{"id":777027874,"date":"2025-06-17T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777027874"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:50:48","slug":"no-rating-impact-from-sjm-holdings-acquisition-plan-satellite-casino-closures-according-to-fitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/no-rating-impact-from-sjm-holdings-acquisition-plan-satellite-casino-closures-according-to-fitch","title":{"rendered":"No rating impact from SJM satellite casino acquisitions and closures, Fitch says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ratings agency expects the impact will be \u201cmanageable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Fitch Ratings has forecast that SJM Holdings\u2019 plan to acquire the properties of Casino L\u2019Arc Macau and Casino Ponte 16 and to discontinue remaining satellite casinos<\/a> is unlikely to significantly impact its credit profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, SJM<\/a> announced that it intends to acquire the properties where Casino L\u2019Arc Macau and Casino Ponte 16 are located and continue the casino operations as self-promoted casinos.\u00a0It will discontinue its remaining seven satellite casinos upon expiry of their service agreements on December 31, which marks the end of the three-year transition period for satellite casinos<\/a> under the previous profit-sharing model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitch believes the potential debt-funded acquisitions could have a \u201cmoderate negative impact on SJM\u2019s leverage profile,\u201d as the additional debt would be partially offset by additional EBITDA from the casinos at the two properties.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cwe expect the impact to be manageable and we continue to expect SJM’s EBITDA net leverage to decline to below 5x, our negative rating sensitivity, in 2027,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fitch estimates that SJM may reallocate around 300 tables and 4,000 staff from the satellite casinos to its self-operated casinos, such as Grand Lisboa Palace, which has the capacity for over 300 tables compared with about 210 in operation.\u00a0
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Macau GGR rises slightly in March<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The ratings agency expects the impact will be \u201cmanageable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777029775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SJM Holdings plans to acquire the properties of Casino L\u2019Arc Macau and Casino Ponte 16, transitioning them to self-promoted casinos, while discontinuing its remaining seven satellite casinos by December 31st, aligning with the end of the regulatory transition period. Fitch Ratings anticipates a manageable impact on SJM's credit profile, projecting a moderate negative effect on leverage from debt-funded acquisitions, which will be partially offset by additional EBITDA, with net leverage expected to decline below 5x by 2027. This strategic consolidation involves reallocating approximately 300 tables and 4,000 staff to self-operated venues like Grand Lisboa Palace.","focusai_entities":"Fitch Ratings, SJM Holdings, Casino L\u2019Arc Macau, Casino Ponte 16, Grand Lisboa Palace","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SJM's Operational Synergies","query":"What specific operational synergies and cost efficiencies does SJM Holdings anticipate from integrating Casino L\u2019Arc Macau and Casino Ponte 16 into its self-promoted portfolio, and how will this impact its NGR margins?"},{"label":"Macau Regulatory Evolution","query":"How might the successful conclusion of the satellite casino transition period influence future regulatory adjustments or licensing frameworks for concessionaires within the Macau gaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[29,24619,17703,257],"class_list":["post-777027874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-casino","tag-finance","tag-fitch-ratings","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777027874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027908,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027874\/revisions\/777027908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777027874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777027874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777027874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}