0000899243-16-033502.txt : 20161115 0000899243-16-033502.hdr.sgml : 20161115 20161115160032 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-16-033502 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161112 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161115 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161115 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMPIRE RESORTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000906780 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING & DRINKING PLACES [5810] IRS NUMBER: 133714474 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 BUSINESS PHONE: (845) 807-0001 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 204 STATE ROUTE 17B STREET 2: P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ALPHA HOSPITALITY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930614 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Pitts Laurette CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001507667 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12522 FILM NUMBER: 161999632 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O MONTICELLO CASINO AND RACEWAY STREET 2: ROUTE 17B, P.O. BOX 5013 CITY: MONTICELLO STATE: NY ZIP: 12701 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-11-12 0 0000906780 EMPIRE RESORTS INC NYNY 0001507667 Pitts Laurette C/O MONTICELLO CASINO AND RACEWAY 204 STATE ROUTE 17B, P.O. BOX 5013 MONTICELLO NY 12701 0 1 0 0 EVP, COO, CFO Common Stock, $.01 par value per share 2016-11-12 4 F 0 309 22.25 D 13691 D Ms. Pitts was granted 834 shares of restricted stock under the 2005 Empire Resorts, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, which vested on November 12, 2016. On November 12, 2016, 309 shares of common stock were withheld (at the closing price of the Company's common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market on Friday November 11, 2016) to satisfy the tax obligation relating to the vesting of the restricted stock pursuant to Section 16b-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. /s/ Laurette Pitts 2016-11-15