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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 17, 2021 (May 13, 2021)

 

 

 

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: (615316-6000

 

(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:

 

¨ Written communications 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 communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications 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, par value $.01   RHP   New York Stock Exchange

   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

 

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 May 13, 2021, 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 55,049,856 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 49,430,752 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

 
Rachna Bhasin     44,738,588       1,189,965       11,317       3,490,882  
Alvin Bowles Jr.     45,282,697       646,373       10,800       3,490,882  
Christian Brickman     45,837,099       90,201       12,570       3,490,882  
Fazal Merchant     45,814,872       111,614       13,384       3,490,882  
Patrick Q. Moore     36,483,269       9,445,559       11,042       3,490,882  
Christine Pantoya     45,316,657       611,865       11,348       3,490,882  
Robert S. Prather, Jr.     45,111,091       817,538       11,241       3,490,882  
Colin V. Reed     43,545,169       1,490,871       903,830       3,490,882  

 

2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2021 proxy statement (i.e., “say-on-pay”):

 

For     Against     Abstentions     Broker Non-Votes  
  41,213,798       4,592,413       133,659       3,490,882  

 

3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2021 fiscal year:

 

For     Against     Abstentions  
  49,168,457       252,909       9,386  

  

 

 

   

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 17, 2021 By: /s/ Scott Lynn
  Name:   Scott Lynn
  Title: Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary