Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
1. Nature of Operations and Recent Developments
Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc. (formerly known as Landcadia Holdings II, Inc. or “GNOG”, the “Company”, “we”, “our” or “us”) is an online gaming, or iGaming, and digital sports entertainment company focused on providing our customers with the most enjoyable, realistic and exciting online gaming experience in the market. We currently operate in New Jersey, Michigan and West Virginia where we offer patrons the ability to play their favorite casino games and bet on live-action sports events, and in Virginia, where we offer online sports betting only.
Acquisition Transaction
On December 29, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) we completed the acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming, LLC (formerly known as Golden Nugget Online Gaming, Inc., or “Old GNOG”), a New Jersey limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of GNOG Holdco (“GNOG LLC”). The acquisition was completed pursuant to the purchase agreement, dated June 28, 2020 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, LHGN HoldCo, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Landcadia Holdco”), Landry’s Fertitta, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“LF LLC”), GNOG Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of LF LLC (“GNOG Holdco”), and GNOG LLC. The transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement are referred to herein as the “Acquisition Transaction.” The Acquisition Transaction was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization and the reported amounts from operations prior to the Acquisition Transaction are those of Old GNOG.
Following the Acquisition Transaction, we operate as an umbrella partnership C-corporation, or “Up-C,” meaning that substantially all of our assets are held indirectly through Golden Nugget Online Gaming LLC (“GNOG LLC”), our indirect subsidiary, and our business is conducted through GNOG LLC.
DraftKings Merger
On August 9, 2021, the Company, DraftKings Inc., a Nevada corporation (“DraftKings”), New Duke Holdco, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of DraftKings (“New DraftKings”), Duke Merger Sub, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New DraftKings (“Duke Merger Sub”), and Gulf Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New DraftKings (“Gulf Merger Sub” and, together with Duke Merger Sub, the “Merger Subs”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which DraftKings will, among other things, acquire all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock (the “GNOG Shares”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the other related transactions are referred to herein as the “DraftKings Merger”.
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (a) at the Duke Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Duke Merger Sub will be merged with and into DraftKings in accordance with the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”), with DraftKings becoming the surviving corporation (the “Duke Surviving Corporation”) and (b) at the Gulf Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Gulf Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), with the Company becoming the surviving corporation (the “Gulf Surviving Corporation”, and together with the Duke Surviving Corporation, collectively the “Surviving Corporations”). In connection with the DraftKings Merger, certain affiliates of Tilman Fertitta will consummate certain reorganization transactions to allow Landcadia HoldCo, LLC to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company following the consummation of the DraftKings Merger.
The Merger Agreement provides that upon the consummation of the DraftKings Merger, each holder of GNOG Shares (each, a “GNOG Shareholder”) will receive 0.365 (the “Exchange Ratio”) of a share of New DraftKings Class A common stock (the “New DraftKings Class A Common Stock”) for each GNOG Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Gulf Effective Time, other than any Excluded Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement).
Each share of DraftKings Class A common stock (“DraftKings Class A Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Duke Effective Time (other than excluded shares) will be cancelled, cease to