At the same time, Bally's shareholders of the company ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2008.
The firm also approved the adoption of an employee stock purchase plan, and approved an amendment to increase the number of shares of common stock available under the Company’s 2001 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Bally Technologies also announced that its Board of Directors amended its share repurchase plan to allow for the purchase of up to us$ 75 million of the company’s common stock. The firm has repurchased approximately us$ 6.1 million of common stock to date pursuant to this plan.