Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 12, 2022
WYNN RESORTS, LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
000-50028
46-0484987
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas,
Nevada
89109
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(702) 770-7555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01
WYNN
Nasdaq Global Select Market
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On January 12, 2022, Wynn Resorts, Limited (the "Company") entered into an amended and restated employment agreement (the "Employment Agreement") with Ellen F. Whittemore, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. The Employment Agreement is effective as of January 12, 2022 and provides for the following compensation changes: (i) an increase to her annual base salary from $700,000 to $900,000, and (ii) an annual target equity grant of restricted stock equal to 175% of her base salary. Equity awards granted to Ms. Whittemore previously under her existing agreement with the Company pursuant to the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan remain unchanged. The Employment Agreement also contains certain non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality provisions and has a term that ends on January 31, 2025.
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employment Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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.
