Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. Announces 2020 Distribution Tax Treatment

WYOMISSING, Pa., Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI) (the “Company”) announced the income tax allocation for federal income tax purposes of its aggregate distributions in 2020 of $2.50 per share of common stock (CUSIP: 36467J108).

Form 1099 Reference:			(Boxes 1a + 2a + 3)		Box 1a		Box 1b		Box 2a		Box 2b	Box 3		Box 5
Record Date	Payable Date		Total Distribution Per Share		Ordinary Taxable Dividends		Taxable Qualified Dividends (1)		Total Capital Gain Distribution		Unrecaptured 1250 Gain (2)	Nondividend Distributions (3)		Section 199A Dividends (4)
03/06/2020	03/20/2020		$0.700000		$0.686463		$0.000000		$0.000700		-	$0.012837		$0.686463
05/13/2020	06/26/2020		$0.600000		$0.588397		$0.000000		$0.000600		-	$0.011003		$0.588397
08/17/2020	09/25/2020		$0.600000		$0.588397		$0.000000		$0.000600		-	$0.011003		$0.588397
11/16/2020	12/24/2020		$0.600000		$0.588397		$0.000000		$0.000600		-	$0.011003		$0.588397
	Totals		$2.500000		$2.451654		$0.000000		$0.002500		-	$0.045846		$2.451654
	(1)		Amounts in 1b are included in 1a
	(2)		Amounts in 2b are included in 2a
	(3)		Amounts in 3 are also known as Return of Capital
	(4)		Amounts in 5 are included in 1a

Gaming and Leisure Properties’ tax return for the year ended December 31, 2020, has not been filed.  As a result, the income tax allocation for the distributions discussed above has been calculated using the best available information as of the date of this press release.