Company: BRSL
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001619762-25-000007
Chunk: 61

Company: Brightstar Lottery PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 61
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 registered public accounting firm; and

• the Parent’s internal controls over financial reporting and systems of disclosure controls and procedures, including the review of related party transactions and other accounting and treasury matters.

Table of Contents

The Audit Committee oversees risk assessment and risk management, including financial, compliance, strategic and operational risk exposures, including sustainability and climate-related risk, cybersecurity, and information security. The Audit Committee and management may make recommendations to the Board for any changes, amendments, and modifications to the Parent’s ethical codes of practice, such as the Code of Conduct and the Code of Ethics, and promptly disclosing any waivers for directors or executive officers, as required by applicable law.

The Board reviews the adequacy and effectiveness of the Company’s enterprise risk management program, including the approval of risk appetites for the Company’s key risks. The Audit Committee receives periodic reports from management, reviews updates to the Company’s principal and emerging risks, and conducts deep dive reviews of risk management activities.

Since 2022, the Audit Committee also holds dedicated sessions to receive and discuss updates and demonstrations on data protection and cybersecurity and engages with management on the Company’s incident prevention plans and policies, threat-detection measures and prompt response to malicious activity and attacks to ensure the Company is well placed to meet the evolving risks and external threats in this area.

The Audit Committee regularly meets with the external auditor, the CFO, the General Counsel, the CAO, the Chief Compliance and Risk Officer and Internal Audit in separate, closed sessions. The Audit Committee regularly reports to the Board on the matters for which it has oversight responsibility.

The Audit Committee consists of Maria Pinelli (chairperson), Alberto Dessy, and Heather J. McGregor. Each member of the Audit Committee must meet the financial literacy requirement, as such qualification is interpreted by the Board in its business judgment, or must become financially literate within a reasonable period of time after his or her appointment to the Audit Committee. In addition, at least one (1) member of the Audit Committee must have accounting or related financial management expertise, as the Board interprets such qualification in its business judgment. See “ Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert” of this annual report on Form 20-F for additional information regarding Audit Committee financial experts.

The Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee discharges the responsibilities of the Board relating to compensation of the Parent’s executives and directors and other human capital management matters, which include:

• ensuring that provisions regarding disclosure of information, including pensions, as set out in the Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts