Bally's Corp

NYSE:BALYUnited States

05:34 PM EST, 11/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Bally's (BALY) said late Tuesday its stockholders have approved the company's planned merger with Queen Casino & Entertainment, a portfolio company majority-owned by Standard General. The company expects th...

Bally's Corporation Stockholders Approve Merger Agreement With Affiliate of Standard General L.P.
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 19, 2024--
Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY) ("Bally's" or the "Company") announced that at its Special Meeting of Stockholders held on November 19, 2024, its stockholders, including its unaffiliated stockholders, approved the adoption of its previously announced definitive merger agreement with The Queen Casino & Entertainment Inc. ("Queen"), a portfolio company majority-owned by the Company's largest stockholder, Standard General L.P. At the Special Meeting, the Company stockholders also approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation that may or will become payable by Bally's to its named executive officers in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The merger agreement has been adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock as of the October 21, 2024 record date for the Special Meeting and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the holders of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock as of such record date, excluding those held by Standard General L.P., Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Noel Hayden and certain executive officers and a director of the company.