Hyatt: Ballew retires and board shrinks to ten after May 20 annual meeting
Director Paul D. Ballew retired from Hyatt's board on May 20, 2026, and the board reduced its size from twelve to ten members on May 21. At the May 20 annual meeting, shareholders elected Gianni Marostica, Heidi O'Neill and Richard C. Tuttle as Class II directors, ratified Deloitte & Touche LLP as auditor for fiscal 2026, and approved executive pay on an advisory basis, while rejecting a plastics-use reporting proposal.
Key points
- Paul D. Ballew retired from the board on May 20, 2026; the filing says it was not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Board size was cut from twelve to ten members on May 21, 2026, after Thomas J. Pritzker did not stand for re-election.
- Gianni Marostica was appointed to the Audit Committee effective May 21, 2026.
- Say-on-pay was approved with 541,786,817 votes for and 2,752,233 against.
The filing
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