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): December 19, 2014

 

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)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On December 19, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the sale of the 1,004-room Marriott Los Angeles Airport, located in Los Angeles, California. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.  The press release has also been posted in the investor relations/presentations section of the Company’s website at www.drhc.com.

 

The information contained in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, the information contained in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the filings of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated December 19, 2014.

 

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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: December 19, 2014	By:	/s/ William J. Tennis
		William J. Tennis
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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