Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 4

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 4
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 relating to each proposal at a time designated by the meeting chairperson. All questions presented should relate directly to the agenda item under discussion. The Company reserves the right to exclude questions regarding topics that are not pertinent to meeting matters or Company business. If the Company receives substantially similar questions, it may group such questions together and provide a single response to avoid repetition. Questions regarding personal matters or matters not relevant to meeting matters will not be answered.

Non-stockholders will not be permitted to attend the virtual annual meeting.

Technical Assistance. Beginning 30 minutes prior to the start of and during the annual meeting, we will have a support team ready to assist shareholders with any technical difficulties they may have accessing or hearing the annual meeting. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual annual meeting during the check-in or meeting time, call the support team, whose number will be posted on www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/DRH2025.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality22025 Proxy Statement
| Questions and Answers About the Annual Meeting |

#### How do I vote?
Voting by Proxy for Shares Registered Directly in Your Name

If you are a registered stockholder, you may instruct the proxy holders named in the Notice how to vote your shares of common stock by using the toll-free telephone number or the website listed on the Notice, or if you received printed materials and you would like to vote by mail, by marking, signing and dating the proxy card and mailing it in the postage-paid envelope provided.

Voting by Proxy for Shares Registered in Street Name

If your shares of common stock are held in street name, you will receive instructions from your broker, bank or other nominee which you must follow in order to have your shares of common stock voted in accordance with your instructions. The broker, bank or other nominee for your shares is required to follow your voting instructions. Accordingly, you will need to follow the directions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee. Under the current rules of the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, if you do not give instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee, it will still be able to vote your shares with respect to certain “discretionary” items, but will not be allowed to vote your shares with respect to certain “non-discretionary” items. The ratification of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm (proposal 3) is considered to be a discretionary item under the NYSE rules, and your broker, bank or other nominee will be able to vote on that item even if it