las vegas and reno, nevada, January 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR ) (the “Company,” “Caesars,” or the “Issuer”) today announced that its previously announced senior The Guaranteed Notes (hereinafter referred to as the “Notes”) are priced at an annual interest rate of 7.00%, and the issue price is equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes.The offering is expected to close on or around February 6, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.Pursuant to Section 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Notes were offered in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers and to outside parties United States Pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act.The total principal amount of the notes issued this time has increased to $2 billion from previously published $1.25 billion.
The notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the Company’s existing and future wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, which are guarantors for the Company’s senior secured credit facility (the “CEI Credit Agreement”) and its existing 6.25% seniority Guaranteed Notes due 2025 upon receipt of certain regulatory approvals (“Subordinate Guarantors”). The Notes and the security for the Notes will be senior secured obligations of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors, which will, subject to certain regulatory approvals, secure substantially all property and assets of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors with equal first priority. The subordinate guarantors, now owned by the issuer and any subordinate guarantors or later acquired, guarantee the company’s senior secured credit facility and its obligations under its existing 6.25% senior secured notes due 2025.
Concurrent with the issuance of the Notes, the Company expects to amend the CEI Credit Agreement to provide, among other things, new approximately $1.75 billion Priority Secured Term Loan (“New Term B Loan”). Completion of the New Tranche B Loan under the CEI Credit Agreement was not a condition of completion of the note sale. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, the New Tranche B Loan and cash on hand to repay all of the Tranche B Loans of Caesars Resort Collection, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caesars Resort Collection, LLC (“CRC”) Together with all accrued interest, fees and premiums, and (ii) payment of fees and expenses related to the foregoing, and any residual proceeds therefrom will be used by the Company for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, the possible reimbursement of CRC Outstanding part of the B-1 installment loan.
The Notes are being offered pursuant to Section 144A of the Securities Act to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers as well as to outside parties United States Pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act.The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act and, unless registered, may not be United States Except for transactions that are exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be registered or obtained Qualification would have been unlawful under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
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Sources: Caesars Entertainment; Czech Republic
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