Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On November 25, 2008, FX Real Estate and Entertainment Inc.'s (the " Company
") subsidiaries that own its Las Vegas properties (the " Las Vegas Subsidiaries
") obtained from their lenders a temporary waiver of noncompliance with the
debt-to-loan value ratio covenants set forth in the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreements (referenced below) governing the outstanding $475 million mortgage
loan on the Las Vegas properties (the " Loan "). The Loan's financial covenants
prescribe that as of the last day of each fiscal quarter the Las Vegas
Subsidiaries must have (x) a ratio of (i) total consolidated indebtedness to
(ii) the appraised value of the Las Vegas properties of less than 66.5% and
(y) a ratio of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Loan then outstanding
to (ii) the appraised value of the Las Vegas properties of less than 39.0%. The
Company previously announced that as of September 30, 2008, based on the
appraised value of the Las Vegas properties, the Las Vegas Subsidiaries were out
of compliance with these financial ratios and therefore in default under the
Loan.
Under the terms of the waiver, the Las Vegas Subsidiaries agreed to the first
lien lenders (i) assuming control over the ability of the borrowers to convert
between a Base Rate Loan and a Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (ii) obtaining sole and
absolute discretion over the approval or disapproval of items submitted for
reimbursement from borrowers' Predevelopment Expense Reserve Account. In
addition the borrowers agreed to pay an aggregate waiver fee to the first lien
lenders of $580,519 and to pay all legal fees and expenses incurred by them in
connection with the waiver.
The waiver is effective through December 19, 2008 (the "Waiver Period"). The
Las Vegas Subsidiaries' failure to regain compliance with these financial ratios
following expiration of the Waiver Period would constitute an event of default
under the Loan. The Las Vegas Subsidiaries can regain compliance with the
aforementioned ratios by voluntarily prepaying approximately $26 million of the
Loan's outstanding principal amount. Neither the Company nor the Las Vegas
Subsidiaries have capital adequate to make such a payment at this time. The
Company and/or the Las Vegas Subsidiaries would need to secure additional
financing in order to prepay such amount and there can be no guarantee that such
financing will be available on terms favorable to the Company's or the Las Vegas
Subsidiaries' business or at all.
Alternatively, the Las Vegas Subsidiaries may regain compliance by obtaining
a second waiver or modification of the Loan's financial covenants.
The Loan is not guaranteed by the Company nor has the Company pledged any
assets to secure the Loan. The Loan is secured by first and second lien security
interests in substantially all of the assets of the Las Vegas Subsidiaries,
including the Las Vegas properties.
The Loan is governed by the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, Senior Secured Term Loan Facility (First Lien), dated as of
July 6, 2007, and the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, Senior Secured Term
Loan Facility (Second Lien) dated as of July 6, 2007, both of which are filed as
exhibits to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-145672), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 9, 2007.
The foregoing description of the Loan does not purport to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by the complete text of these aforesaid Amended and
Restated Credit Agreements, which are incorporated herein by reference.