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):

 

October 25, 2017

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

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):

 

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

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Emerging growth company     o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     o

 

 

 

ITEM 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 25, 2017, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its preliminary financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2017.  A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.  The Company’s final third quarter results will be announced as previously scheduled on November 6, 2017.

 

ITEM 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

Included in the press release described above, the Company provided an update on the impact of recent natural disasters on its portfolio.  A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Current Report, including the exhibit, shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, regardless of any incorporation by reference language in any such filing. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.

 

ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated October 25, 2017

 

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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.

 

	DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
Date: October 25, 2017	By:	/s/ William J. Tennis
		William J. Tennis
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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