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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2005</font></b></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">HARRAH&#146;S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b>&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">62-1411755</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction<br>
  of incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">One Harrah&#146;s Court<br>
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89119</font></b><br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(702)&nbsp;407-6000</font></b>&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(</font>Address,
  including zip code, and telephone number,<br>
  including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive<br>
  offices)</p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION </font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN;</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION </font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">1998 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN;</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 2004 LONG TERM
INCENTIVE PLAN;</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE RESTATED PARK PLACE </font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">ENTERTAINMENT</font>
CORPORATION EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION&nbsp;PLAN; AND</b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE AMENDED AND RESTATED PARK PLACE
ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION </font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">EMPLOYEE
STOCK&nbsp;PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(</font>Full title of the
Plans)</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Copy to: </font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STEPHEN H. BRAMMELL<br>
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and<br>
  Corporate Secretary<br>
  </font>One Harrah&#146;s Court<br>
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89119<br>(702)&nbsp;407-6000</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CHARLES K. RUCK<br>
  Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP<br>
  650 Town Center Drive, Suite&nbsp;2000<br>
  Costa Mesa, California 92626<br>
  (714) 540-1235</font></b></p>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address, including
  zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Each Class<br>
  of Securities to<br>
  be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount<br>
  to be<br>
  Registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  OfferingPrice<br>
  Per Share (2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.52%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price (2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.86%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.2%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7,084,018 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$65.37</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$463,103,073</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.86%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$54,508</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:40.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.1pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deferred
  Compensation Obligations under the Restated Park Place Entertainment
  Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (&#147;Deferred Compensation
  Plan&#148;)<sup>&nbsp; </sup>(4)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.3%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$85,000,000</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.84%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">N/A</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$85,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.86%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.7pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-31.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>7,084,018
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Harrah&#146;s Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (&#147;Shares&#148;), are being registered hereunder.&#160; Such number of Shares represents the
aggregate number of Shares subject to outstanding awards or available for
issuance pursuant to various equity plans of Caesars Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;Caesars&#148;),
which plans were assumed by Harrah&#146;s Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc.<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>(&#147;Harrah&#146;s&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) in connection with the merger
of Caesars with and into Harrah&#146;s Operating Company,&nbsp;Inc., effective as of
June&nbsp;13, 2005 (the &#147;Merger&#148;).&#160; The number
of Shares subject to outstanding awards or available for issuance under the
plans as of the closing of the Merger and registered hereunder and the
applicable exercise price have been calculated pursuant to the exchange ratio
set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, effective as of July&nbsp;14,
2004, by and between Harrah&#146;s, Harrah&#146;s Operating Company,&nbsp;Inc. and
Caesars.&#160; The Shares consist of outstanding
awards covering up to: (A)&nbsp;731,000 Shares under the Park Place
Entertainment Corporation 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan, all of which are options, with a weighted average exercise price of $28.12; (B)&nbsp;18,182 Shares under the Park Place
Entertainment Corporation 1998
Independent Director Stock Option Plan, all of which are
options, with a weighted average
exercise price of $33.93; and (C)&nbsp;716,210 Shares under the Caesars&#146; Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc. 2004 Long
Term Incentive Plan, all of which are options, with a weighted
average exercise price of $51.88. &#160;The registered Shares also include 5,518,626 Shares
available for future issuance under the 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan, and 100,000 Shares available for future
issuance under the Amended and Restated Park
Place Entertainment Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan.&#160; In the event of a stock split, stock dividend,
or similar transaction involving the Company&#146;s Common Stock, the number of Shares
registered hereby shall automatically be increased to cover the additional
shares in accordance with Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 31.7pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-31.7pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;and
(c)&nbsp;of the Securities Act, based upon (a)&nbsp;1,465,392 Shares subject to
outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $39.81, and (b)&nbsp;5,618,626
Shares available for future issuances based on the average of the high and low
of the Harrah&#146;s Common Stock ($72.04) on June 13, 2005.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each share of Common
Stock being registered hereunder, if issued prior to the termination of the
Company&#146;s Rights Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;5, 1996, between Harrah&#146;s
Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc. and The Bank of New York, will include one preferred
share purchase right.&#160; Prior to the
occurrence of certain events, the preferred share purchase rights will not be
exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.&#160; Accordingly, no additional registration fee
is required.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
unsecured deferred compensation obligations registered pursuant to this
registration statement arise under the Deferred Compensation Plan and are unsecured
obligations of the registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future
pursuant to compensation deferral elections made by participants in accordance
with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;I</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information called
for in Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 is not being prepared with or included in
this Form&nbsp;S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance
with the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incorporation of
Documents by Reference</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents
filed with the Commission by the Company, are incorporated as of their
respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2004, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2005;</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period ended March&nbsp;31,
2005, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2005; and</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;3,
2005, March&nbsp;7, 2005, March&nbsp;11, 2005, April&nbsp;27, 2005, May&nbsp;2,
2005, May&nbsp;3, 2005, May&nbsp;20, 2005, May&nbsp;24, 2005, June&nbsp;3,
2005, June&nbsp;9, 2005, and June&nbsp;13, 2005.</h2>

<h2 align="left" style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h2>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and are a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.&#160; A report on Form&nbsp;8-K furnished to the
Commission shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.&#160; Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Description of
Securities</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
securities being registered under the Deferred Compensation Plan represent
obligations of the Company to make future payments to the participants in the
Deferred Compensation Plan.&#160; The Deferred
Compensation Plan is intended to be an unfunded arrangement for the purposes of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.&#160; The following
description of the material terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan is
qualified by reference to the Deferred Compensation Plan and terms not defined
herein shall be given the meanings set forth in the Deferred Compensation Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Deferred
Compensation Plan was assumed by the Company in connection with the Merger, and
provides certain employees who were officers at the Vice President level or
higher of Caesars, or any other officers and highly compensated employees who
are selected by the committee designated by the Board of Directors of Harrah&#146;s
to oversee the Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Committee&#148;) in its sole
discretion to participate, the right to defer a portion of their
compensation.&#160; Eligible employees may
elect to defer up to 100% of their base salary and/or their bonus under the Deferred
Compensation Plan.&#160; The Company may make
matching contributions with respect to a portion of the participant&#146;s deferrals.
The amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan represent an
obligation of the Company to make payments to the participant at some time in
the future, in an amount equal to: (1)&nbsp;compensation which the participants
have elected to defer under the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, (2)&nbsp;matching
contributions, to the extent vested, plus (3)&nbsp;earnings on the foregoing
amounts based on a notional investment measurement, all of which is reflected
in the individual accounts maintained for each of the participants.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
amounts deferred (plus any matching contributions) will be indexed to one or
more investment funds individually chosen by the participant from a selection
determined by the Deferred Compensation Plan&#146;s Committee, which selection may
change from time to time. The investment funds selected by a participant will
be used to measure the return on his or her Deferred Compensation Plan accounts.
The investment funds will be used only for the purpose of calculating
hypothetical returns, and the amounts in participants&#146; Plan accounts will not
actually be invested in the selected investment funds.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
participants are immediately vested in all elective deferrals made to their
accounts.&#160; The vesting period for
matching contributions is 33</font><font size="1" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.5pt;">1</font>/<font size="1" style="font-size:7.0pt;position:relative;top:1.0pt;">3</font>&#160;% for completion
of each Year of Vesting Service after credit of such matching contribution to
the participant&#146;s account.&#160; Each
participant, however, shall become fully vested in his or her matching
contribution account as of the first to occur of : (1)&nbsp;the participant&#146;s
retirement on or after age 55 (and the participant does not become employed by
a competitor during the six month period following retirement), (2)&nbsp;the
participant&#146;s death or becoming Disabled while employed, or (3)&nbsp;a Change
of Control.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
deferred compensation obligations incurred by the Company under the Deferred
Compensation Plan are unsecured general obligations, and will rank equally with
other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, from time to time outstanding,
payable from the general assets of the Company.&#160;
The Company may establish a trust to serve as a source of funds from
which it can satisfy the obligations.&#160;
Participants in the Deferred Compensation Plan will have no rights to
any assets held by any such trust, except as general creditors of the Company.
Assets of any such trust will at all times be subject to the claims of the
general creditors of the Company and the general creditors of its affiliates
adopting the Deferred Compensation Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The vested
amounts payable to participants under the Deferred Compensation Plan are
distributed in accordance with the distribution provisions of the Deferred
Compensation Plan.&#160; Distributions
generally begin following a participant&#146;s termination of employment, Disability,
or death.&#160; Such distributions are
generally payable in equal annual installments over a period not to exceed 15
years, or in a single lump sum.&#160; Early
limited distributions in a lump sum (and subject to a penalty) may also be
made.&#160; Amounts retained in the
participant&#146;s account during such payout period continue to earn hypothetical
gains and are subject to hypothetical losses.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
participant&#146;s rights to any amounts credited to his or her accounts may not be
alienated, anticipated, commuted, pledged, encumbered or assigned in any manner
by the participant and may only pass upon the participant&#146;s death pursuant to a
beneficiary designation, subject to certain discretionary limitations of the
Committee related to domestic relations orders, taxes required to be withheld
by an employer and payments on behalf of persons under incapacity.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the
Company determines that a participant no longer qualifies as a member of a
select group of management or highly compensated individuals for purposes of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Committee has the
right to distribute amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan, prevent
the participant from making future deferral elections, and distribute in lump
sum the vested amount credited to the participant&#146;s account.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Plan is administered by the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors and
the number of members, also determined by the Board, may vary from time to
time.&#160; The Company reserves the right to
terminate the Deferred Compensation Plan in whole or in part, and the
participant&#146;s vested interests will be distributed within sixty days following
the date of termination. The Company may provide that amounts to be deferred
under the Plan in the future will be credited to accounts under a different
deferred compensation plan maintained by the Company, and/or may provide that
amounts previously deferred under the Plan will be transferred and credited to
accounts under a different deferred compensation plan maintained by the Company</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Indemnification of
Directors and Officers</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware empowers a Delaware corporation to
indemnify, subject to the standards set forth therein, any person who is a
party in any action in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding brought
or threatened by reason of the fact that the person was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such company, or is or was serving as such with respect to
another entity at the request of such company. The General Corporation Law of
Delaware also provides that a Delaware corporation may purchase insurance on
behalf of any such director, officer, employee or agent.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;Tenth of our
Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification of our officers and
directors to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have entered into
Indemnification Agreements with our directors, executive officers and certain
other officers. Generally, the Indemnification Agreements provide that we will
indemnify such persons against any and all expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments
and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect to such
expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of any
Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event. &#147;Claim&#148;
is defined as any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
or any inquiry or investigation, whether conducted by us or any other party,
that the indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any
such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other. &#147;Indemnifiable Event&#148; is defined as any event or
occurrence related to the fact that indemnitee is or was our director, officer,
employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary, or is or was serving at our request as a
director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other
enterprise, or by reason of anything done or not done by the indemnitee in any
such capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i)&nbsp;our obligation to
indemnify the indemnitee shall be subject to the condition that the reviewing
party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which
special, independent counsel is involved) that the indemnitee would not be
permitted to be indemnified under applicable law and (ii)&nbsp;our obligation
to make an expense advance shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and
to the extent that the reviewing party determines that the indemnitee would not
be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, we will be entitled to
be reimbursed by the indemnitee (who has agreed to reimburse us for any amounts
theretofore paid; provided, that if the indemnitee has commenced legal
proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that
the indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination
made by the reviewing party that the indemnitee would not be permitted to be
indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and the indemnitee shall
not be required to reimburse us for any expense advance until a final judicial
determination is made with respect thereto as to which all rights of appeal
therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed).</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We carry insurance
policies which cover our individual directors and officers for legal liability
and which would pay on our behalf for expenses of indemnifying directors and
officers in accordance with our Certificate of Incorporation.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7)&nbsp;of
the Delaware General Corporation Law enables a Delaware corporation to provide
in its certificate of incorporation for the elimination or limitation of the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any such provision
cannot eliminate or limit a director&#146;s liability: (1)&nbsp;for any breach of
the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2)&nbsp;for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law; (3)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law (which imposes liability on directors for unlawful
payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (4)&nbsp;for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article&nbsp;Thirteenth
of our Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of each of our
directors to us and our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director to the full extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exemption from
Registration Claimed</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exhibits</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See Index to Exhibits on page&nbsp;9.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Undertakings</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 2.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however</font></i>,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i> offering thereof.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on this 14th
day of June, 2005.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Harrah&#146;s
  Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware corporation</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Stephen H.
