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Filing Details

Accession Number:: 0001181431-12-019743
Form Type:: 5
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2012-03-27 17:24:42
Reporting Period:: 2011-12-31

Filing Date:: 2012-03-27
Accepted Time:: 2012-03-27 17:24:42
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1479046	Tropicana Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Inc.	NONE	Hotels & Motels (7011)	270455607

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1489854	Trilliant Gaming Nevada Inc.	421 Leader Street Marion OH 43302		No	No	Yes	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-02-22	20,000	$13.00	3,043,419	No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-03-15	20,000	$13.00	3,043,419	No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-04-01	42,198	$15.00	3,043,419	No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-06-17	10,000	$8.50	3,043,419	No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-08-04	5,000	$8.50	3,043,419	No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
Class A Common Stock	Acquisiton	2011-09-30	30,000	$5.25	3,043,419	No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote
No	5	P	Indirect	See Footnote

Reported Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Class A Common Stock	CLASS A SERIES 3 CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK	Acquisiton	2011-04-01	283,084	$100.00	1,887,227	$15.00

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
283,084	2011-04-01		No	5	P	Indirect

Footnotes

On February 22, 2011, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it agreed to purchase 20,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock. Trilliant Gaming Nevada Inc. ("Trilliant Gaming") is the general partner of, and controls all voting and investment decisions of, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP, which owns the reported securities. Each of Mr. Alex Yemenidjian, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Issuer, Mr. Timothy Duncanson, one of the Issuer's directors, and Mr. Gerald Schwartz, the chairman and controlling stockholder of Onex Corporation, owns one-third of the outstanding voting securities of Trilliant Gaming, and together Messrs. Yemenidjian, Duncanson and Schwartz own 100% of the outstanding voting securities of Trilliant Gaming. (continue in footnote 2)
A stockholders agreement among Messrs. Yemenidjian, Duncanson and Schwartz sets forth the rights of each of them with respect to control of Trilliant Gaming and, in turn, the securities of the Issuer owned by the Onex Armenco Gaming Entities (as defined below).
The shares beneficially owned by Trilliant Gaming consist of an indirect pecuniary interest in shares held by Onex Armenco Gaming I LP, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP, Onex Armenco Gaming III LP, Onex Armenco Gaming IV LP, Onex Armenco Gaming V LP, Onex Armenco Gaming VI LP, Onex Armenco Gaming VII LP, Onex Armenco Gaming IX LP, Onex Armenco Gaming X LP and Onex Armenco Gaming XI LP (collectively, the "Onex Armenco Gaming Entities"). Trilliant Gaming is the general partner of, and controls all voting and investment decision of, each of the Onex Armenco Gaming Entities. Trilliant Gaming disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
On March 15, 2011, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it agreed to purchase 20,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
The Class A Series 3 convertible preferred stock (the "Preferred Stock") was acquired by the Onex Armenco Gaming Entities pursuant to a rights offering (the "Rights Offering") by the Issuer to its stockholders. The Onex Armenco Gaming Entities acquired 283,084 Preferred Shares in the Rights Offering and were allocated 42,198 Class A Common Stock as a backstop fee in connection with the agreement to purchase Preferred Stock in the Rights Offering. Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible into 6.67 shares of Class A Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments.
On June 17, 2011, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it agreed to purchase 10,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
On August 4, 2011, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it agreed to purchase 5,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock.
On September 30, 2011, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it agreed to purchase 20,000 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock. On September 30, 2011, Onex Armenco Gaming II LP also entered into a separate Stock Purchase Agreement with another counter-party pursuant to which it agreed to purchase 10,000 shares of Issuer's Class A Common Stock.