Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

The Board believes that all members of the Board should devote sufficient time and attention to their duties and to otherwise fulfill the responsibilities required of directors. In assessing whether directors and director nominees have sufficient time and attention to devote to board duties, the Nominating and

Corporate Governance Committee and the Board consider, among other things, whether directors serve on an excessive number of public company boards, a situation commonly referred to as “overboarding”.

Our Board believes that each of our directors has demonstrated the ability to devote sufficient time and attention to board duties and to otherwise fulfill the responsibilities required of directors. However, we understand that certain of our stockholders, and certain proxy advisory firms, may have previously deemed Robert Prather “overboarded” under such firms’ respective policies based on the number of public company boards on which he served. In August 2023, Mr. Prather’s service as chief executive officer and as a director of Heartland Media Acquisition Corp., a media-focused SPAC, ended upon that company’s redemption of all outstanding shares of Class A common stock and its subsequent dissolution.