Form 8-K

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 18, 2007

 

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)

 

10750 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland   20901
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (301) 592-5000

 

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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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item  7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company is furnishing the following pursuant to Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure.”

On September 18, 2007, the Company issued a press release stating that its Board of Directors had authorized an increase under the Company’s existing stock repurchase program to acquire up to an additional three million shares of its outstanding common stock.

 

Item  9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibit 99.1—Press Release issued by Choice Hotels International, Inc. dated September 18, 2007.

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: September 18, 2007       /s/ David L. White
      David L. White
      Chief Financial Officer