---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950157-25-000532"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNWO"
cik: "0000750004"
company_name: "Light & Wonder, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T02:11:03.570241+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Light & Wonder EVP/CLO James Sottile to retire Dec 31, 2025; Susan Dawson named successor

## Summary
- James Sottile will retire as EVP/CLO/Corporate Secretary effective Dec 31, 2025.
- Susan Dawson, current SVP/Deputy General Counsel since 2018, will assume CLO/Corporate Secretary role.
- Sottile will provide consulting services in 2026 for monthly fee of $11,959 (20% of 2025 base salary).
- Employment agreement amended to extend through 2025; equity awards subject to retirement vesting policy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950157-25-000532
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNWO
- cik: 0000750004
- company_name: Light & Wonder, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750004/000095015725000532/0000950157-25-000532-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750004/000095015725000532/form8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-25-000532
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-25-000532.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-25-000532.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Susan Dawson was appointed as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Light & Wonder, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: Susan Dawson, the Company’s current Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, will succeed Mr. Sottile and assume the role of CLO and Corporate Secretary upon his retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750004/000095015725000532/0000950157-25-000532-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Sottile departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Light & Wonder, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
  source text: On June 16, 2025, James Sottile notified Light & Wonder, Inc. (the “ Company ”) that he will retire from the Company, and that his last day of service as the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer (“ CLO ”) and Corporate Secretary, will be December 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/750004/000095015725000532/0000950157-25-000532-index.htm

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