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Issuer:     Bally's Corp (BALY)
CIK:        0001747079
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001747079-26-000003
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Bally's appoints Soohyung Kim as Executive Chair; company elects controlled company status
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- Soohyung Kim, Managing Partner of Standard General (owner of >50% voting power), appointed Executive Chair effective Jan 27, 2026.
- Employment agreement provides $400k base salary, annual bonus target of 100% of base, and equity grants equal to 100% of base annually.
- Bally's elects to be a 'controlled company' under NYSE rules due to Standard General's >50% voting power; will not comply with certain independence requirements.
- As Executive Chair, Kim is no longer an independent director; Nominating and Governance Committee no longer entirely independent.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707926000003/0001747079-26-000003-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707926000003/baly-20260127.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001747079-26-000003

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