Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 7

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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#### How do I learn the results of the vote?
Voting results of the annual meeting will be disclosed on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the annual meeting.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality52025 Proxy Statement
Proposal 1:

Election of Directors

#### Introduction
Nine directors will be elected at our 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to serve until our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify. The nominees are Timothy R. Chi, Jeffrey J. Donnelly, Michael A. Hartmeier, Stephanie D. Lepori, William W. McCarten, Kathleen A. Merrill, William J. Shaw, Bruce D. Wardinski and Tabassum S. Zalotrawala. Each nominee for director was recommended by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which considered a number of factors, including the criteria for Board of Directors membership approved by our Board of Directors, and then was nominated by our Board of Directors. Each of the nominees is a current member of our Board of Directors. Ms. Lepori was initially recommended by other members of the Board of Directors after conducting a search process through their contacts and was subsequently recommended by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and elected to our Board of Directors, effective January 15, 2025. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee identified Mr. Donnelly as a director in connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer and he was elected to our Board of Directors, effective May 2, 2024.

Our Board of Directors anticipates that the nominees will serve, if elected, as directors. However, if any person nominated by our Board of Directors is unable to serve or for good cause will not serve, the proxies will be voted for the election of such other person as our Board of Directors may recommend unless our Board of Directors alternatively acts to reduce the size of our Board or maintain a vacancy on our Board in accordance with our Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws, or our Bylaws.

#### Vote Required
The affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present is necessary for the election of a director in an uncontested election, which means that the number of shares voted for a nominee must exceed the number of shares voted against the nominee. If you do not instruct your broker, bank or other nominee how to vote with respect to this proposal, your broker, bank