Company: CZR
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001590895-25-000126
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Company: Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
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5-1 plan) or through privately negotiated transactions. In April 2025, we acquired 4,188,466 shares of our common stock at an aggregate value of $100 million, excluding commissions or applicable excise tax. As of June 30, 2025, we are authorized to repurchase up to $350 million of common stock under the 2024 Share Repurchase Program. See “Share Repurchase Program” below for details.

On July 8, 2025, we fully redeemed all of the $546 million outstanding principal amount of the CEI Senior Notes due 2027 and paid the related accrued interest and expenses with borrowings under the CEI Revolving Credit Facility and proceeds received from the partial repayment and sale of $225 million of notes receivable related to the previously disclosed WSOP trademark sale. As a result of the early repayment, we recognized approximately $4 million of loss on extinguishment of debt.

We expect that our primary capital requirements going forward will relate to servicing our outstanding indebtedness, rent payments under our GLPI Leases and VICI Leases, and the expansion and maintenance of our properties. Beginning in 2025 we have had, and expect to continue having, additional cash uses for operating activities as a result of federal and certain state income taxes.

A significant portion of our liquidity needs are for debt service and payments associated with our leases. Our estimated debt service (including principal and interest) is approximately $454 million for the remainder of 2025. We also lease certain real property assets from third parties, including VICI and GLPI. The VICI Leases are subject to annual escalations, that take effect in November of each year, based on the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”). In addition to the CPI escalator, our VICI Leases are also subject to a variable rent adjustment based on certain historical net revenues of our leased properties which began in November 2024. The next such lease year with a variable rent adjustment begins November 2027. We estimate our lease payments to VICI and GLPI to be approximately $673 million for the remainder of 2025. 

We make capital expenditures and perform continuing refurbishment and maintenance at our properties to maintain our quality standards. Our capital expenditure requirements for the remainder of 2025 include the completion of expansion and rebranding projects and hotel renovations. In addition, we anticipate continued investment in our Caesars Sportsbook and iGaming applications. 

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