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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM-10Q
(Mark One)
x |
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002
OR
¨ |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from
to
Commission file number 333-88679
HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT
SHREVEPORT CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of each Registrant as specified in its charter)
Louisiana |
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72-1225563 |
Louisiana |
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75-2830167 |
(States or other jurisdictions of incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Nos) |
451 Clyde Fant Parkway |
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Shreveport, Louisiana |
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71101 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(Registrants telephone number, including area code) (318) 220-0711
(Not Applicable)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)
Indicate by check mark whether each of the Registrants (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that each
of the Registrants was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate the number of shares
outstanding of each of the issuer=s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Registrant
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Class
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Outstanding at November 12, 2002
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Hollywood Casino Shreveport |
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None |
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None |
Shreveport Capital Corporation |
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Common Stock, $.01 par value |
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1,000 Shares |
HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
Introductory Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Hollywood Casino Shreveport (HCS) is a general partnership registered in the state of Louisiana. The original
partnership agreement was amended on September 22, 1998 to include as partners in what is now referred to as HCS the following companies: HWCCLouisiana, Inc. (HCL), a Louisiana corporation wholly owned by Hollywood Casino
Corporation (HCC); Sodak Louisiana, L.L.C. (Sodak), a Louisiana limited liability company; and Shreveport Paddlewheels, L.L.C. (Paddlewheels), a Louisiana limited liability company. The general partnership was
originally formed in May 1992 for the purpose of developing and operating a riverboat casino in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally named Queen of New Orleans at the Hilton Joint Venture (QNOV), the partnership was 50%-owned by Hilton New
Orleans Corporation (Hilton) and 50%-owned by New Orleans Paddlewheels, Inc. (NOP). Hilton and NOP are collectively referred to herein as the former partners. QNOVs riverboat operations in New Orleans
commenced in February 1994 and were discontinued in October 1997.
During October 1996, QNOV received approval
from state gaming authorities to relocate its license to operate to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, approximately 180 miles east of Dallas, Texas. Subsequent to receiving approval to relocate, QNOV made the decision in 1997 not to conduct gaming
operations in Shreveport. The former partners sought to transfer the license to operate in Shreveport to another interested party. Under Louisiana gaming regulations, the license to operate a riverboat gaming operation is not transferable; however,
the ownership of an entity licensed to operate is transferable, subject to the approval of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the LGCB). Accordingly, the acquisition by HCL, Sodak and Paddlewheels of the license to operate in Shreveport
was structured as an acquisition of the interests QNOVs former partners.
Upon admission of the new
partners, HCS proceeded with entirely new plans to develop, own and operate a riverboat gaming complex to be constructed in Shreveport (the Shreveport Casino). The Shreveport Casino was completed and opened on December 20, 2000.
Prior to opening, HCS had no operating activities other than development, financing and construction activities with respect to the Shreveport Casino. The Shreveport Casino consists of a three-level riverboat casino with approximately 1,422 slot
machines, 60 table games and six poker stations and a 403-room, all suite, art deco style hotel. The project also includes approximately 45,000 square feet of restaurant and entertainment facilities developed by a third party.
It was originally anticipated that HCS would develop the Shreveport Casino with each of HCL and Sodak having a 50% interest in
the development and subsequent operations. Once operations commenced, Paddlewheels was to have a residual interest in the event that the project was ever sold amounting to 10% plus any capital contributions made by Paddlewheels to HCS or otherwise
credited to their account. The joint venture partner also receives an amount equal to 1% of complex net revenues, as defined, of the Shreveport Casino. On March 31, 1999, HCL entered into a definitive agreement with Sodaks parent
to acquire Sodak for the $2,500,000 Sodak had contributed to HCS. The revised structure of the partnership was approved by the LGCB on April 20, 1999. As a result of the acquisition, HCL obtained an effective 100% ownership interest in HCS with
Paddlewheels retaining their residual interest. During July 1999, Sodak was merged into HCL.
Also during July
1999, HCL formed two new, wholly owned subsidiaries, HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc., both Louisiana corporations. HCL contributed $1,000 of capital to each entity, along with 99% of its interest in HCS to HCS I, Inc. and the remaining 1% to HCS II,
Inc. In addition, the HCS joint venture agreement was amended and restated on July 21, 1999, to reflect, among other things, the
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admission of HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. as partners of HCS and the withdrawal of HCL as managing partner of HCS. As a result, HCS I, Inc. now
has an effective 99% interest in HCS and has become its managing general partner. HCS II, Inc. now has an effective 1% interest in HCS. Paddlewheels retained their 10% residual interest in HCS and their monthly payment of 1% of complex net
revenues.
Additionally, in July 1999, HCS formed a new, wholly owned subsidiary, Shreveport Capital
Corporation (Shreveport Capital), a Louisiana corporation. HCS contributed $1,000 of capital to Shreveport Capital. Shreveport Capital was formed for the purpose of being a co-issuer with respect to $150,000,000 of 13% First Mortgage
Notes with contingent interest (the First Mortgage Notes) due 2006 and the 13% Senior Secured Notes issued in June 2001. Shreveport Capital has not and is not expected to have any operating activities, acquire any assets or incur any
other liabilities. Accordingly, separate financial statements of Shreveport Capital are not included herein because management has determined that such information is not material to investors.
Equity contributions from HCL and Paddlewheels provided the initial $50,000,000 of construction financing for the Shreveport Casino. During August 1999, HCS
successfully completed the issuance of $150,000,000 of 13% First Mortgage Notes with contingent interest due 2006. These sources of funds, together with $30,000,000 of furniture, fixture and equipment financing, provided the initial funding for the
project.
The principal executive offices of HCS and Shreveport Capital are located at 451 Clyde Fant Parkway,
Shreveport, Louisiana 71101, telephone (318) 220-0711. The principal executive offices of HCL are located at Two Galleria Tower, Suite 2200, 13455 Noel Road, Dallas, Texas 75240, telephone (972) 392-7777. The website for the Shreveport Casino is
www.hollywoodcasinoshreveport.com.
The consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2002 and for the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 have been prepared by HCS and HCL without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, these consolidated
financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial positions of HCS and HCL as of September 30, 2002, the results of their operations for the three
and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and their cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in HCS and Shreveport Capitals 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission will be provided upon request without charge from the offices of HCL as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with the Commission. Such filings are not presently available at the Shreveport
Casinos website as HCS is a partnership and has no public shareholders. The Form 10-K/A and other filings of HCC with the Securities and Exchange Commission (which are consolidated to include the financial statements of HCS and Shreveport
Capital) are available at HCCs website (www.hollywoodcasino.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with the Commission.
Management anticipates that activity at the Shreveport Casino may be modestly seasonal, with stronger results expected during the first and third quarters. Consequently,
the results of operations for the three month period ended September 30, 2002 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be reported for the full year.
HCC (the ultimate parent of HCS, HCL and Shreveport Capital), Penn National Gaming, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (Penn National), and P Acquisition Corp., a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn National, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of August 7, 2002, pursuant to which, and subject to the conditions thereof, HCC will
become a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn National through the merger of P Acquisition Corp. with
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and into HCC. In connection with the Merger Agreement, Penn National, HCC and certain stockholders of HCC (who collectively control at least
50.3% of HCCs outstanding shares) executed and delivered Stockholder Agreements, pursuant to which those stockholders have, among other things, covenanted to vote in favor of the adoption of and otherwise to support the Merger Agreement.
Consequently, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Stockholder Agreements, holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of HCC eligible to vote have agreed to vote in favor of the merger,
assuring stockholder approval.
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS REPORT
To the Partners of Hollywood Casino Shreveport:
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet
of Hollywood Casino Shreveport and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2002, the related condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and of cash flows for the nine month periods
ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnerships management.
We conducted
our reviews in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial data and of making
inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the objective of which is the
expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on
our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such condensed consolidated financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the consolidated
balance sheet of Hollywood Casino Shreveport and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations, partners capital and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report
dated March 19, 2002, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2001 is fairly stated,
in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Dallas, Texas
November 7, 2002
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
|
|
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
19,904,000 |
|
|
$ |
26,463,000 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $712,000 and $534,000, respectively |
|
|
2,551,000 |
|
|
|
2,110,000 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
1,944,000 |
|
|
|
1,934,000 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
1,159,000 |
|
|
|
854,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
25,558,000 |
|
|
|
31,361,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land improvements |
|
|
1,665,000 |
|
|
|
1,665,000 |
|
Buildings and improvements |
|
|
97,405,000 |
|
|
|
95,839,000 |
|
Riverboat |
|
|
44,965,000 |
|
|
|
44,947,000 |
|
Operating equipment |
|
|
47,926,000 |
|
|
|
46,891,000 |
|
Construction in progress |
|
|
|
|
|
|
762,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
191,961,000 |
|
|
|
190,104,000 |
|
Lessaccumulated depreciation |
|
|
(28,456,000 |
) |
|
|
(16,365,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
163,505,000 |
|
|
|
173,739,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred financing costs, net |
|
|
5,100,000 |
|
|
|
6,069,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
552,000 |
|
|
|
865,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other assets |
|
|
5,652,000 |
|
|
|
6,934,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
194,715,000 |
|
|
$ |
212,034,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated balance sheets.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS DEFICIENCY
|
|
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current maturities of long-term debt |
|
$ |
6,000 |
|
|
$ |
6,000 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
8,017,000 |
|
|
|
6,654,000 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and wages |
|
|
2,016,000 |
|
|
|
2,469,000 |
|
Interest |
|
|
5,436,000 |
|
|
|
10,702,000 |
|
Gaming and other taxes |
|
|
4,470,000 |
|
|
|
998,000 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
1,614,000 |
|
|
|
1,894,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
3,056,000 |
|
|
|
2,624,000 |
|
Due to affiliates |
|
|
6,714,000 |
|
|
|
3,859,000 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
819,000 |
|
|
|
1,273,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
32,148,000 |
|
|
|
30,479,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
|
|
189,956,000 |
|
|
|
190,099,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Noncurrent Liabilities |
|
|
258,000 |
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Partners Deficiency |
|
|
(27,647,000 |
) |
|
|
(8,699,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
194,715,000 |
|
|
$ |
212,034,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated balance sheets.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
$ |
36,695,000 |
|
|
$ |
36,873,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
2,423,000 |
|
|
|
2,426,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
6,453,000 |
|
|
|
6,769,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
773,000 |
|
|
|
721,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,344,000 |
|
|
|
46,789,000 |
|
Lesspromotional allowances |
|
|
(9,564,000 |
) |
|
|
(9,613,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenues |
|
|
36,780,000 |
|
|
|
37,176,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
|
27,654,000 |
|
|
|
27,919,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
502,000 |
|
|
|
621,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
1,699,000 |
|
|
|
1,950,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
779,000 |
|
|
|
598,000 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
2,856,000 |
|
|
|
3,136,000 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
4,073,000 |
|
|
|
3,991,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses |
|
|
37,563,000 |
|
|
|
38,215,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations |
|
|
(783,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,039,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operating income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
49,000 |
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(6,549,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,562,000 |
) |
Gain on disposal of assets |
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-operating expense |
|
|
(6,484,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,407,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(7,267,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,446,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
$ |
110,914,000 |
|
|
$ |
111,519,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
7,033,000 |
|
|
|
6,546,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
18,795,000 |
|
|
|
20,225,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,867,000 |
|
|
|
2,861,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
138,609,000 |
|
|
|
141,151,000 |
|
Lesspromotional allowances |
|
|
(27,310,000 |
) |
|
|
(30,236,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenues |
|
|
111,299,000 |
|
|
|
110,915,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
|
80,078,000 |
|
|
|
94,784,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
1,688,000 |
|
|
|
1,827,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
5,170,000 |
|
|
|
7,358,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
2,228,000 |
|
|
|
3,138,000 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
7,578,000 |
|
|
|
11,359,000 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
12,106,000 |
|
|
|
11,882,000 |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
843,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses |
|
|
108,848,000 |
|
|
|
131,191,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations |
|
|
2,451,000 |
|
|
|
(20,276,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operating income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
153,000 |
|
|
|
554,000 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(20,142,000 |
) |
|
|
(18,709,000 |
) |
Gain on disposal of assets |
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Write off investment in unconsolidated affiliate |
|
|
(313,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-operating expense |
|
|
(20,286,000 |
) |
|
|
(18,155,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(17,835,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(38,431,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(17,835,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(38,431,000 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization, including accretion of discount and amortization of premium |
|
|
12,942,000 |
|
|
|
12,966,000 |
|
Gain on disposal of assets |
|
|
(16,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Write off investment in unconsolidated affiliate |
|
|
313,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
843,000 |
|
Provision for doubtful accounts |
|
|
277,000 |
|
|
|
970,000 |
|
Increase in accounts receivable |
|
|
(718,000 |
) |
|
|
(2,023,000 |
) |
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(1,432,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,983,000 |
) |
Net change in affiliate balances |
|
|
2,850,000 |
|
|
|
1,772,000 |
|
Net change in other current assets and liabilities |
|
|
(769,000 |
) |
|
|
355,000 |
|
Net change in other noncurrent assets and liabilities |
|
|
103,000 |
|
|
|
91,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(4,285,000 |
) |
|
|
(30,440,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(1,188,000 |
) |
|
|
(4,925,000 |
) |
Proceeds from the disposal of assets |
|
|
32,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(196,000 |
) |
Net change in cash restricted for construction project |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,530,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
|
|
(1,156,000 |
) |
|
|
4,409,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,170,000 |
|
Capital contributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,675,000 |
|
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
|
(5,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,804,000 |
) |
Payments on capital lease obligation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(30,000,000 |
) |
Deferred financing costs |
|
|
(5,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,691,000 |
) |
Partner distributions |
|
|
(1,108,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,172,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
|
|
(1,118,000 |
) |
|
|
14,178,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(6,559,000 |
) |
|
|
(11,853,000 |
) |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
26,463,000 |
|
|
|
37,352,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
19,904,000 |
|
|
$ |
25,499,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
(1) Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation
Hollywood Casino Shreveport (HCS) is a general partnership registered in the state of Louisiana. The original
partnership agreement was amended on September 22, 1998 to include as partners in what is now referred to as HCS the following companies: HWCCLouisiana, Inc. (HCL), a Louisiana corporation wholly owned by Hollywood Casino
Corporation (HCC); Sodak Louisiana, L.L.C. (Sodak), a Louisiana limited liability company; and Shreveport Paddlewheels, L.L.C. (Paddlewheels), a Louisiana limited liability company. The general partnership was
originally formed in May 1992 for the purpose of developing and operating a riverboat casino in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally named Queen of New Orleans at the Hilton Joint Venture (QNOV), the partnership was 50%-owned by Hilton New
Orleans Corporation (Hilton) and 50%-owned by New Orleans Paddlewheels, Inc. (NOP). Hilton and NOP are collectively referred to herein as the former partners. QNOVs riverboat operations in New Orleans
commenced in February 1994 and were discontinued in October 1997.
During October 1996, QNOV received approval
from state gaming authorities to relocate its license to operate to the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, approximately 180 miles east of Dallas, Texas. Subsequent to receiving approval to relocate, QNOV made the decision in 1997 not to conduct gaming
operations in Shreveport. The former partners sought to transfer the license to operate in Shreveport to another interested party. Under Louisiana gaming regulations, the license to operate a riverboat gaming operation is not transferable; however,
the ownership of an entity licensed to operate is transferable, subject to the approval of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the LGCB). Accordingly, the transfer of the license to operate in Shreveport was structured as the acquisition
of the interests of the former partners in QNOV. The former partners disposed of QNOVs assets other than its license to operate and satisfied all but one of its obligations so that when the former partners withdrew on September 22, 1998,
QNOVs only asset was its license to operate in Shreveport (which had no recorded value) and its only liability was a $5,000,000 obligation to the City of New Orleans. The $5,000,000 obligation was paid by HCS in August 1999 upon the issuance
of $150,000,000 of 13% First Mortgage Notes with contingent interest due 2006 (the First Mortgage Notes) (see Note 2(a)).
Upon admission of the new partners, HCS proceeded with entirely new plans to develop, own and operate a riverboat gaming complex to be constructed in Shreveport (the Shreveport Casino). The Shreveport Casino was
completed and opened on December 20, 2000. Prior to opening, HCS had no operating activities other than development, financing and construction activities with respect to the Shreveport Casino. The Shreveport Casino consists of a three-level
riverboat dockside casino with approximately 1,422 slot machines, 60 table games and six poker stations and a 403-room, all suite, art deco style hotel. The project also includes approximately 45,000 square feet of restaurant and entertainment
facilities developed by a third party lessee.
Riverboat gaming operations in Louisiana are subject to regulatory
control by the LGCB. HCSs current license to operate the Shreveport Casino expires on October 15, 2004.
It
was originally anticipated that HCS would develop the Shreveport Casino with each of HCL and Sodak having a 50% interest in the development and subsequent operations. Once operations commenced, Paddlewheels was to have a residual interest in the
event that the project was ever sold amounting to 10% plus any capital contributions made by Paddlewheels to HCS or otherwise credited to their account. The joint venture partner also receives an amount equal to 1% of complex net
revenues, as defined, of the Shreveport Casino (see Note 5). On March 31, 1999, HCL entered into a definitive
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
agreement with Sodaks parent to acquire Sodak for the $2,500,000 Sodak had contributed to HCS, with $1,000 paid at closing and
the remainder paid by HCL in June 2001. The revised structure of the partnership was approved by the LGCB on April 20, 1999. As a result of the acquisition, HCL obtained an effective 100% ownership interest in HCS with Paddlewheels retaining their
residual interest and their monthly payment of 1% of complex net revenues. During July 1999, Sodak was merged into HCL.
Also during July 1999, HCL formed two new, wholly owned subsidiaries, HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc., both Louisiana corporations. HCL contributed $1,000 of capital to each entity, along with 99% of its interest in HCS to HCS
I, Inc. and the remaining 1% to HCS II, Inc. In addition, the HCS joint venture agreement was amended and restated on July 21, 1999, to reflect, among other things, the admission of HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. as partners of HCS and the withdrawal
of HCL as managing partner of HCS. As a result, HCS I, Inc. now has an effective 99% interest in HCS and has become its managing general partner. HCS II, Inc. now has an effective 1% interest in HCS. Paddlewheels retained their 10% residual interest
in HCS and their monthly payment of 1% of complex net revenues. The revised partnership structure was approved by the LGCB on July 20, 1999. HCL contributed an additional $300,000 to HCS through HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. in July 1999.
Once HCS secured financing for the Shreveport Casino (see Note 2(a)), HCL contributed an additional $43,700,000 to HCS through HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. HCL also loaned $1,000,000 to Paddlewheels which Paddlewheels contributed to HCS. HCL made
additional capital contributions to HCS through HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. of $8,675,000 in May 2001 and $5,900,000 in December 2000. Capital contributions from HCC, HCLs parent, were used by HCL to make the capital contributions to its
subsidiaries and the loan to Paddlewheels.
Additionally, in July 1999, HCS formed a new, wholly owned subsidiary,
Shreveport Capital Corporation (Shreveport Capital), a Louisiana corporation. HCS contributed $1,000 of capital to Shreveport Capital. Shreveport Capital was formed for the purpose of being a co-issuer with respect to the First Mortgage
Notes and the 13% Senior Secured Notes issued in June 2001. Shreveport Capital has not and is not expected to have any operating activities, acquire any assets or incur any other liabilities. Accordingly, separate financial statements of Shreveport
Capital are not included herein because management has determined that such information is not material to investors.
HCC (the ultimate parent of HCS, HCL and Shreveport Capital), Penn National Gaming, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (Penn National), and P Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn
National, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of August 7, 2002, pursuant to which, and subject to the conditions thereof, HCC will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn National through the
merger of P Acquisition Corp. with and into HCC. In connection with the Merger Agreement, Penn National, HCC and certain stockholders of HCC (who collectively control at least 50.3% of HCCs outstanding shares) executed and delivered
Stockholder Agreements, pursuant to which those stockholders have, among other things, covenanted to vote in favor of the adoption of and otherwise to support the Merger Agreement. Consequently, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger
Agreement and Stockholder Agreements, holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of HCC eligible to vote have agreed to vote in favor of the merger, assuring stockholder approval.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of HCS and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shreveport Capital and
HCS-Golf Course, LLC (Golf). All significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Golf, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2000 to own an initial 49% interest in Shreveport Golf Company, a joint venture formed
to develop
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
and operate a golf course to be used by patrons of the Shreveport Casino. Golfs current 50% ownership interest in Shreveport
Golf Company is accounted for under the equity method. Given the difficult market conditions, the partners in the golf course provided notice in April 2002 that they were terminating the lease for the land on which the golf course would have been
constructed. Accordingly, HCS provided a reserve of $313,000 during April 2002 to write down its investment in the limited liability corporation to a zero value. The partners terminated the joint venture effective as of September 30, 2002. Total
capital contributions to Shreveport Golf Company of $313,000 at December 31, 2001 are included in other noncurrent assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
HCS estimates that a significant amount of the Shreveport Casinos revenues are derived from patrons living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth and east Texas areas. The
Shreveport Casino faces intense competition from other gaming operations in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana and management believes that this competition will continue in the future.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2002
and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 have been prepared by HCS without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the opinion of management, these consolidated
financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of HCS as of September 30, 2002, the results of its operations for the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and its cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
In July 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (SFAS 146), which requires companies to recognize costs
associated with exit or disposal activities when incurred. Current literature requires that these costs be expensed when management commits to an exit or disposal plan. SFAS 146 is to be applied prospectively to exit or disposal activities initiated
after December 31, 2002. HCS does not expect the adoption of SFAS 146 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
(2) Long-term Debt
Long-term debt at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 consists of the following:
|
|
September 30, 2002
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
13% First Mortgage Notes, with contingent interest, due 2006 (a) |
|
$ |
150,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
150,000,000 |
|
13% Senior Secured Notes, with contingent interest, due 2006, including premium of $940,000 and $1,078,000, respectively
(b) |
|
|
39,940,000 |
|
|
|
40,078,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
22,000 |
|
|
|
27,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total indebtedness |
|
|
189,962,000 |
|
|
|
190,105,000 |
|
|
Less-current maturities |
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt |
|
$ |
189,956,000 |
|
|
$ |
190,099,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
In August 1999, HCS and Shreveport Capital issued the First Mortgage Notes. Fixed interest on the First Mortgage Notes at the annual rate of 13% is payable on
each February 1 and August 1. In addition, contingent interest accrues and is payable on each interest payment date subsequent to the opening of the Shreveport Casino. The amount of contingent interest is equal to 5% of the consolidated cash flow of
HCS for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent interest of $5,000,000 for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. Contingent interest amounting to $90,000 and $694,000, respectively, was incurred during the three and nine month periods
ended September 30, 2002. Contingent interest amounting to $130,000 was incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2001. Accrued contingent interest amounted to $1,080,000 and $386,000, respectively, at September 30, 2002
and December 31, 2001. Payment of contingent interest may be deferred to the extent that payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met. |
The First Mortgage Notes are secured by, among other things, (1) a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets that comprise the Shreveport Casino
other than assets secured by the 13% Senior Secured Notes (see 2(b)) and up to $6,000,000 in assets that may be acquired with future equipment financing; (2) a collateral assignment of the Shreveport Casinos interest in the principal
agreements under which it was constructed and is currently operated and managed; and (3) a collateral assignment of certain licenses and permits with respect to the operation and management of the Shreveport Casino. In addition, the First Mortgage
Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by HCL, HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. (collectively, the Guarantors). Such guarantees are secured by a first priority secured interest in substantially all of the Guarantors assets,
including a pledge of the capital stock of HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. and their partnership interests in HCS.
13
HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
The First Mortgage Notes may be redeemed at any time on or after
August 1, 2003 at 106.5% of the then outstanding principal amount, decreasing to 103.25% and 100% on August 1, 2004 and 2005, respectively.
The indenture to the First Mortgage Notes contains various provisions limiting the ability of HCS to borrow money, pay distributions on its equity interests or prepay debt, make investments, create
liens, sell its assets or enter into mergers or consolidations. In addition, the indenture restricts the ability of the Guarantors and Shreveport Capital to acquire additional assets, become liable for additional obligations or engage in any
significant business activities.
(b) |
|
In June 2001, HCS and Shreveport Capital issued $39,000,000 of 13% Senior Secured Notes, with contingent interest, due August 2006 (the Senior Secured
Notes). The Senior Secured Notes were issued at an initial premium of $1,170,000 to yield interest at an effective rate of 12.21% per annum. Fixed interest on the Senior Secured Notes at the annual rate of 13% is payable on each February 1 and
August 1. In addition, contingent interest accrues and is payable on each interest payment date. The amount of contingent interest is equal to 1.3% of the consolidated cash flow of HCS for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent
interest of $1,300,000 for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. Contingent interest amounting to $32,000 and $183,000, respectively, was incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002. Contingent interest amounting to
$33,000 was incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2001. Accrued contingent interest amounted to $261,000 and $78,000 at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively, and is included in accrued interest
payable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Payment of contingent interest may be deferred to the extent that payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met. Proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes were used, in
part, to retire HCSs capital lease obligation (see Note 3) with the remainder available for working capital purposes. |
Under the terms of certain intercreditor collateral agreements, the Senior Secured Notes are secured by, among other things, (1) a security interest in certain furniture, fixtures and equipment
acquired prior to the opening of the Shreveport Casino for $30,000,000 and (2) a security interest on an equal basis in up to $10,000,000 of the collateral which secures the First Mortgage Notes (see 2(a)). The furniture, fixtures and equipment in
(1) above were obtained with the proceeds from the capital lease obligation retired with a portion of the proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes.
The Senior Secured Notes may be redeemed on the same terms and conditions as the First Mortgage Notes (see 2(a)). The indenture to the Senior Secured Notes also carries substantially the same
limitations, covenants and restrictions as those included in the indenture to the First Mortgage Notes (see 2(a)).
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Scheduled payments of long-term debt as of September 30, 2002 are set
forth below:
2002 (three months) |
|
$ |
1,000 |
2003 |
|
|
7,000 |
2004 |
|
|
8,000 |
2005 |
|
|
6,000 |
2006 |
|
|
189,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
189,022,000 |
|
|
|
|
(3) Leases
Capital Lease
HCS entered into a financing lease agreement with third party lessors during 2000 for $30,000,000 to acquire furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Shreveport Casino. During the construction period, HCS paid only interest
on outstanding borrowings together with a fee of .5% per annum on the undrawn portion of the $30,000,000. Effective with the opening of the Shreveport Casino, the outstanding borrowings became payable in equal quarterly installments plus interest at
LIBOR plus 4%. The lease was treated as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes. Borrowings under the lease were collateralized by the furniture, fixture and equipment purchased. The lease was retired in June 2001 with a portion of the
proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes (see Note 2(b)). Amortization expense during 2001 with respect to the assets acquired under the lease amounted to $2,438,000 through the termination date of the capital lease obligation (June 15, 2001).
Operating Leases
In May 1999, HCS entered into a ground lease with the City of Shreveport for the land on which the Shreveport Casino was built. The term of the lease began when
construction commenced and will end on December 20, 2010. HCS has options to renew the lease on the same terms for up to an additional forty years. The lease may be further renewed after that time at prevailing rates and terms for similar leases.
The City of Shreveport may terminate the lease as a result of, among other things, a default by HCS under the lease. HCS may terminate the lease at any time if the operation of the Shreveport Casino becomes uneconomic. Base rental payments under the
lease were $10,000 per month during the construction period. The base rental amount increased to $450,000 per year upon opening and continues at that amount for the remainder of the initial ten-year lease term. During the first five-year renewal
term, the base annual rental will be $402,500. Subsequent renewal period base rental payments will increase by 15% during each of the next four five-year renewal terms with no further increases. This base rental portion of the ground lease is being
amortized by the Shreveport Casino on a straight-line basis. In addition to the base rent, HCS pays monthly percentage rent of not less than $500,000 per year equal to 1% of monthly adjusted gross revenues and the amount, if any, by which monthly
parking facilities net income exceeds the parking income credit, as all such terms are defined in the lease agreement. Ground lease rentals amounted to $511,000 and $515,000, respectively, for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and
2001 and $1,543,000 and $1,538,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Such rentals included percentage rentals amounting to $368,000 and $372,000, respectively for the three month periods ended September 30,
2002 and 2001 and $1,114,000 and $1,109,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. In addition, the ground lease agreement calls for payments in lieu of admission fees to the City of
15
HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Shreveport and payments to the local school board amounting to 3.225% and .5375% of Net Gaming Proceeds (as defined in the
agreement), respectively. These additional charges amounted to $1,410,000 and $1,428,000, respectively, during the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $4,271,000 and $4,322,000, respectively, during the nine month periods ended
September 30, 2002 and 2001.
HCS also leases office, parking and warehouse space and certain equipment under
lease agreements accounted for as operating leases. The lease agreements expire at various dates through 2015. Many of the lease agreements are cancellable or have initial terms of one year or less. A number of the leases contain automatic renewal
options unless notice of termination is given and some include contingent rental payments based on a specified level of use; such contingent rental payments have not been significant. Total rental expense for such leases amounted to $653,000 and
$585,000, respectively, for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $1,957,000 and $2,033,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
Future minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2002 under operating lease obligations (other than the ground lease) having an initial or remaining noncancellable
term in excess of one year are as follows:
2002 (three months) |
|
$ |
206,000 |
2003 |
|
|
761,000 |
2004 |
|
|
517,000 |
2005 |
|
|
385,000 |
2006 |
|
|
154,000 |
Thereafter |
|
|
1,247,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,270,000 |
|
|
|
|
(4) Transactions with Affiliates
The operations of the Shreveport Casino are managed by HWCCShreveport, Inc. (Shreveport Management), a wholly owned
subsidiary of HCC, under the terms of a management agreement. The management agreement became effective when the LGCB approved the development of the Shreveport Casino and will remain in effect as long as HCS holds its license, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with its terms. Under the terms of the management agreement, HCS incurs basic and incentive management fees to Shreveport Management for its services. The basic fee is equal to 2% of gross revenues, as defined in the
agreement, from the operations of the Shreveport Casino. The incentive fee is equal to the sum of (1) 5% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), as defined in the agreement, in excess of $25,000,000
and up to $35,000,000; (2) 7% of EBITDA in excess of $35,000,000 and up to $40,000,000; and (3) 10% of EBITDA over $40,000,000. In addition, HCS reimburses Shreveport Management for expenses incurred in connection with services provided under the
management agreement. Total management fees incurred amounted to $736,000 and $746,000, respectively, for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $2,227,000 and $2,219,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended
September 30, 2002 and 2001 and are included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Management fees payable at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 amounting to $5,261,000 and
$3,034,000, respectively, are included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Under the indentures governing the First Mortgage Notes and Senior
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Secured Notes (Note 2), management fees are subordinated to all payments under the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes and
may not be paid to the extent that their payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met.
The Shreveport Casinos casino system software was provided and installed by Advanced Casino Systems Corporation (ACSC). Prior to March 19, 2002, ACSC was a wholly owned subsidiary of Greate Bay Casino Corporation
(GBCC) which had certain officers, directors and principal shareholders in common with HCC. On March 19, 2002, GBCC completed the sale of ACSC to Bally Gaming, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Alliance Gaming Corporation, an
unaffiliated third party. Costs incurred in connection with the installation of the software system amounting to $2,626,000 are included in operating equipment on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at both September 30, 2002 and December
31, 2001. The Shreveport Casino also had a maintenance and support agreement with ACSC effective between October 12, 2000 and March 18, 2002 which provided for a monthly fee of $11,000 (subject to change upon 60 days written notice) commencing 90
days after installation of ACSCs casino system plus additional services at rates charged by ACSC to third parties. HCS incurred charges and fees to ACSC amounting to $36,000 during the period ended March 19, 2002 and $108,000 and $289,000,
respectively, during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2001. Unpaid charges of $12,000 are included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2001. A new maintenance and support agreement
was entered into with ACSCs new owners effective March 19, 2002.
HCS has also entered into a Marine
Services Agreement with Paddlewheels to provide certain marine services for so long as Paddlewheels remains a joint venture partner in HCS. The Marine Services Agreement became effective on September 22, 1998 and, in addition to the reimbursement of
Paddlewheels for its direct expenses incurred, if any, HCS pays a monthly fee of $30,000 effective with the opening of the Shreveport Casino. HCS expensed $90,000 under the agreement during each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2002
and 2001 and $270,000 during each of the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Unpaid charges of $30,000 are included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at both September 30, 2002 and December 31,
2001.
During July 2002, HCS reimbursed $598,000 of construction finish out costs incurred by an outside lessee
with respect to approximately 45,000 square feet of restaurant and entertainment facilities operated on property leased from the Shreveport Casino. Effective as of May 1, 2002, HCS began receiving rental payments of $6 per square foot annually,
payable at the rate of $22,000 per month. In addition, HCS is to receive percentage rentals as specified in the lease agreement. Total rental income earned during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 amounted to $67,000 and
$112,000, respectively. The lessee is a limited liability company in which certain relatives of Jack E. Pratt, a principal stockholder and director of HCC, hold directly or indirectly a 22.5% interest. These relatives, as well as certain other
associates of the principal stockholder, have held and may continue to hold directly or indirectly interests in certain sublessees of the lessee that are or will be operating tenants in the space.
(5) Commitments and Contingencies
For so long as it remains a joint venture partner in HCS, Paddlewheels receives, among other things, an amount equal to 1% of complex net revenues, as defined, of the Shreveport Casino,
which approximates net revenues, in exchange for the assignment by Paddlewheels and its affiliates of their joint venture interest in HCS to HCL and Sodak. Allocations to Paddlewheels of such amounts are
17
HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
reflected as partnership distributions to HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. Such interest amounted to $367,000 and $372,000,
respectively, during the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $1,113,000 and $1,109,000, respectively, during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Unpaid distributions of $116,000 and $111,000, respectively,
are included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
On April 23, 2000, the construction site for the Shreveport Casino suffered tornado damage which contributed to the delay in the opening of the facility. Management filed damage claims and received reimbursements from its insurance
carrier during 2000 in the amount of approximately $1,500,000 to cover substantially all of the cost of repairing the damage incurred. Management is also seeking to recover lost profits and related claims under its business interruption insurance
coverage. To the extent the delay in the facilitys opening was the responsibility of contractors, management is also seeking to recover damages from those entities. These matters are the subject of a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in
Louisiana. For this and other reasons, HCS has withheld payment of certain retainage amounts which the general contractor is currently seeking. The general contractor has also submitted additional change order which HCS is disputing. The
accompanying consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 include a liability in the amount of approximately $3,600,000 in accounts payable in connection with the construction project. Both the recovery of any amounts by
HCS from either its insurance companies or the contractors and the need to pay the general contractor any additional amounts are currently subject to litigation and management is unable to determine the amounts, if any, that will ultimately be
received or paid.
HCC previously was notified that the Louisiana State Police, Casino Gaming Division (the
Division) had set a hearing regarding testimony of a third party given in a court proceeding which may be in conflict with testimony provided by Jack E. Pratt, a current director of HCC, to representatives of the Division. Prior to such
a hearing, HCCs Louisiana licensee subsidiary, HCS, and the Division have entered into an agreement in which, among other things, HCS acknowledges no violation of law but agrees to pay to the Division the sum of $200,000. The agreement is
subject to the approval of the LGCB and only effective upon consummation of the announced merger of HCC and Penn National. If the LGCB does not approve the agreement or the merger is not consummated, the respective parties to the agreement will be
in the same position they were in prior to entering into the agreement and, absent another settlement, a hearing on the subject matters would likely proceed. In such event, while statutory authority provides that a hearing officer at such a hearing
may impose a penalty on HCS and/or suspend, revoke or restrict its license, HCS would aggressively defend against any such action.
(6) Supplemental Cash Flow Information
HCS paid interest totaling
$24,572,000 and $21,519,000, respectively, during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. HCS paid no income taxes during either of the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 or 2001.
(7) Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2002 consolidated financial statement presentation.
18
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS REPORT
To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of HWCC-Louisiana, Inc.:
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of HWCC-Louisiana, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2002, the related condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and of cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial
information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial data and of making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with
auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such condensed consolidated financial statements for them
to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, the consolidated balance sheet of HWCC-Louisiana, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders deficit and cash flows for the year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated March 19, 2002, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set
forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2001 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Dallas, Texas
November 7, 2002
19
HWCC-LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
|
|
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
20,088,000 |
|
|
$ |
26,609,000 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $712,000 and $534,000, respectively |
|
|
2,551,000 |
|
|
|
2,110,000 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
1,944,000 |
|
|
|
1,934,000 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
653,000 |
|
|
|
617,000 |
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
1,163,000 |
|
|
|
859,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
26,399,000 |
|
|
|
32,129,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Land improvements |
|
|
1,665,000 |
|
|
|
1,665,000 |
|
Buildings and improvements |
|
|
103,405,000 |
|
|
|
101,839,000 |
|
Riverboat |
|
|
44,965,000 |
|
|
|
44,947,000 |
|
Operating equipment |
|
|
47,926,000 |
|
|
|
46,891,000 |
|
Construction in progress |
|
|
|
|
|
|
762,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
197,961,000 |
|
|
|
196,104,000 |
|
Lessaccumulated depreciation |
|
|
(28,456,000 |
) |
|
|
(16,365,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
169,505,000 |
|
|
|
179,739,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred financing costs, net |
|
|
5,100,000 |
|
|
|
6,069,000 |
|
Note receivable |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
552,000 |
|
|
|
865,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total other assets |
|
|
6,652,000 |
|
|
|
7,934,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
202,556,000 |
|
|
$ |
219,802,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated balance sheets.
20
HWCC-LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS DEFICIT
|
|
September 30, 2002 (Unaudited)
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current maturities of long-term debt |
|
$ |
6,000 |
|
|
$ |
6,000 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
8,017,000 |
|
|
|
6,654,000 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries and wages |
|
|
2,016,000 |
|
|
|
2,469,000 |
|
Interest |
|
|
5,436,000 |
|
|
|
10,702,000 |
|
Gaming and other taxes |
|
|
4,470,000 |
|
|
|
998,000 |
|
Insurance |
|
|
1,614,000 |
|
|
|
1,894,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
3,056,000 |
|
|
|
2,624,000 |
|
Due to affiliates |
|
|
6,599,000 |
|
|
|
3,748,000 |
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
819,000 |
|
|
|
1,273,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
32,033,000 |
|
|
|
30,368,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
|
|
189,956,000 |
|
|
|
190,099,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred Income Taxes |
|
|
653,000 |
|
|
|
617,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Noncurrent Liabilities |
|
|
258,000 |
|
|
|
155,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority Interest (Note 6) |
|
|
2,116,000 |
|
|
|
2,111,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders Deficit: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $1 par value per share, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 1,000 shares issued and outstanding
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
66,400,000 |
|
|
|
66,400,000 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(88,861,000 |
) |
|
|
(69,949,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders deficit |
|
|
(22,460,000 |
) |
|
|
(3,548,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
202,556,000 |
|
|
$ |
219,802,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated balance sheets.
