Article: Penn National Gaming Closes $1.25 Billion Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock Transaction.

- Company Has Now Received Entire $1.475 Billion Related to Termination of Merger Agreement -

- Fortress Investment Group Chairman and CEO, Wesley R. Edens, Joins Penn National Gaming Board of Directors -

WYOMISSING, Pa. -- Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: PENN) (the "Company") announced today that it has issued 12,500 shares of its Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock due 2015 for $1.25 billion. The shares were purchased by certain funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) ("Fortress") and Centerbridge Partners, L.P. ("Centerbridge"), affiliates of Wachovia and affiliates of Deutsche Bank (collectively "the Purchasers"). ...

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