Company: BRSL
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001619762-25-000007
Chunk: 100

Company: Brightstar Lottery PLC
Filing Date: 2025-02-25
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 10
Chunk 100
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 hold an interest in shares (as that term is used in Sections 820 to 825 of the CA 2006) representing 1% or more of either any class of the equity share capital (excluding any share of that class held as treasury shares) in the Relevant Company or of the voting rights available to members of the Relevant Company;
•a transaction or arrangement for the benefit of the employees of the Parent or any of its subsidiary undertakings (including any pension fund or retirement, death or disability scheme) which does not award the director a privilege or benefit not generally awarded to the employees to whom it relates; or
•a transaction or arrangement concerning the purchase or maintenance of any insurance policy for the benefit of directors or for the benefit of persons including directors.
Directors’ borrowing powers

The directors may exercise all the powers of the Parent to borrow money and to mortgage or charge all or part of the undertaking, property, and assets (present or future) and uncalled capital of the Parent and, subject to the CA 2006, to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for a debt, liability, or obligation of the Parent or of a third party.

Directors’ shareholding requirements

A director need not hold shares in the Parent to qualify to serve as a director.
Age limit

There is no age limit applicable to directors in the Articles.

Compliance with NYSE Rules

For as long as the Parent’s ordinary shares are listed on the NYSE, the Parent intends to comply with all NYSE corporate governance standards set forth in Section 3 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual applicable to non-controlled domestic U.S. issuers, regardless of whether the Parent is a foreign private issuer.

Classes of shares

The Parent has three (3) classes of shares in issue. This includes (i) ordinary shares of U.S. $0.10 each; (ii) Special Voting Shares of U.S. $0.000001 each; and (iii) sterling non-voting shares of £1.00 each (the “Sterling Non-Voting Shares”).

Dividends and distributions

Subject to the CA 2006, the Parent’s shareholders may declare a dividend on the Parent’s ordinary shares by ordinary resolution, and the Board may decide to pay an interim dividend to holders of the Parent’s ordinary shares in accordance with their respective rights and interests in the Parent, and may fix the time for payment of such dividend. Under English law, dividends may only be paid