[LOGO] SANDS
CASINO HOTEL - ATLANTIC CITY
February 10, 2000
Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
Boardwalk and Park Place
Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
Re: Block 47, Lot 11, formerly Block 30, Lot 35, as shown on the Tax Map
of the city of Atlantic City, and as more particularly described as
Tract I on Exhibit A to that certain deed dated June 15, 1989 from
Del E. Webb New Jersey, Inc. to Atlantic city Boardwalk Associates,
L.P. filed on June 20, 1989 in Deed Book 4922, Page 0001 in the
Atlantic County Clerk's Office, and commonly known as 111-113 South
Indiana Avenue (the "Lot") and the Improvements Located thereon,
commonly known as the Claridge Administration Building (the
"Building") (the Lot and the Building collectively the Property")
Dear Mr. Bellis:
This letter sets forth the terms of an agreement between Greate Bay Hotel
and Casino, Inc. t/a "Sands Hotel & Casino" ("the Sands"), on one side, and
Atlantic City Boardwalk Associates, L.P. ("the Partnership"), The Claridge Hotel
and Casino Corporation ("the Company") and/or the Claridge at Park Place,
Incorporated ("CPPI"), on the other side, under which (i) with the consent or
CPPI, the Partnership would grant the Sands a certain license with respect to
the North wall of the Building, (ii) with the consent of CPPI, end on notice to
the Bank of New York as the Trustee for the holders of the Company's 11 3/4*
Notes and approval of the Bankruptcy Court (as hereafter defined), the
Partnership would deliver title to the Property to the Sands (the "Purchase")
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances or leases, except as provided below,
in exchange for the Sands paying the Price, as defined and described in this
letter, and (iii) the Sands, CPPI, and the Partnership would jointly move in
their respective Chapter 11 cases pending before the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of New Jersey (the "Bankruptcy Court") at Docket Nos.
98-10001 (JHW), 99-17399 (JHW), and 99-18903 (JHW), respectively, (x) to assume,
if executory and as modified below, that certain Brighton Park Improvements
Agreement dated November 5, 1997 between the Sands and CPPI (the "Improvements
Agreement"), (y) to assume, if executory, that certain Brighton Park Development
Agreement dated November 9, 1987 between the Sands and CPPI, on one side, and
the City of Atlantic City (the "City"), on the other side (the
Indiana Avenue & Brighton Park o Atlantic City, New Jersey 08401
o (609) 441-4000
"Development Agreement"), and (z) to approve the Purchase of the Property.
You have informed us that CPPI is the casino licensee that operates the
Claridge Casino Hotel (the "Casino"), holds the license for the Casino, owns all
the gaming related equipment used in connection with the Casino, and is a wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company. Except as described in the next sentence, the
Partnership owns the Property and all the other real property utilized by CPPI
in operating the casino-hotel complex comprising the Boardwalk and Park Place
address for the Casino, also known as Block 46, Lot 4, on the Tax Map of the
City of Atlantic City (the "Casino Complex") and the Partnership leases the
Casino Complex and the Property to CPPI pursuant to a certain lease(s)
(individually and collectively "the Operating Lease"). The casino Complex does
not include that certain self park garage bordered by Pacific Avenue, Park Place
and Ohio Avenue and the adjoining valet park garage (the land and the structure
collectively "the Self Park Garage") and the Self Park Garage is owned by CPPI.
THE LICENSE
CPPI presently uses the Building solely as an administrative office in
connection with the Casino (the "Office") under the operating and Ground Lease
with the Partnership. The north wall of the Office (the "North Wall") adjoins
the site of the former Midtown Hotel on Block 47, Lots 1, 2, and 3 of the Tax
Map of the City of Atlantic City (the "Midtown Hotel Lots"). The Sands is
constructing a new entrance to its existing casino-hotel complex located at
Block 47, Lot 12 of the Tax Map of the City of Atlantic City on the Midtown
Hotel Lots and other contiguous lots (the "New Entrance"). The Midtown Hotel
previously directly adjoined the Building and shielded the Building from the
elements. The demolition of the Midtown Hotel as part of the construction of the
New Entrance has now exposed the North Wall to the elements and to the public
view. The erection of a shield wall attached to the North Wall would restore
some of the protection from the elements that was previously provided by the
Midtown Hotel. Without warranty as to the protection from the elements, the
Sands seeks a license for the right to attach a dry-vit panel wall or some
similar design element to the North Wall and in, about, and/or along the
northern boundary of the Lot as a shield wall to the North Wall and to affix
signage to the shield wall (the "License"), thereby, establishing a facade
consistent with the New Entrance, and will indemnify the Partnership and CPPI
against any damages caused to the North Wall or to the Building as a result of
acting upon or implementing any rights under the License.
The term of the License is perpetual except that the Building may be
demolished provided that the Sands may at its own expense attach a shield wall
to any replacement structure. The consideration for the License is $1.00 and
such protection from the
elements as would be afforded by the shield wall as provided herein. By signing
this letter Agreement, and subject to Bankruptcy Court approval, the Partnership
grants the License, CPPI consents to the License, and CPPI agrees to promptly
apply at its expense for any necessary Bankruptcy Court approval of the License.
The agreement with respect to the License is a separate and severable part of
this letter agreement.
PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY
The background for the Purchase is that it would be beneficial and more
efficient for CPPI to consolidate the Office within the Self Park Garage (the
"Relocated Office") because the Self Park Garage is connected under roof to the
Casino Complex. Therefore, the Relocated Office would be more easily accessible
from other offices in the Casino Complex unlike the Office in the Building,
which is a separate structure across Indiana Avenue from the Casino Complex. In
addition, with the Relocated Office, CPPI would enjoy expense savings from not
having to incur the costs of occupying the Building.
By signing below, CPPI consents to the sale of the Property based upon the
Sands agreement as set forth herein to purchase the Property and to pay the
consideration described below. The consent of CPPI to the sale of the Property
includes any consent that may be required by CPPI under the Operating and Ground
Lease with the Partnership and as may be required under that certain Expandable
Wraparound Mortgage and Security Agreement between the Partnership and CPPI, as
amended, inter alia, by that certain First Supplemental Amendment to Expandable
Wraparound Mortgage and Security Agreement, and by that certain Second Amendment
to Expandable Wraparound Mortgage and Security Agreement between the Partnership
and CPPI ("the Wraparound Mortgage").
CPPI also recommends to the Partnership that it sell the Property to the
Sands under the terms described below. By signing below, the Partnership agrees
to the same.
The Sands agrees to pay the sum of $3,500,000 for the Property (the
"Price") in the manner described in this paragraph. $1,500,000 of the Price
shall be paid at Closing (as hereafter defined) to CPPI (the "Closing Lump Sum")
in order to provide CPPI with the amount necessary to fit-out the Relocated
Office to accommodate the office personnel presently working in the Office. The
remaining portion of the Price in the amount of $2,000,000 shall be paid as a
monthly credit of $50,000 against the $50,000 monthly license fee otherwise
required in the Improvements Agreement to be paid by CPPI to the Sands for a
total of 40 months
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(the "Initial Monthly Credit") commencing with the first full month following
Closing.
In return for the payment of the Price as described above to CPPI, the
Partnership hereby agrees to deliver at Closing (as hereinafter defined) to the
Sands a properly executed, good, sufficient, marketable, and recordable Deed,
and an Affidavit of Title and such other documentation reasonably required by
and acceptable to the Title Company of Jersey. The Deed shall be known as a
Bargain and Sale Deed with Covenants Against Grantor's Acts and, except as set
forth below, shall convey the Property free and clear of all claims,
encumbrances, mortgages, leases or liens, other than ordinary utility easements
and restrictions including as set forth in Deed Book 46, Page 29 on file in the
Atlantic County Clerk's Office, and the conveyance shall include the termination
as respects the Property of the Wraparound Mortgage and the Operating and Ground
Lease except that the rent specified therein to be paid by CPPI to the
Partnership shall be unaffected by this letter agreement and subject to any
prior or subsequent orders of the Bankruptcy Court or any agreements between
CPPI and the Partnership. Title to the Property shall be insurable at regular
title insurance rates and charges by the Title Company of Jersey. In addition,
the Partnership and CPPI shall each provide the Sands with a quit claim deed for
any property in which each may have any ownership right in Block 47 of the Tax
Map of the City of Atlantic City.
The Sands shall pay the cost of its title insurance, any survey ordered by
it, any attorney's fees of its counsel, and closing costs customarily allocated
or items prorated to buyer. Closing costs of CPPI and/or the Partnership shall
include the attorney's fees of its or their counsel, the realty transfer tax,
and closing costs customarily allocated or items prorated to seller.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, all costs of the transaction of the
Partnership shall be paid by CPPI.
On the first Monday through Friday that is 10 days after the later of (i)
the approval of this letter agreement by the Bankruptcy Court in each of the
Chapter 11 cases of the Sands, CPPI, and the Partnership or (ii) notice by the
Sands of waiver or satisfaction of the financing contingency, as described
below, for the Closing Lump Sum, closing shall take place at the office of the
Sands and the Claridge shall vacate the Property after the Closing as described
in the next paragraph. For the purpose of this paragraph, upon execution of this
letter agreement by the parties hereto, CPPI, the Sands, and the Partnership
shall promptly and jointly seek Bankruptcy Court approval of this letter
Agreement, and the obligations of either party with respect to the Purchase are
contingent upon receiving such Bankruptcy Court approval.
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The application for Bankruptcy Court approval shall include joint
applications pursuant to 11 U.S.C. ss. 365 by the Sands and CPPI to assume the
Improvements Agreement, as modified as described in the next sentence, and to
assume the Development Agreement (the "Joint Applications"). The modifications
sought to the Improvements Agreement shall consist of the Initial Monthly
Credit, and a reduction in the monthly license fee of $50,000 thereafter for the
duration of the Improvements Agreement to the sum of $20,000 (the
"Modifications"). The relief sought in the Joint Applications and the
Modifications are contingent upon, and subject to, Bankruptcy Court approval of
the Purchase, and closing on the Purchase, and the upon assumption of the
Improvements Agreement (subject only to the Modifications otherwise described
herein) and the Development Agreement in accordance with their terms. Time is of
the essence for Closing except that Closing nay take place earlier or later than
the date specified in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph if all of
the parties hereto consent in writing.
Effective as of the Closing, the Sands and CPPI shall enter into a lease
of the Property so that the Building can continue to be used as the Office until
the Relocated Office is sufficiently suitable to accommodate the office staff
from the Office (the "Lease") CPPI will cause the Relocated Office to be
fitted--out as soon as reasonably possible, using its good faith best efforts to
do so by May 31, 2000 because the Sands needs to demolish the Building in a time
frame so as not to interfere with the opening of the new Entrance and to avoid
any restriction, if any, on immediate demolition based on the time of the year.
however, in no event shall the Lease extend beyond July 31, 2000 and the maximum
term of the Lease shall be July 31, 2000 (the "Term"). The remaining terms of
the Lease include rent for the Term of $1.00 on a triple net basis to the Sands
with CPPI responsible for payment of the cost of insurance real estate taxes on
the Property, and maintenance of the Property including, but not limited to, the
provision of all necessary utility services. CPPI also hereby agrees to defend
and indemnify the Sands and hold it harmless from any and all claims arising out
of the use of the Property during the Term including claims of its employees. In
addition, CPPI will name the Sands as an additional insured on its general
liability policy and provide the Sands with a certificate of insurance thereof
endorsed to provide the Sands 15 days prior notice of cancellation and to delete
the "other insurance" clause as against the Sands. Likewise, CPPI agrees to
defend and indemnify the Partnership and its partners with respect to matters
arising from or related to the Property.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this letter agreement, the
obligation of the Sands to Purchase the Property are
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contingent upon the Sands obtaining first mortgage financing on and for the
Property that is satisfactory to the Sands for the payment of the closing Lump
Sum. The Sands must either obtain such first mortgage financing that is
completely satisfactory to the Sands and so notify CPPI within 60 calendar days
after the day that a fully executed copy of this letter agreement is delivered
to the Sands or notify CPPI of the waiver by the Sands of this first mortgage
financing contingency. In the event that the Sands fails to timely notify CPPI
of the satisfaction or waiver of the first mortgage financing contingency, the
obligations of CPPI and the Sands with respect to the Purchase shall be null and
void except that the Sands shall reimburse CPPI for its reasonable costs and
attorney's and architect's fees incurred in entering into this letter agreement
and in seeking approval of this letter agreement including such costs and fees
of the Partnership and reasonable expenses incurred in preparing for, and
seeking approvals of, or construction of components necessary for the fit out of
the Relocated Office in anticipation of, the move to the Relocated Office. The
costs of construction of such components is subject to the agreement of the
Sands prior to such costs being incurred.
This Agreement is the entire and only agreement between the parties, and
no oral representations or promises have been made with respect thereto. This
Agreement replaces and cancels any previous agreements between the parties. This
Agreement can only be changed by an agreement in writing signed by the parties
hereto.
This Agreement shall be governed by and be construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Jersey applicable to agreements made and to be
performed within the State of New Jersey without giving effect to the principles
governing the conflicts of laws. The parties also agree that any claim arising
hereunder or relating hereto shall be adjudicated within the County of Atlantic,
State of New Jersey and consent to the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of New
Jersey, Atlantic County except for matters required or permitted to be
determined in the Bankruptcy Court.
No general or limited partner of the Partnership nor any of their
respective agents, officers, directors or employees as such shall be personally
liable to any other party hereunder or any other person for any obligation of
the Partnership under this Agreement or for any claim based upon or with respect
to such obligations. Recourse to the Partnership with respect of all such
obligations is expressly limited to the real and personal property that the
Partnership may from time to time have available therefore.
This Agreement is binding upon all parties who sign it and all that
succeed to their rights and responsibilities, and their
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successors and assigns. This agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same agreement and a signature appearing on a telecopied
signature page shall be as effective as an original signature page.
Any notices pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing. The notices may
be delivered personally, mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or
delivered by telecopier to the other party at the address(es) set forth below
subject to change as to the person(s) to be notified and/or their respective
addresses upon ten (10) days notice as provided herein. Any such notice shall be
deemed to have been given on the date delivered, if delivered by hand, on the
date three days after the date mailed, if given by certified mail, or the date
delivered by telecopier, if electronic confirmation of receipt of the telecopier
transmission is obtained and retained. The notices shall be addressed as
follows:
To the Sands: Alfred Luciani
President
Greate Bay Hotel and Casino, Inc.
Indiana Avenue and Brighton Park
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
telecopier (609) 441-4624
With Copy to: Frederick H. Kraus, Esq.
Greate Bay Hotel Casino, Inc.
Indiana Avenue and Brighton Park
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
telecopier (609) 441-4937
To CPPI: Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
Boardwalk at Park Place
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
telecopier (609) 345-1128
With Copy to: Corporate Counsel
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
Boardwalk at Park Place
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
telecopier (609) 345-1128
To the Company: Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
The Claridge Hotel and Casino Corporation
Boardwalk at Park Place
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
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telecopier (609) 345-1128
With Copy to: Corporate Counsel
The Claridge Hotel and Casino Corporation
Boardwalk at Park Place
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
telecopier (609) 345-1128
To the Partnership: Atlantic City Boardwalk Associates, L.P.
2880 West Meade Avenue
Suite 201
Las Vegas, Nevada 89102
telecopier (702) 253-7663
with Copy to: Alan Wovsaniker, Esq.
Lowenstein, Sandler PC
65 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
telecopier (973) 597-2565
If this Agreement is acceptable to CPPI and to the Company, would you
kindly execute the same on behalf of CPPI and the Company forward the same to
the Partnership for its consideration and
THE REST OF THIS PAGE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK
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execution and return one of the three enclosed copies to my attention.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Alfred Luciani
Alfred Luciani
President
Accepted and Agreed:
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
BY: Dated:
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
The Claridge Hotel and Casino Corporation
BY: Dated:
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic City Boardwalk Associates, L.P.
BY: Dated:
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ANTHONY ATCHLEY - A General Partner
BY: Dated:
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GERALD HEATLAND - Its Remaining General Partner
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execution and return one of the three enclosed copies to my attention.
Very truly yours,
Alfred Luciani
President
Accepted and Agreed:
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
BY: /s/ Frank Bellis Dated: 2/10/00
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
The Claridge Hotel and Casino Corporation
BY: /s/ Frank Bellis Dated: 2/10/00
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic City Boardwalk Associates, L.P.
BY: Dated:
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ANTHONY ATCHLEY - A General Partner
BY: Dated:
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GERALD HEATLAND - Its Remaining General Partner
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execution and return one of the three enclosed copies to my attention.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Alfred Luciani
Alfred Luciani
President
Accepted and Agreed:
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
BY: Dated:
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
The Claridge Hotel and Casino Corporation
BY: Dated:
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
Atlantic City Boardwalk Associates, L.P.
BY: /s/ Anthony C. Atchley Dated:
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ANTHONY ATCHLEY - A General Partner
BY: /s/ Gerald Heatland Dated:
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GERALD HEATLAND - Its Remaining General Partner
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AMENDMENT TO
BRIGHTON PARK IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT
DATED NOVEMBER 5,1987 (the "Agreement")
BY AND BETWEEN
CLARIDGE AT PARK PLACE, INC. ("CPPI")
AND
GREATE BAY HOTEL AND CASINO, INC. ("GBHC")
1. CPPI and others, on one side, and GBHC, on the other, entered into a
certain letter agreement dated February 10, 2000 (the "Letter Agreement"')
providing, among other things, for an amendment to the Agreement to
eliminate the monthly "rent" of $50,000, as provided for at Paragraph 4(d)
of the Agreement (the "Rent"), for a period of 40 months in connection
with the sale to GBHC Block 47, Lot 11 on the Tax Map of the City of
Atlantic City (the "Sale") and to a reduction to $20,000 a month
thereafter (the "Amendment").
2. Became GBHC was and is a Debtor in Possession at Case No. 98-1001 (JW) in
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (the
"Bankruptcy Court"), and CPPI was and is a Debtor in Possession at Case
No. 99-17399 (JW) in the Bankruptcy Court, the Amendment and joint
assumption of the Agreement as Amended were conditioned upon receipt of
Bankruptcy Court approval.
3. CPPI, GBHC and others made a joint application to the Bankruptcy Court for
approval, among other things, of the Amendment and the assumption of the
Agreement as Amended and the Bankruptcy Court approved the Amendment and
the joint assumption of the Agreement as Amended by Order dated April 5,
2000, a copy of which Order is attached as Exhibit A (the "Order").
4. By execution of this agreement, CPPI, and GBHC agree that the Agreement is
amended as provided for in the Amendment, that the elimination of the Rent
shall commence with the Rent due for the month of April, 2000 and end with
the Rent due for the month of July, 2003, that the Rent due thereafter
shall be reduced to $20,000 a month, and that in all other respect the
Agreement is ratified and in full force and effect.
WHEREFORE, CPPI and GBHC have entered into this agreement as of April 5, 2000.
ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
Claridge at Park Place, Incorporated
BY: /s/ Frank Bellis
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Frank Bellis, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
GREATE BAY HOTEL AND CASINO, INC.
BY: /s/ Alfred Luciani
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Alfred Luciani, Esq.
Chief Executive Officer
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FILED
JAMES J. WALDRON
APR 5, 2000
US BANKRUPTCY COURT
CAMDEN, NJ
BY: /s/ [ILLEGIBLE], DEPUTY
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GIBBONS, DEL DEO, DOLAN,
GRIFFINGER & VECCHIONE
A Professional Corporation
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, New Jersey 07102-5497
(973) 596-4500
Attorneys for Greate Bay Hotel and Casino, Inc.,
GB Holdings, Inc. and GB Property Funding Corp.,
Debtors and Debtors-in-Possession
PD-9779
LOWENSTEIN SANDLER PC
65 Livingston Avenue
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
Attorneys for Atlantic City Boardwalk Associates, L.P.,
Debtor and Debtor-in-Possession
AW-0742
CLIFFORD CHANCE ROGERS & WELLS LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166-0153
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ARCHER & GREINER
One Centennial Square
P.O. Box 3000
Haddonfield, New Jersey 08033-0968
Co-attorneys for Claridge at Park Place, Inc., and
Claridge Hotel & Casino Corp., Debtors
and Debtors-in-Possession
JF-7850
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
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In re:
GREATE BAY HOTEL AND CASINO, INC., GB HOLDINGS, INC., and GB PROPERTY FUNDING
CORP.,
Debtors.
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Case No. 98-10001 (JW), et seq.
(Jointly Administered)
Chapter 1l
Hearing Date: April 3, 2000, 2:00 p.m.
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In re:
CLARIDGE AT PARK PLACE INC., and CLARIDGE HOTEL & CASINO CORP.,
Debtors.
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Case No. 99-17399 (JW), et seq.
(Jointly Administered)
Chapter 11
Hearing Date: April 3, 2000, 2:00 p.m.
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In re:
ATLANTIC CITY BOARDWALK ASSOCIATES, LP.,
Debtor.
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Case No. 99-18903 (JW), et seq.
Chapter 11
Hearing Date: April 3, 2000, 2:00 p.m.
ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED
ORDER AUTHORIZING GBHC, CPPI AND THE PARTNERSHIP TO (i) ENTER INTO LICENSE AND
PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CLARIDGE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, (ii) ASSUME, AS
MODIFIED, BRIGHTON PARK IMPROVEMENTS AGREEMENT, (iii) ASSUME BRIGHTON PARK
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND (iv) FOR RELATED RELIEF PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 363(b)
AND 365 OF THE BANKRUPTCY CODE
Upon the verified joint motion (the "Joint Motion") of Greate Bay Hotel
and Casino, Inc. ("GBHC"), Claridge at Park Place, Inc. ("CPPI"), and Atlantic
City Boardwalk Associates, L.P., (the "Partnership"), debtors and
debtors-in-possession (the "Debtors"), for an Order Authorizing GBHC, CPPI and
the Partnership to (i) Enter Into License Purchase and Assumption Agreement for
the Claridge Administration Building, (ii) Assume, as Modified, Brighton Park
Improvements Agreement (iii) Assume Brighton Park Development Agreement and (iv)
for Related Relief Pursuant to Sections 363(b) and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code;
and notice of the Joint Motion having been given to the Office of the United
States Trustee (the "U.S. Trustee"), the Official Committees of Unsecured
Creditors of GBHC and CPPI (the "Creditors' Committees"), all secured creditors
of GBHC, CPPI, and the Partnership, any indenture trustee and all
parties-in-interest having filed and served a notice of appearance on the
Debtors; and it appearing that such notice is appropriate under the
circumstances and that no other notice need be given; and the Court being
satisfied that the legal and factual bases in the Joint Motion set forth just
cause for the relief requested in the Joint Motion; and that the relief
requested in the Joint Motion is in the best interests of the Debtors, their
estates and their creditors; and for good cause shown,
IT IS on this 5 day of April, 2000,
HEREBY FOUND THAT:
(1) GBHC filed its voluntary petition for relief wider Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code in this case on January 5, 1998, CPPI filed its voluntary
petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in this case on
August 16, 1999 and the Partnership filed its voluntary petition for relief
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in this case on October 5, 1999.
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(2) Under all of the circumstances presented, the granting of a license to
place a shield wall (or similar design element) on and the sale of the Claridge
Administration Building on the terms and provisions of the LPAA (as defined in
the Joint Motion and as modified on the record of the hearing on the joint
motion) are in the best interest of both estates and creditors of the Debtors.
(3) Solely within the context of this transaction and without prejudice to
any valuation arguments made in other matters, including but not limited to
pending tax appeals by GBHC, negotiations between the Debtors have been
conducted in good faith and at arm's length and, therefore, GBHC is a purchaser
in good faith.
(4) Solely within the context of this transaction and without prejudice to
any valuation arguments made in other matters, including but not limited to
pending tax appeals by GBHC, the purchase price of $3.5 million offered by GBHC
constitutes fair and an adequate consideration for the Claridge Administration
Building.
(5) The Debtors provided 26 days' notice of the sale of the Property to
all parties entitled thereto under Bankruptcy Rules 2002(a)(1), 6004(a) and
6006, such notice is proper and adequate and no higher or better offers were
filed and served pursuant to said notice.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The Joint Motion is hereby granted.
2. The LPAA is hereby is approved in all respects, and Debtors are hereby
authorized to enter into the LPAA.
3. The sale of the Claridge Administration Building to GBHC, free and
clear of liens, with valid liens to attach the $1.5 million cash proceeds of
sale
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is hereby approved. The $1.5 million shall be placed in an interest.*
4. CPPI and GBHC are hereby authorized and empowered to assume the
Brighton Park Improvements Agreement, as modified by the LPAA, and the Brighton
Park Developments Agreement, pursuant to 11 U.S.C.ss.365(a).
5. CPPI and GBHC are hereby authorized to pay all amounts necessary to
cure monetary defaults under the Brighton Park Agreements, if any.
6. The Debtors are authorized and directed to perform all acts and to
make, execute and deliver any and all instruments as may be necessary to
implement the terms and conditions of this Order and the transactions described
herein and in the Joint Motion.
7. The County of Atlantic and the City of Atlantic City are hereby
directed to cause to be issued and/or filed in the appropriate public records,
within ten (10) days of the closing any and all documents necessary to release
any liens they may have on the Claridge Administrative Building for periods
occurring prior to the closing.
8. The Clerk of the Court shall enter this Order on the docket of the
chapter 11 cases of GBHC, CPPI and the Partnership.
9. This Court shall retain jurisdiction to resolve any disputes arising
from or related to the sale of the Property.
10. The Indenture Trustee's request for stay pending appeal is denied.
/s/ Judith H. Wizmur
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JUDITH H. WIZMUR
UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
* bearing escrow account of the Partnership to be held at Summit Bank, N.A.
and a first priority lien and security interest of the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall attach to all amounts in such
accounts.