Swiss bank buys 10.3 mil. shares of Caesars stock
By Ed Komenda, Las Vegas Sun
Caesars Entertainment Corp. has sold 10.3 million shares of its common stock to a Swiss banking firm for $200 million, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Credit Suisee Securities purchased the stock for $19.40 per share.
Tuesday’s sale follows the heels of the gaming giant’s Sept. 25 move to offer common stock to generate cash to pay down a mortgage loan.
Caesars is the parent company of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys in Stateline.
The article further states:
“Caesars currently carries a debt load of $23.5 billion, the largest debt in the gaming business.”
How much debt did the company have when the current management bought it?
Their properties are in a state of decline, so the money is not going there. Are the owners using the company as a piggy bank, taking out loans against it to fatten their salaries/bonuses?