---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000789570-24-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MGM"
cik: "0000789570"
company_name: "MGM Resorts International"
filed_at: "2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T08:21:28.296506+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# MGM Resorts appoints former IHG CEO Keith Barr to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Board size increased from 11 to 12; Barr appointed director and Audit Committee member.
- Barr served as IHG Hotels & Resorts CEO from 2017-2023, with 30+ years hospitality experience.
- Barr received a pro-rated RSU grant of $161,250, vesting at first anniversary or next annual meeting.
- Annual retainer for independent directors raised to $100,000 after May 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000789570-24-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MGM
- cik: 0000789570
- company_name: MGM Resorts International
- filed_at: 2024-08-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789570/000078957024000024/0000789570-24-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789570/000078957024000024/mgm-20240821.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000789570-24-000024
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000789570-24-000024.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000789570-24-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Keith Barr was appointed as Director at MGM Resorts International.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 21, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of MGM Resorts International (the “Company”) increased the number of directors of the Company from eleven to twelve and appointed Keith Barr, as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789570/000078957024000024/0000789570-24-000024-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.