8-K 1 a12-14708_18k.htm 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

 

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): June 13, 2012

 

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

000-22494

 

88-0304799

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

3773 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 490S
Las Vegas, Nevada

 

89169

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (702) 567-7000

 

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 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)           The 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Ameristar Casinos, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on June 13, 2012.

(b)           The following table shows the tabulation of votes for all matters put to vote at the Annual Meeting.

 

Matters Put to Vote

 

For

 

Against/Withheld

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

 

Election of Thomas M. Steinbauer as a Class B Director

 

26,000,587

 

2,038,065

 

0

 

1,974,054

 

Election of Leslie Nathanson Juris as a Class B Director

 

27,770,737

 

267,915

 

0

 

1,974,054

 

Proposal to ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2012

 

29,669,225

 

334,848

 

8,633

 

0

 

Proposal to reapprove the Company’s Performance-Based Annual Bonus Plan

 

27,758,640

 

259,646

 

20,366

 

1,974,054

 

Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers

 

27,707,992

 

309,708

 

20,952

 

1,974,054

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peter C. Walsh

 

 

Name:

Peter C. Walsh

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

Dated: June 14, 2012

 

 

 

 

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