	sosnoff starts bid for caesars world caw mts uisition corp a company formed by martin t sosnoff said it has started a tender offer for all shares of caesars world inc at dlrs each in a newspaper advertisement mts said the offer and withdrawal rights expire april three unless extended sosnoff a new york investor already owns about four mln of caesars mln shares outstanding or about pct and is caesars largest shareholder caesars owns casino hotels in nevada and honeymoon resorts in pennsylvania s pocono mountains it also controls caesars new jersey inc cjn which owns an atlantic city n j casino hotel for the second quarter ended january caesars world earned mln dlrs on revenues of mln dlrs up from earnings of dlrs and revenues of mln dlrs a year before for all of fiscal the company earned mln dlrs on revenues of mln dlrs mts said the offer is conditioned on receipt of at least enough shares to give sosnoff a majority interest on a fully diluted basis the arrangement of sufficient financing to buy all caesars shares not already owned and pay related costs and approval by the new jersey casino control commission and the nevada gaming commission and state gaming control board mts said marine midland banks inc mm has committed to lend it mln dlrs for the uisition and use its best efforts to syndicate another mln dlrs in senior financing for the transaction it said its financial adviser painewebber group inc pwj has stated in writing that subject to market conditions it is highly confident that it can arrange commitments for up to mln dlrs in mezzanine financing mts said it does not expect problems in obtaining new jersey and nevada regulatory approval for the uisition since ownership in a caesars stake has already been cleared in june sosnoff requested a seat on the caesars world board a request that has not yet been granted in september sosnoff who is chairman of atalanta sosnoff capital corp filed for clearance under u s antitrust laws to raise his interest in caesars world to pct sosnoff said in a letter to caesars world chairman and chief executive officer henry gluck that the decision to go directly to the shareholders was made at the urging of may financial and legal advisors who repeatedly stressed to me the lack of responsiveness of the management in the past sosnoff who said he has made numerous efforts to express his views to management on ways of maximizing shareholder values said caesars twicce refused his request for a board seat my advisers felt that had i given you advance notice you would have used the time to throw up obstacles to my offer rather than giving it serious consideration he said sosnoff said he hopes that caesars world management will be willing to negotiate an uisition agreement with him as i have indicated publicly in the past i believe operating management of the company has performed well and that appropriate consideration should be given to a significant equity interest for them in the company following the uisition sosnoff said in the letter to gluck mts said sosnoff has asked the company to fix march as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to authorize action without a meeting including the election or removal of directors reuter 
