Edgar Filing: DiamondRock Hospitality Co

DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY

Date: February 26, 2014

/s/ William J. Tennis

William J. Tennis

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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):

February 26, 2014

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)

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ITEM 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) has resolved to opt out of Section 3-803 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, which permits the board of directors of a Maryland corporation to divide its directors into classes, and further the Board has resolved that it will not repeal this resolution unless the repeal is approved by the stockholders of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter by stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. The resolution adopted by the Board is set forth below and the Company has filed the Articles Supplementary, attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1, to the charter of the Company with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland.

“Resolved, that, pursuant to Section 3-802(c) of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), the Company is hereby prohibited from electing to be subject to the provisions of Section 3-803 of the MGCL, and further provided that the foregoing prohibition may not be repealed unless the repeal of such prohibition is approved by the stockholders of the Company by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes cast on the matter by stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.”

The foregoing summary of the Articles Supplementary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Articles Supplementary, which is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

ITEM 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		DiamondRock Hospitality Company Articles Supplementary

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.