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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): February 7, 2020
 
GAMING & 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 No.)

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):
     
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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 per share
 
GLPI
 
Nasdaq

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 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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 8.01    Other Events.
On February 7, 2020, the operating partnership of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, GLP Capital, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and GLP Financing II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership (“Capital Corp.” and, together with the Operating Partnership, the “Issuers”), elected to call for full redemption all $215.2 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes due November 2020 (the “2020 Notes”) and all $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Issuers’ outstanding 4.375% Senior Notes due April 2021 (the “2021 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the “Notes”) and notices of redemption have been sent to all registered holders of the Notes. The date of redemption for the Notes is March 8, 2020 (the “Redemption Date”), with payment of the applicable redemption prices to be made on March 9, 2020.
The redemption price for each series of Notes will be equal to the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such Notes (exclusive of interest accrued to, but not including, the Redemption Date) as determined in accordance with the indenture governing the Notes, on the third business day prior to the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding the Redemption Date.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
104
 
The cover page from the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 7, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL.
 
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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: February 7, 2020
GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Steven T. Snyder
 
Name:
Steven T. Snyder
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer





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