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PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits
[September 19, 2014]

PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC FILES (8-K) Disclosing Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits


(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 16, 2014, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (the "Company") increased the size of the Board from six members to seven members and subsequently elected Timothy J. Wilmott, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, to fill the vacancy. Mr. Wilmott was elected as a Class III director with a term expiring at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders.



There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wilmott and any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a director. As an employee of the Company, Mr. Wilmott will not be separately compensated for his service to the Board. Mr. Wilmott was not appointed, and is not expected to be appointed, to any committees of the Board. Mr. Wilmott has not been a party to any transaction involving the Company required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

On September 19, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Wilmott's election to the Board, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release of Penn National Gaming, Inc. dated September 19, 2014 * * * 2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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