Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2022 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2022

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM _______ TO _______

Commission File Number 001-37389

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Virginia		26-1379210
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

814 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia		23219
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(804) 344-8121

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares, no par value		APLE		New York Stock Exchange

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 ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

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

Large accelerated filer ☒	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☐	Smaller reporting company ☐	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) 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 ☒

Number of registrant’s common shares outstanding as of May 2, 2022: 228,888,561

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Form 10-Q

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

	Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3

		Consolidated Balance Sheets – March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021	3

		Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) – three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	4

		Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity – three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	5

		Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021	6

		Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	7

	Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	20

	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	36

	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	36

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	37

	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	37

	Item 6.	Exhibits	38

Signatures			39

This Form 10-Q includes references to certain trademarks or service marks. The AC Hotels by Marriott®, Aloft Hotels®, Courtyard by Marriott®, Fairfield by Marriott®, Marriott® Hotels, Residence Inn by Marriott®, SpringHill Suites by Marriott® and TownePlace Suites by Marriott® trademarks are the property of Marriott International, Inc. or one of its affiliates. The Embassy Suites by Hilton®, Hampton by Hilton®, Hilton Garden Inn®, Home2 Suites by Hilton® and Homewood Suites by Hilton® trademarks are the property of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. or one or more of its affiliates. The Hyatt®, Hyatt House® and Hyatt Place® trademarks are the property of Hyatt Hotels Corporation 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. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share data)

	March 31,			December 31,
	2022			2021
	(unaudited)
Assets
Investment in real estate, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $1,356,580 and $1,311,262, respectively	$	4,640,018		$	4,677,185
Cash and cash equivalents		636			3,282
Restricted cash-furniture, fixtures and other escrows		40,568			36,667
Due from third party managers, net		60,560			40,052
Other assets, net		49,335			33,341
Total Assets	$	4,791,117		$	4,790,527

Liabilities
Debt, net	$	1,433,213		$	1,438,758
Finance lease liabilities		111,848			111,776
Accounts payable and other liabilities		66,949			92,672
Total Liabilities		1,612,010			1,643,206

Shareholders' Equity
Preferred stock, authorized 30,000,000 shares; none issued and outstanding		-			-
Common stock, no par value, authorized 800,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 228,888,561 and 228,255,642 shares, respectively		4,578,758			4,569,352
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		11,711			(15,508	)
Distributions greater than net income		(1,411,362	)		(1,406,523	)
Total Shareholders' Equity		3,179,107			3,147,321

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$	4,791,117		$	4,790,527

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2022			2021
Revenues:
Room	$	237,976		$	148,481
Food and beverage		8,464			2,783
Other		14,038			7,449
Total revenue		260,478			158,713

Expenses:
Hotel operating expense:
Operating		64,331			38,150
Hotel administrative		23,842			17,744
Sales and marketing		22,469			14,888
Utilities		10,290			10,560
Repair and maintenance		13,028			10,225
Franchise fees		11,266			6,919
Management fees		8,776			5,254
Total hotel operating expense		154,002			103,740
Property taxes, insurance and other		18,679			19,688
General and administrative		9,638			8,119
Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets		-			10,754
Depreciation and amortization		45,324			48,710
Total expense		227,643			191,011

Gain on sale of real estate		-			4,484

Operating income (loss)		32,835			(27,814	)

Interest and other expense, net		(14,654	)		(18,513	)

Income (loss) before income taxes		18,181			(46,327	)

Income tax expense		(179	)		(108	)

Net income (loss)	$	18,002		$	(46,435	)

Other comprehensive income:
Interest rate derivatives		27,219			16,082

Comprehensive income (loss)	$	45,221		$	(30,353	)

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share	$	0.08		$	(0.21	)

Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted		228,986			223,733

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 and 2021

(Unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share data)

	Common Stock					Accumulated Other			Distributions
	Number of Shares		Amount			Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Greater Than Net Income			Total
Balance at December 31, 2021		228,256	$	4,569,352		$	(15,508	)	$	(1,406,523	)	$	3,147,321
Share based compensation, net		633		9,592			-			-			9,592
Equity issuance costs		-		(186	)		-			-			(186	)
Interest rate derivatives		-		-			27,219			-			27,219
Net income		-		-			-			18,002			18,002
Distributions declared to shareholders ($0.10 per share)		-		-			-			(22,841	)		(22,841	)
Balance at March 31, 2022		228,889	$	4,578,758		$	11,711		$	(1,411,362	)	$	3,179,107

Balance at December 31, 2020		223,212	$	4,488,419		$	(42,802	)	$	(1,416,270	)	$	3,029,347
Share based compensation, net		444		5,004			-			-			5,004
Equity issuance costs		-		(1	)		-			-			(1	)
Interest rate derivatives		-		-			16,082			-			16,082
Net loss		-		-			-			(46,435	)		(46,435	)
Distributions declared to shareholders ($0.01 per share)		-		-			-			(2,232	)		(2,232	)
Balance at March 31, 2021		223,656	$	4,493,422		$	(26,720	)	$	(1,464,937	)	$	3,001,765

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(in thousands)

