Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Caesars Entertainment Corporation (the Company) held its reconvened annual meeting of shareholders on July 2, 2019 (the Annual Meeting). At the Annual Meeting, the Companys shareholders were requested to: (1) elect eight directors to serve until the 2020 annual meeting of shareholders of the Company or until their successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) to approve, on an advisory, non-binding basis, named executive officer compensation; (3) to select, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on named executive officer compensation; (4) to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019; (5) to approve a proposed amendment to the Companys Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the Existing Charter) to enable shareholders who beneficially own at least 15% of the Companys outstanding common stock to call special meetings (such amendment, the Special Meeting Charter Amendment); and (6) to approve a proposed amendment to the Existing Charter to limit the terms upon which the Company may adopt any rights plan or poison pill (such amendment, the Rights Plan Charter Amendment). Copies of the proposed Special Meeting Charter Amendment and Rights Plan Charter Amendment were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2019 as Annexes A and B, respectively, to the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A. The voting results were as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of Directors.
Proposal 2: To Approve, on an Advisory, Non-binding Basis, Named Executive Officer Compensation.
3.2 | Certificate of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. |