ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
1. Sale of American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC
On February 20, 2008, American Entertainment Properties Corp. (“AEP”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises, completed the sale of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of ACEP, which comprises all of our remaining gaming operations, to W2007/ACEP Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, a series of real estate investment funds affiliated with Goldman Sachs & Co. for $1.2 billion, plus or minus certain adjustments such as working capital, more fully described in the agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, AEP caused ACEP to repay from funds provided by AEP, the principal, interest, prepayment penalty or premium due on ACEP’s 7.85% senior secured notes due 2012 and ACEP’s senior secured credit facility. With this transaction, Icahn Enterprises anticipates realizing a gain of approximately $700 million on its investments in ACEP, before income taxes. ACEP’s casino assets are comprised of the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower, the Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, the Arizona Charlie’s Boulder and the Aquarius Casino Resort.
On November 5, 2007, Icahn Enterprises acquired, through a subsidiary, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of PSC Metals from Philip Services Corporation (“Philip”) for $335.0 million in cash. PSC Metals is engaged in transporting, recycling and processing metals.
On December 5, 2007, we filed a current report on Form 8-K to provide our supplemental consolidated financial statements relating to our acquisition of PSC Metals, Inc. (“PSC Metals”). PSC Metals is considered an entity under common control. As a result, we provided supplemental consolidated financial statements to include PSC Metals’ financial results since December 31, 2003, the period of common control.
3. Pro Forma Adjustments — Disposition of ACEP
| 3a | To record the following adjustments to cash: |
| | (in 000s) | |
Estimated gross proceeds from sale of ACEP | | $ | 1,200,000 | (1) |
Add: net working capital | | | 65,964 | |
Total proceeds | | | 1,265,964 | |
Repayment of long-term debt | | | (255,000 | ) |
Debt interest and redemption fees | | | (12,972 | ) |
Estimated transaction costs | | | (7,405 | ) |
Stay bonuses | | | (3,618 | ) |
Total adjustments to cash | | $ | 986,969 | |
(1) We elected to deposit approximately $1.156 billion of the gross proceeds from the sale into escrow accounts to fund investment activities through tax-deferred exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. Such proceeds were received into the escrow accounts pending the fulfillment of Section 1031 exchange requirements, which amount is presented as restricted cash in the accompanying pro forma balance sheet. There are no assurances that we will fulfill our Section 1031 exchange obligations using the entire amount of proceeds placed into escrow.
| 3b | Reflects the elimination of the September 30, 2007 carrying value of the assets and liabilities of ACEP. |
| 3c | Reflects the estimated amount of income taxes payable relating to the sale of ACEP. |
| 3d | Reflects the amount of the estimated net gain on the transaction, net of income taxes. |