---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-010118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CHH"
cik: "0001046311"
company_name: "CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE"
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:22:54.664521+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Choice Hotels GC Simone Wu to retire in H1 2026; successor not yet named

## Summary
- Simone Wu, SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, notified company of retirement plans for first half 2026.
- She will remain in her role until a successor is appointed to ensure an orderly transition.
- Wu will receive severance and benefits per existing agreements, including the Non-Competition & Severance Agreement.
- No replacement has been named; search for successor is underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-010118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CHH
- cik: 0001046311
- company_name: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000162828026010118/0001628280-26-010118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046311/000162828026010118/chh-20260220.htm

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