EX-10.15 14 fs42020a1ex10-15_gpaqacqui.htm SIXTH AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 15, 2019

Exhibit 10.15

 

Execution Version

 

 

  

 

AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of August 15, 2019

 

among

 

HOF VILLAGE, LLC; HOF VILLAGE YOUTH FIELDS, LLC;
HOF VILLAGE PARKING, LLC; HOF VILLAGE STADIUM, LLC AND THE OTHER
PERSONS SIGNATORY HERETO AS BORROWERS

 

and

 

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,

 

and

 

GACP FINANCE CO., LLC, as Administrative Agent

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NUMBER 6 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT (this “Amendment Number 6”) dated as of August 15, 2019 is made by and among: (i) HOF VILLAGE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Lead Borrower”); HOF VILLAGE YOUTH FIELDS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE PARKING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE STADIUM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE LAND, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE HOTEL I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE SPORTS BUSINESS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE PARKING MANAGEMENT I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE RESIDENCES I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF EXPERIENCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; HOF VILLAGE MEDIA GROUP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; and the other Persons signatory hereto as “Borrowers” (collectively, the “Borrowers”, and each individually, a “Borrower”); (ii) the Lenders party hereto; and (iii) GACP FINANCE CO., LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

 

(1) The Borrowers, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent, and the other parties named therein are parties to the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 20, 2018 (as amended by: (u) that certain Delayed Draw Joinder Agreement Number 1, dated as of April 11, 2018, (v) that certain Delayed Draw Joinder Agreement Number 2, dated as of May 18, 2018, (w) that certain Amendment Number 3 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2018, (x) that certain Amendment Number 4 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of February 19, 2019, (y) that certain Amendment Number 5 to Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2019 and (z) as further amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby).

 

(2) The Administrative Agent, the Borrowers, and the Lenders desire to amend the Loan Agreement as set forth below, such amendment, except as set forth herein, to become effective on the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. Acknowledgments.

 

Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that as of the date hereof, the outstanding principal amount of Loans (exclusive of interest, costs, fees and other expenses payable by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents) is $65,000,000 and such amounts are not subject to any offset, counterclaim or defense by any of the Borrowers.

 

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SECTION 2. Defined Terms.

 

(a) Terms defined in the preamble, preliminary statements and otherwise in this Amendment Number 6 shall have the meanings given to such terms in such preamble, preliminary statements and Section 3 and Section 5, respectively.

 

SECTION 3. Amendments to the Loan Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

Section 1.01 is amended as follows:

 

(i) The definition of the term “Maturity Date” is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier of (a) September 13, 2019 and (b) the date that all Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.

 

(ii) The following new defined term is added to Section 1.01 in alphabetical order:

 

Amendment Number 6” shall mean the Amendment Number 6 to this Agreement dated as of August 15, 2019.

 

SECTION 4. Representations. The Borrowers represent and warrant that as of the date hereof, each of the December 24, 2018 Convertible Subordinated Notes is held by a Person that not an Affiliate of any Borrower or M. Klein and Company LLC.

 

SECTION 5. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment Number 6 shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment Number 6 Effective Date”), when each of the conditions set forth in this Section 5 shall have been satisfied (or waived by the Lenders):

 

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment Number 6, duly executed and delivered on behalf of (i) each Borrower, (ii) each Lender, and (iii) the Administrative Agent;

 

(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower, dated the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date and certifying:

 

(i) that attached thereto is a true and correct copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of each Borrower, approving this Amendment Number 6 and the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

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(ii) that, as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, and except for the Escrow Funding Failure (as defined in Amendment Number 4), (1) each representation and warranty set forth in each Loan Document is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date (provided that, if a representation and warranty contains a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification, such representation and warranty is true and correct in all respects), and (2) each Borrower is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in each Loan Document on its part to be observed or performed, and, immediately after giving effect to this Amendment Number 6, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(iii) that, as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date and, except for the Escrow Funding Failure (as defined in Amendment Number 4), the Borrowers are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Representations; and

 

(iv) that, as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, the Borrowers are in compliance with the terms and conditions of each Ground Lease (to the extent applicable to the Borrowers) and each Project Lease;

 

(c) as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, (x) the representations and warranties of Borrowers contained in Article III of the Loan Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date to the same extent as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date, and (y) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would occur immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Amendment Number 6;

 

(d) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received a Solvency Certificate from the Lead Borrower on behalf of each Borrower; and

 

(e) the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received reaffirmation agreements in respect of the Recourse Guaranty, the Mezzanine Subordination Agreement and the subordination agreements executed by National Football Museum Inc., CH Capital Lending, LLC and M. Klein and Company, LLC.

 

SECTION 6. Confirmation of Representations and Warranties.

 

(a) Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, that the representations and warranties of Borrowers contained in Article III of the Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on such date to the same extent as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date (provided that, if a representation and warranty contains a materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualification, such representation and warranty is true and correct in all respects).

 

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(b) Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, that it has the necessary corporate power to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment Number 6, and it has duly authorized all corporate or other action required to be taken by it for the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment Number 6 and the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereby.

 

SECTION 7. Consent and Affirmation. Each Borrower hereby (a) consents to the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment Number 6 and agrees that each Loan Document is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed on the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, except that, on and after the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, each reference to the “Loan Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof’”, “therein” or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as amended and otherwise modified by this Amendment Number 6, and (b) confirms that the Loan Documents to which each of the Borrowers is a party and all of the Collateral described therein do, and shall continue to, secure the payment of all of the Obligations.

