UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE TO

 

(Rule 13e-4)

 

Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1) 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))

 

Options to Purchase Common Stock,

 

 

$0.00015625 par value per share

 

459902

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities

 

 

Underlying Common Stock)

 

David D. Johnson
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
International Game Technology
9295 Prototype Drive
Reno, Nevada  89521
(775) 448-7777

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to
receive notices and communications on behalf of Filing Persons)

 

Copies to:

 

Glen J. Hettinger
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800
Dallas, Texas  75201-2784
(214) 855-8000

 

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation *

 

Amount of Filing Fee *

Not Applicable *

 

Not Applicable *

 


*                                         Pursuant to General Instruction D to Schedule TO, a filing fee is not required in connection with this filing as it contains only preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

o                                    Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

Amount Previously Paid:

Not applicable

 

 

Form or Registration No.:

Not applicable

 

 

Filing party:

Not applicable

 

 

Date filed:

Not applicable

 

x                                  Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

 

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

o                                    third party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

 

x                                  issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

 

o                                    going private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

 

o                                    amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2

 

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: o

 

 

 



 

This filing contains only preliminary communications made before the commencement of an anticipated tender offer to allow eligible employees of International Game Technology (“IGT”) who hold eligible stock options to exchange their stock options for new stock options (the “Exchange Program”).

 

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release issued by IGT on September 30, 2009, announcing shareholder approval of the Exchange Program at the special meeting of shareholders held on September 30, 2009.

 

IGT has not commenced the Exchange Program which is discussed above.  IGT will file a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the SEC containing important information about the Exchange Program if and when we start the Exchange Program.  Persons who may be eligible to participate should read the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, including the offer to exchange and other related materials, which will be available free of charge from the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Item 12.  Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated September 30, 2009

 

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