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):

September 7, 2005

DiamondRock Hospitality Company


(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Maryland

 

001-32514

 

20-1180098


 


 


(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6903 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800
Bethesda,  MD

 

20817


 


(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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ITEM 8.01.  Other Events.

On September 7, 2005, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective the resale registration statement that DiamondRock Hospitality Company filed on April 4, 2005, as amended. The resale registration statement relates to 20,850,000 shares of DiamondRock Hospitality Company’s common stock that we sold to certain investors in our 2004 private placement.  DiamondRock Hospitality Company filed the resale registration statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2004.



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:  September 7, 2005

By:

 /s/ Michael D. Schecter

 

 


 

 

Michael D. Schecter
General Counsel and Secretary