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Issuer:     DiamondRock Hospitality Co (DRH)
CIK:        0001298946
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001298946-26-000005
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Chairman William McCarten to retire April 29, 2026; Bruce Wardinski to become non-executive Chairman
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- William W. McCarten, founder and inaugural CEO, will retire as Chairman at the April 29, 2026 annual meeting.
- Bruce D. Wardinski, a board member since 2013, will succeed as non-executive Chairman effective same date.
- Board size will reduce from nine to eight directors upon McCarten's retirement.
- McCarten's 47-year hospitality career; departure not due to any disagreement with management.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000005/0001298946-26-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298946/000129894626000005/drh-20260224.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001298946-26-000005

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