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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

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CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 1, 2005

 

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CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

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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

 

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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))

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

On September 1, 2005, the Board of Directors of Choice Hotels International, Inc. (the “Company”) elected John T. Schwieters as a Class I director of the Company for a term expiring at the May 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Schwieters was also appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

The Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Schwieters’s election, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibit 99.1—Press Release issued by Choice Hotels International, Inc. dated September 1, 2005.

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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: September 2, 2005		/s/ Joseph M. Squeri
		Joseph M. Squeri
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer