Gaming and Leisure Properties Announces Pricing of $600,000,000 of 5.250% Senior Notes Due 2033 and $700,000,000 of 5.750% Senior Notes Due 2037
WYOMISSING, Pa., Aug. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. ("GLPI") (NASDAQ:GLPI) announced the pricing of a public offering of $1,300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (as defined below), to be issued by its operating partnership, GLP Capital, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), and GLP Financing II, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership (together with the Operating Partnership, the "Issuers"). The Notes will be issued in two tranches, the first of which will be senior notes due 2033 (the "2033 Notes") and the second of which will be senior notes due 2037 (the "2037 Notes" and, together with the 2033 Notes, the "Notes"). The 2033 Notes priced at 99.642% of par value, with a coupon of 5.250%, and will mature on February 15, 2033. The 2037 Notes priced at 99.187% of par value, with a coupon of 5.750%, and will mature on November 1, 2037. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Issuers, guaranteed by GLPI.
The Issuers intend to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund the redemption in full of their $975.0 million 5.375% senior unsecured notes due April 2026 at a redemption price equal to par, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, plus a make-whole premium, and any related fees and expenses. The Issuers intend to use the remaining proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include funding development and expansion projects at existing and new properties, repayment of indebtedness, capital expenditures and other general business purposes.
The offering is expected to close on August 27, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.
The offering will be made under an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement. The preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering have been filed with the SEC and are available by visiting the EDGAR database on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citizens JMP Securities, LLC, Fifth Third Securities, Inc., Truist Securities, Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Mizuho Securities USA LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement, final prospectus supplement (when available) and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering of the Notes may be obtained by contacting Wells Fargo Securities, LLC by calling 1-800-645-3751, Citizens JMP Securities, LLC by calling 1-617-725-5500, Fifth Third Securities, Inc. by calling 1-866-531-5353 or Truist Securities, Inc. by calling 1-800-685-4786.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any offer or sale will be made only by means of the prospectus supplement and prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement relating to these securities.
About Gaming and Leisure Properties
GLPI is engaged in the business of acquiring, financing, and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple-net lease arrangements, pursuant to which the tenant is responsible for all facility maintenance, insurance required in connection with the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties, taxes levied on or with respect to the leased properties and all utilities and other services necessary or appropriate for the leased properties and the business conducted on the leased properties.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including our expectations regarding our ability to complete the offering and apply the net proceeds as indicated. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "projects," "estimates," "plans," "may increase," "may fluctuate," and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would," "may" and "could" or the negative or other variation of these or similar words, or by discussions of future events, strategies or risks and uncertainties. Such forward looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about GLPI and its subsidiaries, including risks related to the following: GLPI's ability to successfully consummate the offering and apply the net proceeds as indicated; the ability of GLPI or its partners to successfully complete construction of various casino projects currently under development for which GLPI has agreed to provide construction development funding, and the ability and willingness of GLPI's partners to meet and/or perform their respective obligations under the applicable construction financing and/or development documents; the impact that higher inflation and interest rates and uncertainty with respect to the future state of the economy could have on discretionary consumer spending, including the casino operations of our tenants; unforeseen consequences related to U.S. government economic, monetary or trade policies and stimulus packages on inflation rates, interest rates and economic growth; the ability of GLPI's tenants to maintain the financial strength and liquidity necessary to satisfy their respective obligations and liabilities to third parties, including, without limitation, to satisfy obligations under their existing credit facilities and other indebtedness; the availability of and the ability to identify suitable and attractive acquisition and development opportunities and the ability to acquire and lease the respective properties on favorable terms; the degree and nature of GLPI's competition; the ability to receive, or delays in obtaining, the regulatory approvals required to own and/or operate its properties, or other delays or impediments to completing GLPI's planned acquisitions or projects; the potential of a new pandemic, or other health crises, including the effect on the ability or desire of people to gather in large groups (including in casinos), which could impact GLPI's financial results, operations, outlooks, plans, goals, growth, cash flows, liquidity, and stock price; GLPI's ability to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), given the highly technical and complex Internal Revenue Code provisions for which only limited judicial and administrative authorities exist, where even a technical or inadvertent violation could jeopardize REIT qualification and where requirements may depend in part on the actions of third parties over which GLPI has no control or only limited influence; the satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, shareholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis in order for GLPI to maintain its REIT status; the ability and willingness of GLPI's tenants and other third parties to meet and/or perform their obligations under their respective contractual arrangements with GLPI, including lease and note requirements and in some cases, their obligations to indemnify, defend and hold GLPI harmless from and against various claims, litigation and liabilities; the ability of GLPI's tenants to comply with laws, rules and regulations in the operation of GLPI's properties, to deliver high quality services, to attract and retain qualified personnel and to attract customers; the ability to generate sufficient cash flows to service and comply with financial covenants under GLPI's outstanding indebtedness; GLPI's ability to access capital through debt and equity markets in amounts and at rates and costs acceptable to GLPI, including for the satisfaction of our funding commitments to the extent drawn by our partners, acquisitions or refinancings due to maturities; the ability of our tenants to decline our funding commitments by seeking alternative financing solutions and/or if our tenants do elect to utilize our funding commitments, the amounts drawn and the timing of these draws may be different than what the Company assumed; adverse changes in GLPI's credit rating; the availability of qualified personnel and GLPI's ability to retain its key management personnel; changes in the U.S. tax law and other state, federal or local laws, whether or not specific to real estate, REITs or to the gaming, lodging or hospitality industries; changes in accounting standards; the impact of weather or climate events or conditions, natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other international hostilities, war (including the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East) or political instability; the risk that the historical financial statements do not reflect what the business, financial position or results of operations of GLPI may be in the future; other risks inherent in the real estate business, including potential liability relating to environmental matters and illiquidity of real estate investments; and other factors described in GLPI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, each as filed with the SEC. GLPI undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release may not occur as presented or at all.
Contact
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.
Desiree A. Burke
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
610/401-2900
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Investor Relations
Joseph Jaffoni at JCIR
212/835-8500
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