-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, LmMLjcb9NETNldKbzUnU0QsPllnhichdgWbeynpDq1YShJhiWaW+vm8KzN3WejbV cykDfsI+fjdZMgXo67kT9w== 0001104659-06-040366.txt : 20060608 0001104659-06-040366.hdr.sgml : 20060608 20060607193144 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-040366 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060606 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060608 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060607 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000858339 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990] 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: 06892583 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE HARRAHS COURT CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89119 BUSINESS PHONE: 7024076000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE HARRAHS COURT CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89119 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PROMUS COMPANIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a06-13374_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

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

 

June 7, 2006 (June 6, 2006)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

(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)

 

(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 8.01         Other Events.

 

On June 6, 2006, the Registrant issued a press release relating to the pricing of the tender offer for any and all of the outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due January 15, 2009 and 8.00% Senior Notes due February 1, 2011 issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.

For additional information concerning the foregoing, a copy of the press release dated June 6, 2006 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.  The following exhibit is being filed herewith:

 

99.1                           Text of press release, dated June 6, 2006.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

HARRAH’S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:   June 7, 2006

 

By:

/s/ STEPHEN H. BRAMMELL

 

 

 

 

Stephen H. Brammell

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

 

 

 

Number

 

Document Description

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Text of press release, dated June 6, 2006.

 

 

 

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EX-99.1 2 a06-13374_1ex99d1.htm EX-99

 

Contact:

 

Dan Foley — Investors

 

Alberto Lopez — Media

 

 

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

 

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

 

 

(702) 407-6370

 

(702) 407-6344

 

Harrah’s Operating Company Announces Price Determination Relating to Debt Tender Offers for 7.50% Senior Notes due 2009 and 8.00% Senior Notes due 2011

 

LAS VEGAS,  June 6, 2006 — Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET), today announced that it has established the purchase price for each $1,000 principal amount outstanding of its 7.50% Senior Notes due January 15, 2009 and 8.00% Senior Notes due February 1, 2011 (collectively, the “Notes”) for which the Company previously announced the tender offers (the “Offers”).

 

Assuming the settlement date of June 9, 2006, the Company will pay for each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., ET, on Thursday, June 8, 2006 the purchase price set forth in the following table:

 

 

Description of
Securities

 

Reference U.S.
Treasury
Security

 

Bloomberg
Screen

 

Fixed Spread
(Bps)

 

Reference
Yield

 

Tender Offer
Yield

 

Purchase
Price
(1)

 

7.50% Senior
Notes due 2009

 

4.875% due
May 15, 2009

 

PX5

 

60

 

4.966%

 

5.566%

 

$1,046.14

 

8.00% Senior
Notes due 2011

 

4.875% due
May 31, 2011

 

PX6

 

80

 

4.946%

 

5.746%

 

$1,090.63

 


(1)          Per $1,000 principal amount of the relevant Notes (excluding accrued and unpaid interest)

 

The purchase price was determined based upon the pricing formula set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated May 30, 2006 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and was calculated as of 2:00 p.m., ET, on June 6, 2006 by reference to a fixed spread over the bid-side yield to maturity of the reference U.S. Treasury Security as set forth in the above table.

 

The Company will also pay accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes accepted in the Offers to, but not including, the settlement date.

 

The Offers are being made upon and are subject to the terms and condition set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal.   Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and JPMorgan Securities Inc. are acting as Dealer Managers for the Offers. The Information Agent and the Depositary is Global Bondholder Services Corporation. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and related offering materials are available by contacting the Information Agent at 866-736-2200. Questions regarding the Offers should be directed to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Liability Management Group at either 212-250-2955 or 866-627-0391 or JPMorgan at either 212-834-4077 or 866-834-4666.

 

 



 

This news release is neither an offer to purchase, an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell any securities. The Offers are being made only pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and only in such jurisdictions as is permitted under applicable law.

 

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. is the world’s largest provider of branded casino entertainment through operating subsidiaries. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada 68 years ago, Harrah’s has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions. Harrah’s Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership.

 

More information about Harrah’s is available at its Web site — www.harrahs.com.

 

This release includes “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements contain words such as “may,” “will,” “project,” “might,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “estimate,” “continue” or “pursue,” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. In particular, they include statements relating to, among other things, future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance, the outcomes of contingencies and future financial results of Harrah’s. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events.

 

Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and, consequently, the actual performance of Harrah’s may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following factors, as well as other factors described from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained therein):  the effects of local and national economic, credit and capital market conditions on the economy in general, and on the gaming and hotel industries in particular; construction factors, including delays, increased costs for labor and materials, availability of labor and materials, zoning issues, environmental restrictions, soil and water conditions, weather and other hazards, site access matters and building permit issues; the effects of environmental and structural building conditions relating to our properties; access to available and reasonable financing on a timely basis; the ability to timely and cost-effectively integrate Caesars into our operations; changes in laws, including increased tax rates, regulations or accounting standards, third-party relations and approvals, and decisions of courts, regulators and governmental bodies; litigation outcomes and judicial actions, including gaming legislative action, referenda and taxation; the ability of our customer-tracking, customer loyalty and yield-management programs to continue to increase customer loyalty and same store sales or hotel sales; our ability to recoup costs of capital investments through higher revenues; acts of war or

 

 



 

terrorist incidents or natural disasters; abnormal gaming holds; and the effects of competition, including locations of competitors and operating and market competition.

 

Any forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only as of the date made. Harrah’s disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date stated, or if no date is stated, as of the date of this press release.

 

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