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):

May 6, 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)

 

 

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 May 6, 2014.

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

 

  1. The following directors were elected to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified:

 

Name

    For      Withheld      Broker Non-Votes  

Daniel J. Altobello

      180,712,258         2,214,088         3,999,243   

Mark W. Brugger

      182,781,140         145,206         3,999,243   

W. Robert Grafton

      182,455,372         470,974         3,999,243   

Maureen L. McAvey

      182,484,639         441,707         3,999,243   

William W. McCarten

      182,154,245         772,101         3,999,243   

Gilbert T. Ray

      182,283,325         643,021         3,999,243   

Bruce D. Wardinski

      182,457,195         469,151         3,999,243   

 

  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

175,121,644   5,706,902   2,097,800   3,999,243

 

  3. The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

184,645,375    2,253,173    27,041

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: May 8, 2014     By:  

/s/ William J. Tennis

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