Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 39

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 39
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SVP”), General Counsel and Corporate Secretary (”GC”)   |
| Mark W. Brugger(5)     |     | Former President and Chief Executive Officer                                    |
| Troy G. Furbay(6)      |     | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (”CIO”)            |
| William J. Tennis(7)   |     | Former Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary        |

(1) Mr. Donnelly was promoted to CEO effective as of April 15, 2024.

(2) Mr. Leonard was promoted to President effective as of April 15, 2024.

(3) Ms. Quinn was promoted to EVP, CFO effective as of April 15, 2024.

(4) Ms. Fischer was appointed SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective as of June 30, 2024.

(5) Mr. Brugger was President and CEO until his departure on April 15, 2024.

(6) Mr. Furbay was EVP, CIO until his departure on April 15, 2024.

(7) Mr. Tennis retired as of June 30, 2024 and continued as a part-time consultant until December 31, 2024.

Our executive compensation program has been designed to meet the following objectives:

• to be straightforward, transparent and market-based;

• to create proper incentives for our executive team to achieve corporate and individual strategic objectives and maximize sustainable long-term stockholder value; and

• to comply with sound corporate governance practices.

Our executive compensation program consists of base salary, annual cash incentive compensation opportunities, annual long-term equity incentive grants and limited perquisites.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality352025 Proxy Statement
| Compensation Discussion and Analysis |

#### Company Highlights
We believe our high-quality hotel portfolio is well positioned within top lodging markets in the U.S. In 2024, we continued to successfully execute on our strategic objectives, including an intense focus on asset management, capital allocation, and balance sheet management. We realized several significant accomplishments in 2024, including:

#### Operating Accomplishments
• Reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $38.2 million, or $.018 per diluted share.

• Generated total revenues of $1.130 billion, an increase of 5.1% compared to 2023.

• Generated Hotel Adjusted EBITDA of $318.6 million, which was an increase of 5.8% compared to 202