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): July 28, 2009

 

 

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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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 28, 2009, Choice Hotels International, Inc. agreed that Thomas L. Mirgon, Senior Vice President Human Resources and Administration, will be leaving the Company.

Mr. Mirgon’s departure from the Company was not “for cause” for purposes of Mr. Mirgon’s previously filed employment agreement, which includes terms pursuant to which the severance payments and other benefits described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 1, 2009 are payable.

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: August 3, 2009  

/s/    Stephen P. Joyce

 

Stephen P. Joyce

  President and Chief Executive Officer