eh1300798_8k.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):  May 24, 2013
 
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
NEVADA
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-32373
(Commission File Number)
27-0099920
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
3355 LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD SOUTH
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
89109
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (702) 414-1000
 
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 7.01        Regulation FD Disclosure.
 
As previously reported, on May 23, 2013, the Audit Committee of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (the “Company”) approved the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.

On May 24, 2013, Sands China Ltd. (“SCL”), a subsidiary of the Company with ordinary shares listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, announced that it has completed the selection of a replacement auditor. In this connection, SCL’s Audit Committee has recommended, and SCL’s board of directors has resolved, to engage Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“DTT”), and DTT has agreed to accept the engagement, to act as SCL’s new auditor (subject to SCL shareholders’ approval at an extraordinary general meeting (“EGM”)). The appointment is to take immediate effect until the conclusion of the SCL 2014 annual general meeting, subject to the approval of SCL’s shareholders at an EGM. SCL’s announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference into this item.

The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.
 
Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)      Exhibits.
 
99.1
  
SCL announcement, dated May 24, 2013
 

 
 
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SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Dated:  May 24, 2013
 
 
 
LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP.
  
     
       
 
By:
/s/ Kenneth J. Kay  
  Name:    Kenneth J. Kay  
  Title:  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
       

 
 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
 
     
 

 
 
 
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