igt_8k-061410.htm


United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 14, 2010

 
 
 
 
 
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY
 
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 

         
         
Nevada
 
001-10684
 
88-0173041
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

     
     
 
9295 Prototype Drive, Reno, Nevada  89521
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 

     
     
 
(775) 448-7777
 
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)
 

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
 
 
(c)           Effective Monday, June 14, 2010, Eric Tom, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, was granted options to purchase 26,613 shares of the Company’s common stock at a price of $19.23 per share, and 10,724 restricted stock awards, each of which will vest over a period of four years pursuant to the Company’s 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended June 4, 2009).  These awards were granted in connection with Mr. Tom’s appointment as Chief Operating Officer, which was also effective June 14, 2010.
 
 
 
 
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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.

     
         
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY
   
  
     
Date: June 18, 2010
By: 
/s/ J. Kenneth Creighton
   
J. Kenneth Creighton
VP Corporate Law and Asst Secretary
   
 
 
 
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