other shareholder distributions by an
insolvent subsidiary if a bankruptcy lawsuit or other action is
commenced by or on behalf of our or the guarantors unpaid
creditors.
Under these laws, if in such a lawsuit a court were to find
that, at the time a guarantor incurred debt (including debt
represented by the guarantee), such guarantor:
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incurred this debt with the intent of hindering, delaying or
defrauding current or future creditors; or |
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received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair
consideration for incurring this debt and the guarantor: |
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was insolvent or was rendered insolvent by reason of the related
financing transactions; |
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was engaged, or about to engage, in a business or transaction
for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small
capital to carry on its business; |
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intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond
its ability to pay these debts as they mature; or |
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in some states, had assets valued at less than its liabilities,
or would not be able to pay its debts as they become due in the
usual course of business (regardless of the consideration for
incurring the debt); |
as all of the foregoing terms are defined in or interpreted
under the relevant fraudulent transfer or conveyance statutes or
shareholder distribution statute, then the court could void the
guarantee or subordinate the amounts owing under the guarantee
to the guarantors presently existing or future debt or
take other actions detrimental to you.
In addition, the subsidiary guarantors may be subject to the
allegation that, since they incurred their guarantees for our
benefit, they incurred the obligations under the guarantees for
less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration.
The measure of insolvency for purposes of the foregoing
considerations will vary depending upon the law of the
jurisdiction that is being applied in any such proceeding.
Generally, a company would be considered insolvent if, at the
time it incurred the debt or issued the guarantee:
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it could not pay its debts or contingent liabilities as they
become due; |
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the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, is
greater than its assets, at fair valuation; or |
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the present fair saleable value of its assets is less than the
amount required to pay the probable liability on its total
existing debts and liabilities, including contingent
liabilities, as they become absolute and mature. |
If a guarantee is voided as a fraudulent conveyance, is a
prohibited distribution to the parent shareholder or found to be
unenforceable for any other reason, you will not have a claim
against that obligor and will only be Gaylord Entertainment
Companys creditor or that of any guarantor whose
obligation was not set aside or found to be unenforceable. In
addition, the loss of a guarantee will constitute a default
under the indenture, which default would cause all outstanding
notes to become immediately due and payable.
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We may be unable to make a change of control offer
required by the indenture governing the notes, which would cause
defaults under the indenture governing the notes, our new $600
million credit facility and our other financing
arrangements. |
The terms of the notes require us to make an offer to repurchase
the notes upon the occurrence of a change of control at a
purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the
notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest and liquidated damages,
if any, to the date of the purchase. The terms of our new $600
million credit facility may require, and other financing
arrangements may require, repayment of amounts outstanding in
the event of a change of control and limit our ability to fund
the repurchase of your notes in certain circumstances. It is
possible that we will not have sufficient funds at the time of
the change of control to make the required repurchase of notes
or that restrictions in our new $600 million credit facility,
and other financing agreements will not allow the repurchases.
In addition, it is not certain whether we would be required to
make a change in control offer to repurchase the notes upon
certain asset sales, because the meaning of substantially
all assets, the sale of which would constitute a change of
control, is not established under applicable law. Although there
is a limited body of case law interpreting the phrase
substantially all, there is no precise established
definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the
ability of a holder of notes to require the company to
repurchase such notes as a result of a sale, lease, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of less than all of the assets
of the company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to another
person or group may be uncertain. See Description of
Notes Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control.
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An active public market may not develop for the new notes,
which may hinder your ability to liquidate your
investment. |
There is no established trading market for the new notes.
Although the initial purchasers of the outstanding notes have
informed us that they currently intend to make a market in the
new notes, they have no obligation to do so and may discontinue
making a market at any time without notice. We do not intend to
apply for listing of the new notes on any securities exchange or
for quotation through The Nasdaq National Market. In addition,
the liquidity of any market for the new notes, and the market
price quoted for the new notes may be adversely affected by the
overall market for fixed income securities and by changes in our
financial performance or prospects or in the prospects for
companies in our industry in general. As a result, we cannot
assure you that an active trading market will develop for the
new notes. If no active trading market develops, you may not be
able to resell your new notes at their fair market value or at
all.
Risks Relating to the Business of Gaylord
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The successful implementation of our business strategy
depends on our ability to generate cash flows from our existing
operations, our new Gaylord Texan hotel and other
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We have refocused our business strategy on the development of
additional resort and convention center hotels in selected
locations in the United States; on our attractions properties,
including the Grand Ole Opry, which are focused primarily on the
country music genre, as well as our recently acquired
ResortQuest vacation rental and property management business.
The success of our future operating results depends on our
ability to implement our business strategy by successfully
operating the Gaylord Opryland, the Gaylord Palms and our new
Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine, Texas, by successfully
developing and financing our proposed Gaylord National hotel
project near Washington, D.C. and by further exploiting our
attractions assets and our vacation rental business. Our ability
to do this depends upon many factors, some of which are beyond
our control. These include:
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our ability to hire and retain hotel management, catering and
convention-related staff for our hotels and staff for our
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our ability to capitalize on the strong brand recognition of
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the continued popularity and demand for country music. |
If we are unable to successfully implement the business
strategies described above, our cash flows and net income may be
reduced.
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Our hotel and convention business and our vacation rental
and property management business are subject to significant
market risks. |
Our ability to continue to successfully operate the Gaylord
Opryland, the Gaylord Palms and our new Gaylord Texan hotel in
Grapevine, Texas, as well as our ability to operate our
ResortQuest vacation rental business, is subject to factors
beyond our control which could reduce the revenue and operating
income of these properties. These factors include:
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the desirability and perceived attractiveness of the Nashville,
Tennessee area; the Orlando, Florida area; and the Dallas, Texas
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the ability of our proposed Gaylord National hotel project near
Washington, D.C. to operate in a new market which is
extremely competitive; |
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adverse changes in the national economy and in the levels of
tourism and convention business that would affect our hotels or
vacation rental properties we manage; |
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the hotel and convention business is highly competitive and
Gaylord Palms and our new Gaylord Texan hotel are operating in
extremely competitive markets for convention and tourism
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our group convention business is subject to reduced levels of
demand during the year-end holiday periods, and we may not be
able to attract sufficient general tourism guests to offset this
seasonality; and |
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the vacation rental and property management business is highly
competitive and has low barriers to entry, and we compete
primarily with local vacation rental and property management
companies located in its markets, some of whom are affiliated
with the owners or operators of resorts where these competitors
provide their services or which may have lower cost structures
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Our acquisition of ResortQuest International, Inc., which
we completed on November 20, 2003, involves substantial
risks. |
The ResortQuest acquisition, which we completed on
November 20, 2003, involves the integration of two
companies that previously have operated independently, which is
a complex, costly and time-consuming process. The process of
integrating operations could cause an interruption of, or loss
of momentum in, the activities of the combined companys
business and the loss of key personnel. The diversion of
managements attention and any delays or difficulties
encountered in connection with the ResortQuest acquisition and
the integration of the two companies operations could harm
the business, results of operations, financial condition or
prospects of the combined company. In addition, we may be unable
to achieve the anticipated cost savings from the ResortQuest
acquisition for many reasons.
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Unanticipated costs of hotels we open in new markets,
including our proposed Gaylord National hotel project near
Washington, D.C., may reduce our operating income. |
As part of our growth plans, we may open or acquire new hotels
in geographic areas in which we have little or no operating
experience and in which potential customers may not be familiar
with our business. As a result, we may have to incur costs
relating to the opening, operation and promotion of those new
hotel properties that are substantially greater than those
incurred in other areas.
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Even though we may incur substantial additional costs with these
new hotel properties, they may attract fewer customers than our
existing hotels. As a result, the results of operations at new
hotel properties may be inferior to those of our existing
hotels. The new hotels may even operate at a loss. Even if we
are able to attract enough customers to our new hotel properties
to operate them at a profit, it is possible that those customers
could simply be moving future meetings or conventions from our
existing hotel properties to our new hotel properties. Thus, the
opening of a new hotel property could reduce the revenue of our
existing hotel properties.
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Our hotel development, including our proposed Gaylord
National hotel project, is subject to timing, budgeting and
other risks. |
We intend to develop additional hotel properties as suitable
opportunities arise, taking into consideration the general
economic climate. New project development has a number of risks,
including risks associated with:
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construction delays or cost overruns that may increase project
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construction defects or noncompliance with construction
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receipt of zoning, occupancy and other required governmental
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development costs incurred for projects that are not pursued to
completion; |
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so-called acts of God such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods or
fires that could delay the development of a project; |
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the availability and cost of capital; and |
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governmental restrictions on the nature or size of a project or
timing of completion. |
Our development projects may not be completed on time or within
budget.
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Our plans to develop the Gaylord National hotel project
are subject to numerous risks. |
Our plans to develop the Gaylord National hotel are subject to
market conditions, the availability of financing, receipt of
necessary building permits and other authorizations, and other
factors, including those described in the preceding risk factor.
In addition, we do not have experience operating in the
Washington, D.C. market. We cannot assure you that the
project will be completed, that it will be opened on time or on
budget, or that its future operations will be successful.
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Our real estate investments are subject to numerous
risks. |
Because we own hotels and attractions properties, we are subject
to the risks that generally relate to investments in real
property. The investment returns available from equity
investments in real estate depend in large part on the amount of
income earned and capital appreciation generated by the related
properties, as well as the expenses incurred. In addition, a
variety of other factors affect income from properties and real
estate values, including governmental regulations, insurance,
zoning, tax and eminent domain laws, interest rate levels and
the availability of financing. For example, new or existing real
estate zoning or tax laws can make it more expensive and/or
time-consuming to develop real property or expand, modify or
renovate properties. When interest rates increase, the cost of
acquiring, developing, expanding or renovating real property
increases and real property values may decrease as the number of
potential buyers decreases. Similarly, as financing becomes less
available, it becomes more difficult both to acquire and to sell
real property. Finally, governments can, under eminent domain
laws, take real property. Sometimes this taking is for less
compensation than the owner believes the property is worth. Any
of these factors could have a material adverse impact on our
results of operations or financial condition. In addition,
equity real estate investments, such as the investments we hold
and any additional properties that we may acquire, are
relatively difficult to sell quickly. If our properties do not
generate revenue sufficient to meet operating expenses,
including debt service and capital expenditures, our income will
be reduced.
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Our hotel and vacation rental properties are concentrated
geographically and our revenues and operating income could be
reduced by adverse conditions specific to our property
locations. |
Our existing hotel properties are located predominately in the
southeastern United States. As a result, our business and our
financial operating results may be materially affected by
adverse economic, weather or business conditions in the
Southeast. In addition, our ResortQuest vacation rental business
manages properties that are significantly concentrated in beach
and island resorts located in Florida and Hawaii and mountain
resorts located in Colorado. Adverse events or conditions which
affect these areas in particular, such as economic recession,
changes in regional travel patterns, extreme weather conditions
or natural disasters, may have an adverse impact on our
ResortQuest operations.
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Hospitality companies have been the target of class
actions and other lawsuits alleging violations of federal and
state law. |
Our operating income and profits may be reduced by legal or
governmental proceedings brought by or on behalf of our
employees or customers. In recent years, a number of hospitality
companies have been subject to lawsuits, including class action
lawsuits, alleging violations of federal and state law regarding
workplace and employment matters, discrimination and similar
matters. A number of these lawsuits have resulted in the payment
of substantial damages by the defendants. Similar lawsuits have
been instituted against us from time to time, and we cannot
assure you that we will not incur substantial damages and
expenses resulting from lawsuits of this type, which could have
a material adverse effect on our business.
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Our properties are subject to environmental regulations
that could impose significant financial liability on us. |
Environmental laws, ordinances and regulations of various
federal, state, local and foreign governments regulate certain
of our properties and could make us liable for the costs of
removing or cleaning up hazardous or toxic substances on, under
or in the properties we currently own or operate or those we
previously owned or operated. Those laws could impose liability
without regard to whether we knew of, or were responsible for,
the presence of hazardous or toxic substances. The presence of
hazardous or toxic substances, or the failure to properly clean
up such substances when present, could jeopardize our ability to
develop, use, sell or rent the real property or to borrow using
the real property as collateral. If we arrange for the disposal
or treatment of hazardous or toxic wastes, we could be liable
for the costs of removing or cleaning up wastes at the disposal
or treatment facility, even if we never owned or operated that
facility. Other laws, ordinances and regulations could require
us to manage, abate or remove lead- or asbestos-containing
materials. Similarly, the operation and closure of storage tanks
are often regulated by federal, state, local and foreign laws.
Finally, certain laws, ordinances and regulations, particularly
those governing the management or preservation of wetlands,
coastal zones and threatened or endangered species, could limit
our ability to develop, use, sell or rent our real property.
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Any failure to attract, retain and integrate senior and
managerial level executives could negatively impact our
operations and development of our properties. |
During 2001, we appointed a new chairman and a new chief
executive officer and had numerous changes in senior management.
Our future performance depends upon our ability to attract
qualified senior executives, retain their services and integrate
them into our business. Our future financial results also will
depend upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled
managerial and marketing personnel in our different areas of
operation. Competition for qualified personnel is intense and is
likely to increase in the future. We compete for qualified
personnel against companies with significantly greater financial
resources than ours.
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We have certain minority equity interests over which we
have no significant control, to or for which we may owe
significant obligations and for which there is no market, and
these investments may not be profitable. |
We have certain minority investments which are not liquid and
over which we have little or no rights, or ability, to exercise
the direction or control of the respective enterprises. These
include our equity interests in Viacom and Bass Pro. When we
make these investments, we sometimes extend guarantees related
to such investments. The ultimate value of each of these
investments will be dependent upon the efforts of others over an
extended period of time. The nature of our interests and the
absence of a market for those interests restricts our ability to
dispose of them. Our lack of control over the management of
these businesses and the lack of a market to sell our interest
in these businesses may cause us to recognize a loss on our
investment in these businesses. In addition, we may enter into
joint venture arrangements. These arrangements are subject to
uncertainties and risks, including those related to conflicting
joint venture partner interests and to our joint venture
partners failing to meet their financial or other obligations.
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We are subject to risks relating to acts of God, terrorist
activity and war. |
Our operating income may be reduced by acts of God, such as
natural disasters or acts of terror, in locations where we own
and/or operate significant properties and areas of the world
from which we draw a large number of customers. Some types of
losses, such as from earthquake, hurricane, terrorism and
environmental hazards, may be either uninsurable or too
expensive to justify insuring against. Should an uninsured loss
or a loss in excess of insured limits occur, we could lose all
or a portion of the capital we have invested in a hotel, as well
as the anticipated future revenue from the hotel. In that event,
we might nevertheless remain obligated for any mortgage debt or
other financial obligations related to the property. Similarly,
wars (including the potential for war), terrorist activity
(including threats of terrorist activity), political unrest and
other forms of civil strife as well as geopolitical uncertainty
have caused in the past, and may cause in the future, our
results to differ materially from anticipated results.
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The hospitality industry and the vacation and property
management industry are heavily regulated, including with
respect to food and beverage sales, real estate brokerage
licensing, employee relations and construction concerns, and
compliance with these regulations could increase our costs and
reduce our revenues and profits. |
Our hotel operations are subject to numerous laws, including
those relating to the preparation and sale of food and
beverages, liquor service and health and safety of premises. Our
vacation rental operations are also subject to licensing
requirements applicable to real estate operations, laws and
regulations relating to consumer protection and local
ordinances. We are also subject to laws regulating our
relationship with our employees in areas such as hiring and
firing, minimum wage and maximum working hours, overtime and
working conditions. The success of expanding our hotel
operations also depends upon our obtaining necessary building
permits and zoning variances from local authorities. Compliance
with these laws is time intensive and costly and may reduce our
revenues and operating income.
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If vacation rental property owners do not renew a
significant number of property management contracts, revenues
and operating income from our ResortQuest vacation rental
business would be reduced. |
Through our ResortQuest vacation rental business, we provide
rental and property management services to property owners
pursuant to management contracts, which generally have one-year
terms. The majority of such contracts contain automatic renewal
provisions but also allow property owners to terminate the
contract at any time. If property owners do not renew a
significant number of management contracts or if we are unable
to attract additional property owners, revenues and operating
income for our ResortQuest business may be reduced. In addition,
although most of its contracts are exclusive, industry standards
in certain geographic markets dictate that rental services be
provided on a non-exclusive basis.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The prospectus contains forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are
forward-looking statements for purposes of federal
and state securities laws. Forward-looking statements may
include the words may, will,
plans, estimates,
anticipates, believes,
expects, intends and similar
expressions. Although we believe that such statements are based
on reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different
from those projected or assumed in our forward-looking
statements. These factors, risks and uncertainties include,
among others, the following:
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the potential adverse effect of our debt on our cash flow and
our ability to fulfill our obligations under the notes; |
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the availability of debt and equity financing on terms that are
favorable to us; |
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the challenges associated with the integration of
ResortQuests operations into our operations; |
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general economic and market conditions and economic and market
conditions related to the hotel and large group meetings and
convention industry; |
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the timing, budgeting and other factors and risks relating to
new hotel development, including our ability to generate cash
flows from our new Gaylord Texan hotel in Grapevine, Texas and
to develop, finance and open our proposed hotel near
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the possibility that an active market may not develop for the
notes and therefore hinder your ability to liquidate your
investment; and |
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other risks that are described in Risk Factors. |
Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the
forward-looking statements. We can give no assurances that any
of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will
occur or, if any of them do, what impact they will have on our
results of operations and financial condition. We do not intend,
and we undertake no obligation, to update any forward-looking
statement. We urge you to review carefully Risk
Factors in this prospectus for a more complete discussion
of the risks of an investment in the notes.
MARKET, RANKING AND OTHER DATA
The data included in this prospectus regarding markets and
ranking, including the size of certain markets and our position
and the position of our competitors within these markets, are
based on reports of published industry sources and our estimates
based on our managements knowledge and experience in the
markets in which we operate. Our estimates have been based on
information obtained primarily from trade and business
organizations and other contacts in the markets in which we
operate. We believe these estimates to be accurate as of the
date of this prospectus.
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THE EXCHANGE OFFER
Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offer
In connection with the issuance of the outstanding notes, we
entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial
purchasers of the outstanding notes. The following description
of the registration rights agreement is a summary only. For more
information, you should review the provisions of the
registration rights agreement that we filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or the Commission, as an exhibit to our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 1, 2004,
which is incorporated by reference herein.
Under the registration rights agreement, we agreed that,
promptly after the effectiveness of the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part, we would offer to the
holders of outstanding notes who are not prohibited by any law
or policy of the Commission from participating in the exchange
offer, the opportunity to exchange their outstanding notes for a
new series of notes, which we refer to as the new notes, that
are identical in all material respects to the outstanding notes,
except that the new notes do not contain transfer restrictions,
have been registered under the Securities Act and are not
subject to further registration rights. We and our subsidiary
guarantors have agreed to keep the exchange offer open for not
less than 20 business days, or longer if required by
applicable law, after the date on which notice of the exchange
offer is mailed to the holders of the outstanding notes. We and
our subsidiary guarantors also have agreed to use our reasonable
best efforts to cause the exchange offer to be consummated on or
before the date that is 30 business days after the
registration statement of which this prospectus is a part has
become effective, or longer, if required by the federal
securities laws.
If:
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we and our subsidiary guarantors are not permitted to consummate
the exchange offer because the exchange offer is not permitted
by applicable law or Commission policy; or |
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any holder of notes notifies us prior to the 20th business day
following consummation of the exchange offer that: |
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it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from participating
in the exchange offer; or |
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that it may not resell the new notes acquired by it in the
exchange offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and
the prospectus contained in the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part is not appropriate or available for
such resales; or |
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that it is a broker-dealer and owns outstanding notes acquired
directly from us or one of our affiliates, |
then we and the subsidiary guarantors have agreed to file with
the Commission a shelf registration statement to cover resales
of the outstanding notes by the holders thereof who satisfy
certain conditions relating to the provision of information in
connection with the shelf registration statement.
We and our subsidiary guarantors will use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the applicable registration
statement to be declared effective as promptly as possible by
the Commission.
We and our subsidiary guarantors also have agreed:
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to use our reasonable best efforts to have the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part declared effective
by the Commission on or prior to 240 days after the closing
of the sale of the outstanding notes; |
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unless the exchange offer would not be permitted by applicable
law or Commission policy, we and our subsidiary guarantors will
commence the exchange offer; and |
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we will issue new notes in exchange for all outstanding notes
tendered prior thereto in the exchange offer pursuant to the
requirements of the registration rights agreement; and |
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if obligated to file a shelf registration statement, we will use
our commercially reasonable efforts to file the shelf
registration statement with the Commission on or prior to
45 days after such filing obligation arises and to cause
the shelf registration to be declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to 90 days after such obligation arises,
but in no event prior to 240 days after the closing of the
sale of the outstanding notes. |
If:
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we and our subsidiary guarantors fail to file any of the
registration statements required by the registration rights
agreement on or before the date specified for such filing; or |
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any of such registration statements is not declared effective by
the Commission on or prior to the date specified for such
effectiveness, also known as the effectiveness target date; or |
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we and our subsidiary guarantors fail to consummate the exchange
offer within 30 business days of the effectiveness target
date with respect to the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part; or |
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the shelf registration statement or the registration statement
of which this prospectus is a part is declared effective but
thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with
resales of transfer restricted securities during the periods
specified in the registration rights agreement, |
then a registration default shall be deemed to have occurred and
we and our subsidiary guarantors will pay liquidated damages to
each holder of outstanding notes, with respect to the first
90-day period immediately following the occurrence of the first
registration default in an amount equal to a per annum rate of
0.25% per annum on the principal amount of outstanding notes
held by such holder. The amount of the liquidated damages will
increase by an additional per annum rate of 0.25% per annum with
respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all registration
defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of liquidated
damages for all registration defaults of 1.0% per annum on the
principal amount of outstanding notes constituting transfer
restricted securities.
All accrued liquidated damages will be paid by us and our
subsidiary guarantors on each damages payment date to the global
note holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds or
by federal funds check and to holders of certificated notes by
wire transfer to the accounts specified by them or by mailing
checks to their registered addresses if no such accounts have
been specified.
Following the cure of all registration defaults, the accrual of
liquidated damages will cease. Holders of outstanding notes will
be required to make certain representations to us in order to
participate in the exchange offer and will be required to
deliver certain information to be used in connection with the
shelf registration statement and to provide comments on the
shelf registration statement within the time periods set forth
in the registration rights agreement in order to have their
outstanding notes included in the shelf registration statement
and benefit from the provisions regarding liquidated damages set
forth above.
By acquiring notes, a holder will be deemed to have agreed to
indemnify us and our subsidiary guarantors against certain
losses arising out of information furnished by such holder in
writing for inclusion in any registration statement. Holders of
outstanding notes will also be required to suspend their use of
the prospectus included in the shelf registration statement
under certain circumstances upon receipt of notice to that
effect from us.
Resale of the New Notes
Based on no action letters of the Commission staff issued to
third parties, we believe that new notes may be offered for
resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without further
compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery
provisions of the Securities Act if:
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the new notes are acquired in the ordinary course of your
business; |
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you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to
participate in and are not engaged in, and do not intend to
engage in, a distribution of the new notes; and |
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you are not our affiliate (within the meaning of Rule 405
under the Securities Act) or a broker-dealer that acquired
outstanding notes directly from us for its own account. |
The Commission, however, has not considered the exchange offer
for the new notes in the context of a no action letter, and the
Commission may not make a similar determination as in the no
action letters issued to these third parties.
If you tender outstanding notes in the exchange offer with the
intention of participating in any manner in a distribution of
the new notes or otherwise do not satisfy the foregoing
criteria, you
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cannot rely on the interpretations by the Commission staff
discussed above; |
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will not be able to exchange your outstanding notes for new
notes in the exchange offer; and |
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must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a resale
of the outstanding notes, unless the resale is made pursuant to
an exemption from, or is otherwise not subject to, those
requirements. |
Unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available,
any security holder intending to distribute new notes should be
covered by an effective registration statement under the
Securities Act. This registration statement should contain the
selling security holders information required by
Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
This prospectus may be used for an offer to resell, resale or
other transfer of new notes only as specifically described in
this prospectus. Only broker-dealers that acquired the
outstanding notes as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities may participate in the exchange offer.
Each broker-dealer that receives new notes for its own account
in exchange for outstanding notes, where such outstanding notes
were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making
activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge in the
letter of transmittal that it will deliver a prospectus in
connection with any resale of the new notes. Please read the
section captioned Plan of Distribution for more
details regarding the transfer of new notes.
Terms of the Exchange Offer
Subject to the terms and conditions described in this prospectus
and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept for exchange
any outstanding notes properly tendered and not withdrawn prior
to 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on the expiration date. We
will issue new notes in principal amount equal to the principal
amount of outstanding notes surrendered in the exchange offer.
Outstanding notes may be tendered only for new notes and only in
integral multiples of $1,000.
The exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate
principal amount of outstanding notes being tendered for
exchange.
As of the date of this prospectus, $225.0 million in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes are
outstanding. This prospectus and the letter of transmittal are
being sent to all registered holders of outstanding notes. There
will be no fixed record date for determining registered holders
of outstanding notes entitled to participate in the exchange
offer.
We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the
provisions of the registration rights agreement, the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission. Outstanding notes that
the holders thereof do not tender for exchange in the exchange
offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest.
These outstanding notes will continue to be entitled to the
rights and benefits such holders have under the indenture
relating to the notes.
We will be deemed to have accepted for exchange properly
tendered outstanding notes when we have given oral or written
notice of the acceptance to the exchange agent and complied with
the applicable provisions of the registration rights agreement.
The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders
for the purposes of receiving the new notes from us.
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If you tender outstanding notes in the exchange offer, you will
not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject
to the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the
exchange of outstanding notes. We will pay all charges and
expenses in connection with the exchange offer. It is important
that you read the section labeled Fees and
Expenses for more details regarding fees and expenses
incurred in the exchange offer.
We will return any outstanding notes that we do not accept for
exchange for any reason to the tendering holder as promptly
after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.
Expiration Date
The exchange offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, Eastern
time, on June 9, 2005, unless, in our sole discretion, we
extend it. We and our subsidiary guarantors also have agreed to
use our reasonable best efforts to cause the exchange offer to
be consummated on or before the date that is 30 business
days after the registration statement of which this prospectus
is a part has become effective, or longer, if required by the
federal securities laws.
Extensions, Delays in Acceptance Termination or Amendment
We expressly reserve the right, at any time or various times, to
extend the period of time during which the exchange offer is
open. We may delay acceptance of any outstanding notes by giving
oral or written notice of such extension to their holders.
During any such extensions, all outstanding notes previously
tendered will remain subject to the exchange offer, and we may
accept them for exchange.
In order to extend the exchange offer, we will notify the
exchange agent orally or in writing of any extension. We will
notify the registered holders of outstanding notes of the
extension no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern time, on the
business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.
If any of the conditions described below under
Conditions to the Exchange Offer have
not been satisfied, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion
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by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension or
termination to the exchange agent. Subject to the terms of and
the approvals required under the registration rights agreement,
we also reserve the right to amend the terms of the exchange
offer in any manner.
Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or
amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or
written notice thereof to the registered holders of outstanding
notes. If we amend the exchange offer in a manner that we
determine to constitute a material change, we will promptly
disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement. The
supplement will be distributed to the registered holders of the
outstanding notes. In addition, if the amendment constitutes a
material change, including the waiver of a material condition,
we are generally required to extend the exchange offer at least
five business days from the date of such material amendment.
Conditions to the Exchange Offer
We will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange any
new notes for, any outstanding notes if as a result of any
change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the staff
of the Commission, we determine upon advice of our outside
counsel that we are not permitted to effect the exchange offer
as described in this prospectus.
In addition, we will not be obligated to accept for exchange the
outstanding notes of any holder that has not made to us the
representations described under Purpose and
Effect of the Exchange Offer, Procedures
for Tendering and Plan of Distribution and
such other representations as may be
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reasonably necessary under applicable Commission rules,
regulations or interpretations to allow us to use an appropriate
form to register the new notes under the Securities Act.
We expressly reserve the right to extend, amend or terminate the
exchange offer, and to reject for exchange any outstanding notes
not previously accepted for exchange, upon the failure to be
satisfied of any of the conditions to the exchange offer
specified herein or in the letter of transmittal. We will give
oral or written notice of any extension, amendment,
non-acceptance or termination to the holders of the outstanding
notes as promptly as practicable.
These conditions are for our sole benefit, and, except as
provided below, we may assert them or waive them in whole or in
part at any time or at various times in our sole discretion. All
such conditions will be satisfied or waived prior to expiration.
If we fail at any time to exercise any of these rights, this
failure will not mean that we have waived our rights. Each such
right will be deemed an ongoing right that we may assert at any
time or at various times.
In addition, we will not accept for exchange any outstanding
notes tendered, and will not issue new notes in exchange for any
such outstanding notes, if at such time any stop order has been
threatened or is in effect with respect to the registration
statement of which this prospectus is a part or the
qualification of the indenture relating to the notes under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Procedures for Tendering
Procedures for Tendering
Generally
Only a holder of outstanding notes may tender such outstanding
notes in the exchange offer. To tender in the exchange offer, a
holder must:
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mail or deliver such letter of transmittal or facsimile to the
exchange agent prior to 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on
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In addition, either:
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the exchange agent must receive, prior to 12:00 midnight,
Eastern time, on the expiration date, a timely confirmation of
book-entry transfer of such outstanding notes into the exchange
agents account at DTC according to the procedure for
book-entry transfer described below or a properly transmitted
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To be tendered effectively, the exchange agent must receive any
physical delivery of the letter of transmittal and other
required documents at its address indicated on the cover page of
the letter of transmittal. The exchange agent must receive such
documents prior to 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on the
expiration date.
The tender by a holder that is not withdrawn prior to
12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on the expiration date will
constitute an agreement between the holder and us in accordance
with the terms and subject to the conditions described in this
prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.
THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OUTSTANDING NOTES, THE LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE
AGENT IS AT YOUR ELECTION AND RISK. RATHER THAN MAIL THESE
ITEMS, WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY
SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, YOU SHOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO
ASSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE
12:00 MIDNIGHT, EASTERN TIME, ON THE EXPIRATION DATE. YOU
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THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OUTSTANDING NOTES TO US. YOU MAY
REQUEST YOUR BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES
OR OTHER NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR YOU.
How to Tender if You are a
Beneficial Owner
If you beneficially own outstanding notes that are registered in
the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or
other nominee and you wish to tender those notes, you should
contact the registered holder promptly and instruct it to tender
on your behalf. If you are a beneficial owner and wish to tender
on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing
the letter of transmittal and delivering your outstanding notes,
either:
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The transfer of registered ownership, if permitted under the
indenture for the notes, may take considerable time and may not
be completed prior to the expiration date.
Signatures and Signature
Guarantees
You must have signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice
of withdrawal, as described below, guaranteed by a member firm
of a registered national securities exchange or of the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,a commercial bank or
trust company having an office or correspondent in the United
States, or an eligible guarantor institution within
the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act. In
addition, the entity must be a member of one of the recognized
signature guarantee programs identified in the letter of
transmittal.
When You Need Endorsements
or Bond Powers
If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than
the registered holder of any outstanding notes, the outstanding
notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed
bond power. The bond power must be signed by the registered
holder as the registered holders name appears on the
outstanding notes. A member firm of a registered national
securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an
office or correspondent in the United States, or an eligible
guarantor institution must guarantee the signature on the bond
power.
If the letter of transmittal or any outstanding notes or bond
powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators,
guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others
acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, those persons
should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us, they
should also submit evidence satisfactory to us of their
authority to deliver the letter of transmittal.
Tendering Through DTCs
Automated Tender Offer Program
The exchange agent and DTC have confirmed that any financial
institution that is a participant in DTCs system may use
DTCs automated tender offer program to tender.
Participants in the program may, instead of physically
completing and signing the letter of transmittal and delivering
it to the exchange agent, transmit their acceptance of the
exchange offer electronically. They may do so by causing DTC to
transfer the outstanding notes to the exchange agent in
accordance with its procedures for transfer. DTC will then send
an agents message to the exchange agent.
The term agents message means a message
transmitted by DTC, received by the exchange agent and forming
part of the book-entry confirmation, to the effect that:
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terms of the letter of transmittal or, in the case of an
agents message relating to guaranteed delivery, that such
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Determinations Under the Exchange Offer
We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the
validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance of
tendered outstanding notes and withdrawal of tendered
outstanding notes. Our determination will be final and binding.
We reserve the absolute right to reject any outstanding notes
not properly tendered or any outstanding notes our acceptance of
which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also
reserve the right to waive any defect, irregularities or
conditions of tender as to particular outstanding notes. To the
extent that we waive any condition of the offer, however, we
will waive such condition for all holders of the outstanding
notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the
exchange offer, including the instructions in the letter of
transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless
waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders
of outstanding notes must be cured within such time as we shall
determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or
irregularities with respect to tenders of outstanding notes,
neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur
any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of
outstanding notes will not be deemed made until such defects or
irregularities have been cured or waived. Any outstanding notes
received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered
and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been
cured or waived will be returned to the tendering holder, unless
otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as
practicable following the expiration date.
When We Will Issue New Notes
In all cases, we will issue new notes for outstanding notes that
we have accepted for exchange in the exchange offer only after
the exchange agent timely receives:
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outstanding notes or a timely book-entry confirmation of such
outstanding notes into the exchange agents account at DTC;
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Note holders should expect to receive new notes promptly after
termination or expiration of the exchange offer.
Return of Outstanding Notes not Accepted or Exchanged
If we do not accept any tendered outstanding notes for exchange
or if outstanding notes are submitted for a greater principal
amount than the holder desires to exchange, the unaccepted or
non-exchanged outstanding notes will be returned to their
tendering holder. In the case of outstanding notes tendered by
book-entry transfer in the exchange agents account at DTC
according to the procedures described below, such non-exchanged
outstanding notes will be credited to an account maintained with
DTC. These actions will occur promptly after the expiration or
termination of the exchange offer.
Your Representations to Us
By signing or agreeing to be bound by the letter of transmittal,
you will represent to us that, among other things:
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no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate
in, a distribution of the new notes to be issued in the exchange
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business; and |
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if you are a broker-dealer, that you will receive new notes for
your own account in exchange for outstanding notes that were
acquired as a result of market-making activities or other
trading activities and that you will comply with the
registration and prospectus delivery requirement of the
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Book-Entry Transfer
The exchange agent will establish an account with respect to the
outstanding notes at DTC for purposes of the exchange offer
promptly after the date of this prospectus. Any financial
institution participating in DTCs system may make
book-entry delivery of outstanding notes by causing DTC to
transfer such outstanding notes into the exchange agents
account at DTC in accordance with DTCs procedures for
transfer. Holders of outstanding notes who are unable to deliver
confirmation of the book-entry tender of their outstanding notes
into the exchange agents account at DTC or all other
documents required by the letter of transmittal to the exchange
agent on or prior to 12:00 midnight, Eastern time, on the
expiration date must tender their outstanding notes according to
the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.
Guaranteed Delivery Procedures
If you wish to tender your outstanding notes but your
outstanding notes are not immediately available or you cannot
deliver your outstanding notes, the letter of transmittal or any
other required documents to the exchange agent or comply with
the applicable procedures under DTCs automated tender
offer program prior to the expiration date, you may tender if:
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national securities exchange or of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company
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prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from
such member firm of a registered national securities exchange or
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
commercial bank or trust company having an office or
correspondent in the United States, or eligible guarantor
institution either a properly completed and duly executed notice
of guaranteed delivery by facsimile transmission, mail or hand
delivery or a properly transmitted agents message and
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setting forth your name and address, the registered number(s) of
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guaranteeing that, within three New York Stock Exchange trading
days after the expiration date, the letter of transmittal or
facsimile thereof, together with the outstanding notes or a
book-entry confirmation, and any other documents required by the
letter of transmittal will be deposited by the eligible
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the exchange agent receives such properly completed and executed
letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof, as well as all
tendered outstanding notes in proper form for transfer or a
book-entry confirmation, and all other documents required by the
letter of transmittal, within three New York Stock Exchange
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Upon request to the exchange agent, a notice of guaranteed
delivery will be sent you if you wish to tender your outstanding
notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures described
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Withdrawal of Tenders
Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, you may
withdraw your tender at any time prior to 12:00 midnight,
Eastern time, on the expiration date.
For a withdrawal to be effective:
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Any notice of withdrawal must:
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If outstanding notes have been tendered under the procedure for
book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal
must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be
credited with withdrawn outstanding notes and otherwise comply
with the procedures of DTC.
We will determine all questions as to the validity, form,
eligibility and time of receipt of notice of withdrawal. Our
determination shall be final and binding on all parties. We will
deem any outstanding notes so withdrawn not to have been validly
tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offer.
Any outstanding notes that have been tendered for exchange but
that are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to their
holder without cost to the holder. In the case of outstanding
notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange
agents account at DTC according to the procedures
described above, such outstanding notes will be credited to an
account maintained with DTC for the outstanding notes. This
return or crediting will take place as soon as practicable after
withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange
offer. You may retender properly withdrawn outstanding notes by
following one of the procedures described under
Procedures for Tendering above at any
time on or prior to the expiration date.
Fees and Expenses
We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal
solicitation is being made by mail; however, we may make
additional solicitation by facsimile, telephone, electronic mail
or in person by our officers and regular employees and those of
our affiliates.
We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the
exchange offer and will not make any payments to broker-dealers
or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. We will,
however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees
for its services and reimburse it for its related reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses.
We will pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with
the exchange offer. They include:
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reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the initial
purchasers of the outstanding notes incurred in connection with
the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part
and, in the event of any shelf registration statement,
reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel
designated by the holders of a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding notes to act as counsel for
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Transfer Taxes
You will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in
connection with the tender of outstanding notes unless you
instruct us to register new notes in the name of, or request
that outstanding notes not tendered or accepted in the exchange
offer be returned to, a person other than the registered
tendering holder. In those cases, you will be responsible for
the payment of any applicable transfer taxes.
Consequences of Failure to Exchange
If you do not exchange new notes for your outstanding notes
under the exchange offer, you will remain subject to the
existing restrictions on transfer of the outstanding notes. In
general, you may not offer or sell the outstanding notes unless
they are registered under the Securities Act, or unless the
offer or sale is exempt from the registration requirements under
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except
as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not
intend to register resales of the outstanding notes under the
Securities Act.
Accounting Treatment
We will record the new notes in our accounting records at the
same carrying value as the outstanding notes. This carrying
value is the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes
less any bond discount, as reflected in our accounting records
on the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any
gain or loss for accounting purposes in connection with the
exchange offer.
Other Considerations
Participation in the exchange offer is voluntary, and you should
carefully consider whether to accept. You are urged to consult
your financial and tax advisors in making your own decision on
what action to take.
We may in the future seek to acquire untendered outstanding
notes in open market or privately negotiated transactions,
through subsequent exchange offers or otherwise. We have no
present plans to acquire any outstanding notes that are not
tendered in the exchange offer or to file a registration
statement to permit resales of any untendered outstanding notes.
Exchange Agent
We have appointed U.S. Bank National Association as exchange
agent for the exchange offer. Questions, requests for assistance
and requests for additional copies of the prospectus, the letter
of transmittal and other related documents should be directed to
the exchange agent addressed as follows:
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U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attention: Specialized Finance
(800) 934-6802 |
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60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
Attention: Specialized Finance
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(For Eligible Institutions Only)
Confirm by Telephone:
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the issuance of the new
notes. We are making this exchange offer solely to satisfy our
obligations under our registration rights agreement. In
consideration for issuing the new notes as contemplated by this
prospectus, we will receive outstanding notes in a like
principal amount. The form and terms of the new notes are
identical in all respects to the form and terms of the
outstanding notes, except the new notes have been registered
under the Securities Act and will not contain certain
restrictions on transfer or registration rights. Outstanding
notes surrendered in exchange for the new notes will be retired
and canceled and will not be reissued. Accordingly, the issuance
of the new notes will not result in any change in our
outstanding indebtedness.
The net proceeds from the original offering of the outstanding
notes were $221.0 million, after deducting the initial
purchasers discount and offering expenses. We used the net
proceeds to repay all indebtedness under our Nashville hotel
loan and to provide capital for development of the Gaylord
National hotel project, growth of our other businesses and other
general corporate purposes.
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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
The Company will issue the new notes under an Indenture (the
Indenture) among itself, the Guarantors and U.S.
Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
This is the same Indenture pursuant to which we issued the
outstanding notes. The terms of the new notes include those
stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by
reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the
Trust Indenture Act).
The following description is a summary of the material
provisions of the Indenture and the Registration Rights
Agreement. It does not restate those agreements in their
entirety. We urge you to read the Indenture and the Registration
Rights Agreement because they, and not this description, define
your rights as holders of the new notes. Copies of the Indenture
and the Registration Rights Agreement were filed as exhibits to
our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 1, 2004.
You can find the definitions of certain terms used in this
description under the subheading Certain
Definitions. Certain defined terms used in this
description but not defined below under
Certain Definitions have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture. In this description, the word
Company refers only to Gaylord Entertainment Company
and not to any of its subsidiaries.
If the exchange offer contemplated by this prospectus is
consummated, holders of outstanding notes who do not exchange
outstanding notes for new notes in the exchange offer will vote
together with holders of new notes for all relevant purposes
under the indenture. In that regard, the indenture requires that
certain actions by the holders thereunder must be taken, and
certain rights must be exercised, by specified minimum
percentages of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
securities issued under the indenture. In determining whether
holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount have
given any notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action
permitted under the indenture, any outstanding unregistered
notes that remain outstanding after the exchange offer will be
aggregated with the new notes, and the holders of such
outstanding unregistered notes and the new notes will vote
together as a single class for all such purposes. Accordingly,
all references herein to specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the notes outstanding shall be deemed to
mean, at any time after the exchange offer is consummated, such
percentages in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding
unregistered notes and the new notes then outstanding.
Brief Description of the Notes
The Notes:
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are effectively subordinated to any secured Indebtedness of the
Company, including the Indebtedness of the Company under the
Credit Agreement, and any liabilities of the Companys
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As of the date of the Indenture, all of our subsidiaries will be
Restricted Subsidiaries. However, under the
circumstances described below under the subheading
Certain Covenants Designation of
Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, we will be
permitted to designate certain of our subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Any Unrestricted
Subsidiaries will not be subject to any of the restrictive
covenants in the Indenture and will not guarantee the Notes. As
of the date of the Indenture, each of our subsidiaries that is a
borrower or guarantor under the Credit Agreement will guarantee
the Notes. As a
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result, each of our active domestic subsidiaries existing on the
date of the indenture will guarantee the Notes. These are the
same subsidiaries that guarantee our 8% senior notes.
Principal, Maturity and Interest
The Indenture provides for the issuance by the Company of Notes
with an unlimited principal amount, of which $225.0 million
will be exchanged for in this offering. The Company may issue
additional notes (the Additional Notes) from time to
time after this offering. Any offering of Additional Notes is
subject to the covenant described below under the caption
Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. The Notes
and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture
would be treated as a single class for all purposes under the
Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments,
redemptions and offers to purchase. The Company will issue Notes
in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The
Notes will mature on November 15, 2014.
Interest on the Notes will accrue at the rate of 6.75% per annum
and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and
November 15, commencing on May 15, 2005. The Company
will make each interest payment to the Holders of record on the
immediately preceding May 1 and November 1.
Interest on the Notes will accrue from the date of original
issuance or, if interest has already been paid, from the date it
was most recently paid. Interest will be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Methods of Receiving Payments on the Notes
If a Holder has given wire transfer instructions to the Company,
the Company will pay all principal, interest and premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, on that Holders Notes in
accordance with those instructions. All other payments on Notes
will be made at the office or agency of the Paying Agent and
Registrar within the City and State of New York unless the
Company elects to make interest payments by check mailed to the
Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders.
Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes
The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent and Registrar.
The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without
prior notice to the Holders, and the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
Transfer and Exchange
A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the
Indenture and the procedures described in Notice to
Investors. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a
Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements
and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to
pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Company is not required to transfer or exchange
any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Company is not
required to transfer or exchange any Note for a period of
15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.
The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of
it for all purposes.
Note Guarantees
The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly
and severally, by all of our existing Domestic Subsidiaries that
are borrowers or guarantors under our Credit Agreement.
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Each Note Guarantee:
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is a general unsecured obligation of the Guarantor; |
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is effectively subordinated to any secured Indebtedness of the
Guarantor, including the Guarantee of the Guarantor under the
Credit Agreement; |
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is pari passu in right of payment with any unsecured,
unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Guarantor; and |
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is senior in right of payment to any subordinated Indebtedness
of the Guarantor. |
The obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guarantee will
be limited as necessary to prevent that Note Guarantee from
constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable state law
or a violation of state law prohibiting shareholder
distributions by an insolvent subsidiary. See Risk
Factors Risks Related to the Notes The
subsidiary guarantees may not be enforceable because of
fraudulent conveyance laws or state corporate laws prohibiting
shareholder distributions by an insolvent subsidiary.
Optional Redemption
At any time prior to November 15, 2007, the Company may
redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a
redemption price of 106.750% of the principal amount thereof,
plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any,
to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or
more Equity Offerings; provided that:
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(1) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes)
remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such
redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company and its
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(2) the redemption must occur within 45 days of the
date of the closing of such Equity Offering. |
Except pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Notes will not
be redeemable at the Companys option prior to
November 15, 2009.
On or after November 15, 2009, the Company may redeem all
or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days notice, at the redemption prices (expressed
as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued
and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon, to
the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the
twelve-month period beginning on November 15 of the years
indicated below:
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If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time,
the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:
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(1) if the Notes are listed, in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange on
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(2) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by
lot or by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate. |
No Notes of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. Notices of
redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but
not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder
of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of
redemption may not be conditional.
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If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption that relates to that Note shall state the portion of
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original
Note will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon
cancellation of the original Note. Notes called for redemption
become due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the
redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions
of them called for redemption.
Mandatory Redemption
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or
sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
Repurchase at the Option of Holders
If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have
the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part
(equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) of that
Holders Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer on the
terms set forth in the Indenture. In the Change of Control
Offer, the Company will offer a Change of Control Payment in
cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, thereon, to the date of purchase. Within ten
days following any Change of Control, the Company will mail a
notice to each Holder describing the transaction or transactions
that constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase
Notes on the Change of Control Payment Date specified in such
notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no
later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed,
pursuant to the procedures required by the Indenture and
described in such notice. The Company will comply with the
requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any
other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent
such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the
repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or
regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of
the Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions
of the Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the
extent lawful:
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(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof
properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer; |
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(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions
thereof so tendered; and |
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(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the
Notes so accepted together with an Officers Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions
thereof being purchased by the Company. |
The Paying Agent will promptly mail or wire transfer to each
Holder of Notes so tendered the Change of Control Payment for
such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail
(or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new
Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the
Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each such new
Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral
multiple thereof.
The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of
Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of
Control Payment Date.
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Restrictions on our Ability to Repurchase |
The Credit Agreement will prohibit the Company from purchasing
any Notes, and will also provide that certain change of control
events with respect to the Company would constitute a default
under the Credit Agreement. Any future credit agreements or
other similar agreements to which the Company becomes a party
may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a
Change of Control occurs at a time when the Company is
prohibited from purchasing Notes, the Company could seek the
consent of its lenders to the purchase of Notes or could attempt
to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If
the Company does not obtain such a consent or repay such
borrowings, the Company will remain prohibited from purchasing
Notes. In such case, the Companys failure to purchase
tendered Notes would constitute an Event of Default under the
Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under such
other agreements.
The provisions described above that require the Company to make
a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control will be
applicable regardless of whether any other provisions of the
Indenture are applicable. Except as described above with respect
to a Change of Control, the Indenture does not contain
provisions that permit the Holders of the Notes to require that
the Company repurchase or redeem the Notes in the event of a
takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control
Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change
of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in
compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture
applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and
purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under
such Change of Control Offer.
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Uncertainty about a Disposition of Substantially
All Assets |
The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating
to the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole. Although there is a limited body of case law
interpreting the phrase substantially all, there is
no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable
law. Accordingly, the ability of a Holder of Notes to require
the Company to repurchase such Notes as a result of a sale,
lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of less than
all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
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(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at
least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity
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(2) such fair market value is determined by the
Companys Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution
of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers
Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and |
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(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash
or Replacement Assets or a combination of both. For purposes of
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(a) any liabilities (as shown on the Companys or such
Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent
liabilities, Indebtedness that is pari passu with the
Notes or any Note Guarantee (other than (x) Indebtedness
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such Asset Sale), Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes
or any Note Guarantee and liabilities to the extent owed to the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company) that are assumed by the
transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary written
novation agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary from further liability; and |
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(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by
the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such
transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received in that
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Application of Net Proceeds |
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from
an Asset Sale, the Company may apply such Net Proceeds at its
option:
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(1) to repay (A) Indebtedness of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof under Credit Facilities,
(B) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof secured by such assets or
(C) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company that is not a Guarantor, and, if the Indebtedness repaid
is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce
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(2) to purchase Replacement Assets or make a capital
expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business
(or enter into a binding agreement to purchase such assets or
make such capital expenditure; provided that if such
binding agreement ceases to be in full force and effect during
such 360-day period, the Company may enter into another such
binding agreement; provided further that if such binding
agreement ceases to be in full force and effect after such
360-day period, any portion of the Net Proceeds of such Asset
Sale not applied or invested pursuant to such binding agreement
shall constitute Excess Proceeds). |
Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the
Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or
otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not
prohibited by the Indenture.
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Excess Proceeds Used to Repurchase Notes |
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or
invested as provided in the preceding paragraph will constitute
Excess Proceeds. Within 10 days after the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15.0 million,
the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of
Notes and, at the Companys option, all holders of other
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes or any
Note Guarantee containing provisions similar to those set forth
in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase with the
proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase the maximum principal
amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness
that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer
price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated
Damages, if any, to the date of purchase, and will be payable in
cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an
Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use such Excess Proceeds for
any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the
aggregate principal amount of Notes and such other pari
passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer
exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness shall be purchased on a pro rata
basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other
pari passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of each
Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset
at zero.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and
regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations
are applicable in
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connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities
laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sales provisions of
the Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the
Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
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Restrictions on our Ability to Repurchase |
The Credit Agreement will prohibit the Company from purchasing
any Notes, and will also provide that certain asset sale events
with respect to the Company would constitute a default under the
Credit Agreement. Any future credit agreements or other similar
agreements to which the Company becomes a party may contain
similar restrictions and provisions. In the event an Asset Sale
occurs at a time when the Company is prohibited from purchasing
Notes, the Company could seek the consent of its lenders to the
purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings
that contain such prohibition. If the Company does not obtain
such a consent or repay such borrowings, the Company will remain
prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such case, the
Companys failure to purchase tendered Notes would
constitute an Event of Default under the Indenture which would,
in turn, constitute a default under such other agreements.
Suspension Condition
During any period of time that the Notes are rated Investment
Grade by both Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and then be continuing (the foregoing
conditions being referred to collectively as the
Suspension Condition), the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the covenants
described under Certain Covenants
Restricted Payments, Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock,
clause (3) of Merger, Consolidation or
Sale of Assets, Transactions with
Affiliates, clauses (1) and (3) of
Sale and Leaseback Transactions and will
not be subject to the provisions of the Indenture described
under Repurchase at the Option of the
Holders Asset Sales (collectively, the
Suspended Covenants). As a result, if and while the
Company meets the Suspension Condition, the Notes will be
entitled to substantially less covenant protection. If the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the
Suspended Covenants with respect to the Notes for any period of
time as a result of the foregoing and, subsequently, one or both
Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade rating or
downgrade the Investment Grade rating assigned to the Notes such
that the Notes are no longer rated Investment Grade by both
Rating Agencies, then the Company and each of its Restricted
Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended
Covenants. Compliance with the Suspended Covenants with respect
to Restricted Payments made after the time of such withdrawal or
downgrade will be calculated in accordance with the terms of the
covenant described below under Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments as if such
covenant had been in effect during the entire period of time
from the date of the Indenture.
So long as the Notes are outstanding, including while the
Company meets the Suspension Condition, the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries will be subject to the provisions of the
Indenture described under Repurchase at the
Option of the Holders Change of Control and
the covenants described under: Certain
Covenants Liens, Dividend
and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted
Subsidiaries, Merger, Consolidation or
Sale of Assets (other than clause (3)),
Guarantees,
Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, Sale and Leaseback
Transactions (other than clauses (1) and (3)),
Business Activities,
Payments for Consent and
Reports.
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Certain Covenants
(A) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
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(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment
or distribution on account of the Companys or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries Equity Interests (including,
without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or
consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the
Companys or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than
dividends, payments or distributions payable in Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or to the Company
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(2) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for
value (including, without limitation, in connection with any
merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity
Interests of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiaries of
the Company held by Persons other than the Company or any of its
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(3) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any
Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Note
Guarantees, except (a) a payment of interest or principal
at the Stated Maturity thereof or (b) the purchase,
repurchase or other acquisition of any such Indebtedness in
anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal
installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year
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(4) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase,
redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value the
Companys obligations under the SAILS Forward Exchange
Contracts (other than through delivery of some or all of the
Viacom Stock securing such contracts or through Permitted SAILS
Refinancing Indebtedness); or |
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(5) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (5)
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Restricted Payment:
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(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and |
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(2) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted
Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such
Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the
applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at
least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of
the covenant described below under the caption
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock; and |
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(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate
amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries after November 12, 2003
(excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2),
(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of the next
succeeding paragraph (B)), is less than the sum, without
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(a) an amount equal to the Companys Consolidated Cash
Flow for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the
beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after
November 12, 2003 to the end of the Companys most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial
statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment
(the Basket Period) less the product of 2.0 times
the Companys Fixed Charges for the Basket Period,
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(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the
Company since November 12, 2003 as a contribution to its
common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity
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of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue
or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or
convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company that
have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests
(other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt
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(c) with respect to Restricted Investments made by the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after November 12,
2003, an amount equal to the net reduction in Investments (other
than reductions in Permitted Investments) in any Person
resulting from repayments of loans or advances, or other
transfers of assets, in each case to the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary or from the net cash proceeds from the
sale of any such Investment (except, in each case, to the extent
any such payment or proceeds are included in the calculation of
Consolidated Net Income), from the release of any Guarantee
(except to the extent any amounts are paid under such Guarantee)
or from redesignations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries as
Restricted Subsidiaries, not to exceed, in each case, the amount
of Investments previously made by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary. |
(B) So long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions will not
prohibit:
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(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after
the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration
such payment would have complied with the provisions of the
Indenture; |
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(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or
other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the
Company or any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the
Company or any Guarantor (including payment of accrued and
unpaid dividends on any such Equity Interests) in exchange for,
or out of the net cash proceeds of a contribution to the common
equity of the Company or a substantially concurrent sale (other
than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the
Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that
the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for
any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other
acquisition shall be excluded from clause (3)(b) of the
preceding paragraph (A); |
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(3) the defeasance, redemption, repurchase or other
acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from an incurrence of
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(4) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company to the holders of its common Equity Interests on
a pro rata basis; |
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(5) Investments acquired as a capital contribution to, or
in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of a
substantially concurrent offering of, Equity Interests (other
than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; provided that
the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for
any such acquisition or exchange shall be excluded from
clause (3)(b) of the preceding paragraph (A); |
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(6) the repurchase of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon
the exercise of options or warrants if such Capital Stock
represents all or a portion of the exercise price thereof; |
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(7) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional
shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or
other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity
Interests of the Company; |
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(8) the declaration or payment of dividends on Disqualified
Stock the issuance of which was permitted by the Indenture; |
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(9) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or
retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company held
by any current or former employee or director of the Company (or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) pursuant to the terms of any
employee equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement
or similar agreement entered into in the ordinary course of
business; provided that the aggregate price paid for all
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in any calendar year shall not exceed $2.0 million; provided
further that, to the extent that such aggregate price paid
under this clause (9) in any calendar year is less than
$2.0 million, any unused amount may be used to make such
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisition or retirement only
in the immediately succeeding twelve-month period; or |
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(10) other Restricted Payments in an amount, when taken
together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to
this clause (10) since November 12, 2003, not to
exceed $25.0 million. |
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be
the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of
the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued
to or by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be,
pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any
assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
covenant shall be determined by the Board of Directors whose
resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the
Trustee. The Board of Directors determination must be
based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the
fair market value exceeds $15.0 million. Not later than the
date of making any Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that such
Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon
which the calculations required by this Restricted
Payments covenant were computed, together with a copy of
any opinion or appraisal required by the Indenture.
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Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock |
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness
(including Acquired Debt and Construction Indebtedness), and the
Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
issue any preferred stock; provided, however, that the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof may incur
Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue shares of
preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the
Companys most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for
which internal financial statements are available immediately
preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is
incurred would have been at least 2.0 to 1, determined on a pro
forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net
proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been
incurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.
The first paragraph of this covenant will not prohibit the
incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness
(collectively, Permitted Debt):
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(1) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities (including
the Credit Agreement and the Nashville Hotel Loan, until repaid
with the proceeds for the Notes) in an aggregate principal
amount at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (1)
(with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount
equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed
$300.0 million, less the aggregate amount of all Net
Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof to permanently repay any such Indebtedness
(and, in the case of any revolving credit Indebtedness, to
effect a corresponding commitment reduction thereunder) pursuant
to the covenant Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(2) the incurrence of Existing Indebtedness; |
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(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of (a)
Indebtedness represented by the Notes to be issued on the date
of the Indenture and the related Note Guarantees, (b)
Indebtedness represented by the Exchange Notes and the related
Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement and (c) Indebtedness to the extent the net
proceeds are promptly used to defease the Notes as described
under Legal Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance; |
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(4) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness represented by Capital
Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money
obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing
all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or
improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business
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Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal
amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed $30.0
million at any time outstanding; |
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(5) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
refund, refinance or replace Indebtedness (other than
intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by the Indenture
to be incurred under the first paragraph of this covenant or
clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (9) or (11) of this
paragraph; |
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(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness owing to and held by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that: |
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(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such
Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be unsecured and expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all
Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the
Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor; |
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(b) Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Guarantor must
be evidenced by an unsubordinated promissory note, unless the
obligor under such Indebtedness is the Company or a Guarantor;
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(c) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity
Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a
Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof
and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such
Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof, shall be deemed, in each case, to
constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not
permitted by this clause (6); |
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(7) the Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof of Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be
incurred by another provision of this covenant; |
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(8) the incurrence by the Company or any Guarantor of
Indebtedness represented by the SAILS Forward Exchange Contracts
and any Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(9) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof of Indebtedness to the extent the net
proceeds are used to pay the Companys tax liability with
respect to its sale of the Viacom Stock pursuant to the SAILS
Forward Exchange Contracts or any Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness; |
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(10) the issuance of preferred stock by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary thereof; provided that (i) any
subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results
in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than
the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary thereof or
(ii) any sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock
to a Person that is not the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary thereof, shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute
an issuance of preferred stock by such Restricted Subsidiary
that was not permitted by this clause (10); or |
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(11) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate
principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time
outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (11), not to exceed $50.0
million. |
For purposes of determining compliance with this
Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred
Stock covenant, in the event that any proposed
Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the
categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses
(1) through (11) above, or is entitled to be
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incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, the
Company will be permitted to classify at the time of its
incurrence such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies
with this covenant. In addition, the Company may at any time
change the classification of an item of Indebtedness, or any
portion thereof, to any other clause or to the first paragraph
of this covenant provided that the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, would be permitted to incur the
item of Indebtedness, or portion of the item of Indebtedness,
under such new clause or the first paragraph of this covenant,
as the case may be, at the time of such reclassification.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Limitation on
Indebtedness covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness
that may be incurred pursuant to this Limitation on
Indebtedness covenant will not be deemed to be exceeded
with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the
result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.
The Company will not incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate
or junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the
Company unless it is subordinate in right of payment to the
Notes to the same extent. The Company will not permit any
Guarantor to incur any Indebtedness that is subordinate or
junior in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of such
Guarantor unless it is subordinate in right of payment to such
Guarantors Note Guarantee to the same extent. For purposes
of the foregoing, no Indebtedness will be deemed to be
subordinated or junior in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness of the Company solely by virtue of being unsecured
or by virtue of the fact that the holders of any secured
Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements giving
one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in
the collateral held by them.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or
suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other
than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now
owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under the
Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable
basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such
obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
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Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Restricted Subsidiaries |
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:
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(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock (or with respect to any other interest or
participation in, or measured by, its profits) to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or pay any liabilities owed
to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; or |
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(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. |
However, the preceding restrictions will not apply to
encumbrances or restrictions:
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(1) existing under, by reason of or with respect to the
Credit Agreement, the SAILS Forward Exchange Contracts, the
Nashville Hotel Loan, Existing Indebtedness or any other
agreements in effect on the date of the Indenture and any
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions,
supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof;
provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any
such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals,
extensions, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings
are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than
those contained in the Credit Agreement, Existing Indebtedness
or such other agreements as in effect on the date of the
Indenture; |
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(2) existing under, by reason of, or with respect to, the
Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees; |
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(3) existing under, by reason of or with respect to
applicable law; |
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(4) with respect to any Person or the property or assets of
a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries existing at the time of such acquisition and not
incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such
acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable
to any Person or the properties or assets of any Person, other
than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so
acquired and any amendments, modifications, restatements,
renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or
refinancings thereof; provided that the encumbrances and
restrictions in any such amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings,
replacement or refinancings are not materially more restrictive,
taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the
acquisition; |
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(5) existing under, by reason of or with respect to
Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company if the
encumbrance or restriction applies only upon a payment or
financial covenant default or event of default contained in such
Indebtedness; provided that (A) such encumbrances or
restrictions are not materially more adverse to the Holders of
the Notes than is customary for comparable financings (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) and
(B) the Company delivers an Officers Certificate to
the Trustee evidencing the Companys determination that the
imposition of such encumbrances or restrictions will not
materially impair the Companys ability to make payments
when due with respect to the Notes; |
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(6) in the case of clause (3) of the first paragraph
of this covenant: |
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(A) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting,
assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease,
license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset, |
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(B) existing by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to
transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, or lease
of, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture or |
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(C) arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of
business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not,
individually or in the aggregate, detract from the value of
property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary; |
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(7) existing under, by reason of or with respect to any
agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the capital stock of, or property and
assets of, a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions
by that Restricted Subsidiary pending such sale or other
disposition; |
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(8) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth
imposed by customers or required by insurance, surety or bonding
companies, in each case, under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business; |
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(9) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided
that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more
restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; and |
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(10) customary supermajority voting provisions and
customary provisions with respect to the disposition or
distribution of assets or property, in each case contained in
joint venture agreements. |
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Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets |
The Company will not, directly or indirectly:
(1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) or
(2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or
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otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties
and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another
Person or Persons, unless:
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(1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving
corporation; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other
disposition shall have been made (i) is a corporation
organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia and (ii) assumes
all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, the
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to
agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; |
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no
Default or Event of Default exists; |
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(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on
a pro forma basis, the Company or the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the
Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition shall have been made will, on
the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect
thereto and any related financing transactions as if the same
had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period, either (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of
additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of the covenant
described above under the caption Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock or
(b) have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that exceeds the
Companys Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (determined without
giving effect to such transaction) for such applicable
four-quarter period; and |
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(4) each Guarantor, unless such Guarantor is the Person
with which the Company has entered into a transaction under this
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets covenant,
shall have by amendment to its Note Guarantee confirmed that its
Note Guarantee shall apply to the obligations of the Company or
the surviving Person in accordance with the Notes and the
Indenture. |
In addition, the Company will not, and will not permit any
Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, lease all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more
related transactions, to any other Person. Clause (3) above of
this Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
covenant will not apply to any merger, consolidation or sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets
between or among the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
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Transactions with Affiliates |
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into, make,
amend, renew or extend any transaction, contract, agreement,
understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate (each, an Affiliate
Transaction), unless:
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(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not
materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained
in a comparable arms-length transaction by the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person that is not an
Affiliate of the Company; and |
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(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee: |
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(a) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $5.0 million, a resolution of the Board of
Directors set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying
that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate
Transactions complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions has been
approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board
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(b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $20.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate
Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions from a
financial point of view issued by an independent accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing. |
The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate
Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the
provisions of the prior paragraph:
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(1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its
Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(2) payment (a) of reasonable and customary fees to,
and reasonable and customary indemnification and similar
payments on behalf of, directors of the Company, or
(b) pursuant to any employment agreement or other employee
compensation arrangements entered into by the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; |
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(3) Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments that are
permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above
under the caption Restricted Payments; |
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(4) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Company; |
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(5) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the
Company solely because the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries owns Capital Stock in, or controls, such Person; and |
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(6) transactions entered into pursuant to any agreement
existing on the date of the Indenture. |
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Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries |
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any
Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided that:
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(1) any Guarantee by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of any Indebtedness of the Subsidiary being so
designated will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or both, if
applicable) at the time of such designation, and such incurrence
of Indebtedness would be permitted under the covenant described
above under the caption Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock; |
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(2) the aggregate fair market value of all outstanding
Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
in the Subsidiary being so designated (including any Guarantee
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness
of such Subsidiary) will be deemed to be a Restricted Investment
made as of the time of such designation and that such Investment
would be permitted under the covenant described above under the
caption Certain Covenants
Restricted Payments; |
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(3) such Subsidiary does not own any Equity Interests of,
or hold any Liens on any Property of, the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(4) the Subsidiary being so designated: |
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(a) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or
understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be
obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Company; |
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(b) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company
nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (x) to subscribe for additional Equity
Interests or (y) to maintain or preserve such Persons
financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any
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(c) has not Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly
provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent such
Guarantee or credit support would be released upon such
designation; and |
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(d) has at least one director on its Board of Directors
that is not a director or officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer
that is not a director or officer of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; and |
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(5) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence
following such designation. |
Any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by
filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution
giving effect to such designation and an Officers
Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the
preceding conditions and was permitted by the Indenture. If, at
any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would (x) fail to
meet any of the preceding requirements described in subclauses
(a), (b) and (c) of clause (4) above, or
(y) fails to meet the requirement described in subclause
(d) of clause (4) above and such failure continues for
a period of 30 days, it shall thereafter cease to be an
Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any
Indebtedness, Investments, or Liens on the property, of such
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such
Indebtedness, Investments or Liens are not permitted to be
incurred as of such date under the Indenture, the Company shall
be in default under the Indenture.
The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate
any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that:
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(1) such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of
Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any
outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and
such designation shall only be permitted if such Indebtedness is
permitted under the covenant described under the caption
Certain Covenants Incurrence of
Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock, calculated
on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the
beginning of the four-quarter reference period; |
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(2) all outstanding Investments owned by such Unrestricted
Subsidiary will be deemed to be made as of the time of such
designation and such Investments shall only be permitted if such
Investments would be permitted under the covenant described
above under the caption Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments; |
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(3) all Liens upon property or assets of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary existing at the time of such designation would be
permitted under the caption Certain
Covenants Liens; and |
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(4) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence
following such designation. |
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions |
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction;
provided that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:
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(1) the Company or that Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable, could have incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal
to the Attributable Debt relating to such sale and leaseback
transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in the
first paragraph of the covenant described above under the
caption Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock; |
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(2) the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback
transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and set forth
in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of
the property that is the subject of that sale and leaseback
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(3) the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback
transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the
proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, the covenant
described above under the caption Repurchase
at the Option of Holders Asset Sales. |
The Company will cause the subsidiaries that are borrowers,
guarantors or special purpose entities in connection with the
Nashville Hotel Loan to execute a supplemental indenture
providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes within
30 days after repayment of the Nashville Hotel Loan. The
Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly, to Guarantee or pledge any assets to
secure the payment of any other Indebtedness of the Company or
any Guarantor unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Guarantor
or simultaneously executes and delivers a supplemental indenture
providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes by such
Restricted Subsidiary, which Guarantee shall be senior to or
pari passu with such Subsidiarys Guarantee of such
other Indebtedness. The form of the Note Guarantee will be
attached as an exhibit to the Indenture.
A Guarantor may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge
with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving
Person), another Person, other than the Company or another
Guarantor, unless:
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(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and |
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(a) the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or
disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) is a
corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United
States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and
assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under the
Indenture, its Note Guarantee and the Registration Rights
Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to
the Trustee; or |
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(b) such sale or other disposition or consolidation or
merger complies with the covenant described above under the
caption Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales. |
The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released:
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(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all
of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to a Person that is not
(either before or after giving effect to such transaction) an
Affiliate of the Company, if the sale of all such Capital Stock
of that Guarantor complies with the covenant described above
under the caption Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(2) if the Company properly designates any Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
under the Indenture; or |
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(3) solely in the case of a Note Guarantee created pursuant
to the second sentence of the first paragraph of this covenant,
upon the release or discharge of the Guarantee which resulted in
the creation of such Note Guarantee pursuant to this covenant,
except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under
such Guarantee. |
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Permitted
Businesses, except to such extent as would not be material to
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid
any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes
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inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the
terms or provisions of the Indenture or the Notes unless such
consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders
of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time
frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such
consent, waiver or agreement.
Whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will file
a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in
clauses (1) and (2) below with the Commission for
public availability within the time periods specified in the
Commissions rules and regulations (unless the Commission
will not accept such a filing) and, upon request furnish such
information to the Holders of the Notes and prospective
investors:
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(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that
would be required to be contained in a filing with the
Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required
to file such Forms, including a Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations and, with respect to the annual information
only, a report on the annual financial statements by the
Companys certified independent accountants; and |
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(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed
with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were
required to file such reports. |
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual
financial information required by this covenant shall include a
reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the
financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial
condition and results of operations of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition
and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of
the Company.
In addition, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed that,
for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, they will furnish
to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request,
the information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Events of Default and Remedies
Each of the following is an Event of Default:
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(1) default for 30 days in the payment when due of
interest on, or Liquidated Damages with respect to, the Notes; |
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(2) default in payment when due (whether at maturity, upon
acceleration, redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or
premium, if any, on the Notes; |
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(3) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions described under the
captions Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Change of Control or
Certain Covenants Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets; |
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(4) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries for 30 days after written notice by the
Trustee or Holders representing 25% or more of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes outstanding to comply with any of the
other agreements in the Indenture; |
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(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured
or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which
is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists,
or is created after the date of the Indenture, if that default: |
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(a) is caused by a failure to make any payment when due at
the final maturity of such Indebtedness (a Payment
Default); or |
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(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior
to its express maturity, |
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and, in each case, the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other
such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default
or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates
$20.0 million or more; |
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(6) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of
$20.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or
stayed for a period of 60 days; |
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(7) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note
Guarantee shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be
unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in
full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on
behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations
under its Note Guarantee; and |
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(8) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect
to the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of
the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiaries that together would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary). |
In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events
of bankruptcy or insolvency, with respect to the Company, any
Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company (or any
Restricted Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Significant Subsidiary), all outstanding Notes will become due
and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any
other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and
payable immediately.
Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes
except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain
limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of
any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any Default or Event of Default (except a
Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal
or interest or Liquidated Damages) if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of
the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except
a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of
interest or Liquidated Damages on, or the principal of, the
Notes. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy
available to the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture,
that may involve the Trustee in personal liability, or that the
Trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to
the rights of Holders of Notes not joining in the giving of such
direction and may take any other action it deems proper that is
not inconsistent with any such direction received from Holders
of Notes. A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to the
Indenture or the Notes unless:
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(1) the Holder gives the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default; |
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(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Notes make a written request to the
Trustee to pursue the remedy; |
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(3) such Holder or Holders offer the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to the Trustee against any costs, liability or
expense; |
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(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within
60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of
indemnity; and |
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(5) during such 60-day period, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes do not give
the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request. |
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However, such limitations do not apply to the right of any
Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of, premium
or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on, such Note or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after
the due date expressed in the Notes, which right shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
In the case of any Event of Default occurring by reason of any
willful action or inaction taken or not taken by or on behalf of
the Company with the intention of avoiding payment of the
premium that the Company would have had to pay if the Company
then had elected to redeem the Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of the Indenture, an equivalent premium
shall also become and be immediately due and payable to the
extent permitted by law upon the acceleration of the Notes. If
an Event of Default occurs during any time that the Notes are
outstanding, by reason of any willful action (or inaction) taken
(or not taken) by or on behalf of the Company with the intention
of avoiding the prohibition on redemption of the Notes, then the
premium specified in the first paragraph under
Optional Redemption shall also become
immediately due and payable to the extent permitted by law upon
the acceleration of the Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year a
statement regarding compliance with the Indenture. Upon becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default, the Company is
required to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such
Default or Event of Default.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the
Notes, the Indenture, the Note Guarantees or for any claim based
on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not
be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities
laws.
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
The Company may, at its option and at any time, elect to have
all of its obligations discharged with respect to the
outstanding Notes and all obligations of the Guarantors
discharged with respect to their Note Guarantees (Legal
Defeasance) except for:
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(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive
payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium
and Liquidated Damages, if any, on such Notes when such payments
are due from the trust referred to below; |
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(2) the Companys obligations with respect to the
Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes,
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance
of an office or agency for payment and money for security
payments held in trust; |
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(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the Trustee, and the Companys and the Guarantors
obligations in connection therewith; and |
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(4) the Legal Defeasance provisions of the Indenture. |
In addition, the Company may, at its option and at any time,
elect to have the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors
released with respect to certain covenants that are described in
the Indenture (Covenant Defeasance) and thereafter
any omission to comply with those covenants shall not constitute
a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In the
event Covenant Defeasance occurs, certain events (not including
non-payment, bankruptcy, receivership, rehabilitation and
insolvency events) described under Events of Default
will no longer constitute Events of Default with respect to the
Notes.
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In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance:
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(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee,
in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in
U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a
combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in
the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and
premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the outstanding Notes
on the stated maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as
the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes
are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption
date; |
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(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (a) the Company
has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the date of the
Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders
of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; |
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(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the
outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for
federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have
been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; |
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(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing either: (a) on the date of such deposit; or
(b) or insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or
insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period
ending on the 123rd day after the date of deposit; |
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(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under any material agreement or instrument to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries is bound; |
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(6) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, (1) assuming no
intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any Guarantor between
the date of deposit and the 123rd day following the deposit and
assuming that no Holder is an insider of the Company
under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 123rd day following
the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect
of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar laws affecting creditors rights generally,
including Section 547 of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
and (2) the creation of the defeasance trust does not
violate the Investment Company Act of 1940; |
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(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made
by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of
Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of
defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the
Company or others; |
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(8) if the Notes are to be redeemed prior to their stated
maturity, the Company must deliver to the Trustee irrevocable
instructions to redeem all of the Notes on the specified
redemption date; and |
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(9) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. |
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Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Except as provided in the next two succeeding paragraphs, the
Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the
consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without
limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of,
or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and any existing
default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the
Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes
(including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection
with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for,
Notes).
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or
waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a
non-consenting Holder):
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(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; |
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(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of
any Note or alter the provisions, or waive any payment, with
respect to the redemption of the Notes; |
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(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of
interest on any Note; |
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(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of
principal of, or interest or premium, or Liquidated Damages, if
any, on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the
Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment
default that resulted from such acceleration); |
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(5) make any Note payable in money other than U.S. dollars; |
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(6) make any change in the provisions of the Indenture
relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of
Notes to receive payments of principal of, or interest or
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes; |
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(7) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under
its Note Guarantee or the Indenture, except in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture; |
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(8) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement
of any payment on or with respect to the Notes or the Note
Guarantees; |
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(9) amend, change or modify the obligation of the Company
to make and consummate an Asset Sale Offer with respect to any
Asset Sale in accordance with the Repurchase at the Option
of Holders Asset Sales covenant after the
obligation to make such Asset Sale Offer has arisen or the
obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of
Control Offer in the event of a Change of Control in accordance
with the Repurchase at the Option of Holders
Change of Control covenant after such Change of Control
has occurred, including, in each case, amending, changing or
modifying any definition relating thereto; |
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(10) except as otherwise permitted under the Merger,
Consolidation and Sale of Assets and
Guarantees covenants, consent to the assignment or
transfer by the Company or any Guarantor of any of their rights
or obligations under the Indenture; or |
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(11) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver
provisions. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, without the consent of any Holder
of Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend
or supplement the Indenture or the Notes:
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(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; |
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(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or
in place of certificated Notes; |
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(3) to provide for the assumption of the Companys or
any Guarantors obligations to Holders of Notes in the case
of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all
of the Companys or such Guarantors assets; |
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(4) to make any change that would provide any additional
rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any
such Holder; |
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(5) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order
to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under
the Trust Indenture Act; |
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(6) to comply with the provision described under
Certain Covenants Guarantees; |
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(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment by a successor Trustee; or |
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(8) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in
accordance with the Indenture. |
Satisfaction and Discharge
The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further
effect as to all Notes issued thereunder, when:
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(a) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost,
stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and
Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in
trust and thereafter repaid to the Company) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or |
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(b) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the
making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due
and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders,
cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a
combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient
without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and
Liquidated Damages, if any, and accrued interest to the date of
maturity or redemption; |
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(2) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a
result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other
instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or
by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound; |
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(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be
paid all sums payable by it under the Indenture; and |
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(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to
the Trustee under the Indenture to apply the deposited money
toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption
date, as the case may be. |
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating
that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have
been satisfied.
Concerning the Trustee
If the Trustee becomes a creditor of the Company or any
Guarantor, the Indenture limits its right to obtain payment of
claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property
received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise.
The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions;
however, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must
eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the
Commission for permission to continue or resign.
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The Indenture provides that in case an Event of Default shall
occur and be continuing, the Trustee will be required, in the
exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent
man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such
provisions, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise
any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request
of any Holder of Notes, unless such Holder shall have offered to
the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against
any loss, liability or expense. For example, the Trustee may
require a Holder to post a bond or other security if a Holder
requests that the Trustee file a lawsuit against the Company, as
the Trustee is not required to expend or risk its own funds or
incur any liability pursuant to the indenture.
Book-Entry, Delivery and Form
The new Notes will be issued in registered, global form in
minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
in excess thereof. Notes will be issued at the closing of this
exchange offer only pursuant to valid tenders of outstanding
notes.
The new Notes will initially be represented by one or more new
Notes, in registered, global without interest coupons
(collectively, the Global Notes). The Global Notes
will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian
for The Depository Trust Company (DTC), in New York,
New York, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in
each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect
participant in DTC as described below.
Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred,
in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a
successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the
Global Notes may not be exchanged for Notes in certificated form
except in the limited circumstances described below. See
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated
Notes. Except in the limited circumstances described
below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will
not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Notes in
certificated form.
Depository Procedures
The following description of the operations and procedures of
DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter
of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely
within the control of the respective settlement systems and are
subject to changes by them. The Company takes no responsibility
for these operations and procedures and urges investors to
contact the system or their participants directly to discuss
these matters.
DTC has advised the Company that DTC is a limited-purpose trust
company created to hold securities for its participating
organizations (collectively, the Participants) and
to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in
those securities between Participants through electronic
book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The
Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including
the Initial Purchasers), banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations and certain other organizations. Access to
DTCs system is also available to other entities such as
banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through
or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either
directly or indirectly (collectively, the Indirect
Participants). Persons who are not Participants may
beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only
through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The
ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in,
each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the
records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.
DTC has also advised the Company that, pursuant to procedures
established by it:
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(1) upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the
accounts of Participants designated by the Initial Purchasers
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(2) ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will
be shown on, and the transfer of ownership thereof will be
effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect
to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect
Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial
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Investors in the Global Notes who are Participants in DTCs
system may hold their interests therein directly through DTC.
Investors in the Global Notes who are not Participants may hold
their interests therein indirectly through organizations
(including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are Participants in
such system. Investors in the Regulation S Global Notes
must initially hold their interests therein through Euroclear or
Clearstream, if they are participants in such systems, or
indirectly through organizations that are participants in such
systems. All interests in a Global Note, including those held
through Euroclear or Clearstream, may be subject to the
procedures and requirements of DTC. Those interests held through
Euroclear or Clearstream may also be subject to the procedures
and requirements of such systems. The laws of some states
require that certain Persons take physical delivery in
definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the
ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to
such Persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act
only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf of
Indirect Participants, the ability of a Person having beneficial
interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to Persons
that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take
actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the
lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.
Except as described below, owners of interest in the Global
Notes will not have Notes registered in their names, will not
receive physical delivery of Notes in certificated form and will
not be considered the registered owners or Holders
thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.
Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and
premium and Liquidated Damages, if any, on a Global Note
registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to
DTC in its capacity as the registered Holder under the
Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company and the
Trustee will treat the Persons in whose names the Notes,
including the Global Notes, are registered as the owners thereof
for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other
purposes. Consequently, neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee has or will have any
responsibility or liability for:
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(1) any aspect of DTCs records or any
Participants or Indirect Participants records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interest in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any of DTCs records or any Participants or
Indirect Participants records relating to the beneficial
ownership interests in the Global Notes; or |
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(2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices
of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants. |
DTC has advised the Company that its current practice, upon
receipt of any payment in respect of securities such as the
Notes (including principal and interest), is to credit the
accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the
payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not
receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant
is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial
ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the relevant
security as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the
Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial
owners of Notes will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices and will be the responsibility of the
Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the
responsibility of DTC, the Trustee or the Company. Neither the
Company nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or
any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of
the Notes, and the Company and the Trustee may conclusively rely
on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or
its nominee for all purposes.
Subject to the transfer restrictions set forth under
Notice to Investors, transfers between Participants
in DTC will be effected in accordance with DTCs
procedures, and will be settled in same-day funds, and transfers
between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream will be
effected in accordance with their respective rules and operating
procedures.
Subject to compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable
to the Notes described herein, cross-market transfers between
the Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or
Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected
through DTC in accordance with DTCs rules on behalf of
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Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its respective
depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require
delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the
case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance
with the rules and procedures and within the established
deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or
Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets
its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its
respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement
on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the
relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in
accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement
applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream
participants may not deliver instructions directly to the
depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.
DTC has advised the Company that it will take any action
permitted to be taken by a Holder of Notes only at the direction
of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited
the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such
portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes as to
which such Participant or Participants has or have given such
direction. However, if there is an Event of Default under the
Notes, DTC reserves the right to exchange the Global Notes for
legended Notes in certificated form, and to distribute such
Notes to its Participants.
Although DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the
foregoing procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the
Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global
Notes among participants in DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, they
are under no obligation to perform or to continue to perform
such procedures, and may discontinue such procedures at any
time. Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any of their
respective agents will have any responsibility for the
performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective
participants or indirect participants of their respective
obligations under the rules and procedures governing their
operations.
Exchange of Global Notes for Certificated Notes
A Global Note is exchangeable for definitive Notes in registered
certificated form (Certificated Notes) if:
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(1) DTC (a) notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or
(b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, and in each case the Company fails to appoint a
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(2) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default
or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. |
In addition, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
exchanged for Certificated Notes upon prior written notice given
to the Trustee by or on behalf of DTC in accordance with the
Indenture. In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in
exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global
Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any
approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the
depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures) and
will bear the applicable restrictive legend referred to in
Notice to Investors, unless that legend is not
required by applicable law.
Exchange of Certificated Notes for Global Notes
Certificated Notes may not be exchanged for beneficial interests
in any Global Note unless the transferor first delivers to the
Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in the
Indenture) to the effect that such transfer will comply with the
appropriate transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes. See
Notice to Investors.
Same Day Settlement and Payment
The Company will make payments in respect of the Notes
represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium,
if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any) by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts
specified by the Global Note Holder. The Company will make all
payments of principal, interest and premium and Liquidated
Damages, if any, with respect to
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Certificated Notes by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof or, if no
such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such
Holders registered address. The Notes represented by the
Global Notes are expected to be eligible to trade in the Portal
market and to trade in DTCs Same-Day Funds Settlement
System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in
such Notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in
immediately available funds. The Company expects that secondary
trading in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in
immediately available funds.
Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a
Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a
Global Note from a Participant in DTC will be credited, and any
such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or
Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement
processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and
Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC.
DTC has advised the Company that cash received in Euroclear or
Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note
by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a
Participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement
date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or
Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for
Euroclear or Clearstream following DTCs settlement date.
Registration Rights; Liquidated Damages
The following description is a summary of the material
provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement. It does not
restate that agreement in its entirety. We urge you to read the
proposed form of Registration Rights Agreement in its entirety
because it, and not this description, defines your registration
rights as Holders of these Notes.
The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers entered
into the Registration Rights Agreement on the closing of the
offering of the outstanding Notes on November 30, 2004. Pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the
Guarantors have filed with the Commission this Exchange Offer
Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to
the Exchange Notes. Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors will
offer to the Holders of Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer who
are able to make certain representations the opportunity to
exchange their Notes for Exchange Notes.
If:
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(1) the Company and the Guarantors are not permitted to
consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not
permitted by applicable law or Commission policy; or |
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(2) any Holder of Notes notifies the Company prior to the
20th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer that: |
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(a) it is prohibited by law or Commission policy from
participating in the Exchange Offer; or |
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(b) it may not resell the Exchange Notes acquired by it in
the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus
and the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales; or |
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(c) it is a broker-dealer and owns Notes acquired directly
from the Company or an affiliate of the Company, |
the Company and the Guarantors will file with the Commission a
Shelf Registration Statement to cover resales of the Notes by
the Holders thereof who satisfy certain conditions relating to
the provision of information in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement.
The Company and the Guarantors will use their reasonable best
efforts to cause the applicable registration statement to be
declared effective as promptly as possible by the Commission.
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The Registration Rights Agreement provides:
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(1) the Company and the Guarantors will file an Exchange
Offer Registration Statement with the Commission on or prior to
150 days after the closing of this offering; |
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(2) the Company and the Guarantors will use their
reasonable best efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement declared effective by the Commission on or prior to
240 days after the closing of this offering; |
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(3) unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by
applicable law or Commission policy, the Company and the
Guarantors will |
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(a) commence the Exchange Offer; and |
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(b) issue Exchange Notes in exchange for all Notes tendered
prior thereto in the Exchange Offer; and |
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(4) if obligated to file the Shelf Registration Statement,
the Company and the Guarantors will file the Shelf Registration
Statement with the Commission on or prior to 45 days after
such filing obligation arises and use their best efforts to
cause the Shelf Registration to be declared effective by the
Commission on or prior to 90 days after such obligation
arises, but in no event prior to 240 days after the closing
of this offering. |
If:
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(1) the Company and the Guarantors fail to file any of the
registration statements required by the Registration Rights
Agreement on or before the date specified for such filing; or |
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(2) any of such registration statements is not declared
effective by the Commission on or prior to the date specified
for such effectiveness (the Effectiveness Target
Date); or |
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(3) the Company and the Guarantors fail to consummate the
Exchange Offer within 30 business days of the Effectiveness
Target Date with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement; or |
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(4) the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement is declared effective but thereafter
ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales or
exchanges of Notes during the periods specified in the
Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in
clauses (1) through (4) above, a Registration
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then the Company and the Guarantors will pay Liquidated Damages
to each Holder of Notes, with respect to the first 90-day period
immediately following the occurrence of the first Registration
Default in an amount equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%)
per annum on the principal amount of Notes held by such Holder.
The amount of the Liquidated Damages will increase by an
additional one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum on the
principal amount of Notes with respect to each subsequent 90-day
period until all Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a
maximum amount of Liquidated Damages for all Registration
Defaults of 1.0% per annum.
All accrued Liquidated Damages will be paid by the Company and
the Guarantors on each interest payment date to the Global Note
Holder by wire transfer of immediately available funds or by
federal funds check and to Holders of Certificated Notes by wire
transfer to the accounts specified by them or by mailing checks
to their registered addresses if no such accounts have been
specified.
Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of
Liquidated Damages will cease.
Holders of Notes will be required to make certain
representations to the Company (as described in the Registration
Rights Agreement) in order to participate in the Exchange Offer
and will be required to deliver certain information to be used
in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and to
provide comments on the Shelf Registration Statement within the
time periods set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement in
order to have their Notes included in the Shelf Registration
Statement and benefit from the
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provisions regarding Liquidated Damages set forth above. By
acquiring Notes, a Holder will be deemed to have agreed to
indemnify the Company and the Guarantors against certain losses
arising out of information furnished by such Holder in writing
for inclusion in any Shelf Registration Statement. Holders of
Notes will also be required to suspend their use of the
prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement under
certain circumstances upon receipt of written notice to that
effect from the Company.
Certain Definitions
Set forth below are certain defined terms used in the Indenture.
Reference is made to the Indenture for a full disclosure of all
such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used herein
for which no definition is provided.
Acquired Debt means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time
such other Person is merged with or into, or becomes a
Subsidiary of, such specified Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation
of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a
Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and |
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(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset
acquired by such specified Person. |
Affiliate of any specified Person means
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
control, as used with respect to any Person, shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial
ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall
be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the
terms controlling, controlled by and
under common control with shall have correlative
meanings.
Asset Sale means:
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(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
property or assets; provided that the sale, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by the provisions of the Indenture described
above under the caption Repurchase at the
Option of Holders Change of Control and/or the
provisions described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets and not by the provisions
of the Asset Sale covenant; and |
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(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the
Companys Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Equity Interests in any
of its Subsidiaries. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall be
deemed not to be Asset Sales:
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(1) any single transaction or series of related
transactions that involves assets having a fair market value of
less than $5.0 million; |
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(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted
Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary; |
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(4) (a) the sale or lease of equipment, inventory,
accounts receivable or other assets in the ordinary course of
business and (b) leases which are ancillary to the
operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(5) the sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents; |
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(6) a Permitted Investment or a Restricted Payment that is
permitted by the covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments; |
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(7) any sale or disposition of the Companys interests
in the Nashville Hockey Club Limited Partnership, Bass Pro, Inc.
or the Oklahoma City Athletic Club, Inc.; |
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(8) the disposition of all or some of the Viacom Stock in
satisfaction of the Companys Obligations under the SAILS
Forward Exchange Contracts or any Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness; |
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(9) any sale or disposition of any property or equipment
that has become damaged, worn out obsolete or otherwise
unsuitable for use in connection with the business of the
Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(10) dispositions of receivables in connection with the
compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary
course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and
exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements; and |
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(11) any sale or disposition deemed to occur in connection
with creating or granting a Permitted Lien. |
Attributable Debt in respect of a sale
and leaseback transaction by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries means, at the time of determination, the
present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental
payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such
sale and leaseback transaction, including any period for which
such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the
lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated
using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in
such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Beneficial Owner has the meaning
assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5
under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the
beneficial ownership of any particular person (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),
such person shall be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all securities that such person has the
right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities,
whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable
only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms
Beneficially Owns and Beneficially Owned
shall have a corresponding meaning.
Board of Directors means:
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(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors
of the corporation; |
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(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors
of the general partner of the partnership; and |
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(3) with respect to any other Person, the board or
committee of such Person serving a similar function. |
Capital Lease Obligation means, at the
time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the
liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time
be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance
with GAAP.
Capital Stock means:
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(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; |
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any
and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; |
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(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited); and |
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(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a
Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person. |
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Cash Equivalents means:
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(1) United States dollars and, to the extent received by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, foreign currency; |
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(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof)
having maturities of not more than six months from the date of
acquisition; |
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(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits
with maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers acceptances with maturities not
exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case,
with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in
excess of $500.0 million; |
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(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than
seven days for underlying securities of the types described in
clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any
financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in
clause (3) above; |
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(5) commercial paper having a rating of P-2 or better from
Moodys or A-2 or better from S&P and in each case
maturing within six months after the date of acquisition; |
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(6) securities issued and fully guaranteed by any state,
commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, rated at
least A by Moodys or S&P and having
maturities of not more than six months from the date of
acquisition; and |
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(7) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses
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Change of Control means the occurrence
of any of the following:
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(1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or
other disposition (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of
all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to
any person (as that term is used in
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(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company; |
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(3) any person or group (as such
terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
becomes the ultimate Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly,
of 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the
Company; |
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(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors;
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(5) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into,
any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or
into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in
which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such
other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities
or other property, other than any such transaction where
(A) the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately
prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for
Voting Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or
transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding
shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee
Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance) and
(B) immediately after such transaction, no
person or group (as such terms are used
in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes,
directly or indirectly, the ultimate Beneficial Owner of 50% or
more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or
transferee Person. |
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Consolidated Cash Flow means, with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated
Net Income of such Person for such period plus:
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(1) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the
extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing
such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(2) Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period and any interest on the SAILS
Forward Exchange Contracts or on any Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness for such period (to the extent any such interest on
the SAILS Forward Exchange Contracts or on any Permitted SAILS
Refinancing Indebtedness was excluded from Fixed Charges), to
the extent that any such Fixed Charges or interest were deducted
in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(3) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of
prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and
other non-cash expenses (including the non-cash portion of
(A) ground rents expense and (B) expense with respect
to the Naming Rights Agreement dated November 24, 1999
between Nashville Hockey Club Limited Partnership and the
Company; provided that in the case of clause (A) and
(B) the cash portion of each such expense not deducted in
computing the Consolidated Net Income of such Person in any
future period shall be deducted in computing the Consolidated
Cash Flow of such Person for such future period, but excluding
any other such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents
an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period
or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a
prior period, (C) non-cash write-offs of goodwill,
intangibles and long-lived assets and (D) the amortization
of prepaid deferred finance charges on the SAILS Forward
Exchange Contracts) of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus |
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(4) preopening costs relating to the operations of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as
calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP on the face of
such Persons consolidated statements of operations, to the
extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
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(5) any extraordinary loss for such period, together with
any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary loss;
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(6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, other than the accrual of revenue consistent
with past practice, in each case, on a consolidated basis and
determined in accordance with GAAP. |
Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on
the income or profits of, the Fixed Charges of and the
depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company shall be added to
Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the
Company (A) in the same proportion that the Net Income of
such Restricted Subsidiary was added to compute such
Consolidated Net Income of the Company and (B) only to the
extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the
date of determination to be dividended or distributed to the
Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior governmental
approval (that has not been obtained), and without direct or
indirect restriction pursuant to the terms of its charter and
all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders,
statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to that
Subsidiary or its stockholders.
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Consolidated Net Income means, with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of
the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such
period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP; provided that:
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(1) the Net Income of any Person that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of
accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of
dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person
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(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of
dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary
of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted
without any prior governmental approval (that has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms
of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree,
order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to
that Restricted Subsidiary or its equityholders; |
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(3) the Net Income of any Person acquired during the
specified period for any period prior to the date of such
acquisition shall be excluded; |
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(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles shall be excluded; and |
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(5) notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income
(but not loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded,
whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its
Subsidiaries. |
Construction Indebtedness means, with
respect to any Person, any Indebtedness incurred to finance the
cost of design, development, construction and opening of new or
redeveloped assets that will be used or useful in a Permitted
Business, including the cost of acquisition of related property,
plant or equipment, to be owned by such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries.
Continuing Directors means, as of any
date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of
the Company who:
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(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on the date of
the Indenture; or |
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(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of
Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such
nomination or election. |
Credit Agreement means that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 20, 2003, among
Opryland Hotel Florida Limited Partnership, as
borrower, the Company, as parent guarantor, and certain
subsidiary guarantors, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and Banc of
America Securities LLC as Joint Book Running Managers and
Co-Lead Arrangers, the other Lenders named therein providing for
up to $100.0 million of revolving credit borrowings,
including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and
in each case as amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced
or refinanced from time to time.
Credit Facilities means one or more debt
facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement
and the Nashville Hotel Loan until repaid with the proceeds from
the Notes) or commercial paper facilities, in each case with
banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including
through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special
purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such
receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended,
restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in
whole or in part from time to time.
Default means any event that is, or with
the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an
Event of Default.
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Disqualified Stock means any Capital
Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into
which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in
each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the
happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable,
pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in
part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the
date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified
Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to
require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the
occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not
constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock
provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such
Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase
or redemption complies with the covenant described above under
the caption Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments. The term
Disqualified Stock shall also include any options,
warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified
Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or
required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is 91 days
after the date on which the Notes mature.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company other than a Restricted Subsidiary
that is (1) a controlled foreign corporation
under Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code or
(2) a Subsidiary of any such controlled foreign corporation.
Equity Interests means Capital Stock and
all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock
(but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
Equity Offering means a public or
private offer and sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock) of the Company.
Existing Indebtedness means Indebtedness
of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than
(i) Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement,
(ii) Indebtedness represented by the SAILS Forward Exchange
Contracts and (iii) Indebtedness under the Nashville Hotel
Loan) in existence on the date of the Indenture after giving
effect to the application of the proceeds of the Notes (when
such proceeds are applied) and any Indebtedness borrowed on the
date of the Indenture, until such amounts are repaid.
fair market value means the price that
would be paid in an arms-length transaction between an
informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an
informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose
determination shall be conclusive if evidenced by a Board
Resolution.
Fixed Charges means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication,
of:
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(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or
accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt
issuance costs (other than as specified below) and original
issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest
component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest
component of all payments associated with Capital Lease
Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt,
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in
respect of letter of credit or bankers acceptance
financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or
received pursuant to Hedging Obligations, but excluding
(a) any interest expense under the SAILS Forward Exchange
Contracts to the extent paid prior to November 12, 2003,
(b) any non-cash interest expense under any Permitted SAILS
Refinancing Indebtedness to the extent that (x) the
obligation with respect to such expense may be satisfied in full
by delivery of some or all of the Viacom Stock and (y) the
Company does not sell, dispose of or otherwise convey any
interest in the Viacom Stock owned by the Company on
November 12, 2003, other than pursuant to such Permitted
SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness, (c) the amortization of
prepaid deferred finance charges on the SAILS Forward Exchange
Contracts and (d) amortization of debt issuance costs for
Indebtedness outstanding on November 12, 2003; plus |
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(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period;
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(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person
that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or
one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such
Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus |
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(4) the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or
accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of such Person or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity
Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction,
the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is
one minus the then current combined federal, state and local
statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in
each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP. |
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means with
respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of the
Consolidated Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the
Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that
the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any
Indebtedness or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock
subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the
date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the Calculation
Date), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence,
assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of
Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of
preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the
same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable
four-quarter reference period.
In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio:
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(1) acquisitions and dispositions of business entities or
property and assets constituting a division or line of business
of any Person that have been made by the specified Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or
consolidations and including any related financing transactions,
during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such
reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall
be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first
day of the four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash
Flow for such reference period shall be calculated on a pro
forma basis in accordance with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act, but without giving effect to clause (3) of
the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net
Income; |
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(2) the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be
excluded; |
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(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued
operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP shall be
excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving
rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the
specified Person or any of its Subsidiaries following the
Calculation Date; and |
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(4) consolidated interest expense attributable to interest
on any Indebtedness (whether existing or being incurred or, in
the case of Construction Indebtedness, committed but undrawn)
computed (i) with respect to all Indebtedness other than
the committed but undrawn portion of any Construction
Indebtedness, on a pro forma basis and bearing a floating
interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the
Calculation Date (taking into account any interest rate option,
swap, cap or similar agreement applicable to such Indebtedness
if such agreement has a remaining term in excess of
12 months or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining
term of such Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the
entire period and (ii) with respect to the committed but
undrawn portion of any Construction Indebtedness, on a pro
forma basis shall be computed as if the rate in effect on
the drawn portion of such Construction Indebtedness on the
Calculation Date (taking into account any interest rate option,
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such agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months
or, if shorter, at least equal to the remaining term of such
Indebtedness) had been the applicable rate for the entire period. |
GAAP means generally accepted accounting
principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, the opinions and pronouncements of
the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and in the
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity
as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, which are in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Guarantee means, as to any Person, a
guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments
for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or
indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of
a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any
Indebtedness of another Person.
Guarantors means:
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(1) Gaylord Program Services, Inc., Grand Ole Opry Tours,
Inc., Wildhorse Saloon Entertainment Ventures, Inc., Gaylord
Investments, Inc., OLH Holdings, LLC, OLH, G.P., Opryland
Hotel-Florida Limited Partnership, Gaylord Hotels, LLC, Opryland
Hospitality, LLC, Opryland Hotel-Texas, LLC, Opryland
Hotel-Texas Limited Partnership, Opryland Productions Inc.,
Opryland Theatricals Inc., Corporate Magic, Inc., Opryland
Attractions, Inc., Gaylord Creative Group, Inc., CCK Holdings,
LLC, ResortQuest International, Inc. and each of the domestic
Subsidiaries of ResortQuest International, Inc.; and |
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(2) any other subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; |
and their respective successors and assigns until released from
their obligations under their Note Guarantees and the Indenture
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect
to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
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(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements, interest rate collar agreements and other agreements
or arrangements designed for the purpose of fixing, hedging or
swapping interest rate risk; |
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(2) commodity swap agreements, commodity option agreements,
forward contracts and other agreements or arrangements designed
for the purpose of fixing, hedging or swapping commodity price
risk; and |
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(3) foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements
and other agreements or arrangements designed for the purpose of
fixing, hedging or swapping foreign currency exchange rate risk. |
incur means, with respect to any
Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or
otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for or with
respect to, or become responsible for, the payment of,
contingently or otherwise, such Indebtedness; provided
that (1) the committed but undrawn portion of any
Construction Indebtedness available to any Person will be deemed
to be incurred by such Person at the time of such commitment and
will not be deemed to be incurred upon being subsequently drawn,
(2) any Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such
Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company will be
deemed to be incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time
it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and
(3) neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of
original issue discount nor the payment of interest in the form
of additional Indebtedness with the same terms and the payment
of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock (to the extent
provided for when the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock on
which such interest or dividend is paid was originally issued)
shall be considered an incurrence of Indebtedness;
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provided that in each case the amount thereof is for all
other purposes included in the Fixed Charges and Indebtedness of
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiary as accrued.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any
specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or
not contingent:
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(1) in respect of borrowed money including, without
limitation, obligations under the SAILS Forward Exchange
Contracts, any prepaid forward contract relating to the Viacom
Stock or any Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments; |
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(3) evidenced by letters of credit (or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof), but excluding obligations with
respect to letters of credit (including trade letters of credit)
securing obligations (other than obligations described in
clauses (1) or (2) above or clauses (5), (6) or
(8) below) entered into in the ordinary course of business of
such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn
upon or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is reimbursed
no later than the third Business Day following receipt by such
Person of a demand for reimbursement; |
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(4) in respect of bankers acceptances; |
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(5) in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and
Attributable Debt; |
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(6) in respect of the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; |
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(7) representing Hedging Obligations, other than Hedging
Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing, hedging
or swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency
exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements
previously made for such purposes), and not for speculative
purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the
obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of
fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign
currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and
compensation payable thereunder; or |
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(8) representing Disqualified Stock valued at the greater
of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price
plus accrued dividends. |
In addition, the term Indebtedness includes
(x) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any
asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness
is assumed by the specified Person), provided that the
amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the
fair market value of such asset at such date of determination
and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness, (y) to the
extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified
Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person and (z) the
committed but undrawn portion of any Construction Indebtedness
of such Person. For purposes hereof, the maximum fixed
repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock which does not
have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance
with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such
Disqualified Stock were purchased on any date on which
Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to the
Indenture, and, if such price is based upon, or measured by, the
fair market value of such Disqualified Stock, such fair market
shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of
the issuer of such Disqualified Stock.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall
be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional
obligations as described above and, with respect to contingent
obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence of the
contingency giving rise to the obligation, and shall be:
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(1) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any
Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; |
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(2) the principal amount thereof, together with any
interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the
case of any other Indebtedness; and |
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(3) in the case of Construction Indebtedness, the committed
but undrawn portion thereof; |
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provided that Indebtedness shall not include:
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(i) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes, |
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(ii) performance, surety or appeal bonds provided in the
ordinary course of business or |
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(iii) agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment
of purchase price or similar obligations, or Guarantees or
letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing
any obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case incurred
in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or
Restricted Subsidiary (other than Guarantees of Indebtedness
incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such
business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing such acquisition), so long as the principal amount
does not exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such
disposition. |
Investment Grade means (1) BBB- or
above, in the case of S&P (or its equivalent under any
successor Rating Categories of S&P) and Baa3 or above, in
the case of Moodys (or its equivalent under any successor
Rating Categories of Moodys), or (2) the equivalent
in respect of the Rating Categories of any Rating Agencies.
Investments means, with respect to any
Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in
other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans or
other extensions of credit (including Guarantees, but excluding
advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of
business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts
receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for
collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of
business), advances (excluding commission, payroll, travel and
similar advances to officers and employees made consistent with
past practices), capital contributions (by means of any transfer
of cash or other property to others or any payment for property
or services for the account or use of others), purchases or
other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity
Interests or other securities, together with all items that are
or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells
or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or
indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or
any Guarantor such that, after giving effect to any such sale or
disposition, such Person is no longer a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or a Guarantor, the Company shall be
deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale
or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Investment
in such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an
amount determined as provided in the final paragraph of the
covenant described above under the caption
Certain Covenants Restricted
Payments. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment
in a third Person shall be deemed to be an Investment by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person in an
amount equal to the fair market value of the Investment held by
the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined
as provided in the final paragraph of the covenant described
above under the caption Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments.
Lien means, with respect to any asset,
any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or
encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not
filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other
agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing
of or agreement to give any financing statement under the
Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction.
Merger means the merger of GET Merger
Sub, Inc. and ResortQuest International, Inc. pursuant to the
terms of the Merger Agreement.
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Merger Agreement means the Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of August 4, 2003, among the
Company, GET Merger Sub, Inc. and ResortQuest International, Inc.
Moodys means Moodys
Investors Service, Inc.
Nashville Hotel Loan means the loan in
the original principal amount of $275.0 million made as of
March 27, 2001 by Merrill Lynch Mortgage Lending, Inc. to
Opryland Hotel Nashville, LLC, secured by, among other things, a
first priority deed of trust encumbering Opryland Nashville, as
in effect on the date of the Indenture.
Net Income means, with respect to any
specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person,
determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in
respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:
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(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision
for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with:
(a) any sale of assets outside the ordinary course of
business of such Person; or (b) the disposition of any
securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(2) any realized or unrealized gains or losses from the
SAILS Forward Exchange Contracts, Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness or the Viacom stock; |
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(3) one-time nonrecurring costs and expenses of the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in connection with the
Merger in an aggregate amount since November 12, 2003 not
to exceed $10.0 million; and |
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(4) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any
related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss. |
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash
proceeds, including payments in respect of deferred payment
obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but
not the interest component, thereof) received by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale
(including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale
or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in
any Asset Sale), net of (1) the direct costs relating to
such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal,
accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions,
and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof,
(2) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each
case, after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (3) amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness or other
liabilities, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were
the subject of such Asset Sale, or required to be paid as a
result of such sale, (4) any reserve for adjustment in
respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in
accordance with GAAP and (5) appropriate amounts to be provided
by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve
against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including,
without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit
liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and
liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated
with such Asset Sale, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Net Tangible Assets means the total
amount of assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
(less applicable depreciation, amortization and other valuation
reserves), except to the extent resulting from write-ups of
capital assets (excluding write-ups in connection with
accounting for acquisitions in conformity with GAAP), after
deducting therefrom (1) all current liabilities of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding intercompany
items) and all liabilities under the SAILS Forward Exchange
Contracts and Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness and
(2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount and expense and other like
intangibles, all as set forth on the most recent quarterly or
annual consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, prepared in conformity with GAAP.
Obligations means any principal,
interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
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Permitted Business means any business
conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries on the date of the Indenture and other
businesses reasonably related, ancillary or complementary
thereto.
Permitted Investments means:
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(1) any Investment in the Company, in a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or in a Guarantor; |
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(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents; |
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(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such
Investment: |
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(a) such Person becomes a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company or a Guarantor; or |
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(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with
or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets
to, or is liquidated into, the Company, a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Guarantor; |
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(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of
non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant
to and in compliance with the covenant described above under the
caption Repurchase at the Option of
Holders Asset Sales; |
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(5) Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose
of fixing, hedging or swapping interest rate, commodity price or
foreign currency exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any
such agreements previously made for such purposes), and not for
speculative purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness
of the obligor outstanding at any time other than as a result of
fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign
currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnifies and
compensation payable thereunder; |
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(6) stock, obligations or securities received in
satisfaction of judgments or pursuant to any plan of
reorganization or similar arrangement under the bankruptcy or
insolvency of any debtor; |
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(7) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in Bass Pro, Inc. or the Oklahoma City Athletic
Club, Inc. to the extent received in consideration for the
Companys or its Restricted Subsidiaries Investments
in Bass Pro, Inc. or the Oklahoma City Athletic Club, Inc.,
respectively, to the extent such Investments were permitted
under the Indenture; |
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(8) Investments by the Company to the extent received
(a) in consideration for the Companys Investments in
the Nashville Hockey Club Limited Partnership permitted under
the Indenture or (b) in satisfaction of obligations
pursuant to the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Nashville
Hockey Club Limited Partnership dated as of June 25, 1997
between and among Leipold Hockey Holdings, LLC, Craig Leipold,
Helen P. Johnson-Leipold, Samuel C. Johnson, CCK, Inc. and
Nashville Hockey Club Limited Partnership or the Naming Rights
Agreement dated as of November 24, 1999 by and between
Nashville Hockey Club Limited Partnership and the Company; |
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(9) the Viacom Stock and any other Investments in existence
on the date of the Indenture; |
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(10) any Investment by the Company deemed to be made by its
incurrence of any Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness; |
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(11) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary
course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof in an amount, together with all other loans or advances
made pursuant to this clause (11), not to exceed $500,000 at any
time outstanding; |
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(12) Investments in any Person in an aggregate amount
(measured on the date such Investments were made and without
giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
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to the extent that any Investment made pursuant to this clause
(12) since November 12, 2003 is sold or otherwise
liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (a) the cash
return of capital with respect to such Investment (less the cost
of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such
Investment), not to exceed 10% of the Companys Net
Tangible Assets; provided that, if such Person is not a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary thereof has entered or, concurrently with
any such Investment, enters into a long-term management contract
with respect to assets of such Person that are used or useful in
a Permitted Business; provided further that the aggregate
amount (measured on the date such Investments were made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) of
Investments made in Persons that are not Restricted Subsidiaries
of the Company do not exceed 5% of the Companys Net
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(13) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate
value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when
taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this
clause (13) since November 12, 2003, not to exceed
$5.0 million. |
Permitted Liens means:
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(1) Liens on the assets of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof securing Indebtedness in an amount not to
exceed the sum of (A) the amount of secured Indebtedness in
existence on November 12, 2003, plus (B) $25.0
million, plus (C) up to $100.0 million of additional
Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Guarantor after the
date of the Indenture under Credit Facilities, plus (D)
(x) the amount of committed but undrawn Construction
Indebtedness incurred after November 12, 2003, minus
(y) the amount of such Construction Indebtedness drawn
after November 12, 2003, plus (E) 75% of the
purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of
property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof purchased or constructed
after November 12, 2003, including any funds in restricted
accounts to be used for the sole purpose of financing such
purchase price or cost of construction or improvement, minus
(F) the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset
Sales applied by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to
permanently repay any Indebtedness in the foregoing clauses (A),
(B), (C), (D) or (E) (and, in the case of any revolving credit
Indebtedness, to effect a corresponding commitment reduction
thereunder) pursuant to the covenant
Repurchase at the Option of
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(2) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary |
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(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such
Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided
that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation
of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets
other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with
the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary (and additions and
accessions thereto); |
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(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition
thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, provided that such Liens were in existence prior
to the contemplation of such acquisition and do not extend to
any property other than the property so acquired by the Company
or the Restricted Subsidiary (and additions and accessions
thereto); |
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(5) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture; |
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(6) Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed
$15.0 million at any one time outstanding; |
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(7) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease
Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of the second
paragraph of the covenant entitled Certain
Covenants Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock covering only the assets acquired with
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(8) statutory and common law Liens of landlords and
carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, suppliers, materialmen,
repairmen or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business and with respect to amounts not yet delinquent or
being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently conducted and for which a
reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made; |
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(9) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
that do not constitute Indebtedness or securing letters of
credit that support such Hedging Obligations and Liens securing
Hedging Obligations of the Company that do not constitute
Indebtedness and that fix, hedge or swap interest rate risk on
the Notes; |
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(10) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (and
all Obligations related thereto) and Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness; provided that such Liens do not extend to
or cover any property or assets other than the property or
assets that secure the Indebtedness being refinanced (and
additions and accessions to such property or assets); |
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(11) Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges
not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith and for
which adequate reserves have been established to the extent
required by GAAP; |
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(12) carriers, warehousemens, mechanics,
workers, materialmens, operators,
landlords or similar Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business; |
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(13) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course
of business in connection with workers compensation,
unemployment insurance or other social security obligations; |
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(14) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure the performance
of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the
payment of Indebtedness), leases, or other similar obligations
arising in the ordinary course of business; |
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(15) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or
reservations of, or rights of other for, rights of way, zoning
or other restrictions as to the use of properties, and defects
in title which, in the case of any of the foregoing, were not
incurred or created to secure the payment of Indebtedness, and
which in the aggregate do no materially adversely affect the
value of such properties or materially impair the use for the
purposes of which such properties are held by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries; |
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(16) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an
Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and
associated rights related to litigation being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves
have been made; |
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(17) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure public or
statutory obligations, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity,
performance or other similar bonds or obligations; and Liens,
deposits or pledges in lieu of such bonds or obligations, or to
secure such bonds or obligations, or to secure letters of credit
in lieu of or supporting the payment of such bonds or
obligations; |
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(18) Liens on property or assets used to defease
Indebtedness that was not incurred in violation of the Indenture; |
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(19) Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a
right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect
to money or instruments of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof
on deposit with or in possession of such bank; |
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(20) any interest or title of a lessor, licensor or
sublicensor in the property subject to any lease, license or
sublicense; |
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statements regarding operating leases or consignments; and |
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Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means
any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of
which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or
refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness);
provided that:
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(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable)
of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the
Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest thereon and the
amount of any reasonably determined premium necessary to
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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final
maturity date the same as or later than the final maturity date
of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or
greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
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(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right
of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than
the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of
payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the
Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation
governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed,
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(4) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced,
renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is pari passu in
right of payment with the Notes or any Note Guarantees, such
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is pari passu with, or
subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes or such Note
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(5) such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company, any
Guarantor or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
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Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness means any Indebtedness (including
any related options on some or all of the Viacom Stock, whether
in one or more separate agreements) of the Company issued in
exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used solely to
offset, purchase, redeem, extend, refinance, renew, replace,
defease, refund or otherwise acquire or retire the
Companys Indebtedness represented by the SAILS Forward
Exchange Contracts as in effect on the date of the Indenture or
any Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness; provided
that, (i) on the date of its incurrence, the purchase price
or principal amount of such Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness does not exceed the fair market value of the Viacom
Stock on such date and (ii) the Companys obligations
with respect to the purchase price or principal amount of such
Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness (x) may be
satisfied in full by delivery of the Viacom Stock and any
related options on the Viacom Stock or any proceeds received by
the Company on account of such options (provided that, in the
case of the Viacom Stock, such delivery need not be the
exclusive method of satisfying the Companys obligations
thereunder); provided that if the Company no longer owns
sufficient Viacom Stock and/or related options on Viacom Stock
to satisfy in full the Companys Obligations under such
Permitted SAILS Refinancing Indebtedness, such Indebtedness
shall no longer be deemed to be Permitted SAILS Refinancing
Indebtedness, and (y) are not secured by any Liens on any
of the Companys or its Subsidiaries assets other
than the Viacom Stock and the related options on such Viacom
Stock.
Person means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited
liability company or government or other entity.
Rating Agencies means (1) S&P
and Moodys or (2) if S&P or Moodys or both
of them are not making ratings publicly available, a nationally
recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies, as the case may be,
selected by the Company, which will be substituted for S&P
or Moodys or both, as the case may be.
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Rating Category means (1) with
respect to S&P, any of the following categories (any of
which may include a + or -: AAA, AA, A,
BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor
categories), (2) with respect to Moodys, any of the
following categories: Aaa, Aa, A, Baa, Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D
(or equivalent successor categories), and (3) the
equivalent of any such categories of S&P or Moodys
used by another Rating Agency, if applicable.
Replacement Assets means
(1) non-current tangible assets that will be used or useful
in a Permitted Business, (2) substantially all the assets
of a Permitted Business or the Voting Stock of any Person
engaged in a Permitted Business that will become on the date of
acquisition thereof a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or
(3) Investments to the extent permitted under the covenant
described above under the caption Certain
Covenants Restricted Payments (other than
Investments permitted by clause (4) of Permitted
Investments).
Restricted Investment means an
Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person means
any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
S&P means Standard & Poors
Rating Services.
SAILS Forward Exchange Contracts means,
collectively, the SAILS Mandatorily Exchangeable Securities
Contract dated May 22, 2000, among the Company, OLH, G.P.,
Credit Suisse First Boston International and Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation, as Agent, together with the SAILS Pledge
Agreement dated as of May 22, 2000, among the Company,
Credit Suisse First Boston International and Credit Suisse First
Boston Corporation, as Agent, as amended by the letter dated
October 6, 2000 by Credit Suisse First Boston International
and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation to OLH, G.P. and
Merrill Lynch Mortgage Capital, Inc., each as in effect on the
date of the Indenture.
sale and leaseback transaction means,
with respect to any Person, any transaction involving any of the
assets or properties of such Person whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, whereby such Person sells or transfers such
assets or properties and then or thereafter leases such assets
or properties or any part thereof or any other assets or
properties which such Person intends to use for substantially
the same purpose or purposes as the assets or properties sold or
transferred.
Significant Subsidiary means any
Subsidiary that would constitute a significant
subsidiary within the meaning of Article 1 of
Regulation S-X of the Securities Act; provided, however,
that for purposes of the Indenture and the Notes, 5% shall
be substituted for 10% in each place that it appears in such
definition.
Stated Maturity means, with respect to
any installment of interest or principal on any series of
Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or
principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation
governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any
contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such
interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for
the payment thereof.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any
specified Person:
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(1) any corporation, association or other business entity
of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of
Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other
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(2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or
the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners
of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such
Person (or any combination thereof). |
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any
Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of
Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board
Resolution in compliance with the covenant
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described under the caption Certain
Covenants Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, and any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary.
Viacom Stock means the 10,937,900 shares
of Class B common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
Viacom Inc. owned by the Company, and any other securities into
which such shares may be converted or reclassified or that may
be issued in respect of, in exchange for, or in substitution of,
such shares of Class B common stock by reason of any stock
splits, stock dividends, distributions, mergers consolidations
or other like events.
Voting Stock of any Person as of any
date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time
entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of
such Person.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means,
when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of
years obtained by dividing:
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(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking
fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal,
including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by
(b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making
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Indebtedness. |
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of
any specified Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such
Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership
interests of which (other than directors qualifying shares
or Investments by foreign nationals mandated by applicable law)
shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person and one or
more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.
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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Overview
The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income
tax considerations relating to the exchange of the outstanding
notes by an initial beneficial owner of the outstanding notes.
This summary is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the Code), existing and proposed Treasury
Regulations and judicial decisions and administrative
interpretations thereunder, as of the date hereof, all of which
are subject to change or to differing interpretation, possibly
with retroactive effect. Prospective investors should note that
any such change or interpretation with retroactive effect could
result in federal income tax consequences different from those
discussed below. This summary does not purport to address all
tax considerations that may be important to a particular holder
in light of the holders circumstances or to certain
categories of investors (such as certain financial institutions,
insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, dealers in
securities or foreign currency, controlled foreign corporations,
passive foreign investment companies, foreign personal holding
companies, persons who hold the outstanding notes through
partnerships or other pass-through entities, U.S. expatriates,
persons who hold the outstanding notes as part of a hedge,
conversion, straddle or other risk reduction transaction or U.S.
Holders (as defined below) that have a functional
currency other than the U.S. dollar) that may be subject
to special rules. This discussion also does not deal with
purchasers of subsequent offerings under the same Indenture or
subsequent holders of the outstanding notes. This summary
assumes the holders hold the outstanding notes as capital
assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the
Code. This discussion does not address the tax considerations
arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local
jurisdiction or the applicability of U.S. federal gift or estate
taxation.
This summary discusses the federal income tax considerations
applicable to the initial owners of the outstanding notes who
are beneficial owners of the outstanding notes and who purchased
the outstanding notes for cash at their issue price
as defined in Section 1273 of the Code and the regulations
thereunder and does not discuss the tax considerations
applicable to subsequent purchasers of the outstanding notes. We
have not sought any ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or
IRS, with respect to the statements made and the conclusions
reached in the following summary, and there can be no assurance
that the IRS will agree with those statements and conclusions.
In addition, those statements and conclusions do not preclude
the IRS from successfully asserting, or a court from adopting, a
contrary position.
The following discussion constitutes the opinion of Bass,
Berry & Sims PLC, tax counsel to the Company, as to the
material U.S. federal income tax consequences generally
applicable to purchasers of the new notes. Investors considering
the exchange of the outstanding notes for the new notes should
consult their own tax advisers with respect to the application
of the United States federal income tax laws to their particular
situations, as well as any tax consequences arising under the
federal estate or gift tax rules or under the laws of any state,
local or foreign taxing jurisdiction or under any applicable tax
treaty.
As used herein, the term U.S. Holder means a
beneficial owner of an outstanding note that is:
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U.S. tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of
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an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income
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a trust subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and
the control of one or more U.S. persons, or a trust in existence
on August 20, 1996 that has elected to continue to be
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If a partnership (including for this purpose any entity treated
as a partnership for U.S. tax purposes) is a beneficial owner of
outstanding notes, the U.S. tax treatment of a partner in the
partnership will
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generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities
of the partnership. Both a partnership holding outstanding notes
and the partners in that partnership should consult their tax
advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences of
participating in this exchange offer.
As used herein, the term Non-U.S. Holder means a
beneficial owner of an outstanding note that is not a U.S.
Holder.
The exchange of an outstanding note for a new note pursuant to
the exchange offer will not constitute a significant
modification of the outstanding note for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, and accordingly, the new note received will
be treated as a continuation of the outstanding note in the
hands of such holder. As a result, there will be no
U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder or
Non-U.S. Holder who exchanges an outstanding note for a new
note pursuant to the exchange offer and any such
U.S. Holder or Non-U.S. Holder will have the same
adjusted tax basis and holding period in the new note as he had
in the outstanding note immediately prior to the exchange, and
the U.S. Holder or Non-U.S. Holder will continue to
take into account income in respect of a new note in the same
manner as before the exchange.
THE PRECEDING DISCUSSION OF MATERIAL UNITED STATES FEDERAL
INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES IS GENERAL IN NATURE. ACCORDINGLY, EACH
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF OUTSTANDING NOTES SHOULD CONSULT ITS TAX
ADVISOR AS TO THE PARTICULAR U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATING IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER, AND THE
FOREIGN TAX CONSEQUENCES OF PARTICIPATING IN THE EXCHANGE OFFER,
AS WELL AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PROPOSED CHANGE IN APPLICABLE
LAWS.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Each broker-dealer that receives new notes in the exchange offer
for its own account must acknowledge that it will deliver a
prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in
connection with any resales of the notes. We reserve the right
in our sole discretion to purchase or make offers for, or to
offer new notes for, any outstanding notes that remain
outstanding subsequent to the expiration of the exchange offer
pursuant to this prospectus or otherwise and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, purchase outstanding notes in the
open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise.
This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time
to time, may be used by all persons subject to the prospectus
delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including
broker-dealers in connection with resales of new notes received
in the exchange offer, where the notes were acquired as a result
of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have
agreed that, for a period of up to 180 days after the
effectiveness of the registration statement of which the
prospectus is a part, we will make this prospectus, as amended
or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in
connection with such a resale.
We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new notes by
broker-dealers. New notes received by broker-dealers in the
exchange offer for their own account may be sold from time to
time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market,
in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on
the new notes or a combination of those methods of resale, at
market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices
related to the prevailing market prices or negotiated prices.
Such a resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or
through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the
form of commissions or concessions from such a broker-dealer
and/or the purchasers of any of the new notes. Any broker-dealer
that resells new notes that were received by it in the exchange
offer for its own account and any broker or dealer that
participates in a distribution of the notes may be deemed to be
an underwriter within the meaning of the Securities
Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale
of the notes received by such broker-dealer in the exchange
offer. Any profit on such a resale of the notes and any
commissions or concessions received by those persons may be
deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.
The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it
will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Securities Act, a broker-dealer will not be
deemed to admit that it is an underwriter within the
meaning of the Securities Act.
For a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days
after the effectiveness of the registration statement of which
this prospectus is a part and (ii) the date on which a
broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in
connection with market-making or other trading activities, we
will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any
amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer
that requests these documents in the letter of transmittal. We
have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the
initial purchasers of the outstanding notes, other than
commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers, and will
indemnify holders of the notes, including any broker-dealers,
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the
Securities Act.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The legality of the securities offered in this exchange offer
has been passed upon for the Company by Bass, Berry &
Sims PLC, Nashville, Tennessee and Carter R. Todd, Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, who has
provided a legal opinion for certain subsidiary guarantors. In
addition, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has passed upon the
legality of certain material U.S. Tax consequences
applicable to the exchange offer.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Gaylord Entertainment
Company appearing in Gaylord Entertainment Companys Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
2004 (including schedules appearing therein), and Gaylord
Entertainment Company managements assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2004 included therein, have been audited by
Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm, as set forth in their reports thereon, included therein,
and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements and managements assessment are
incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports
given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports and other
information with the Commission. You can read and copy any
materials we file with the Commission at its Public Reference
Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You
can obtain information about the operation of the
Commissions Public Reference Room by calling the
Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission also maintains a
Web site that contains information we file electronically with
the Commission, which you can access over the Internet at
http://www.sec.gov. In addition, you can obtain information
about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange,
20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. You may request
a copy of our filings at no cost, by writing or telephoning us
at the following address:
Gaylord Entertainment Company
One Gaylord Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Telephone: (615) 316-6000
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference
information into this prospectus, meaning that we can disclose
important information by referring to another document filed
separately with the Commission. The information incorporated by
reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, except for
any information superseded by information in, or incorporated by
reference in, this prospectus. This prospectus incorporates by
reference the documents set forth below that we have previously
filed with the Commission. These documents contain important
information about our companies and their finances.
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Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on
March 14, 2005; |
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Our Definitive Proxy Statement in connection with our 2005
Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 5, 2005,
filed with the Commission on April 4, 2005; |
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Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission
on February 28, 2005, April 12, 2005 and May 4,
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Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2005 filed with the Commission on May 9,
2005. |
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We are also incorporating by reference additional documents that
we file with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act between the date of the initial
filing of the registration statement of which this prospectus is
a part and the effectiveness of the registration statement, as
well as between the date of this prospectus and the date the
exchange offer is terminated. In no event, however, will any of
the information that we disclose under Items 2.02 and 7.01
of any current report on Form 8-K that we may from time to
time furnish with the Commission be incorporated by reference
into, or otherwise included in, this prospectus.
All information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus relating to Gaylord has been supplied by Gaylord.
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Gaylord Entertainment Company
Offer to Exchange
up to $225,000,000 of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2014
for
up to $225,000,000 of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2014
that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
Each broker-dealer registered as such under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that receives new notes for its own account
pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will
deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the new
notes. The letter of transmittal that accompanies this
prospectus states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a
prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it
is an underwriter within the meaning of the
Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer
in connection with resales of new notes received in exchange for
outstanding notes where the outstanding notes were acquired by
the broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or
other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period
ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date of
effectiveness of the registration statement of which this
prospectus is a part and (ii) the date on which a
broker-dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in
connection with market-making or other trading activities, we
will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use
in connection with any resale of new notes received by a
broker-dealer for its own account. See Plan of
Distribution.
PROSPECTUS
May 11, 2005