Choice Hotels Interim CEO Dominic Dragisich Executes Stock Option Exercise and Sales

Dominic Dragisich, Interim CEO of Choice Hotels International, filed a Form 4 on May 28, 2026 reporting significant stock transactions on May 26, 2026. The executive exercised 12,796 employee stock options at $91.28 per share and simultaneously sold 22,621 shares of common stock across multiple transactions at prices ranging from $112.50 to $115.15 per share. All transactions were executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on February 24, 2026. Following these transactions, Dragisich's direct ownership decreased to 81,607 shares. The options that were exercised had vested in four equal annual installments beginning March 2, 2021 and were set to expire on February 28, 2030. The filing demonstrates a typical executive compensation realization strategy involving option exercise and subsequent stock sales.