21
HWCC-LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
$ |
36,695,000 |
|
|
$ |
36,873,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
2,423,000 |
|
|
|
2,426,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
6,453,000 |
|
|
|
6,769,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
773,000 |
|
|
|
721,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,344,000 |
|
|
|
46,789,000 |
|
Lesspromotional allowances |
|
|
(9,564,000 |
) |
|
|
(9,613,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenues |
|
|
36,780,000 |
|
|
|
37,176,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
|
27,654,000 |
|
|
|
27,919,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
502,000 |
|
|
|
621,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
1,699,000 |
|
|
|
1,950,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
779,000 |
|
|
|
598,000 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
2,857,000 |
|
|
|
3,174,000 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
4,073,000 |
|
|
|
3,991,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses |
|
|
37,564,000 |
|
|
|
38,253,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from operations |
|
|
(784,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,077,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operating income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
61,000 |
|
|
|
173,000 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(6,549,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,562,000 |
) |
Gain on disposal of assets |
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-operating expense |
|
|
(6,472,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,389,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before other item |
|
|
(7,256,000 |
) |
|
|
(7,466,000 |
) |
Minority interest in Hollywood Casino Shreveport (Note 6) |
|
|
(367,000 |
) |
|
|
(372,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(7,623,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,838,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
22
HWCC-LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
$ |
110,914,000 |
|
|
$ |
111,519,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
7,033,000 |
|
|
|
6,546,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
18,795,000 |
|
|
|
20,225,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,867,000 |
|
|
|
2,861,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
138,609,000 |
|
|
|
141,151,000 |
|
Lesspromotional allowances |
|
|
(27,310,000 |
) |
|
|
(30,236,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenues |
|
|
111,299,000 |
|
|
|
110,915,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
|
80,078,000 |
|
|
|
94,784,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
1,688,000 |
|
|
|
1,827,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
5,170,000 |
|
|
|
7,358,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
2,228,000 |
|
|
|
3,138,000 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
7,579,000 |
|
|
|
11,502,000 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
12,106,000 |
|
|
|
11,882,000 |
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
843,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses |
|
|
108,849,000 |
|
|
|
131,334,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from operations |
|
|
2,450,000 |
|
|
|
(20,419,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operating income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
190,000 |
|
|
|
669,000 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(20,142,000 |
) |
|
|
(18,709,000 |
) |
Gain on disposal of assets |
|
|
16,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Write off investment in unconsolidated affiliate |
|
|
(313,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-operating expense |
|
|
(20,249,000 |
) |
|
|
(18,040,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before other item |
|
|
(17,799,000 |
) |
|
|
(38,459,000 |
) |
Minority interest in Hollywood Casino Shreveport (Note 6) |
|
|
(1,113,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,109,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(18,912,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,568,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
23
HWCCLOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
|
OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(18,912,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,568,000 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization, including accretion of discount and amortization of premium |
|
|
12,942,000 |
|
|
|
12,966,000 |
|
Gain on disposal of assets |
|
|
(16,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Write off investment in unconsolidated affiliate |
|
|
313,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
843,000 |
|
Minority interest in Hollywood Casino Shreveport |
|
|
1,113,000 |
|
|
|
1,109,000 |
|
Provision for doubtful accounts |
|
|
277,000 |
|
|
|
970,000 |
|
Increase in accounts receivable |
|
|
(718,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,998,000 |
) |
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(1,432,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,998,000 |
) |
Net change in affiliate balances |
|
|
2,851,000 |
|
|
|
1,772,000 |
|
Net change in other current assets and liabilities |
|
|
(768,000 |
) |
|
|
295,000 |
|
Net change in other noncurrent assets and liabilities |
|
|
103,000 |
|
|
|
91,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(4,247,000 |
) |
|
|
(30,518,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
|
(1,188,000 |
) |
|
|
(4,925,000 |
) |
Proceeds from the disposal of assets |
|
|
32,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net change in cash restricted for construction project |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,530,000 |
|
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(196,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities |
|
|
(1,156,000 |
) |
|
|
4,409,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt |
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,170,000 |
|
Capital contributions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,675,000 |
|
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
|
(5,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,804,000 |
) |
Payments on capital lease obligations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(30,000,000 |
) |
Payment to Sodak Gaming, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,499,000 |
) |
Limited partner distributions |
|
|
(1,108,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,073,000 |
) |
Deferred financing costs |
|
|
(5,000 |
) |
|
|
(1,691,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities |
|
|
(1,118,000 |
) |
|
|
11,778,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(6,521,000 |
) |
|
|
(14,331,000 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
26,609,000 |
|
|
|
39,956,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
20,088,000 |
|
|
$ |
25,625,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying introductory notes and notes to consolidated financial
statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
(1) Organization, Business and Basis of Presentation
HWCCLouisiana, Inc. (HCL) is a Louisiana corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of
Hollywood Casino Corporation (HCC). HCL was formed in April 1993 for the purpose of obtaining a license to develop and own a riverboat casino in Louisiana. HCLs initial efforts to obtain sites in Lake Charles and Bossier City,
Louisiana proved unsuccessful. In September 1998, HCL, Sodak Louisiana, L.L.C. (Sodak) and Shreveport Paddlewheels, L.L.C. (Paddlewheels) acquired the interests of Queen of New Orleans at the Hilton Joint Venture
(QNOV). QNOV was a general partnership which owned and operated a riverboat gaming facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. QNOV ceased operating the riverboat casino in October 1997 having requested and obtained approval from the Louisiana
Gaming Control Board (the LGCB) to move their licensed site to the City of Shreveport, approximately 180 miles east of Dallas, Texas. Subsequent to receiving approval to relocate the license, QNOV made the decision not to conduct gaming
operations in Shreveport. The partners of QNOV sought to transfer the license to operate in Shreveport to another interested party. Under Louisiana gaming regulations, the license to operate a riverboat gaming operation is not transferable; however,
the ownership of an entity licensed to operate is transferable, subject to the approval of the LGCB. Accordingly, the acquisition by HCL, Sodak and Paddlewheels of the license to operate in Shreveport was structured as an acquisition of the
interests of QNOVs partners. The former partners disposed of QNOVs assets other than its license to operate and satisfied all but one of its obligations so that when the former partners withdrew on September 22, 1998 transferring their
interests to HCL, Sodak and Paddlewheels, QNOVs only asset was its license to operate in Shreveport (which had no recorded value) and its only liability was a $5,000,000 obligation to the City of New Orleans (see below). HCL, Sodak and
Paddlewheels obtained the necessary approvals from the LGCB to proceed with the project in Shreveport. In June 1999, HCL obtained approval to change the name of the partnership to Hollywood Casino Shreveport (HCS).
Upon admission of the new partners, HCS proceeded with entirely new plans to develop, own and operate a riverboat gaming
complex to be constructed in Shreveport (the Shreveport Casino). The Shreveport Casino was completed and opened on December 20, 2000. Prior to opening, HCS had no operating activities other than development, financing and construction
activities with respect to the Shreveport Casino. The Shreveport Casino consists of a three-level riverboat dockside casino with approximately 1,422 slot machines, 60 table games and six poker stations and a 403-room, all suite, art deco style
hotel. The project also includes approximately 45,000 square feet of restaurant and entertainment facilities developed by a third party lessee.
Riverboat gaming operations in Louisiana are subject to regulatory control by the LGCB. HCSs current license to operate the Shreveport Casino expires on October 15, 2004.
When the former partners of QNOV proposed moving to Shreveport, they negotiated a settlement with the City of New Orleans to pay
$10,000,000 with respect to claims asserted by the City in connection with the relocation. During September 1998, HCS, the former partners of QNOV and the City of New Orleans entered into a Compromise Agreement under which one of QNOVs former
partners agreed to pay $5,000,000 to the City and QNOV was released from any further relocation claims. The remaining $5,000,000 obligation continued to be reflected as a liability by HCS until it was paid in August 1999 upon the issuance of
$150,000,000 of 13% First Mortgage Notes with contingent
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
interest due 2006 (the First Mortgage Notes) (see Note 2(a)). HCL has treated this $5,000,000 as part of the cost of
acquiring their interest in HCS and has included the cost in property and equipment on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
It was originally anticipated that HCS would develop the Shreveport Casino with each of HCL and Sodak having a 50% interest in the development and subsequent operations. Once operations commenced, Paddlewheels was to have a
residual interest in the event that the project was ever sold amounting to 10% plus any capital contributions made by Paddlewheels to HCS or otherwise credited to their account (see Note 6). The joint venture partner also receives an amount equal to
1% of complex net revenues, as defined, of the Shreveport Casino (see Note 6). On March 31, 1999, HCL entered into a definitive agreement with Sodaks parent to acquire Sodak for the $2,500,000 Sodak had contributed to HCS, with
$1,000 paid at closing and the remainder paid by HCL in June 2001. The revised structure of the partnership was approved by the LGCB on April 20, 1999. As a result, HCL obtained an effective 100% ownership interest in HCS with Paddlewheels retaining
their 10% residual interest and their monthly payment of 1% of complex net revenues. During July 1999, Sodak was merged with HCL.
In July 1999, HCL formed two new, wholly owned subsidiaries, HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc., both Louisiana corporations. HCL contributed $1,000 of capital to each entity along with 99% of its interest
in HCS to HCS I, Inc. and the remaining 1% of its interest to HCS II, Inc. In addition, the HCS joint venture agreement was amended and restated on July 21, 1999, to reflect, among other things, the admission of HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. as
partners of HCS and the withdrawal of HCL as managing partner of HCS. As a result, HCS I, Inc. now has an effective 99% interest in HCS, and has become its managing general partner. HCS II, Inc. now has an effective 1% interest in HCS. HCS I, Inc.
and HCS II, Inc. currently have no other operating activities or assets other than their ownership interests in HCS. Paddlewheels retained their 10% residual interest in HCS and their monthly payment of 1% of complex net revenues. The
revised partnership structure was approved by the LGCB on July 20, 1999.
Additionally, in July 1999, HCS formed a
new, wholly owned subsidiary, Shreveport Capital Corporation (Shreveport Capital), a Louisiana corporation. HCS contributed $1,000 of capital to Shreveport Capital. Shreveport Capital was formed for the sole purpose of being a co-issuer
with respect to the First Mortgage Notes and the 13% Senior Secured Notes issued in June 2001. Shreveport Capital has not and is not expected to have any operating activities, acquire any assets or incur any other liabilities. Accordingly, separate
financial statements of Shreveport Capital are not included herein because management has determined that such information is not material to investors.
HCC (the ultimate parent of HCS, HCL and Shreveport Capital), Penn National Gaming, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (Penn National), and P Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn National, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), dated as of August 7, 2002, pursuant to which, and subject to the conditions thereof, HCC will become a wholly owned
subsidiary of Penn National through the merger of P Acquisition Corp. with and into HCC. In connection with the Merger Agreement, Penn National, HCC and certain stockholders of HCC (who collectively control at least 50.3% of HCCs outstanding
shares) executed and delivered Stockholder Agreements, pursuant to which those stockholders have, among other things, covenanted to vote in favor of the adoption of and otherwise to support the Merger Agreement. Consequently, subject
26
HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Stockholder Agreements, holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding
shares of common stock of HCC eligible to vote have agreed to vote in favor of the merger, assuring stockholder approval.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of HCS and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Shreveport Capital and HCS-Golf Course, LLC (Golf). All significant intercompany balances have been
eliminated in consolidation. Golf, a Delaware corporation, was formed in 2000 to own an initial 49% interest in Shreveport Golf Company, a joint venture formed to develop and operate a golf course to be used by patrons of the Shreveport Casino.
Golfs current 50% ownership interest in Shreveport Golf Company is accounted for under the equity method. Given the difficult market conditions, the partners in the golf course provided notice in April 2002 that they were terminating the lease
for the land on which the golf course would have been constructed. Accordingly, HCS provided a reserve of $313,000 during April 2002 to write down its investment in the limited liability corporation to a zero value. The partners terminated the joint
venture effective as of September 30, 2002. Total capital contributions to Shreveport Golf Company of $313,000 at December 31, 2001 are included in other noncurrent assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
HCL estimates that a significant amount of the Shreveport Casinos revenues are derived from patrons living in the Dallas/Ft. Worth
and east Texas areas. The Shreveport Casino faces intense competition from other gaming operations in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana and management believes that this competition will continue in the future.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The consolidated
financial statements as of September 30, 2002 and for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 have been prepared by HCL without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the
opinion of management, these consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of HCL as of September 30, 2002, the results of
its operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and its cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
In July 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (SFAS
146), which requires companies to recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when incurred. Current literature requires that these costs be expensed when management commits to an exit or disposal plan. SFAS 146 is to be
applied prospectively to exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. HCL does not expect the adoption of SFAS 146 to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
27
HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
(2) Long-term Debt
Long-term debt at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 consists of the following:
|
|
September 30, 2002
|
|
|
December 31, 2001
|
|
13% First Mortgage Notes, with contingent interest, due 2006 (a) |
|
$ |
150,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
150,000,000 |
|
13% Senior Secured Notes, with contingent interest, due 2006, including premium of $940,000 and $1,078,000, respectively
(b) |
|
|
39,940,000 |
|
|
|
40,078,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
22,000 |
|
|
|
27,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total indebtedness |
|
|
189,962,000 |
|
|
|
190,105,000 |
|
Less-current maturities |
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
(6,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term debt |
|
$ |
189,956,000 |
|
|
$ |
190,099,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
In August 1999, HCS and Shreveport Capital issued the First Mortgage Notes. Fixed interest on the First Mortgage Notes at the annual rate of 13% is payable on
each February 1 and August 1. In addition, contingent interest accrues and is payable on each interest payment date subsequent to the opening of the Shreveport Casino. The amount of contingent interest is equal to 5% of the consolidated cash flow of
HCS for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent interest of $5,000,000 for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. Contingent interest amounting to $90,000 and $694,000, respectively, was incurred during the three and nine month periods
ended September 30, 2002. Contingent interest amounting to $130,000 was incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2001. Accrued contingent interest amounted to $1,080,000 and $386,000, respectively, at September 30, 2002
and December 31, 2001. Payment of contingent interest may be deferred to the extent that payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met. |
|
|
The First Mortgage Notes are secured by, among other things, (1) a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets that comprise the
Shreveport Casino other than assets secured by the 13% Senior Secured Notes (see 2(b)) and up to $6,000,000 in assets that may be acquired with future equipment financing; (2) a collateral assignment of the Shreveport Casinos interest in the
principal agreements under which it was constructed and is currently operated and managed; and (3) a collateral assignment of certain licenses and permits with respect to the operation and management of the Shreveport Casino. In addition, the First
Mortgage Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by HCL, HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. (collectively, the Guarantors). Such guarantees are secured by a first priority secured interest in substantially all of the Guarantors
|
28
HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
|
|
assets, including a pledge of the capital stock of HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. and their partnership interests in HCS. |
|
|
The First Mortgage Notes may be redeemed at any time on or after August 1, 2003 at 106.5% of the then outstanding principal amount, decreasing to 103.25% and
100% on August 1, 2004 and 2005, respectively. |
|
|
The indenture to the First Mortgage Notes contains various provisions limiting the ability of HCS to borrow money, pay distributions on its equity interests or
prepay debt, make investments, create liens, sell its assets or enter into mergers or consolidations. In addition, the indenture restricts the ability of the Guarantors and Shreveport Capital to acquire additional assets, become liable for
additional obligations or engage in any significant business activities. |
(b) |
|
In June 2001, HCS and Shreveport Capital issued $39,000,000 of 13% Senior Secured Notes, with contingent interest, due August 2006 (the Senior Secured
Notes). The Senior Secured Notes were issued at an initial premium of $1,170,000 to yield interest at an effective rate of 12.21% per annum. Fixed interest on the Senior Secured Notes at the annual rate of 13% is payable on each February 1 and
August 1. In addition, contingent interest accrues and is payable on each interest payment date. The amount of contingent interest is equal to 1.3% of the consolidated cash flow of HCS for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent
interest of $1,300,000 for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. Contingent interest amounting to $32,000 and $183,000, respectively, was incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002. Contingent interest amounting to
$33,000 was incurred during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2001. Accrued contingent interest amounted to $261,000 and $78,000 at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001, respectively, and is included in accrued interest
payable on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Payment of contingent interest may be deferred to the extent that payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met. Proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes were used, in
part, to retire HCSs capital lease obligation (see Note 3) with the remainder available for working capital purposes. |
|
|
Under the terms of certain intercreditor collateral agreements, the Senior Secured Notes are secured by, among other things, (1) a security interest in certain
furniture, fixtures and equipment acquired prior to the opening of the Shreveport Casino for $30,000,000 and (2) a security interest on an equal basis in up to $10,000,000 of the collateral which secures the First Mortgage Notes (see 2(a)). The
furniture, fixtures and equipment in (1) above were obtained with the proceeds from the capital lease obligation retired with a portion of the proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes. |
|
|
The Senior Secured Notes may be redeemed on the same terms and conditions as the First Mortgage Notes (see 2(a)). The indenture to the Senior Secured Notes also
carries substantially the same limitations, covenants and restrictions as those included in the indenture to the First Mortgage Notes (see 2(a)). |
29
HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Scheduled payments of long-term debt as of September 30, 2002 are set
forth below:
2002 (three months) |
|
$ |
1,000 |
2003 |
|
|
7,000 |
2004 |
|
|
8,000 |
2005 |
|
|
6,000 |
2006 |
|
|
189,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
189,022,000 |
|
|
|
|
(3) Leases
Capital Lease
HCS entered into a financing lease agreement with third party lessors for $30,000,000 to acquire furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Shreveport Casino. During the construction period, HCS paid only interest on
outstanding borrowings together with a fee of .5% per annum on the undrawn portion of the $30,000,000. Effective with the opening of the Shreveport Casino, the outstanding borrowings became payable in equal quarterly installments plus interest at
LIBOR plus 4%. The lease was treated as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes. Borrowings under the lease were collateralized by the furniture, fixture and equipment purchased. The lease was retired in June 2001 with a portion of the
proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes (see Note 2(b)). Amortization expense during 2001 with respect to the assets acquired under the lease amounted to $2,438,000 through the termination date of the capital lease obligation (June 15, 2001).
Operating Leases
In May 1999, HCS entered into a ground lease with the city of Shreveport for the land on which the Shreveport Casino was built. The term of the lease began when
construction commenced and will end on December 20, 2010. HCS has options to renew the lease on the same terms for up to an additional forty years. The lease may be further renewed after that time at prevailing rates and terms for similar leases.
The City of Shreveport may terminate the lease as a result of, among other things, a default by HCS under the lease. HCS may terminate the lease at any time if the operation of the Shreveport Casino becomes uneconomic. Base rental payments under the
lease were $10,000 per month during the construction period. The base rental amount increased to $450,000 per year upon opening and continues at that amount for the remainder of the initial ten-year lease term. During the first five-year renewal
term, the base annual rental will be $402,500. Subsequent renewal period base rental payments will increase by 15% during each of the next four five-year renewal terms with no further increases. This base rental portion of the ground lease is being
amortized by the Shreveport Casino on a straight-line basis. In addition to the base rent, HCS pays monthly percentage rent of not less than $500,000 per year equal to 1% of monthly adjusted gross revenues and the amount, if any, by which monthly
parking facilities net income exceeds the parking income credit, as all such terms are defined in the lease agreement. Ground lease rentals amounted to $511,000 and $515,000, respectively, for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and
2001 and $1,543,000 and $1,538,000, respectively, for the nine
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Such rentals included percentage rentals amounting to $368,000 and $372,000,
respectively for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $1,114,000 and $1,109,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. In addition, the ground lease agreement calls for payments in lieu
of admission fees to the City of Shreveport and payments to the local school board amounting to 3.225% and .5375% of Net Gaming Proceeds (as defined in the agreement), respectively. These additional charges amounted to $1,410,000 and $1,428,000,
respectively, during the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $4,271,000 and $4,322,000, respectively, during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
HCS also leases office, parking and warehouse space and certain equipment under lease agreements accounted for as operating leases. The lease agreements expire at various
dates through 2015. Many of the lease agreements are cancellable or have initial terms of one year or less. A number of the leases contain automatic renewal options unless notice of termination is given and some include contingent rental payments
based on a specified level of use; such contingent rental payments have not been significant. Total rental expense for such leases amounted to $653,000 and $585,000, respectively, for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and
$1,957,000 and $2,033,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001.
Future
minimum lease payments as of September 30, 2002 under operating lease obligations (other than the ground lease) having an initial or remaining noncancellable term in excess of one year are as follows:
2002 (three months) |
|
$ |
206,000 |
2003 |
|
|
761,000 |
2004 |
|
|
517,000 |
2005 |
|
|
385,000 |
2006 |
|
|
154,000 |
Thereafter |
|
|
1,247,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,270,000 |
|
|
|
|
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
(4) Income Taxes
HCLs benefit for income taxes consists of the following:
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Deferred benefit: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal |
|
$ |
2,407,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,045,000 |
|
|
$ |
5,888,000 |
|
|
$ |
12,085,000 |
|
State |
|
|
596,000 |
|
|
|
557,000 |
|
|
|
1,491,000 |
|
|
|
3,081,000 |
|
Change in valuation allowance |
|
|
(3,003,000 |
) |
|
|
(2,602,000 |
) |
|
|
(7,379,000 |
) |
|
|
(15,166,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HCL is included in HCCs consolidated federal income tax
return. Pursuant to agreements between HCL and HCC, HCLs benefit for income taxes is based on the amount of tax that would be provided if a separate federal income tax return were filed.
At September 30, 2002, HCL has net operating loss carryforwards (NOLs) for federal income tax purposes totaling approximately $93,793,000 which do
not begin to expire until the year 2012. HCL also has tax credits available amounting to $117,000 which do not begin to expire until 2021. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires that
the tax benefit of such NOLs and credit carryforwards, together with the tax benefit of deferred tax assets resulting from temporary differences, be recorded as an asset and, to the extent that management can not assess that the utilization of
all or a portion of such deferred tax assets is more likely than not, a valuation allowance should be recorded. Based on the losses incurred to date and the near-term expectation of taxable losses, management has provided valuation allowances to
fully reserve the net deferred tax assets for all periods presented.
Sales by HCC or existing stockholders of
common stock, or securities convertible into common stock, can cause a change of control, as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which would limit the ability of HCC or its subsidiaries to utilize
these loss carryforwards in later tax periods. Should such a change of control occur, including upon consummation of the proposed acquisition of HCC by Penn National, the amount of loss carryforwards available for use in any one year would most
likely be substantially reduced. Future treasury regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions may also affect HCCs future utilization of its loss carryforwards.
HCC has been informed that the Internal Revenue Service will soon open an examination of HCCs consolidated federal income tax returns for the years 1999 through 2001.
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
(5) Transactions with Affiliates
The operations of the Shreveport Casino are managed by HWCCShreveport, Inc. (Shreveport Management), a wholly owned
subsidiary of HCC, under the terms of a management agreement. The management agreement became effective when the LGCB approved the development of the Shreveport Casino and will remain in effect as long as HCS holds its license, unless sooner
terminated in accordance with its terms. Under the terms of the management agreement, HCS incurs basic and incentive management fees to Shreveport Management for its services. The basic fee is equal to 2% of gross revenues, as defined in the
agreement, from the operations of the Shreveport Casino. The incentive fee is equal to the sum of (1) 5% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), as defined in the agreement, in excess of $25,000,000
and up to $35,000,000; (2) 7% of EBITDA in excess of $35,000,000 and up to $40,000,000; and (3) 10% of EBITDA over $40,000,000. In addition, HCS reimburses Shreveport Management for expenses incurred in connection with services provided under the
management agreement. Total management fees incurred amounted to $736,000 and $746,000, respectively, for the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $2,227,000 and $2,219,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended
September 30, 2002 and 2001 and are included in general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Management fees payable at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 amounting to $5,261,000 and
$3,034,000, respectively, are included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Under the indentures governing the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes (Note 2), management fees are subordinated to all payments
under the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes and may not be paid to the extent that their payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met.
The Shreveport Casinos casino system software was provided and installed by Advanced Casino Systems Corporation (ACSC). Prior to March 19, 2002, ACSC was
a wholly owned subsidiary of Greate Bay Casino Corporation (GBCC) which had certain officers, directors and principal shareholders in common with HCC. On March 19, 2002, GBCC completed the sale of ACSC to Bally Gaming, Inc. a wholly
owned subsidiary of Alliance Gaming Corporation, an unaffiliated third party. Costs incurred in connection with the installation of the software system amounting to $2,626,000 are included in operating equipment on the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets at both September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001. The Shreveport Casino also had a maintenance and support agreement with ACSC effective between October 12, 2000 and March 18, 2002 which provided for a monthly fee of $11,000 (subject
to change upon 60 days written notice) commencing 90 days after installation of ACSCs casino system plus additional services at rates charged by ACSC to third parties. HCS incurred charges and fees to ACSC amounting to $36,000 during the
period ended March 19, 2002 and $108,000 and $289,000, respectively, during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2001. Unpaid charges of $12,000 are included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet at
December 31, 2001. A new maintenance and support agreement was entered into with ACSCs new owners effective March 19, 2002.