  Brammell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Stephen H.
  Brammell</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Senior
  Vice President, General Counsel and<br>
  &nbsp;Secretary</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 256.5pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes
and appoints Gary W. Loveman, Stephen H. Brammell, and Charles L. Atwood and
each of them, either one of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June&nbsp;14, 2005.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Barbara T.
  Alexander</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Barbara T.
  Alexander</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Frank J.
  Biondi,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank J. Biondi,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stephen F.
  Bollenbach</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Joe M.
  Henson</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joe M. Henson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William Barron
  Hilton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Ralph Horn</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ralph Horn</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gary W.
  Loveman</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
  Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gary W. Loveman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ R. Brad
  Martin</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">R. Brad Martin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gary G.
  Michael</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gary G. Michael</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert G.
  Miller</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert G. Miller</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Boake A.
  Sells</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Boake A. Sells</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Christopher
  J. Williams</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christopher J.
  Williams</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Anthony D.
  McDuffie</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting
  Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Anthony D.
  McDuffie</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Charles L.
  Atwood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:46.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles L.
  Atwood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEX TO
EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Stephen H. Brammell regarding Deferred Compensation Obligations</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*5.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Park Place Entertainment Corporation </font>1998 Stock Incentive Plan
  (1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Park Place Entertainment Corporation </font>1998 Independent Director
  Stock Option Plan (2)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Caesars&#146;
  Entertainment,&nbsp;Inc. 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Restated
  Park Place Entertainment Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (4)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Amended and Restated Park Place Entertainment Corporation </font>Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of </font>Stephen H. Brammell (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.2)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*23.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:7.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of
  Attorney (included on signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">

<hr size="1" width="25%" noshade color="black" align="left">

</font></div>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
herewith.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
as exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Caesars&#146; Form&nbsp;S-8 dated December&nbsp;22, 1998; and
as amended in its filing as exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Caesars&#146; Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;31, 2001, and incorporated
herein by reference.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
as exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;S-8 of Caesars filed with
the Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
as exhibit 10.1 to Caesars&#146; Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;9,
2005, and incorporated herein by reference.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
as exhibit 10.35 to the Form&nbsp;10-K of Caesars for the year ended December
31, 2002 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;28, 2003, and incorporated
herein by reference.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filed
as exhibit&nbsp;10.30 to the Form&nbsp;10-K of Caesars for the year ended
December 31, 2001 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;18, 2002, and
incorporated herein by reference.</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT INC", "cik": "0000858339", "assigned-sic": "7990", "irs-number": "621411755", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-125807", "film-number": "05895632"}, "business-address": {"street1": "ONE HARRAHS COURT", "city": "LAS VEGAS", "state": "NV", "zip": "89119", "phone": "7024076000"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "ONE HARRAHS COURT", "city": "LAS VEGAS", "state": "NV", "zip": "89119"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "PROMUS COMPANIES INC", "date-changed": "19920703"}}
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
62-1411755
(State or other
  jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Harrah's Court
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
(702) 407-6000
(
Address,
  including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive
offices)
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN;
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
1998 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN;
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 2004 LONG TERM
INCENTIVE PLAN;
THE RESTATED PARK PLACE
ENTERTAINMENT
CORPORATION EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN; AND
THE AMENDED AND RESTATED PARK PLACE
ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
EMPLOYEE
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(
Full title of the
Plans)
Copy to:
STEPHEN H. BRAMMELL
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
One Harrah's Court
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
(702) 407-6000
CHARLES K. RUCK
Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 2000
Costa Mesa, California 92626
(714) 540-1235
(Name, address, including
  zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
of Securities to
be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
OfferingPrice
Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share(3)
7,084,018 shares
$65.37
$463,103,073
$54,508
Deferred
  Compensation Obligations under the Restated Park Place Entertainment
  Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan ("Deferred Compensation
  Plan")
(4)
$85,000,000
N/A
$85,000,000
$10,005
(1)
7,084,018
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share, of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation ("Shares"), are being registered hereunder.  Such number of Shares represents the
aggregate number of Shares subject to outstanding awards or available for
issuance pursuant to various equity plans of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. ("Caesars"),
which plans were assumed by Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
("Harrah's" or the "Company") in connection with the merger
of Caesars with and into Harrah's Operating Company, Inc., effective as of
June 13, 2005 (the "Merger").  The number
of Shares subject to outstanding awards or available for issuance under the
plans as of the closing of the Merger and registered hereunder and the
applicable exercise price have been calculated pursuant to the exchange ratio
set forth in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, effective as of July 14,
2004, by and between Harrah's, Harrah's Operating Company, Inc. and
Caesars.  The Shares consist of outstanding
awards covering up to: (A) 731,000 Shares under the Park Place
Entertainment Corporation 1998 Stock
Incentive Plan, all of which are options, with a weighted average exercise price of $28.12; (B) 18,182 Shares under the Park Place
Entertainment Corporation 1998
Independent Director Stock Option Plan, all of which are
options, with a weighted average
exercise price of $33.93; and (C) 716,210 Shares under the Caesars' Entertainment, Inc. 2004 Long
Term Incentive Plan, all of which are options, with a weighted
average exercise price of $51.88.  The registered Shares also include 5,518,626 Shares
available for future issuance under the 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan, and 100,000 Shares available for future
issuance under the Amended and Restated Park
Place Entertainment Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  In the event of a stock split, stock dividend,
or similar transaction involving the Company's Common Stock, the number of Shares
registered hereby shall automatically be increased to cover the additional
shares in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and
(c) of the Securities Act, based upon (a) 1,465,392 Shares subject to
outstanding options with a weighted average exercise price of $39.81, and (b) 5,618,626
Shares available for future issuances based on the average of the high and low
of the Harrah's Common Stock ($72.04) on June 13, 2005.
(3)
Each share of Common
Stock being registered hereunder, if issued prior to the termination of the
Company's Rights Agreement, dated as of October 5, 1996, between Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc. and The Bank of New York, will include one preferred
share purchase right.  Prior to the
occurrence of certain events, the preferred share purchase rights will not be
exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.  Accordingly, no additional registration fee
is required.
(4)
The
unsecured deferred compensation obligations registered pursuant to this
registration statement arise under the Deferred Compensation Plan and are unsecured
obligations of the registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future
pursuant to compensation deferral elections made by participants in accordance
with the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan.
2
PART I
The information called
for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being prepared with or included in
this Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission").
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of
Documents by Reference
The following documents
filed with the Commission by the Company, are incorporated as of their
respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
A.
The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004, filed with the Commission on March 1, 2005;
B.
The
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31,
2005, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2005; and
C.
The
Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3,
2005, March 7, 2005, March 11, 2005, April 27, 2005, May 2,
2005, May 3, 2005, May 20, 2005, May 24, 2005, June 3,
2005, June 9, 2005, and June 13, 2005.
All documents filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and are a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.  A report on Form 8-K furnished to the
Commission shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.  Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. 
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4.
Description of
Securities
The
securities being registered under the Deferred Compensation Plan represent
obligations of the Company to make future payments to the participants in the
Deferred Compensation Plan.  The Deferred
Compensation Plan is intended to be an unfunded arrangement for the purposes of
providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly
compensated employees for purposes of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974.  The following
description of the material terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan is
qualified by reference to the Deferred Compensation Plan and terms not defined
herein shall be given the meanings set forth in the Deferred Compensation Plan.
The Deferred
Compensation Plan was assumed by the Company in connection with the Merger, and
provides certain employees who were officers at the Vice President level or
higher of Caesars, or any other officers and highly compensated employees who
are selected by the committee designated by the Board of Directors of Harrah's
to oversee the Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Committee") in its sole
discretion to participate, the right to defer a portion of their
compensation.  Eligible employees may
elect to defer up to 100% of their base salary and/or their bonus under the Deferred
Compensation Plan.  The Company may make
matching contributions with respect to a portion of the participant's deferrals.
The amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan represent an
obligation of the Company to make payments to the participant at some time in
the future, in an amount equal to: (1) compensation which the participants
have elected to defer under the terms of the Deferred Compensation Plan, (2) matching
contributions, to the extent vested, plus (3) earnings on the foregoing
amounts based on a notional investment measurement, all of which is reflected
in the individual accounts maintained for each of the participants.
