As The Caesars Turns, Episode 2

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC) today announced that they reached a restructuring agreement with its major creditors. The deal will likely allow CEOC to emerge from bankruptcy early in 2017. The settlement must be finalized and will require approval of the bankruptcy court.

“It’s important to recognize that a lot of work needs to be done in the next few weeks. Will there be bumps along the road? Yes. Is this a durable deal? Yes,” said Bruce Bennett, a lawyer for Jones Day representing junior creditors.

The deal will have CEOC merge with Caesars Acquisition Company, with first tier lenders getting about 115 cents per dollar, first lien holders getting 109 cents, and junior debt holders getting between 66 cents to 83 cents on the dollar.

But not everyone is settling. Trilogy Capital Management has $22 million of CEOC’s unsecured bonds and will pursue its lawsuit against the casino giant. The next hearing in Trilogy’s lawsuit against CEOC is scheduled for October 6th in New York. Trilogy is asking for $160 million in the lawsuit. The lawsuit, if it goes to trial, would likely confirm or deny whether Caesars truly split into a “good” Caesars and a “bad” Caesars (as Trinity and others claimed).

Tune in next week to see what happens with Trinity’s lawsuit and whether any other obstacles appear for the closure of the bankruptcy of CEOC.

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