Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

(d) On August 19, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of MGM Resorts International (the "Company") increased the number of directors of the Company from twelve to fourteen and appointed Barry Diller, the Chairman and Senior Executive of IAC/InterActiveCorp. ("IAC") and the Chairman and Senior Executive of Expedia, Inc., and Joseph Levin, Chief Executive Officer and director of IAC, as members of the Board. Board committee memberships will be determined at a later date.

IAC owns approximately 12.0% of the Company's outstanding common stock accumulated through open market purchases as reported by IAC on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2020. There is no arrangement or understanding between Messrs. Diller and Levin and any other persons pursuant to which either was selected to serve as a director of the Company. There are no related party transactions between the Company and either of Mr. Diller or Mr. Levin that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. Although Messrs. Diller and Levin are entitled to receive the same cash and equity compensation as the other independent directors, Messrs. Diller and Levin have elected to decline any compensation for serving on the Company's Board. On August 20, 2020, the Company issued a press release regarding the appointments of Messrs. Diller and Levin, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.l to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




  (a) Not applicable.


  (b) Not applicable.


  (c) Not applicable.


  (d) Exhibits:








Exhibit No.   Description


99.1   Press Release of the Company dated August 20, 2020.


104       Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).



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