UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

(Amendment No. 1)

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 2, 2017

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1500
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(240) 744-1150
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company     o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     o

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

On May 8, 2017, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Report”) to report on the voting results of its annual meeting of stockholders held on May 2, 2017 (the “Annual Meeting”). This Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Original Report solely to disclose, in accordance with Item 5.07(d) of Form 8-K, the decision of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) regarding the frequency of future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation.

 

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

(d) As previously reported in the Original Report, at the Annual Meeting in non-binding advisory votes over a majority of the votes cast approved the Company’s executive compensation and, consistent with the recommendation of the Board, recommended that the Company hold future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation on an annual basis. In light of these voting results and other factors, the Board determined that the Company will hold future non-binding advisory votes on executive compensation on an annual basis until the next required non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of such votes on executive compensation. The Company is required to hold non-binding advisory votes on frequency every six years.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
Date: August 3, 2017	By:	/s/ William J. Tennis
		William J. Tennis
		Executive Vice President, General
		Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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