GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. (NASDAQ:GLPI) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

ME Staff 8-k

8 years ago

GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. (NASDAQ:GLPI) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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

On June 15, 2017, the Company held its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 208,536,963
shares of the Company’s common stock were entitled to vote as of
April 13, 2017, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which
191,535,801 were present in person or by proxy at the Annual
Meeting. The following is a summary of the final voting results
for each matter presented to shareholders.

PROPOSAL 1.>Election of directors to hold office until the
2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their respective

successors have been duly elected and qualified.



Nominee	For	Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Joseph W. Marshall, III	177,743,158	1,277,045	12,515,598
James B. Perry	177,819,318	1,200,885	12,515,598
Earl C. Shanks	177,829,831	1,190,372	12,515,598
E. Scott Urdang	173,895,526	5,124,677	12,515,598

PROPOSAL 2.>Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte Touche
LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting
firm for the current fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

PROPOSAL 3. Approval of, on a non-binding advisory basis, the
Company’s executive compensation.

PROPOSAL 4. Advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory
votes to approve executive compensation.



Frequency		Votes Submitted
One Year		175,953,955
Two Years		167,107
Three Years		2,795,834
Abstentions		103,294
Broker Non-Votes		12,515,611

After considering the results of the vote, the Company has
determined to hold such votes on an annual basis until the next
advisory vote on the frequency of shareholder votes on executive
compensation.

PROPOSAL 5. Consideration of a shareholder proposal regarding
majority voting in uncontested director elections.

About GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. (NASDAQ:GLPI)
Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (GLPI) is a self-administered and self-managed Pennsylvania real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is engaged in the business of acquiring, financing and owning real estate property to be leased to gaming operators in triple net lease arrangements. The Company’s segments include GLP Capital, L.P. (GLP Capital), which is a subsidiary of GLPI, through which GLPI owns all of its real estate assets, and the TRS Properties. The GLP Capital segment consists of the leased real property and represents the Company’s business. The TRS Properties segment consists of Hollywood Casino Perryville and Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge. The Company’s portfolio consists of approximately 20 gaming and related facilities, including the TRS Properties and the real property associated with over 20 gaming and related facilities operated by Penn National Gaming, Inc. and the real property associated with the Casino Queen in East St. Louis, Illinois.