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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January&nbsp;3, 2019 (December 27, 2018) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Caesars Entertainment Corporation </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-10410</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">62-1411755</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>N/A </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744; Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744; Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT>
communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> the Securities Exchange Act of
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1934&nbsp;(&#167;240.12b-2&nbsp;of</FONT> this chapter). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Supplementing the cash retention awards granted on December&nbsp;12, 2018, on
December&nbsp;27, 2018 the Compensation and Management Development Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) approved a cash award agreement for Tom Jenkin under
the Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2017 Performance Incentive Plan in the amount of $900,000, also vesting on February&nbsp;1, 2020.&nbsp;The Committee further has provided that the cash retention awards granted in December 2018 will
automatically vest in full upon the applicable participant&#146;s termination of employment or service with the Company or one of its subsidiaries resulting from a termination by the Company without cause, a resignation by the participant for good
reason or the participant&#146;s death or disability. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 3, 2019 (December 27, 2018)
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-10410
62-1411755
(State of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
One Caesars Palace Drive
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(702)
407-6000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or
former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is
intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
☐ Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the
Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or
Rule 12b-2 of
the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (§240.12b-2 of
this chapter).
Emerging growth company   ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or
revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain
Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Supplementing the cash retention awards granted on December 12, 2018, on
December 27, 2018 the Compensation and Management Development Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the "Company") approved a cash award agreement for Tom Jenkin under
the Caesars Entertainment Corporation 2017 Performance Incentive Plan in the amount of $900,000, also vesting on February 1, 2020. The Committee further has provided that the cash retention awards granted in December 2018 will
automatically vest in full upon the applicable participant's termination of employment or service with the Company or one of its subsidiaries resulting from a termination by the Company without cause, a resignation by the participant for good
reason or the participant's death or disability.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Date: January 3, 2019
By:
/s/ MICHELLE BUSHORE
Name:
Michelle Bushore
Title:
Senior Vice President and Chief Governance and Transactional Officer