-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, FnJzWZyXkZJQyG7NVNNyE33DgBfnoZ4cxmTZc5B4/ZF/NFS0tRpiX/VkTvHiQe56 vhr4V1qVsjE/mFhKY69kyQ== 0000950123-05-005894.txt : 20050509 0000950123-05-005894.hdr.sgml : 20050509 20050509153359 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-05-005894 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050509 GROUP MEMBERS: D. E. SHAW & CO., L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: D. E. SHAW & CO., L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: DAVID E. SHAW FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DE SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001263972 IRS NUMBER: 010577802 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 W 45TH STREET STREET 2: TOWER 45, 39TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RIVIERA HOLDINGS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000899647 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 880296885 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-50785 FILM NUMBER: 05811576 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2901 LAS VEGAS BLVD SOUTH CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 BUSINESS PHONE: 7027345110 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2901 LAS VEGAS BLVD S CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89109 SC 13D/A 1 y08782sc13dza.txt SC 13D/A OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0145 Expires: December 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response........15 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13D (Amendment No. 2) Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Riviera Holdings Corporation - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 769627100 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. Attn: Compliance Department 120 West Forty-Fifth Street Floor 39, Tower 45 New York, NY 10036 212-478-0000 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications) Copies to: Christopher Boies, Esq. Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 333 Main Street Armonk, NY 10504 914-749-8200 May 5, 2005 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box: [ ] NOTE: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent. * The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). SCHEDULE 13D CUSIP NO. 769627100 PAGE 1 OF 11 PAGES 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L. L. C. FEIN 01-0577802 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS WC 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware 7 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -0- OWNED BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -0- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON -0- 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) [ ] 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) OO CUSIP NO. 769627100 PAGE 2 OF 11 PAGES 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. FEIN 13-3695715 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS AF 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware 7 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -0- OWNED BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -0- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON -0- 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) [ ] 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) IA, PN CUSIP NO. 769627100 PAGE 3 OF 11 PAGES 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. FEIN 13-3799946 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS AF 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware 7 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -0- OWNED BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -0- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON -0- 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) [ ] 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) OO CUSIP NO. 769627100 PAGE 4 OF 11 PAGES 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON David E. Shaw 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (a) [ ] (b) [ ] 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS AF 5 CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) [ ] 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States 7 SOLE VOTING POWER -0- NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -0- OWNED BY EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON WITH -0- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER -0- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON -0- 12 CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) [ ] 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 0% 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) IN This Amendment No. 2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 9, 2005, amends, supplements, and restates in its entirety the following items of the Statement on Schedule 13D (the "Schedule 13D") of the Reporting Persons filed with the Commission on April 15, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1, filed with the Commission on August 20, 2004, with respect to the common stock, par value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), of Riviera Holdings Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the "Issuer"). Unless otherwise indicated, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D. ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER. Item 5 is hereby amended by deleting the table in subsection (c) and replacing the table in subsection (c) with the following: Date Purchase/Sale Price/Unit ---- ------------- ---------- 4/22/2005 32,600 $14.38 5/5/2005 (1,136,300) $20.00 Item 5 is hereby amended by deleting subsection (e) in its entirety and replacing subsection (e) with the following: On May 5, 2005, Laminar sold all 1,136,300 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer to an unaffiliated third party in a privately negotiated sale for a purchase price of $20.00 per share, or $22,726,000 in net proceeds. Upon such sale, Laminar ceased to be the beneficial owner of any shares of Common Stock of the Issuer. ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS. Exhibit 1 Powers of Attorney, granted by David E. Shaw in favor of the signatories hereto, among others, each dated February 24, 2004. Exhibit 2 Joint Filing Agreement, by and among the Reporting Persons, dated April 15, 2004. SIGNATURES After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigned's knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned, severally and not jointly, certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Powers of Attorney, each dated February 24, 2004, granted by David E. Shaw in favor of the signatories hereto, among others, are attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by reference. Dated: May 9, 2005 D. E. SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS, L.L.C. BY: D. E. SHAW & CO., L.L.C., as managing member By: /s/ Julius Gaudio --------------------------------- Name: Julius Gaudio Title: Managing Director D. E. SHAW & CO., L.P. By: /s/ Julius Gaudio --------------------------------- Name: Julius Gaudio Title: Managing Director D. E. SHAW & CO., L.L.C. By: /s/ Julius Gaudio --------------------------------- Name: Julius Gaudio Title: Managing Director DAVID E. SHAW By: /s/ Julius Gaudio ----------------------------- Name: Julius Gaudio Title: Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Shaw EX-99.1 2 y08782exv99w1.txt POWERS OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 1 POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR CERTAIN FILINGS UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 I, David E. Shaw, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of: Anne Dinning, Julius Gaudio, Lou Salkind, Stuart Steckler, and Eric Wepsic, acting individually, as my agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for the purpose of, from time to time, executing in my name and/or my capacity as President of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. (acting for itself or as the general partner of D. E. Shaw & Co., L. P. and general partner of managing member of other entities, any which in turn may be acting for itself or other entities) all documents, certificates, instruments, statement, other filings, and amendments to the forgoing (collectively, "documents") determined by such person to be necessary or appropriate to comply with ownership or control-person reporting requirements imposed by any United States or non-United States governmental or regulatory authority, including without limitation Forms 3, 4, 5 13D, 13F, and 13G required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and delivering, furnishing or filing any such documents with the appropriate governmental or regulatory authority. Any such determination shall be conclusively evidenced by such person's execution, delivery, furnishing, and/or filing of the applicable document. This power of attorney shall be valid from the date hereof and replaces the power granted on February 5, 2001, which is hereby cancelled. IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the date set forth below. Date: February 24, 2004 /s/David E. Shaw - ---------------- DAVID E. SHAW, as President of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. New York, New York POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR CERTAIN FILINGS UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 I, David E. Shaw, hereby make, constitute and appoint each of: Anne Dinning, Julius Gaudio, Lou Salkind, Stuart Steckler, and Eric Wepsic, acting individually, as my agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for the purpose of, from time to time, executing in my name and/or my capacity as President of D. E. Shaw & Co., II, Inc. (acting for itself and as the managing member of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., which in turn may be acting for itself or as the managing member of other companies) all documents, certificates, instruments, statement, other filings and amendments to the forgoing (collectively, "documents") determined by such person to be necessary or appropriate to comply with ownership or control-person reporting requirements imposed by any United States or non-United States governmental or regulatory authority, including without limitation Forms 3, 4, 5, 13D, 13F and 13G required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and delivering, furnishing or filing any such documents with the appropriate governmental or regulatory authority. Any such determination shall be conclusively evidenced by such person's execution and delivery, furnishing or filing of the applicable document. This power of attorney shall be valid from the date hereof and replaces the power granted on February 5, 2001, which is hereby cancelled. IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the date set forth below, Date: February 24, 2004 /s/David E. Shaw - ---------------- DAVID E. SHAW, as President of D. E. Shaw and Co. II, Inc. New York, New York EX-99.2 3 y08782exv99w2.txt JOINT FILING AGREEMENT Exhibit 2 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each of the undersigned Reporting Persons hereby agrees to the joint filing, along with all other such Reporting Persons, on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the common stock, par value $.001 per share of Riviera Holdings Corporation, and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filing. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned hereby executes this Agreement as of this 15th day of April, 2004. D. E. SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS, L.L.C. By: D. E. SHAW & CO., L.L.C., as managing member By: /s/ Stuart Steckler ----------------------------- Name: Stuart Steckler Title: Managing Director D. E. SHAW & CO., L.P. By: /s/ Stuart Steckler ----------------------------- Name: Stuart Steckler Title: Managing Director D. E. SHAW & CO., L.L.C. By: /s/ Stuart Steckler ----------------------------- Name: Stuart Steckler Title: Managing Director DAVID E. SHAW By: /s/ Stuart Steckler ----------------------------- Name: Stuart Steckler Title: Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Shaw -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----