UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 28, 2018

 

DiamondRock Hospitality Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1400
Bethesda, MD 20814
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(240) 744-1150
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

 

Emerging growth company  o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  o

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Amendment and Restatement of Partnership Agreement

 

On August 28, 2018, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) entered into the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Amended Partnership Agreement”) of DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) among the Company and DiamondRock Hospitality, LLC, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary. The Amended Partnership Agreement, among other things, updates the previous agreement for changes in the federal tax laws.

 

The foregoing description of the Amended Partnership Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full terms and conditions of the Amended Partnership Agreement which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)                                 Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1*		Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership, dated as of August 28, 2018, by and among DiamondRock Hospitality Company and DiamondRock Hospitality, LLC.

 

*

Filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	DIAMONDROCK HOSPITALITY COMPANY
Date: August 31, 2018	By	/s/ Briony Quinn
		Briony Quinn
		Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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