Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc. (REIT) filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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| ITEM 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 8, 2025, Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 60,000,729 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on all matters presented to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Holders of 54,644,829 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The following proposals were voted on and approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:
MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS:
| 1. | Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following nine director nominees: |
| For | Against | Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Rachna Bhasin | 52,137,880 | 126,945 | 33,912 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Alvin Bowles Jr. | 52,156,905 | 108,189 | 33,643 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Mark Fioravanti | 52,091,504 | 192,785 | 14,448 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| William E. Haslam | 52,183,263 | 101,291 | 14,183 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Erin Mulligan Helgren | 52,238,040 | 40,633 | 20,064 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Christina Pantoya | 52,186,618 | 97,469 | 14,650 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Robert Prather, Jr. | 50,760,209 | 1,524,029 | 14,499 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Colin Reed | 51,634,138 | 650,458 | 14,141 | 2,346,092 | ||||||||
| Michael Roth | 51,053,851 | 1,230,293 | 14,593 | 2,346,092 |
| 2. | Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2025 proxy statement (i.e., “say-on-pay”): |
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 48,139,605 | 4,130,988 | 28,144 | 2,346,092 |
| 3. | Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2025 fiscal year: |
| For | Against | Abstentions | ||
| 53,168,543 | 1,465,040 | 11,246 |
SIGNATURES
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.
| RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC. | ||
| Date: May 8, 2025 | By: | /s/ Scott J. Lynn |
| Name: | Scott J. Lynn | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |