Exhibit 10.01
Execution Version
INCREMENTAL JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. 2
This INCREMENTAL JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. 2 (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 24, 2023 and effective as of the Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), is made and entered into by and among CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED, a Kentucky corporation (“Borrower”), the other Credit Parties party hereto, the 2023 INCREMENTAL TERM A FACILITY LENDERS (as hereinafter defined) party hereto, the TERM A FACILITY LENDERS party hereto, the REVOLVING LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”).
RECITALS
A. Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2017 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2020, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2020, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2021, that certain Incremental Joinder Agreement No. 1, dated as of March 17, 2021, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 13, 2022, and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to giving effect to the amendments contemplated by this Agreement, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), by and among Borrower, the subsidiaries of Borrower party thereto as guarantors, the banks, financial institutions and other entities from time to time party thereto as lenders (including the L/C Lenders and the Swingline Lender) (collectively, the “Lenders”), Administrative Agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as collateral agent under the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).
B. Pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement, Borrower has requested that those certain financial institutions party hereto and listed on Schedule A hereto (the “2023 Incremental Term A Facility Lenders”) provide in the aggregate $500,000,000.00 in term A loans with terms identical to the terms of existing “Term A Facility Loans” set forth in the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “2023 Incremental Term A Loans” and the related commitments, the “2023 Incremental Term A Loan Commitments”).
C. Pursuant to Section 2.12(f) and Section 13.04(c) of the Existing Credit Agreement, Borrower has further requested that Administrative Agent agree to amend the Existing Credit Agreement subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein to reflect the incurrence of the 2023 Incremental Term A Loans.
D. Borrower, the 2023 Incremental Term A Facility Lenders, the Term A Facility Lenders party hereto, the Revolving Lenders party hereto and Administrative Agent are willing to agree to enter into this Agreement, subject to the conditions and on the terms set forth below.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower, each of the other Credit Parties party hereto, Administrative Agent, the Term A Facility Lenders party hereto, the Revolving Lenders party hereto and the 2023 Incremental Term A Facility Lenders agree as follows:
1. Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including in the Recitals and the introductory paragraph above) shall have the meanings given in the Credit Agreement, and the rules of construction set forth in the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.