8-K/A - LAWIL - Equibles

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 27, 2023

Light & Wonder, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada	001-11693	81-0422894
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
		Identification No.)

6601 Bermuda Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119

(Address of registrant’s principal executive office)

(702) 897-7150

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.001 par value	LNW	The NASDAQ Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company	☐

☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Current Report on Form 8-K/A (this “Amendment”) is being filed by Light & Wonder, Inc. (the “Company”) to amend the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 3, 2023 (the “Original Form 8-K”) to provide a description of the compensation arrangements with Oliver Chow made in connection to his appointment as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer. At the time of the filing of the Original 8-K, the terms of such compensation arrangements had yet to be definitively determined. This Amendment does not amend, modify or supplement the Original Form 8-K in any other respect.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 23, 2023, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the following compensation arrangements with Mr. Chow in connection with his appointment as the Company’s interim Chief Financial Officer, effective as of August 25, 2023 (the “Effective Date”): (i) a $100,000 cash retention award to be paid on the first payroll date following the Effective Date; and (ii) time-vested restricted stock units with a grant date value of $200,000, which will vest in substantially equal installments on each of August 25, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

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.

	LIGHT & WONDER, INC.
Date: August 29, 2023	By:	/s/ James Sottile
		Name:	James Sottile
		Title:	Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary