Company: CZR
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-093716
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Company: Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
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 their proposals by Certified Mail-Return Receipt Requested. Proposals received after that date will be deemed untimely. To otherwise present a timely proposal or other business for consideration by our shareholders at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2026, pursuant to our Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), a shareholder’s written notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at our principal executive offices no earlier than the close of business on February 15, 2026 nor later than the close of business on March 17, 2026. In addition, not less than 60 days prior to the date of the next meeting of shareholders called for the election of directors (the “Election Meeting”), a shareholder who intends to make a nomination of a candidate for election as director of the Company at the Election Meeting shall deliver to our Secretary a notice setting forth additional information with respect to each nominee as required under our Bylaws. This notice requirement does not apply to shareholder proposals properly submitted for inclusion in our proxy statements in accordance with the rules of the SEC and shareholder nominations of director candidates which must comply with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter described elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. In addition to satisfying the foregoing requirements under our Bylaws, to comply with the universal proxy rules, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19under the Exchange Act no later than April 11, 2026. Our Bylaws are posted on the “Governance” page of our website located at https://investor.caesars.com/corporate-governance,under “Other Governance Documents”.

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#### DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCEFor a director to be considered independent, the director must meet the bright line independence standards under the Nasdaq listing standards and the Board must affirmatively determine that the director has no relationship which, in the opinion of the Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The Board determines director independence based on an analysis of the independence requirements of the Nasdaq listing standards. In addition, the Board will consider all relevant facts and circumstances in making an independence determination.Our Board has affirmatively determined that each current director, except Messrs. Gary L. Carano and Reeg, is independent under the Nasdaq listing standards. In determining the independence of directors, the Board considered all commercial, industrial