Boyd Gaming Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 4, 2024

 

 

 

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Item 5.02.      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On June 4, 2024, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Boyd Gaming Corporation (the "Company") appointed Michael A. Hartmeier as a member of the Board, effective on that date. In connection with Mr. Hartmeier’s appointment, the Board increased its size from eight to nine members, with six of those members, including Mr. Hartmeier, qualifying as independent under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

 

The Board has appointed Mr. Hartmeier to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board, and determined that Mr. Hartmeier is an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules.

 

Mr. Hartmeier will be paid compensation as a director as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 22, 2024, under the heading "Director Compensation", which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

No family relationship exists between Mr. Hartmeier and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. There are no related-party transactions in which Mr. Hartmeier or any of his immediate family members has an interest that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

 

Item 7.01.      Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On June 10, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Hartmeier. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

 

The information set forth in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the accompanying Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by reference in such filing.

 

 

Item 9.01.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.