Form 8-K CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT For: May 20
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E-mailUNITED 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
May 20, 2016 (May 18, 2016)
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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Amendment to the 2012 Performance Incentive Plan and Approval of 2009 Senior Executive Incentive Plan
Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders on May 18, 2016 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders approved (i) an amendment to the Company’s 2012 Performance Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) to increase by 7,500,000 the number of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that may be issued under the 2012 Plan and (ii) the Company’s 2009 Senior Executive Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “Senior Executive Incentive Plan”), for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
A summary of the material terms of the 2012 Plan is set forth on pages 51 through 58 of the Company's definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2016 and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of Amendment No. 3 to the 2012 Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
A summary of the material terms of the Senior Executive Incentive Plan is set forth on pages 59 through 61 of the Company's definitive proxy statement and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Senior Executive Incentive Plan, which was filed as Exhibit 10.90 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2013, and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
At the Annual Meeting, the Company's stockholders were requested to: (1) elect three directors to serve as Class I Directors to serve until the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company or until their successors are elected and qualified; (2) adopt of an advisory resolution to approve executive compensation; (3) ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2016; (4) approve an amendment to the 2012 Plan to increase by 7,500,000 the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, that may be issued under the 2012 Plan and (5) approve the Senior Executive Incentive Plan. The voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors
Votes For | Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | |
Jeffrey Benjamin | 119,931,452 | 9,392,750 | 9,115,057 |
Lynn Swann | 125,963,586 | 3,360,616 | 9,115,057 |
Fred Kleisner | 127,805,045 | 1,519,157 | 9,115,057 |
Proposal 2: Advisory Resolution to Approve Executive Compensation
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
123,693,958 | 5,047,570 | 582,672 | 9,115,059 |
Proposal 3: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | |
137,779,309 | 153,645 | 506,305 | |
Proposal 4: Approval of the Amendment to the 2012 Plan
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
114,137,180 | 14,703,931 | 483,090 | 9,115,058 |
Proposal 5: Approval of the Senior Executive Incentive Plan
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | Broker Non-Votes |
128,527,422 | 306,032 | 490,746 | 9,115,059 |
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibits are being furnished herewith:
Exhibit No. | Description |
10.1 | Amendment No. 3 to the Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2012 Performance Incentive Plan. |
10.2 | Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2009 Senior Executive Incentive Plan, amended and restated December 7, 2012 (filed as Exhibit 10.90 to Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed March 15, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 20, 2016 | CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION |
By: /s/ Scott E. Wiegand | |
Scott E. Wiegand | |
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and | |
Corporate Secretary | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description |
10.1 | Amendment No. 3 to the Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2012 Performance Incentive Plan. |
10.2 | Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2009 Senior Executive Incentive Plan, amended and restated December 7, 2012 (filed as Exhibit 10.90 to Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed March 15, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference) |
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO THE
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
2012 PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN
This Amendment No. 3 (“ Amendment”) to the Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2012 Performance Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), is adopted by Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Plan.
RECITALS
A. Section 4.2 of the Plan provides that the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered pursuant to awards granted under the Plan is the sum of (1) 14,867,018 shares of Common Stock, plus (2) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to stock options granted under the Company’s Management Equity Incentive Plan (the “MEIP”) and outstanding on the Stockholder Approval Date (as such term is used in the Plan) which expired, or for any reason were cancelled or terminated, after the Stockholder Approval Date without being exercised, plus (3) the number of shares of Common Stock that, as of the Stockholder Approval Date, remained available for issuance pursuant to the MEIP, other than shares of Common Stock subject to options that were outstanding as of the Stockholder Approval Date.
B. Section 8.6 of the Plan provides that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) may amend or modify the Plan at any time, provided , however , that to the extent necessary to comply with any applicable law, the Company must obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment as required.
C. The Board believes it to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to amend the Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be delivered pursuant to awards granted under the Plan, pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Plan, subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company.
AMENDMENT
1. Subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company, Section 4.2 of the Plan is hereby amended by striking “14,867,018” and replacing it with “22,367,018”.
2. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Amendment, all other Articles, Sections, terms and conditions of the Plan remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
Exhibit 10.2
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
2009 SENIOR EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE PLAN
(amended and restated December 7, 2012)
2009 SENIOR EXECUTIVE INCENTIVE PLAN
(amended and restated December 7, 2012)
I.PURPOSE
The purposes of the Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2009 Senior Executive Incentive Plan (as amended and restated, the “Plan”) are: 1) to attract and retain highly qualified individuals; 2) to obtain from each the best possible performance; 3) to establish a performance goal based on objective criteria; 4) to further underscore the importance of achieving business objectives for the short and long term; and 5) to include in such individual’s compensation package annual and long-term incentive components which are tied directly to the achievement of those objectives. Such components are intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), so as to be fully deductible by Caesars Entertainment Corporation, formerly known as Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (“Caesars”), and its subsidiary companies (collectively, the “Company”), and to not constitute deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code. This Plan amends and restates in its entirety the Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. 2009 Senior Executive Incentive Plan, originally effective January 1, 2009 (the “Original Plan”).
II. EFFECTIVE DATE; TERM
The Plan (as amended and restated) is effective as of December 7, 2012 (the “Effective Date”), subject to approval by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting shares of Caesars, and shall remain in effect until such time as it shall be terminated by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Caesars or any successor thereto, or a successor thereof (the “Committee”).
III. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
Eligibility to participate in the Plan is limited to senior executives of the Company who are or who at some future date may be subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and such other senior executives of the Company designated as eligible for participation by the Committee. Participants in the Plan (“Participants”) shall be selected annually by the Committee from those senior executives who are eligible to participate in the Plan.
IV. BUSINESS CRITERIA
The Plan’s performance goal shall be based upon the Company’s EBITDA. The “Company’s EBITDA” shall mean the Company’s consolidated net income before deductions for interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation expense, amortization expense for the performance period, each computed in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.
(“GAAP”). The Committee may make adjustments to the calculation of the Company’s EBITDA when the performance goal is established.
V. PERFORMANCE GOAL AND PERFORMANCE PERIODS
The performance goal of each award under will be attained if the Company’s EBITDA for the performance period is positive.
Performance periods under this Plan shall consist of periods consisting of one or more fiscal years of the Company, or portions thereof, as designated by the Committee. Performance periods in the Plan may overlap.
By no later than the latest time permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code (generally, for performance periods of one year or more, no later than 90 days after the commencement of the performance period) and while the performance relating to the performance goal remains substantially uncertain within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall grant awards for Participants for such performance period, which shall be the maximum awards specified in Section VI or such lesser awards as the Committee may determine.
Subject to the foregoing and to the limitations set forth in Section VI, no awards shall be paid to Participants unless and until the Committee makes a certification in writing with respect to the amount of the Company’s EBITDA as required by Section 162(m) of the Code.
VI. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNTS OF AWARDS
The Committee may grant awards to Participants which shall be payable if the Company’s EBITDA is positive. The maximum aggregate amount of any award payable to any Participant for any single fiscal year of the Company shall be one half percent (0.5%) of the Company’s EBITDA for such period.
The Committee shall have authority to exercise discretion in determining the amount of the award granted to each Participant at the beginning of a performance period and to exercise discretion to reduce the amount of an award which shall be payable to each Participant at the end of each performance period, subject to the terms, conditions and limits of the Plan.
The Committee may at any time establish (and once established, rescind, waive or amend) additional conditions and terms of payment of awards (including but not limited to the achievement of other financial, strategic or individual goals, which may be objective or subjective) as it deems desirable in carrying out the purposes of the Plan and may take into account such other factors as it deems appropriate in administering any aspect of the Plan. However, the Committee shall have no authority to increase the amount of an award granted to any Participant or to pay an award under the Plan in excess of the maximum targeted bonus set forth above. In determining the amount of any award to be granted or to be paid to any Participant, the Committee shall give consideration to the contribution which may be or has been made by the Participant to achievement of the Company’s established objectives and such other matters as it shall deem relevant.
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The payment of an award to a Participant with respect to any performance period shall be conditioned upon the Participant’s employment by the Company on the last day of the performance period; provided, however, that in the discretion of the Committee, awards may be paid to Participants who have retired or whose employment has terminated after the beginning of the period for which an award is made, or to the designee or estate of a Participant who died during such period to the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there is no right of any Participant to receive any payment upon retirement or other termination of employment, and such award, if any, will be made at the sole discretion of the Committee and no payment shall be made if the Company’s EBITDA is not positive.
VII. FORM OF AWARDS
All awards shall be determined by the Committee and shall be paid in cash.
VIII. PAYMENT OF AWARDS
An award shall be paid no later than 2 ½ months following the end of the applicable performance period with respect to which the award has been granted. Following the end of the applicable performance period with respect to which an award has been granted, the Committee shall certify, in writing, that (a) the amount payable in respect of such award does not exceed the limitations set forth in Section VI and (b) the amount payable to a Participant in respect of such award does not exceed the amount of the maximum targeted award granted to such Participant at the beginning of the performance period. If the Committee deems it appropriate or advisable, it may request a report from a public accounting firm stating the amount of the Company’s EBITDA for such performance period.
IX. CLAWBACK AND FORFEITURE
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, unless a written agreement evidencing the grant of an award (if any) provides otherwise: (a) in the event of an accounting restatement due to material noncompliance by the Company with any financial reporting requirement under applicable securities laws that reduces the amount payable or due in respect of an award under the Plan that would have become payable had the Company’s EBITDA been properly reported (as determined by the Committee), (i) the award will be cancelled and (ii) a Participant will forfeit the cash payable pursuant to the award and the amount(s) (if any) paid to the Participant in respect of the award (and the Participant may be required to return or pay such amount to the Company); (b) if, following a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company, the Committee determines that the Company had grounds to terminate such Participant for “cause” (as such term is defined in the Committee’s discretion, or as set forth in a written employment or award agreement between the Company and the Participant) then the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (i) cancel any outstanding portion of an award granted under the Plan (whether earned or unearned) that is held by such Participant without payment therefor and/or (ii) require the Participant or other person to whom any payment has been made in connection with such award after the date of the conduct constituting cause, to forfeit and pay to the Company, on demand, all or any portion of the amount(s) received upon the payment of any other award granted under the Plan following the date of the conduct constituting cause; (c)
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to the extent required (i) by applicable law (including without limitation the Sarbanes Oxley Act and Section 954 of the Dodd Frank Act), (ii) the rules and regulations of any United States national securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which shares of Caesars common stock are listed or quoted, and/or (iii) pursuant to a written policy adopted by the Company (as in effect and/or as amended from time to time), awards under the Plan shall be subject (including on a retroactive basis) to clawback, forfeiture or similar requirements (and such requirements shall be deemed incorporated by reference into the Plan and all written agreements evidencing the grant of any outstanding award (if any)).
X. SPECIAL AWARDS AND OTHER PLANS
Nothing contained in the Plan shall prohibit the Company from granting awards or authorizing other compensation to any person under any other plan or authority or limit the authority of the Company to establish other special awards or incentive compensation plans providing for the payment of incentive compensation to employees (including those employees who are eligible to participate in the Plan).
XI. STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
The holders of the voting common stock of Caesars approved the Original Plan on December 11, 2008. The Plan (as amended and restated) shall be resubmitted to the holders of the voting common stock of Caesars for approval as required by Section 162(m) of the Code if it is amended in any way which changes the material terms of the Plan’s performance goal, including by materially modifying the performance goal, increasing the maximum award payable under the Plan or changing the Plan’s eligibility requirements, if awards under the Plan are intended to continue qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Code.
XII. ADMINISTRATION, AMENDMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THE PLAN
The Committee shall administer the Plan. The Committee shall consist solely of two or more members of the Board of Directors of Caesars who shall qualify as “outside directors” under Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall have full power to construe and interpret the Plan, establish and amend rules and regulations for its administration, and perform all other acts relating to the Plan, including the delegation of administrative responsibilities, that it believes reasonable and proper and in conformity with the purposes of the Plan and the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.
The Committee shall have the right to amend the Plan from time to time or to repeal it entirely or to direct the discontinuance of awards either temporarily or permanently; provided, however, that no amendment of the Plan that (1) changes the maximum award payable to any Participant as set forth in Section VI, (2) materially amends the definition of the Company’s EBITDA as used in Section IV or (3) changes to the criteria for being a Participant of the Plan, shall be effective before approval by the affirmative vote of a majority of voting common stock of Caesars.
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Any decision made, or action taken, by the Committee arising out of or in connection with the interpretation and/or administration of the Plan shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons affected thereby.
XIII. RIGHTS OF PLAN PARTICIPANTS
Neither the Plan, nor the adoption or operation of the Plan, nor any documents describing or referring to the Plan (or any part hereof) shall confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Company or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, which are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge any Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause.
No individual to whom an award has been made or any other party shall have any interest in the cash or any other asset of the Company prior to such amount being paid. No right or interest of any Participant shall be assignable or transferable, or subject to any claims of any creditor or subject to any lien.
XIV. MISCELLANEOUS
The Company shall deduct all federal, state and local taxes required by law or Company policy from any award paid hereunder. In no event shall the Company be obligated to make an award to any Participant for any period by reason of the Company’s payment of an award to such Participant in any other period, or by reason of the Company’s payment of an award to any other Participant or Participants in such period or in any other period. Nothing contained in this Plan shall confer upon any person any claim or right to any awards hereunder. Such awards shall be made at the sole discretion of the Committee.
The Plan shall be unfunded. Amounts payable under the Plan are not and will not be transferred into a trust or otherwise set aside. The Company shall not be required to establish any special or separate fund or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any award under the Plan. Any accounts under the Plan are for bookkeeping purposes only and do not represent a claim against the specific assets of the Company.
It is the intent of the Company that the Plan and awards made hereunder shall satisfy and shall be interpreted in a manner that satisfies any applicable requirements as qualified performance-based compensation within the meaning of Sections 162(m) and 409A of the Code. Any provision, application or interpretation of the Plan that is inconsistent with this intent to satisfy the standards in Sections 162(m) and 409A of the Code shall be disregarded.
Any provision of the Plan that is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of the Plan. The Plan and the rights and obligations of the parties to the Plan shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware (without regard to principles of conflicts of law).
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