Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to Bally's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Today's meeting is now called to order. I am Soohyung Kim, the Executive Chairman of Bally's Board of Directors. I will preside over today's meeting. Craig Eaton, our Corporate Secretary, is also participating. All of our directors are in attendance. Wanda Wilson, Tracy Harris, Jaymin Patel, Jeff Rollins, Robeson Reeves, our CEO, and George Papanier, our President. Also in attendance is our CFO, Mira Mircheva, and our Chief Legal Officer, Kim Barker. We have established rules of conduct for this meeting. The rules of conduct can be found under Meeting Materials, along with technical support information. During the meeting, shareholders will have the opportunity to submit questions in writing by typing the questions into the Ask a Question field in the lower left-hand corner of your screen and clicking Submit. We may group common questions together.
We will try to respond to appropriate questions in the time permitted during the Q&A session. If there are any questions pertinent to the meeting that cannot be answered during the meeting due to time constraints, we will publish and answer them on the Investors section of our website after the meeting. There are four items of business on this afternoon's agenda. Number one, the re-election of two of our board members. Number two, the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as our independent audit accountants for 2026. Number three, the approval on the non-binding advisory basis of the compensation paid to the company's named executive officers. Number four, the approval of an amendment and restatement of the Bally's Corporation Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Notice was duly given, and these matters were explained in our proxy statement.
Shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 23rd, 2026, are entitled to vote at today's meeting. A copy of the shareholder list is available as required by our bylaws. In accordance with the company's bylaws, we have appointed Louis Larsen of Broadridge to act as the Inspector of Elections. I ask that Mr. Eaton report on the quorum.
I am informed by the Inspector of Elections that there are represented in person or by proxy more than 1/3 of all the common shares entitled to vote at the meeting, so a quorum is present. Accordingly, this meeting is duly convened.
Thank you, Craig. The polls are now open. Craig, if you could just share the time.
2:05 P.M. Eastern Time.
Thank you. 2:05 P.M. Eastern Time for each matter to be voted on at this meeting. I remind everyone that voting today is by proxy and electronic ballot. Most shareholders submitted their proxies, and their shares are being voted accordingly. Any shareholder who has not voted or who wishes to change his or her vote may do so by following the instructions and clicking on the Vote button in the Webcast Portal. Your votes will be counted automatically. At this time, the polls are open for voting. Okay, proposal number one, the election of directors. The first matter for shareholders to act upon is the election of directors. Under the bylaws, Jeff Rollins and George Papanier have each been duly nominated to be elected for a term ending at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Because there are no other nominees and proxies have been received voting in favor of Jeff and George, their election is assured. The second matter is the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026. The affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast at this meeting in person or by proxy is required for ratification. The third matter is the approval on the non-binding advisory basis of the compensation paid to the company's named executives officers. The affirmative vote of a holder of a majority of shares outstanding and entitled to vote in person or by proxy is required for advisory approval of the company's executive compensation. Lastly, the fourth matter is the approval of an amendment and restatement of the Bally's Corporation Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
The affirmative vote of the holder of a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote in person or by proxy is required for approval of the plan. Craig, what time is it now?
2:07 P.M. Eastern Time. Did you hear me, Soo?
Yes, I did. Yeah. Should we give it another minute?
You're all set.
Okay. Now, I can now declare the polls closed at 2:08 P.M. Eastern Time today, May 19th, 2023, and I ask that the Inspector of Elections complete the tabulation of the votes. It appears that the votes have been tabulated. Will the Secretary please report on the results.
We have been informed by the Inspector of Elections that the ballots have been counted and proxies confirmed. The nominees for election to the Board of Directors have been duly elected. The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP has been ratified. The company's executive compensation has been approved. The amendment and restatement of the Bally's Corporation Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan has been approved.
Thank you. Well, thank you, and thank you to our shareholders for your support on these ballot items. This concludes the official business to come before this meeting, and the meeting is formally adjourned at, Craig?
2:09 P.M. Eastern Time.
As you've heard, 2:09 P.M. Eastern Time. Thank you. We will now open the meeting to questions. As a reminder, shareholders may submit questions by typing the question into the Ask a Question field in the lower left-hand corner of your screen and then clicking Submit. Company representatives are monitoring questions. We will pause for a few moments to review submitted questions.
Our first question is regarding the Las Vegas development and any timing or construction timeline you can give.
Great, I can take that question. Look, what I would say as it relates to Las Vegas or any other developments for the company, that we will make the appropriate announcements at the time we're ready to do so.
There are no other questions at this time.
Okay. Well, seeing as there are no other questions, this concludes our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Thank you very much and good afternoon.
The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation.