On April 29, 2022, we closed on the previously announced MGP Transactions governed by the MGP Master Transaction Agreement, pursuant to which we acquired MGP for total consideration of $11.6 billion, plus the assumption of approximately $5.7 billion principal amount of debt, inclusive of our 50.1% share of the BREIT JV CMBS debt. Upon closing, the MGP Transactions added $1,012.0 million of annualized rent to our portfolio from 15 Class A entertainment casino resort properties spread across nine regions and comprising 36,000 hotel rooms, 3.6 million square feet of meeting and convention space and hundreds of food, beverage and entertainment venues.

MGP’s portfolio, including properties owned by the BREIT JV, includes seven large-scale entertainment and gaming-related properties located on the Las Vegas Strip: Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand Las Vegas, The Mirage, Park MGM, New York-New York (and The Park, a dining and entertainment district located between New York-New York and Park MGM), Luxor and Excalibur. Outside of Las Vegas, MGP also owns eight high-quality casino resort properties: MGM Grand Detroit in Detroit, Michigan, Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi, Gold Strike Tunica in Tunica, Mississippi, Borgata in Atlantic City, New Jersey, MGM National Harbor in Prince George’s County, Maryland, MGM Northfield Park in Northfield, Ohio, Empire City in Yonkers, New York and MGM Springfield in Springfield, Massachusetts. MGP’s portfolio includes two of the five largest hotels in the United States and two of the three largest Las Vegas resorts by room count and convention space.

•MGP Master Transaction Agreement. On August 4, 2021, we entered into the MGP Master Transaction Agreement by and among the Company, MGP, MGP OP, VICI LP, REIT Merger Sub, VICI OP, and MGM. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the MGP Master Transaction Agreement, upon the closing of the REIT Merger (as defined in the MGP Master Transaction Agreement) on April 29, 2022, each outstanding Class A common share, no par value per share, of MGP (“MGP Common Shares”) (other than MGP Common Shares then held in treasury by MGP or owned by any of MGP’s wholly owned subsidiaries) was converted into 1.366 (the “Exchange Ratio”) shares of common stock of the Company (such consideration, the “REIT Merger Consideration”), plus the right, if any, to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of our common stock into which such MGP Common Shares would have been converted. The outstanding Class B common share, no par value per share, of MGP (the “Class B Share”), which was held by MGM, was cancelled at the effective time of the REIT Merger. The REIT Merger is intended to qualify as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The number of MGP Common Shares converted to shares of VICI common stock was determined as follows:

Following the REIT Merger, pursuant to and subject to the terms set forth in the MGP Master Transaction Agreement, at the effective time of the Partnership Merger (as defined in the MGP Master Transaction Agreement), each limited partnership unit in MGP OP (other than the limited partnership units in MGP OP held by REIT Merger Sub or any subsidiary of MGP OP), all of which were held by MGM and certain of its subsidiaries, was converted into the right to receive a number of VICI OP Units (the “Partnership Merger Consideration”) equal to the Exchange Ratio. The Company redeemed a majority of the VICI OP Units received by MGM in the Partnership Merger for $4,404.0 million in cash using the proceeds from the April 2022 Notes offering (the “Redemption”), as further described in Note 7 - Debt. Following the Redemption, MGM retained approximately 12.2 million VICI OP Units.

•MGM Master Lease and BREIT JV Lease. Simultaneous with the closing of the Mergers on April 29, 2022, we entered into the MGM Master Lease. The MGM Master Lease has an initial term of 25 years, with three 10-year tenant renewal options and has an initial total annual rent of $860.0 million. Rent under the MGM Master Lease escalates at a rate of 2.0% per annum for the first 10 years and thereafter at the greater of 2.0% per annum or the increase in the consumer price index (“CPI”), subject to a 3.0% cap. The tenant’s obligations under the MGM Master Lease are guaranteed by MGM. The initial total annual rent under the MGM Master Lease will be reduced by (i) $90.0 million upon the close of MGM’s pending sale of the operations of the Mirage to Hard Rock and entrance into the Mirage Lease, as further described below under “Mirage Severance Lease” and (ii) $40.0 million upon the close of MGM’s pending sale of the operations of Gold Strike to Cherokee Nation Businesses, L.L.C. (“CNB”) and entrance into the Gold Strike Lease (as defined below), as further described below under “Gold Strike Severance Lease”.

Additionally, we retained MGP’s 50.1% ownership stake in the BREIT JV, which owns the real estate assets of MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay. The BREIT JV Lease remained unchanged and provides for current total annual base rent of approximately $303.8 million, of which approximately $152.2 million is attributable to our investment in the BREIT JV, and an initial term of thirty years with two 10-year tenant renewal options. Rent under the BREIT JV Lease escalates at a rate of 2.0% per annum for the first fifteen years and thereafter at the greater of 2.0% per annum or CPI, subject to a 3.0% cap. The tenant’s obligations under the BREIT JV Lease are guaranteed by MGM.

•Tax Protection Agreement. In connection with the closing of the MGP Transactions, we entered into a tax protection agreement with MGM (the “MGM Tax Protection Agreement”) pursuant to which VICI OP has agreed, subject to certain exceptions, for a period of 15 years following the closing of the Mergers (subject to early termination under certain circumstances), to indemnify MGM and certain of its subsidiaries (the “Protected Parties”) for certain tax liabilities resulting from (1) the sale, transfer, exchange or other disposition of a property owned directly or indirectly by MGP OP immediately prior to the closing date of the Mergers (each, a “Protected Property”), (2) a merger, consolidation, transfer of all assets of, or other significant transaction involving VICI OP pursuant to which the ownership interests of the Protected Parties in VICI OP are required to be exchanged in whole or in part for cash or other property, (3) the failure of VICI OP to maintain approximately $8.5 billion of nonrecourse indebtedness allocable to MGM, which amount may be reduced over time in accordance with the MGM Tax Protection Agreement, and (4) the failure of VICI OP or VICI to comply with certain tax covenants that would impact the tax liabilities of the Protected Parties. In the event that VICI OP or VICI breaches restrictions in the MGM Tax Protection Agreement, VICI OP will be liable for grossed-up tax amounts associated with the income or gain recognized as a result of such breach. In addition, the BREIT JV previously entered into a tax protection agreement with MGM with respect to built-in gain and debt maintenance related to MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay, which is effective through mid-2029, and by acquiring MGP, the Company bears its 50.1% proportionate share in the BREIT JV of any indemnity under this existing tax protection agreement.

•Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. On September 13, 2021, we announced that the VICI Issuers commenced (i) private exchange offers to certain eligible holders (collectively, the “Exchange Offers”) for any and all of each series of the MGP OP Notes for up to an aggregate principal amount of $4.2 billion of new notes issued by the VICI Issuers and (ii) consent solicitations with respect to each series of MGP OP Notes (collectively, the “Consent Solicitations”) to adopt certain proposed amendments to each of the indentures governing the MGP OP Notes (collectively, the “MGP OP Notes Indentures”), which, among other things, eliminate or modify certain of the covenants, restrictions, provisions and events of default in each of the MGP OP Notes Indentures.

Following the receipt of the requisite consents pursuant to the Consent Solicitations, on September 23, 2021, the MGP Issuers executed supplemental indentures to each of the MGP OP Notes Indentures in order to effect the proposed amendments (the “MGP OP Supplemental Indentures”). The MGP OP Supplemental Indentures became operative upon the settlement of the Exchange Offers and the Consent Solicitations on April 29, 2022 (the “Settlement Date”).

Upon completion of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, the VICI Issuers issued an aggregate principal amount of $4,110.0 million in Exchange Notes, each pursuant to a separate indenture dated as of April 29, 2022, among the VICI Issuers and the Trustee. Following the issuance of the Exchange Notes pursuant to the settlement of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, approximately $90.0 million aggregate principal amount of MGP OP Notes remain outstanding. See Note 7 - Debt for additional information.

•Mirage Lease. On December 13, 2021, in connection with MGM’s agreement to sell the operations of the Mirage Hotel & Casino (the “Mirage”), located in Las Vegas, NV, to Hard Rock, we agreed to enter into a new separate lease with Hard Rock related to the land and real estate assets of the Mirage (the “Mirage Lease”), and enter into an amendment to the MGM Master Lease relating to the sale of the Mirage. The Mirage Lease will have initial annual base rent of $90.0 million with other economic terms substantially similar to the MGM Master Lease, including a base term of 25 years with three 10-year tenant renewal options, escalation of 2.0% per annum (with escalation of the greater of 2.0% and CPI, capped at 3.0%, beginning in lease year 11) and minimum capital expenditure requirements of 1.0% of annual net revenue. Upon the closing of the sale of the Mirage, the MGM Master Lease will be amended to account for MGM’s divestiture of the Mirage operations and will result in a reduction of the annual base rent under the MGM Master Lease by $90.0 million. We expect these transactions to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022, and they remain subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Additionally, subject to certain conditions, we may fund up to $1.5 billion of Hard Rock’s redevelopment plan for the Mirage through our Partner Property Growth Fund if Hard Rock elects to seek third-party financing for such redevelopment. Specific terms of the redevelopment and related funding remain under discussion and subject to final documentation.

