---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-059763"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RHP"
cik: "0001040829"
company_name: "Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T02:05:59.638162+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ryman Hospitality stockholders elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor ratification at annual meeting

## Summary
- All ten director nominees elected; Robert Prather Jr. had the most votes withheld (7.1M against, ~14% of votes cast).
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 45.9M for vs 2.8M against, representing 90.4% of votes cast.
- Stockholders selected a one-year frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation (46.8M votes for 1-year).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2023 passed with 49.9M for, 1.0M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-059763
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RHP
- cik: 0001040829
- company_name: Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465923059763/0001104659-23-059763-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465923059763/tm2315635d1_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 the 2023 fiscal year at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year: For Against Abstentions 49,915,955 966,418 1,042
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465923059763/0001104659-23-059763-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten director nominees at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following ten director nominees: For Against Abstain Broker Non- Votes Rachna Bhasin 48,158,501 548,032 3,471 2,173,411 Alvin Bowles Jr. 48,528,080 179,410 2,514 2,173,411 Mark Fioravanti 48,512,612 194,637 2,755 2,173,411 William E. (Bill) Haslam 48,662,545 45,111 2,348 2,173,411 Fazal Merchant 48,510,973 196,422 2,609 2,173,411 Patrick Moore 47,925,757 781,706 2,541 2,173,411 Christine Pantoya 48,251,839 455,642 2,523 2,173,411 Robert Prather, Jr. 41,604,107 7,103,356 2,541 2,173,411 Colin Reed 47,348,537 1,358,741 2,726 2,173,411 Michael Roth 47,853,493 853,763 2,748 2,173,411
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465923059763/0001104659-23-059763-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the frequency of future advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: 1-Year 2-Years 3-Years Abstentions 46,785,824 13,375 1,842,137 68,668
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465923059763/0001104659-23-059763-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2023 proxy statement (i.e., "say-on-pay") at the 2023-05-11 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-11
  source text: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2023 proxy statement (i.e., “say-on-pay”): For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 45,908,581 2,777,469 23,954 2,173,411
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/000110465923059763/0001104659-23-059763-index.htm

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