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Issuer:     CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE (CHH)
CIK:        0001046311
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-21T20:54:00+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-234741
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Choice Hotels shareholders approve board size increase to 5-15 directors
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- Shareholders approved amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to expand board range from 3-12 to 5-15 directors (43.1M for, 309k against).
- Board adopted Third Amended and Restated Bylaws effective May 21, 2026, reflecting new board size range.
- Eleven directors elected; three directors (Shames, Koch, Vieira) each received >7.5M votes withheld.
- Say-on-pay passed with 36.2M votes for (92.3% support) vs 3.0M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for FY2026 approved with 43.4M votes for.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312526234741/0001193125-26-234741-index.htm
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  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-234741

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