M&A
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 1.00
Bally's completes merger with Standard General and Queen; issues $500M notes
Bally's Corp
- Cash consideration of $18.25/share paid to holders of 22.8M shares; 17.9M shares rolled over.
- 30.5M shares issued to Queen shareholders; total outstanding shares now 48.4M.
- Standard General and affiliates now own 73.8% of Bally's common stock.
- Issued $500M first-lien senior secured notes due 2028 at 11.00% to fund cash consideration; Apollo provided financing.
- Bally's now operates 19 casinos across 11 states; Belle of Baton Rouge and Casino Queen Marquette land-side conversions expected in 2025.