RSI’s Related Party Transactions
Mr. Neil Bluhm and his adult children (including Ms. Leslie Bluhm), through their individual capacities or trusts that they have created for the benefit of themselves or their family members. have an indirect controlling or material interest in the following entities: Rush Street Gaming, LLC, Rivers IP Holdings, LLC, Sugar House HSP Gaming, LP, Holdings Acquisition Co, LP, Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC, Capital Region Gaming, LLC, Portsmouth Gaming Holdings, LLC, JMB Insurance Agency, Inc., LAMB Partners, LLC and LAMB Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Neil Bluhm serves on the boards or is the controlling party of Rush Street Gaming, LLC, Sugar House HSP Gaming, LP, Holdings Acquisition Co, LP, Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC, Capital Region Gaming, LLC, Portsmouth Gaming Holdings, LLC, JMB Insurance Agency, Inc., LAMB Partners, LLC and LAMB Capital Advisors, LLC. Mr. Neil Bluhm and Mr. Greg Carlin have a material economic interest in and own Rush Street Productions, LLC. Mr. Greg Carlin, in his individual capacity and through trusts or other entities that he has created for the benefit of himself and his family members, has an indirect material economic interest in and serves on the board of each of the following entities: Rush Street Gaming, LLC, Sugar House HSP Gaming, LP, Holdings Acquisition Co, LP, Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC, Capital Region Gaming, LLC, and Portsmouth Gaming Holdings, LLC. Mr. Greg Carlin is also the managing member of Rivers IP Holdings, LLC. Each of the foregoing entities regularly engage in transactions with RSI, which are more fully described below.
In addition, Mr. Neil Bluhm and Mr. Greg Carlin have made an advance to RSI in the aggregate amount of $650,000 for RSI’s purchase of hardware needed to allow RSI to operate the retail sportsbook in Des Plaines, Illinois. There is no obligation for RSI to repay this advance by a particular date or time and repayment of this advance may occur prior to or after the Business Combination.
Rush Street Gaming, LLC (“RSG”)
RSG periodically advances RSI amounts for payroll, benefits and other costs and expenses. The amounts advanced generally correspond to RSI’s allocated portion of costs of third-party service providers and processors providing services to RSI and are passed through RSG to RSI with no markup. The total amount advanced by RSG from time to time increases and decreases based on the capital needs of RSI and as RSI draws upon and repays such advances. RSG passed through costs to RSI, and made associated advances to RSI, of $4.7 million and $3.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. These amounts are recorded in the accompanying income statements and allocated to general and administrative expense and gaming expense.
RSG also provides operational support to RSI, including oversight over operations, business development, government affairs, compliance, certain human resource functions and finance. Under the arrangement between RSG and RSI, RSI reimburses RSG its allocated portion of the salary, bonus, benefits and overhead cost for RSG employees that provide services to RSI. The portion is generally calculated on the basis of the percentage of time spent by RSG employees on RSI’s matters as compared to other matters unrelated to RSI. The reimbursement is calculated on the basis of 150% of an employee’s annual salary, bonus and benefit costs. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, $0.6 million and $0.3 million, respectively, was incurred related to these support services and recorded as general and administrative expense in the accompanying income statements. RSG will continue to provide RSI with such services upon substantially the same terms and cost following the consummation of the Business Combination pursuant to the Services Agreement. See “Summary of the Prospectus — Related Agreements — Services Agreement”.
Mr. Carlin in the current chief executive officer of RSG and has historically been compensated with a base salary from RSG. It is expected that Mr. Carlin will continue to act as the chief executive officer of RSG following the consummation of the Business Combination.
Collectively, RSI had $2.7 million and $1.2 million payable to RSG as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and recorded as due to affiliates within the accompanying balance sheets.
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