SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Snowden Jay A

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

(Street)
WYOMISSING PA 19610

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PENN NATIONAL GAMING INC [ PENN ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
President and COO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/06/2019
4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Options (right to buy) $18.81 08/06/2019 A 1,032,706 08/06/2020(1) 08/06/2029 Common Stock 1,032,706 $0 1,032,706 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Award of stock options pursuant to the Employment Agreement between the reporting person and the Issuer entered into on July 30, 2019. The award vests over 4 years on the anniversary date of grant as follows: 258,177 shares on August 6, 2020; 258,177 shares on August 6, 2021; 258,176 shares on August 6, 2022; and 258,176 shares on August 6, 2023.
/s/ Elliot Hoops as attorney-in-fact for Jay A. Snowden 08/08/2019
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
For Executing Forms, 3, 4 and 5


Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Timothy J. Wilmott, Carl Sottosanti
and Elliot Hoops, 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
and regulations 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 and execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5,
and any amendment thereto, and the 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 or her 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 requisite, 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 the undersigned 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 such attorney-in-fact's 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 or the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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 12th day of June, 2019.

/s/Jay A.Snowden
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Jay A. Snowden
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