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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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): June 10, 2020

 

 

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Pennsylvania   0-24206   23-2234473
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)		   (Commission
File Number)		   (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

 

 

(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):

 

¨Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨Pre-commencement communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨Pre-commencement communication pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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 ¨

 

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. ¨

 

 

 

 

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

 

On June 10, 2020, 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 two Class III directors to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders; (ii) ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2020 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 two Class III directors to serve until the 2023 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
Jane Scaccetti  79,748,676  930,405  21,850,452
Jay A. Snowden  79,327,866  1,351,215  21,850,452

 

The term of office of each of David A. Handler, John M. Jacquemin, Barbara Shattuck Kohn, Ronald J. Naples, and Saul V. Reibstein 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 2020 fiscal year. The final vote tabulation was as follows:

 

 

Votes FOR  Votes AGAINST  Abstentions
101,839,421  336,174  353,938

 

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
79,404,699  995,398  278,984  21,850,452

 

 

 

 

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.

 

  PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC.
Date: June 12, 2020  
  By:   /s/ Carl Sottosanti
    Carl Sottosanti
    Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

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