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Item 9B. Other Information

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Item 9B. Other Information

Rule 10b5-1 Trading Arrangements. During the three months ended December 31, 2025, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.

The following information is being disclosed pursuant to General Instruction B.3 to Form 8-K in lieu of filing a separate Form 8-K report.

Item 5.02. Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Appointment of New Chief Accounting Officer

On February 24, 2026, the Board of Directors approved the appointment of Jeremy L. Waxman, the Company’s Vice President, Accounting and Administration, to serve as the Company’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer (and principal accounting officer) effective as of March 1, 2026.

Mr. Waxman, 38, has been employed by the Company for more than seven years and has served in his current role since October 1, 2023. He previously served as the Company’s Vice President, Accounting from March 1, 2020 to October 1, 2023, and served as Director of Accounting from June 25, 2018 to March 1, 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Waxman served in the real estate assurance practice at Ernst & Young for more than eight years beginning in January 2011, most recently as a Senior Manager, where he worked with a diverse group of public and private real estate companies addressing a range of audit, internal control, and complex accounting issues. Mr. Waxman is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in New York and received his Masters in Accounting and his B.S., Business, Accounting from Miami University of Ohio.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Waxman and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer. There are no family relationships between Mr. Waxman and the executive officers or directors of the Company and no transactions that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. There was no material amendment to any material plan, contract, or arrangement with respect to Mr. Waxman’s compensation in connection with his appointment.

Upon the effectiveness of Mr. Waxman’s appointment on March 1, 2026, Gabriel F. Wasserman will cease serving in his capacity as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer (and principal accounting officer) and will remain with the Company in an expanded role as Managing Director, Business Development and VICI Experiential Credit Solutions.

Amended and Restated Employment Agreements

On February 25, 2026, the Company and VICI LP entered into amended and restated employment agreements with each of the Company’s named executive officers: Edward B. Pitoniak (the Company’s Chief Executive Officer), John W.R. Payne (the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer), David A. Kieske (the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer), and Samantha S. Gallagher (the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary) (each, an “Amended and Restated Employment Agreement” and, together, the “Amended and Restated Employment Agreements”).

The Amended and Restated Employment Agreements are substantially similar to the named executive officers’ prior employment agreements, as described in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2025 (together, the “Prior Employment Agreements”), but reflect several updates, including: (i) removal of the fixed term in the Prior Employment Agreements and related non-renewal (and severance upon non-renewal) provisions, (ii) clarification that no annual equity award will be made to a named executive officer if notice of his or her retirement (or other termination) has been given before the annual grant date, and (iii) application of a 12-month non-competition and non-solicitation covenants following any cessation of employment (as compared to shorter periods that in certain cases could have applied under the Prior Employment Agreements).

In addition, the annual base salaries, target annual bonus opportunities and maximum annual bonus opportunities under the Amended and Restated Employment Agreements are updated to reflect those in effect for the 2026 compensation year for Messrs. Pitoniak, Payne, Kieske and Ms. Gallagher, which are: (a) annual base salaries of $1,000,000, $1,200,000, $670,000, and $648,000, respectively; (b) target annual bonus opportunities (as a percentage of base salary) of 225%, 135%, 150%, and 150%, respectively; and (c) maximum annual bonus opportunities (as a percentage of base salary) of 450%, 270%, 300%, and 300%, respectively.

Except for items that are personal to an executive (such as title/role, annual base salary, target and maximum annual bonus opportunities and severance multiple), each named executive officer’s Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is substantially identical to the other named executive officers’ Amended and Restated Employment Agreements.

Each Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is effective as of February 25, 2026 and will continue in effect until the executive’s employment is terminated in accordance with the terms of the agreement.

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreements is summary in nature, does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the complete text of the Amended and Restated Employment Agreements, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.39, 10.40, 10.41 and 10.42 and incorporated by reference herein.

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