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2022			2021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$	18,002		$	(46,435	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		45,324			48,710
Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets		-			10,754
Gain on sale of real estate		-			(4,484	)
Other non-cash expenses, net		2,174			2,684
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in due from third party managers, net		(20,508	)		(16,628	)
Decrease (increase) in other assets, net		(3,308	)		1,029
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities		(2,621	)		2,256
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		39,063			(2,114	)

Cash flows from investing activities:
Acquisition of hotel properties, net		-			(49,369	)
Capital improvements		(13,586	)		(2,506	)
Net proceeds from sale of real estate		-			17,587
Net cash used in investing activities		(13,586	)		(34,288	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
Repurchases of common shares to satisfy employee withholding requirements		(4,415	)		(1,650	)
Distributions paid to common shareholders		(13,701	)		-
Equity issuance costs		(23	)		(1	)
Net proceeds from revolving credit facility		500			44,100
Payments of mortgage debt and other loans		(6,556	)		(3,018	)
Principal payments on finance leases		(27	)		-
Financing costs		-			(1,472	)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		(24,222	)		37,959

Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		1,255			1,557

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		39,949			34,368

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	41,204		$	35,925

Supplemental cash flow information:
Interest paid	$	13,849		$	18,062

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:
Accrued distribution to common shareholders	$	11,420		$	2,232

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	$	3,282		$	5,556
Restricted cash-furniture, fixtures and other escrows, beginning of period		36,667			28,812
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period	$	39,949		$	34,368

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	636		$	5,776
Restricted cash-furniture, fixtures and other escrows, end of period		40,568			30,149
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	41,204		$	35,925

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1. Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., formed in November 2007 as a Virginia corporation, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company”), is a self-advised real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that invests in income-producing real estate, primarily in the lodging sector, in the United States (“U.S.”). The Company’s fiscal year end is December 31. The Company has no foreign operations or assets, and its operating structure includes only one reportable segment. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Although the Company has interests in potential variable interest entities through its purchase commitments, it is not the primary beneficiary as the Company does not have any elements of power in the decision-making process of these entities, and therefore does not consolidate the entities. As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned 219 hotels with an aggregate of 28,747 rooms located in 36 states. The Company’s common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “APLE.”

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “2021 Form 10-K”). Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the twelve-month period ending December 31, 2022.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”) and the impact it has had on travel and the broader economy throughout the U.S. since March 2020, the Company’s hotels have experienced significant declines in occupancy, which have had and may continue to have a negative effect on the Company’s revenue and operating results. While occupancy recovered significantly during 2021 and the first three months of 2022, there remains significant uncertainty as to when operations at the hotels will return to pre-pandemic levels.

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed based upon the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net income (loss) per common share is calculated after giving effect to all potential common shares that were dilutive and outstanding for the period. Basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share were the same for each of the periods presented.

Accounting Standards Recently Adopted

Reference Rate Reform

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), which provides optional guidance through December 31, 2022 to ease the potential burden in accounting for, or recognizing the effects of, reference rate reform on financial reporting. In January 2021, the FASB issued 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), Scope, which further clarified the scope of the reference rate reform optional practical expedients and exceptions outlined in Topic 848. The amendments in ASU Nos. 2020-04 and 2021-01 apply to contract modifications that replace a reference rate affected by reference rate reform, providing optional expedients regarding the measurement of hedge effectiveness in hedging relationships that have been modified to replace a reference rate. The guidance in ASU Nos. 2020-04 and 2021-01 became effective upon issuance and the provisions of the ASUs have not had a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures as of March 31, 2022. The provisions of these updates will generally affect the Company by allowing, among other things, the following:

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Modifications of the Company’s unsecured credit facilities (as defined below) to replace the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) with a substitute index to be accounted for as a non-substantial modification and not be considered a debt extinguishment.

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Changes to the floating interest rate index used in the Company’s interest rate swaps to not be considered a change to the critical terms of the hedge and therefore not requiring a dedesignation of the hedging relationship.

The Company’s unsecured credit facilities and interest rate swap agreements have provisions in place regarding the selection of replacement reference rates upon the discontinuance of LIBOR, and the Company anticipates that it may enter into amendments to clarify the replacement reference rates in the future.

Accounting for Certain Equity Options

In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-04, Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options (Topics 260, 470, 718 and 815), which provides updated guidance to clarify and reduce diversity in an issuer’s accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options that remain equity classified after modification or exchange. The provisions of this update are effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The adoption of this update is not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Accounting for Funds Received as Government Assistance

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832) to increase the transparency of government assistance disclosures including the disclosure of (1) the types of assistance, (2) an entity’s accounting for the assistance, and (3) the effect of the assistance on an entity’s financial statements. The provisions of this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The adoption of this update is not expected to be material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

2. Investment in Real Estate

The Company’s investment in real estate consisted of the following (in thousands):

	March 31,			December 31,
	2022			2021
Land	$	794,901		$	794,899
Building and improvements		4,588,934			4,584,829
Furniture, fixtures and equipment		492,313			488,773
Finance ground lease assets		102,084			102,084
Franchise fees		18,366			17,862
		5,996,598			5,988,447
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,356,580	)		(1,311,262	)
Investment in real estate, net	$	4,640,018		$	4,677,185

As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned 219 hotels with an aggregate of 28,747 rooms located in 36 states.

