0001046311-16-000052.txt : 20161222 0001046311-16-000052.hdr.sgml : 20161222 20161222114009 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001046311-16-000052 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161221 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20161222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC /DE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001046311 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOTELS & MOTELS [7011] IRS NUMBER: 521209792 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13393 FILM NUMBER: 162065626 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 BUSINESS PHONE: 3015925181 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 CHOICE HOTELS CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: ROCKVILLE STATE: MD ZIP: 20850 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHOICE HOTELS FRANCHISING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971118 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL INC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19971022 8-K 1 chh1221168-k.htm 8-K Document


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  _____________________________________________________ 
FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 21, 2016
  _____________________________________________________ 
 CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 _____________________________________________________ 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
001-13393
 
52-1209792
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
 
 
 
 
1 Choice Hotels Circle, Suite 400, Rockville, Maryland
 
20850
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (301) 592-5000
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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Offices; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


(b) On December 21, 2016, Gordon A. Smith informed the Board of Directors of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will not stand for re-election as director of the Company upon the expiration of his term at the Company’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Smith’s decision not to stand for re-election was not due to a disagreement with the Company.





SIGNATURES
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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
December 22, 2016
 
 
 
 
/s/ Simone Wu
 
 
 
 
 
 
Simone Wu
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary