STATION CASINOS INC
8-K, 1998-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION
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                          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                Washington, DC  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) June 15, 1998


                                Station Casinos, Inc.
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                  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

          Nevada              000-21640                 88-0136443
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(State or Other Juris-        (Commission File         (IRS Employer
diction of Incorporation)     Number)             Identification No.)


2411 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada             89102
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     (Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (702) 367-2411


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            (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

          Station Casinos, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") entered 
into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Crescent Real Estate Equities 
Company, a Texas real estate investment trust dated as of January 15, 1998, 
as amended (the "Merger Agreement").  The Company agreed to the attached 
Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Amendment") that 
corrects typographic errors in the Merger Agreement and addresses the 
Company's consent to the press release attached to the Amendment and the 
declaration of the rights as set forth in the Amendment.

ITEM 7.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.                   Description

   2.1                        Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger
                              dated as of June 14, 1998 by and between Station
                              Casinos, Inc. and Crescent Real Estate Equities
                              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 hereunto duly authorized.

                              STATION CASINOS, INC.




Date:  June 18, 1998          By: /s/ Glenn C. Christenson        
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                                 Glenn C. Christenson
                                   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
                                   Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and 
                                   Treasurer














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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
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   2.1                        Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger
                              dated as of June 14, 1998 by and between Station
                              Casinos, Inc. and Crescent Real Estate Equities
                              Company.


 






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Exhibit 2.1

Second Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger

     This SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Amendment") 
is dated as of June 14, 1998 and entered into by and between Station Casinos, 
Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company") and Crescent Real Estate Equities 
Company, a Texas real estate investment trust ("Crescent"), with reference to 
that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 16, 1998, as 
amended, by and between the Company and Crescent (the "Merger Agreement").  
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment without definition shall have the 
meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.

AMENDMENTS TO MERGER AGREEMENT

1.1       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1.1.  Section 1.1 of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended by replacing the words "(the "Surviving Corporation")" in the 
second line of the second sentence thereof with the words "(the "Surviving 
Entity")".

1.2       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1.5(d).  Section 1.5(d) is hereby amended by 
deleting the last sentence thereof in its entirety and substituting for such 
sentence the following:

          Subject to the provisions of Sections 1.8 and 1.10 hereof, each share
          of Company Common Stock that is held by any wholly owned Subsidiary
          (as defined in Section 2.1) of the Company or Crescent (together, in
          each case, with the associated Right (as defined in Section 3.2))
          shall be converted into the number of validly issued, fully paid and
          nonassessable Common Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio.

1.3       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.1.  Section 2.1 of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended by replacing the word "Company" in the fourth sentence thereof 
with the word "Crescent".

1.4       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.17(a).  Section 2.17(a) of the Merger 
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in the second line thereof, after 
the word "Crescent," the words "neither Crescent" and by replacing the term 
"Company Multiemployer Plan" in the third line thereof with the term 
"Crescent Multiemployer Plan".

1.5       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3.6.  Section 3.6 of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended by adding at the end of the last sentence thereof, after the 
words "as required by law", the words ", disseminated to the stockholders of 
the Company".

1.6       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5.8(a).  5.8(a) of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended by replacing the words "Company Stock Option" in the first 
sentence thereof with the words "option to purchase Company Common Stock 
(each a "Company Stock Option")", by replacing the words "and represent a 
fully exercisable" in the 

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fifth line of the first sentence thereof with the word "an", by replacing the 
word "percent" in the ninth line of the first sentence thereof with the word 
"cent" and by adding at the end of the first sentence thereof, after the 
words "Effective Time", the words "divided by the Exchange Ratio".  

1.7       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5.17.  Section 5.17 of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended by replacing the reference to "Article II" in the fourth line 
of the fourth sentence thereof with a reference to "Article III" and by 
inserting in the sixth line of the fourth sentence thereof, immediately 
following romanette (iii), the word "unless".

1.8       AMENDMENT TO AND OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 5.22.  Section 5.22 of 
the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the end of such section, 
before the period, the phrase ", except that such agreements shall be revised 
(i) to add to the definition of 'Shares' set forth in Section 1 of such 
agreements, as a new subsection (vi), the words 'and (vi) any rights 
described in Exhibits A or B to the Merger Agreement and any securities 
underlying such rights, provided that neither such rights nor any shares 
issued upon exercise of such rights shall be subject to the Lock-Up Agreement 
provided in Section 2 of this Agreement, and provided further, that the 
proviso in the definition of Registrable Shares which limits the number of 
Shares that may be registered shall not be deemed to apply to such rights or 
any such securities underlying such rights, and provided further, that 
Crescent's covenants to register shares contained in such agreements shall 
extend to such rights and to any securities underlying such rights, whether 
issued by Crescent or by a subsidiary of Crescent', (ii) to provide that the 
Lock-Up Period provided in Section 2(a) of such agreements shall expire 
eighteen months after January 16, 1998 and the Lock-Up Period provided in 
Section 2(b) of such agreements shall expire twelve months after January 16, 
1998, and (iii) to replace the words 'Station Common Stock' in clause (i) of 
the definition of 'Shares' with the words 'Common Shares' and to insert, 
after the word 'date' in the third line of said definition, the words  'one 
day after the date'."  Each member of the Ownership Group hereby confirms his 
obligations under and agrees to be bound by Section 5.22 of the Merger 
Agreement.  

1.9       AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.3(a).  Section 6.3(a) of the Merger 
Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in the third line thereof, after the 
words "Effective Time," the words "each member of the Ownership Group and 
each of William W. Warner, Scott M Nielson and Glenn C. Christenson shall 
have performed each of his agreements contained in this Agreement required to 
be performed at or prior to the Effective Time".

1.10      AMENDMENT TO SECTION 7.1(d).  Section 7.1(d) of the Merger 
Agreement is hereby amended by adding, after the phrase "January 31, 1999," 
the phrase "(except that either party, in its discretion, shall have the 
right to extend the date of 

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consummation of the Merger from January 31, 1999, to a date not later than 
March 31, 1999)".

1.11      AMENDMENT TO SECTION 8.5.  Section 8.5 of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended by adding at the end of the first sentence thereof, after the 
words "Convertible Preferred Stock", the words " or Redeemable Preferred 
Stock".

1.12      AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 3.4 OF THE COMPANY'S DISCLOSURE LETTER. 
Schedule 3.4 to the Company's disclosure letter is hereby amended by 
replacing the words "Merger Agreement" in the last sentence of the third item 
under "Loans, Credit Agreements, Etc." with the words "Participation 
Agreement".

1.13      AMENDMENT TO SCHEDULE 3.13 OF THE COMPANY'S DISCLOSURE LETTER. 
Schedule 3.13 to the Company's disclosure letter is hereby amended by 
deleting the bracketed language in Item 1 under "Compliance with 
Environmental Laws."

1.14      AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6.2 AND ADDITION OF SECTION 5.25.  Section 6.2 
of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subsection (i).  
Article V of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Section 
5.25, as follows:

          "Section 5.25  AGREEMENT TO NAME DIRECTORS.  Upon written request by
          Frank J. Fertitta III and Lorenzo J. Fertitta, delivered within three
          months after the Effective Time, such persons shall become members of
          the Board of Trust Managers of Crescent and the Board of Directors of
          the JV Parent."

1.15      AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5.20.  Section 5.20 of the Merger Agreement is 
hereby amended to replace the reference to "Section 6.2(i)" with a reference 
to "Section 5.25".

MISCELLANEOUS

2.1       EFFECT ON MERGER AGREEMENT.  On and after the date of this 
Amendment, each reference in the Merger Agreement to "this Agreement," 
"hereunder," "hereof," "herein," or words of like import referring to the 
Merger Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Merger Agreement as 
amended by this Amendment.  Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, 
the Merger Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby 
ratified and confirmed.

2.2       APPLICABLE LAW.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed 
in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts 
made and to be performed entirely within such State.

2.3       CONSENT TO PRESS RELEASE.  Station hereby consents to the public 
issuance of the  press release attached hereto as Exhibit A and to the 
declaration of the distribution of common stock purchase rights on the terms 
attached hereto as Exhibit B, and confirms that such press release and 
declaration may be given or 

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made without the need for any further amendment of, or consent pursuant to 
the Merger Agreement, so long as neither such press release nor the terms of 
such declaration are modified, supplemented or amended in a manner materially 
adverse to the holders of Company Common Stock or Convertible Preferred 
Stock.  The parties hereto agree that the record dates for the distributions 
of the rights described in Exhibits A and B shall be set so as to permit the 
Conversion Price of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be adjusted pursuant 
to Section 7(d) of the Certificate of Resolution Establishing Designation, 
Preferences and Rights of $3.50 Convertible Preferred Stock of Station 
Casinos, Inc. to account for such distributions.

2.4       ADJUSTMENT OF STOCK OPTIONS.  If, based on the issuance of the 
subscription rights described in Exhibit B, any change or adjustment is made 
to the options or the terms of any of the options granted under the Crescent 
Stock Plans, or if any executive officer or director of Crescent shall be 
granted any new options in lieu on an adjustment to such options, in each 
case to the extent such change, adjustment or grant is based on the issuance 
of the subscription rights described in Exhibits A or B, then an equivalent 
and proportional change, adjustment or grant shall be made to the terms of 
each Substitute Option.  No other change or adjustment shall be made to the 
terms of any Substitute Option based on the issuance of such subscription 
rights.  Each member of the Ownership Group and William W. Warner, Scott M 
Nielson and Glenn C. Christenson agrees, for himself, to execute the waiver 
attached hereto as SCHEDULE 2.4.  

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first written above.


STATION CASINOS, INC.

By:/s/ Frank J. Fertitta III
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Name: Frank J. Fertitta III
Title: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

By: /s/ Lorenzo J. Fertitta
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Name: Lorenzo J. Fertitta
Title: Director


CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES COMPANY

By: /s/ David M. Dean
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Name: David M. Dean
Title: Senior Vice President, Law and Secretary



SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1.8 (SECTION 5.22 OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT) AND
THE LAST SENTENCE OF SECTION 2.4 OF THIS AMENDMENT:

     /s/ Frank J. Fertitta III
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     Frank J. Fertitta III



     /s/ Lorenzo J. Fertitta
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     Lorenzo J. Fertitta


     /s/ Blake L. Sartini
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     Blake L. Sartini

SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF THE LAST SENTENCE OF SECTION 2.4 OF THIS AMENDMENT:


     /s/ William W. Warner
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     William W. Warner


     /s/ Scott M Nielson    
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     Scott M Nielson

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     /s/ Glenn C. Christenson
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     Glenn C. Christenson

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Exhibit A

PRESS RELEASE                                              CRESCENT REAL ESTATE
                                                           EQUITIES COMPANY

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FORT WORTH, TEXAS
June 15, 1998


CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES 
ANNOUNCES THAT 66% DIVIDEND INCREASE
WILL FOLLOW CLOSING OF STATION MERGER


Crescent Real Estate Equities Company (NYSE:CEI), one of the country's 
largest real estate investment trusts, today announced that the board of 
trust managers has approved, upon completion of its pending merger with 
Station Casinos, Inc. (NYSE:STN), an increase in the company's quarterly 
dividend to $.63 per share from $.38 per share, representing an increase of  
approximately 66%. Crescent anticipates completion of the merger in the 
fourth quarter of 1998, subject to approval by Station's shareholders, gaming 
regulators in Nevada and Missouri and satisfaction of other closing 
conditions. 

Gerald W. Haddock, Crescent's president and chief executive officer 
commented, "In determining the new dividend amount, management and the board 
of trust managers considered such factors as the Company's substantial cash 
flow growth in the prior twelve months and near-term and long-term internal 
and external growth prospects, including the accretion resulting from the 
Station transaction. After initiating this dividend increase upon completion 
of the Station merger, the Company will continue to maintain a conservative 
payout ratio based on both funds from operations and funds available for 
distribution."

Crescent also announced that, upon completion of the merger with Station, it 
will commence a rights offering, pursuant to which Crescent's shareholders 
(including the former shareholders of Station) will receive one right for 
each share of common stock held. Every five rights will entitle the holder 
thereof to purchase one share of Crescent common stock at an exercise price 
of $31 1/8 per share, which was the closing price of the common stock on June 
12, 1998, as reported by the NYSE. Unitholders in Crescent's operating 
partnership will receive corresponding rights. All of the rights will be 
exercisable until 60 days after the record date for the distribution. The 
record date for distribution of the rights will follow the closing of the 
merger with Station. Proceeds of the rights offering will be used to fund 
acquisitions or to prepay outstanding borrowings.  The rights offering will 
be made pursuant to a registration statement filed today with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, following its effectiveness.

Crescent also announced that it intends to contribute substantially all of 
the real estate assets acquired from Station to a new partnership (the 
"Casino Partnership") that will invest principally in casinos, other gaming 
properties and other real estate properties in Las Vegas, Nevada. Crescent 
initially would own all of the Casino Partnership, but expects to offer  
Crescent's shareholders and unitholders rights to acquire common or preferred 
equity interests in the Casino Partnership, or in a real estate investment 
trust which would hold interests in the Casino Partnership.  The record date 
for any such offering will follow the closing of the merger with Station.  
Any proceeds raised 

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through such an offering would be used to prepay indebtedness assumed in 
connection with the Station merger or to fund new acquisitions or 
developments. No decisions have been made as to the terms of any such 
offering, or as to what securities might be offered. The structuring of the 
Casino Partnership has not been finalized, and its formation is contingent 
upon the closing of the merger transaction with Station.

"A rights offering currently represents the optimal manner in which to raise 
new equity as it provides our shareholders the ability to maintain their pro 
rata ownership interests in Crescent," stated Mr. Haddock. "Furthermore, 
because of the opportunity we have to expand the Station gaming franchise, a 
separately capitalized and focused gaming entity in which Crescent retains 
control and the majority of the ownership is the ideal structure to execute 
our game plan."   

Crescent will be conducting a conference call to discuss these announcements 
on Monday, June 15, 1998 at 4:00 P.M. EST. To access the conference call, 
please dial 800/779-1743 (Code:Crescent).

Crescent is a fully integrated real estate company which, upon completion of 
certain pending transactions, will own through its subsidiaries a portfolio 
of real estate assets, consisting of 88 office properties and 7 retail 
properties totaling 32 million square feet, a 38% interest in 94 refrigerated 
warehouse facilities, 89 behavioral healthcare facilities, 6 hotel/casino 
properties, 7 full-service hotels totaling 2,276 rooms, 2 destination health 
and fitness resorts, and economic interests in 5 residential development 
corporations.  The office and retail properties are located primarily in 21 
metropolitan submarkets in Texas and Colorado.
     
For further information, please contact Dallas E. Lucas, Chief Financial 
Officer, Crescent Real Estate Equities Company at (817) 321-1426.  Crescent 
is also online at www.cei-crescent.com.

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Exhibit B

Terms of Declaration of stock purchase rights


1.   Crescent will declare a distribution, to its holders of record following 
     the Effective Time of the Merger, of one common stock purchase right with 
     respect to each share of Crescent Common Stock, and one unit purchase right
     with respect to each unit of Crescent Real Estate Limited Partnership then
     outstanding.

2.   The rights shall have a term of 60 days commencing on the record date.

3.   A fixed number of common stock purchase rights, which shall be not less 
     than 4.75 and not more than 5, will entitle a holder to purchase one share 
     of Crescent common stock for $31 1/8.  The same number of unit purchase 
     rights will entitle a holder to purchase one unit of Crescent Real Estate 
     Equities Limited Partnership for $66 1/4.

4.   The rights will be freely transferable and will be listed for trading on 
     the New York Stock Exchange.

5.   The record date for the distribution of rights shall be established by the
     board of directors of Crescent, in its discretion, so long as the record 
     date follows the Effective Time of the Merger.  



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