UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Amendment No. 1)
CURRENT REPORT
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
On April 6, 2020, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Report”) to disclose, among other things, that certain Amended and Restated Casino Operating Contract, dated April 1, 2020, by and between Jazz Casino Company, L.L.C. (“JCC”), a Louisiana limited liability company and subsidiary of the Company, and the State of Louisiana, by and through the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (the “Casino Operating Contract”). The parties to the Casino Operating Contract subsequently entered into an amendment to the Casino Operating Contract, on April 9, 2020, to adjust certain deadlines for JCC to deliver certain payments under the Casino Operating Contract, as referenced in the Original Report. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment No. 1”) amends and updates the third and fourth paragraphs of, and includes Exhibit 10.4 to, the Original Report.
Except for the changes reflected in this Amendment No. 1, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend or update any other information contained in the Original Report or purport to provide an update or discussion of any other developments at the Company subsequent to the filing date of the Original Report. This Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original Report.
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The third and fourth paragraphs of the Original Report are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:
“On April 9, 2020, the Casino Operating Contract Parties made and entered into that certain First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Casino Operating Contract (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment is effective as of April 1, 2020 and provides for (i) the adjustment of certain deadlines for JCC to deliver certain payments totaling approximately $33 million under the Casino Operating Contract and (ii) the adjustment of JCC’s obligation to deliver certain daily payments under the Casino Operating Contract.
The above descriptions of the Casino Operating Contract and the First Amendment and the transactions contemplated thereunder do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Casino Operating Contract and the First Amendment, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.4 hereto and are incorporated herein by reference.”
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |||
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Filed as an exhibit to the Original Report, submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 6, 2020. |
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: April 14, 2020 |
By: |
/s/ Renee Becker | ||||
Name: |
Renee Becker | |||||
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Vice President and Chief Counsel - Corporate & Securities, Assistant Secretary |