0000921738-19-000023.txt : 20190613 0000921738-19-000023.hdr.sgml : 20190613 20190613161500 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921738-19-000023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190612 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20190613 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190613 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000921738 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 232234473 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-24206 FILM NUMBER: 19896264 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 825 BERKSHIRE BLVD STE 200 STREET 2: WYOMISSING PROFESSIONAL CENTER CITY: WYOMISSING STATE: PA ZIP: 19610 BUSINESS PHONE: 6103732400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 825 BERKSHIRE BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: WYOMISSING STATE: PA ZIP: 19610 8-K 1 form8-k2019annualmeeting.htm 8-K Document


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2019
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Penn National Gaming, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Pennsylvania
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
0-24206
(Commission File Number)
 
23-2234473
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

825 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200
Wyomissing, PA 19610
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, and Zip Code)

610-373-2400 
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
PENN
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o




Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 12, 2019, Penn National Gaming, Inc. (the “Company”), held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“Annual Meeting”).
At the Annual Meeting, the shareholders of the Company (i) elected three Class II directors to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year; and (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
The following are the final voting results for the three proposals submitted at the Annual Meeting:
Proposal One. Election of three Class II directors to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The final vote tabulation for each of the individual directors was as follows:
Director
 
Votes FOR
 
Votes WITHHELD
 
Broker Non-Votes
Barbara Shattuck Kohn
 
98,109,949
 
5,559,674
 
8,775,080
Ronald J. Naples
 
99,886,831
 
3,782,792
 
8,775,080
Saul V. Reibstein
 
98,221,264
 
5,448,359
 
8,775,080
The term of office of each of David A. Handler, John M. Jacquemin, Jane Scaccetti, and Timothy J. Wilmott continued following the Annual Meeting.
Proposal Two.  Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2019 fiscal year. The final vote tabulation was as follows:
Votes FOR
 
Votes AGAINST
 
Abstentions
111,547,894
 
86,808
 
810,001
Proposal Three. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The final vote tabulation was as follows:
Votes FOR
 
Votes AGAINST
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
101,049,921
 
1,742,915
 
876,787
 
8,775,080





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.
Date:
June 13, 2019
PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ William J. Fair
 
 
 
William J. Fair
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer