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Issuer:     CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE (CHH)
CIK:        0001046311
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-31T13:05:15+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-375580
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Choice Hotels appoints Dominic Dragisich as President and CEO, effective Aug 31, 2026
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- Dragisich, interim CEO since May 20, 2026, named permanent President and CEO and board member effective Aug 31, 2026.
- Patrick Pacious resigned from board effective Aug 31, 2026, ending his transitional advisor role.
- Dragisich compensation: $1M base salary, 150% STI target, $4M minimum LTIP for 2027, $500K cash bonus accelerated, $1M RSU vesting in 3 years.
- New severance agreement extends non-compete to 2 years, increases change-in-control severance to 250% of base+bonus.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312526375580/0001193125-26-375580-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000119312526375580/d767448d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-375580

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