HGV files resale of 7,000,000 shares with concurrent $40M buyback plan
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (HGV) filed a preliminary prospectus supplement registering the resale of up to 7,000,000 shares of common stock by selling stockholders, with an underwriter option for an additional 1,050,000 shares. The company will not receive proceeds from these sales; instead, subject to this offering closing, HGV intends to concurrently repurchase up to approximately $40 million of the same shares from the underwriters at the offering price and then cancel them. The repurchase was reviewed by the Audit Committee on July 28, 2025 and approved by the board on July 29, 2025.
Key facts in the filing: HGV common stock trades on the NYSE under HGV and last traded at $43.51 on August 11, 2025; outstanding shares used for percentage calculations were 89,049,615 as of August 11, 2025. The selling holders include Apollo-related entities that beneficially held 19,593,761 (22.0%) and 6,702,064 (7.5%) shares respectively. The prospectus also highlights HGV operations and scale: acquisition of Bluegreen (completed January 17, 2024), over 200 properties and ~725,000 members as of June 30, 2025.
Positive
- Concurrent Share Repurchase: Board- and Audit Committee-approved plan to repurchase up to $40 million of offering shares and cancel them.
- Scale and reach: Filing states HGV completed the acquisition of Bluegreen (Jan 17, 2024), operates over 200 properties and had approximately 725,000 members as of June 30, 2025.
- Clear underwriting structure: Wells Fargo Securities named as book-running manager and underwriter representative; underwriter option disclosed (1,050,000 shares for 30 days).
Negative
- No proceeds to company: All proceeds from the resale will be received by the Selling Stockholders; HGV will not receive offering proceeds.
- Affiliate conflict: Apollo Global Securities (AGS) is affiliated with the selling stockholders, creating a FINRA Rule 5121 conflict of interest disclosed in the filing.
- Large selling interests: Apollo-related selling holders are disclosed with 19,593,761 (22.0%) and 6,702,064 (7.5%) shares, indicating substantial blocks registered for resale.
- Potential dilution sources outstanding: The filing discloses 2,337,832 options, 2,527,108 restricted stock awards, and 3,874,347 shares reserved for issuance as of July 31, 2025.
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TL;DR: This is a selling-stockholder resale of 7M shares with a company-funded concurrent repurchase up to $40M; proceeds go to sellers, not HGV.
The filing registers a sizeable resale by existing holders while disclosing a board-approved program to buy up to ~$40 million of those same shares from underwriters and cancel them. The offering is an affiliate resale (Apollo-related selling holders) and is being underwritten with Wells Fargo as representative. Important investor facts are explicit: the company receives no proceeds from the resale, the underwriters have a 30-day option for 1,050,000 additional shares, and AGS presents a FINRA Rule 5121 conflict. These elements could influence near-term trading liquidity and shareholder register composition, but the document provides no new operating results or guidance.
TL;DR: Significant Apollo-affiliated holdings are being registered for resale; board and audit committee approved a concurrent repurchase and cancellation.
The prospectus details governance actions: the Audit Committee reviewed and the board approved the concurrent repurchase in late July 2025. Selling holders include Apollo-related entities holding large stakes disclosed as 19,593,761 and 6,702,064 shares. The filing also outlines lock-up mechanics and extensive exceptions, and discloses a FINRA Rule 5121 conflict for AGS due to affiliate relationships. These disclosures are material to control, ownership transferability, and potential conflicts in execution of the distribution, and they appropriately document required approvals and underwriter arrangements.
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Per Share | Total | |||||
Public offering price | $ | $ | ||||
Underwriting discount(1) | $ | $ | ||||
Proceeds, before expenses, to the Selling Stockholders | $ | $ |
(1) | See “Underwriting (Conflict of Interest)” for a description of compensation payable to the underwriters by the Selling Stockholders. |
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT | S-ii | ||
TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES | S-iii | ||
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SUMMARY | S-1 | ||
THE OFFERING | S-2 | ||
SUPPLEMENTAL RISK FACTORS | S-4 | ||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | S-5 | ||
USE OF PROCEEDS | S-6 | ||
THE SHARE REPURCHASE | S-7 | ||
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | S-8 | ||
UNDERWRITING (CONFLICT OF INTEREST) | S-9 | ||
LEGAL MATTERS | S-16 | ||
EXPERTS | S-16 | ||
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | S-17 | ||
INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION BY REFERENCE | S-18 | ||
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS | ii | ||
TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES | ii | ||
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY | 1 | ||
RISK FACTORS | 3 | ||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 4 | ||
USE OF PROCEEDS | 5 | ||
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | 6 | ||
MATERIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | 7 | ||
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND ESTATE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF OUR COMMON STOCK | 8 | ||
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | 12 | ||
LEGAL MATTERS | 16 | ||
EXPERTS | 16 | ||
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | 16 | ||
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE | 17 | ||
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• | 2,337,832 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding as of July 31, 2025; |
• | 2,527,108 shares of common stock issuable upon vesting of restricted stock awards outstanding as of July 31, 2025; and |
• | 3,874,347 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance as of July 31, 2025 under our compensation plans. |
• | no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional shares; and |
• | no exercise of the outstanding options described above. |
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Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned Before the Offering and Share Repurchase | Shares of Common Stock to be Sold in the Offering and Share Repurchase Assuming Underwriter’s Option is Not Exercised(1) | Shares of Common Stock to be Sold in the Offering and Share Repurchase Assuming Underwriter’s Option is Exercised(1) | Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After the Offering and Share Repurchase Assuming Underwriter’s Option is Not Exercised(2) | Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned After the Offering and Share Repurchase Assuming Underwriter’s Option is Exercised(2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number | Percent | Number | Number | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||||||||||||||||
AP VIII Dakota Holdings Borrower, L.P.(3) | 19,593,761 | 22.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Dakota Co-Invest, L.P.(3) | 6,702,064 | 7.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) | Represents the number of shares offered by the Selling Stockholders pursuant to this prospectus supplement. |
(2) | Assumes that each Selling Stockholder disposes of all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus supplement and does not acquire beneficial ownership of any additional shares. |
(3) | AP VIII Dakota Holdings Borrower, L.P. (“Dakota Holdings Borrower”) and AP Dakota Co-Invest, L.P. (“Dakota Co-Invest”) each hold shares of common stock and may each sell shares of common stock in this offering. AP VIII Dakota Holdings Borrower GP, LLC (“Borrower GP LLC”) serves as the general partner of Dakota Holdings Borrower and AP VIII Dakota Holdings, L.P. (“Dakota Holdings LP”) serves as the sole member of Borrower GP LLC. Apollo Advisors VIII, L.P (“Advisors VIII”) serves as the general partner of Dakota Holdings LP. Advisors VIII is the sole member of AP Dakota Co-Invest GP, LLC (“Dakota Co-Invest GP”), which serves as the general partner of Dakota Co-Invest. Apollo Capital Management VIII, LLC (“Capital Management VIII”) serves as the general partner of Advisors VIII. APH Holdings, L.P. (“APH Holdings”) serves as the sole member of Capital Management VIII, and Apollo Principal Holdings A GP, Ltd (“Principal A GP”) serves as the general partner of APH Holdings. The managers, directors and principal executive officers of Principal A GP are Messrs. Marc Rowan Scott Kleinman, and James Zelter. The address of the Selling Stockholders, Dakota Holdings Borrower, Dakota Holdings LP, Advisors VIII, Capital Management VIII, APH Holdings, and each of Messrs. Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter is 9 West 57th Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10019. The address of Principal A GP is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008. Each of the entities listed above, other than the Selling Stockholders, and each of Messrs. Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter, disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of the Company’s common stock owned of record by the Selling Stockholders. |
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Underwriters | Number of Shares | ||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | |||
Total | 7,000,000 | ||
No Exercise | Full Exercise | |||||
Per Share | $ | $ | ||||
Total | $ | $ | ||||
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(1) | in the case of each transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (ii) through (ix) and (xi) above, (a) each trustee, distributee or transferee, as the case may be, agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein; and (b) any such transfer or distribution shall not involve a disposition for value, other than with respect to any such transfer or distribution for which the transferor or distributor receives (x) equity interests of such transferee or (y) such transferee’s interests in the transferor; and |
(2) | in the case of each transfer or distribution pursuant to clauses (ii) through (ix), if any public reports or filings (including filings under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act) reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Stock shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period or any extension thereof, the undersigned shall provide the representative prior written notice informing it of such report or filing. |
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a) | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under the Prospectus Regulation; |
b) | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representative for any such offer; or |
c) | in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation; |
a) | to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation; |
b) | to fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined under Article 2 of the UK Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of representative for any such offer; or |
c) | in any other circumstances falling within Section 86 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”); provided that no such offer of shares shall require us or any representative to publish a prospectus pursuant to Section 85 of the FSMA or supplement a prospectus pursuant to Article 23 of the UK Prospectus Regulation. |
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a) | a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or |
b) | a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor, |
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1) | to an institutional investor (for corporations, under Section 274 of the SFA) or to a relevant person defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or to any person arising from an offer referred to in |
2) | Section 275(1A) or Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA; |
3) | where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer; |
4) | where the transfer is by operation of law; |
5) | as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or |
6) | as specified in Regulation 32 of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Shares and Debentures) Regulations 2005 of Singapore. |
a) | does not constitute a disclosure document or a prospectus under Chapter 6D.2 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the “Corporations Act”); |
b) | has not been, and will not be, lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”), as a disclosure document for the purposes of the Corporations Act and does not purport to include the information required of a disclosure document for the purposes of the Corporations Act; and |
c) | may only be provided in Australia to select investors who are able to demonstrate that they fall within one or more of the categories of investors, available under section 708 of the Corporations Act (“Exempt Investors”). |
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• | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report”), including the portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 18, 2025 incorporated by reference into the 2024 Annual Report; |
• | Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on May 1, 2025 and July 31, 2025, respectively; |
• | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 23, 2025, February 3, 2025, February 7, 2025, March 7, 2025, March 24, 2025, May 7, 2025 and August 12, 2025; and |
• | The description of our common stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 of the 2024 Annual Report, including any amendment or report updating such description. |
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS | ii | ||
TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND TRADE NAMES | ii | ||
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY | 1 | ||
RISK FACTORS | 3 | ||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 4 | ||
USE OF PROCEEDS | 5 | ||
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | 6 | ||
MATERIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | 7 | ||
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND ESTATE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF OUR COMMON STOCK | 8 | ||
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | 12 | ||
LEGAL MATTERS | 16 | ||
EXPERTS | 16 | ||
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | 16 | ||
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE | 17 | ||
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Prior to the Offering | After the Offering | ||||||||||||||
Name of Selling Stockholder | Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned | Percent of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding.(1) | Number of Shares of Common Stock Being Registered for Resale | Number of Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned(2) | Percent of Shares of Common Stock Outstanding | ||||||||||
AP VIII Dakota Holdings Borrower, L.P.(3) | 19,593,761 | 22.0% | 19,593,761 | — | — | ||||||||||
AP Dakota Co-Invest, L.P.(3) | 6,702,064 | 7.5% | 6,702,064 | — | — | ||||||||||
(1) | Based on 89,049,615 shares outstanding as of August 11, 2025. |
(2) | Assumes that the Selling Stockholders dispose of all of the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus and do not acquire beneficial ownership of any additional shares. The registration of these shares does not necessarily mean that the Selling Stockholders will sell all or any portion of the shares covered by this prospectus. |
(3) | AP VIII Dakota Holdings Borrower, L.P. (“Dakota Holdings Borrower”) and AP Dakota Co-Invest, L.P. (“Dakota Co-Invest”) each hold shares of common stock and may each sell shares of common stock in this offering. AP VIII Dakota Holdings Borrower GP, LLC (“Borrower GP LLC”) serves as the general partner of Dakota Holdings Borrower and AP VIII Dakota Holdings, L.P. (“Dakota Holdings LP”) serves as the sole member of Borrower GP LLC. Apollo Advisors VIII, L.P (“Advisors VIII”) serves as the general partner of Dakota Holdings LP. Advisors VIII is the sole member of AP Dakota Co-Invest GP, LLC (“Dakota Co-Invest GP”), which serves as the general partner of Dakota Co-Invest. Apollo Capital Management VIII, LLC (“Capital Management VIII”) serves as the general partner of Advisors VIII. APH Holdings, L.P. (“APH Holdings”) serves as the sole member of Capital Management VIII, and Apollo Principal Holdings A GP, Ltd (“Principal A GP”) serves as the general partner of APH Holdings. The managers, directors and principal executive officers of Principal A GP are Messrs. Marc Rowan Scott Kleinman, and James Zelter. The address of the Selling Stockholders, Dakota Holdings Borrower, Dakota Holdings LP, Advisors VIII, Capital Management VIII, APH Holdings, and each of Messrs. Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter is 9 West 57th Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York 10019. The address of Principal A GP is c/o Walkers Corporate Limited, Cayman Corporate Centre, 27 Hospital Road, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-9008. Each of the entities listed above, other than the Selling Stockholders, and each of Messrs. Rowan, Kleinman and Zelter, disclaims beneficial ownership of any shares of the Company’s common stock owned of record by the Selling Stockholders. |
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• | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation, or an entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust if (1) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of the trust’s substantial decisions or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. |
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• | the gain is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business of the non-U.S. holder or, if an applicable income tax treaty so provides, is attributable to a permanent establishment maintained in the United States by such non-U.S. holder, in which case the non-U.S. holder generally will be taxed at the graduated U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to U.S. persons (as defined in the Code) (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty) and, if the non-U.S. holder is a foreign corporation, the branch profits tax described above in “Distributions on Our Common Stock” also may apply; |
• | the non-U.S. holder is a nonresident alien individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and certain other conditions are met, in which case the non-U.S. holder will be subject to a 30% tax (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on the net gain derived from the disposition, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses of the non-U.S. holder, if any (even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States); or |
• | our common stock constitutes a U.S. real property interest because we are, or have been, at any time during the five-year period preceding such disposition (or the non-U.S. holder’s holding period, if shorter) a “United States real property holding corporation.” Generally, a corporation is a United States |
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• | a U.S. person (including a foreign branch or office of such person), |
• | a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, |
• | a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income from certain periods is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, or |
• | a foreign partnership if at any time during its tax year (a) one or more of its partners are U.S. persons who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interests of the partnership or (b) the foreign partnership is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. |
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• | at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed; |
• | at market prices prevailing at the time of sale; |
• | at prices related to such prevailing market prices; |
• | at varying prices determined at the time of sale; or |
• | at negotiated prices. |
• | in transactions on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Shares may be listed or quoted at the time of sale; |
• | in transactions in the over-the-counter market; |
• | in block transactions in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the Shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction, or in crosses, in which the same broker acts as an agent on both sides of the trade; |
• | through the writing of options; or |
• | through other types of transactions. |
• | ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits purchasers; |
• | one or more block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell such Shares as agent or principal of all of such Shares held by the Selling Stockholders; |
• | purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by such broker-dealer for its account; |
• | an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange; |
• | through trading plans entered into by a Selling Stockholder pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act that are in place at the time of an offering pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement hereto that provide for periodic sales of their securities on the basis of parameters described in such trading plans; |
• | settlement of short sales effected after the date of this prospectus; |
• | through the writing or settlement of options or other hedging transactions, whether through an options exchange or otherwise; |
• | through one or more underwritten offerings on a firm commitment or best efforts basis; |
• | privately negotiated transactions; |
• | agreements between broker-dealers and the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such Shares at a stipulated price per Share; |
• | a combination of any such methods of sale; and |
• | any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law. |
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• | commercial and savings banks; |
• | insurance companies; |
• | pension funds; |
• | investment companies; and |
• | educational and charitable institutions. |
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• | Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 3, 2025 (the “2024 Annual Report”), including the portions of our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 18, 2025 incorporated by reference into the 2024 Annual Report; |
• | Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2025 filed with the SEC on May 1, 2025 and July 31, 2025, respectively; |
• | Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 23, 2025, February 3, 2025, February 7, 2025, March 7, 2025, March 24, 2025, May 7, 2025 and August 12, 2025; and |
• | The description of our common stock contained in Exhibit 4.1 of the 2024 Annual Report, including any amendment or report updating such description. |
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