---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-061250"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RHP"
cik: "0001040829"
company_name: "Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T13:25:09.023477+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ryman Hospitality stockholders elect all 10 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- Ten director nominees elected with votes ranging from 43.4M to 48.2M in favor; broker non-votes of 2.5M shares.
- Say-on-pay approved: 44.5M for (92.2%), 3.8M against, 11.5K abstentions.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as auditor: 49.7M for (98%), 1.0M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-061250
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RHP
- cik: 0001040829
- company_name: Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465922061250/0001104659-22-061250-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465922061250/tm2215727d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2022 at the 2022-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-12
  source text: 3. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year: For Against Abstentions 49,657,132 1,032,609 6,207
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465922061250/0001104659-22-061250-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the 2022 proxy statement (say-on-pay) at the 2022-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-12
  source text: 2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2022 proxy statement (i.e., “say-on-pay”): For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 44,452,709 3,771,869 11,507 2,459,863
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465922061250/0001104659-22-061250-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten director nominees to the Company's Board of Directors at the 2022-05-12 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-05-12
  source text: Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following ten director nominees: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes Rachna Bhasin 46,705,408 1,523,368 7,309 2,459,863 Alvin Bowles Jr. 48,131,095 98,050 6,940 2,459,863 Christian Brickman 47,990,955 238,314 6,816 2,459,863 Mark Fioravanti 47,614,217 615,014 6,854 2,459,863 Fazal Merchant 48,154,170 74,611 7,304 2,459,863 Patrick Moore 46,885,077 1,343,831 7,177 2,459,863 Christine Pantoya 47,959,343 270,027 6,715 2,459,863 Robert Prather, Jr. 43,438,958 4,782,717 14,410 2,459,863 Colin Reed 45,642,417 1,791,927 801,741 2,459,863 Michael Roth 47,641,080 588,138 6,867 2,459,863
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465922061250/0001104659-22-061250-index.htm

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