On February 27, 2024, Choice Hotels International, Inc. filed a preliminary proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. to vote for: (1) its 8 nominees: Barbara Bennett, Fiona Dias, William Grounds, Nana Mensah, James Nelson, Emanuel Pearlman, Susan Schnabel, and Jay Shah and (2) its shareholder proposal to repeal any bylaw amendment adopted by the Board of Directors since January 4, 2023, without the approval of the Company stockholders at the Company?s annual shareholders meeting. Choice Hotels International also recommended shareholders to oppose the Company?s nominees: Geoffrey A. Ballotti, Myra J. Biblowit, James E. Buckman, Bruce B. Churchill, Mukul V. Deoras, Stephen P. Holmes, Ronald L. Nelson, and Pauline D.E. Richards at the Company?s annual shareholders meeting.