SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WARDINSKI BRUCE D (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER SUITE 1500 (Street) BETHESDA MD 20814 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/10/2013	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DiamondRock Hospitality Co [ DRH ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	/s/ William J. Tennis, attorney-in-fact	01/14/2013
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints William J. Tennis and Sean M.
Mahoney, and each of them, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1) 		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a director, officer and/or stockholder of a class of securities of
DiamondRock Hospitality Company (the "Company"), as the case may be, Forms 3, 4
and 5, and amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules
thereunder;

(2) 		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, Form 4 or
Form 5, or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) 		take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the foregoing authority, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned,
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney may be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as a confirming statement of the authority
stated herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 10th day of January, 2013.


	/s/ Bruce D. Wardinski