Explanatory Note.
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by VICI Properties Inc. on October 22, 2021 (the “Original Form 8-K”) solely to change the item number under which certain information was previously disclosed in the Original Form 8-K. Specifically, the Original Form 8-K is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to provide that the information previously disclosed under Item 8.01—Other Events to the Original Form 8-K is furnished under Item 7.01—Regulation FD Disclosure and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any of VICI Properties Inc’s filings, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.
Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
As previously disclosed, on August 4, 2021, VICI Properties Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), MGM Growth Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MGP”), MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“MGP OP”), VICI Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Existing VICI OP”), Venus Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Existing VICI OP (“REIT Merger Sub”), VICI Properties OP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“New VICI Operating Company”), and MGM Resorts International, a Delaware corporation (“MGM”), entered into a definitive Master Transaction Agreement (the “Master Transaction Agreement”). Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Master Transaction Agreement, prior to or on the closing date under the Master Transaction Agreement, the Company will contribute its interest in Existing VICI OP to New VICI Operating Company, which will serve as a new operating company for the Company. Following the contribution transaction, MGP will merge with and into REIT Merger Sub, with REIT Merger Sub surviving the merger (the “REIT Merger”). Immediately following consummation of the REIT Merger, REIT Merger Sub will distribute the interests of the general partner of MGP OP to Existing VICI OP and, immediately following such distribution, REIT Merger Sub will merge with and into MGP OP, with MGP OP surviving the merger (the “Partnership Merger” and, together with the REIT Merger, the “Mergers”). A definitive joint proxy statement/information statement/prospectus (the “joint proxy/information statement”) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on September 23, 2021, in connection with, among other things, the Master Transaction Agreement.
In connection with the Mergers, nine lawsuits have been filed challenging disclosures related to the Mergers, captioned: (i) Lin v. MGM Growth Properties LLC, et al., No. 1:21-cv-07807 (SDNY) (filed September 17, 2021) (the “Lin Complaint”), (ii) Whitfield v. MGM Growth Properties LLC, et al., No. 1:21-cv-08110 (SDNY) (filed September 30, 2021) (the “Whitfield Complaint”), (iii) Bushansky v. VICI Properties Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-18429 (DNJ) (filed October 12, 2021) (the “Bushansky Complaint”), (iv) Kent v. VICI Properties, Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-08504 (SDNY) (filed October 15, 2021) (the “Kent Complaint”), (v) Mintz v. VICI Properties, Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-05788 (EDNY) (filed October 16, 2021) (the “Mintz Complaint”), (vi) Hopkins v. MGM Growth Properties LLC, et al., No. 2:21-cv-04556 (ED Pa) (filed October 18, 2021) (the “Hopkins Complaint”), (vii) Anderson v. VICI Properties Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-08603 (SDNY) (filed October 20, 2021) (the “Anderson Complaint”), (viii) Brown v. VICI Properties Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-08621 (SDNY) (filed October 20, 2021) (the “Brown Complaint”) and (ix) Finger v. VICI Properties Inc., et al., No. 2:21-cv-19213 (DNJ) (filed October 21, 2021) (the “Finger Complaint”). The Lin Complaint, the Whitfield Complaint and the Hopkins Complaint were filed by purported MGP shareholders and name as defendants MGP, MGP OP, MGM, the individual members of the MGP board of directors, the Company, New VICI Operating Company, the Existing VICI OP and REIT Merger Sub. The Bushansky Complaint, the Kent Complaint, the Mintz Complaint, the Anderson Complaint, the Brown Complaint and the Finger Complaint were filed by purported stockholders of the Company and name as defendants the Company and the individual members of the Company’s board of directors. The Lin Complaint alleges that the September 8, 2021 registration statement on Form S-4 regarding the proposed Mergers contains inadequate disclosures in violation of the federal securities laws. The Whitfield Complaint, the Bushansky Complaint, the Kent Complaint, the Mintz Complaint, the Hopkins Complaint, the Anderson Complaint, the Brown Complaint and the Finger Complaint allege that the joint proxy/information statement regarding the proposed Mergers contains inadequate disclosures in violation of the federal securities laws. The plaintiffs in each action seek, among other things, to enjoin the Mergers and the transactions contemplated by the Master Transaction Agreement and an award of costs and attorneys’ fees. Additional lawsuits arising out of the Mergers may be filed in the future.
The Company believes that the disclosures set forth in the joint proxy/information statement comply fully with all applicable laws and denies the allegations in the pending actions described above and believes they are without merit. Nevertheless, in order to moot plaintiffs’ disclosure claims, avoid nuisance and possible expense and business delays, and provide additional information to its stockholders, the Company has determined voluntarily to supplement certain disclosures in the joint proxy/information statement with the supplemental disclosures set forth below (the “Supplemental Disclosures”). Nothing in the Supplemental Disclosures shall be deemed an admission of the legal merit of the various litigation matters described above, or of the necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of the disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, the Company specifically denies all allegations in the various litigation matters that any additional disclosure was or is required or material.