HCS has also entered into a Marine Services Agreement with Paddlewheels to provide certain marine services for so long as Paddlewheels remains a joint venture partner in HCS. The Marine Services Agreement became effective on
September 22, 1998 and, in addition to the reimbursement of
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Paddlewheels for its direct expenses incurred, if any, HCS pays a monthly fee of $30,000 effective with the opening of the
Shreveport Casino. HCS expensed $90,000 under the agreement during each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $270,000 during each of the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Unpaid charges of $30,000 are
included in due to affiliates on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at both September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
During July 2002, HCS reimbursed $598,000 of construction finish out costs incurred by an outside lessee with respect to approximately 45,000 square feet of restaurant and entertainment facilities operated on property leased from the
Shreveport Casino. Effective as of May 1, 2002, HCS began receiving rental payments of $6 per square foot annually, payable at the rate of $22,000 per month. In addition, HCS is to receive percentage rentals as specified in the lease agreement.
Total rental income earned during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 amounted to $67,000 and $112,000, respectively. The lessee is a limited liability company in which certain relatives of Jack E. Pratt, a principal
stockholder and director of HCC, hold directly or indirectly a 22.5% interest. These relatives, as well as certain other associates of the principal stockholder, have held and may continue to hold directly or indirectly interests in certain
sublessees of the lessee that are or will be operating tenants in the space.
(6) Commitments and Contingencies
HCL agreed that upon obtaining construction financing for the Shreveport Casino, it would loan $1,000,000 to
Paddlewheels which Paddlewheels would use to make a $1,000,000 capital contribution to HCS. HCL loaned the $1,000,000 to Paddlewheels and Paddlewheels made its capital contribution to HCS in August 1999; the $1,000,000 is included in minority
interest on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of HCL at both September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001. The loan to Paddlewheels earns interest at the rate of prime commencing with the opening of the Shreveport Casino and is payable
monthly. Because the loan had no stated interest prior to completion of the Shreveport Casino, HCL recorded a discount on the note which was accreted during the construction period resulting in a note receivable balance of $1,000,000 at the opening
date. Principal on the loan is due to be repaid on December 20, 2010.
Paddlewheels was also given credit for an
additional $1,000,000 capital contribution at the time construction financing was obtained and the $5,000,000 liability described in Note 1 was paid. Such credit was in recognition of guarantees provided by an affiliate of Paddlewheels necessary to
obtain LGCB approval for the Shreveport Casino. The additional $1,000,000 credit to Paddlewheelss capital account resulted in an additional $1,000,000 minority interest on HCLs consolidated balance sheets and has been treated as an
additional project cost.
For so long as it remains a joint venture partner in HCS, Paddlewheels will also
receive, among other things, an amount equal to 1% of complex net revenues, as defined, of the Shreveport Casino, which approximates net revenues, in exchange for the assignment by Paddlewheels and its affiliates of their joint venture
interest in HCS to HCL and Sodak. Allocations to Paddlewheels are reflected as minority interest in Hollywood Casino Shreveport on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the amounts of $367,000 and $372,000, respectively, for the
three month periods ended
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HWCC LOUISIANA, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(wholly owned by Hollywood Casino Corporation)
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
September 30, 2002 and 2001 and $1,113,000 and $1,109,000, respectively, for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and
2001. Unpaid distributions amounting to $116,000 and $111,000, respectively, are included in minority interest on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001.
On April 23, 2000, the construction site for the Shreveport Casino suffered tornado damage which contributed to the delay in the opening
of the facility. Management filed damage claims and received reimbursements from its insurance carrier during 2000 in the amount of approximately $1,500,000 to cover substantially all of the cost of repairing the damage incurred. Management is also
seeking to recover lost profits and related claims under its business interruption insurance coverage. To the extent the delay in the facilitys opening was the responsibility of contractors, management is also seeking to recover damages from
those entities. These matters are the subject of a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in Louisiana. For this and other reasons, HCS has withheld payment of certain retainage amounts which the general contractor is currently seeking. The general
contractor has also submitted additional change order which HCS is disputing. The accompanying consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 include a liability in the amount of approximately $3,600,000 in accounts payable
in connection with the construction project. Both the recovery of any amounts by HCS from either its insurance companies or the contractors and the need to pay the general contractor any additional amounts are currently subject to litigation and
management is unable to determine the amounts, if any, that will ultimately be received or paid.
HCC previously
was notified that the Louisiana State Police, Casino Gaming Division (the Division) had set a hearing regarding testimony of a third party given in a court proceeding which may be in conflict with testimony provided by Jack E. Pratt, a
current director of HCC, to representatives of the Division. Prior to such a hearing, HCCs Louisiana licensee subsidiary, HCS, and the Division have entered into an agreement in which, among other things, HCS acknowledges no violation of law
but agrees to pay to the Division the sum of $200,000. The agreement is subject to the approval of the LGCB and only effective upon consummation of the announced merger of HCC and Penn National. If the LGCB does not approve the agreement or the
merger is not consummated, the respective parties to the agreement will be in the same position they were in prior to entering into the agreement and, absent another settlement, a hearing on the subject matters would likely proceed. In such event,
while statutory authority provides that a hearing officer at such a hearing may impose a penalty on HCS and/or suspend, revoke or restrict its license, HCS would aggressively defend against any such action.
(7) Supplemental Cash Flow Information
HCL paid interest totaling $24,572,000 and $21,519,000, respectively, during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. HCL paid no income taxes during either of the nine month periods
ended September 30, 2002 or 2001.
(8) Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2002 consolidated
financial statement presentation.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements
about the business, results of operations, cash flows, financial condition, expected closing of HCCs merger with Penn National and prospects of HCS and HCL. The actual results could differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking
statements because of various risks and uncertainties including, among other things, changes in competition, economic conditions, tax regulations, state regulations or legislation applicable to the gaming industry in general or HCS and HCL in
particular, decisions of courts, regulatory approvals and other risks indicated in their filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, consummation of Penn Nationals acquisition of HCC is subject to several conditions
including the completion of Penn Nationals acquisition financing as well as the approval of various governmental entities, including gaming regulatory authorities to which the companies are subject. Such risks and uncertainties are beyond
managements ability to control and, in many cases, can not be predicted by management. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words believes, estimates, expects, anticipates and
similar expressions as they relate to HCS and HCL or their management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Similarly, statements herein that describe HCS and HCLs business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or
goals are forward-looking statements.
HCL has had no significant operating activities other than certain costs
incurred in developing the Shreveport Casino. Accordingly, managements discussion that follows primarily addresses the results of operations and liquidity and capital resources of HCS. Activities of HCL exclusive of HCS and its subsidiaries
are separately noted where significant.
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Departmental profit from operations at the Shreveport Casino is summarized in the following table:
|
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
|
2002
|
|
|
2001
|
|
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
$ |
36,695,000 |
|
|
$ |
36,873,000 |
|
|
$ |
110,914,000 |
|
|
$ |
111,519,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
2,423,000 |
|
|
|
2,426,000 |
|
|
|
7,033,000 |
|
|
|
6,546,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
6,453,000 |
|
|
|
6,769,000 |
|
|
|
18,795,000 |
|
|
|
20,225,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
773,000 |
|
|
|
721,000 |
|
|
|
1,867,000 |
|
|
|
2,861,000 |
|
Promotional allowances |
|
|
(9,564,000 |
) |
|
|
(9,613,000 |
) |
|
|
(27,310,000 |
) |
|
|
(30,236,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenues |
|
|
36,780,000 |
|
|
|
37,176,000 |
|
|
|
111,299,000 |
|
|
|
110,915,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Departmental Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
|
|
27,654,000 |
|
|
|
27,919,000 |
|
|
|
80,078,000 |
|
|
|
94,784,000 |
|
Rooms |
|
|
502,000 |
|
|
|
621,000 |
|
|
|
1,688,000 |
|
|
|
1,827,000 |
|
Food and beverage |
|
|
1,699,000 |
|
|
|
1,950,000 |
|
|
|
5,170,000 |
|
|
|
7,358,000 |
|
Other |
|
|
779,000 |
|
|
|
598,000 |
|
|
|
2,228,000 |
|
|
|
3,138,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total departmental expenses |
|
|
30,634,000 |
|
|
|
31,088,000 |
|
|
|
89,164,000 |
|
|
|
107,107,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Departmental profit |
|
$ |
6,146,000 |
|
|
$ |
6,088,000 |
|
|
$ |
22,135,000 |
|
|
$ |
3,808,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Departmental profit margin |
|
|
16.7 |
% |
|
|
16.4 |
% |
|
|
19.9 |
% |
|
|
3.4 |
% |
The Shreveport Casino commenced operations on December 20, 2000 and
experienced the typical operating inefficiencies associated with the opening of a new, major resort. In addition, management sought to open the Shreveport Casino during December 2000 in order to capitalize on one of the busiest times of the year.
Construction delays resulted in a severe reduction in the time available to finalize preparations to open the facility and to train personnel. This lack of adequate preparation and training time, combined with a difficult labor market in Shreveport
and the large volume of business generated by the property during its first 12 days of operations in 2000, exacerbated the operating inefficiencies. As a result, management concentrated its efforts in January and early February 2001 on fully
implementing operating and training programs to ensure that customers were provided with a superior level of service. With these programs completed, the Shreveport Casino launched major marketing programs in late February and March. Delays in
commencing its marketing efforts, together with inclement weather and increased competitive pressures in the Shreveport market, resulted in lower gaming activity at the Shreveport Casino in January and February 2001 than originally anticipated by
management. With the implementation of its marketing programs, the Shreveport Casino experienced a favorable trend in its gaming revenues with significant increases in February and March compared to the prior month periods. Revenues continued to
show improvement in April and May; however, these increases remained below management expectations, primarily due to the economic slowdown. Management of HCS responded by fine-tuning its marketing efforts to maximize the effectiveness of its
marketing programs while
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
minimizing their costs. To this end, HCS terminated certain marketing programs that targeted less profitable market segments which
resulted in a reduction of the Shreveport Casinos gaming revenues in June. Management also instituted a series of measures to significantly reduce the operating costs of the Shreveport Casino. As a result of the elimination of marketing
programs and other significant cost cutting efforts, the Shreveport Casino has generated positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-recurring items in every month since June 2001. HCS is continuing to aggressively
manage its marketing programs to increase its customer base while maximizing near and long-term profitability by decreasing the operating cost structure of the property.
The opening of the Shreveport Casino increased gaming capacity in the Shreveport/Bossier City market by approximately 32%. However, the market has not yet been able to
fully absorb the increase in capacity, as total casino win for the first nine months of 2002 has only grown by 19.6% compared to the same period in 2000 (the most recent comparable nine month period prior to the opening of the Shreveport Casino).
The market grew by only 1.6% during the first nine months of 2002 and suffered a decline of 1.7% during the 2002 third quarter period compared to the same periods in 2001. Management believes the third quarter decline reflects the deteriorating
economic conditions in the principal feeder markets to the Shreveport/Bossier City gaming market, including the Dallas/Ft. Worth metropolitan area. Management further expects the difficult market conditions will continue through the fourth quarter
of 2002 and, as a result, the Shreveport Casino will report lower earnings and operating cash flows in the upcoming quarter. In late August 2002, Harrahs Entertainment Inc. announced plans to purchase Louisiana Downs racetrack located
approximately nine miles from the Shreveport Casino in Bossier City, Louisiana. Announced plans include a casino addition at the racetrack which, pending a timely completion of the deal, could open in the summer of 2003. The successful completion
and opening of this facility would result in another source of competition for and could have a material adverse affect on the Shreveport Casino.
Total gross wagering at the Shreveport Casino as measured by table game drop (the total value of chips purchased for table games) and slot machine handle (the total value of coins wagered in slot
machines) amounted to $472.9 million and $436.1 million, respectively, during the third quarters of 2002 and 2001 and $1,390.6 million and $1,352.6 million, respectively, during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001. Slot machine
handle increased by 11.2% and 4.6%, respectively, during the third quarter and first nine months of 2002 compared to the same periods in 2001, while table game drop declined by 10.7% and 10.4%, respectively, during the same periods.
Revenues
Casino revenue consists of the portion of gross wagering retained by the casino and, as a percentage of gross wagering, is referred to as the hold percentage. Casino revenues at the Shreveport Casino decreased
slightly during the three and nine month periods of 2002 compared to the 2001 periods. Decreases in the slot machine hold percentages during the three and nine month periods of 2002 from the 2001 periods were offset by increases in slot machine
gross wagering. As a result, slot machine revenues increased by 1.7% during the three month period ended September 30, 2002 bringing the nine month revenues in line with the 2001 nine month period. The third quarter 2002 decline in table games gross
wagering was compounded by a decline in the table games hold percentage to 16.4% from 17.6%. For the nine month period, the decrease in table game wagering was partially offset by an increase in the table games hold percentage to 19.1% in 2002 from
18.2% in 2001. During the three and nine month
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
periods of 2002, slot machine revenues accounted for 75.1% and 73.6% of casino revenues, respectively, compared to 73.5% and 73.2%,
respectively, during the 2001 periods. Table game revenues accounted for 22.2% and 25.4%, respectively, of the 2002 period casino revenues compared to 26.5% and 26.8%, respectively, during the 2001 periods. In June 2002, the Shreveport Casino added
six poker stations which contributed $983,000 and $1.1 million, respectively, to casino revenues during the three and nine month 2002 periods.
Room revenues remained constant during the three month period of 2002 compared to 2001 and increased 7.4% during the 2002 nine month period compared to the same period in 2001. Hotel occupancy rates
increased to 95.1% and 93.9% during the 2002 three and nine month periods from 93% and 85.7% in the same periods of 2001 due to more aggressive marketing programs. However, the average daily room rate decreased to $69 and $68, respectively, during
the 2002 three and nine month periods from $70 and $72 in the comparable 2001 periods. Room rates in 2002 have been lowered to meet competitive pressures in the Shreveport/Bossier City marketplace; however, such reductions have been more than offset
by the improvement in hotel occupancy.
Food and beverage revenues decreased 4.7% and 7.1%, respectively, during
the third quarter and first nine months of 2002 compared to the prior year periods primarily as a result of decreases in promotional activities.
Other revenues increased 7.2% during the three month period ended September 30, 2002 compared to the same period in 2001 bringing the nine month period decrease to 34.7%. The third quarter increase
reflects the first full quarter of rental income earned with respect to restaurant and entertainment facilities operating in space leased from the Shreveport Casino. The year to date decrease is primarily due to reductions in theater revenues and
retail store sales.
Promotional allowances represent the estimated value of goods and services provided free of
charge to casino customers under various marketing programs, the cost of certain cash incentive programs and the estimated cost of the cash back award feature of the casinos customer loyalty programs. Promotional allowances
remained unchanged during the third quarter and decreased $2.9 million (9.7%) during the first nine months of 2002 compared to the same periods in 2001. The third quarter period includes reductions in complimentaries offset by increases in the
cash back feature of the Shreveport Casinos customer loyalty programs resulting from increases in slot machine wagering. The nine month decrease is primarily due to reductions in complimentaries as part of managements cost
savings initiatives, many of which were instituted during the second half of 2001.
Departmental Expenses
The Shreveport Casino was designed to be a major destination resort. Accordingly, its initial cost structure
was based on the facility generating a significant level of gaming revenues. As noted previously, management concentrated its efforts in January and early February 2001 on fully implementing operating and training programs to ensure that customers
were provided with a superior level of service. Because the Shreveport Casino was in a longer start up phase, departmental expense ratios during the first half of 2001 were higher than those experienced by other HCC operated gaming facilities during
their initial periods. During the summer of 2001, management initiated a new business plan for the Shreveport Casino in response to the difficult operating conditions experienced by the
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
property. Due to the economic recession and the impact of the events of September 11th, the Shreveport market grew much more slowly in 2001 than anticipated and experienced a significant increase in marketing and promotional activity.
Over the second half of 2001 and first nine months of 2002, management made significant progress in achieving the principal elements of its new business plan. Specifically, departmental expenditures have been significantly reduced while maintaining
the Shreveport Casinos level of service. Management reduced the propertys operating costs in the first nine months of 2002 by approximately $17.9 million (16.8%) compared to the same period of 2001, while maintaining revenue levels.
In March 2001, the Louisiana legislature approved an increase in the gaming tax on riverboat casinos to 21.5% of
net gaming proceeds from 18.5%. The tax increase is being phased in over a 25-month period for all riverboats in the Shreveport/Bossier City area; accordingly, the gaming tax imposed on the Shreveport Casino increased to 19.5% effective April 1,
2001 and to 20.5% effective April 1, 2002 with an additional 1% increase scheduled for April 1, 2003. Had the entire 3% gaming tax increase been in effect during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002, the Shreveport Casinos
operating expenses would have increased by $375,000 and $1.5 million, respectively.
Casino expenses during the
third quarter did not change significantly. The 15.5% decrease in casino expenses during the first nine months of 2002 compared to the same period in 2001 is due to managements cost savings initiatives discussed above. Expenditures were
reduced in the areas of payroll, cage operations, and advertising, as well as in the allocations of promotional related costs from other operating departments to the casino department.
Rooms expense decreased 19.2% and 7.6% during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002, respectively, compared to the same periods of 2001. These decreases
reflect managements cost savings initiatives discussed above partially offset by increased occupancy costs.
During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002, food and beverage expenses decreased by 12.9% and 29.7%, respectively, compared to the prior year periods. These decreases are due to reductions in the cost of goods
sold, consistent with the reductions in revenues, as well as to reductions in payroll costs and increases in operating efficiency.
Other expenses increased $181,000 (30.3%) during the three month period ended September 30, 2002 compared to the same period of 2001 bringing the nine month decrease to $910,000 (29%). The third quarter increase is primarily
due to increased insurance costs. The nine month decrease reflects reductions in the cost of goods sold, consistent with the reductions in revenues, reductions in payroll costs and a reduction in the costs incurred in connection with
headliner entertainment shows.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses at the Shreveport Casino amounted to $2.9 million and $7.6 million, respectively, during the three and
nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 compared to $3.1 million and $11.4 million, respectively, during the same periods in 2001. General and administrative expenses include management fees payable to a subsidiary of HCC which amounted to
$736,000 and $2.2 million in the 2002 periods compared to $746,000 and $2.2 million in the 2001 periods. The nine month decrease in general and administrative expenses reflects cost savings initiatives
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HOLLYWOOD CASINO SHREVEPORT AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
by management. Significant savings in executive and human resources departmental costs were partially offset by increases in legal
fees and utility costs. Additional general and administrative costs at HCL of $38,000 and $143,000 during the 2001 three and nine month periods consist primarily of franchise taxes; there were no significant general and administrative expenses at
HCL during the 2002 three and nine month periods.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense increased slightly to $4.1 million and $12.1 million, respectively, during the three and nine month
periods ended September 30, 2002 from $4 million and $11.9 million, respectively, during the corresponding prior year periods.
Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt
During June 2001, HCS retired its outstanding lease
financing with a portion of the proceeds from the Senior Secured Notes. The loss from early extinguishment of debt consists of the write off of unamortized deferred finance costs associated with the lease financing.
Interest Income
Interest income at HCS decreased 68.4% and 72.4%, respectively, during the third quarter and first nine months of 2002 compared to the prior year periods. The decreases in interest income reflect less cash available for
investment purposes and reduced interest rates. HCL earned additional interest income of $12,000 and $18,000 during the three month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and $37,000 and $115,000 during the nine month periods ended
September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The reductions in interest income at HCL result from the same factors as experienced by HCS.
Interest Expense
Interest expense remained constant during the three month period
ended September 30, 2002 and increased by $1.4 million (7.7%) during the nine month period ended September 30, 2002 compared to the prior year periods, respectively. The nine month increase is due primarily to the increase in HCSs long-term
indebtedness and to contingent interest incurred on the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes. In June 2001, HCS retired the $27.5 million outstanding balance of certain lease financings with a portion of the proceeds from the issue of $39
million of Senior Secured Notes, which also provided additional working capital for the Shreveport Casino. The increase in overall borrowings coupled with a higher interest rate (an effective rate of 12.21% on the Senior Secured Notes versus a
floating rate on the lease financing of 8.9% at the time of their retirement) contributed to the increase in interest expense. Contingent interest incurred with respect to the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes totaled $122,000 during the
three month period ended September 30, 2002 and $877,000 during the nine month period ended September 30, 2002 compared to $163,000 during both the three and nine month periods in 2001.
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MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Write Off Investment in Unconsolidated Affiliate
HCS entered into an agreement with a third party during 2000 providing for the joint construction and ownership of a golf
course. Contributions by HCS to the limited liability corporation formed to develop and operate the golf course from inception amounted to $313,000. No contributions were made during 2002. Given the difficult market conditions, the partners in the
golf course provided notice in April 2002 that they were terminating the lease for the land on which the golf course would have been constructed. Accordingly, HCS provided a reserve of $313,000 during April 2002 to write down its investment in the
limited liability corporation to a zero value. The partners terminated the joint venture effective as of September 30, 2002.
Income Taxes
HCS is a partnership and, accordingly, is not subject to federal income
taxes. Such taxes are the responsibility of its partners. HCL is included in the consolidated federal income tax return of HCC. Pursuant to agreements between HCL and HCC, HCLs provision for federal income taxes is based on the amount of tax
which would be provided if a separate federal income tax return were filed. The consolidated financial statements of HCL include the federal tax provisions of its subsidiaries which are partners in HCS. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, requires that the tax benefit of NOLs and credit carryforwards, together with the tax benefit of deferred tax assets resulting from temporary differences, be recorded as an asset and, to the
extent that management can not assess that the utilization of all or a portion of such deferred tax assets is more likely than not, a valuation allowance should be recorded. Based on the losses incurred to date and the near-term expectation of
taxable losses, management has provided valuation allowances to fully reserve the net deferred tax assets for all periods presented.
Sales by HCC or existing stockholders of common stock, or securities convertible into common stock, can cause a change of control, as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which
would limit the ability of HCC or its subsidiaries to utilize these loss carryforwards in later tax periods. Should such a change of control occur, including upon consummation of the proposed acquisition of HCC by Penn National, the amount of loss
carryforwards available for use in any one year would most likely be substantially reduced. Future treasury regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions may also affect HCCs future utilization of its loss carryforwards.
HCC has been informed that the Internal Revenue Service will soon open an examination of HCCs consolidated federal income
tax returns for the years 1999 through 2001.
Minority Interest in Hollywood Casino Shreveport
In accordance with the terms of its joint venture agreement, HCLs joint venture partner is to receive,
among other things, an amount equal to 1% of complex net revenues, as defined, earned by the Shreveport Casino. Allocations of this interest are reflected as minority interest in Hollywood Casino Shreveport. Such interests amounted to
$367,000 and $372,000 during the three month periods and $1.1 million during each of the nine month periods ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively, and are reflected as reductions in arriving at net loss on the accompanying consolidated
statements of operations of HCL.
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Other Items
Contingency
HCC previously
was notified that the Louisiana State Police, Casino Gaming Division (the Division) had set a hearing regarding testimony of a third party given in a court proceeding which may be in conflict with testimony provided by Jack E. Pratt, a
current director of HCC, to representatives of the Division. Prior to such a hearing, HCCs Louisiana licensee subsidiary, HCS, and the Division have entered into an agreement in which, among other things, HCS acknowledges no violation of law
but agrees to pay to the Division the sum of $200,000. The agreement is subject to the approval of the LGCB and only effective upon consummation of the announced merger of HCC and Penn National. If the LGCB does not approve the agreement or the
merger is not consummated, the respective parties to the agreement will be in the same position they were in prior to entering into the agreement and, absent another settlement, a hearing on the subject matters would likely proceed. In such event,
while statutory authority provides that a hearing officer at such a hearing may impose a penalty on HCS.
Seasonality
The Shreveport Casino has a limited operating history. Based in part on the
experience of other casino operators in the market, management anticipates that activity at the Shreveport Casino may be modestly seasonal, with slightly stronger results expected during the first and third fiscal quarters and the weakest results in
the fourth quarter. In addition, the Shreveport Casinos operations may fluctuate significantly due to a number of factors, including adverse weather conditions and chance. Such seasonality and fluctuations may materially affect HCL and
HCSs casino revenues and overall profitability. Accordingly, the results of operations may fluctuate from quarter to quarter and the results for any fiscal quarter may not be indicative of results for future fiscal quarters.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Operating Activities
The Shreveport Casino experienced negative cash flow from
operations during the first nine months of 2002 amounting to $4.3 million. Cash on hand was sufficient to offset the shortfall in the Shreveport Casinos operating cash needs. Such cash was also utilized to pay for property additions of $1.2
and distributions amounting to $1.1 million to HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. with respect to their obligations to make distributions to Paddlewheels for their complex net revenues interest (see below).
The operations of the Shreveport Casino are managed by Shreveport Management under the terms of a management agreement. Under the terms of
the management agreement, HCS pays Shreveport Management basic and incentive management fees for its services. The basic fee equals approximately 2% of the Shreveport Casinos net revenues and the incentive fee equals the sum of (1) 5% of the
Shreveport Casinos earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization as defined in the agreement (EBITDA) between $25 million and $35 million, (2) 7% of the Shreveport Casinos EBITDA between $35 million and $40
million, and (3) 10% of the Shreveport Casinos EBITDA over $40 million. In addition, HCS reimburses Shreveport Management for expenses incurred in connection with services provided under the management agreement. Such fees amounted to $2.2
million during the
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2002 nine month period, the payment of which was deferred. Under the indenture governing the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured
Notes management fees are subordinated to all payments under the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes and may not be paid to the extent that their payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met.
HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. have assumed HCLs obligation to cause HCS to pay Paddlewheels an amount equal to
approximately 1% of the Shreveport Casinos net revenues in exchange for the assignment by Paddlewheels of its joint venture interest in HCS to HCL and Sodak in September 1998. For financial accounting purposes, such allocations are treated as
distributions to HCS I, Inc. and HCS II, Inc. HCS is also obligated to pay Paddlewheels a $30,000 monthly fee for marine services and to reimburse Paddlewheels for its direct expenses, if any, incurred with respect to those services. The payments to
Paddlewheels are to be made for so long as they remain a joint venture partner in HCS. HCS paid or accrued distributions totaling $1.1 million and incurred marine services fees of $270,000 under these agreements during the first nine months of 2002.
Financing Activities
HCS used proceeds from its August 1999 issue of $150 million in First Mortgage Notes, together with $50 million of capital contributions and $30 million in furniture, fixture and equipment financing
(see below) to provide $230 million of the costs needed to develop, construct, equip and open the Shreveport Casino. Such project costs included financing costs of $7.3 million and a $5 million payment made in August 1999 to the City of New Orleans
with respect to moving QNOVs license to Shreveport. The $230 million also included a reserve for the first three scheduled payments of fixed interest on the First Mortgage Notes, including the interest payment made on February 1, 2001. In
addition, HCC subsequently made additional cash capital contributions of $5.9 million in December 2000 and $8.7 million in May 2001.
Fixed interest on the First Mortgage Notes at the annual rate of 13% is payable on each February 1 and August 1. In addition, contingent interest accrues and is payable on each interest payment date subsequent to the opening
of the Shreveport Casino. The amount of contingent interest is equal to 5% of the consolidated cash flow of HCS for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent interest of $5 million for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. Contingent
interest amounted to $694,000 during the first nine months of 2002, the payment of which has been deferred. Payment of contingent interest may be deferred to the extent that payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met.
Total accrued contingent interest with respect to the First Mortgage Notes amounted to $1.1 million at September 30, 2002.
In June 2001, HCS issued $39 million of 13% Senior Secured Notes, with contingent interest, due August 2006. The Senior Secured Notes were issued with a premium to yield
interest at an effective rate of 12.21% per annum. Fixed interest on the Senior Secured Notes at the annual rate of 13% is payable on each February 1 and August 1. In addition, contingent interest accrues and is payable on each interest payment
date. The amount of contingent interest is equal to 1.3% of the consolidated cash flow of HCS for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent interest of $1.3 million for any four consecutive fiscal quarters. Contingent interest amounted
to $183,000 during the first nine months of 2002, the payment of which has been deferred. Payment of contingent interest may be deferred to the extent that payment would result in certain financial coverage ratios not being met. Proceeds from the
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Senior Secured Notes were used, in part, to retire HCSs capital lease obligations with the remainder available for working
capital purposes. Total accrued contingent interest with respect to the Senior Secured Notes amounted to $261,000 at September 30, 2002.
Under the terms of certain intercreditor collateral agreements, the Senior Secured Notes are secured by, among other things, (1) a security interest in certain furniture, fixtures and equipment acquired prior to the opening
of the Shreveport Casino for $30 million and (2) a security interest on an equal basis in up to $10 million of the collateral which secures the First Mortgage Notes.
HCS entered into a ground lease with the city of Shreveport for the land on which the Shreveport Casino was built. The lease has an initial term ending December 20, 2010
with subsequent renewals for up to an additional 40 years. Base rental payments under the lease began when construction commenced and were $10,000 per month during the construction period. The base rental amount increased to $450,000 per year upon
opening and continues at that amount for the remainder of the initial ten-year lease term. During the first five-year renewal term, the base annual rental will be $402,500. The annual base rental payment will be $462,875 for the second five-year
renewal term, $532,306 for the third five-year renewal term, $612,152 for the fourth five-year renewal term and $703,975 for the fifth five year renewal term with no further increases. This base rental portion of the ground lease is being amortized
by the Shreveport Casino on a straight-line basis. In addition to the base rent, HCS pays monthly percentage rent equal to the greater of (1) $500,000 per year or (2) the sum of 1% of adjusted gross revenues of the Shreveport Casino and the amount
by which 50% of the net income from the parking facilities exceeds a specified parking income credit. Ground lease rentals amounted to approximately $1.5 million during the nine month period ended September 30, 2002, including percentage rentals
amounting to $1.1 million. In addition, the ground lease agreement calls for payments in lieu of admission fees to the City of Shreveport and payments to the local school board amounting to 3.225% and .5375% of Net Gaming Proceeds (as defined in the
agreement), respectively. These additional charges amounted to $4.3 million during the 2002 nine month period.
There are no significant scheduled maturities of long-term debt prior to 2006 at which time both the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes become due.
Commitments under noncancellable operating leases, exclusive of the ground lease previously discussed, amount to $206,000 during the remainder of 2002. Such commitments
decrease steadily from $761,000 in 2003 to $154,000 in 2006 and total approximately $3.3 million over the remainder of the lease terms.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures at the
Shreveport Casino during the first nine months of 2002 amounted to $1.2 million; management anticipates spending approximately $1 million during the remainder of 2002 toward the Shreveport Casinos ongoing program of capital improvements.
On April 23, 2000, the construction site for the Shreveport Casino
suffered tornado damage which contributed to the delay in the opening of the facility. Management filed damage claims and received reimbursements from its insurance carrier during 2000 in the amount of approximately $1.5 million to cover
substantially all of the cost of repairing the damage incurred. Management is also seeking to
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recover lost profits and related claims under its business interruption insurance coverage. To the extent the delay in the
facilitys opening was the responsibility of contractors, management is also seeking to recover damages from those entities. These matters are the subject of a lawsuit pending in U.S. District Court in Louisiana. For this and other reasons, HCS
has withheld payment of certain retainage amounts which the general contractor is currently seeking. The general contractor has also submitted additional change order which HCS is disputing. The accompanying consolidated balance sheet at September
30, 2002 includes a liability in the amount of approximately $3.6 million in accounts payable in connection with the construction project. Both the recovery of any amounts by HCS from either its insurance companies or the contractors and the need to
pay the general contractor any additional amounts are currently subject to litigation and management is unable to determine the amounts, if any, that will ultimately be received or paid.
Conclusion
HCC is currently restricted by the
terms of its existing loan agreements from making any additional capital contributions to HCS. To the extent HCC desired to make additional contributions to HCS, HCC would currently be required to obtain a waiver from a majority of the holders of
its $360 million in outstanding Senior Secured Notes. However, a subsidiary of HCC is not restricted by the terms of HCCs loan agreements. This subsidiary had approximately $34 million in cash on September 30, 2002, which funds are available
for any corporate purpose, including making additional capital contributions to HCS.
In connection with the
announced merger of HCC into Penn National, as more fully described in Part II, Item 5, future contributions to HCS, including those contemplated in the preceding paragraph, are subject to the prior consent of Penn National. Such approval has been
obtained to contribute, if needed, any funds necessary to make the February 1, 2003 interest payments with respect to the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes.
Management believes that existing cash, together with cash from operations and additional capital contributions (subject to Penn Nationals consent to the extent
required), will be sufficient to meet HCSs liquidity and capital resource needs for the next 24 months. Under the indenture to the Senior Secured Notes, HCS will also be able to borrow, if needed, up to an additional $6 million to finance the
purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Both the First Mortgage Notes issued to finance construction of the Shreveport Casino and the Senior Secured
Notes issued to retire lease financing and provide working capital include interest at the rate of 13% payable semiannually as well as contingent interest effective with the Shreveport Casinos opening. Contingent interest under the indentures
of the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes is equal to 5% and 1.3%, respectively, of consolidated cash flow for the applicable period subject to a maximum contingent interest of $5 million and $1.3 million, respectively, for any four
consecutive fiscal quarters. Accordingly, the maximum potential interest with respect to the First Mortgage Notes for a fiscal year could be $24.5 million, resulting in an effective annual interest rate of 16.33% and the maximum potential interest
with respect to the Senior Secured Notes for a fiscal year could be $6.4 million, resulting in an effective annual interest rate of 15.5%. These maximums would assume that the annual consolidated cash flow of the Shreveport Casino was at least $100
million. The contingent component of interest under the First Mortgage Notes and Senior Secured Notes was negotiated with the lenders as part of determining the fixed rate component of interest. Management believes that because the contingent
interest component is determined by the cash flows of HCS and can only be paid if certain coverage ratios are met, HCSs liquidity and capital resources will not be compromised by the payment, if any, of contingent interest.
Changes in the market interest rate would also impact the fair market value of HCSs outstanding fixed rate debt
instruments. Management estimates that an increase of 1% in the market interest rate would result in a decrease in the fair market value of HCSs debt securities of approximately $5.5 million.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Within 90 days prior to the filing date of this quarterly report (the Evaluation Date), HCL and HCS (the Companies) carried out an evaluation, under the supervision of the
Companies management, including their Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Companies disclosure controls and procedures as defined in the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c). Based on that evaluation, the Companies Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that as of the Evaluation Date, the Companies disclosure controls and
procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to the Companies and their consolidated subsidiaries required to be included in their periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There have not been
any significant changes in the Companies internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect those controls subsequent to the Evaluation Date.
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PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Other Information
On August 7, 2002, HCC, Penn National and P Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn National, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to
which, and subject to the terms and conditions thereof, Penn National will acquire all the capital stock of HCC through a merger of P Acquisition Corp. with and into HCC.
The consideration to be paid by Penn National is $12.75 for each issued and outstanding share of HCCs Class A common stock and all HCC stock options will be cashed
out at an amount equal to the difference between $12.75 and their exercise price. On the closing date of the merger, Penn National will also redeem HCCs outstanding floating rate Senior Secured Notes due 2006 and redeem through a tender offer,
or otherwise defease or discharge, HCCs 11.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2007.
Under the terms of the Merger
Agreement, HCC will be prohibited from soliciting competing acquisition offers. Nothing, however, shall prevent HCC (or its Board of Directors) from considering third party proposals and entering into a superior proposal at any time prior to
obtaining the approval of HCCs stockholders or after February 28, 2003, so long as HCC did not solicit such proposal. The obligations of HCC and Penn National to consummate the transaction will be subject to standard closing conditions,
including, without limitation, obtaining (1) the approval of HCCs stockholders and (2) required regulatory and gaming authority approvals. The obligation of Penn National to consummate the transaction will also be subject to (1) consummation
of Penn Nationals third-party financing, (2) there being no material adverse change in HCC and (3) holders of not more than 10% of HCCs outstanding shares having exercised statutory appraisal rights.
Either party may terminate the transaction (1) by mutual consent, (2) for material breach of the Merger Agreement by the other party, (3)
if HCCs stockholders do not approve the merger, (4) if the required regulatory approvals can not be obtained, (5) if the merger is not consummated within 270 days of the signing of the Merger Agreement (which deadline may be extended to 365
days under certain circumstances) or (6) if HCC approves and enters into a superior proposal. HCC may also terminate the transaction if Penn Nationals third-party financing commitment is terminated or significantly delayed or impaired. Penn
National may also terminate the transaction if there is a material adverse change in HCC. If the transaction is terminated in connection with a superior proposal, Penn National will be entitled to receive a break-up fee of $15,000,000
plus additional amounts in relation to the increase in the merger consideration (provided that such fee shall reach a maximum of $27,500,000 for a superior proposal of $20.15 per share or greater).
In connection with the Merger Agreement, HCC, Penn National and certain stockholders of HCC representing at least 50.3% of HCCs
voting power, have entered into Stockholder Agreements (the Stockholder Agreements) which generally provide, among other things, that such stockholders will (1) vote for the merger, (2) agree to maintain the current composition of the
board, (3) stay all pending litigation and (4) fully release at closing all applicable parties from any past and current claims. Consequently, subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement and Stockholder Agreements, holders of a
majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of HCC eligible to vote have agreed to vote in favor of the merger, assuring stockholder approval. The Stockholder Agreements will terminate upon any termination of the Merger Agreement.
Copies of the Merger Agreement and the Stockholder Agreements were previously included with HCCs Report on
Form 8-K filed on August 8, 2002 as Exhibits 2.1 and 10.1 through 10.13. Such exhibits are incorporated by reference into this Item 5 and the foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.
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Hollywood Casino Corporation will hold a Special Meeting of Stockholders on
Wednesday, December 18, 2002 to vote on the proposed merger of P Acquisition Corp. with and into HCC as described in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated August 7, 2002 among HCC, P Acquisition Corp. and Penn National.
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On August 8, 2002, the Registrants filed a report on Form
8-K to report that Hollywood Casino Corporation, their ultimate parent company, had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger to be acquired by Penn National Gaming, Inc.
On October 29, 2002, the Registrants filed a report on Form 8-K to report that Hollywood Casino Shreveport had entered into an agreement with the Louisiana State Police,
Casino Gaming Division, with respect to a hearing which had been previously set regarding certain testimony of a third party which may be in conflict with testimony provided by Jack E. Pratt, a current director of HCC.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the Registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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Annual and Quarterly Certifications
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Annual and Quarterly Certifications
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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