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CUSIP No. 448579102 | | 13D | | Page 5 of 12 Pages |
EXPLANATORY NOTE: This Amendment No. 26 to Schedule 13D (“Amendment No. 26”), which relates to the Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), amends and supplements the Schedule 13D originally filed by the Reporting Persons with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Issuer on August 26, 2010 (as amended to date, the “Schedule 13D”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meaning set forth in the Schedule 13D
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented as follows:
On June 17, 2024, GHHC, L.L.C. distributed an aggregate of 3,347,841 shares of Class B Common Stock to certain of its non-managing members which are trusts for the benefit of Gigi Pritzker Pucker, of which UDQ Private Trust Company, LLC serves as trustee (the “June 2024 Distribution”). The June 2024 Distribution constitutes a “Permitted Transfer” as defined in the Issuer’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and, accordingly, the transferred shares of Class B Common Stock remain shares of Class B Common Stock following the June 2024 Distribution.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented as follows:
The June 2024 Distribution was completed on June 17, 2024, as described in Item 3 of this Amendment No. 26.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is amended and supplemented as follows:
(a)-(b) As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons in the aggregate may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of 17,554,636 shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons. Based on the number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding as of May 3, 2024, as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024, as adjusted to account for the conversion of an aggregate of 464,111 shares of Class B Common Stock into 464,111 shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with sales by certain Separately Filing Group members April 15, 2024 through April 25, 2024, the number of shares of Class B Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons represents 31.6% of the total number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding. Based on the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of May 3, 2024, as adjusted, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons represents 17.3% of the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding and 29.2% of the total voting power of the shares of Common Stock outstanding, voting together as a single class, assuming that no outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock have been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock.