GLPI 6.19.15 8-K Annual Meeting


 
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 18, 2015

 
GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

PENNSYLVANIA
 
001-36124
 
46-2116489
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission file number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)

825 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 400
Wyomissing, PA 19610
(Address of principal executive offices)

610-401-2900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 5.05. Amendment to Registrant's Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On June 18, 2015, the Company's Board of Directors adopted an amended and restated Code of Business Conduct, which covers all employees and directors of the Company. The amended Code of Business Conduct is available on the Company's website at www.glpropinc.com/AboutUs and a copy of the Code of Business Conduct is attached hereto as Exhibit 14.

Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On June 18, 2015, the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). A total of 114,770,016 shares of the Company's common stock were entitled to vote as of April 17, 2015, the record date for the Annual Meeting, of which 94,601,420 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 Two Class II Directors to hold office until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Nominee
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Wesley R. Edens
 
61,714,748
 
26,161,289
 
6,725,383
David A. Handler
 
71,980,923
 
15,895,114
 
6,725,383

PROPOSAL 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year ending December 31, 2015

For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
94,373,980
 
59,278
 
168,162
 
-

PROPOSAL 3. Shareholder Proposal to Declassify the Board of Directors. The shareholders voted in favor of the proposal presented by a shareholder of the Company asking the Company, in compliance with applicable laws, to eliminate the classification of the Board of Directors, as follows:

For
 
Against
 
Abstentions
 
Broker Non-Votes
63,141,402
 
24,505,935
 
228,700
 
6,725,383






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SIGNATURE
 
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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Dated: June 19, 2015
GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ William J. Clifford
 
Name:
William J. Clifford
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer


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