0000899243-16-018888.txt : 20160429 0000899243-16-018888.hdr.sgml : 20160429 20160429190718 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-16-018888 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160428 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160429 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160429 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gold Merger Sub, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000356213 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 953667491 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3980 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89169 BUSINESS PHONE: 702-541-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3980 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89169 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Gold Merger Sub, LLC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20160428 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100419 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20000225 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GODFREY JOHN A CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001209593 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13641 FILM NUMBER: 161609183 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC STREET 2: 3980 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89169 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-04-28 1 0000356213 Gold Merger Sub, LLC PNK 0001209593 GODFREY JOHN A C/O PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 3980 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY LAS VEGAS NV 89169 0 1 0 0 EVP, Sec. and General Counsel Common Stock 2016-04-28 4 A 0 34819 A 34819 D Common Stock 2016-04-28 4 D 0 235677 D 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 4.35 2016-04-28 4 D 0 70000 D 2018-05-20 Common Stock 70000 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 3.29 2016-04-28 4 D 0 20000 D 2018-07-30 Common Stock 20000 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 2.27 2016-04-28 4 D 0 75000 D 2020-03-01 Common Stock 75000 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 4.22 2016-04-28 4 D 0 28000 D 2018-05-24 Common Stock 28000 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 2.86 2016-04-28 4 D 0 42000 D 2019-05-22 Common Stock 42000 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 6.19 2016-04-28 4 D 0 21200 D 2020-05-21 Common Stock 21200 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 6.97 2016-04-28 4 D 0 21540 D 2021-05-20 Common Stock 21540 0 D Stock Options (Right to Buy) 10.55 2016-04-28 4 D 0 9000 D 2022-10-05 Common Stock 9000 0 D Acquired pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 20, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (the "Issuer"), Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation ("Parent"), and Gold Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), providing for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Issuer (the "Merger"), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. In connection with the Merger, the Issuer separted its operating assets (and certain real estate assets) and liabilities into a newly formed subsidiary PNK Entertainment, Inc. (Continued from footnote 1) (which at closing changed its named to Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.) ("OpCo") and, immediately prior to the closing of the Merger, the Company distributed to its stockholders, on a pro rata basis, all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of OpCo (such distribution referred to as the "Spin-Off"). Includes 34,819 shares of Issuer common stock in respect of performance share units ("PSUs"). At the time of the Spin-Off, each PSU granted on or prior to July 16, 2015 (34,819) was cancelled and converted pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, by and between the Issuer and OpCo (the "Employee Matters Agreement") and the Merger Agreement into one OpCo PSU and 0.85 shares of Parent common stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share). The market value of a share of OpCo common stock is $11.51 per share, based on the trading price of OpCo common stock as of the end of trading on April 27, 2016. The market value of a share of Parent common stock is $32.34 per share, based on the trading price of Parent common stock as of end of trading on April 27, 2016. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement and/or the Employee Matters Agreement. Includes 68,396 restricted stock units ("RSUs"), 132,462 shares of Issuer common stock owned by the Reporting Person and 34,819 shares of Issuer common stock acquired in respect of the PSUs disclosed in footnote 2 above. Each RSU represents a contingent right to acquire one share of Issuer common stock based on the achievement of vesting conditions. Disposed of pursuant to the Merger Agreement, whereby at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time") each share of Issuer common stock was cancelled and converted into the right to receive 0.85 shares of Parent common stock. The market value of a share of Parent common stock is $32.34 per share, based on the trading price of Parent common stock as of end of trading on April 27, 2016. At the time of the Spin-Off, each RSU granted after July 16, 2015 (6,000), was converted (and the number of RSU was adjusted pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement) into an adjusted OpCo RSU on the same terms and conditions that were applicable to such RSUs prior to the Spin-Off. Each RSU granted on or prior to July 16, 2015 (57,400) was cancelled and converted pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement and the Merger Agreement into one OpCo RSU and 0.85 shares of Parent common stock (rounded to the nearest whole share). The market value of a share of OpCo common stock is $11.51 per share, based on the trading price of OpCo common stock as of the end of trading on April 27, 2016. The market value of a share of Parent common stock is $32.34 per share, based on the trading price of Parent common stock as of end of trading on April 27, 2016. Includes options for 70,000 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time. Includes options for 20,000 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time. Includes options for 75,000 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time. Includes options for 28,000 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time. Includes options for 31,500 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time and options for 10,500 shares of Issuer common stock that were unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time. The options vest in four annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Includes options for 10,600 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time and options for 10,600 shares of Issuer common stock that were unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time. The options vest in four annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Includes options for 5,385 shares of Issuer common stock that were vested prior to the Effective Time and options for 16,155 shares of Issuer common stock that were unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time. The options vest in four annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Includes options for 9,000 shares of Issuer common stock that were unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time and vest in four annual installments commencing on the first anniversary of the date of grant. At the time of the Spin-Off, each option granted after July 16, 2015 (9,000), was converted (and the number of was adjusted adjusted pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement) into an adjusted OpCo option, on the same terms and conditions that were applicable to such options prior to the Spin-Off. Each option granted on or prior to July 16, 2015 (277,740) was cancelled and converted pursuant to the Employee Matters Agreement and the Merger Agreement into one OpCo option and a number of shares of Parent common stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to difference between $27.74 and the exercise price of the applicable option. (Continued from footnote 16) The market value of a share of OpCo common stock is $11.51 per share, based on the trading price of OpCo common stock as of the end of trading on April 27, 2016. The market value of a share of Parent common stock is $32.34 per share, based on the trading price of Parent common stock as of end of trading on April 27, 2016. The exercise price of the Issuer options were equitably adjusted under the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement to account for the Spin-Off. /s/ Elliot D. Hoops, Attorney-In-Fact for John A. Godfrey 2016-04-29