Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
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Washington, DC 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): 6/12/2025
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Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. | ||||
On June 12, 2025, at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s Amended and Restated 2013 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2013 Plan”) to (i) increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 4,500,000 shares, (ii) provide for changes to provisions relating to the reuse of unissued shares, (iii) give the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) and the Compensation Committee of the Board discretion to determine whether and to what extent holders of phantom stock units, if any, will have shareholder rights, and (iv) to remove provisions related to prior plans and awards that no longer apply to the 2013 Plan. A summary of the material terms of the 2013 Plan has been previously reported in the Company’s 2025 proxy statement.
Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. | ||||
At the Annual Meeting, all proposed measures passed, and the Company’s director nominees were re-elected. The final voting results for each of the matters and candidates submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows:
a)The election of seven directors, each to serve for a one-year term until the 2026 annual meeting of stockholders:
Name of Nominee | Votes For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter M. Carlino | 238,051,291 | 9,926,940 | 160,066 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Debra Martin Chase | 241,741,851 | 6,148,937 | 247,509 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Carol “Lili” Lynton | 246,376,163 | 1,575,473 | 186,661 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph W. Marshall, III | 242,984,188 | 4,965,977 | 188,132 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
James B. Perry | 237,346,102 | 10,622,436 | 169,759 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Earl C. Shanks | 246,400,574 | 1,559,142 | 178,581 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E. Scott Urdang | 244,605,155 | 3,355,437 | 177,705 | 11,840,919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
b) The ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year:
Votes For: | 258,401,808 | ||||
Votes Against: | 1,014,895 | ||||
Abstentions: | 562,513 | ||||
Broker Non-Votes: | Not Applicable | ||||
c) The non-binding advisory vote to approve the Company’s executive compensation:
Votes For: | 237,794,484 | ||||
Votes Against: | 9,822,889 | ||||
Abstentions: | 520,924 | ||||
Broker Non-Votes: | 11,840,919 | ||||
d) The approval of the 2013 Plan:
Votes For: | 241,013,472 | ||||
Votes Against: | 6,583,861 | ||||
Abstentions: | 540,964 | ||||
Broker Non-Votes: | 11,840,919 | ||||
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Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||||
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document). | |||||||
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SIGNATURE
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.
| Dated: June 16, 2025 | GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. | |||||||
| By: | /s/ Brandon J. Moore | |||||||
| Name: | Brandon J. Moore | |||||||
| Title: | President, Chief Operating Officer & Secretary | |||||||
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