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): May 29, 2013

HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 750-1234

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

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:

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(a) On May 30, 2013, Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Retirement with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to retire 295,072 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock”). All 295,072 shares of Class B Common Stock were converted into shares of Class A Common Stock par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class A Common Stock”) in connection with the repurchase by the Company of 295,072 shares of Class B Common Stock from certain selling stockholders as described below. The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation requires that any shares of Class B Common Stock that are converted into shares of Class A Common Stock be retired and may not be reissued. The Company has also retired all 295,072 shares of Class A Common Stock into which the Class B Common Stock converted, and such shares of Class A Common Stock have resumed the status of authorized but unissued shares.

Effective upon filing, the Certificate of Retirement amended the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to reduce the total authorized number of shares of capital stock of the Company by 295,072 shares. The total number of authorized shares of the Company is now 1,455,635,663 shares, consisting of 1,000,000,000 shares designated Class A Common Stock, 445,635,663 shares designated Class B Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares designated Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share. A copy of the Certificate of Retirement is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto.

On May 29, 2013, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (each, a “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with each of (i) CIBC Trust Company (Bahamas) Limited (“CIBC”), solely in its capacity as trustee of certain trusts for the benefit of certain of the lineal descendants of James N. Pritzker, (ii) CIBC, solely in its capacity as trustee of certain trusts for the benefit of John A. Pritzker, and (iii) CIBC, solely in its capacity as trustee of certain trusts for the benefit of Linda Pritzker, pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase an aggregate of 295,072 shares of Class B common stock at a price of $41.0352 per share, which represents the Volume Weighted Average Price for the Class A common stock for the three (3) trading-day period ending May 28, 2013 as reported by Bloomberg, for an aggregate purchase price of $12,108,338.53. The shares of Class B Common Stock to be repurchased represent approximately 0.18% of the Company’s total shares of common stock outstanding prior to the repurchase.

Upon repurchase, the 295,072 shares of Class B Common Stock automatically converted into 295,072 shares of Class A common stock. All 295,072 shares of Class B Common Stock converted in the repurchase have been retired in accordance with the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, and the number of authorized shares of Class B Common Stock has been reduced by 295,072. All 295,072 shares of Class A Common Stock into which the shares of Class B Common Stock converted were also retired, and resumed the status of authorized but unissued shares. After the repurchase there will be 113,641,251 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding and 45,910,600 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

The shares repurchased were repurchased under the Company’s previously announced repurchase program. Following this repurchase, the Company has approximately $137 million remaining under its repurchase authorization.

The foregoing description of the Purchase and Sale Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Purchase and Sale Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 to 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

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.

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