Exhibit 10.3

 

Columbia Sussex Corporation

207 Grandview Drive
Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky 41017

 

 

October 3, 2005

 

 

Penn National Gaming, Inc.
825 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200
Wyomissing, PA 19610

 

Re:                             Argosy Casino Baton Rouge:

Agreement to Execute Securities Purchase Agreement

 

Reference is made to the Agreement to Execute Securities Purchase Agreement,
dated as of June 20, 2005 (the “Agreement to Execute”), by and among Penn
National Gaming, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Penn”), CP Baton Rouge
Casino, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company (“Buyer”), and Columbia
Sussex Corporation, a Kentucky corporation (“Columbia Sussex”).

 

To facilitate the approval of the transactions contemplated by the Securities
Purchase Agreement (as defined below) by the Louisiana gaming authorities, the
parties hereto agree that, effective as of the date hereof:

 

(i)            Wimar Tahoe Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“Wimar Tahoe”),
shall be substituted for, and shall replace, Columbia Sussex as a party to, and
shall be the “Parent Guarantor” under, the Agreement to Execute;

 

(ii)           the “Securities Purchase Agreement” referred to in clause (a) of
Section 1(a) of the Agreement to Execute shall be the Securities Purchase
Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A (the “Securities
Purchase Agreement”); and

 

(iii)          the “Transition Services Agreement” referred to in clause (b) of
Section 1(b) of the Agreement to Execute shall be the Transition Services
Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Securities
Purchase Agreement (as defined above).

 

This letter agreement incorporates herein by reference the provisions of
Paragraph 10 of the Agreement to Execute.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument
will become a binding agreement in accordance with its terms.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

Columbia Sussex Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William J. Yung

 

 

 

Name:

William J. Yung

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

CP Baton Rouge Casino, L.L.C.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William J. Yung

 

 

 

Name:

William J. Yung

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

Wimar Tahoe Corporation

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William J. Yung

 

 

 

Name:

William J. Yung

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

 

 

 

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Ippolito

 

 

 

Name:

Robert S. Ippolito

 

 

Title:

Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer

 

 

 

Argosy Gaming Company

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Ippolito

 

 

 

Name:

Robert S. Ippolito

 

 

Title:

Treasurer and Secretary

 

 

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