Apollo, TPG Offered $250 Million for Caesars Deal, Filing Shows
- Bondholders asked for ‘several times’ more, executives say
- Bankruptcy judge has criticized Apollo for not chipping in
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Apollo Global Management LLC and TPG Capital offered to pay $250 million to help get Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. out of bankruptcy, according to two Apollo executives, contradicting claims that the casino company’s private-equity sponsors refused to spend their own money to make peace with creditors.
A mediator working to foster agreement between bondholders and parent company Caesars Entertainment Corp. asked Apollo and TPG whether they “would fund up to $250 million to reach a ‘best and final’ deal” that paid the bondholders 58 percent of what they are owed, Apollo executives Marc J. Rowan and David B. Sambur said in a filing Wednesday in Chicago federal court.