# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001318568
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-153550
**Filing Date:** 2025-7
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-153550.hdr.sgml**: 20250701

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-153550

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250701

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Changes in Control of Registrant

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Regulation FD Disclosure

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250701

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250701

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Everi Holdings Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001318568
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENT & RECREATION [7990]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 07 Trade & Services
- **EIN:** 200723270
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-32622
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251094302

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7250 S. TENAYA WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** LAS VEGAS
- **STATE:** NV
- **ZIP:** 89113
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-833-7110

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 7250 S. TENAYA WAY
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** LAS VEGAS
- **STATE:** NV
- **ZIP:** 89113

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Everi Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20150827

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20150813

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Everi Holdings Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20150811

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

#### of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

#### Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 2025

## Everi Holdings Inc.

#### (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-32622** | **20-0723270** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction**<br> **of incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |

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| **7250 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 100** |  |
| **Las Vegas, Nevada** | **89113** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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(800) 833-7110

#### (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

#### N/A

#### (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Trading**<br> **Symbol(s)** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.001 par value | EVRI | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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#### Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.02.

Concurrently with the closing of the Transaction, (i) Everi repaid all outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Existing Everi Credit Agreement"), among, inter alios, Everi, Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent, collateral agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer and each other lender and L/C issuer from time to time party thereto, (ii) the Existing Everi Credit Agreement and the obligations thereunder were terminated and (iii) all related liens and guarantees were released, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Existing Everi Credit Agreement.

In connection with the consummation of the Transaction, on July 1, 2025, Everi caused to be delivered to the holders of Everi's 5.000% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2029 (the "2029 Notes") a notice of full redemption (a "Notice") relating to the redemption of all of the issued and outstanding 2029 Notes pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2021 (as amended and supplemented, the "Indenture"), by and among Everi, the guarantors party thereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The Notice provided that Everi intended to redeem the entire outstanding aggregate principal amount of the 2029 Notes on July 15, 2025 (the "Redemption Date"), at the redemption price of 101.250% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2029 Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Also on July 1, 2025, Everi irrevocably deposited with the Trustee sufficient funds to fund the redemption of the 2029 Notes on the Redemption Date. As a result, Everi's and the guarantors' obligations under the Indenture have been discharged.

#### Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On July 1, 2025, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the previously disclosed definitive agreements executed on July 26, 2024 by and among Everi Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company" or "Everi"), International Game Technology PLC (d/b/a Brightstar Lottery), a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales ("IGT"), Ignite Rotate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of IGT ("Spinco"), Voyager Parent, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. ("Buyer"), and Voyager Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer ("Buyer Sub," and together with the Company, IGT, Spinco, and Buyer, the "Parties"), the Parties completed certain transactions (collectively, the "Transaction"), as a result of which, among other matters, Everi and IGT's Gaming & Digital business were simultaneously acquired by Buyer.

The definitive agreements entered into by the Company in connection with the Transaction included, among others: (i) an Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among IGT, Spinco, the Company, Buyer, and Buyer Sub (the "Merger Agreement"); (ii) a Separation and Sale Agreement by and among IGT, Spinco, the Company, and Buyer; and (iii) a Support Agreement by and among the Company, IGT, Spinco, De Agostini S.p.A., a società per azioni organized under the laws of Italy and the controlling shareholder of IGT ("De Agostini"), and Buyer, each dated as of July 26, 2024. In addition, De Agostini entered into a letter agreement with an affiliate of Buyer, pursuant to which De Agostini will make a minority investment in an indirect parent of Buyer (together with its subsidiaries following the Closing, "Newco") that will own all of the outstanding (i) Spinco units of IGT following the Equity Sale (as defined below), (ii) shares of the capital stock of IGT Canada Solutions ULC following the Canada Sub Equity Interests Sale (as defined below), and (iii) shares of the capital stock of the Company following the Merger (as defined below).

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the definitive agreements:

• IGT transferred, or caused to be transferred, to Spinco substantially all of the assets, and Spinco assumed substantially all of the liabilities, of IGT's Gaming and Digital business (the "Separation");

• Immediately following the Separation and immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, (i) Buyer purchased from IGT, and IGT sold to Buyer, all of the outstanding units of Spinco (the "Equity Sale") and (ii) Voyager Canada BidCo Limited, an affiliate of Buyer, purchased from IGT, and IGT sold to Voyager Canada BidCo Limited, all of the outstanding shares in the capital stock of IGT Canada Solutions ULC (the "Canada Sub Equity Interests Sale"); and

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• Immediately following the consummation of the Equity Sale and the Canada Sub Equity Interests Sale and at the effective time of the Merger (the "Merger Effective Time"):

• Buyer Sub was merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the Merger as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer (the "Merger");

• All outstanding shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company ("Company common stock") were converted into the right to receive $14.25 in cash per share of Company common stock, without interest (the "Per Share Price"), subject to adjustment in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, and

• All outstanding Company Equity Awards (as defined below) were converted into cash-denominated awards representing the right to receive the Per Share Price, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions in the Merger Agreement.

Specifically with respect to the Company:

• The Merger was consummated;

• At the Merger Effective Time, each share of Company common stock that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, other than dissenting shares and any shares owned by any of the Company and its subsidiaries or any of Buyer and its subsidiaries (in each case other than any shares held in a fiduciary, representative, or other capacity on behalf of third parties) (together, the "Owned Company Shares"), were cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive the Per Share Price;

• Each restricted stock unit (each, a "Company RSU") that was outstanding as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time was cancelled and automatically converted into a right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (a) the number of shares of Company common stock subject to each such Company RSU, and (b) the Per Share Price;

• Each performance share unit which vests based in whole or in part on the achievement of specified performance objectives (each, a "Company PSU") that was outstanding as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time was cancelled and automatically converted into a right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (a) the number of shares of Company common stock subject to each such Company PSU (based on the achievement of 100% of performance under each such Company PSU), and (b) the Per Share Price;

• Each option to purchase shares of Company common stock, whether vested or unvested (each, a "Company Option") that was outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time was cancelled and automatically converted into a right to receive a cash payment equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Per Share Price over the per share exercise price of such Company Option, multiplied by (b) the number of shares of Company common stock covered by such Company Option immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time; and

• Each Company Option with a per share exercise price that equals or exceeds the Per Share Price was cancelled for no consideration.

Each outstanding Company Option, Company RSU, Company PSU, or other equity or equity-based award awarded and outstanding under the GCA Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, the Company's 2012 Equity Incentive Plan and the Company's Amended and Restated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, or otherwise relating to equity interests of the Company, including the Company RSUs, the Company PSUs, and the Company Options, are collectively referred to herein as the "Company Equity Awards."

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Following the Merger Effective Time, the Company common stock will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") and deregistered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

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| **Item 3.01** | **Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.**  |

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The information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.01.

On July 1, 2025, the Company notified the NYSE that the Merger had been completed and requested that the NYSE: (i) suspend trading of the Company common stock on the NYSE prior to the open of trading on July 1, 2025; (ii) remove the Company common stock from listing on the NYSE; and (iii) file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a notification of removal from listing on Form 25 to delist the Company common stock from the NYSE and deregister the Company common stock under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. As a result, the Company common stock will no longer be listed on the NYSE.

Additionally, the Company intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC terminating registration of the Company common stock under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and suspending the Company's reporting obligations under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

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| **Item 3.03** | **Material Modification of Rights of Security Holders.**  |

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The information set forth under Items 2.01, 3.01, 5.01, 5.02, and 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

As set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, at the Merger Effective Time, each share of Company common stock, other than dissenting shares and Owned Company Shares, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Per Share Price.

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| **Item 5.01** | **Change in Control of Registrant.**  |

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The information set forth under Items 2.01, 3.03, and 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.01.

As a result of the completion of the Merger, a change in control of the Company occurred, and the Company became wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer.

I**tem 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**

The information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

(b) As previously disclosed, pursuant to the Merger Agreement and immediately after the Merger Effective Time, the directors of Buyer Sub, Mark Labay and Kate Lowenhar-Fisher, became the directors of the Company. Accordingly, at the Merger Effective Time, each of Michael D. Rumbolz, Randy L. Taylor, Atul Bali, Geoffrey P. Judge, Linster W. Fox, Maureen T. Mullarkey, Secil Tabli Watson, Paul Finch, and Debra L. Nutton ceased to serve on the board of directors of the Company and any committee thereof. These departures were a result of the completion of the Merger in accordance with the Merger Agreement and not as a result of any disagreements between the Company and the departing directors on any matters relating to the Company's operations, policies, or practices.

Effective as of the Merger Effective Time, Mr. Taylor's employment with the Company was terminated, at which time he ceased to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

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| **Item 5.03** | **Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.**  |

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The information set forth under Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

In accordance with the Merger Agreement, at the Merger Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company was amended and restated in its entirety. A copy of such amended and restated certificate of incorporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with the Merger Agreement, at the Merger Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company were amended and restated in their entirety. A copy of such amended and restated bylaws is attached as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

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| **Item 7.01** | **Regulation FD Disclosure.**  |

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On July 1, 2025, Buyer issued a press release announcing the completion of the Merger and the Transaction. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. Such press release shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

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| **Item 9.01.** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.**  |

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(d) Exhibits

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| **Exhibit No.** | **Document** |
| 2.1\*+ | [Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 26, 2024, by and among International Game Technology PLC, Ignite Rotate LLC, Everi Holdings Inc., Voyager Parent, LLC, and Voyager Merger Sub, Inc.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318568/000131856824000151/axex21xmergeragreementx4.htm) |
| 3.1 | [Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Everi Holdings Inc.](d159300dex31.htm) |
| 3.2 | [Amended and Restated Bylaws of Everi Holdings Inc.](d159300dex32.htm) |
| 10.1\*+ | [Separation and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2024, by and among International Game Technology PLC, Ignite Rotate LLC, Everi Holdings Inc., and Voyager Parent, LLC.](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318568/000131856824000151/axex101xseparationandsal.htm) |
| 99.1 | [Press Release, dated July 1, 2025.](d159300dex991.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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\* Schedules (or similar attachments) to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted schedules to the SEC on a confidential basis upon request.

+ Certain information was redacted from this exhibit pursuant to Item 601(a)(6) of Regulation S-K.

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#### Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, related to Everi and the Transaction. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements for purposes of federal and state securities laws. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the financial or operating results of Everi. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "foresee," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should," "will," and "would" and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K include, among other things, statements about the anticipated delisting of the Company common stock from the NYSE and the removal from registration of the Company common stock under the Exchange Act. These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the Transaction; the ability to retain and hire key personnel; significant transaction costs, fees, expenses and charges; operating costs, customer loss, and business disruption (including, without limitation, difficulties in maintaining employee, customer, or other business, contractual, or operational relationships following the closing of the Transaction); risks related to competition in the gaming industry; dependence on significant licensing arrangements, customers, or other third parties; economic changes in or the impact of political changes on global markets, such as currency exchange, inflation and interest rates, and recession; government policies (including policy changes affecting the gaming industry, taxation, trade, tariffs, immigration, customs, and border actions) and other external factors that Everi cannot control; regulation and litigation matters relating to the Transaction or otherwise impacting Everi or the gaming industry generally, including the nature, cost, and outcome of any litigation and other legal proceedings related to the Transaction that have been or may be instituted against the parties and others; unanticipated adverse effects or liabilities from business divestitures; risks related to intellectual property, privacy matters, and cyber security (including losses and other consequences from failures, breaches, attacks, or disclosures involving information technology infrastructure and data); other business effects (including the effects of industry, market, economic, political, or regulatory conditions); and other risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in Everi's Annual Report on Form 10-K on file with the SEC and from time to time in other filed reports including Everi's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

A further description of risks and uncertainties relating to Everi can be found in its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov. Everi cautions investors not to unduly rely on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. Everi does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements as the result of new information or future events or developments, except as required by law.

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | EVERI HOLDINGS INC. | EVERI HOLDINGS INC. |
| Date: July 1, 2025 | By: | /s/ Todd A. Valli |
|  | Name: | Todd A. Valli |
|  | Title: | Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance & Tax and Chief Accounting Officer |

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## Exhibit 3.1

**Exhibit 3.1** 

**<u>THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED</u>**

**<u>CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION</u>**

**<u>OF</u>**

**<u>EVERI HOLDINGS INC.</u>**

<u>(a Delaware corporation)</u> 

**<u>ARTICLE I</u>**

The name of this corporation (the "<u>Corporation</u>") shall be Everi Holdings Inc.

**<u>ARTICLE II</u>**

The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

**<u>ARTICLE III</u>**

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and/or supplemented from time to time (the "<u>DGCL</u>").

**<u>ARTICLE IV</u>**

The total number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares of capital stock, all of which shall be common stock with a par value of one cent ($0.01) per share (the "<u>Common Stock</u>"). Each holder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to vote at all meetings of the stockholders and shall have one vote for each share held by such holder of record.

**<u>ARTICLE V</u>**

From time to time, any of the provisions of this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the DGCL or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation are granted subject to this reservation.

**<u>ARTICLE VI</u>**

In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges and discretionary authority granted or conferred by the DGCL or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "<u>Board</u>") is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation (the "<u>Bylaws</u>"), without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws whether adopted by them or otherwise.

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**<u>ARTICLE VII</u>**

Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws shall so require.

**<u>ARTICLE VIII</u>**

To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it now exists or as may hereafter be amended, a director or officer of the Corporation shall not be personally liable either to the Corporation or to any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal. If the DGCL hereafter is amended to further eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer, then a director or officer of the Corporation, in addition to the circumstances in which a director or officer is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted by the amended DGCL.

**<u>ARTICLE IX</u>**

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding Common Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and shall be delivered to the Corporation.

The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the DGCL) within or outside of the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board or in the Bylaws.

**<u>ARTICLE X</u>**

Neither any contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, firm, association, or other entity (an "<u>Entity</u>"), nor any other acts of the Corporation with relation to any other Entity will, in the absence of fraud, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be invalidated or otherwise affected by the fact that any one or more of the directors or officers of the Corporation are pecuniary or otherwise interested in, or are directors, officers, partners, or members of, such other Entity (such directors, officers, and Entities, each a "<u>Related Person</u>"). Any Related Person may be a party to, or may be pecuniary or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation; provided, however, that the fact that person is a Related Person or is pecuniary or otherwise interested in such contract or transaction is disclosed or is known to the Board or a majority of directors present at any meeting of the Board at which action upon any such contract or transaction is taken. Any director of the Corporation who is also a Related Person or who is pecuniary or otherwise interested in such contract or transaction may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board during which any such contract or transaction is authorized and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction, with like force and

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effect as if such person were not a Related Person or were not pecuniary or otherwise interested in such contract or transaction. Any director of the Corporation may vote upon any contract or any other transaction between the Corporation and any subsidiary or affiliated Entity without regard to the fact that such person is also a director, officer, manager, general partner or other fiduciary of such subsidiary or affiliated Entity.

Any contract, transaction or act of the Corporation or of the directors of the Corporation that is ratified at any annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, or at any special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation called for such purpose, will, insofar as permitted by applicable law, be as valid and as binding as though ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the stockholders to approve or ratify any such contract, transaction or act, when and if submitted, will not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or deprive the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees, of its or their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or act.

Subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, (x) any director or officer of the Corporation who is also an officer, director, partner, employee, managing director or other affiliate of either Apollo Management X, L.P., on behalf of its investment funds ("<u>Apollo</u>"), or any of its respective affiliates (collectively, the "<u>Managers</u>") and (y) the Managers and their affiliates, may, and shall have no duty not to, in each case on behalf of the Managers or their affiliates (the persons and entities in clauses (x) and (y), each a "<u>Covered Manager Person</u>"), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) carry on and conduct, whether directly, or as a partner in any partnership, or as a member or manager in any limited liability company or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director or stockholder of any corporation, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Corporation, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Corporation or its affiliates, and (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Corporation may make investments. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation to participate in any business of the Managers or their affiliates, and waives any claim against a Covered Manager Person and shall indemnify a Covered Manager Person against any claim that such Covered Manager Person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of such person's or entity's participation in any such business.

In the event that a Covered Manager Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Manager Person, in his or her Apollo-related capacity, as the case may be, or Apollo or its affiliates, as the case may be, and (y) the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Covered Manager Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL, the Corporation hereby renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in such corporate opportunity and waives any claim against each Covered Manager Person and shall indemnify a Covered Manager Person against any claim that such Covered Manager Person is liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Manager Person (i) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any affiliate, (ii) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another person or (iii) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation.

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Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article X.

This Article X may not be amended, modified or repealed without the prior written consent of each of the Managers.

In the event of a conflict between this Article X and any other Article or provision of this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, this Article X shall prevail under all circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, under no circumstances shall any employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries be deemed to be a "Covered Manager Person", and under no circumstances shall the Corporation waive or renounce any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered any opportunity to participate in, any business opportunities that are presented to any Manager who is also an employee of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, irrespective of whether such employee is a director or officer of the Corporation of any of its affiliates.

**<u>ARTICLE XI</u>**

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, stockholder, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation's stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI.

**<u>ARTICLE XII</u>**

The Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

**<u>ARTICLE XIII</u>**

The purported sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, grant or exercise of an option to purchase, or other disposition of any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation is ineffective unless and until approved by the relevant gaming authorities by which the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation is licensed, approved or otherwise found suitable, or required to be licensed, approved or otherwise found suitable under applicable gaming laws (the "<u>Applicable Gaming Authorities</u>"). If at any time the Applicable Gaming Authorities find that a holder of any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation is unsuitable to hold any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation, upon receipt by the Corporation of notice from the Applicable Gaming Authorities of that fact, the Corporation shall, within ten (10) days from the date that it receives the notice from the Applicable Gaming Authorities, take actions to ensure compliance with

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applicable law, which may include returning to the unsuitable stockholder the amount of his, her or its capital account as reflected on the books of the Corporation or such stockholder shall dispose of such interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation as provided by the gaming laws of the jurisdiction in which the relevant Applicable Gaming Authorities have jurisdiction. Beginning on the date when the Applicable Gaming Authorities serves notice of a determination of unsuitability, the unsuitable stockholder shall not be entitled: (i) to receive any dividend or interest in shares of capital stock or any payment or distribution of any kind, including any share of the distribution of profits or cash or any other property of, or payments upon dissolution of the Corporation, other than a return of capital; (ii) to exercise directly or through a proxy, trustee or nominee, any voting rights conferred by such shares of capital stock; (iii) to participate in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation; or (iv) to receive any remuneration in any form from the Corporation or from any company holding a gaming license, for services rendered or otherwise. Any stockholder that is found unsuitable by the Applicable Gaming Authorities shall return all evidence of any ownership in the Corporation to the Corporation, and the unsuitable stockholder shall cease to have any direct or indirect interest in the Corporation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in this Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to the extent permitted by applicable gaming laws and the Applicable Gaming Authorities, if a stockholder has been found by the Applicable Gaming Authorities to be unsuitable, the Corporation shall have the right to take actions to ensure compliance with applicable law, which may include the right to redeem, or the unsuitable stockholder shall dispose of, the unsuitable stockholder's interest in shares of capital stock in the Corporation as may be provided in the Corporation's Bylaws.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being a duly authorized officer of this Corporation, has executed, signed and acknowledged this Certificate of Incorporation as of this 1<sup>st</sup> day of July, 2025.

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| Name: Randy L. Taylor |
| Title: Chief Executive Officer |

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*[Signature Page to Everi Holdings Inc. — Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]*

## Exhibit 3.2

**Exhibit 3.2** 

**BYLAWS** 

**OF** 

**VOYAGER MERGER SUB, INC.** 

Dated as of: July 19, 2024

ARTICLE I<u> </u>

<u>OFFICES</u>

Section 1. REGISTERED OFFICES. The registered office shall be in Wilmington, Delaware, or such other location as the Board of Directors may determine or the business of the corporation may require.

Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II<u> </u>

<u>MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS</u>

Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of Delaware as designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.

Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.

Section 3. QUORUM; ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF. A majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and the votes present may continue to transact business until adjournment. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the voting stock represented in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat.

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Section 4. VOTING. When a quorum is present at any meeting, in all matters other than the election of directors, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, or the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

Section 5. PROXIES. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All proxies must be filed with the Secretary of the corporation at the beginning of each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at the meeting. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the corporation on the record date set by the Board of Directors as provided in Article VI, Section 5 hereof.

Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding, and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

Section 7. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The written notice of any meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, notice is given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation.

Section 8. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF STOCKHOLDER LIST. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

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Section 9. STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 9 to the corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE III<u> </u>

<u>DIRECTORS</u>

Section 1. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The initial number of directors shall be equal to the number of directors appointed by the incorporator. Thereafter, the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one (1) director, the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. The directors need not be stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and the directors elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified; provided, however, that unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, from the Board of Directors at any meeting of stockholders by a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereat.

Section 2. VACANCIES. Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute.

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Section 3. POWERS. The property and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors.

Section 4. PLACE OF DIRECTORS' MEETINGS. The directors may hold their meetings and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the corporation outside of the State of Delaware.

Section 5. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President on forty-eight hours' notice to each director, either personally or by mail; special meetings shall be called by the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the Board consists of only one director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner or on like notice on the written request of the sole director.

Section 7. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum, shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. If only one director is authorized, such sole director shall constitute a quorum.

Section 8. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

Section 9. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 10. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification

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of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock.

Section 11. MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

Section 12. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

ARTICLE IV<u> </u>

<u>OFFICERS</u>

Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of this corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board of Directors or a President, or both, and a Secretary. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, such other officers as are desired, including a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof. At the time of the election of officers, the directors may by resolution determine the order of their rank, if any. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide.

Section 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose the officers of the corporation.

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Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

Section 4. TERM OF OFFICE; REMOVAL AND VACANCIES. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify in their stead. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer or officers becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors.

Section 5. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by these Bylaws. If there is no President, the Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 6 of this Article IV.

Section 6. PRESIDENT. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall be an ex-officio member of all committees and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of corporations, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

Section 7. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors.

Section 8. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required by the Board of Directors. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.

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Section 9. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

Section 10. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys, and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation, in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation.

Section 11. ASSISTANT TREASURER. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

ARTICLE V<u> </u>

<u>INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</u>

Section 1. PROCEEDINGS OTHER THAN THOSE BROUGHT BY THE CORPORATION. The corporation shall indemnify to the maximum extent permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

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Section 2. PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT BY THE CORPORATION. The corporation shall indemnify to the maximum extent permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.

Section 3. INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST EXPENSES. To the extent that a director or officer of the corporation shall be successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article V, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

Section 4. AUTHORIZATION FOR INDEMNIFICATION AGAINST EXPENSES. Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article V (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article V. Such determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders. The corporation, acting through its Board of Directors or otherwise, shall cause such determination to be made if so requested by any person who is indemnifiable under this Article V.

Section 5. ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article V.

Section 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF EXPENSES NOT EXCLUSIVE. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Article V shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

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Section 7. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS INSURANCE. The Board of Directors may authorize, by a vote of a majority of a quorum of the Board of Directors, the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article V.

Section 8. CORPORATION DEFINED; EFFECTS OF MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION. For the purposes of this Article V, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

Section 9. OTHER ENTERPRISES DEFINED. For purposes of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include service as a director or officer of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this section.

Section 10. CESSATION OF DIRECTOR OR OFFICER STATUS. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article V shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 11. PROCEEDINGS INITIATED BY INDIVIDUAL. The corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation.

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ARTICLE VI

<u>CERTIFICATES OF STOCK</u> 

Section 1. CERTIFICATES. At the option of the Board of Directors, the stock of the corporation may be (i) uncertificated, evidenced by entries into the corporation's stock ledger or other appropriate corporate books and records, as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time, or (ii) evidenced by a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation, certifying the number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such stockholder in the corporation.

Section 2. SIGNATURES ON CERTIFICATES. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 4. TRANSFERS OF STOCK. Upon surrender to the corporation, or the transfer agent of the corporation, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.

Section 5. FIXED RECORD DATE. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date which shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors.

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Section 6. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE VII<u> </u>

<u>GENERAL PROVISIONS</u>

Section 1. DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 2. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS; DIRECTORS' DUTIES. Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve.

Section 3. CHECKS. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.

Section 4. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 5. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

Section 6. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.

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Section 7. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

ARTICLE IX<u> </u>

<u>AMENDMENTS</u>

AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS OR STOCKHOLDERS. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation it shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws.

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1** 

**Apollo Funds Complete Acquisitions of International Game Technology's Gaming & Digital Business and Everi; Combined Enterprise to Operate as IGT** 

*Establishes IGT as a Premier Platform for Innovation, Delivering Exceptional Content and Scalable Solutions Across the Global Gaming Ecosystem* 

**NEW YORK and LAS VEGAS, July 1, 2025** – Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced the completion of the previously announced acquisitions of International Game Technology PLC's (doing business as "Brightstar Lottery") Gaming & Digital Business and Everi Holdings Inc. ("Everi") by a holding company owned by funds managed by Apollo affiliates (the "Apollo Funds"). The all-cash transaction, valued at approximately $6.3 billion, brings together complementary businesses to form a privately held global leader in gaming, digital and financial technology solutions.

The two companies will be integrated into a combined enterprise in the coming months. Headquartered in Las Vegas, the combined enterprise will operate under the IGT name, while retaining the Everi brand in select markets and product lines. IGT will be organized into three business units: **Gaming**, **Digital** and **FinTech**, creating a customer-first enterprise supported by a people-first culture that values talent, collaboration and innovation.

"This is a defining moment for our industry," said Nick Khin, Interim CEO of IGT. "By uniting two leading organizations, we are building an enterprise with the scale, talent and technology to lead the future of gaming. With Apollo's support, we are very well-positioned to deliver exceptional content across land-based and digital experiences, along with integrated financial solutions and casino management that enhance the player journey and drive value for our customers. I'm honored to be part of this exciting chapter and to help shape the future of IGT."

As previously announced, Hector Fernandez is expected to assume the role of CEO of IGT in the fourth quarter of 2025, following the expiration of a customary non-compete period. Until then, Mr. Khin will lead the organization and transition into the role of CEO of IGT's Gaming business unit upon Mr. Fernandez's arrival.

"Bringing together highly complementary businesses creates a more competitive, agile and well-capitalized platform built for long-term growth," said Daniel Cohen, Partner at Apollo. "We are confident that IGT is well positioned to deliver differentiated content and capabilities that better serve customers across the globe. We look forward to working closely with Hector, Nick and the rest of the talented IGT team to lead the industry forward."

Effective today, Everi common stock has been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Everi stockholders are receiving $14.25 per share in cash, and International Game Technology PLC is receiving $4.05 billion of gross cash proceeds.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is serving as legal counsel to the Apollo Funds.

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**About IGT** 

IGT is a leading global provider of gaming, digital and financial technology solutions, formed through the combination of International Game Technology PLC's Gaming & Digital Business and Everi Holdings Inc. IGT's offering spans gaming machines, game content and systems, iGaming, sports betting, cash access, loyalty and player engagement solutions, enabling it to deliver integrated, customer-centric experiences across land-based and digital environments. Organized into Gaming, Digital and FinTech business units, IGT drives innovation, efficiency and value for casino, digital and hospitality operators worldwide. The company is headquartered in Las Vegas.

**About Apollo** 

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of March 31, 2025, Apollo had approximately $785 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit <u>www.apollo.com</u>.

**Forward-Looking Statements** 

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may be identified by terms such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "foresee," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should," "will," and "would" and the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. In addition, all statements regarding IGT's business following its acquisition by the Apollo Funds are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions; the ability to retain and hire key personnel; unexpected costs, charges or expenses resulting from the acquisitions; risks related to competition in the gaming and lottery industries; dependence on significant licensing arrangements, customers, or other third parties; economic changes in global markets, such as currency exchange, inflation and interest rates, and recession; government policies (including policy changes affecting the gaming industry, taxation, trade, tariffs, immigration, customs, and border actions) and other external factors that IGT cannot control; regulation and litigation matters relating to the acquisitions; unanticipated adverse effects or liabilities from business divestitures; risks related to intellectual property, privacy matters, and cyber security (including losses and other consequences from failures, breaches, attacks, or disclosures involving information technology infrastructure and data); other business effects (including the effects of industry, market, economic, political, or regulatory conditions); and other risks and uncertainties. Neither IGT nor the Apollo Funds intends to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments, except as required by law.

**Contacts** 

**For IGT** 

Phil O'Shaughnessy

VP Global Communications, Government Relations & Sustainability

Toll free in U.S./Canada +1 (844) IGT-7452; outside U.S./Canada +1 (401) 392-7452

<u>Phil.oshaughnessy@igt.com</u> 

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**For Apollo** 

Noah Gunn

Global Head of Investor Relations

(212) 822-0540

<u>IR@apollo.com</u> 

Joanna Rose

Global Head of Corporate Communications

(212) 822-0491

<u>Communications@apollo.com</u>