Company: CZR
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-093716
Chunk: 86

Company: Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 86
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INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM’S INDEPENDENCE In considering the nature of the services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm, the Audit Committee discussed these services with the independent registered public accounting firm and Company management to determine that they are permitted under the rules and regulations concerning auditor independence promulgated by the SEC to implement the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The Audit Committee determined that such services are compatible with the provision of independent audit services.

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Trinity Health, with an address of 766 Brady Ave., Apt. 635, Bronx, NY 10462, has informed us that they intend to present the proposal set forth below at our Annual Meeting. The number of the Company’s securities that the shareholder owns will be provided to shareholders promptly upon request. If the shareholder (or its “qualified representative”) is present at the Annual Meeting and properly submits the proposal for a vote, then the shareholder proposal will be voted upon at the Annual Meeting. In accordance with the federal securities laws, the shareholder proposal is set forth in italics below as submitted by the shareholders and is quoted verbatim. The Company disclaims all responsibility for the content of the proposal and the supporting statement, including other sources referenced in the supporting statement. The Board has evaluated the proposal and has a statement in response to such shareholder proposal as set forth below. RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board of Directors commission and disclose a report on the potential cost savings through the adoption of a smokefree policy for Caesars Entertainment properties. The report should be prepared at reasonable cost, omitting confidential and proprietary information. WHEREAS: The U.S. Surgeon General released a landmark report in 2006 stating there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure kill nearly 500,000 Americans annually. 1For gaming industry workers on casino floors, largely people of color and women, such exposure can deepen existing disparities in health outcomes. While our Company may make efforts to address indoor air quality, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-ConditioningEngineers states: “There is no currently available or reasonably anticipated ventilation or air cleaning system that can adequately control or significantly reduce the health risks of environmental tobacco smoke to an acceptable level.” 2 As independent researchers C3 Gaming found in analyzing revenue performance in several