UNITED STATES |
FORM 8-A/A |
FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES |
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. |
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) |
Delaware | 88-0400631 | |
(State of Incorporation or Organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada | 89109 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
(Zip Code) |
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. [ X ] | If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. [ ] | |
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: N/A |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: |
Title of Each Class to be so Registered |
Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered |
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Preferred Share Purchase Rights | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: |
None |
(Title of Class) |
AMENDMENT NO.1 TO FORM 8-A |
We hereby amend the following items, exhibits or other portions of our Form 8-A filed on December 30, 1998 related to our Preferred Share Purchase Rights, as set forth below. |
Item 1. | Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered |
Item 1 of our Form 8-A filed on December 30, 1998 related to our Preferred Share Purchase Rights is hereby amended by adding the following text: |
On July 14, 2004, Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (the Company) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) among the Company, Harrahs Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Harrahs) and Harrahs Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Harrahs (Merger Sub), pursuant to which the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub (the Merger), on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement. In connection with the Merger Agreement and other related transactions contemplated thereby, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized the amendment of the Rights Agreement (the Rights Agreement), dated as of December 29, 1998, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as successor to ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. (the Rights Agent). |
On July 14, 2004, the Company and the Rights Agent executed an amendment (the Amendment) to the Rights Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Rights Agreement. The Amendment provides that (i) neither Harrahs nor any of its subsidiaries shall be deemed an Acquiring Person by virtue of the execution of the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and (ii) no Shares Acquisition Date, no Trigger Date or no Distribution Date shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of the execution of the Merger Agreement or consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. |
The Rights Agreement, including the form of the Rights Certificate, is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 1998 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Amendment is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Rights Agreement and the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits. |
Item 2. | Exhibits |
Exhibit No. | Description |
4.1 | Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2004, between Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
SIGNATURE |
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. |
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. |
By: | /s/ Bernard E. DeLury, Jr. | |||
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Name: | Bernard E. DeLury, Jr. | |
Title: |
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
Date: | July 15, 2004 |
EXHIBIT INDEX |
Exhibit No. | Description |
4.1 | Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2004, between Caesars Entertainment, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |