8-K

 

 

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): February 15, 2018

 

 

WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Nevada   000-50028   46-0484987

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South

Las Vegas, Nevada

    89109
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

(702) 770-7555

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

As reported by Wynn Resorts, Limited (the “Company”) in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 6, 2018, Stephen A. Wynn resigned as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on February 6, 2018.

On February 15, 2018, the Company entered into a separation agreement among the Company, Mr. Wynn, and Wynn Resorts Holdings, LLC (the “Separation Agreement”) specifying the terms of Mr. Wynn’s termination of service with the Company.

The Separation Agreement terminates Mr. Wynn’s previous employment agreement with the Company and confirms that Mr. Wynn is not entitled to any severance payment or other compensation from the Company under the employment agreement.

Under the Separation Agreement, Mr. Wynn agrees not to compete against the Company for a period of two years and to provide reasonable cooperation and assistance to the Company in connection with any private litigation or arbitration and to the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of the Board in connection with any investigation by the Company related to his service with the Company. In order to effectuate a smooth transition of Mr. Wynn’s separation from the Company, and in consideration of the foregoing and other agreements described therein, the Separation Agreement provides that (i) Mr. Wynn’s lease of his personal residence at Wynn Las Vegas will terminate no later than June 1, 2018 and until such date Mr. Wynn shall continue to pay rent at the fair market value previously established by the Company based on an independent third-party expert opinion (as disclosed in the Company’s 2017 proxy statement), unless Mr. Wynn elects to terminate the lease before such date, (ii) Mr. Wynn’s current healthcare coverage will terminate on December 31, 2018, and (iii) administrative support for Mr. Wynn will terminate on May 31, 2018. Additionally, in order to conduct any sales of Company shares in an orderly fashion in the event that Mr. Wynn is permitted to and elects to sell any shares that he owns, the Company has agreed to enter into a registration rights agreement with Mr. Wynn, with Mr. Wynn to reimburse the Company for its reasonable expenses. Pursuant to such registration rights agreement, Mr. Wynn may not sell during any quarter after the date of such agreement more than one-third of the Company shares he holds as of the date of such agreement.

The foregoing summary of the Separation Agreement is qualified by reference to the Separation Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.1    Separation agreement among Wynn Resorts, Limited, Stephen A. Wynn, and Wynn Resorts Holdings, LLC, dated February 15, 2018.


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.

 

    WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED
Dated: February 15, 2018     By:       /s/ Kim Sinatra
    Kim Sinatra
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel