igt_8k-050511.htm
UNITED STATES
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):  May 5, 2011
 
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Nevada
  
001-10684
  
88-0173041
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
         
9295 Prototype Drive, Reno, Nevada
  
89521
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
(775) 448-7777
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
N/A
(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:
 
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
On May 5, 2011, International Game Technology (the “Company”), through a wholly-owned subsidiary, launched a recommended cash offer (the “Offer”) to acquire Entraction Holding AB (“Entraction”), a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Sweden.  The cash offer was launched pursuant to a press release issued on May 5, 2011 (the “Launch Release”).  A copy of the Launch Release is furnished with this Form 8-K and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

On May 5, 2011, the Company also issued a separate press release announcing that the Company launched the Offer to acquire Entraction.  A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

Each of Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)         Exhibits
 
Exhibit Number
  
Description
     
     
99.1
  
Launch Release dated May 5, 2011
 
99.2      Press Release dated May 5, 2011
             
 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY
  
       
Date:  May 5, 2011
By:
 /s/ Robert C. Melendres
  
   
Robert C. Melendres
  
   
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  
       
 
 
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Exhibit Index
 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
     
     
99.1
  
Launch Release dated May 5, 2011
     
99.2      Press Release dated May 5, 2011