WARDINSKI BRUCE D 4

What Happened
Bruce D. Wardinski, a director of DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (DRH), was granted 10,753 shares of common stock on 2026-05-04. The Form 4 reports the acquisition price as $0.00 (transaction code A for award), and a footnote indicates this is the annual grant valued at $110,000 of fully vested common stock.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-05-04; Form 4 filed: 2026-05-05 (timely filing).
• Reported transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A). Reported price per share: $0.00 (reporting convention for awards).
• Shares acquired: 10,753 common shares. Footnote F1: annual grant valued at $110,000 and fully vested.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• No sale or exercise involved — this was a compensation award, not a market purchase or disposition.

Context
Annual equity awards to directors are routine compensation and, when fully vested on grant, give the recipient immediate ownership. Such grants are not the same signal as an open-market purchase by an insider; they are typically part of a predetermined compensation program. This filing does not indicate any sale or other change in the insider’s intentions regarding the stock.