UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): November 5, 2015
HYATT HOTELS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | 001-34521 | 20-1480589 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
71 South Wacker Drive, 12th Floor Chicago, IL | 60606 | |||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 750-1234
Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report: Not Applicable
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
As described in Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s (the “Company”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, certain outstanding shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are subject to lock-up restrictions contained in the Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Agreement, the Amended and Restated Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement and the 2007 Stockholders’ Agreement. The Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Agreement and the Amended and Restated Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement include restrictions on the number of shares that may be sold by Pritzker family stockholders in specified 12 month periods commencing November 5th of each year. In accordance with such lock-up restrictions (and assuming such lock-up restrictions are not amended, waived or terminated and that there are no transfers of shares amongst Pritzker family stockholders), during the 12 month period from November 5, 2015 through November 4, 2016, 26,859,325 restricted shares will be available for sale by Pritzker family stockholders in the public market pursuant to the terms of such agreements. Additionally, another 25,112,086 restricted shares held by other holders of Class B common stock are available for sale in the public market at any time subject to rights of first refusal and requirements that certain of these shares be transferred only by way of an underwritten public offering or by way of a broad distribution sale pursuant to the terms of the 2007 Stockholders’ Agreement. An additional 25,081 restricted shares are available for sale in the public market at any time and not subject to any lock-up restrictions contained in the foregoing agreements. The availability of any of these shares for sale in the public market is also subject to applicable securities laws. The foregoing numbers are based on information as of the date of this filing.
For additional information regarding the restrictions contained in the Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Agreement, Amended and Restated Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement and 2007 Stockholders’ Agreement, see Part I, Item 1, “Business-Stockholder Agreements-Amended and Restated Global Hyatt Agreement,” “-Amended and Restated Foreign Global Hyatt Agreement” and “-2007 Stockholders’ Agreement” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.
The foregoing numbers do not include any shares of Class A Common Stock that may be issued and become eligible for sale in the public market under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Amended and Restated Hyatt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan and the Hyatt International Hotels Retirement Plan.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are not historical facts, are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements about future events and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict. As a result, actual results or events may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “likely,” “will,” “would” and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by us, are inherently uncertain. A more complete description of the risks and uncertainties can be found in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are made as of the date of this filing. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, new information or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If we update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation | |||
Date: November 5, 2015 | By: | /s/ Rena Hozore Reiss | |
Rena Hozore Reiss | |||
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||