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): November 3, 2017 (November 3, 2017)
CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
| Delaware | 001-10410 | 62-1411755 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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)
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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On November 3, 2017, Caesars Entertainment Corporation issued a press release announcing that Caesars Growth Properties Holdings, LLC and Caesars Growth Properties Finance, Inc. (collectively, the “CGPH Purchasers”) and Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties, LLC and Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties Finance, Inc. (collectively, the “CERP Purchasers”), have each launched cash tender offers to purchase (i) with respect to the CERP Purchasers, any and all of the outstanding $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 8% First-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and $1,150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 11% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2021 and (ii) with respect to the CGPH Purchasers, any and all of the outstanding $675,000,000 aggregate principal amount of their 9.375% Second-Priority Notes due 2020, subject to financing and other conditions. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release. | |
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release. | |
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 | ||||||
| Dated: November 3, 2017 | By: | /s/ SCOTT E. WIEGAND | ||||
| Name: | Scott E. Wiegand | |||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||||