SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ------------------ FORM 8-K/A CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 1998 -------------- Choice Hotels International, Inc. -------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) Delaware 52-1209792 ------------------------------ ------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (IRS Employer of Incorporation) Identification No.) 10750 Columbia Pike Silver Spring, Maryland 20901 ---------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (301) 979-5000 ------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ITEM 5. Other Events - ------ ------------ Choice Hotels International, Inc. ("Choice" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") deems the information attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated herein by reference, to be of importance to its security holders, as it provides calendarized unaudited financial information for the year ended December 31, 1997 on a quarterly basis and calendarized unaudited financial information for the year ended December 31, 1996. This reclassification does not require any amendments to the Company's reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits - ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Exhibits -------- 99.1 Choice Hotels International, Inc. Consolidated Statement of Income for the twelve months ended December 31, 1997 and for the twelve months ended December 31, 1996 and the three months ended March 31, 1997, June 30, 1997, September 30, 1997 and December 31, 1997. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. Choice Hotels International, Inc. By: /s/ Donald H. Dempsey ------------------------- Donald H. Dempsey Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Date: April 28, 1998 3