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): November 18, 2013

 

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

0-13063

(Commission File Number)

 

750 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

 

(212) 754-2233

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

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 previously announced, on November 18, 2013, David L. Kennedy, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Scientific Games Corporation (the “Company”), was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, succeeding A. Lorne Weil as Chief Executive Officer of the Company.  Ronald O. Perelman was appointed Chairman of the Board.

 

Mr. Kennedy, 66, has served as Vice Chairman of the Board and a member of its Executive and Finance Committee since October 2009.  Mr. Kennedy served as an executive of the Company from November 2010 until March 2012, including as Chief Administrative Officer from April 2011 until March 2012.  Mr. Kennedy served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Revlon, Inc. from September 2006 through May 2009.  Most recently, Mr. Kennedy served as President of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.  Mr. Kennedy’s business career, spanning four decades, also includes senior management and senior financial positions with The Coca-Cola Company, including Managing Director of Coca-Cola Amatil Limited, a publicly held Australian company.

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
Date:  November 22, 2013	By:	/s/ Jack B. Sarno
		Name:	Jack B. Sarno
		Title:	Vice President — Worldwide Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary

 

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