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Hyatt Hotels Corporation is committed to sound principles of corporate governance.

The Company’s business is conducted by its employees and officers, under the direction of the President and Chief Executive Officer and the oversight of the Board of Directors to enhance the long-term value of the Company for its stockholders. The Board of Directors is elected by the stockholders to oversee management and to assure that the long-term interests of the stockholders are being served. The Board recognizes that the long-term interests of stockholders are advanced by taking into consideration, as appropriate, the concerns of other stakeholders, including associates, guests, property owners, suppliers, the public and members of the communities in which Hyatt Hotels Corporation operates.

The Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Charters of each of the Board Committees provide the framework for corporate governance at Hyatt Hotels Corporation. The Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Charters of each of the Board Committees can be accessed by clicking on the links below.

Committee Charters
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationAudit Committee Charter
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationCompensation Committee Charter
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationFinance Committee Charter
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationNominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter
Governance Documents
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationAmended and Restated ByLaws
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationAmended & Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationCode of Business Conduct and Ethics
Download Corporate Governance DocumentationCorporate Governance Guidelines
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  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation Announces the Closing of Its Initial Public Offering11/10/09
    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2009-- Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“Hyatt”) (NYSE: H) announced today the closing of its initial public offering of 43,700,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price of $25.00 per share. Hyatt’s Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “H.” Selling stockholders sold 38,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, and Hyatt sold 5,700,000 shares of Class A common stock pursua
  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation Announces Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares11/06/09
    CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2009-- Hyatt Hotels Corporation (“Hyatt” or the “Company”) (NYSE: H) announced today that in connection with the Company’s initial public offering the underwriters have exercised in full their option to purchase 5,700,000 shares of Class A common stock from the Company at the initial public offering price of $25.00 per share. Hyatt expects to receive net proceeds of approximately $127.3 million from the sale of the s
  • Hyatt Hotels Corporation Celebrates IPO, First Day of Trading on NYSE11/05/09
    Click here for a PDF version of this news release. -- Second Largest IPO to List on the NYSE in 2009 --New York, November 5, 2009 – Hyatt Hotels Corp., a leading global hospitality company, opened for trading today on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “H” after its successful initial public offering in which it raised $950 million in gross proceeds. Headquartered in Chicago, Hyatt Hotels Corp. is the 18th IPO by an operating company on the New York Stock Exchange this year.