SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ICAHN CARL C

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP.
767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10153

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Tropicana Entertainment Inc. [ TROP ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/09/2010
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Shares") 03/09/2010 X 784,158 A $0.01 12,664,179 I(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) please see footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants to purchase Shares ("Warrants") $0.01 03/09/2010 X 784,158 03/08/2010 06/05/2010 Common Stock 784,158 $0 0 I(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7) please see footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ICAHN CARL C

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O ICAHN ASSOCIATES CORP.
767 FIFTH AVE., SUITE 4700

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10153

(City) (State) (Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
X Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ICAHN OFFSHORE LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)
445 HAMILTON AVENUE
SUITE 1210

(Street)
WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

(City) (State) (Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
ICAHN ONSHORE LP

(Last) (First) (Middle)
445 HAMILTON AVENUE
SUITE 1210

(Street)
WHITE PLAINS NY 10601

(City) (State) (Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Explanation of Responses:
1. Icahn Partners LP ("Icahn Partners") directly beneficially owns 4,864,562 Shares, Icahn Partners Master Fund LP ("Icahn Master") directly beneficially owns 4,951,455 Shares, Icahn Partners Master Fund II LP ("Icahn Master II") directly beneficially owns 2,064,794 Shares, and Icahn Partners Master Fund III LP ("Icahn Master III") directly beneficially owns 783,368 Shares.
2. Beckton Corp. ("Beckton") is the sole stockholder of Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc. ("Icahn Enterprises GP"), which is the general partner of Icahn Enterprises Holdings L.P. ("Icahn Enterprises Holdings"). Icahn Enterprises Holdings is the sole member of IPH GP LLC ("IPH"), which is the general partner of Icahn Capital LP ("Icahn Capital"). Icahn Capital is the general partner of each of Icahn Onshore LP ("Icahn Onshore") and Icahn Offshore LP ("Icahn Offshore"). Icahn Onshore is the general partner of Icahn Partners. Icahn Offshore is the general partner of each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III.
3. Beckton is 100 percent owned by Carl C. Icahn. As such, Mr. Icahn is in a position indirectly to determine the investment and voting decisions made by each of Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III.
4. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which Icahn Partners owns. Each of Icahn Onshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
5. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) the Shares which each of Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III owns. Each of Icahn Offshore, Icahn Capital, IPH, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, Icahn Enterprises GP, Beckton and Mr. Icahn disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
6. On March 9, 2010, each of Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III exercised Warrants referencing an aggregate of 784,158 underlying Shares. As a result of exercising the Warrants, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II and Icahn Master III acquired in the aggregate 784,158 Shares, which are included in the 12,664,179 Shares reported in this Form 4.
7. Please reference the Form 4 filing, dated March 11 2010, filed separately by Mr. Icahn, Icahn Partners, Icahn Master, Icahn Master II, Icahn Master III, Beckton, Icahn Enterprises GP, Icahn Enterprises Holdings, IPH, and Icahn Capital.
Remarks:
CARL C. ICAHN 03/11/2010
ICAHN OFFSHORE LP 03/11/2010
ICAHN ONSHORE LP 03/11/2010
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