Landry’s Restaurants Inc. said Tuesday it will offer up to $87 million in senior secured notes in a private placement to pay for part of its Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. acquisition.
The $87 million, offered at 11.625 percent, would be an add-on at the same terms as the restaurant and gaming company’s previously issued notes, which carry an aggregate principal of $453.5 million, and are due in 2015.
Landry’s said last month it was acquiring the 32-unit Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. casual-dining chain, based in San Clemente, Calif. The deal has yet to close. A week earlier, it acquired the Claim Jumper chain through a bankruptcy court auction.
Also this year, Landry’s founder and chief executive, Tilman Fertitta, closed on a $1.4 billion deal to take the Houston-based company private.
Landry’s owns such restaurant brands as Rainforest Cafe, Saltgrass Steak House, Landry’s Seafood House, Charley’s Crab and The Chart House. In addition, it owns Vic & Anthony’s, Brenner’s Steakhouse, Grotto, LaGriglia, Pesce, Willie G’s and Oceanaire.
Its other hospitality businesses include the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casinos in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada, the Kemah Boardwalk, the San Luis Resort, Inn at the Ball Park and the Downtown Aquarium in Denver and Houston.
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