1 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 8-A/A Amendment No. 2 FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED ----------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Kentucky 61-0156015 --------------- -------------------- (State or other (IRS Employer jurisdiction of Identification No.) incorporation) 700 Central Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40208 ---------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of Each Class Name of each exchange on which to be so registered each class is to be registered None If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. [ ] If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. [X] Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: ___________________ (if applicable) Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: SERIES 1998 PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS (Title of Class)
2 ITEM 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered. On March 19, 1998, the Board of Directors of Churchill Downs Incorporated, a Kentucky corporation (the "Company"), declared a dividend distribution of one right (a "Right") for each outstanding share of the Company's common stock to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 30, 1998. See the Company's Form 8-A, dated March 19, 1998 for a complete description of the rights agreement (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and Fifth Third Bank (successor to Bank of Louisville), as Rights Agent. On June 23, 2000, the Company, three newly-formed and wholly-owned direct or indirect acquisition subsidiaries of the Company (the "Acquisition Subsidiaries"), Arlington International Racecourse, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Arlington"), Arlington Management Services, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Arlington Management"), Turf Club of Illinois, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Turf Club"), and Duchossois Industries, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("Duchossois"), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, which was amended and restated as of July 14, 2000 (the "Merger Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, one of the Acquisition Subsidiaries merged with and into Arlington; one of the Acquisition Subsidiaries merged with and into Arlington Management; and one of the Acquisition Subsidiaries merged with and into Turf Club (collectively, the "Mergers"), and each of Arlington, Arlington Management and Turf Club became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. In the Mergers, Duchossois, the parent corporation of Arlington, Arlington Management and Turf Club, received an aggregate of 3,150,000 shares of the Company's common stock, and has the right to receive up to an additional 1,250,000 shares of the Company's common stock on the terms and conditions described in the Merger Agreement. At the time the Company entered into the Merger Agreement, the Rights Agreement was amended so that the execution, delivery, performance and approval of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the Mergers would not cause any "Rights" (as defined in the Rights Agreement) to become exercisable, cause Duchossois or its shareholders or any affiliates or associates of Duchossois to become an "Acquiring Person" (as defined in the Rights Agreement) or give rise to a "Distribution Date" (as defined in the Rights Agreement), subject to certain exclusions. In connection with the closing of the Mergers effective September 8, 2000, the Company entered into a Stockholder's Agreement with Duchossois, and, in connection therewith, further amended the terms of the Rights Agreement. Pursuant to Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, neither Duchossois, nor any of its shareholders or any affiliate or associate of Duchossois or its shareholders, nor any other Stockholder (as defined in the Stockholder's Agreement) will be considered an "Acquiring Person" (as defined in the Rights Agreement, as amended) when such person's beneficial ownership of the Company's common stock is subject to, does not violate, and is in compliance with, the Stockholder's Agreement. 2
3 This summary description of the amendment to the Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement, incorporated by reference herein. ITEM 2. EXHIBITS. 4.1 Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement dated as of September 8, 2000, between Churchill Downs Incorporated and Fifth Third Bank, as Rights Agent. 3
4 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED By: /S/ REBECCA C. REED Rebecca C. Reed, Senior Vice President Date: September 13, 2000 4
5 AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreements, dated as of September 8, 2000, by and between CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED, a Kentucky corporation (the "Company"), and FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"). WHEREAS, the Company has entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated of as of June 23, 2000, as amended as of July 14, 2000, by and among the Company, A. Acquisition Corp., an Illinois corporation and a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("A Sub"), A. Management Acquisition Corp., an Illinois corporation and a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("A Management Sub"), T. Club Acquisition Corp., an Illinois corporation and a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company ("T Club Sub"), Arlington International Racecourse, Inc.., an Illinois corporation ("A Corp."), Arlington Management Services, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("A Management Corp."), Turf Club of Illinois, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("T Club"), and Duchossois Industries, Inc., an Illinois corporation ("D Corp."), and in connection therewith the Board has determined in good faith that certain amendments set forth below to the Rights Agreement dated as of March 19, 1998 between the Company and Bank of Louisville as the initial Rights Agent, as heretofore amended (the "Rights Agreement"), are desirable and, pursuant to Section 26 of the Rights Agreement has duly authorized such amendments to the Rights Agreement. A duly authorized officer of the Company has executed and delivered this Amendment No. 3 to Rights Agreement (the "Amendment"). WHEREAS, Fifth Third Bank has succeeded the Bank of Louisville as Rights Agent. NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Amendment, terms which are capitalized but not defined herein and which are defined in the Rights Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement. 2. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1 OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. A. Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to add the following definition: "Stockholder's Agreement" shall mean the Stockholder's Agreement dated as of September 8, 2000 among the Company, D Corp. and subsequent signatories thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time. B. Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to delete the definition of "Voting Agreement". 3. RESTATEMENT OF THE DEFINITION OF "ACQUIRING PERSON". The definition of "Acquiring Person" set forth in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following definition:
6 "ACQUIRING PERSON" shall mean a Person who or which, alone or together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding but shall not include (a) the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of such employee benefit plan, or (b) any such Person who has become and is such a Beneficial Owner solely because (i) of any change in the aggregate number of Common Shares outstanding since the last date on which such Person acquired Beneficial Ownership of any Common Shares or (ii) it acquired such Beneficial Ownership in the good faith belief that such acquisition would not (A) cause such Beneficial Ownership to equal or exceed 15% of the Common Shares then outstanding and such Person relied in good faith in computing the percentage of its Beneficial Ownership on publicly filed reports or documents of the Company which are inaccurate or out of date or (B) otherwise cause a Distribution Date or the adjustment provided for in Section 11(a) to occur. Notwithstanding clause (b)(ii) of the prior sentence, if any Person that is not an Acquiring Person due to such clause (b)(ii) does not reduce its percentage of Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares to less than 15% by the Close of Business on the fifth Business Day after notice from the Company (the date of notice being the first day) that such Person's Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares so equals or exceeds 15%, such Person shall, at the end of such five Business Day period, become an Acquiring Person (and such clause (b)(ii) shall no longer apply to such Person). For purposes of this definition, the determination whether any Person acted in "good faith" shall be conclusively determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, D Corp. or a D Corp. Shareholder, or any Affiliate or Associate of D Corp. or a D Corp. Shareholder, or any Stockholder (as such term is defined in the Stockholder's Agreement) shall not be an Acquiring Person when such Person's Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares is subject to, does not violate, and is in compliance with, the Stockholder's Agreement (the foregoing sentence referred to herein as the "D Corp. Exclusion"). 4. EFFECTIVENESS. The Amendment shall be effective as of September 8, 2000 as if executed by both parties on such date. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. 5. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and for all purposes shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State. 6. COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 7. SEVERABILITY. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. 2
7 8. DESCRIPTIVE HEADINGS. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions of this Amendment. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written. CHURCHILL DOWNS INCORPORATED By: /S/ THOMAS H. MEEKER Title: Thomas H. Meeker, President FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Rights Agent By: /S/ GEOFFREY D. ANDERSON Title: ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT 3