Light & Wonder Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 6, 2025

LIGHT & WONDER, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

001-11693

(Commission File Number)

6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

(702) 897-7150

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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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.

As disclosed below in Item 5.07, at the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders of Light & Wonder, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s 2003 Incentive Compensation Plan (as amended and restated to date, the “2003 Plan”). The amendment and restatement increases the number of shares reserved under the 2003 Plan by 2,300,000 shares and also reflects updates to remove provisions that are no longer relevant or to align with market practice (e.g., eliminate certain share recycling provisions).

The material features of the 2003 Plan are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”). The above and the description of the 2003 Plan in the Proxy Statement are qualified in their entirety by the text of the 2003 Plan, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 10, 2025, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders.

At the annual meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (1) elected all of the Company’s nominees for members of the Board of Directors of the Company to serve for the ensuing year and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified; (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; (3) approved an amendment and restatement of the 2003 Plan; and (4) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The proposals are further described in the Company’s Proxy Statement.

The voting results are as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

Proposal 2: Approval, on an Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers

Proposal 3: Approval of an Amendment and Restatement of the Company’s 2003 Plan

Proposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2025

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On June 6, 2025, the Company provided the Australian Securities Exchange (the “ASX”) a Statement of CHESS Depositary Interests on Issue (“Appendix 4A”). A copy of Appendix 4A is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information contained in this Item 7.01 as well as in Exhibit 99.1 is furnished and shall not be deemed to be “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, and such information shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

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.

	LIGHT & WONDER, INC.
Date: June 12, 2025	By:	/s/ James Sottile
		Name:	James Sottile
		Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary