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Title: 12.625% SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE 2014
Governing Law: New York     Date: 10/13/2009
Industry: Casinos and Gaming     Sector: Services

12.625% SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE 2014, Parties: mtr gaming group inc
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Exhibit 10.2

 

MTR GAMING GROUP, INC.

 

12.625% SENIOR SECURED NOTE
DUE 2014

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No.:

553769 AG5

No.  A-2

 

$ 10,000,000

 

MTR Gaming Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successors under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of TEN MILLION DOLLARS, on July 15, 2014.

 

Interest Payment Dates:  January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2010.

 

Interest Record Dates:  January 1 and July 1.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note on the reverse side, which will, for all purposes, have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

[ signature pages follow ]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

 

MTR GAMING GROUP, INC.,

 

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David R. Hughes

 

 

Name: David R. Hughes

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Bittner

 

 

Name: John W. Bittner Jr.

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and Accounting

 

 

Dated:  October 13, 2009

 

(144A Note A-2)

 



 

This is one of the Notes described in the Indenture hereinafter referred to.

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Adam Berman

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

(144A Note A-2)

 



 

12.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2014

 

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.6(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE), (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501 OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND

 



 

(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

 

ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.  THE NOTES HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (“OID”).  THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY MAY BE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING DAVID R. HUGHES, CORPORATE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MTR GAMING GROUP, INC., (724) 933-8122.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1.                                        Interest .  MTR Gaming Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 12.625% per annum from the Issue Date until maturity and shall pay the Liquidated Damages, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement referred to below.  The Company will pay interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, semi-annually in arrears on July 15 and January 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”).  Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date; provided , that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between an Interest Record Date (defined below) referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided , further , that the first Interest Payment Date shall be January 15, 2010.  The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful.  Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2.                                        Method of Payment .  The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except Defaulted Interest) and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on July 1 or January 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date (each an “ Interest Record Date ”), even if such Notes are cancelled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture (as defined below) with respect to Defaulted Interest.  The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, at the office or agency of the Company maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided , that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account within the United States will be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium, if any, and Liquidated Damages, if any, on all Global Notes.  Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 



 

3.                                        Paying Agent and Registrar .  Initially, Wilmington Trust FSB, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar.  The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.  The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

 

4.                                        Indenture .  The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of August 12, 2009 (the “ Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.  The terms of the 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 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”).  The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms.

 

5.                                        Optional Redemption .

 

(a)          Except as set forth in clause (b) of this Section 5, the Company shall not have the right to redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section 5 prior to July 15, 2011.  The Notes will be redeemable for cash at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time on or after July 15, 2011, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing July 15 of the years indicated below, in each case, together with accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, thereon to the Redemption Date:

 

Year

 

Percentage

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

106.313

%

 

 

 

 

2012

 

103.156

%

 

 

 

 

2013 and thereafter

 

100.000

%

 

(b)          Notice of redemption will be mailed by first class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address.  Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.  On and after the Redemption Date, interest (and Liquidated Damages, if any) ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption unless the Company defaults in such payments due on the Redemption Date.

 

If the Redemption Date is on or after an Interest Record Date and is on or before the associated Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Interest Record Date.

 

Any redemption of Notes pursuant to this Section 5 shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Sections 3.1 through 3.7 of the Indenture.

 

6.                                        Mandatory Redemption .  The Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.  The Notes shall not have the benefit of any sinking fund.

 



 

7.                                        Regulatory Redemption .  Notwithstanding any provision hereof, if any Gaming Authority requires that a Holder or beneficial owner of Notes must be licensed, qualified or found suitable under any applicable Gaming Law and such Holder or beneficial owner fails to apply for a license, qualification or a finding of suitability within 30 days after being requested to do so by the Gaming Authority (or such lesser period that may be required by such Gaming Authority), or if such Holder or such beneficial owner is not so licensed, qualified or found suitable, the Company shall have the right, at its option, (1) to require such Holder or beneficial owner to dispose of such Holder’s or beneficial owner’s Notes within 30 days of receipt of notice of such finding by the applicable Gaming Authority or such earlier date as may be ordered by such Gaming Authority or (2) to call for the redemption (a “ Required Regulatory Redemption ”) of the Notes of such Holder or beneficial owner at the principal amount thereof or, if required by such Gaming Authority, the lesser of (a) the price at which such Holder or beneficial owner acquired the Notes, and (b) the fair market value of such Notes on the Redemption Date, together with, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and, if permitted by such Gaming Authority, Liquidated Damages, to the earlier of the Redemption Date or such earlier date as may be required by such Gaming Authority or the date of the finding of unsuitability by such Gaming Authority, which may be less than 30 days following the notice of redemption, if so ordered by such Gaming Authority. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any such redempt


 
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