Current Report Filing (8-k)
August 06 2018 - 7:53AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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): August 3, 2018
WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Nevada
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000-50028
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46-0484987
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(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada
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89109
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(702)
770-7555
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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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 1.01
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On August 3, 2018, Wynn Resorts, Limited (the Company) entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the Cooperation
Agreement) with Ms. Elaine P. Wynn regarding the composition of the Companys Board of Directors (the Board) and certain other matters.
The Cooperation Agreement provides, among other things, that:
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Concurrent with the execution of the Cooperation Agreement, the Company will increase the size of the Board and
appoint Mr. Philip G. Satre as a Class I director and Vice Chairman of the Board.
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Mr. Satre will be named sole Chairman of the Board immediately following the resignation of the current
Chairman from such position and no later than December 31, 2018, unless the Board determines in good faith after consulting outside counsel that such appointment would violate the Boards fiduciary duties. If Mr. Satre is not
appointed as sole Chairman by December 31, 2018, the Board will take such actions (if any) as are necessary to ensure that the Companys deadline for director nominations remains open for no less than 45 days following December 31,
2018. Following his appointment, Mr. Satre is entitled to serve as sole Vice Chairman until he is appointed sole Chairman of the Board, and as sole Chairman of the Board through the day after the conclusion of the 2020 annual meeting of the
Companys stockholders (the Commitment Date), in each case, unless the Board determines in good faith after consulting outside counsel that Mr. Satres continued service as Vice Chairman or Chairman of the Board, as
applicable, would violate the Boards fiduciary duties.
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Concurrent with or prior to his appointment as Chairman, Mr. Satre will also be appointed as a member of the
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board (the Corporate Governance Committee).
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Concurrent with the execution of the Cooperation Agreement, Mr. Satre will be appointed an ex officio
representative to the Companys Corporate Compliance Committee and the lead Board representative thereon. Mr. Satre will also be consulted on, provide input on and, as appropriate, participate in any substantive communications with
regulators about matters that are material to the Company, and Mr. Satre will be consulted on, and will provide input on, any Board action that could reasonably be determined to affect the Companys standing with its regulators in any
material respect.
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During the period beginning on the date (if any) that Mr. Satre becomes Chairman and ending on the later of
the date Mr. Satre ceases to be Chairman and the conclusion of the 2020 annual meeting of the Companys stockholders (the Standstill Period), Ms. Wynn will be subject to customary standstill restrictions relating to,
among other things, share purchases subject to a cap of 9.9% of the Companys outstanding common stock, nominating persons for election at any meeting of the Companys stockholders at which directors are to be elected, submitting any
stockholder proposals at, or bringing any other business before, any meeting of the Companys stockholders, engaging in the solicitation of proxies or written consents or any withhold or similar campaign with respect to any
stockholder meeting, calling any special meeting of the Companys stockholders, making any public statement with respect to any extraordinary transaction involving the Company, seeking to influence or control the management, the Board, business
or policies of the Company, and other related matters, in each case, subject to certain exceptions including communicating privately with representatives of the Company so long as such private communications would reasonably be determined not to
trigger public disclosure obligations for Ms. Wynn or the Company. Also, Ms. Wynn has agreed that she will communicate any specific operational or governance proposals with respect to the Company solely to the Companys Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of the Board or Vice Chairman of the Board.
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Ms. Wynn has also agreed that, from the date of the Cooperation Agreement through the end of the Standstill
Period, she will not propose any additional directors or seek to accelerate the timeline for the appointment of Mr. Satre as Chairman.
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Until the Commitment Date, the Board will recommend to the Companys stockholders that they vote against any
proposal to remove Mr. Satre from the Board, and will solicit proxies against any proposal to remove Mr. Satre from the Board, in each case, unless the Board determines in good faith, after consulting outside counsel, that such action
would violate the Boards fiduciary duties.
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During the Standstill Period, Ms. Wynn has agreed to vote her shares in accordance with the Boards
recommendations with respect to each election and any removal of directors.
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Each party agreed to a release with respect to the other party (and certain other persons), subject to certain
exceptions.
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Each party agreed to
non-disparagement
provisions applicable from the
date of the Cooperation Agreement through the termination of the Cooperation Agreement, subject to certain exceptions.
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Each party agreed not to pursue any legal proceeding against the other party or its representatives during the
Standstill Period, subject to certain exceptions.
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If at any time before the 2020 annual meeting of the Companys stockholders, Mr. Satre ceases to serve
on the Board due to his death or inability to act as Chairman of the Board, either due to his own or his spouses illness or accident or other mental or physical incapacity, and Ms. Wynn owns at such time at least 5% of the
Companys outstanding common stock, then Ms. Wynn will be entitled to propose a candidate to replace Mr. Satre as an independent director, Chairman and member of the Corporate Governance Committee (a Replacement Director),
subject to the approval of the Corporate Governance Committee (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Cooperation Agreement will terminate if the Corporate Governance Committee does not approve the appointment of such
candidate.
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The Company has agreed to reimburse Ms. Wynn for actual
out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection with the 2018 annual meeting of the Companys stockholders and the negotiation of the Cooperation Agreement, up to a cap of $5,000,000.
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The Cooperation Agreement will terminate automatically on the later of the Commitment Date and the end of the
Standstill Period. In addition, the Cooperation Agreement will terminate under certain other circumstances, including if a Replacement Director is not approved by the Corporate Governance Committee or upon the Boards good faith determination
after consulting outside counsel that Mr. Satres continued service as Vice Chairman or Chairman of the Board, as applicable, would violate the Boards fiduciary duties.
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The foregoing summary of the Cooperation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Cooperation Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.02
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form
8-K
is incorporated herein by reference.
Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement described above in Item
1.01, on August 3, 2018, the Board increased the size of the Board, appointed Mr. Philip G. Satre as a Class I director, elected him as Vice Chairman of the Board, and appointed him as a member of the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee of the Board and as an ex officio member of the Corporate Compliance Committee.
In accordance with, and subject to
the terms of the Cooperation Agreement, the Board plans to appoint Mr. Satre as Chairman of the Board on or prior to December 31, 2018. For his service as
non-employee
director, Mr. Satre will participate in the standard compensation arrangements for the Companys
non-employee
directors and will receive compensation for his services as Vice Chairman (or Chairman,
as applicable) of the Board in an amount that is no less than the annual compensation payable to the current Chairman of the Board, in each case, which are described under the heading Board Compensation in the Companys definitive
proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2018. Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement, in the event the compensation of the Chairman of the Board is not determined at the time of
determination of Mr. Satres compensation, such compensation will be no less than an amount that is the median of a benchmarked range to be reported by an independent consultant mutually selected by the Company and Ms. Wynn.
There are no related party transactions between the Company and Mr. Satre that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of
Regulation S-K.
Item 7.01
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Regulation FD Disclosure.
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A copy of the Companys press release addressing the matters described in this report is attached hereto and furnished as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED
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Dated: August 6, 2018
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By:
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/s/ Ellen Whittemore
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Name:
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Ellen Whittemore
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Title:
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Executive Vice President and General Counsel
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