DVD Dover Motorsports Inc

DOVER, Del., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE:DVD), today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to commence a tender offer to purchase up to 1,706,543 shares of its Common Stock and up to 2,323,019 shares of its Class A Common Stock at a fixed price of $7.00 per share. The number of shares proposed to be purchased in the tender offer represents approximately 10% of the Company's total shares outstanding. Based on the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on August 4, 2005 of $5.86 per share, the offer represents a premium of 19%. If the offer commences, as expected, on Wednesday, August 10, 2005, then the offer and withdrawal rights would expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on Thursday, September 8, 2005, unless extended. The Company expects to pay for tendered shares with available cash on hand and amounts borrowed under the Company's unsecured revolving credit facility, as recently amended. Commenting on the announcement, Denis McGlynn, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, noted, "We believe that a share repurchase effected by the offer announced today is consistent with our long-term goal of maximizing stockholder value. This flows from our belief that the repurchase of our shares is currently a prudent use of our funds. The tender offer affords us the opportunity to return cash to stockholders who elect to tender their shares at a premium over recent trading prices without the usual transaction costs associated with open market sales, while at the same time increasing non-tendering stockholders' proportionate interest in our Company and thus in our future earnings and assets at no additional cost to them." If holders of more than 1,706,543 shares of Common Stock or 2,323,019 shares of Class A Common Stock properly tender and do not withdraw their shares, then the Company will purchase shares so tendered by those stockholders owning fewer than 100 shares who tender all of their shares without proration, and all other shares will be purchased on a pro rata basis by class, subject to the conditional tender offer provisions that will be described in the offer to purchase to be distributed to stockholders. Stockholders whose shares are purchased in the offer will be paid the purchase price in cash, without interest, after the expiration of the offer period. The offer is not contingent upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. The offer is subject, however, to a number of other terms and conditions to be specified in the offer to purchase to be distributed to stockholders. No brokerage fees or commissions will be charged to holders of record who tender their shares directly to the Depositary. Holders who tender their shares through a broker, dealer or custodian may be required by such entity to pay a service charge or other fee. The tender offer is not subject to any financing contingency. In conjunction with this announcement, the Company has entered into an amendment of its revolving credit facility with Mercantile-Safe Deposit and Trust Company, as agent, and various other lenders. The amendment provides for more favorable pricing to the Company, changes the credit agreement from a secured to an unsecured facility, extends the term of the facility for three years, and increases the credit line to $70 million. The Company's directors and executive officers have advised the Company that they do not intend to tender any shares of Common Stock or Class A Common Stock in the offer. The Company has been advised that the Estate of John W. Rollins intends to tender 2,311,960 shares of Class A Common Stock, representing approximately 22.4% of its Class A holdings. Excluding the holdings of the Estate, the majority of the Company's Class A Common Stock is held by directors, executive officers and members of their respective families. The Company has been advised that these holders do not intend to participate in the offering. The Dealer Manager for the tender offer will be Raymond James & Associates, Inc. Mellon Investor Services LLC will act as the Information Agent and Depositary. This release contains or may contain forward-looking statements based on management's beliefs and assumptions. Such statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause results to vary materially. Please refer to the Company's SEC filings for a discussion of such factors. Dover Motorsports, Inc. is a leading promoter of motorsports events in the United States. Its motorsports subsidiaries operate four motorsports tracks in three states and promote motorsports events under the auspices of three of the premier sanctioning bodies in motorsports - NASCAR, IRL and NHRA. The Company owns and operates Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware; Nashville Superspeedway near Nashville, Tennessee; Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Missouri; and Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis, Tennessee. This press release is for informational purpose only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of the Company's Common Stock or Class A Common Stock. The solicitation of offers to buy Dover Motorsports' Common Stock and Class A Common Stock will only be made pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and related materials that the Company is sending to its stockholders. Stockholders should read those materials carefully because they will contain important information, including the various terms and conditions of the offer. Stockholders will be able to obtain copies of the Offer to Purchase, related materials filed by the Company as part of the statement on Schedule TO and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission through the Commission's Internet address at http://www.sec.gov/ without charge. Stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the Offer to Purchase and related materials, as filed with the Commission (excluding exhibits), without charge from the Company or by written or oral request directed to the Information Agent, Mellon Investor Services LLC, 85 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 07660, telephone number 1-866-293-6625. DATASOURCE: Dover Motorsports, Inc. CONTACT: Patrick J. Bagley, Senior Vice President-Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Dover Motorsports, +1-302-857-3745 Web site: http://www.dovermotorsportsinc.com/

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