UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. | ||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||
Delaware | 62-1411755 | |
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
One Caesars Palace Drive | ||
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 | ||
(702) 407-6000 | ||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Zip Code) |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. ¨
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. x
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 001-10410
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Title of each class |
to be so registered |
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Voting Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrants Securities to be Registered
The class of securities to be registered hereby is Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (Harrahs or the Company) voting common stock, par value $.01 per share (the Voting Common Stock).
On January 28, 2008, Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. announced the completion of its merger with Hamlet Merger Inc. (the Merger). The Merger was completed pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 19, 2006 (the Merger Agreement), among Hamlet Holdings LLC, Hamlet Merger Inc., and Harrahs. As a result of the Merger, the former stockholders of Harrahs will receive a purchase price of $90 per share in cash and will no longer hold any shares of Harrahs. Also as a result of the Merger, the only securities of Harrahs registered pursuant to the Exchange Act will be the Voting Common Stock.
Description of Voting Common Stock
The total number of shares of stock which the Company has authority to issue is 120,000,020 shares of stock, consisting of (a) 20 shares of Voting Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and 80,000,000 shares of Non-Voting Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Non-Voting Common Stock and, together with the Voting Common Stock, the Common Stock) and (b) 40,000,000 shares of Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the Preferred Stock).
The Voting Common Stock has no economic rights or privileges, including rights in liquidation.
The holders of Voting Common Stock have no right to receive dividends or any other distributions. Subject to certain rights of holders of Preferred Stock, when, as and if dividends are declared on the Common Stock, whether payable in cash, in property or in securities of the Corporation, the holders of Non-Voting Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, share for share, in such dividends.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of Non-Voting Common Stock will receive a pro rata distribution of any remaining assets after payment of or provision for liabilities and the liquidation preference on Preferred Stock, if any.
The holders of Voting Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted on by the stockholders of the Company.
The capital stock of the Company, after the amount of the subscription price has been fully paid in, will not be assessable for any purpose, and no stock issued as fully paid will ever be assessable or assessed. No stockholder of the Company is individually liable for the debts or liabilities of the Company.
No stockholder of the Company is entitled to cumulative voting of his shares for the election of directors.
No stockholder of the Company has any preemptive rights.
If there is an Initial Public Offering (as defined in the paragraph immediately below) of the Company, if every holder of Non-Voting Common Stock beneficially owns less than 5% of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock, on a combined basis, then the shares of Voting Common Stock outstanding at such time will be redeemed at the subscription price of such shares, and the shares of Non-Voting Common Stock outstanding at such time will automatically be designated, without cost, as Common Stock and will be entitled to the rights such shares had prior to such designation plus the voting rights described above with respect to Voting Common Stock. The rights of each holder of Non-Voting Common Stock to be designated as Common Stock pursuant to the prior sentence shall be subject at all times to compliance with all gaming and other statutes, laws, rules and regulations applicable to the Company and such holder at that time.
Initial Public Offering means the Companys first bona fide firm commitment underwritten public offering of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and in which the shares of Common Stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Stock Market or another internationally recognized stock exchange.
Item 2. | Exhibits | |
The following exhibits are incorporated herein by reference: | ||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (Incorporated by | |
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 1, | ||
2008) | ||
3.2 | Amended and Restated By-Laws of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 | |
to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2008) | ||
3.3 | Certificate of Designation of Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit | |
3.3 to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2008) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
HARRAHS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | ||||||||
Dated: February 22, 2008 | By: | /s/ Michael D. Cohen | ||||||
Name: | Michael D. Cohen | |||||||
Title: | Vice President, Associate General Counsel and | |||||||
Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX | ||
3.1 | Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (Incorporated by | |
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2008) | ||
3.2 | Amended and Restated By-Laws of Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 | |
to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2008) | ||
3.3 | Certificate of Designation of Non-Voting Perpetual Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit | |
3.3 to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 1, 2008) |