Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 25, 2012

 

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-32514   20-1180098

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

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):

 

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

(a) DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on April 25, 2012.

(b) The results of the voting at the Annual Meeting were as follows:

 

  1. The following directors were elected to serve until the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Name

    For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Daniel J. Altobello

      151,885,792         7,205,907         1,970,774   

Mark W. Brugger

      153,240,010         5,851,689         1,970,774   

W. Robert Grafton

      151,884,540         7,207,159         1,970,774   

Maureen L. McAvey

      151,912,678         7,179,021         1,970,774   

William W. McCarten

      132,553,843         26,537,856         1,970,774   

Gilbert T. Ray

      151,690,700         7,400,999         1,970,774   

John L. Williams

      146,792,937         12,298,762         1,970,774   

 

  2. The Company’s stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Broker Non-Votes

153,040,627

    6,005,361    45,711    1,970,774

 

  3. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

159,838,051

    1,186,715    37,707

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: April 26, 2012     By:  

/s/ William J. Tennis

      William J. Tennis
      Executive Vice President, General
      Counsel and Corporate Secretary