---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001747079-23-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALY"
cik: "0001747079"
company_name: "Bally's Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T21:22:15.305336+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bally's 2023 Annual Meeting: Directors elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- George T. Papanier (31.3M for) and Jeffrey W. Rollins (25.9M for) elected to three-year terms.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as FY2023 auditor with 34.4M for, 207.9K against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 30.4M for, 1.5M against.
- 45.9M shares outstanding; 34.8M shares present or represented at the virtual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001747079-23-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALY
- cik: 0001747079
- company_name: Bally's Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707923000059/0001747079-23-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707923000059/baly-20230517.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001747079-23-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bally's Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023. The vote was as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 34,408,015 207,867 165,800 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707923000059/0001747079-23-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bally's Corp shareholders approved Approval, on a Non-binding Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 3 - Approval, on a Non-binding Advisory Basis, of the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers At the Annual Meeting, the vote to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 30,446,936 1,450,868 158,081 2,725,797
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707923000059/0001747079-23-000059-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bally's Corp shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-17
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders elected George T. Papanier and Jeffrey W. Rollins to serve as directors for a term of three years. The vote was as follows: For Withheld Broker Non-Votes George T. Papanier 31,302,464 753,421 2,725,797 Jeffrey W. Rollins 25,923,095 6,132,790 2,725,797
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707923000059/0001747079-23-000059-index.htm

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