Riviera option cancellation and Trump share sale
What happened
promisedocumented The public company presented investment decisions as serving company and shareholder interests.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts 1996 Form 10-K1997-03-28 · Business, acquisitions, debt, compensation, and related-party sections
actiondocumented Trump sold his Riviera position and canceled the related option arrangement.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts 2004 Form 10-K2005-03-31 · Restructuring, bankruptcy plan, services agreement, and signatures
- The New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee record: How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Atlantic City Casinos, but Still Earned Millions2016-06-11 · Pages 2-9: financing, related transactions, bankruptcies, and outcomes
outcomereported Trump reported a personal gain while the company's description of the investment did not fully foreground the personal outcome in the reporting reviewed.
- The New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee record: How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Atlantic City Casinos, but Still Earned Millions2016-06-11 · Pages 2-9: financing, related transactions, bankruptcies, and outcomes
limitationdocumented The cited record does not include a judicial finding that the transaction violated fiduciary duties.
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts 2004 Form 10-K2005-03-31 · Restructuring, bankruptcy plan, services agreement, and signatures
- The New York Times via U.S. House Judiciary Committee record: How Donald Trump Bankrupted His Atlantic City Casinos, but Still Earned Millions2016-06-11 · Pages 2-9: financing, related transactions, bankruptcies, and outcomes
People and organizations
- Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts public shareholdersaffected party
- Donald Trumpbeneficiary
Assessment
Trump took a personal gain from a Riviera opportunity entangled with Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts' own position. The source record does not on its own establish an unlawful diversion.