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The
amounts deferred (plus any matching contributions) will be indexed to one or
more investment funds individually chosen by the participant from a selection
determined by the Deferred Compensation Plan's Committee, which selection may
change from time to time. The investment funds selected by a participant will
be used to measure the return on his or her Deferred Compensation Plan accounts.
The investment funds will be used only for the purpose of calculating
hypothetical returns, and the amounts in participants' Plan accounts will not
actually be invested in the selected investment funds.
All
participants are immediately vested in all elective deferrals made to their
accounts.  The vesting period for
matching contributions is 33
1
/
3
% for completion
of each Year of Vesting Service after credit of such matching contribution to
the participant's account.  Each
participant, however, shall become fully vested in his or her matching
contribution account as of the first to occur of : (1) the participant's
retirement on or after age 55 (and the participant does not become employed by
a competitor during the six month period following retirement), (2) the
participant's death or becoming Disabled while employed, or (3) a Change
of Control.
The
deferred compensation obligations incurred by the Company under the Deferred
Compensation Plan are unsecured general obligations, and will rank equally with
other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, from time to time outstanding,
payable from the general assets of the Company. 
The Company may establish a trust to serve as a source of funds from
which it can satisfy the obligations. 
Participants in the Deferred Compensation Plan will have no rights to
any assets held by any such trust, except as general creditors of the Company.
Assets of any such trust will at all times be subject to the claims of the
general creditors of the Company and the general creditors of its affiliates
adopting the Deferred Compensation Plan.
The vested
amounts payable to participants under the Deferred Compensation Plan are
distributed in accordance with the distribution provisions of the Deferred
Compensation Plan.  Distributions
generally begin following a participant's termination of employment, Disability,
or death.  Such distributions are
generally payable in equal annual installments over a period not to exceed 15
years, or in a single lump sum.  Early
limited distributions in a lump sum (and subject to a penalty) may also be
made.  Amounts retained in the
participant's account during such payout period continue to earn hypothetical
gains and are subject to hypothetical losses.
A
participant's rights to any amounts credited to his or her accounts may not be
alienated, anticipated, commuted, pledged, encumbered or assigned in any manner
by the participant and may only pass upon the participant's death pursuant to a
beneficiary designation, subject to certain discretionary limitations of the
Committee related to domestic relations orders, taxes required to be withheld
by an employer and payments on behalf of persons under incapacity.
If the
Company determines that a participant no longer qualifies as a member of a
select group of management or highly compensated individuals for purposes of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Committee has the
right to distribute amounts deferred under the Deferred Compensation Plan, prevent
the participant from making future deferral elections, and distribute in lump
sum the vested amount credited to the participant's account.
The
Plan is administered by the Committee appointed by the Board of Directors and
the number of members, also determined by the Board, may vary from time to
time.  The Company reserves the right to
terminate the Deferred Compensation Plan in whole or in part, and the
participant's vested interests will be distributed within sixty days following
the date of termination. The Company may provide that amounts to be deferred
under the Plan in the future will be credited to accounts under a different
deferred compensation plan maintained by the Company, and/or may provide that
amounts previously deferred under the Plan will be transferred and credited to
accounts under a different deferred compensation plan maintained by the Company
Item 5.
Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware empowers a Delaware corporation to
indemnify, subject to the standards set forth therein, any person who is a
party in any action in connection with any action, suit, or proceeding brought
or threatened by reason of the fact that the person was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such company, or is or was serving as such with respect to
another entity at the request of such company. The General Corporation Law of
Delaware also provides that a Delaware corporation may purchase insurance on
behalf of any such director, officer, employee or agent.
Article Tenth of our
Certificate of Incorporation provides for indemnification of our officers and
directors to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
We have entered into
Indemnification Agreements with our directors, executive officers and certain
other officers. Generally, the Indemnification Agreements provide that we will
indemnify such persons against any and all expenses, judgments, fines,
penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including all interest, assessments
and other charges paid or payable in connection with or in respect to such
expenses, judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement) of any
Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event. "Claim"
is defined as any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
or any inquiry or investigation, whether conducted by us or any other party,
that the indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of any
such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other. "Indemnifiable Event" is defined as any event or
occurrence related to the fact that indemnitee is or was our director, officer,
employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary, or is or was serving at our request as a
director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other
enterprise, or by reason of anything done or not done by the indemnitee in any
such capacity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) our obligation to
indemnify the indemnitee shall be subject to the condition that the reviewing
party shall not have determined (in a written opinion, in any case in which
special, independent counsel is involved) that the indemnitee would not be
permitted to be indemnified under applicable law and (ii) our obligation
to make an expense advance shall be subject to the condition that, if, when and
to the extent that the reviewing party determines that the indemnitee would not
be permitted to be so indemnified under applicable law, we will be entitled to
be reimbursed by the indemnitee (who has agreed to reimburse us for any amounts
theretofore paid; provided, that if the indemnitee has commenced legal
proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that
the indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any determination
made by the reviewing party that the indemnitee would not be permitted to be
indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding and the indemnitee shall
not be required to reimburse us for any expense advance until a final judicial
determination is made with respect thereto as to which all rights of appeal
therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed).
We carry insurance
policies which cover our individual directors and officers for legal liability
and which would pay on our behalf for expenses of indemnifying directors and
officers in accordance with our Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 102(b)(7) of
the Delaware General Corporation Law enables a Delaware corporation to provide
in its certificate of incorporation for the elimination or limitation of the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any such provision
cannot eliminate or limit a director's liability: (1) for any breach of
the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) for
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
a knowing violation of law; (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law (which imposes liability on directors for unlawful
payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (4) for
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article Thirteenth
of our Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the liability of each of our
directors to us and our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director to the full extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
Item 7.
Exemption from
Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits on page 9.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however
,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2)
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Las Vegas, State of Nevada, on this 14th
day of June, 2005.
Harrah's
  Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware corporation
By:
/s/ Stephen H.
  Brammell
Stephen H.
  Brammell
Senior
  Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes
and appoints Gary W. Loveman, Stephen H. Brammell, and Charles L. Atwood and
each of them, either one of whom may act without joinder of the other, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 14, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/ Barbara T.
  Alexander
Director
Barbara T.
  Alexander
/s/ Frank J.
  Biondi, Jr.
Director
Frank J. Biondi, Jr.
Director
Stephen F.
  Bollenbach
/s/ Joe M.
  Henson
Director
Joe M. Henson
Director
William Barron
  Hilton
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/s/ Ralph Horn
Director
Ralph Horn
/s/ Gary W.
  Loveman
Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive
  Officer
Gary W. Loveman
/s/ R. Brad
  Martin
Director
R. Brad Martin
/s/ Gary G.
  Michael
Director
Gary G. Michael
/s/ Robert G.
  Miller
Director
Robert G. Miller
/s/ Boake A.
  Sells
Director
Boake A. Sells
/s/ Christopher
  J. Williams
Director
Christopher J.
  Williams
/s/ Anthony D.
  McDuffie
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting
  Officer
Anthony D.
  McDuffie
/s/ Charles L.
  Atwood
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Charles L.
  Atwood
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INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
*5.1
Opinion of
  Stephen H. Brammell regarding Deferred Compensation Obligations
*5.2
Opinion of
  Latham & Watkins LLP
10.1
Park Place Entertainment Corporation
1998 Stock Incentive Plan
  (1)
10.2
Park Place Entertainment Corporation
1998 Independent Director
  Stock Option Plan (2)
10.3
Caesars'
  Entertainment, Inc. 2004 Long Term Incentive Plan (3)
10.4
The Restated
  Park Place Entertainment Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan (4)
10.5
The Amended and Restated Park Place Entertainment Corporation
Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan (5)
*23.1
Consent of
Stephen H. Brammell (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*23.2
Consent of
  Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)
*23.3
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*24.1
Powers of
  Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed
herewith.
(1)
Filed
as exhibit 4.3 to Caesars' Form S-8 dated December 22, 1998; and
as amended in its filing as exhibit 4.1 to Caesars' Registration Statement
on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 31, 2001, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(2)
Filed
as exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 of Caesars filed with
the Commission on June 15, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed
as exhibit 10.1 to Caesars' Form S-8 filed with the Commission on February 9,
2005, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed
as exhibit 10.35 to the Form 10-K of Caesars for the year ended December
31, 2002 filed with the Commission on March 28, 2003, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(5)
Filed
as exhibit 10.30 to the Form 10-K of Caesars for the year ended
December 31, 2001 filed with the Commission on March 18, 2002, and
incorporated herein by reference.
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