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Flutter Entertainment PLC — Current Report (Form 8-K)

Form
8-K
Filed
June 1, 2026
Period
May 29, 2026
Ticker
FLUT
Accession
0001193125-26-248919
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Flutter approved amendments to its Articles for plurality voting and board size. Proposal 3c failed to reach the required threshold.

About Flutter Entertainment PLC
Market cap
$17.7B
1Y TSR
−62.7%
Board grade
C-
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
CEO
Jeremy Peter Jackson
Last annual meeting: May 29, 2026 · View full Flutter Entertainment PLC profile →
8-K
 
 

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): May 29, 2026

 

 

Flutter Entertainment plc

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Ireland   001-37403   98-1782229
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

One Madison Avenue

New York, New York

  10010
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: +353 (1) 264 1566

 

(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.):

 

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

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange
on which registered

Ordinary Shares, nominal value of €0.09 per share   FLUT   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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.  ☐

 

 
 


Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On May 29, 2026, Flutter Entertainment plc (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual General Meeting (the “Annual General Meeting”) of Shareholders. At the Annual General Meeting, the Company’s shareholders considered and approved, among other things, certain amendments to the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association (“Articles”) to better align its governance provisions with practices among U.S. public companies, along with certain administrative amendments to reflect its U.S. domestic issuer status (see Proposals 3a, 3b and 3d in Item 5.07 below). The amendments to the Company’s Articles are effective from May 29, 2026.

A description of the amendments to the Articles is set forth in the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement, dated April 16, 2026 (the “2026 Proxy Statement”), under the sections titled “Proposal 3a: Approval of Certain Amendments to the Articles to Provide for a Plurality Voting Standard in the Event of Contested Director Elections,” “Proposal 3b: Approval of Certain Amendments to the Articles to Grant the Board Sole Authority to Determine its Size Within a Specified Range and Provide for the Possibility of Holdover Directors in the Event of No Directors Receiving Sufficient Votes for Election,” and “Proposal 3d: Approval of Certain Administrative Amendments to the Articles to reflect Flutter’s U.S. Domestic Issuer Status for the Purpose of Exchange Act Reporting,” respectively.

The foregoing description, and the descriptions in the 2026 Proxy Statement, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Articles, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual General Meeting, the Company’s shareholders considered eight proposals as more fully described in the 2026 Proxy Statement. [Each of proposals 1-8 were approved, except for proposal 3c which failed to receive seventy-five percent (75%) of the votes cast at the Annual General Meeting which is required to approve a special resolution. The number of votes by the Company’s shareholders for and against each of the proposals put before the Annual General Meeting, as well as the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, were as follows (proposal numbers correspond to the proposal numbers used in the 2026 Proxy Statement):

Proposal 1: By separate resolutions, to elect / re-elect as appropriate the Director nominees listed below for a term expiring at the next Annual General Meeting of the Company:

 

     Votes For    Votes Against    Abstentions    Broker Non-Votes

John Bryant

   126,067,313    10,333,778    1,037,603    13,062,314

Peter Jackson

   124,714,415    11,688,566    1,035,713    13,062,314

Robert (Dob) Bennett

   130,601,155    5,799,617    1,037,922    13,062,314

Stefan Bomhard

   136,068,786    330,342    1,039,566    13,062,314

Nancy Cruickshank

   136,270,273    108,682    1,059,739    13,062,314

Nancy Dubuc

   134,206,346    2,172,278    1,060,070    13,062,314

David Kenny

   136,325,262    72,391    1,041,041    13,062,314

Holly Keller Koeppel

   134,481,542    1,918,999    1,038,153    13,062,314

Carolan Lennon

   135,424,935    952,299    1,061,460    13,062,314

Christine M. McCarthy

   136,323,950    75,198    1,039,546    13,062,314

Sally Susman

   136,327,444    73,116    1,038,134    13,062,314

Proposal 2. To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our Named Executive Officers:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

118,832,426

  16,175,184   2,431,084   13,062,314

Proposal 3a. To approve certain amendments to the Company’s Articles to provide for a plurality voting standard in the event of contested director elections:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

103,660,085

  32,741,559   1,037,050   13,062,314


Proposal 3b. To approve certain amendments to the Company’s Articles to grant the Board sole authority to determine its size and provide for the possibility of holdover directors in the event of no directors receiving sufficient votes for election:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

103,313,811

  33,088,596   1,036,287   13,062,314

Proposal 3c. To approve certain amendments to the Company’s Articles to permit the issuance of preferred shares with rights and preferences to be determined by the Board from time to time:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

71,309,952

  63,246,903   2,881,839   13,062,314

Proposal 3d. To approve certain administrative amendments to the Company’s Articles to reflect Flutter’s U.S. Domestic Issuer Status for the purpose of Exchange Act reporting:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

136,351,041

  50,678   1,036,975   13,062,314

Proposal 4a. To ratify, in a non-binding vote, the appointment of KPMG as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Auditors of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2026:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

149,345,191

  120,704   1,035,113   N/A

Proposal 4b. To ratify the authority of the Board to fix the compensation of KPMG:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

149,412,039

  55,225   1,033,744   N/A

 


Proposal 5. To renew the annual authority of the Board to issue Shares:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

147,858,760

  1,598,026   1,044,222   N/A

Proposal 6. To renew the annual authority of the Board to issue Shares for cash without first offering Shares to existing shareholders:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

134,973,805

  14,431,140   1,096,063   N/A

Proposal 7. To renew the annual authority of the Board to make market purchases of the Company’s Shares:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

149,370,396

  50,103   1,080,509   N/A

Proposal 8. To renew the annual authority of the Board to determine the price range for the re-issue of treasury shares off market:

 

Votes For

 

Votes Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

149,307,694

  108,557   1,084,757   N/A

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 29, 2026, the Company issued a press release regarding the results of the Annual General Meeting which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

 3.1    Memorandum and Articles of Association of Flutter Entertainment plc, dated May 29, 2026
99.1    Press Release dated May 29, 2026
104    The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

 


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.

 

    Flutter Entertainment plc
    (Registrant)
Date: May 29, 2026     By:  

/s/ Fiona Gildea

    Name:   Fiona Gildea
    Title:   Deputy Company Secretary and
       Head of Governance
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When did Flutter Entertainment PLC file this 8-K?
Flutter Entertainment PLC (FLUT) filed this Current Report (Form 8-K) with the SEC on June 1, 2026. The accession number assigned by EDGAR is 0001193125-26-248919.
What does an 8-K disclose?
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What is the key takeaway from this filing?
Flutter approved amendments to its Articles for plurality voting and board size. Proposal 3c failed to reach the required threshold. This is Boardroom Alpha's one-line summary of the current report; see the full filing text above for the formal disclosure.
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