Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 22

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 22
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 our Compensation Committee was comprised of six of our independent directors: Bruce D. Wardinski (Chair), Timothy R. Chi, Michael A. Hartmeier, Kathleen A. Merrill, William J. Shaw and Tabassum S. Zalotrawala. Our Compensation Committee met five times during 2024 and each of the members attended at least 75% of the meetings of our Compensation Committee.

Pursuant to its charter, our Compensation Committee has the sole responsibility to retain any consultant, as well as approve the consultant’s fees, scope of work and other terms of retention. In 2024, as in previous years, our Compensation Committee retained Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“FW Cook”) as its consultant. Under the direction of our Compensation Committee, FW Cook advises and consults on compensation issues and compensation design and conducts analyses of regulatory, legislative and accounting developments and competitive practices related to executive compensation. FW Cook assisted our Compensation Committee in the design, structure and implementation of the executive compensation program for 2024, including in connection with the compensation structure for the newly promoted and hired executives. FW Cook reports directly to our Compensation Committee, and a representative of FW Cook, when requested, attends meetings of our Compensation Committee, is available to participate in executive sessions and communicates directly with our Compensation Committee chair or its members outside of meetings. FW Cook does no other work for the Company.

In compliance with the disclosure requirements of the SEC regarding the independence of compensation consultants, FW Cook addressed each of the six independence factors established by the NYSE with our Compensation Committee. Their responses affirmed the independence of FW Cook on executive compensation matters. Based on this assessment, our Compensation Committee determined that the engagement of FW Cook does not raise any conflicts of interest or similar concerns.

The Report of our Compensation Committee is included in this proxy statement.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality222025 Proxy Statement
| Corporate Governance Principles and Board Matters |

#### Consideration of Director Nominees

#### Stockholder Recommendations
Stockholders of record of DiamondRock may recommend candidates for inclusion by our Board of Directors in the slate of nominees that our Board of Directors recommends to stockholders. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s current policy is to review and consider any director candidates who have been recommended by stockholders in compliance with the procedures established from time to time by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and set forth in its charter. All stockholder recommendations for director candidates must be submitted to our Corporate Secretary at DiamondRock Hospitality Company, 2 Bethesda Metro Center