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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. |
(d) On March 18, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from twelve to thirteen members and appointed Tracey T. Travis to the Board effective March 18, 2025, to hold office until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Board designated Ms. Travis as a Class I member of the Board.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Travis and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Travis was appointed as a director. Ms. Travis does not have a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Ms. Travis will be entitled to compensation for her service on the Board on the same basis as all other non-employee directors of the Company, pursuant to the Hyatt Hotels Corporation Amended and Restated Summary of Non-Employee Director Compensation and the Amended and Restated Hyatt Hotels Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors, as amended.
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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: March 19, 2025 | By: | /s/ Margaret C. Egan | ||||
| Name: | Margaret C. Egan | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||