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):
May
29, 2008
Wynn
Resorts, Limited
(Exact
Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
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Nevada
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000-50028
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46-0484987
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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3131
Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las
Vegas, Nevada 89109
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(702)
770-7555
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Not
applicable.
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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CFR240.13e-4(c))
Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain
Officers.
On
May 29, 2008, Wynn Resorts, Limited (the “Company”) appointed Russell Goldsmith
as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Goldsmith is the
seventh independent member of the Board.
Mr. Goldsmith is Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of City National Bank and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer
of its New York Stock Exchange parent, City National Corporation
(CYN). In addition, he is a director of both the bank and its parent
company. City National, a financial institution with
nearly $16 billion in
assets, has 62 banking
offices, including 15 full-service regional centers in Southern California, the
San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada and New York City. In addition, the
company and its eight majority-owned investment affiliates manage or administer
almost $56 billion in client assets, including
nearly $36 billion under direct management. Mr. Goldsmith serves on
the Federal Reserve Board’s 12-member Federal Advisory Council,
representing the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. He also chairs the
Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Committee and serves on
the boards of directors of the Financial Services Roundtable and the Jewish
Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles. He is a graduate of
Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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99.1
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Press
Release, dated May 30, 2008, by
Wynn
Resorts, Limited.
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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.
Date: May
30, 2008
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WYNN
RESORTS, LIMITED
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By:
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/s/
Matt Maddox
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Matt
Maddox
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Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
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Exhibit 99.1
Russell Goldsmith Joins the Board of
Directors of Wynn Resorts, Limited
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 30,
2008--Wynn Resorts, Limited (Nasdaq: WYNN) announced today that it has appointed
Russell Goldsmith as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Goldsmith
is the seventh independent member of the Board.
Mr. Goldsmith is Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of City National Bank and serves as President and Chief
Executive Officer of its New York Stock Exchange parent, City National
Corporation (CYN). In addition, he is a director of both the bank and
its parent company. City National, a financial institution with
nearly $16 billion in assets, has 62 banking offices, including 15 full-service
regional centers in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada and
New York City. In addition, the company and its eight majority-owned
investment affiliates manage or administer almost $56 billion in client assets,
including nearly $36 billion under direct management. Mr. Goldsmith
serves on the Federal Reserve Board’s 12-member Federal Advisory Council,
representing the Twelfth Federal Reserve District. He also chairs the
Los Angeles Economy & Jobs Committee and serves on the boards of directors
of the Financial Services Roundtable and the Jewish Federation Council of
Greater Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard
Law School.
Wynn
Resorts, Limited is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker
symbol WYNN and is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index. Wynn Resorts owns and operates
Wynn Las Vegas (http://www.wynnlasvegas.com) and Wynn Macau
(http://www.wynnmacau.com). Wynn Las Vegas, a luxury hotel and destination
casino resort located on the Las Vegas Strip features 2,716 luxurious guest
rooms and suites; an approximately 111,000 square foot casino; 22 food and
beverage outlets; an on-site 18-hole golf course; approximately 223,000 square
feet of meeting space; an on-site Ferrari and Maserati dealership; and
approximately 74,000 square feet of retail space. Wynn Macau is a destination
casino resort in the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's
Republic of China and currently features 600 deluxe hotel rooms and suites;
approximately 205,000 square foot casino; casual and fine dining in five
restaurants; approximately 46,000 square feet of retail space; a health club,
pool and spa, along with lounges and meeting facilities.
CONTACT: Wynn Resorts, Limited, Las
Vegas
Samanta Stewart, 702-770-7555
investorrelations@wynnresorts.com
SOURCE: Wynn Resorts,
Limited