MGM Resorts International Commences Tender Offers for Senior Notes due 2020

LAS VEGAS, March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts International (NYSE:  MGM) announced today that it has commenced cash tender offers (the "Tender Offers") to purchase up to $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount (as it may be increased by MGM, the "Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount") of its outstanding 6.750% Senior Notes due 2020 and 5.250% Senior Notes due 2020 (collectively, the "Notes").

The terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are described in an Offer to Purchase, dated March 27, 2019 (the "Offer to Purchase").  MGM intends to fund the Tender Offers with the net proceeds of its proposed offering of debt securities (the "Debt Financing") and, if necessary, any other sources of available funds, which may include cash on hand or borrowings under the Company's senior secured revolving credit facility.

The following table sets forth certain terms of the Tender Offers:

The Tender Offers will expire at midnight, New York City time, at the end of April 23, 2019, unless extended or earlier terminated by MGM (the "Expiration Date").  No tenders submitted after the Expiration Date will be valid.

Holders of Notes that are validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn) at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 9, 2019 (such date and time, as it may be extended, the "Early Tender Date") and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers will receive the applicable Total Consideration for such series, which includes the early tender premium for such series of Notes set forth in the table above (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Early Tender Premium").  Holders of Notes tendering their Notes after the Early Tender Date will only be eligible to receive the applicable tender offer consideration for such series of Notes set forth in the table above (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Tender Offer Consideration"), which is the applicable Total Consideration less the Early Tender Premium.

All Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offers will receive the applicable consideration set forth in the table above, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from the applicable last interest payment date with respect to those Notes to, but not including, the applicable Settlement Date (as defined below) ("Accrued Interest").

Tendered Notes may be withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 9, 2019, unless extended by MGM (such date and time, as it may be extended, the "Withdrawal Date").  Holders of Notes who tender their Notes after the Withdrawal Date, but prior to the Expiration Date, may not withdraw their tendered Notes unless withdrawal rights are otherwise required by applicable law.

Provided that the conditions to the applicable Tender Offer have been satisfied or waived, and assuming acceptance for purchase by the company of Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offers, (i) payment for Notes validly tendered at or prior to the applicable Early Tender Date and purchased in the applicable Tender Offer shall be made on the settlement date that is expected to be on or about April 10, 2019, or as promptly as practicable thereafter (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Early Settlement Date") and (ii) payment for any Notes validly tendered after the applicable Early Tender Date, but at or prior to the applicable Expiration Date, and purchased in the applicable Tender Offer shall be made on the settlement date that is expected to be on or about April 24, 2019 (with respect to each series of Notes, the "Final Settlement Date" and, together with the related Early Settlement Date, the "Settlement Dates").

Subject to the Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount and proration, the Notes accepted on any Settlement Date will be accepted in accordance with their Acceptance Priority Levels set forth in the table above, with 1 being the highest Acceptance Priority Level and 2 being the lowest Acceptance Priority Level, and provided further that Notes tendered at or prior to the Early Tender Date will be accepted for purchase with priority over Notes tendered after the Early Tender Date, but at or prior to the Expiration Date, regardless of the priority of the series of such later tendered Notes.

Acceptance for tenders of any Notes may be subject to proration if the aggregate principal amount for any series of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn would cause the Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount to be exceeded.  Furthermore, if the Tender Offers are fully subscribed as of the Early Tender Date, holders who validly tender Notes after the Early Tender Date will not have any of their Notes accepted for purchase and there will be no Final Settlement Date.

The company reserves the right, but is under no obligation, to increase the Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount at any time, subject to compliance with applicable law, which could result in the company purchasing a greater aggregate principal amount of Notes in the Offers.  There can be no assurance that the company will increase the Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount.  If the company increases the Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount, it does not expect to extend the Withdrawal Date, subject to applicable law.  Accordingly, Holders should not tender Notes that they do not wish to have purchased in the Offers.

The consummation of the Tender Offers is not conditioned upon any minimum amount of Notes being tendered.  However, the Tender Offers are subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, including the completion of the Debt Financing.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities.  No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful.  The offer is being made solely pursuant to terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase.  Nothing contained herein shall constitute an offer of the debt securities that are subject of the Debt Financing.

The dealer manager for the Tender Offers is BofA Merrill Lynch (the "Dealer Manager").  Any questions regarding the terms of the Tender Offers should be directed to the Dealer Manager, BofA Merrill Lynch at (toll-free) 888-292-0070 or (collect) 980-388-3646.  Any questions regarding procedures for tendering Notes should be directed to the Information Agent for the Tender Offers, Global Bondholder Services Corporation, toll-free at (866) 794-2200 (banks and brokers call (212) 430‑3774) or 65 Broadway, Suite 404, New York, NY 10006.

Copies of the Offer to Purchase are available from the Information Agent and Depositary and at the following web address:  http://www.gbsc-usa.com/MGM/.

About MGM Resorts International

MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is an S&P 500® global entertainment company with national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces, incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands. The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 29 unique hotel and destination gaming offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in the industry. Expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world, the company acquired the operations of Empire City Casino in New York in 2019, and in 2018, opened MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, MGM COTAI in Macau, and the first Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. The over 82,000 global employees of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies®. For more information visit us at www.mgmresorts.com.

Statements in this release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking" statements and "safe harbor statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and/or uncertainties, including those described in the Company's public filings with the SEC. The Company has based forward-looking statements on management's current expectations and assumptions and not on historical facts. Examples of these statements include, but are not limited to, the completion of the Debt Financing and Tender Offers. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements include effects of economic conditions and market conditions in the markets in which the Company operates and competition with other destination travel locations throughout the United States and the world, the design, timing and costs of expansion projects, risks relating to international operations, permits, licenses, financings, approvals and other contingencies in connection with growth in new or existing jurisdictions and additional risks and uncertainties described in the Company's Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K reports (including all amendments to those reports). In providing forward-looking statements, the Company is not undertaking any duty or obligation to update these statements publicly as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. If the Company updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that it will make additional updates with respect to those other forward-looking statements.

SOURCE MGM Resorts International

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