DiamondRock Hospitality Co

Regulatory Filings • May 22, 2014

8-K 1 d733352d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 22, 2014

DiamondRock Hospitality Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Maryland	001-32514	20-1180098
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1500

Bethesda, MD 20814

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(240) 744-1150

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 8.01. Other Events

On May 22, 2014, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the $58.5 million senior mortgage loan secured by the Allerton Hotel Chicago was prepaid at par on May 21, 2014.

A copy of that press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The press release has also been posted in the investor relations/presentations section of the Company’s website at www.drhc.com .

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated May 22, 2014

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ William J. Tennis
William J. Tennis
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary