Company: BRSL
Filing Date: 2025-07-01
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001619762-25-000039
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Company: Brightstar Lottery PLC
Filing Date: 2025-07-01
Form: 6-K
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

#### FORM 6-K

### REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

#### PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE

#### SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

#### For the month of July 2025

#### Commission File Number 001-36906

### INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY PLC
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#### 10 Finsbury Square, Third Floor

#### London, EC2A 1AF

#### United Kingdom
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| Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: |     |   |     |           |     |   |
| Form 20-F                                                                                                              |     | ☒ |     | Form 40-F |     | ☐ |

<div align='center'>Brightstar Lottery Completes Sale of Gaming & Digital Business and Announces $1.1 billion Capital Return to Shareholders</div>

On July 1, 2025, International Game Technology PLC (NYSE: IGT), doing business as Brightstar Lottery (the “Company”), announced that it has completed the sale of its Gaming & Digital business to a holding company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (NYSE: APO) on July 1, 2025 (the “Transaction”). Effective July 2, 2025, the Company will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange under its business name, Brightstar Lottery, and new ticker symbol, BRSL. The Company’s CUSIP will not change, and no action is needed from current shareholders.

The Company also announced a plan to return capital to shareholders totaling approximately $1.1 billion, comprised of a $3.00 per share special cash dividend and a $500 million share repurchase program. The special cash dividend is payable on July 29, 2025, to shareholders of record as of July 14, 2025. Additionally, the Company is obligated to use $2.0 billion of the proceeds from the Transaction to reduce debt. It is obligated to prepay certain term loan facilities and will satisfy the balance of the debt reduction obligation by redeeming certain senior secured notes and repaying