0001209191-18-033567.txt : 20180525 0001209191-18-033567.hdr.sgml : 20180525 20180525170811 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-18-033567 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180523 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180525 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180525 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COPE TIMOTHY J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001238652 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24993 FILM NUMBER: 18862329 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O LAKES ENTERTAINMENT INC STREET 2: 130 CHESHIRE LANE CITY: MINNETONKA STATE: MN ZIP: 55305 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001071255 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] IRS NUMBER: 411913991 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6595 S JONES BLVD CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89118 BUSINESS PHONE: 7028914284 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6595 S JONES BLVD CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89118 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAKES ENTERTAINMENT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020806 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LAKES GAMING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980929 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2018-05-23 0 0001071255 GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT, INC. GDEN 0001238652 COPE TIMOTHY J 6595 S. JONES BLVD. LAS VEGAS NV 89118 1 0 0 0 Common stock 2018-05-23 4 M 0 15000 4.79 A 73821 D Common stock 2018-05-23 4 M 0 58702 5.09 A 132523 D Common stock 2018-05-23 4 M 0 9334 5.09 A 141857 D Common stock 2018-05-23 4 F 0 40607 30.49 D 101250 D Common stock 2018-05-24 4 S 0 42430 29.97 D 58820 D Common stock 5000 I By Spouse Stock Option (right to buy) 4.79 2018-05-23 4 M 0 15000 0.00 D 2019-01-27 Common Stock 15000 0 D Stock Option (right to buy) 5.09 2018-05-23 4 M 0 58702 0.00 D 2019-09-21 Common Stock 58702 0 D Stock Option (right to buy) 5.09 2018-05-23 4 M 0 9334 0.00 D 2019-09-21 Common Stock 9334 0 D The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $29.80 to $30.13. The reporting person undertakes to provide to Golden Entertainment, Inc., any security holder of Golden Entertainment, Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote (1) to Form 4. The options, representing a right to purchase a total of 15,000 shares, became exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning on January 28, 2010, which was the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted. The options were due to expire in 2019. The options, representing a right to purchase a total of 58,702 shares, became exercisable in two equal annual installments beginning on September 22, 2010, which was the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted. The options were due to expire in 2019. The options, representing a right to purchase a total of 9,334 shares, became exercisable in five equal annual installments beginning on September 22, 2010, which was the first anniversary of the date on which the options were granted. The options were due to expire in 2019. EXHIBIT LIST Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Charles H. Protell, attorney-in-fact 2018-05-25 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of Charles H. Protell, Sean T. Higgins and Phyllis Gilland, signing singly,
with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf,
and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID,
including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate
to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of Golden Entertainment, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation (the "Company"), and/or 10% holder of the Company's capital stock,
Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments thereto in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other
forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of securities of the
Company;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
or other form or report, or to complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange
or similar authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of March, 2018.

Signature: /s/ Timothy J. Cope
Name: Timothy J. Cope