Exhibit 10.1


 


SECOND AMENDMENT TO


FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT


 


THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of June 30, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and among FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”); each of the undersigned financial institutions (collectively, the “Lenders”); and CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Capital One”), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as L/C Issuer and as Swing Line Lender (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement referenced below).


 


RECITALS


 


A.           The Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders have executed a First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2012 (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”) providing for a Revolving Loan in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000, a Term Loan in the original principal amount of $50,000,000, a Term Loan (Hotel) in the maximum principal amount of $10,000,000 and a Swing Line Loan in the maximum principal amount of $1,000,000.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings defined in the Credit Agreement.


 


B.           The Borrower has also requested that certain of the financial covenants be modified; the Administrative Agent and Lenders are willing to accept such requests on the terms and conditions set forth below.


 


I.           AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above Recitals and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:


 


1.             Section 1.01 (Definitions) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to modify the following definitions:


 


“Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any four fiscal quarter period, (a) Net Income for such period, plus (b) to the extent deducted in determining Net Income of the Borrower Parties for such period, the sum of the following for such period (without duplication): (i) Interest Expense, (ii) provisions for income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization expenses, (iv) extraordinary losses (including non-cash impairment charges), (v) stock compensation expense, (vi) acquisition costs related to the Fitz Casino in Tunica, Mississippi that are required to be expensed in accordance with GAAP for any fiscal quarter in fiscal year 2014 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $325,000; and (vii) costs related to the Borrower’s S-1 2014 Registration Statement filing that are required to be expensed in accordance with GAAP for any quarter in fiscal year 2014 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $650,000, minus (c) to the extent added in determining Net Income of the Borrower Parties for such period, extraordinary gains, minus (d) the portion of Net Income for such period attributable to any Joint Venture or any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which any Borrower Party has ownership interest, except to the extent that any such Net Income has been actually received by such Borrower Party in the form of cash dividends or distributions.


 
 
    	  



    	 



    
 




 


Pro forma credit shall be given for an Acquired Person’s Adjusted EBITDA as if owned on the first day of the applicable period; companies (or identifiable business units or divisions) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of during any period will be treated as if not owned during the entire applicable period.


 


Pro forma credit for the Indiana gaming tax reductions shall be also be given for the following periods in the amounts indicated:  for the four fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2014, $2,500,000; for the four fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2014, $1,875,000; for the four fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2014, $1,250,000; and for the four fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2015, $625,000.


 


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“Fixed Charges” shall mean, for any four fiscal quarter period, the sum, for the Borrower Parties (determined on a consolidated basis without duplication), of the following items: (a) interest, fees, charges and related expenses for such period actually paid in cash, (b) Rent Expense for such period, (c) scheduled principal payments of Indebtedness actually paid in cash during such period, including any optional prepayments made during a prior period that reduce otherwise scheduled principal payments for such period, and (d) the portion of payments under Capital Leases that should be treated as payment of principal in accordance with GAAP scheduled to be paid during such period.”


 


Notwithstanding the foregoing, principal amounts prepaid on the Term Loan during the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2013 in the aggregate principal amount of $8,750,000, which were paid on behalf of the principal payments due on January 1, 2014 and each quarterly principal payment thereafter through and including the principal payment due July 1, 2015, shall be excluded from Fixed Charges for those fiscal quarter periods ending March 31, 2014 through September 30, 2015.


 


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“Total Debt” shall mean , as of any date of determination, without duplication (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower Parties outstanding on such date, in an amount that would be reflected on a balance sheet prepared as of such date on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations of the Borrower Parties as lessee under or with respect to Capital Leases (excluding Indebtedness or Capital Leases in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $9,000,000 incurred to construct a hotel adjacent to Rising Star Casino), debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments plus (b) obligations with respect to letters of credit, whether drawn or undrawn, contingent or otherwise; provided that Total Debt shall not include Indebtedness in respect of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.


 






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2.             Sections 2.01(g)(iii) (Loan Facilities, Scheduled Payments; Schedule Principal Payments – Term Loans); 2.01(h)(iii) (Loan Facilities, Term Loan (Hotel)), 2.04(b)(ii) (Amount Limitations, Commitment Reductions, Etc.; Mandatory Reductions of Commitments), and 2.05(c) (Fees;  Commitment Fees) of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended to substitute March 31, 2015 for December 31, 2014, and April 1, 2015 for January 1, 2015.


 


3.             Section 5.03 (Financial Covenants) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:


 


 5.03           Financial Covenants.  So long as any Loan or L/C Obligation remains unpaid, or any other Obligation remains unpaid, or any portion of any Commitment remains in force, the Borrower will comply, and will cause compliance, with the following financial covenants, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:


 


 (a)            Total Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not permit the Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite the applicable period below:


 



	
Applicable Period

	 	
Maximum Total Leverage Ratio

	 
	
June 30, 2014 through and including 

September 29, 2014

	 	
          4.75 to 1.00

	 
	 	 	 	 
	September 30, 2014 through and 

including December 30, 2014	 	          5.50 to 1.00	 
	 	 	 	 
	December 31, 2014 through and 

including June 29,  2015	 	          5.50 to 1.00	 
	 	 	 	 
	
June 30, 2015 through and including 

September 29, 2015

	 	
          4.75 to 1.00

	 
	 	 	 	 
	September 30, 2015 through and 

including December 30, 2015	 	          4.50 to 1:00	 
	 	 	 	 
	December 31, 2015 through and 

including March 30, 2016	 	          4.25 to 1.00	 
	 	 	 	 
	
March 31, 2016 and thereafter

	 	
          4.25 to 1.00

	 





 






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(b)            First Lien Leverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not permit the First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be greater than the ratio set forth opposite the applicable period below:



 



	
Applicable 

Period

	 	 	
Maximum First 

Lien Leverage 

Ratio

	 
	
June 30, 2014 through and including 

September 29, 2014

	 	 	
          3.50 to 1.00

	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	September 30, 2014 through and 

including December 30, 2014	 	 	          3.50 to 1.00	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	December 31, 2014 through and 

including June 29,  2015	 	 	          4.00 to 1.00	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
June 30, 2015 through and including 

September 29, 2015

	 	 	
          3.50 to 1.00

	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	September 30, 2015 through and 

including December 30, 2015	 	 	          3.25 to 1:00	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	December 31, 2015 through and 

including March 30, 2016	 	 	          3.00 to 1.00	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	
March 31, 2016 and thereafter

	 	 	
          3.00 to 1.00

	 







 


(c)            Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  The Borrower shall not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than 1.10 to 1.00.


 


(d)            Capital Expenditures.  The Borrower shall not permit the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Loan Parties in any fiscal year (i) to exceed 5% of total revenues for the immediately preceding year or (ii) to be less than 1.5% of the total revenues for the immediately preceding fiscal year; provided, that the foregoing shall not include or limit (x) capital expenditures in an aggregate amount not to exceed $17,500,000 to construct a hotel adjacent to the Silver Slipper Casino or (y) for the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition of Capital Assets in connection with Capital Lease obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $9,000,000 incurred to construct a hotel adjacent to the Rising Star Casino.


 


4.             Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the remaining terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


 


II.           MISCELLANEOUS


 


1.             Representations and Warranties.  Borrower represents to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:


 


 (a)            The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as if made on such date (except for representations and warranties expressly made as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty must be true in all respects) as of such date);


 






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(b)            No Default has occurred and is continuing; and


 


(c)            No material adverse change in the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or liabilities (whether actual or contingent) of the Borrower Parties taken as a whole has occurred since March 31, 2014.


 


2.             Conditions Precedent.  As conditions precedent to the execution and delivery by the Agent and the Lenders of this Amendment, (i) the Borrower shall have paid or caused to be paid all costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and the Lenders through the date hereof and (ii) the Agent and the Lenders shall have received the following, all of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and in sufficient counterparts:


 


(a)            Duly executed counterparts of this Amendment signed by all of the Loan Parties.


 


(b)            Acknowledgment of First Lien Guarantors to this Amendment.


 


(c)            Acknowledgment of Second Lien Lenders to this Amendment, and execution of Amendment No. 2 to Second Lien Credit Agreement to be consistent with this Amendment.


 


(d)            Flood hazard determination certificates for Silver Slipper Casino property, if required by Administrative Agent.


 


(e)            Such other documents as the Agent may have reasonably requested.


 


(f)            Certificate of Borrower stating that (i) all material consents necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, including the consent of the Indiana Gaming Commission, have been obtained, (ii) all of the foregoing conditions precedent have been satisfied and (iii) the Effective Date has occurred; provided that if such certificate is not received by August 31, 2014 (unless such date is extended by the Administrative Agent), this Amendment shall become null and void.


 


3.             Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of identical counterparts, any set of which signed by all the parties hereto shall be deemed to constitute a complete, executed original for all purposes.  Transmission by facsimile, “pdf” or similar electronic copy of an executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart.  Any party hereto may request an original counterpart of any party delivering such electronic counterpart.


 


4.             Effective Date.  Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 of this Article II, this Amendment shall become effective as of the Effective Date (defined above).


 






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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
BORROWER:

	 	
FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC.,


	 	 	
a Delaware corporation


	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Andre M. Hilliou	 
	 	 	Name: 	Andre M. Hilliou	 
	 	 	Title: 	Andre M. Hilliou, CEO	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 









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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,


COLLATERAL TRUSTEE, L/C


ISSUER. SWING LINE LENDER


AND LENDER:



	 	CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Ross S. Wales	 
	 	 	Name: 	Ross S. Wales	 
	 	 	Title: 	Sr. Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 









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LENDERS:

	 	
NEVADA STATE BANK


	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Jamie Gazza	 
	 	 	Name: 	Jamie Gazza	 
	 	 	Title: 	Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 









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FIRST TENNESSEE BANK


NATIONAL ASSOCIATION




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Sharon Shipley	 
	 	 	Name: 	Sharon Shipley	 
	 	 	Title: 	Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 









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TRUSTMARK NATIONAL BANK




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Craig E. Sosebee	 
	 	 	Name: 	Craig E. Sosebee	 
	 	 	Title: 	First Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 









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BANK OF NEVADA




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Doron Joseph	 
	 	 	Name: 	Doron Joseph	 
	 	 	Title: 	Sr. Vice President	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 



 
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