Magna Entertainment Corp. has been informed by PNC Bank that it is in default on a loan agreement involving four Maryland entities the company owns.
In a press release issued the evening of Feb. 27, MEC said it had received written notice of the default for “failure to comply with certain financial covenants relating to the financial position and results of operation of MJC and related entities.”
But the release said PNC Bank has chosen not to exercise its rights and remedies under the loan agreement, although it may choose to “at any time in the future without written notice.”
It’s unclear from the release exactly what loan is in default, or what effect, if any, the development may have on the company's Maryland properties, which include Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park. MEC officials were not available for comment due to the close of business hours.
The Pimlico Racing Association loan is a revolving-term facility under which $1.6 million had been borrowed as of Sept. 30, 2008. The loan is scheduled to mature Dec. 1, 2013. The loans for the two subsidiaries of the Maryland Jockey Club are also revolving-term facilities under which $5.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, had been fully drawn as of Sept. 30, 2008. Those loans are scheduled to mature on Dec. 1, 2013 and June 7, 2017, according to the quarterly filing.
Each of the three loans is guaranteed by unspecified land holdings, buildings, improvements, and “security interests in all other assets of certain affiliates of The Maryland Jockey Club.”
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