Exhibit 10.2
MTR GAMING GROUP,
INC.
12.625% SENIOR SECURED NOTE
DUE 2014
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CUSIP No.:
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553769 AG5
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No. A-2
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$ 10,000,000
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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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this instrument to be duly executed.
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MTR GAMING GROUP, INC.,
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a Delaware corporation
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By:
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/s/ David R. Hughes
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Name: David R. Hughes
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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By:
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/s/ John Bittner
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Name: John W. Bittner Jr.
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Title: Executive Vice President, Finance and
Accounting
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Dated: October 13,
2009
(144A Note A-2)
This is one of the Notes described
in the Indenture hereinafter referred to.
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WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
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By:
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/s/ Adam Berman
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Authorized Signatory
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(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
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(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:
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Year
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Percentage
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2011
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106.313
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2012
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103.156
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2013 and thereafter
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100.000
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(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