Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 21

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 21
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 obligations or liabilities of any other member of the Audit Committee or Board of Directors.

Our Audit Committee met four times during 2024 and each of the members attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Audit Committee.

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

#### Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, pursuant to its written charter, is responsible for, among other things: (i) identifying and recommending qualified individuals to become members of our Board of Directors and the appointment of members to its various committees; (ii) overseeing the annual performance evaluation of our Board of Directors; and (iii) developing and recommending to our Board of Directors a set of corporate governance guidelines and policies and a code of business conduct and ethics, and periodically reviewing and recommending any changes to such guidelines and code. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is also charged with oversight of the Company's goals, policies, programs and strategies related to environmental stewardship, climate related risks and opportunities, responsible investment, corporate citizenship, human capital management and other social and public matters of significance to the Company.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality212025 Proxy Statement
| Corporate Governance Principles and Board Matters |

During 2024, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee was comprised of six of our independent directors: Timothy R. Chi (Chair), Michael A. Hartmeier, Kathleen A. Merrill, William J. Shaw, Bruce D. Wardinski and Tabassum S. Zalotrawala. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met four times during 2024 and each of the members attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

#### Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee, pursuant to its written charter, among other things, (i) reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives relevant to chief executive officer compensation, evaluates the chief executive officer’s performance in light of those goals and objectives, and recommends to the independent directors the chief executive officer’s compensation levels based on its evaluation, (ii) reviews and approves or makes recommendations to our Board of Directors with respect to the compensation for our other executive officers and non-employee directors and (iii) is responsible for recommending a successor chief executive officer to our Board of Directors if that position becomes or is expected to become vacant. Our Compensation Committee has the sole responsibility to retain and terminate any compensation consultant to be used to assist in the evaluation of the chief executive officer or other executive officer compensation.

During 2024,