AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 16, 1997
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC.
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(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 13-3391527
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(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (IRS EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
DEADWOOD GULCH RESORT, HIGHWAY 85 SOUTH
DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA 57732
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(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. AND ALLEN E. PAULSON
OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. AND WILLIAM P. MCCOMAS
OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. AND RONALD K. RICHEY
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(FULL TITLE OF THE PLAN)
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WILLIAM R. JACKSON
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT - CORPORATE FINANCE
DEADWOOD GULCH RESORT, HIGHWAY 85 SOUTH
DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA 57732
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(605) 578-1294
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
COPY TO:
PAUL BERKOWITZ, ESQ.
GREENBERG, TRAURIG, HOFFMAN,
LIPOFF, ROSEN & QUENTEL, P.A.
1221 BRICKELL AVENUE
MIAMI, FLORIDA 33131
(305) 579-0827
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED OFFERING PRICE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE REGISTRATION FEE
PER SHARE (1) OFFERING PRICE(1)
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COMMON STOCK, 750,000 $3.375 $2,531,250 $767.05
$.0001 PAR VALUE.................... SHARES
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents or portions thereof as indicated:
(a) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1996;
(b) all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Exchange Act") since the end of fiscal year
1996; and
(c) the descriptions of the Registrant's Common Stock and
related matters set forth under the captions "Description
of Capital Stock" and "Dividend Policy" in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File
No. 33-61580) filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), including any amendments to such
descriptions in such Registration Statement.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Not applicable.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The Registrant has authority under Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law to indemnify its directors and officers to the extent provided
for in such statute. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that
the Registrant shall indemnify and advance expenses on behalf of its officers
and directors to the fullest extent not prohibited by law. The Registrant has
also entered into agreements with certain of its officers and directors wherein
it has agreed to indemnify each of them to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law that authorize
indemnification do not eliminate the duty of care of directors and officers. In
general, directors and officers will avoid liability only if they acted in good
faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of a corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a
director or officer of the Registrant as to which indemnification is being
sought.
In October 1994, Full House filed an action for declaratory relief in
Mississippi, seeking a determination by the court that no relationship exists
between it and Lone Star Casino Corporation regarding the potential acquisition
of a riverboat casino on the Mississippi gulf coast (FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC. V.
LONE STAR CASINO CORPORATION V. ALLEN E. PAULSON, Second Judicial District of
the Chancery Court of Harrison County, Mississippi). Lone Star filed a
counterclaim alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, conspiracy
to breach contract and to breach fiduciary duty and common law fraud. The trial
court granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants on that counterclaim,
and Lone Star's appeal of that judgment is currently pending in the Mississippi
appellate court. A decision is expected by the end of 1997. The Registrant is
currently paying for Mr. Paulson's defense.
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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
See "Exhibit Index" on page II-4 below.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of San Diego, State of California on May 12, 1997.
FULL HOUSE RESORTS, INC.
By: /s/ William R. Jackson
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William R. Jackson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints and William R. Jackson his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including any post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents to be filed in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes, each acting alone, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Allen E. Paulson
- ---------------------- Chairman and Chief May 12, 1997
Allen E. Paulson Executive Officer
Director
/s/ William P. McComas
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William P. McComas Director May 12, 1997
/s/ Ronald K. Richey
- ---------------------- Director May 12, 1997
Ronald K. Richey
/s/ Robert L. Kelley
- ---------------------- President and Chief
Robert L. Kelley Operating Officer May 12, 1997
/s/ William R. Jackson
- ---------------------- Executive Vice President May 12, 1997
William R. Jackson Corporate Finance
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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4.1 Registrant's Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation (1)
4.2 Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws (2)
4.3 Option Agreement Between Full House Resorts, Inc.
and Allen E. Paulson; Option Agreement Between Full
House Resorts, Inc. and William P. McComas; and
Option Agreement Between Full House Resorts, Inc. and
Ronald K. Richey
5.1 Opinion of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff,
Rosen & Quentel, P.A.
23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2 Consent of Greenberg, Traurig, Hoffman, Lipoff,
Rosen & Quentel, P.A. (contained in its opinion filed
as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1 Power of Attorney is included in the Signatures
section of this Registration Statement
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(1) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 33-61580).
(2) Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed with the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 33-61580).
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