•Gold Strike Lease. On June 9, 2022, in connection with MGM’s agreement to sell the operations of Gold Strike Casino Resort (“Gold Strike”), located in Tunica, MS, we agreed to enter into a new separate lease with CNB related to the land and real estate assets of Gold Strike (the “Gold Strike Lease”), and enter into an amendment to the MGM Master Lease relating to the sale of Gold Strike. The Gold Strike Lease will have initial annual base rent of $40.0 million with other economic terms substantially similar to the MGM Master Lease, including a base term of 25 years with three 10-year tenant renewal options, escalation of 2.0% per annum (with escalation of the greater of 2.0% and CPI, capped at 3.0%, beginning in lease year 11) and minimum capital expenditure requirements of 1.0% of annual net revenue. Upon the closing of the sale of Gold Strike, the MGM Master Lease will be amended to account for MGM’s divestiture of the Gold Strike operations and will result in a reduction of the annual base rent under the MGM Master Lease by $40.0 million. We expect these transactions to be completed in the first half of 2023, and they remain subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

We assessed the MGP Transactions in accordance with ASC 805—“Business Combinations” (“ASC 805”), and determined that the acquisition of MGP did not meet the definition of a business as substantially all the assets were concentrated in a group of similarly identifiable acquired assets, and did not include a substantive process in the form of an acquired workforce. Accordingly, the MGP Transactions were accounted for as an asset acquisition under ASC 805-50 and we determined the consideration transferred under the MGP Transactions was $11.6 billion, comprised of the following:


(In thousands)	Amount
REIT Merger Consideration (1)	$	6,568,480
Redemption payment to MGM	4,404,000
VICI OP Units retained by MGM (2)	374,769
Repayment of MGP revolving credit facility (3)	90,000
Transactions costs (4)	119,741
Total consideration transferred	$	11,556,990
Assumption of MGP OP Notes and Exchange Notes, at principal value	4,200,000
Assumption of our proportionate share of the BREIT JV CMBS debt, at principal value	1,503,000
Total purchase price	$	17,259,990

(1) We valued the real estate portfolio at relative fair value using rent multiples taking into consideration a variety of factors, including (i) asset quality and location, (ii) property and lease-level operating performance and (iii) supply and demand dynamics of each property’s respective market. The multiples used ranged from 15.0x - 18.5x with a weighted average rent multiple of 16.7x, as determined using relative fair value.

(5) Amount represents the fair value of debt as of April 29, 2022, which is net of an estimated $93.9 million discount to the notional value. The fair value of our debt instruments was estimated using quoted prices for identical or similar liabilities in markets that are not active and, as such, these fair value measurements are considered Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Concurrent with the closing of the MGP Transactions and entry into the MGM Master Lease, we assessed the lease classification of the MGM Master Lease and determined that it met the definition of a sales-type lease. Further, since MGM controlled and consolidated MGP prior to the MGP Transactions, the lease was assessed under the sale-leaseback guidance and determined to be a failed sale-leaseback under which the lease is accounted for as a financing receivable under ASC 310. Accordingly, the relative fair value of the MGP assets of $14.2 billion was recorded as an Investment in leases - financing receivable on our Balance Sheet, net of allowance for credit losses in the amount of $431.5 million.

In relation to the BREIT JV, we determined that such investment is accounted for as an equity method investment and, accordingly, have recorded the relative fair value as an Investment in unconsolidated affiliate on our Balance Sheet. The requirement to record our investment in the BREIT JV at relative fair value under ASC 805 results in a difference in our acquired basis from that of the underlying records, or historical cost basis, of the BREIT JV. Accordingly, we compared our proportionate share of the historical cost basis of the BREIT JV as of April 29, 2022 to our proportionate share of the relative fair value, the difference of which is amortized through Income from unconsolidated affiliate over the life of the related asset or liability. As of June 30, 2022, the carrying value of our investment exceeded the underlying historical cost basis of our Investment in unconsolidated affiliate resulting in a basis difference of $646.4 million.

On February 23, 2022, we closed on the previously announced transaction to acquire all of the land and real estate assets associated with the Venetian Resort from Las Vegas Sands Corp. (“LVS”) for $4.0 billion in cash, and the Venetian Tenant acquired the operating assets of the Venetian Resort for $2.25 billion, of which $1.2 billion is in the form of a secured term loan from LVS and the remainder was paid in cash. We funded the Venetian Acquisition with (i) $3.2 billion in net proceeds from the physical settlement of the March 2021 Forward Sale Agreements and the September 2021 Forward Sale Agreements, (ii) an initial draw on the Revolving Credit Facility of $600.0 million (which was subsequently repaid in full using the proceeds from the April 2022 Notes offering), and (iii) cash on hand. Simultaneous with the closing of the Venetian Acquisition, we entered into the Venetian Lease with the Venetian Tenant. The Venetian Lease has an initial total annual rent of $250.0 million and an initial term of 30 years, with two 10-year tenant renewal options. The annual rent will be subject to escalation equal to the greater of 2.0% and the increase in the CPI, capped at 3.0%, beginning in the earlier of (i) the beginning of the third lease year, and (ii) the month following the month in which the net revenue generated by the Venetian Resort returns to its 2019 level (the year immediately prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic) on a trailing twelve-month basis. We determined that the land

In connection with the Venetian Acquisition, we entered into a Partner Property Growth Fund Agreement (“Venetian PGF”) with the Venetian Tenant. Under the Venetian PGF, we agreed to provide up to $1.0 billion for various development and construction projects affecting the Venetian Resort to be identified by the Venetian Tenant and that satisfy certain criteria more particularly set forth in the Venetian PGF, in consideration of additional incremental rent to be paid by the Venetian Tenant under the Venetian Lease and calculated in accordance with a formula set forth in the Venetian PGF. Upon execution of the Venetian PGF, we were required to estimate a CECL allowance related to the contractual commitments to extend credit, which is based on our best estimates of funding such commitments. Accordingly, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded an initial CECL allowance in Other liabilities in the amount of $8.3 million related to the estimate of our unfunded commitment under the Venetian PGF.

In addition, LVS agreed with the Venetian Tenant pursuant to an agreement (the “Contingent Lease Support Agreement”) entered into simultaneously with the closing of the Venetian Acquisition to provide lease payment support designed to guarantee the Venetian Tenant’s rent obligations under the Venetian Lease through 2023, subject to early termination if EBITDAR (as defined in such agreement) generated by the Venetian Resort in 2022 equals or exceeds $550.0 million, or a tenant change of control occurs. We are a third-party beneficiary of the Contingent Lease Support Agreement and have certain enforcement rights pursuant thereto. The Contingent Lease Support Agreement is limited to coverage of the Venetian Tenant’s rent obligations and does not cover any environmental expenses, litigation claims, or any cure or enforcement costs. The obligations of the Venetian Tenant under the Venetian Lease are not guaranteed by Apollo or any of its affiliates. After the termination of the Contingent Lease Support Agreement, the Venetian Tenant will be required to provide a letter of credit to secure seven and one-half months of the rent, real estate taxes and assessments and insurance obligations of the Venetian Tenant if the operating results from the Venetian Resort do not exceed certain thresholds.

On July 1, 2022, we entered into a loan with Great Wolf Resorts Inc. (“Great Wolf”), under which we agreed to provide up to $59.0 million of mezzanine financing (the “Great Wolf South Florida Loan”), the proceeds of which will be used to fund the development of Great Wolf Lodge South Florida, a more than $250.0 million, 500-room indoor water park resort project in Collier County, FL. The Great Wolf South Florida Loan has an initial term of 4 years with one 12-month extension option, subject to certain conditions.

On June 6, 2022, we entered into a $120.0 million delayed draw term loan (the “Cabot Citrus Farms Loan”) with Cabot, a developer, owner and operator of world-class destination golf resorts and communities, the proceeds of which will be used to fund Cabot’s property-wide transformation of Cabot Citrus Farms in Brooksville, Florida, with the addition of a new clubhouse, luxury lodging, health and wellness facilities and a vibrant village center. We also entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement, pursuant to which we will convert a portion of the Cabot Citrus Farms Loan into the ownership of certain Cabot Citrus Farms real estate assets and simultaneously enter into a triple-net lease with Cabot that has an initial term of 25 years, with five 5-year tenant renewal options.

On April 7, 2022, we entered into a loan with BigShots Golf (“BigShots Golf”), a subsidiary of ClubCorp Holdings, Inc. (“ClubCorp”), an Apollo fund portfolio company, to provide up to $80.0 million of mortgage financing (the “BigShots Loan”) for the construction of certain new BigShots Golf facilities throughout the United States. In addition, we entered into a right of first offer and call right agreement, pursuant to which (i) we have a call right to acquire the real estate assets associated with any BigShots Golf facility financed by us, which transaction will be structured as a sale leaseback, and (ii) for so long as the BigShots Loan remains outstanding and we continue to hold a majority interest therein, subject to additional terms and conditions, we will have a right of first offer on any multi-site mortgage, mezzanine, preferred equity, or other similar financing that is treated as debt to be obtained by BigShots Golf (or any of its affiliates) in connection with the development of BigShots Golf facilities.