Company: CZR
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-093716
Chunk: 42

Company: Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 42
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, Aon may work directly with management on certain executive compensation matters. During 2024, Aon was engaged by the Company’s management to provide additional services related to insurance placement, healthcare, and captive management and received fees for such services of approximately $4.7 million (approximately 0.03% of Aon’s 2024 revenue). Also in 2024, Aon’s professional fees for assisting the Board with executive compensation issues for the NEOs was approximately $150,000 (approximately 0.001% of Aon’s 2024 revenue). The Compensation Committee reviews the independence of its compensation consultants on an annual basis, taking into account a number of factors, including the six factors articulated in the Nasdaq listing standards and applicable SEC guidance, and also considered the additional services provided by Aon as described above. For 2024, the Compensation Committee determined that Aon was independent and its services to the Compensation Committee did not raise any conflicts of interest among the Compensation Committee or our management. Specific roles of Aon include, but are not limited to, the following:

| • |     | identifying and advising the Compensation Committee on executive compensation trends and regulatory developments; |

| • |     | providing a total compensation study for executives against peer companies and recommendations for NEO pay; |

| • |     | providing advice to the Compensation Committee on governance best practices as well as any other areas of concern or risk; |

| • |     | assisting with the development of a compensation peer group for annual executive compensation study; |

| • |     | serving as a resource to the Compensation Committee Chair for meeting agendas and supporting materials in advance of each meeting; and |

| • |     | advising the Compensation Committee on management’s pay recommendations. |

Role of Management in Compensation Decisions The CEO makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee concerning the compensation of the NEOs (other than himself). In addition, the CEO, the COO, the Chief Administrative and Accounting Officer and the CFO are involved in setting the business goals that are used as the performance goals for the annual and LTI plans, subject to the Compensation Committee’s approval. The CEO, CFO, Chief Legal Officer, and Chief Accounting and Administrative Officer work closely with the Compensation Committee, Aon and management to (i) ensure

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that the Compensation Committee is provided with the appropriate information to make its decisions, (ii) propose recommendations for the Compensation Committee’s consideration (other than with respect to their compensation)