{"url_path":"/sec/rhp/8-k/2026-05-08/body","section_key":"body","section_title":"Body","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/0001104659-26-057464-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-057464","cik":"0001040829","ticker":"RHP","issuer_name":"Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1040829/0001104659-26-057464-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001040829","primary_entity_name":"Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc."},"word_count":605,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"false\n0001040829\n\n0001040829\n\n2026-05-07\n2026-05-07\n\niso4217:USD\n\nxbrli:shares\n\niso4217:USD\n\nxbrli:shares\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**UNITED STATES**\n\n**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**\n\n**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**\n\n** **\n\n \n\n \n\n**FORM 8-K**\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**CURRENT REPORT**\n\n**Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)**\n\n**of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934**\n\n \n\n**Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2026**\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC.**\n\n**(Exact name of registrant as specified\nin its charter)**\n\n** **\n\n \n\n \n\n**Delaware**\n \n**1-13079**\n \n**73-0664379**\n\n**(State or other jurisdiction**\n\n**of incorporation)**\n\n \n\n**(Commission**\n\n**File Number)**\n\n \n\n**(I.R.S. Employer**\n\n**Identification No.)**\n\n \n\n \n\n**One\nGaylord Drive****Nashville****, Tennessee**\n\n**37214**\n \n\n \n**(Address of principal executive offices)**\n**(Zip Code)**\n \n\n \n\n**Registrant’s telephone number,\nincluding area code: (615) 316-6000**\n\n \n\n**(Former name or former address, if changed\nsince last report)**\n\n** **\n\n \n\n \n\nCheck 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:\n\n \n\n¨\nWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)\n\n \n\n¨\nSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)\n\n \n\n¨\nPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))\n\n \n\n¨\nPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))\n\n \n\n \nSecurities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:\n\n  \n\nTitle of Each Class\n \nTrading Symbol(s)\n \nName of Each Exchange on\n\nWhich Registered\n\nCommon\nStock, par value $.01\n \nRHP\n \nNew York Stock Exchange\n\n \n\nIndicate by check mark whether the\nregistrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of\nthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).\n\n \n\nEmerging growth company  ¨\n\n \n\nIf an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended\ntransition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a)\nof the Exchange Act.  ¨\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**Item 5.07.****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nOn May 7, 2026, Ryman Hospitality Properties,\nInc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). As of the record date\nfor the Annual Meeting, there were 63,109,272 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote on all matters\npresented to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Holders of 59,147,731 shares of the Company’s common stock\nwere present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting. The following proposals were voted on and approved by the Company’s\nstockholders at the Annual Meeting:\n\n \n\n**MANAGEMENT PROPOSALS:**\n\n \n\n1.Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following\nten director nominees:\n\n \n\n  \nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstain  \nBroker Non- Votes \n\nRachna Bhasin \n 56,043,717  \n 360,164  \n 142,281  \n 2,601,569 \n\nH. Eric Bolton, Jr. \n 55,072,077  \n 1,457,570  \n 16,515  \n 2,601,569 \n\nAlvin Bowles, Jr. \n 56,355,297  \n 67,151  \n 123,714  \n 2,601,569 \n\nMark Fioravanti \n 56,262,756  \n 266,339  \n 17,067  \n 2,601,569 \n\nWilliam E. Haslam \n 56,363,918  \n 166,801  \n 15,443  \n 2,601,569 \n\nErin Mulligan Helgren \n 56,503,281  \n 26,948  \n 15,933  \n 2,601,569 \n\nChristine Pantoya \n 55,950,982  \n 579,846  \n 15,334  \n 2,601,569 \n\nRobert Prather, Jr. \n 55,464,584  \n 1,044,267  \n 37,311  \n 2,601,569 \n\nColin Reed \n 55,461,415  \n 1,068,484  \n 16,263  \n 2,601,569 \n\nMichael Roth \n 55,583,902  \n 945,703  \n 16,557  \n 2,601,569 \n\n \n\n2.Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s\nnamed executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s 2026 proxy statement (i.e., “say-on-pay”):\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstentions  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n 54,747,227  \n 1,776,701  \n 22,234  \n 2,601,569 \n\n \n\n3.Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young\nLLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2026 fiscal year:\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstentions \n\n 57,726,765  \n 1,405,876  \n 15,090 \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities\nExchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n \nRYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES, INC.\n\n \n \n\nDate: May 8, 2026\nBy:\n/s/ Scott J. Lynn\n\n \nName:\nScott J. Lynn\n\n \nTitle:\nExecutive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary"}