 

SECTION 8. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

 

(a) On and after the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, each reference in the Loan Agreement to “hereunder”, “hereof’ or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, and each reference in the other transaction documents to the “Loan Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof’ or words of like import referring to the Loan Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement as modified by this Amendment Number 6. From and after the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, this Amendment Number 6 shall be a Loan Document under the Loan Agreement.

 

(b) The Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment Number 6, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the respective guarantees, pledges, grants of security interests and other agreements, as applicable, under each of the Loan Documents, notwithstanding the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral described in the Loan Documents do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Borrowers under the Loan Documents, in each case, as amended by this Amendment Number 6.

 

(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment Number 6 shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 9. Execution in Counterparts; Order of Amendments. This Amendment Number 6 may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment Number 6 by .pdf or other electronic form shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment Number 6.

 

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SECTION 10. Amendments; Headings; Severability. This Amendment Number 6 may not be amended nor may any provision hereof be waived except pursuant to a writing signed by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Amendment Number 6 and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting this Amendment Number 6. Any provision of this Amendment Number 6 held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions, the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 11. Cost and Expenses. Borrowers agree to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration, modification and amendment of this Amendment Number 6 and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in accordance with the terms of Section 10.05 of the Loan Agreement.

 

SECTION 12. Governing Law; Etc. This Amendment Number 6 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, and shall be subject to the jurisdictional, service and waiver of jury trial provisions of the Loan Agreement, as if they were set forth herein.

 

SECTION 13. No Novation. This Amendment Number 6 shall not extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the Loan Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any Loan Document or any other security therefor. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the obligations outstanding under the Loan Agreement or instruments securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect, except to any extent modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith and except to the extent repaid as provided herein. Nothing implied in this Amendment Number 6 or in any other document contemplated hereby shall be construed as a release or other discharge of any of the Borrowers under any Loan Document from any of its obligations and liabilities as a Borrower, guarantor or pledgor under any of the Loan Documents.

 

SECTION 14. Waiver of Claims. Each Borrower on behalf of itself, its Affiliates and their respective officers, direct and indirect members, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, insurers, heirs, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Releasing Parties”), hereby waives, releases, remises and forever discharges the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each other Secured Party from any and all claims, suits, actions, investigations, proceedings or demands arising out of or in connection with the Loan Agreement and any other Loan Document (collectively, “Claims”), whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law of any kind or character, known or unknown, which any Releasing Party ever had, now has or might hereafter have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each other Secured Party which relates, directly or indirectly, to any acts or omissions of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each other Secured Party on or prior to the Amendment Number 6 Effective Date, in each case, in respect to the Loan Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

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SECTION 15. Advice of Counsel. The Borrowers acknowledge that they have reviewed this Amendment Number 6 in its entirety, having consulted such legal, tax or other advisors as they deem appropriate, and understand and agree to each of the provisions of this Amendment Number 6, and further acknowledge that they have entered into this Amendment Number 6 voluntarily.

 

SECTION 16. Rules of Construction. The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are resolved against the drafting party shall not apply to the interpretation of this Amendment Number 6.

 

SECTION 17. Effect of this Amendment Number 6. Except as expressly set forth herein, (a) this Amendment Number 6 shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, (b) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document. Nothing contained in this Amendment Number 6 shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a course of dealing or other basis for altering any rights or obligations of Lender under the Loan Documents, or any obligations of the Borrowers or any other party under the Loan Documents (in each instance, except as expressly set forth herein), (c) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties have not and are not waiving their rights against any Person (including the Borrowers), including as a result of any Default or Event of Defaults that exists (notwithstanding the Borrowers’ representation that no Default or Event of Default exists) and (d) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties have not and are not waiving their rights and remedies against any Person (including the Borrowers) as a result of any Default or Event of Default or as a result of any other breach of any Loan Documents or otherwise, including as a result of any past, present or future event or circumstance.

 

[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Number 6 to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

  Borrowers:
   
  HOF VILLAGE, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE PARKING, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE YOUTH FIELDS, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE STADIUM, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE]

 

 

 

 

  Borrowers, cont.:
   
  HOF VILLAGE LAND, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE HOTEL I, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE SPORTS BUSINESS, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE PARKING MANAGEMENT I, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE]

 

 

 

 

  Borrowers, cont.:
   
  HOF VILLAGE RESIDENCES I, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF VILLAGE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer
     
  HOF EXPERIENCE, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer

  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE]

 

 

 

 

  Borrowers, cont.:
   
  HOF VILLAGE MEDIA GROUP, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Michael Crawford
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE]

 

 

 

 

  Administrative Agent
   
  GACP FINANCE CO., LLC,
  as Administrative Agent
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  Robert A. Louzan
    Title:  Authorized Signatory
     
  Lenders (and by their signatures below, the Lenders direct the Administrative Agent to execute this Amendment Number 6):
     
  GACP II, L.P.
     
  By: /s/
    Name:  Robert A. Louzan
    Title:  Authorized Signatory
     
  IRG, LLC,
  a Nevada limited liability company
   
  By: S.L. Properties, Inc.,
    a Delaware corporation
    its Manager
     
  By: /s/
      Name:  Stuart Lichter
      Title:  President

  

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON NEXT PAGE]

 

 

 

 

  Lenders, cont. (and by their signatures below, the Lenders direct the Administrative Agent to execute this Amendment Number:
   
  DEMOMODE MARKETING, LLC,
  a New York limited liability company
   
  By: /s/
  Name:  
  Title: