Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. - Annual Report: 2011 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

Commission File Number 000-53603

APPLE REIT NINE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Units (Each Unit is equal to one common share, no par value and one Series A preferred share)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes £  No S

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes £  No S

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes S  No £

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes S  No £

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. S

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes £  No S

There is currently no established public market in which the Company’s common shares are traded. Based upon the price that Apple REIT Nine, Inc.’s common equity last sold, which was $11, on June 30, 2011, the aggregate market value of the voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant on such date was $2,015,786,000. The Company does not have any non-voting common equity.

The number of common shares outstanding on March 1, 2012 was 182,195,342.

Documents Incorporated by Reference.

The information required by Part III of this report, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated by reference from the registrant’s definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 17, 2012.

APPLE REIT NINE, INC.
FORM 10-K
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This Form 10-K includes references to certain trademarks or service marks. The CourtyardÒ by Marriott, Fairfield InnÒ by Marriott, Fairfield Inn and SuitesÒ by Marriott, TownePlace Suites Ò by Marriott, SpringHill SuitesÒ by Marriott, Residence InnÒ by Marriott and MarriottÒ trademarks are the property of Marriott International, Inc. or one of its affiliates. The Hampton InnÒ, Hampton Inn and SuitesÒ, Homewood SuitesÒ by Hilton, Embassy Suites HotelsÒ, Hilton Garden InnÒ, Home2 SuitesÒ by Hilton and HiltonÒ trademarks are the property of Hilton Worldwide or one or more of its affiliates. For convenience, the applicable trademark or service mark symbol has been omitted but will be deemed to be included wherever the above referenced terms are used.

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PART I

This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by use of terms such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “goal,” “plan,” “should,” “will,” “predict,” “potential,” and similar expressions that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Apple REIT Nine, Inc. (the “Company”) to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to implement its acquisition strategy and operating strategy; the Company’s ability to manage planned growth; changes in economic cycles; the outcome of current and future litigation, regulatory proceedings or inquiries; and competition within the real estate industry. Although the Company believes that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore there can be no assurance that such statements included in this Annual Report will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved. In addition, the Company’s qualification as a real estate investment trust involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Readers should carefully review the Company’s financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Item 1A in this report. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes speaks only as of the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publically update or revise any forward-looking statements or cautionary factors, as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Item 1. Business

The Company is a Virginia corporation that was formed in November 2007 to invest in income-producing real estate in the United States. Initial capitalization occurred on November 9, 2007, when 10 Units, each Unit consisting of one common share and one Series A preferred share, were purchased by Apple Nine Advisors, Inc. (“A9A”) and 480,000 Series B convertible preferred shares were purchased by Glade M. Knight, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company’s first investor closing under its best-efforts offering of Units occurred on May 14, 2008 and the Company began operations on July 31, 2008 when it purchased its first hotel. The Company completed its best-efforts offering of Units in December 2010. As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned 88 hotels operating in 27 states.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company held for sale approximately 406 acres of land and land improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area (acquired in April 2009) that are being leased to Chesapeake Energy Corporation (“Chesapeake”) for the production of natural gas (the “110 parcels”). In August 2011, the Company entered into a contract for the potential sale of all 110 parcels for a total purchase price of $198.4 million, which is anticipated to be completed in the first or second quarter of 2012.

The Company has elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for federal income tax purposes. The Company has wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiaries, which lease all of the Company’s hotels from wholly-owned qualified REIT subsidiaries. The hotels are operated and managed by affiliates of Dimension Development Two, LLC (“Dimension”), Gateway Hospitality Group, Inc. (“Gateway”), Hilton Management LLC (“Hilton”), Intermountain Management, LLC (“Intermountain”), LBAM-Investor Group, L.L.C. (“LBA”), Fairfield FMC, LLC and SpringHill SMC, LLC, subsidiaries of Marriott International (“Marriott”), MHH Management, LLC (“McKibbon”), Raymond Management Company, Inc. (“Raymond”), Stonebridge Realty Advisors, Inc. (“Stonebridge”), Tharaldson Hospitality Management, LLC (“Tharaldson”), Vista Host, Inc. (“Vista”), Texas Western Management Partners, L.P. (“Western”) and White Lodging Services Corporation (“White”) under separate hotel management agreements.

The Company has no foreign operations or assets and beginning with the third quarter of 2011, its operating structure includes only one segment. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of

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the Company and its subsidiaries. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation. Refer to Part II, Item 8 of this report, for the consolidated financial statements.

Website Access

The address of the Company’s Internet website is www.applereitnine.com. The Company makes available free of charge through its Internet website its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes it to, the SEC. Information contained on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this report.

Business Objectives

The Company’s primary objective is to enhance shareholder value by increasing funds from operations and cash available for distributions through acquisitions and internal growth. The Company’s acquisition strategy includes purchasing hotels in underdeveloped markets with strong brand recognition, high levels of customer satisfaction and the potential for cash flow growth. Although the Company’s primary focus is hotels, the Company has pursued other advantageous buying opportunities for income producing real estate. The internal growth strategy includes utilizing the Company’s asset management expertise to improve the quality of the Company’s properties by, where cost effective, renovating existing properties, aggressively managing room rates and partnering with industry leaders in hotel management and franchising with hotels with leading brands, thereby improving revenue and operating performance of each property in their individual market. Although there are many factors that influence profitability, including national and local economic conditions, the Company believes its acquisitions, planned renovations and strong asset management will improve financial results over the long-term, although there can be no assurance of these results.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned 88 hotels (11 purchased and one newly constructed hotel opened during 2011, 43 purchased during 2010, 12 acquired during 2009 and 21 acquired during 2008). In addition, as of December 31, 2011, the Company had entered into a contract for the purchase of a Home2 Suites hotel by Hilton located in Nashville, Tennessee. The purchase of the hotel, which is currently under construction, is expected to close within the first six months of 2012. Although the Company is working towards acquiring this hotel, there are many conditions to closing that have not yet been satisfied and there can be no assurance that the closing will occur under the outstanding purchase contract.

The Company is currently engaged in a project for the development of a Courtyard and Residence Inn on a single site in Richmond, Virginia. This project is only in the planning phase and is subject to numerous conditions prior to starting construction; therefore, there can be no assurance that the project will be completed.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company held for sale approximately 406 acres of land and land improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area (acquired in April 2009) that are being leased to Chesapeake for the production of natural gas. In August 2011, the Company entered into a contract for the potential sale of all 110 parcels for a total purchase price of $198.4 million.

Financing

The Company purchased 11 hotels in 2011. The total gross purchase price for these properties was approximately $198.4 million. Additionally, during March 2011, the Company completed the construction of a SpringHill Suites hotel located in Alexandria, Virginia, and incurred approximately $4.1 million in construction costs during 2011. The Company used the proceeds from its best-efforts offering, completed in December 2010, in addition to assuming secured debt of $25.9 million associated with two of its hotel acquisitions, to fund the purchase price.

The Company has 14 notes payable that were assumed with the acquisition of hotels. These notes have a total outstanding balance of $122.1 million ($118.3 million of secured debt and $3.8 million of unsecured debt) at December 31, 2011, maturity dates ranging from June 2015 to October 2032 and stated interest rates ranging from 0% to 6.9%. The Company’s cash balances at December 31, 2011 totaled $30.7 million. The Company’s principal sources of liquidity are cash on hand, the proceeds from the sale of its 110 parcels and the cash flow generated from properties the Company has or will acquire and any short term investments. In addition, the

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Company may borrow funds, subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company anticipates that cash flow from operations, and cash on hand, will be adequate to meet its anticipated liquidity requirements, including debt service, capital improvements, required distributions to shareholders to maintain its REIT status, and planned Unit redemptions. The Company intends to use cash on hand and potentially other financing if needed to complete its planned acquisition under contract and development project. The Company intends to maintain a relatively stable distribution rate instead of raising and lowering the distribution rate with varying economic cycles. Should cash flow from operations not be adequate to meet this objective, the Company may utilize additional financing.

Hotel Industry and Competition

The hotel industry is highly competitive. Each of the Company’s hotels is located in a developed area that includes other hotels and competes for guests primarily with other hotels in the Company’s immediate vicinity and secondarily with other hotels in the Company’s geographic market. An increase in the number of competitive hotels in a particular area could have a material adverse effect on the occupancy, average daily rate (“ADR”) and revenue per available room (“RevPAR”) of the Company’s hotels in that area. The Company believes that brand recognition, location, price and quality (of both the hotel and the services provided) are the principal competitive factors affecting the Company’s hotels. Additionally, general economic conditions in a particular market and nationally impact the performance of the hotel industry.

Hotel Operating Performance

During the period from the Company’s initial formation on November 9, 2007 to July 30, 2008, the Company owned no properties, had no revenue, exclusive of interest income and was primarily engaged in capital formation activities. The Company began operations on July 31, 2008 when it purchased its first hotel. During the remainder of 2008, the Company purchased an additional 20 hotel properties. With the purchase of an additional 12 hotels in 2009, 43 hotels in 2010 and 11 hotels in 2011, and the completion of one newly constructed hotel that opened in 2011, the Company owned 88 hotels as of December 31, 2011. These hotels are located in 27 states with an aggregate of 11,252 rooms and consisted of the following: 13 Courtyard hotels, two Embassy Suites hotels, five Fairfield Inn hotels, 21 Hampton Inn hotels, one full service Hilton hotel, 18 Hilton Garden Inn hotels, one Home2 Suites hotel, seven Homewood Suites hotels, one full service Marriott hotel, eight Residence Inn hotels, seven SpringHill Suites hotels and four TownePlace Suites hotels.

Room revenue for these hotels for the year ended December 31, 2011 totaled $291.9 million, and the hotels achieved average occupancy of 70%, ADR of $107 and RevPAR of $74 for the period owned in 2011. Room revenue for the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $145.0 million, and the hotels achieved average occupancy of 65%, ADR of $102 and RevPAR of $66 for the period owned during 2010. Hotel performance is impacted by many factors including the economic conditions in the United States as well as each locality. During the period from the second half of 2008 through 2010, the overall weakness in the U.S. economy had a considerable negative impact on both consumer and business travel. As a result, revenue in most markets in the United States declined from levels of 2007 and the first half of 2008. However, economic conditions have shown evidence of improvement in 2011. Although the industry in general has revenue below pre-recession levels, the industry and the Company have experienced improvements in its hotel occupancy levels, as reflected in the overall increase of the Company’s occupancy during 2011 as compared to the prior year. In addition, also signifying a stabilizing economy, the Company experienced an increase in ADR during 2011 as compared to the prior year. With continued improvement, in both demand and room rates the Company and industry are forecasting a mid single digit percentage increase in revenue for 2012 as compared to 2011 for comparable hotels. While reflecting the impact of post-recessionary levels of single-digit growth in national economic activity, the Company’s hotels also continue to be leaders in their respective markets. The Company’s average Market Yield for 2011 and 2010 was 126 and 123, respectively. The Market Yield is a measure of each hotel’s RevPAR compared to the average in the market, with 100 being the average (the index excludes hotels under renovation or open less than two years) and is provided by Smith Travel Research, Inc.Ò, an independent company that tracks historical hotel performance in most markets throughout the world. The Company will continue to pursue market opportunities to improve revenue. See the Company’s complete financial statements in Item 8 of this report.

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Management and Franchise Agreements

Each of the Company’s 88 hotels are operated and managed, under separate management agreements, by affiliates of one of the following companies: Dimension, Gateway, Hilton, Intermountain, LBA, Marriott, McKibbon, Raymond, Stonebridge, Tharaldson, Vista, Western or White. The agreements generally provide for initial terms of one to 30 years. Fees associated with the agreements generally include the payment of base management fees, incentive management fees, accounting fees, and other fees for centralized services which are allocated among all of the hotels that receive the benefit of such services. Base management fees are calculated as a percentage of gross revenues. Incentive management fees are calculated as a percentage of operating profit in excess of a priority return to the Company, as defined in the management agreements. The Company has the option to terminate the management agreements if specified performance thresholds are not satisfied. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company incurred approximately $10.6 million, $5.1 million and $2.6 million in management fees.

Dimension, Gateway, Intermountain, LBA, McKibbon, Raymond, Stonebridge, Tharaldson, Vista, Western and White are not affiliated with either Marriott or Hilton, and as a result, the hotels they manage were required to obtain separate franchise agreements with each respective franchisor. The Hilton franchise agreements generally provide for an initial term of 10 to 20 years. Fees associated with the agreements generally include the payment of royalty fees and program fees. The Marriott franchise agreements generally provide for initial terms of 13 to 28 years. Fees associated with the agreements generally include the payment of royalty fees, marketing fees, reservation fees and a communications support fee based on room revenues. For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the Company incurred approximately $12.8 million, $6.2 million and $3.4 million in franchise fees.

The franchise and/or management agreements provide a variety of benefits for the Company, which include national advertising, publicity, and other marketing programs designed to increase brand awareness, training of personnel, continuous review of quality standards, centralized reservation systems and best practices within the industry.

Hotel Maintenance and Renovation

The hotels have an ongoing need for renovation and refurbishment. Under various hotel management agreements, the Company has agreed to fund expenditures for periodic repairs, replacement or refurbishment of furniture, fixtures and equipment for the hotels in an amount equal to a certain percentage of gross revenues. In addition, other capital improvement projects may be directly funded by the Company. During 2011 and 2010, the Company’s capital improvements on existing hotels were both approximately $9.9 million.

Employees

The Company does not have any employees. During 2011, all employees involved in the day-to-day operation of the Company’s hotels were employed by third party management companies engaged pursuant to the hotel management agreements. The Company utilizes, through an advisory agreement for corporate and strategic support, personnel from A9A which in turn utilizes personnel from Apple REIT Six, Inc.

Environmental Matters

In connection with each of the Company’s acquisitions, the Company obtains a Phase I Environmental Report and additional environmental reports and surveys, as are necessitated by the preliminary report. Based on the reports, the Company is not aware of any environmental situations requiring remediation at the Company’s properties, which have not been, or are not currently being remediated as necessary. No material remediation costs have occurred or are expected to occur. Under various laws, owners as well as tenants and operators of real estate may be required to investigate and clean up or remove hazardous substances present at or migrating from properties they own, lease or operate and may be held liable for property damage or personal injuries that result from hazardous substances. These laws also expose the Company to the possibility that it may become liable to reimburse governments for damages and costs they incur in connection with hazardous substances.

Seasonality

The hotel industry historically has been seasonal in nature. Seasonal variations in occupancy at the Company’s hotels may cause quarterly fluctuations in its revenues. To the extent that cash flow from

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operations is insufficient during any quarter, due to temporary or seasonal fluctuations in revenue, the Company expects to utilize cash on hand or, if necessary, any available other financing sources to make distributions.

Property Acquisitions and Hotel Openings

The Company acquired a total of 11 hotels during 2011. The following table sets forth the location, brand, manager, date acquired, number of rooms and gross purchase price for each hotel. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

The purchase price for these properties, net of debt assumed, was funded with cash on hand. The Company assumed approximately $25.9 million of debt during 2011, associated with two of its hotel acquisitions. The following table summarizes the interest rate, maturity date and principal amount assumed associated with each mortgage. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

The Company also used cash on hand to pay approximately $4.0 million, representing 2% of the gross purchase price for these properties, as a brokerage commission to Apple Suites Realty Group, Inc. (“ASRG”), 100% owned by Glade M. Knight, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Additionally, during March 2011, the Company completed the construction of a SpringHill Suites hotel located in Alexandria, Virginia which opened for business on March 28, 2011. The hotel contains 155 guest rooms and is managed by Marriott. The total investment in the property is approximately $24.9 million. The Company also incurred approximately $0.5 million in pre-opening costs during 2011.

Potential Acquisitions and Construction Project

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had entered into a contract for the purchase of a Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel located in Nashville, Tennessee. The hotel is currently under construction and is expected to contain 110 guest rooms. The purchase price for the hotel is $15.4 million. It is anticipated that the construction of the hotel will be completed and the hotel will open for business within the first six months of 2012, at which time a closing is expected. Deposits totaling $1.4 million have been made by the Company and are refundable if the seller does not meet its obligations under the contract. Although the Company is working towards acquiring this hotel, there are many conditions to closing that have not yet been satisfied and there can be no assurance that the closing will occur under the outstanding purchase contract.

The Company is currently engaged in a project for the development of a Courtyard and Residence Inn on a single site in Richmond, Virginia. This project is only in the planning phase and is subject to numerous conditions prior to starting construction; therefore, there can be no assurance that the project will be completed.

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Related Parties

The Company has, and is expected to continue to engage in, significant transactions with related parties. These transactions cannot be construed to be at arm’s length and the results of the Company’s operations may be different if these transactions were conducted with non-related parties. The Company’s independent members of the Board of Directors oversee and annually review the Company’s related party relationships (which include the relationships discussed in this section) and are required to approve any significant modifications to the contracts, as well as any new significant related party transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2011, there were no changes to the contracts discussed in this section and the Board of Directors approved the assignment of the contract discussed below. The Board of Directors is not required to approve each individual transaction that falls under the related party relationships. However, under the direction of the Board of Directors, at least one member of the Company’s senior management team approves each related party transaction.

The Company has a contract with ASRG, to acquire and dispose of real estate assets for the Company. A fee of 2% of the gross purchase price or gross sale price in addition to certain reimbursable expenses is paid to ASRG for these services. As of December 31, 2011, payments to ASRG for fees under the terms of this contract have totaled approximately $33.1 million since inception. Of this amount, the Company incurred approximately $4.0 million, $15.6 million and $6.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

The Company is party to an advisory agreement with A9A, pursuant to which A9A provides management services to the Company. A9A provides these management services through an affiliate called Apple Fund Management LLC (“AFM”), which is a subsidiary of Apple REIT Six, Inc. An annual advisory fee ranging from 0.1% to 0.25% of total equity proceeds received by the Company, in addition to certain reimbursable expenses, are payable to A9A for these management services. Total advisory fees incurred by the Company under the advisory agreement are included in general and administrative expenses and totaled approximately $3.0 million, $1.5 million and $722,000 for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

In addition to the fees payable to ASRG and A9A, the Company reimbursed to A9A or ASRG or paid directly to AFM on behalf of A9A or ASRG approximately $2.1 million, $2.1 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. The expenses reimbursed were approximately $0.3 million, $1.1 million and $0.9 million respectively, for costs reimbursed under the contract with ASRG and approximately $1.8 million, $1.0 million and $0.8 million respectively of costs reimbursed under the contract with A9A. The costs are included in general and administrative expenses and are for the Company’s proportionate share of the staffing and related costs provided by AFM at the direction of A9A.

AFM is an affiliate of Apple Six Advisors, Inc., Apple Seven Advisors, Inc., Apple Eight Advisors, Inc., Apple Nine Advisors, Inc., Apple Ten Advisors, Inc., ASRG and Apple Six Realty Group, Inc., (collectively the “Advisors” which are wholly owned by Glade M. Knight). As such, the Advisors provide management services through the use of AFM to, respectively, Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc., Apple REIT Nine, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. (collectively the “Apple REIT Entities”). Although there is a potential conflict on time allocation of employees due to the fact that a senior manager, officer or staff member will provide services to more than one company, the Company believes that the executives and staff compensation sharing arrangement described more fully below allows the companies to share costs yet attract and retain superior executives and staff. The cost sharing structure also allows each entity to maintain a much more cost effective structure than having separate staffing arrangements. Amounts reimbursed to AFM include both compensation for personnel and “overhead” (office rent, utilities, benefits, office supplies, etc.) used by the companies. Since the employees of AFM perform services for the Apple REIT Entities and Advisors at the direction of the Advisors, individuals, including executive officers, receive their compensation at the direction of the Advisors and may receive consideration directly from the Advisors.

The Advisors and Apple REIT Entities allocate all of the costs of AFM among the Apple REIT Entities and the Advisors. The allocation of costs from AFM is reviewed at least annually by the Compensation Committees of the Apple REIT Entities. In making the allocation, management of each of the entities and their Compensation Committee consider all relevant facts related to each Company’s level of business activity and the extent to which each Company requires the services of particular personnel of AFM. Such payments are based on the actual costs of the services and are not based on formal record keeping regarding the time these personnel devote to the Company, but are based on a good faith estimate by the employee and/or his or

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her supervisor of the time devoted by the employee to the Company. As part of this arrangement, the day to day transactions may result in amounts due to or from the Apple REIT Entities. To efficiently manage cash disbursements, an individual Apple REIT Entity may make payments for any or all of the related companies. The amounts due to or from the related Apple REIT Entity are reimbursed or collected and are not significant in amount.

ASRG and A9A are 100% owned by Glade M. Knight, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Knight is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. Members of the Company’s Board of Directors are also on the Board of Directors of Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc., and Apple REIT Eight, Inc.

The Company has a 24% equity investment in Apple Air Holding, LLC (“Apple Air”). The other members of Apple Air are Apple REIT Six, Inc., Apple REIT Seven, Inc. and Apple REIT Eight, Inc. Through its equity investment the Company has access to Apple Air’s aircraft for acquisition, asset management and renovation purposes. The Company’s equity investment was approximately $2.1 million and $2.2 million as of December 31, 2011 and 2010. The Company has recorded its share of income and losses of the entity under the equity method of accounting and adjusted its investment in Apple Air accordingly. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company recorded a loss of approximately $188,000 and $840,000 respectively, as its share of the net loss of Apple Air, which primarily relates to the depreciation of the aircraft and the reduction in basis of the aircraft in 2010 due to the planned trade in for one new airplane in 2011, and is included in general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Apple Air owned two aircraft during 2010, but reduced its ownership to one aircraft during the first quarter of 2011.

Due to the significant discount offered by the original lender, in October 2010, the Company purchased a mortgage note with an outstanding balance of approximately $11.3 million for a total purchase price of approximately $10.8 million from an unrelated third party. In accordance with the terms of the note, in December 2011, the borrower repaid the remaining outstanding balance totaling $11.0 million. The interest rate on this mortgage was a variable rate based on the 3-month LIBOR, and averaged 5% during the period held. The note required monthly payments of principal and interest. The borrower on the note was Apple Eight SPE Columbia, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Apple REIT Eight, Inc. and the note was secured by a Hilton Garden Inn hotel located in Columbia, South Carolina. Total interest income, including the accretion of the note discount, recorded by the Company for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 was approximately $0.9 million and $0.2 million.

During the first quarter of 2011, the Company entered into an assignment of contract with ASRG to become the purchaser of a newly constructed Home2 Suites by Hilton located in Fayetteville, North Carolina for a total purchase price of $11.4 million. ASRG entered into the assigned contract on December 11, 2009. There was no consideration paid to ASRG for this assignment, other than the reimbursement of the deposits previously made by ASRG totaling $2,500. There was no profit for ASRG in the assignment. The Company purchased this hotel on February 3, 2011.

The Company has incurred legal fees associated with the Legal Proceedings and Related Matters discussed herein. The Company also incurs other professional fees such as accounting, auditing and reporting. These fees are included in general and administrative expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. To be cost effective, these services received by the Company are shared as applicable across the other Apple REIT Entities. The professionals cannot always specifically identify their fees for one company therefore management allocates these costs across the companies that benefit from the services.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The following describes several risk factors which are applicable to the Company. There are many factors that may affect the Company’s business and results of operations. You should carefully consider, in addition to the other information contained in this report, the risks described below.

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Hotel Operations

The Company’s hotels are subject to all of the risks common to the hotel industry. These risks could adversely affect hotel occupancy and the rates that can be charged for hotel rooms as well as hotel operating expenses, and generally include:

General Local and National Economic Conditions

Changes in general local or national economic or market conditions, increased costs of energy, increased costs of insurance, increased costs of products, increased costs and shortages of labor, competitive factors, fuel shortages, quality of management, the ability of a hotel chain to fulfill any obligations to operators of its hotel business, limited alternative uses for the building, changing consumer habits, condemnation or uninsured losses, changing demographics, changing traffic patterns, inability to remodel outmoded buildings as required by the franchise or lease agreement and other factors beyond the Company’s control may reduce operating results and the value of properties that the Company owns. Additionally, these items, among others, may reduce the availability of capital to the Company. As a result, cash available to make distributions to shareholders may be affected.

Current General Economic Environment in the Lodging Industry

The United States continues to be in a post-recessionary low-growth environment, which has experienced historically high levels of unemployment. Uncertainty over the depth and duration of this economic environment continues to have a negative impact on the lodging industry. There is some general consensus among economists that the economy in the United States emerged from a recessionary environment in 2009, but high unemployment levels and sluggish business and consumer travel trends were evident in both 2010 and 2011. As a result, the Company and the industry continue to experience reduced revenue as compared to pre-recessionary periods. Accordingly, the Company’s financial results have been impacted by the economic environment, and future financial results and growth could be further harmed until a more expansive national economic environment is prevalent. A weaker than anticipated economic recovery, or a return to a recessionary national economic environment, could result in low or decreased levels of business and consumer travel, negatively impacting the lodging industry. Such an economic outcome could also negatively impact the Company’s future growth prospects and results of operations.

Hospitality Industry

The success of the Company’s properties will depend largely on the property operators’ ability to adapt to dominant trends in the hotel industry as well as greater competitive pressures, increased consolidation, industry overbuilding, dependence on consumer spending patterns and changing demographics, the introduction of new concepts and products, availability of labor, price levels and general economic conditions. The success of a particular hotel brand, the ability of a hotel brand to fulfill any obligations to operators of its business, and trends in the hotel industry may affect the Company’s income and the funds it has available to distribute to shareholders.

The hospitality industry could also experience a significant decline in occupancy and average daily rates due to a reduction in both business and leisure travel. General economic conditions, increased fuel costs, natural disasters and terrorist attacks are a few factors that could affect an individual’s willingness to travel. The Company’s property insurance will typically cover losses for property damage due to terrorist attacks or natural disasters (subject to policy deductibles). However, the Company is not insured against the potential negative effect a terrorist attack or natural disaster would have on the hospitality industry as a whole.

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Seasonality

The hotel industry is seasonal in nature. Generally, occupancy rates and hotel revenues are greater in the second and third quarters than in the first and fourth quarters. As a result, there may be quarterly fluctuations in results of operations and the Company may need to enter into short-term borrowing in certain periods in order to offset these fluctuations in revenues and to make distributions to shareholders.

Franchise Agreements

The Company’s wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiaries (or subsidiaries thereof), operate all of the properties pursuant to franchise or license agreements with nationally recognized hotel brands. These franchise agreements contain specific standards for, and restrictions and limitations on, the operation and maintenance of the Company’s properties in order to maintain uniformity within the franchisor system. These standards could potentially conflict with the Company’s ability to create specific business plans tailored to each property and to each market.

Competition

The hotel industry is highly competitive. Each of the Company’s hotels is located in a developed area that includes other hotels and competes for guests primarily with other hotels in the Company’s immediate vicinity and secondarily with other hotels in the Company’s geographic market. An increase in the number of competitive hotels in a particular area could have a material adverse effect on the occupancy, average daily rate and revenue per available room of the Company’s hotels in that area.

Significant Tenant

Although the Company currently has a contract for the sale of the land discussed herein, there can be no assurances that the sale will be completed. If the sale is not completed, the Company will be subject to the risks discussed below. The Company has approximately 406 acres of land and improvements located on 110 sites in the Ft. Worth, Texas area that are leased to one tenant under a long term lease. The leased real estate is being used by the tenant for natural gas production and is subject to a 40 year initial lease. The purchase price for the land and improvements was approximately $145 million. The rental income generated from the leased properties represents approximately 6% of the Company’s total revenue. If the tenant does not perform under the lease, the Company would be subject to market conditions at the time of default. Therefore the return on the investment in the real estate could be less than if the tenant performs under the lease.

Transferability of Shares

There is and will be no public trading market for the common shares and the Series A preferred shares for an indefinite period of time, if ever. Therefore, the Units are and will be highly illiquid and very difficult to trade. In addition, there are restrictions on the transfer of the common shares. In order to qualify as a REIT, the shares must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons and no more than 50% of the value of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares may be owned directly or indirectly by five or fewer individuals. Therefore, the Company’s bylaws provide that no person may own more than 9.8% of the issued and outstanding Units. Any purported transfer of the Company’s shares that would result in a violation of either of these limits will be declared null and void.

Qualification as a REIT

The rules governing a REIT are highly technical and complex. They require ongoing compliance with and interpretation of a variety of tests and regulations that depend on, among other things, future operations. While the Company expects to satisfy these tests, it cannot ensure it will qualify as a REIT for any particular year. There is also the risk that the applicable laws governing a REIT could be changed, which could adversely affect the Company and its shareholders.

Distributions to Shareholders

If the Company’s properties do not generate sufficient revenue to meet operating expenses, the Company’s cash flow and the Company’s ability to make distributions to shareholders may be adversely affected. The Company is subject to all operating risks common to hotels. These risks might adversely affect occupancy or room rates. Increases in operating costs due to inflation and other factors may not necessarily be offset by

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increased room rates. The local, regional and national hotel markets may limit the extent to which room rates may be increased to meet increased operating expenses without decreasing occupancy rates. While the Company intends to make monthly distributions to shareholders, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to make distributions at any particular time or rate, or at all. Further, there is no assurance that a distribution rate achieved for a particular period will be maintained in the future. Also, while management may establish goals as to particular rates of distribution or have an intention to make distributions at a particular rate, there can be no assurance that such goals or intentions will be realized.

The Company’s objective in setting a distribution rate is to project a rate that will provide consistency over the life of the Company, taking into account acquisitions and capital improvements, ramp up of new properties and varying economic cycles. The Company anticipates that it may need to utilize debt, offering proceeds and cash from operations to meet this objective. The Company evaluates the distribution rate on an ongoing basis and may make changes at any time if the Company feels the rate is not appropriate based on available cash resources.

While the Company generally seeks to make distributions from its operating cash flows, distributions may be made (although there is no obligation to do so) in certain circumstances in part from financing proceeds or other sources, such as proceeds from the offering of Units. While distributions from such sources would result in the shareholder receiving cash, the consequences to the shareholders would differ from a distribution from the Company’s operating cash flows. For example, if financing is the source of a distribution, that financing would have to be repaid, and if proceeds from the offering of Units are distributed, those proceeds would not then be available for other uses (such as property acquisitions or improvements).

Financing Risks

Although the Company anticipates maintaining relatively low levels of debt, it may periodically use short-term financing to acquire properties, complete planned project developments, perform renovations to its properties, make shareholder distributions or planned Unit redemptions in periods of fluctuating income from its properties. The debt markets have been volatile and subject to increased regulation, and as a result, the Company may not be able to use debt to meet its cash requirements.

Securities Class Action Lawsuits and Governmental Regulatory Oversight Risks

As a result of regulatory inquiries or other regulatory actions, or as a result of being publicly held, the Company may become subject to lawsuits. The Company is currently subject to one securities class action lawsuit and other suits may be filed against the Company in the future. Due to the preliminary status of the lawsuit and uncertainties related to litigation, the Company is unable at this time to evaluate the likelihood of either a favorable or unfavorable outcome or to estimate the range of potential exposure. If the outcome is unfavorable, the Company may be required to pay damages and/or change its business practices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The ability of the Company to access capital markets, including commercial debt markets, could be negatively impacted by unfavorable, or the possibility of unfavorable, outcomes to lawsuits or adverse regulatory actions.

The Company has been and may continue to be subject to regulatory inquiries, which have resulted in and which could continue to result in costs and personnel time commitment to respond. It may also be subject to action by governing regulatory agencies, as a result of its activities, which could result in costs to respond and fines or changes in the Company’s business practices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources, and cash flows of the Company.

Technology is used in operations, and any material failure, inadequacy, interruption or security failure of that technology could harm the business.

The Company and its hotel managers and franchisors rely on information technology networks and systems, including the Internet, to process, transmit and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes, including financial transactions and records, personal identifying information, reservations, billing and operating data. Some of the information technology is purchased from vendors, on whom the systems depend. The Company and its hotel managers and franchisors rely on commercially available and internally developed systems, software, tools and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission and storage of confidential operator and other customer information, such as individually

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identifiable information, including information relating to financial accounts. Although the Company and its hotel managers and franchisors have taken steps necessary to protect the security of their information systems and the data maintained in those systems, it is possible that the safety and security measures taken will not be able to prevent the systems’ improper functioning or damage, or the improper access or disclosure of personally identifiable information such as in the event of cyber attacks. Security breaches, including physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, attacks by hackers and similar breaches, can create system disruptions, shutdowns or unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. Any failure to maintain proper function, security and availability of information systems could interrupt operations, damage reputation, subject us to liability claims or regulatory penalties and could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Not applicable.

Item 2. Properties

As of December 31, 2011, the Company owned 88 hotels located in 27 states with an aggregate of 11,252 rooms, consisting of the following:

The following table includes the location of each hotel, the date of construction, the date acquired, encumbrances (if any), initial acquisition cost, gross carrying value and the number of rooms of each hotel.

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REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION⁽¹⁾
As of December 31, 2011
(dollars in thousands)