UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13, 2025
HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38363 | 84-3235695 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2014 Champions Gateway, Suite 100
Canton, OH 44708
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (330) 458-9176
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Capital Market | ||||
| Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 13, 2025, Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and its subsidiaries HOF Village Newco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Newco”), HOF Village Retail I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Retail I”), and HOF Village Retail II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Retail II,” and collectively with the Company, Newco and Retail I “Borrowers”), entered into a Sixth Amendment to Note and Security Agreement (“Sixth Amendment”), with CH Capital Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lender” or “CHCL”). CHCL is an affiliate of Stuart Lichter, a director of the Company.
The Sixth Amendment (i) modifies the definition of “Facility Amount” in Section 1 of the original note and security agreement (as amended prior to the Sixth Amendment) to increase the facility amount from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 allowing the Borrowers to request an additional $2,000,000 for general corporate purposes, subject to certain restrictions; (ii) extends the maturity date for the facility to September 30, 2025; (iii) modifies the first paragraph of Section 2 to set forth distinct processes for payroll-related requests versus all other advancement requests; and (iv) amends and restates Section 5.06 to indicate the Company and CHCL will use good faith efforts to achieve any take private transaction deal milestones including development of an analysis setting forth Borrower’s estimated weekly working capital requirements for the period commencing May 1, 2025 and ending July 31, 2025.
The foregoing description of the Sixth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Sixth Amendment, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 2.03 - Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth above under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Document | |
| 10.1 | Sixth Amendment to Note & Security Agreement, dated May 13, 2025, between Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company, HOF Village Newco, LLC, HOF Village Retail I, LLC and HOF Village Retail II, LLC, as borrowers and CH Capital Lending, LLC, as lender | |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY | |||
| By: | /s/ Lisa Gould | ||
| Name: | Lisa Gould | ||
| Title: | Interim Principal Executive Officer | ||
| Dated: May 19, 2025 | |||
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Exhibit 10.1
SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO
NOTE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SIXTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) TO NOTE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT dated May 13, 2025 amends that certain Note and Security Agreement dated November 14, 2024, as amended, restated, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time up to the date hereof (the “Note”), among CH CAPITAL LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Lender”), HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“HOFREC”), HOF VILLAGE NEWCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NewCo”), HOF VILLAGE RETAIL I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HOF VR I”), HOF VILLAGE RETAIL II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“HOF VR II”, and collectively with HOFREC, NewCo and HOF VR I, each a “Borrower” and, collectively, jointly and severally, “Borrowers”).
WHEREAS, the Lender and the Borrowers desire to amend certain provisions of the Note;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.05 of the Note, the Note may be amended by a written agreement signed by the Borrowers and Lender; and
WHEREAS, terms capitalized but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein made and other good and valuable consideration, the undersigned agree as follows:
1. The definition of “Facility Amount” in Section 1 of the Note is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: ““Facility Amount” means $10,000,000.”
2. The definition of “Maturity Date” in Section 1 of the Note is amended to replace the reference to March 31, 2025 with a reference to September 30, 2025.
3. The first paragraph of Section 2 of the Note is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“Subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents, Lender may from time to time in its sole discretion agree to make to Borrowers one or more Loans in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Facility Amount. Amounts repaid may be reborrowed in the sole discretion of Lender and otherwise subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
In order to request a Loan, HOFREC will submit to Lender a written advancement request (email being sufficient) (any such request, an “Advancement Request” unless such request exclusively relates to funding for payroll (hereinafter referred to as a “Payroll Advancement Request”)) that includes reasonable details regarding the following:
(i) the principal amount of the requested Loan,
(ii) if such request is an Advancement Request, the intended use of the requested funds,
(iii) if such request is a Payroll Advancement Request, Borrower will state in the Payroll Advancement Request that the proceeds of the requested Loan will be used exclusively to fund Borrower’s payroll together with the commencement date of the payroll period to which such requested Loan relates,
(iv) if such Advancement Request is not a Payroll Advancement Request, the party(ies) to whom the proceeds of the Loan will be paid, and
(v) any other information reasonably requested by Lender in connection with its evaluation of the Advancement Request or Payroll Advancement Request.
All Advancement Requests and Payroll Advancement Requests shall be delivered by email to Richard Klein at [**********] with copies to Rick Miller at [**********], Kyle Angelos at [**********] and Eric Dobi at [**********]. Payroll Advancement Requests shall be delivered to Lender five (5) business days prior to the commencement of the subject payroll period and Lender shall have two (2) business days to review and discuss such Payroll Advancement Request with Borrower. If Lender approves the Payroll Advancement Request, Lender will promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day after such approval) disburse the applicable funds to the applicable Borrower(s).
Following receipt of an Advancement Request that is not a Payroll Advancement Request, Lender will have two (2) business days to notify the Borrowers in writing (email being sufficient) if such request has been approved or denied by Lender. If Lender approves the Advancement Request, Lender will promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days after such approval) disburse the applicable funds at Lender’s option to either the applicable Borrower(s) or to the recipient(s) named in such Advancement Request in accordance with the payment instructions set forth in such Advancement Request.
All Advancement Request and Payroll Advancement Request responses by Lender shall be delivered by email to the following individuals: Eric Hess, addressed to [**********] with a copy to Karl Holtz at [**********].
4. Section 5.06 of the Note is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“HOFREC and Lender will use their respective good faith efforts to achieve any take private transaction deal milestones mutually agreed by the parties hereto (acting reasonably) including the following:
| (a) | On or before 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) on May 9, 2025, representatives of Lender and Borrower will develop an analysis setting forth Borrower’s estimated weekly working capital requirements for the period commencing on May 1, 2025 and ending on July 31, 2025 (the “Estimated Working Capital Model”). For the avoidance of doubt, the purpose of the Estimated Working Capital Model is to inform the analysis and decisions regarding Advancement Requests and Payroll Advancement Requests. Borrower expressly acknowledges and agrees that such Estimated Working Capital Model will not in any way be determinative of the amount of Loans that Borrower may request pursuant to this Note, all such Loans to be subject to the then applicable Facility Amount and Lender’s approval.”. |
5. Except as expressly amended in accordance with this Amendment, the Note and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Note) shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect. Any reference to the Note in any other document shall refer to the Note as amended hereby. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Note and the terms of this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall control.
6. This Amendment may be executed, including by electronic transmission, in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
7. This Amendment shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the application of the principles of conflicts or choice or laws (other than New York General Obligations Law 5-1401 and 5-1402).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment on the day and year first indicated above.
| BORROWERS: | ||
| HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Crawford | |
| Name: | Michael Crawford | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| HOF VILLAGE NEWCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Crawford | |
| Name: | Michael Crawford | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| HOF VILLAGE RETAIL I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Crawford | |
| Name: | Michael Crawford | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| HOF VILLAGE RETAIL II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||
| By: | /s/ Michael Crawford | |
| Name: | Michael Crawford | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
| LENDER: | ||
| CH CAPITAL LENDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||
| By: Holdings SPE Manager, LLC, its Manager | ||
| By: | /s/ Richard H. Klein | |
| Name: | Richard H. Klein | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |