On 2 May 2022, MGM Casino Next Lion, LLC, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of MGM Resorts International (“MGM”), announced a recommended public offer to the shareholders of LeoVegas AB (publ) (“LeoVegas”) to tender all shares in LeoVegas to MGM at a price of SEK 61 in cash per share (the “Offer”).
On 31 August 2022, MGM announced that the Offer had been accepted by shareholders with a total of 63,047,289 shares in LeoVegas, corresponding to approximately 64.56 percent of the outstanding shares in LeoVegas1 , and that MGM, since the time of announcement of the Offer, had also acquired 30,400,000 LeoVegas shares at prices not exceeding the price in the Offer. As a result, MGM controlled in total 93,447,289 shares in LeoVegas, corresponding to approximately 95.69 percent of the outstanding shares in LeoVegas, and declared the Offer unconditional and extended the acceptance period.
During the extended acceptance period which expired on 14 September 2022, the Offer had been accepted by shareholders with a total of 2,320,120 shares in LeoVegas, corresponding to approximately 2.38 percent of the outstanding shares in LeoVegas. After the end of the extended acceptance period, MGM thus controlled in total 95,767,409 shares in LeoVegas, corresponding to approximately 98.07 percent of the outstanding shares in LeoVegas.
Settlement for shares tendered in the Offer during the extended acceptance period began around 22 September 2022. MGM would not further extend the acceptance period for the Offer.
MGM initiated a compulsory acquisition procedure in accordance with the Swedish Companies Act to acquire all shares not tendered in the Offer. LeoVegas’ application for delisting of the shares from Nasdaq Stockholm was approved on 8 September 2022. The last day of trading in LeoVegas’ shares at Nasdaq Stockholm was 22 September 2022.