07/21/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/21/2025 05:13
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Transaction Agreement
As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2025, the Board of Directors of Bally's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), approved the entry of the Company into a definitive transaction agreement (the "Transaction Agreement") with Intralot S.A., a Greek publicly listed company ("Intralot"). Following the expiration of a 10-day statutory waiting period under Greek law, the Company and Intralot entered into the Transaction Agreement on July 18, 2025, pursuant to which, at the closing (the "Closing") of the transactions contemplated therein (the "Transactions"), Intralot will directly and/or indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Bally's Holdings Limited, a Jersey limited company and subsidiary of the Company holding the Company's "International Interactive" business, in exchange for total consideration valued at approximately €2.7 billion, consisting of (i) €1.53 billion in cash, subject to adjustment, and (ii) 873,707,073 newly issued ordinary shares of Intralot ("Intralot Shares") at an implied value of €1.30 per Intralot Share. As a result of the Transactions, the Company is expected to become the majority shareholder of Intralot.
The Closing, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2025, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain mutual closing conditions, including (i) the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the receipt of clearance under applicable non-U.S. antitrust law, (ii) the receipt of certain gaming regulatory clearances, (iii) the receipt of Intralot shareholder approval, (iv) the closing of an intended offering by Intralot of newly-issued Intralot Shares for cash, (v) the listing on the Athens Exchange of the Intralot Shares to be received by the Company in the Transactions, and (vi) Intralot's receipt of debt financing. In that respect, a subsidiary of Intralot has obtained commitments from Citizens Bank, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Jefferies for debt financing up to €1.6 billion (which is expected to be refinanced through the debt capital markets and is subject to certain conditions).