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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): May 18, 2016
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) | ||
845 Berkshire Blvd., Suite 200
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):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On May 18, 2016, Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) announced a public secondary offering of 10,536,624 shares of its outstanding common stock by certain selling shareholders affiliated with Fortress Investment Group LLC (the “Offering”). A preliminary prospectus supplement providing additional information on the Offering was filed with the SEC on May 18, 2016.
In addition, on May 18, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had commenced the Offering, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the Company’s securities, including, without limitation, those securities proposed to be offered and sold pursuant to the preliminary prospectus supplement described above, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Description | |
99.1 | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. Press Release, dated May 18, 2016 | |
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Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as “expects,” “believes,” “estimates,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “should” or “anticipates” or the negative or other variation of these or similar words, or by discussions of future events, strategies or risks and uncertainties. Such forward looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company and its subsidiaries, including those described under the section entitled “Risk Factors” the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as such factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.. All subsequent written and oral forward looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on the Company’s behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this communication. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements contained or incorporated by reference herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward looking events discussed in this communication may not occur.
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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: May 18, 2016 | GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC. | |
By: | /s/ William J. Clifford | |
Name: | William J. Clifford | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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