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): September 30, 2016

 

SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

0-13063

(Commission File Number)

 

6650 S. El Camino Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89118

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

 

(702) 897-7150

(Registrant’s telephone number)

 

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 ( see  General Instructions A.2. below):

 

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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.

 

Scientific Games Corporation (the “Company”) and Jeffrey B. Johnson, the Company’s Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, have mutually agreed that Mr. Johnson will transition to the role of consultant effective October 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.  As part of this planned transition, Michael A. Quartieri, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will assume the duties of principal accounting officer, effective October 1, 2016. Additional information regarding Mr. Quartieri’s previous business experience is contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, under “Item 1 - Business—Executive Officers of the Company”, and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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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: September 30, 2016	By:	/s/ Michael A. Quartieri
		Name: Michael A. Quartieri
		Title:   Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

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