Tracinda Announces Tender for MGM MIRAGE
LOS ANGELES, CA, November 22, 2006. Tracinda Corporation today announced that it intends to make a cash tender offer for up to 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM) at a price of $55.00 per share. The offer price represents an approximately 12.2% premium over MGM MIRAGE's closing stock price of $49.00 on November 21, 2006. The tender offer will be subject to customary conditions for transactions of this type. Tracinda Corporation, of which Mr. Kirk Kerkorian is the sole shareholder, owns 158,392,864 shares of MGM MIRAGE common stock, which represents approximately 56.3% of the outstanding shares.
The shares to be purchased pursuant to the offer represent approximately 5.3% of the outstanding shares of MGM MIRAGE common stock or approximately 12.2% of the shares of MGM MIRAGE common stock not beneficially owned by Tracinda and Mr. Kerkorian. Upon completion of the offer, Tracinda and Mr. Kerkorian would beneficially own in the aggregate 173,392,864 shares of MGM MIRAGE common stock, or approximately 61.7% of the outstanding common stock.
A representative of Tracinda stated: "This tender offer demonstrates our confidence in MGM MIRAGE and its management and our commitment to the company's future."
Once the tender offer is commenced, offering materials will be made available to MGM MIRAGE stockholders and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. MGM MIRAGE stockholders are urged to read the offering materials when they become available because they will contain important information. This offer has not been reviewed by the Board of Directors or management of MGM MIRAGE. The MGM MIRAGE Board of Directors is required by law to communicate its views regarding the tender offer to MGM MIRAGE stockholders within ten business days from the date the offer is commenced. MGM MIRAGE has informed Mr. Kerkorian and Tracinda that it will not make any comment concerning this tender offer until its Board of Directors has completed its review following commencement of the offer.
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