Isle of Capri casinos announces sale of facility in Coventry, UK

The total price for the acquisition by Rank is us$ 940,000. In conjunction with the transaction, the firm also executed a buy-out of the company's obligations under the Coventry casino lease for us$ 11.2 million, and releases Isle from its parent guaranty under the lease.

Donn Mitchell, senior vice president of UK operations, said, "We have taken a significant step forward in our plans to focus on U.S. operations by arranging for a discounted buy-out of the Coventry casino lease and sale of the Coventry casino operations to Rank. We are very pleased with the outcome of this transaction as the deal enables us to strategically exit the UK on good terms from all ongoing financial obligations, including our lease with the Ricoh arena."

"Additionally, the property will continue to operate under the management of one of the top UK gaming companies, so we do not expect the impact of a closure to be felt by employees or patrons," Mitchell added.

"We built a magnificent facility in Coventry hoping to take advantage of changes in the UK gaming laws that did not occur, and have executed this deal in order to substantially mitigate the negative financial impact we expected to incur should we have continued to operate our facility there moving forward," concluded Mitchell.