secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DiamondRock Hospitality Co (DRH)
CIK:        0001298946
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001298946-24-000077
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

DiamondRock promotes Stephen Spierto to CAO, hires Anika Fischer as General Counsel
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- Stephen Spierto, age 34, promoted to Chief Accounting Officer effective May 15, 2024; previously VP and Corporate Controller.
- Anika Fischer will join as SVP and General Counsel on June 3, 2024, replacing retiring EVP and GC William Tennis.
- Fischer was Deputy General Counsel at Essex Property Trust; led legal in capital markets and real estate transactions.
- Company entered amended severance agreements with CEO Jeff Donnelly, CFO Briony Quinn, and EVP Justin Leonard on May 14, 2024.
- Severance agreements include double-trigger change-in-control provisions: 3x salary plus target bonus paid lump sum.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894624000077/0001298946-24-000077-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894624000077/drh-20240514.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001298946-24-000077

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