SEC Form 8-K filed by Flutter Entertainment plc
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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 December 11, 2025, Flutter Entertainment plc (the “Company”) announced that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Sally Susman to the Board as a non-executive director, effective as of the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting, currently scheduled to take place on May 29, 2026. Ms. Susman has not been appointed as a member of a Board committee at this time.
The Board has determined that Ms. Susman is an independent director in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange listing standards.
Ms. Susman, age 64, currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Pfizer Inc., a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, and, before that, she served as Pfizer’s Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs (formerly Policy, External Affairs and Communications) from 2010 to 2018. Ms. Susman intends to step down from her role at Pfizer at the conclusion of 2025. Before joining Pfizer in 2007, Ms. Susman served as the Chief Communications Officer of the Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and as Executive Vice President of Global Communications for the American Express Company. Ms. Susman currently serves as a non-executive director of UL Solutions, Inc. and has served as a non-executive director of Equity Office Properties Trust and WPP plc. Ms. Susman is currently a member of the board of directors of the International Rescue Committee, a global humanitarian aid, relief and development nonprofit organization since 2012, and is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Susman earned a B.A. in Government from Connecticut College.
Ms. Susman will receive compensation consistent with the Company’s fee schedule for non-executive directors. The current schedule is described in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2025 Annual General Meeting, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 2025.
Ms. Susman does not have any family relationships with any executive officer or director of the Company or its affiliates. There are no arrangements or understandings with the Company, or any other persons, under which Ms. Susman was elected to serve as a director of the Company. In addition, Ms. Susman is not party to any transaction requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On December 11, 2025, Flutter Entertainment plc released, via the Regulatory News Service in London, an announcement (the “RNS Announcement”) regarding Ms. Susman’s appointment, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | RNS Announcement dated December 11, 2025 | |
| 104 | The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL | |
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.
| Flutter Entertainment plc | ||||||
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| Date: December 11, 2025 | By: | /s/ Fiona Gildea | ||||
| Name: | Fiona Gildea | |||||
| Title: | Deputy Company Secretary and Head of Governance | |||||