SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HO LAWRENCE YAU LUNG (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O MELCO RESORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 71 ROBINSON ROAD #04-03 (Street) SINGAPORE 068895 (City) (State) (Zip) SINGAPORE (Country)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Melco Resorts & Entertainment LTD [ MLCO ] Foreign Trading Symbol	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/16/2026
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Ordinary shares	09/16/2026		G(1)		16,505,664	D	$0	8,797,083(2)	D
Ordinary shares	09/16/2026		G(1)		9,934,422	D	$0	0	I	By Corporation(3)
Ordinary shares								687,360,906	I	By Corporation(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The transaction involved a transfer of ordinary shares by gift from the reporting person to an irrevocable, professionally-managed trust as part of a generational wealth planning exercise.

2. Comprises unvested restricted shares, par value US$0.01 per share, of Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (the "Company") granted to the reporting person pursuant to the Company's 2021 Share Incentive Plan, which will be delivered on vesting of the shares

3. Ordinary shares owned of record by Black Spade Capital Limited, which in turn is held by companies owned by a trust associated with Mr. Ho.

4. Ordinary shares owned of record by Melco Leisure and Entertainment Group Limited, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Melco International Development Limited ("Melco International"). Mr. Ho personally holds 36,606,126 ordinary shares of Melco International. Mr. Ho is deemed to be interested in an aggregate of 1,359,666,283 ordinary shares of Melco International under the Securities and Futures Ordinance of the Laws of Hong Kong, including (i) an aggregate of 884,536,660 ordinary shares of Melco International held by companies owned or controlled by persons and/or trusts associated with Mr. Ho, (ii) an aggregate of 470,917,521 ordinary shares of Melco International held by companies which are controlled by discretionary family trusts in which Mr. Ho is one of the beneficiaries, and (iii) 4,212,102 ordinary shares of Melco International held by his spouse.

	/s/ Tim Y. Sung, attorney-in-fact for Ho, Lawrence Yau Lung	09/18/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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