0000858339-18-000261.txt : 20181019 0000858339-18-000261.hdr.sgml : 20181019 20181018215231 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000858339-18-000261 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20181018 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20181019 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181018 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000858339 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 621411755 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10410 FILM NUMBER: 181129240 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 7024076000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950727 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROMUS COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 cecform8-kxdirectorappoint.htm 8-K Document


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

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2018 (October 17, 2018)
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)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On October 17, 2018, upon the recommendation of the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Ms. Denise M. Clark to serve as an independent member of the Board, subject to the receipt of all applicable regulatory approvals, for a term that will expire at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board also appointed Ms. Clark to serve on the Board’s Compensation and Management Development Committee.

Ms. Clark served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. from November 2012 until her retirement in March 2017. Prior to that role, Ms. Clark served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Hasbro Inc. from October 2007 to November 2012. Ms. Clark also served at Mattel, Inc., where she was Chief Technology Officer between January 2000 and February 2007. Ms. Clark’s previous experience includes two other consumer goods companies, Warner Music Group, formerly a division of Time Warner Inc., and Apple Inc., and 13 years in the United States Navy where she retired with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Ms. Clark has over 20 years of experience in the delivery of enterprise resource planning, digital platforms, and innovative business transformations.

Ms. Clark serves on the board of directors of United Natural Foods, Inc., where she is a member of the audit and nominating and governance committees.

Ms. Clark will be compensated in accordance with the Company’s standard compensation policies and practices for non-employee directors.








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:
October 18, 2018
By:
/s/ RENEE E. BECKER
 
 
Name:
Renee E. Becker
 
 
Title:
Vice President and Chief Counsel – Corporate
and Securities, Assistant Secretary