FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

April 12, 2012

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-10410   62-1411755
(State of Incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

One Caesars Palace Drive

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(702) 407-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Section 1—Registrant’s Business and Operations

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 12, 2012, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (collectively, the “Manager”), as sales agent and/or principal, pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell up to 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Shares”) from time to time. Sales of the Shares, if any, made under the Distribution Agreement will be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions, in block transactions, or as otherwise agreed upon by the Manager and the Company. The Shares have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-180115) of the Company, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated April 12, 2012 relating to the Shares, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act on April 12, 2012.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

1.1    Equity Distribution Agreement, dated April 12, 2012, between Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Date: April 12, 2012   By:  

/s/ MICHAEL D. COHEN

    Michael D. Cohen
   

Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

1.1    Equity Distribution Agreement, dated April 12, 2012, between Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.