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): October 11, 2022

HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (240) 744-1000

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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) Election of Director

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”), the general partner of Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., announced that, on October 11, 2022, at the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board increased its size from eight to nine directors and elected Ms. Diana M. Laing to the Board of Directors. Ms. Laing will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until her successor is duly elected and qualified. Ms. Laing was also appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board effective November 7, 2022.

Ms. Laing is a seasoned corporate finance executive with a career focused in real estate investment and operating companies. She brings more than 35 years of experience as a chief financial officer and public company executive to the Board of Directors. She most recently served as interim chief financial officer for Alexander and Baldwin, a real estate investment trust and one of Hawaii’s leading owners and operators of grocery-anchored strip retail centers. Prior to Alexander and Baldwin, she held the role of chief financial officer for numerous real estate-focused companies including American Homes 4 Rent, Thomas Properties Group, Inc., New Pacific Realty Corporation, and Arden Realty. Ms. Laing brings to the Board extensive experience in the areas of corporate strategy, risk management, public equity and corporate debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, finance and capital markets, accounting and financial reporting, investor relations, information technology, and corporate governance. She also has extensive public company board experience as an independent director.

The Board of Directors determined that Ms. Laing is independent under (a) the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, and (b) the “Director Independence Guidelines” of the Corporate Governance Guidelines of the Company. In connection with her appointment, the Company will enter into an indemnification agreement with Ms. Laing substantially in the form of the indemnification agreement the Company has entered into with all other directors and previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The form of the indemnification agreement generally provides for the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to a director to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law for claims, suits or proceedings arising out of their service to the Company.

Ms. Laing will receive the same fees for her service as our other independent directors, which fees were disclosed in the

Company’s proxy statement for its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Annual cash compensation will be prorated from the date of Ms. Laing’s election to the Board. In addition, the Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee recommended, and the Board approved, an award of common stock units equaling the prorated annual stock award amount to be credited to a deferred stock unit account established for Ms. Laing. The number of stock units was calculated by dividing the pro-rated portion of the annual stock award amount of $160,000 by the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of Board approval, October 11, 2022.

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.

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.