Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 8

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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 or other nominee may not cast votes on your behalf with respect to this proposal. For purposes of the election of directors, abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast for or against a nominee’s election. If a nominee who is already serving as a director is not elected pursuant to this standard, the Director Resignation Policy in our Corporate Governance Guidelines requires the director to tender his or her resignation to our Board of Directors and our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to our Board of Directors on whether to accept or reject the recommendation or take other action.

#### Recommendation

#### VOTE
Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR each of the nominees. Properly authorized proxies solicited by our Board of Directors will be voted for each of the nominees unless instructions to abstain are given.

#### DiamondRock Hospitality62025 Proxy Statement
| Proposal 1: Election of Directors |

#### Information Regarding the Nominees
The following biographical descriptions set forth certain information with respect to the nominees for election as directors at our 2025 annual meeting, based on information furnished to us by each nominee as of the Record Date. The biographical description for the nominees also includes the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led to the conclusion by our Board of Directors that such person should serve as a director of the Company.

Certain information regarding our directors is set forth below.

| Name                     |     | Age |     | Position                                        |
| William W. McCarten*     |     |  76 |     | Chairman of our Board of Directors and Director |
| Timothy R. Chi*          |     |  48 |     | Director                                        |
| Jeffrey J. Donnelly      |     |  54 |     | Chief Executive Officer and Director            |
| Michael A. Hartmeier*    |     |  62 |     | Director                                        |
| Stephanie D. Lepori*     |     |  54 |     | Director                                        |
| Kathleen A. Merrill*     |     |  65 |     | Director                                        |
| William J. Shaw*         |     |  79 |     | Director                                        |
| Bruce D. Wardinski*      |     |  64 |     | Lead Director                                   |
| Tabassum S. Zalotrawala* |     |  50 |     | Director                                        |
| ∗   Independent Director |     |     |     |                                                 |

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