New insider Ho Lawrence Yau Lung claimed ownership of 717,905,340 units of Ordinary shares (SEC Form 3)
$MLCO
Hotels/Resorts
Consumer Discretionary
| FORM 3 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Date of Event Requiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year) 03/17/2026 |
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Melco Resorts & Entertainment LTD [ MLCO ] |
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4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per ordinary share | 20,610,012(1) | D | |
| Ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per ordinary share | 687,360,906 | I | By Corporation(2) |
| Ordinary shares, par value US$0.01 per ordinary share | 9,934,422 | I | By Corporation(3) |
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Includes 7,214,295 restricted shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (the "Company") granted to the reporting person pursuant to the Company's 2021 Share Incentive Plan, which are delivered on vesting of the shares. The restricted shares vest as follows: 1,575,984 ordinary shares on April 2, 2026, 952,380 ordinary shares on April 3, 2026, 581,583 ordinary shares on April 5, 2026, 1,575,984 ordinary shares on April 2, 2027, 952,380 ordinary shares on April 3, 2027, and 1,575,984 ordinary shares on April 2, 2028, in each case conditioned on, inter alia, continued service through the applicable vesting date. |
| 2. Ordinary shares owned of record by Melco Leisure and Entertainment Group Limited, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Melco International Development Limited ("Melco International"). Mr. Ho personally holds 36,606,126 ordinary shares of Melco International. Mr. Ho is deemed to be interested in an aggregate of 1,359,666,283 ordinary shares of Melco International under the Securities and Futures Ordinance of the Laws of Hong Kong, including (i) an aggregate of 884,536,660 ordinary shares of Melco International held by companies owned or controlled by persons and/or trusts associated with Mr. Ho, (ii) an aggregate of 470,917,521 ordinary shares of Melco International held by companies which are controlled by discretionary family trusts in which Mr. Ho is one of the beneficiaries, and (iii) 4,212,102 ordinary shares of Melco International held by his spouse. |
| 3. Ordinary shares owned of record by Black Spade Capital Limited, which in turn is held by companies owned by a trust associated with Mr. Ho. |
| Remarks: |
| Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney |
| /s/ Tim Y. Sung, attorney-in-fact for Ho, Lawrence Yau Lung | 03/17/2026 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||