Sec Form 4 Filing - COZZA KEITH @ CAESARS HOLDINGS, INC. - 2020-07-20

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FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
COZZA KEITH
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CAESARS HOLDINGS, INC. [ CZR]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X __ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last) (First) (Middle)
ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY)
07/20/2020
(Street)
LAS VEGAS, NV89109
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
__ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 07/20/2020 D 19,080 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) D 0 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YY)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 07/20/2020 D 7,175.7745 ( 1 )( 2 ) ( 1 )( 2 ) Common Stock 7,175.7745 ( 1 ) ( 2 ) 0 D
Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
COZZA KEITH
ONE CAESARS PALACE DRIVE
LAS VEGAS, NV89109
X
Signatures
/s/ Jill Eaton, by Power of Attorney, on behalf of Keith Cozza 07/22/2020
Signature of Reporting Person Date
Explanation of Responses:
( 1 )On July 20, 2020, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 24, 2019 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 15, 2019, the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Caesars Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Eldorado Resorts, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("New Caesars") and Colt Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of New Caesars ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the "Merger").
( 2 )(Continued from Footnote 1) The Company stockholders were entitled to receive consideration per Company share equal to, at the election of the holder thereof and subject to the proration procedures described in the Merger Agreement, approximately $12.41 in cash or approximately 0.3085 shares of New Caesars Common Stock with a value equal to approximately $12.41 (based on the volume weighted average price per share of New Caesars Common Stock for the 10 trading days ending on July 16, 2020). Amounts shown represent phantom stock held under the Company's Outside Director Deferred Compensation Plan. At the effective time of the Merger, each such phantom stock was converted into a number of units for New Caesars common stock in an amount equal to (a) the per share merger consideration amount divided by (b) the volume weighted average price per share of New Caesars Common Stock for the 10 trading days ending on July 16, 2020.

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