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):   October 21, 2011

 

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada

 

001-31558

 

88-0104066

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

6601 S. Bermuda Rd.

Las Vegas, Nevada

 

89119

(Address of principal executive
offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (702) 584-7700

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 2.02               Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.

 

On October 26, 2011, Bally Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release (the “Release”) announcing the Company’s results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011 and revised guidance for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012.  A copy of the Release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and the portions thereof announcing the Company’s results for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

(b)          On October 21, 2011, Mr. Jacques André notified the Company that he was retiring as a director effective as of December 31, 2011.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibit.

 

(d)   Exhibits

 

99.1         Press release issued by the Company, dated October 26, 2011.

 

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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.

 

 

BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Mark Lerner

 

 

Mark Lerner

 

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: October 27, 2011

 

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