On March 1, 2011, Hard Rock Hotel Holdings, LLC (“HRH Holdings”), Vegas HR Private Limited, Brookfield Real Estate Financial Partners LLC, NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, Morgans Hotel Group Co. and certain affiliates of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, as well as other interested parties entered into the Agreement to Transfer in Lieu of Foreclosure and Settlement Agreement, pursuant to which the membership interests of HRHH JV Junior Mezz, LLC and HRHH Gaming Junior Mezz, LLC, which collectively indirectly owned the assets comprising the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, were transferred and assigned to BREF HR, LLC (the “Company”). Accordingly, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas and related assets have been owned by the BREF HR, LLC since March 1, 2011 pursuant to such assignment and transfer. The transactions contemplated by such agreement are referred to as the “Assignment.”
On October 24, 2011 the Company voluntarily filed a registration statement on Form 10 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) in order to register its Class A Units pursuant to Section 12(g) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company was not required to file this Registration Statement pursuant to the Exchange Act, but did so in order to comply with certain gaming regulatory requirements of the Nevada Gaming Control Act relating to the Company’s ownership of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. Pursuant to Section 12(g)(1) of the Exchange Act, the Registration Statement became effective on December 22, 2011, such date being 60 days after filing of the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
As a consequence of the Registration Statement becoming effective, the Company is subject to the reporting requirements under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act, including the requirement to file a Form 10-Q in respect of the quarter ending September 30, 2013 (the “Form 10-Q”).
In respect of the Form 10-Q, the Company is currently in the process of preparing its audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012. The Company is unable to timely file the Form 10-Q with the SEC primarily as a result of the timing of the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, which was filed on June 3, 2013. The 2011 Form 10-K was delayed as a result of the complex nature of the transaction and the detailed analysis required to complete the valuation of the assets and liabilities comprising the Hard Rock Hotel &Casino Las Vegas, to reflect the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities as of the date of the Assignment, March 1, 2011. The Company is working diligently to complete the preparation of its annual financial statements and the audit thereof, and will file the Form 10-Q as soon as practicable thereafter.