SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Burke Thomas

(Last) (First) (Middle)
825 BERKSHIRE BLVD SUITE 200

(Street)
WYOMISSING PA 19610

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC [ PENN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
SR VP-Regional Operations
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Options (right to buy) 11/01/2003 11/01/2009 Common Stock 24,232 10.195 D
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 11/01/2006 11/01/2012 Common Stock 768 10.195 D
Incentive Stock Option (right to buy) 10/31/2004 10/31/2010 Common Stock 7,500 11.875 D
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 10/31/2004 10/31/2013 Common Stock 12,500 11.875 D
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 10/17/2005 10/17/2014 Common Stock 30,000 21.075 D
Incentive Stock Options (right to buy) 08/04/2007(1) 08/04/2016 Common Stock 5,000 33.71 D
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 08/04/2007(1) 08/04/2016 Common Stock 5,000 33.71 D
Incentive Stock Options (right to buy) 01/02/2008(1) 01/02/2017 Common Stock 2,004 41.62 D
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 01/02/2008(1) 01/02/2017 Common Stock 2,996 41.62 D
Incentive Stock Options (right to buy) 07/08/2009(1) 07/08/2018 Common Stock 4,108 29.87 D
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 07/08/2009(1) 07/08/2018 Common Stock 5,892 29.87 D
Incentive Stock Options (right to buy) 10/06/2012 10/06/2015 Common Stock 1,264 20.03 D
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) 10/06/2009(1) 10/06/2015 Common Stock 13,736 20.03 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Vests over 4 years at 25% a year on the anniversary of the date of grant.
/s/ Robert S. Ippolito as attorney-in-fact for Thomas Burke 01/06/2009
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms, 3, 4 and 5

 

Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints William J. Clifford, Robert S. Ippolito and Jordan B. Savitch, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 

(1)                                  prepare and/or execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Penn National Gaming, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 to report transactions in the Company’s securities reportable by the undersigned in accordance with the provisions of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules promulgated thereunder; and

 

(2)                                  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the preparation, execution and timely filing of any such Form 3, 4 or 5, and any amendment thereto, with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 5th day of January, 2009.

 

 

/s/ Thomas P. Burke

 

Signature

 

 

 

Thomas P. Burke

 

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