DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE:DRH) Files An 8-K Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

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DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE:DRH) Files An 8-K Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE:DRH) Files An 8-K Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information in Item 8.01 below is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events

On September6, 2018, DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the “Company”) and DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) entered into a contribution agreement under which an unrelated third party has agreed to contribute its interest in a luxury resort hotel in California to the Operating Partnership in exchange for approximately $150,000,000 in a combination of cash and a maximum of 4,591,836 units of newly-issued common limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (“OP units”) at an agreed-upon value. The actual number of OP units to be issued at the closing will be determined prior to closing; however, the Company expects that the actual number of OP units issued will be less than, and potentially substantially less than, the maximum number of OP units referenced above. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, following the satisfaction of closing conditions.

Beginning 12 months after issuance, the OP units issued by the Operating Partnership are redeemable at the option of the holders thereof for cash or, at the Company’s option, for shares of common stock of the Company on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments, in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership.

The issuance of the OP units described above will be issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section4(a)(2)of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Rule506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form8-K (“Current Report”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws and regulations. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “project,” “anticipate,” “position,” and other similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions and forecasts of future results. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks include, but are not limited to the risks related to the closing of the transaction and those risks and uncertainties associated with our business described from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form10-K filed on February27, 2018. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that the expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material. All information in this Current Report is as of the date of this Current Report, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in our expectations.


About DiamondRock Hospitality Company (NYSE:DRH)

DiamondRock Hospitality Company is a lodging-focused Maryland corporation operating as a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company owns a portfolio of approximately 30 hotels and resorts throughout North America and the United States Virgin Islands that consists of over 10,925 guest rooms. Its primary business is to acquire, own, asset manage and renovate full-service hotel properties in the United States. Its portfolio is concentrated in gateway cities and destination resort locations. The Company conducts its business through an umbrella partnership REIT (UPREIT) in which the Company’s hotels are owned by subsidiaries of its operating partnership, DiamondRock Hospitality Limited Partnership. The Company is the sole general partner of its operating partnership and owns either directly or indirectly, all of the limited partnership units of its operating partnership.