Company: DRH-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001298946-25-000038
Chunk: 20

Company: DiamondRock Hospitality Co
Filing Date: 2025-03-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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 A. Hartmeier    |
| Stephanie D. Lepori        |     | Kathleen A. Merrill                           |     | Stephanie D. Lepori     |
| Kathleen A. Merrill        |     | William J. Shaw                               |     | Kathleen A. Merrill     |
| Bruce D. Wardinski         |     | Bruce D. Wardinski                            |     | William J. Shaw         |
| Tabassum S. Zalotrawala    |     | Tabassum S. Zalotrawala                       |     | Tabassum S. Zalotrawala |
| * Denotes committee chair. |     |                                               |     |                         |

#### Audit Committee
Our Audit Committee, pursuant to its written charter, assists our Board of Directors in its oversight of (i) our accounting and financial reporting processes; (ii) the integrity and audits of our financial statements; (iii) our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (iv) the qualifications, independence and performance of our independent auditors; and (v) the performance of our internal audit function. In addition, our Audit Committee provides oversight to our management in management’s efforts to ensure that our internal control systems over financial reporting processes comply with all relevant rules and regulations promulgated by either the NYSE or the SEC. At least annually, our Audit Committee discusses the Company’s cybersecurity program and receives periodic updates from internal audit or management on cybersecurity breaches or other developments.

During 2024, our Audit Committee was comprised of six of our independent directors: William J. Shaw (Chair), Timothy R. Chi, Michael A. Hartmeier, Kathleen A. Merrill, Bruce D. Wardinski and Tabassum S. Zalotrawala. Each member of our Audit Committee is “independent” as that term is defined by the SEC and the NYSE. Our Board of Directors determined that each of Messrs. Hartmeier, Shaw and Wardinski qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as that term is defined under the rules of the SEC. In accordance with the SEC’s safe harbor relating to audit committee financial experts, a person designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for purposes of federal securities laws. In addition, such designation or identification does not impose on such person any duties, obligations or liabilities that are greater than those imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee or Board of Directors in the absence of such designation or identification and does not affect the duties,