Gaylord Entertainment Company’s 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes Convertible Through Ex-Dividend Date of Special Dividend

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) today provided notice to the holders of its 3.75% Convertible Senior Notes due October 1, 2014, that the Notes are convertible from August 21, 2012 through the ex-dividend date for an anticipated special dividend that will be payable if the Company declares the dividend and completes its previously announced intention to reorganize and elect to be treated as a “real estate investment trust” or “REIT” for federal income tax purposes. There is no assurance that the dividend will in fact be declared.