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Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit) Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
Equity Repurchase Program

In April 2016, the Company's board of directors authorized an equity repurchase program of up to $1.00 billion, which may include repurchases by the Company of its common stock from time to time through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, and under plans complying with Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company repurchased 2,956,331 shares of its common stock at average prices of $57.95 per share for an aggregate cost of $171.3 million under the equity repurchase program. Any shares repurchased pursuant to the equity repurchase program are held as treasury shares. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company did not repurchase any of its shares under the program. As of December 31, 2022, the Company had $628.8 million in repurchase authority remaining under the program.

Equity Offering

On February 11, 2021, the Company completed a registered public offering of 7,475,000 newly issued shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a price of $115.00 per share for proceeds of $841.9 million, net of $17.7 million in underwriting discounts and commissions. The Company used the net proceeds from this equity offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of debt.

Dividends

During the first quarter of 2020, the Company paid a cash dividend of $1.00 per share. On May 6, 2020, the Company announced that it had suspended its quarterly dividend program due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recorded $107.5 million as a reduction of retained earnings from cash dividends declared.

Noncontrolling Interests

Wynn Macau, Limited

In October 2009, WML, the developer, owner and operator of Wynn Macau and Wynn Palace, listed its ordinary shares of common stock on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited through an initial public offering. The Company currently owns approximately 72% of this subsidiary's common stock. The shares of WML were not and will not be registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent a registration under the Securities Act, or an applicable exception from such registration requirements.

The WML board of directors concluded not to recommend the payment of a dividend with respect to the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, WML paid no dividends during 2022, 2021, and 2020.

Retail Joint Venture

During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Retail Joint Venture made aggregate distributions of $27.7 million, $18.8 million and $6.2 million, respectively, to its non-controlling interest holder. For more information on the Retail Joint Venture, see Note 18, "Retail Joint Venture."

During the year ended December 31, 2022, in exchange for cash consideration of $50.0 million, the Company sold to Crown Acquisitions Inc. a 49.9% interest in certain additional retail space contributed by the Company to the Retail Joint Venture. In connection with this transaction, the Company recorded $48.6 million of additional paid-in capital and $1.5 million of noncontrolling interest, within Contribution from noncontrolling interest in the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Deficit for the year ended December 31, 2022.