8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): May 10, 2013 (May 9, 2013)

 

 

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-13079   73-0664379

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One Gaylord Drive

Nashville, Tennessee

  37214
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 316-6000

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 9, 2013, 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 51,646,396 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 47,683,266 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 eight director nominees:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes
 

Michael J. Bender

     32,078,857         13,147,306         81,129         2,375,974   

E.K. Gaylord II

     44,704,399         418,971         183,922         2,375,974   

Ralph Horn

     44,500,881         733,316         73,095         2,375,974   

Ellen Levine

     44,742,898         498,376         66,018         2,375,974   

Robert S. Prather, Jr.

     44,737,874         496,197         73,221         2,375,974   

Colin V. Reed

     45,119,544         112,535         75,213         2,375,974   

Michael D. Rose

     45,138,180         95,822         73,290         2,375,974   

Michael I. Roth

     43,754,312         1,480,337         72,643         2,375,974   

2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s registered independent public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

46,736,431   931,068   15,767

3. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2013 proxy statement (i.e., “say-on-pay”):

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker Non-Votes

40,890,368   713,005   3,703,919   2,375,974


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 10, 2013     By:   /s/ Scott J. Lynn
    Name:   Scott J. Lynn
    Title:   Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary