UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 9, 2005
0-13063
(Commission File Number)
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SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 81-0422894
(State of Incorporation) (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
750 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022
(Address of registrant's principal executive office)
(212) 754-2233
(Registrant's telephone number)
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.
On September 9, 2005, Colin J. O'Brien retired as a member of the Board of
Directors of Scientific Games Corporation (the "Company").
On September 14, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company appointed
Gerald J. Ford as a director of the Company, filling the vacancy created by Mr.
O'Brien's retirement from the Board. Mr. Ford was also appointed to serve on two
committees of the Board: the Compliance Committee and the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee.
Mr. Ford has been a financial institutions entrepreneur and private
investor involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions of private and public
sector financial institutions over the past 30 years. Mr. Ford served as
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc.
from September 1998 until its merger with Citigroup Inc. in November 2002. He
was Chief Executive Officer of First Acceptance Corporation, a retailer,
servicer and underwriter of non-standard personal automobile insurance, from its
formation in August 1996 until July 2002. Mr. Ford is Chairman of the Board of
First Acceptance Corporation, a position he has held since August 1996, and
serves as a director of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., McMoRan Exploration
Co. and Affordable Residential Communities, Inc. He is also Chairman of the
Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University, a trustee of Southwestern
Medical Foundation and a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Medical
College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University.
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
By: /s/ Martin E. Schloss
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Name: Martin E. Schloss
Title: Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Date: September 15, 2005