8-K

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

January 30, 2015 (January 29, 2015)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

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)

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:

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 30, 2015, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (“CEC”) and Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of CEC (“CEOC”), announced that while they have been engaged in confidential discussions with certain beneficial holders (the “Bank Lenders”) of first lien debt (the “Bank Debt”) incurred by CEOC pursuant to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of July 25, 2014, by and among CEC, CEOC, the lenders party thereto and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent, they have not at this time been able to reach an agreement with the Bank Lenders regarding the Restructuring (as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Restructuring Support and Forbearance Agreement among CEC, CEOC and certain holders of claims in respect of CEOC’s 11.25% senior secured notes due 2017, CEOC’s 8.5% senior secured notes due 2020 and CEOC’s 9% senior secured notes due 2020 (the “RSA”)). In connection with the discussions, CEC and CEOC provided certain confidential information to the Bank Lenders pursuant to non-disclosure agreements (“NDAs”) between CEC, CEOC and the Bank Lenders. The Bank Lenders’ NDAs with CEC and CEOC have now expired pursuant to their terms. CEC is making the disclosures herein in accordance with the terms of the Bank Lenders’ NDAs. All capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the RSA.

On January 29, 2015, a meeting occurred among CEC, CEOC and the Bank Lenders, together with each of their respective legal and financial advisors. CEC and CEOC provided the information included in Exhibit 99.1 hereto (the “Discussion Materials”) to the Bank Lenders and their advisors which, in addition to conveying CEC’s and CEOC’s views, also described some, but not all, of the terms contained in a proposal previously provided by the Bank Lenders to CEC and CEOC. Specifically, the Bank Lenders had included a larger convertible note than that described in the Discussion Materials. During the January 29, 2015 meeting, it was clarified that OpCo would use cash from operations to first pay interest due on the New First Lien OpCo Debt and New Second Lien OpCo Debt and then to pay the obligations due under the Leases, including, without limitation, on account of rent and capital expenditures. In addition to the Discussion Materials, in the meeting with the Bank Lenders, CEC proposed, in response to issues raised by the Bank Lenders and in order to try to reach a consensual agreement with the Bank Lenders (1) to amend the existing guarantee with respect to the amounts outstanding under the Credit Agreement (the “CEC Credit Agreement Guarantee”) to guarantee (a) the New First Lien OpCo Debt and New Second Lien OpCo Debt to be received by the Bank Lenders in the Restructuring and (b) the CPLV Mezzanine Debt, if any, to be received by the Bank Lenders and (2) an additional payment of $39 million by CEC (inclusive of any additional monthly adequate protection payments for a total payment of $300 million over twelve months) to the Bank Lenders to settle any possible claims under the CEC Credit Agreement Guarantee. In response, the Bank Lenders proposed that (x) the guarantee described in (1) above be a payment guarantee secured by all assets of the parent guarantor, (y) the Bank Lenders receive their full non-default contractual rate of interest (as opposed to their earlier request for default rate of interest) for the full post-petition period from CEC (less the monthly adequate protection payments at a rate equal to 1.5% per annum to be made to the Bank Lenders pursuant to the terms of CEOC’s cash collateral order) with an upfront payment by CEC for forbearance from the exercise of certain rights and remedies equal to the amount of interest due for one quarter, and (z) CEC make an additional payment of $294 million to the Bank Lenders at Exit to the extent that CEOC was otherwise unable to syndicate the New First Lien PropCo Debt in the market. The Bank Lenders’ proposals were not acceptable.

Any financial projections or forecasts included in the Discussion Materials (the “projections”) were not prepared with a view toward public disclosure or compliance with the published guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants regarding projections or forecasts. The projections do not purport to present CEC and CEOC’s financial condition in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. CEC and CEOC’s independent accountants have not examined, compiled or otherwise applied procedures to the projections and, accordingly, do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect to the projections. The inclusion of the projections herein should not be regarded as an indication that CEC, CEOC or their affiliates or representatives consider the projections to be a reliable prediction of future events, and the projections should

not be relied upon as such. Neither CEC, CEOC nor any of their affiliates or representatives has made or makes any representation to any person regarding the ultimate outcome of CEOC’s restructuring compared to the projections, and none of them undertakes any obligation to publicly update the projections to reflect circumstances existing after the date when the projections were made or to reflect the occurrence of future events, even in the event that any or all of the assumptions underlying the projections are shown to be in error.

The information set forth in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any of CEC’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The filing of this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements and information included in the Discussion Materials may constitute “forward-looking statements” intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified 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,” “pursue,” or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. In particular, they include statements relating to future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance, the outcomes of contingencies, a potential restructuring of CEOC’s debt and future financial results of CEC and CEOC. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events. Readers 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 CEC and CEOC may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, factors described from time to time in CEC and CEOC’s 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).

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

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

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Discussion Materials provided in connection with discussions with Bank Lenders.

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: January 30, 2015	By:	/s/ SCOTT E. WIEGAND
	Name:	Scott E. Wiegand
	Title:	Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Discussion Materials provided in connection with discussions with Bank Lenders.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Privileged & Confidential Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Response To Banks

January 2015

Issues Overview

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Issue Bank Position Response Explanation

Post-petition interest—Want full interest—Willing to increase to 1.5%+$200mm,—This bridges 81% of the bank’s ask through confirmation date (270 days)

inclusive of cash sweep($260 vs $323mm cash)

—$75mm paid upfront by CEC for forbearance

CEC Convert—$ 290mm to banks—Addressed above—We view this as an economic ask, not a credit ask

Strike—$ 12.50—Bank prior proposal indicates that cost to CEC is greater than credit given by

Maturity—7 Years bank lenders

Rate—5% cash or PIK—CEC willing to replace with additional cash economics (see above)

—CEC has already agreed to contribute $1.5bn cash + additional $200 for

$1.7bn total

Lease terms—Fixed for 15 year—Discuss—We would like to discuss your concerns around the PropCo securities

initial term you will receive

—Bank’s PropCo 1L is levered 5.0x and financed 29% LTV

—1L bonds, which are financing junior debt and equity, bear the risk of volatility

in PropCo and were thus the focus of our negotiations

—Changes to this feature are very costly to CEC

—We would prefer to understand in granularity the bank’s concerns and try to

solve them in a more efficient manner for all

Interest rates—OpCo 1L up 100 bps—No change—We cannot put the benefit of the deal with 1L bonds in jeopardy

—PropCo 1L up 100 bps—The deal with 1L bonds provides great value to the banks

—Any increase in rates will:

1) Require the bonds approval

2) Dillute the value of the equity the bonds are receiving

3) Indirectly reduce the attractiveness of the deal to the non-1Ls, which we

understand is a concern of your group

—This change cannot be made

Bank Recovery Under New Proposal

110

105 3.7 105.2

100.0 1.5

100

95

90

85

80

Base Recovery Current Cash Additional Cash Total Recovery

(1.5%)($200)

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Deal Misconceptions By Banks

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Bank’s Position Comment

• Current restructuring template provides substantial value to bank debt

– Absent RSA and CEC contributions to this deal structure, treatment for banks would

RSA is bound to fail likely be worse. Degradation in treatment would undoubtedly trump whatever upside

anyway of continued fighting would bring given current offer

• RSA wouldn’t fail with bank support

– With bank support, transaction will have substantial momentum and likelihood of

success

Milestones are too

aggressive (or not • For the interest argument, we’ve heard the milestones are not aggressive enough

aggressive enough?) • For the ‘RSA is bound to fail anyway’ argument we’ve heard they are too aggressive

We want a deal with • So do CEOC and CEC

the seconds • Hard to not deal with this sequentially

• We have been having discussions and we believe we can address their issues

We are covered • Present versus future value

because we have a • Determination of size of guarantee liability

guarantee • Form of consideration

We submit that bank lenders would receive a higher recovery via a consensual deal than a long, drawn out non-consensual deal

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$200mm Additional Payment Bridges Most of the Bank’s Request

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Disclosure Statement Confirmation

(150 days)(270 days)

Total Bank debt face value $5,405 $5,405

Current bank interest $182 $323

Current A/P proposal (1.5%) $34 $61

Proposed additional payment from CEC $200 $200

Total offer $234 $261

Offer as % of bank ask 128.5% 80.7%

($75 million paid upfront by CEC for forbearance)

An additional $200mm payment bridges most of the bank ask, and banks would be no worse off than status quo as the additional payment is conditioned on a confirmed plan.

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CEC Cash Contribution

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

CEC minimum cash contribution(1) $1,375

Plus: additional potential cash contribution $75

(if not enough cash at emergence)

Current CEC cash contribution $1,450

Plus: additional cash to banks $200

Revised CEC contribution $1,650

Includes CEC cash to CEOC balance sheet as well as CEC cash to buy equity from/provide liquidity to creditors

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This deal substantially improves bank credit quality

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Bank and bonds (pari passu) are currently levered 11.4x

Proposed transaction de-levers banks to 4.5x OpCo, 5.0x PropCo 1L, and 6.3x Total. This is done through:

$1.5bn cash from CEC to support restructuring

Tranching of bank and bond obligations in new capital structure

CEC guarantee of lease to backstop value and credit quality

In total, banks receive $705mm of cash and $4.7bn of new debt

Of the $4.7bn of debt, $2.3bn is expected to be sold to market

Results in 56% cash and 44% debt recovery (best case) / 35% cash and 65% debt (worst case)

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Bank Recovery vs 1L Bond Recovery

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

1L Bonds

$6.3 bn

$5.7 bn (89%)(1)

Equity

$2.0 bn(31c)

$3.5bn (56c) of

junior securities

1L Debt

(11.4x) 2L Debt

$1.6 bn(25c)

1L Debt

$0.4 bn(7c)

Cash

$1.7 bn(26c)

Current Post—Restructuring

Bank Debt

CPLV Debt Sold CPLV Mezz Debt Not Sold

$5.4 bn $5.4 bn (100%) $5.4 bn (100%) Mezz (2)

$0.4 bn 2L Debt $0.25 bn(5c)

(8c) $0.4 bn 2L Debt

(8c)

$2.0 bn 1L Debt 1L Debt

(36c) $2.0 bn(36c)

1L Debt

(11.4x)

$3.0 bn Cash Cash

(56c) $2.8 bn(52c)

Current Post—Restructuring

In addition to a better overall recovery, bank lenders are getting significantly more cash and senior securities than 1L bondholders.

(1) Excludes $206mm forbearance fee or ~3% recovery (2) Bank can move up to $100mm to any other debt security

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Current Proposal vs Pro-rata

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Current Proposal

$ 2.0 bn

$ 2.0 bn

$5.4 bn (100%) $5.7 bn (89%)(1)

$ 2.4 bn

$0.4 bn

$2.0 bn

$2.0 bn

$1.6 bn

$ 4.7 bn

$3.0 bn $0.4 bn

$1.7 bn

Bank Bonds Combined

Cash 1L debt 2L debt Equity

Same Treatment (Pro-Rata)

$ 2.0 bn

$ 2.0 bn

$5.7 bn (89%)

$4.8 bn (89%)

$1.1 bn $ 2.4 bn

$0.9 bn $1.1 bn

$0.9 bn

$1.3 bn

$1.1 bn $ 4.1 bn

$1.9 bn $2.2 bn

Bank Bonds Combined

Cash 1L debt 2L debt Equity

In a non-consensual deal, the bank and 1L bonds would be treated the same.

Difference to Banks

$% Recovery

Cash($1,152)($ 21.3%)

1L Debt($861)($ 15.9%)

2L Debt $501 9.3%

Equity $917 17.0%

Total($595)($ 11.0%)

(1) Excludes $206mm forbearance fee

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Bank Recovery Detail

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Best Case

(all OpCo 1L / CPLV debt sold)

$5,405

PropCo $ 2.0bn

1L

OpCo 2L $ 0.4bn

Cash $ 3.0bn

Worst Case

(OpCo 1L and CPLV mezz debt not sold)

$5,405

Leverage LTV

PropCo $2.0bn 5.0x 39%

1L

OpCo 2L $0.4bn 4.5x 60%

OpCo 1L $0.9bn 3.1x 41%

CPLV Mezz $0.25bn ($250 of $600 Mezz)

($100mm Mezz can be moved at bank’s option)

Cash $1.9bn

Banks will receive at least $1.9bn (35%) and as much as $3.0bn (56%) in cash recovery. Additionally, the new debt securities banks receive will have a substantially lower leverage than the current 11.4x.

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Bank Recovery: Illustrative Debt Price Sensitivities

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Sensivities: Change in Bank Recovery (%)

PropCo 1L Debt Price

100 99 98 97 96 95

% Change in Rec. -(0.4%)(0.7%)(1.1%)(1.5%)(1.8%)

Implied Leverage 5.0x 5.0x 4.9x 4.9x 4.8x 4.8x

OpCo 2L Debt Price

100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90

% Change in Rec. -(0.1%)(0.2%)(0.2%)(0.3%)(0.4%)(0.5%)(0.5%)(0.6%)(0.7%)(0.8%)

Implied Leverage 4.5x 4.4x 4.4x 4.4x 4.4x 4.4x 4.4x 4.4x 4.3x 4.3x 4.3x

CPLV Mezz Price

100 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91 90

% Change in Rec. -(0.0%)(0.1%)(0.1%)(0.2%)(0.2%)(0.3%)(0.3%)(0.4%)(0.4%)(0.5%)

The trading price of the new debt has little impact on overall recoveries given the large cash recovery bank lenders are receiving

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Lease Structure Should Not Be A Concern To Banks

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

Volatility risk at PropCo matters more for equity than debt

– PropCo 1L debt balance represents 29% PropCo LTV at plan value

– As a result, we believed it was appropriate that the lease terms were negotiated with the holders of the PropCo equity, and any benefits would accrue to the debt

Although we recognize that the lease guarantee and terms are important points to the overall deal, we believe the importance of these points to the bank debt should be minimal

– Completely fixed lease amount for 3 years and ~80% fixed through year 5

– Minor annual resets thereafter

Given that changes to the lease have significant costs to OpCo and we believe that they do not materially impact the economics of the bank debt recovery, we have instead focused on delivering additional economics through an additional payment

PF Capital Structure OpCo

Bank Bonds Market Total Leverage

First lien debt – – 1,188 1,188 3.1x

Second lien debt 406 141 – 547 4.5x

CPLV debt – – – – -

Chester & Other – – – 439 5.6x

Total 406 141 1,188 2,174 5.6x

Preferred – – – –

Equity – 700 – 700

Implied TEV 406 841 1,188 2,874

PropCo

Bank Bonds Market Total Leverage

1,961 431 – 2,392 5.0x

– 1,425 – 1,425 8.0x

– – 2,350 2,350 14.7x

– – – – -

1,961 1,856 2,350 6,167 9.7x

– 300 – 300

– 1,771 – 1,771

1,961 3,927 2,350 8,237

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Transaction dynamics with non-1L

Privileged & Confidential

Subject to FRE 408 – For Settlement Purposes Only

We are strongly supportive of improved deal dynamics with the non-1L bondholders

We have had conversations with holders throughout this process and remain hopeful a consensual deal is possible

More importantly, we believe a deal with the bank debt will have the greatest impact on facilitating a deal with the non-1Ls

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