UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE
13G
Under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment
No. )*
DiamondRock Hospitality
Company
NAME OF
ISSUER:
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
TITLE OF
CLASS OF SECURITIES
252784301
CUSIP
NUMBER
December 31,
2009
(Date of
Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
Check the
appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this
Schedule
is filed:
[x] Rule
13d-1(b)
[ ] Rule
13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule
13d-1(d)
* The
remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The
information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to
be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but
shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).
Continued
on following pages
Page 1 of
6 Pages
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SCHEDULE
13G
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CUSIP
No.: 252784301
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Page
2 of 6 Pages
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1.
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Names
of Reporting Persons.
Nomura
Asset Management Co., Ltd.
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2.
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Check
the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a)
[ ]
(b)
[X]
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3.
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SEC
Use Only
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4.
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Citizenship
or Place of Organization
Tokyo,
Japan
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Number
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
by Each
Reporting
Person
With
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5.
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Sole
Voting Power
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6,692,079
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6.
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Shared
Voting Power
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0
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7.
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Sole
Dispositive Power
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88,000
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8.
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Shared
Dispositive Power
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6,604,079
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9.
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Aggregate
Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
6,692,079
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10.
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Check
if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
[ ]
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11.
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Percent
of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
5.66%
based on 118,264,516 shares outstanding as of October 20,
2009.
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12.
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Type
of Reporting Person
IA
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Page 3 of
6 Pages
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Item
1 (a)
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Name
of Issuer:
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DiamondRock
Hospitality Company (the “Issuer”)
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Item
1(b)
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Address
of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
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6903
Rockledge Drive, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD 20817
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Item
2(a)
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Name
of Person Filing:
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This
Statement is filed on behalf of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM”).
This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) held for the accounts
of Nomura US-REIT Open Mother Fund (“Nomura US-REIT Open Mother”), US-REIT
Mother Fund (“US-REIT Mother”), International REIT Index Mother Fund
(“International REIT Index Mother”), World REIT Index Mother Fund (“World
REIT Index Mother”) and Nomura Fund Series – North American REIT Fund
(“North American REIT”).
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NAM
serves as investment manager to each of the Nomura US-REIT Open Mother,
US-REIT Mother, International REIT Index Mother, World REIT Index Mother
and North American REIT. In such capacity, NAM may be deemed to have
voting and dispositive power over the Shares held for the accounts of each
of the Nomura US-REIT Open Mother, US-REIT Mother, International REIT
Index Mother, World REIT Index Mother and North American
REIT.
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Item
2(b)
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Address
of Principal Office or, if none, Residence:
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The address of the principal office of NAM is 1-12-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo, Japan 103-8260
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Item
2(c)
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Citizenship:
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NAM
is a Japanese corporation
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Item
2(d)
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Title
of Class of Securities:
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Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”)
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Item
2(e)
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CUSIP
Number:
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252784301
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Item
3(e).
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[X]
An investment adviser in accordance with Rule
13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)
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Item
4
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Ownership:
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Item
4(a)
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Amount
Beneficially Owned:
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As
of December 31, 2009, NAM may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
6,692,079 Shares. This amount consists of: (1) 27,665 Shares held for the
account of Nomura US-REIT Open Mother, (2) 1,491,828 Shares held for the
account of US-REIT Mother, (3) 81,900 Shares held for the account of
International REIT Index Mother, (4) 6,100 Shares held for the account of
World REIT Index Mother, and (5) 5,084,586 Shares held for the account of
North American REIT.
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Item
4(b)
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Percent
of Class:
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The
number of Shares of which NAM may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
constitutes approximately 5.66% of the total number of Shares outstanding
(based upon the information provided by the issuer in its most
recently-filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q, there was 118,264,516 Shares
outstanding as of October 20, 2009).
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Item
4(c)
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Number
of Shares of which such person has:
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(i)
Sole power to vote or direct the vote:
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6,692,079
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(ii)
Shared power to vote or direct the vote:
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0
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(iii)
Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of:
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88,000
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(iv)
Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of:
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6,604,079
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Item
5
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Ownership
of 5% or Less of a Class:
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If this
statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the
Reporting Person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the class of securities, check the following [
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Item
6
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Ownership
of More than 5% on Behalf of Another Person:
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This
Item 6 is not applicable.
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Item
7
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Identification
and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
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This
Item 7 is not applicable.
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Item
8
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Identification
and Classification of Members of the Group:
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This
Item 8 is not applicable.
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Item
9
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Notice
of Dissolution of Group:
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This
Item 9 is not applicable.
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Page 5 of
6 Pages
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Item
10
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Certification:
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By
signing below each of the Reporting Persons certifies that, to the best of
their knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not
acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and
were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant
in any transaction having that purpose or
effect.
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Page 6
of 6 Pages
SIGNATURE
After
reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
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Date:
February 16, 2010
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NOMURA
ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
By: /s/ Kenji
Kitagawa
Name: Kenji
Kitagawa
Title: Managing
Director
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