Article: Morgans Hotel Group Announces Equity Partner for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Acquisition.

DLJ Merchant Banking Partners Enters Into Agreement to Provide Two-Thirds of Equity to Fund Transaction

NEW YORK -- Morgans Hotel Group Co. (Nasdaq: MHGC) ("MHG") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners ("DLJMB"), a leading private equity investment affiliate of Credit Suisse, under which DLJMB and MHG will form a joint venture, Hard Rock Holdings, into which DLJMB and affiliates will invest up to $250 million in total equity in connection with the acquisition and development of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and related assets. Following the acquisition of the Hard Rock, the joint venture will ...

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