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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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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 12, 2000
Park Place Entertainment Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Charter)
Delaware 0-14573 88-0400631
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(State or Other (Commission (IRS Employer
Jurisdiction of File Identification
Incorporation) Number) No.)
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
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(Address of Principal
Executive Offices)
(702) 699-5000
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(Registrant's telephone
number, including area code)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
(a) The Registrant has entered into a Purchase Agreement with
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Banc of America Securities LLC, BNY Capital
Markets, Inc. Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., First Union Securities,
Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., S.G. Cowen Securities Corporation, Fleet
Securities, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and Wasserstein Perella
Securities, Inc., attached hereto as Exhibit 1.01.
The terms of the Registrant's $400,000,000 aggregate principal
amount 8.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 have been established as set
forth in the Officers' Certificate, attached hereto as Exhibit 99.01. The
Prospectus Supplement dated September 12, 2000 with respect to such notes is
attached hereto as Exhibit 99.02.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
7(c) EXHIBITS
1.01 Purchase Agreement.
99.01 Officers' Certificate.
99.02 Prospectus Supplement.
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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.
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
By: /s/ Scott A. LaPorta
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Name: Scott A. LaPorta
Dated: September 18, 2000 Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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