UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

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 21, 2012

 

 

PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-13641   95-3667491

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

8918 Spanish Ridge Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada   89148
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: (702) 541-7777

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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)

On March 20, 2012, Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K reporting that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company elected Desirée Rogers and Jaynie Miller Studenmund to the Board of Directors on March 19, 2012, but as of that date Mses. Rogers and Studenmund had not been named to any Board committees.

The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Form 8-K to report that on May 21, 2012, the Board appointed Ms. Rogers to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Compliance Committee and the Compliance Subcommittee and Ms. Studenmund to the Compensation Committee, the Compliance Committee and the Compliance Subcommittee.


SIGNATURE

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.

 

    PINNACLE ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
    (Registrant)
Date: May 23, 2012     By:  

/s/ John A. Godfrey

      John A. Godfrey
      Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary