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): April 28, 2006
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):
| ¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
| ¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
| ¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
| ¨ | 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 April 28, 2006, the Company released a presentation scheduled to be presented at the Jefferies Gaming, Lodging, Media & Entertainment Conference to be held May 8, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The materials attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 were distributed in advance of the meeting. The materials include certain non-GAAP financial measures. A reconciliation of those measures to the most directly related comparable GAAP measures is included in the presentation materials.
The attached materials and reconciliations are also available on the Choice Hotels’ website, www.choicehotels.com.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(c)
Exhibit 99.1—Materials Issued by the Company to potential investors on April 28, 2006.
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: April 28, 2006 |
/s/ Joseph M. Squeri | |||
| Joseph M. Squeri Executive Vice President, Operations & Chief Financial Officer | ||||