The Company leases all of its hotels to its wholly-owned taxable REIT subsidiary (or a subsidiary thereof) under master hotel lease agreements.

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Hotel Acquisitions

There were no acquisitions during the three months ended March 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company acquired eight hotels, including one hotel during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The following table sets forth the location, brand, manager, date acquired, number of rooms and gross purchase price, excluding transaction costs, for each hotel. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

City

State

Brand

Manager

Date

Acquired

Rooms

Gross

Purchase

Price

Madison

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

2/18/2021

176

49,599

Portland

AC Hotels

Crestline

8/20/2021

178

66,750

Greenville

Hyatt Place

Crestline

9/1/2021

130

30,000

Portland

Aloft

Crestline

9/10/2021

157

51,150

Memphis

Hilton Garden Inn

Crestline

10/28/2021

150

38,000

Fort Worth

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

11/17/2021

157

29,500

Fort Worth

Homewood Suites

Raymond

11/17/2021

112

21,500

Portland

Hampton

Raymond

11/17/2021

243

75,000

1,303

361,499

In 2021, the Company used borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) to purchase the Madison, Wisconsin and Memphis, Tennessee hotels, used available cash to purchase the Portland, Maine and Greenville, South Carolina hotels and used a mix of available cash and borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility to purchase the Fort Worth, Texas and Portland, Oregon hotels. The acquisitions of these hotel properties were accounted for as acquisitions of asset groups, whereby costs incurred to effect the acquisitions (which were not significant) were capitalized as part of the cost of the assets acquired. For the one hotel acquired during the three months ended March 31, 2021, the amount of revenue and operating loss included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations from the date of acquisition through March 31, 2021 was approximately $0.1 million and $(0.5) million, respectively.

Seattle Land Acquisition

On August 16, 2021, the Company purchased the fee interest in the land at the Seattle, Washington Residence Inn, previously held under a finance ground lease. The Company utilized $24.0 million of its available cash and entered into a one-year note payable to the seller for $56.0 million to fund the purchase price of $80.0 million. The note payable bears interest, which is payable monthly, at a fixed annual rate of 4.0%. The land purchase was accounted for as a retirement of the finance lease, with the difference of $16.6 million between the carrying amount of the net right-of-use asset of $94.5 million and the finance lease liability of $111.1 million applied as an adjustment to the carrying amount of the acquired land.

Hotel Purchase Contract Commitments

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had one outstanding contract, which was entered into during 2021, for the potential purchase of a hotel in Madison, Wisconsin for an expected purchase price of approximately $78.6 million. The hotel is currently under development and is expected to be completed and opened for business in early 2024, as a 260-room Embassy Suites. As of March 31, 2022, a $0.9 million contract deposit (refundable if the seller does not meet its obligations under the contract) had been paid. Although the Company is working towards acquiring this hotel, there are a number of conditions to closing that have not yet been satisfied and there can be no assurances that closing on this hotel will occur under the outstanding purchase contract. The Company plans to utilize its available cash or borrowings under its unsecured credit facilities available at closing to purchase the hotel under contract if closing occurs.

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3. Dispositions

There were no dispositions during the three months ended March 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold 23 hotels in four separate transactions with unrelated parties for a total combined gross sales price of approximately $234.6 million, resulting in a combined net gain on sale, after giving effect to impairment charges discussed below, of approximately $3.6 million, net of transaction costs, which is included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. The 23 hotels had a total carrying value of approximately $227.2 million at the time of sale. The following table lists the 23 hotels sold:

City	State	Brand	Date Sold	Rooms
Charlotte	NC	Homewood Suites	2/25/2021		118
Memphis	TN	Homewood Suites	3/16/2021		140
Overland Park	KS	SpringHill Suites	4/30/2021		102
Montgomery	AL	Hilton Garden Inn	7/22/2021		97
Montgomery	AL	Homewood Suites	7/22/2021		91
Rogers	AR	Residence Inn	7/22/2021		88
Phoenix	AZ	Courtyard	7/22/2021		127
Lakeland	FL	Courtyard	7/22/2021		78
Albany	GA	Fairfield	7/22/2021		87
Schaumburg	IL	Hilton Garden Inn	7/22/2021		166
Andover	MA	SpringHill Suites	7/22/2021		136
Fayetteville	NC	Residence Inn	7/22/2021		92
Greenville	SC	Residence Inn	7/22/2021		78
Jackson	TN	Hampton	7/22/2021		85
Johnson City	TN	Courtyard	7/22/2021		90
Allen	TX	Hampton	7/22/2021		103
Allen	TX	Hilton Garden Inn	7/22/2021		150
Beaumont	TX	Residence Inn	7/22/2021		133
Burleson/Fort Worth	TX	Hampton	7/22/2021		88
El Paso	TX	Hilton Garden Inn	7/22/2021		145
Irving	TX	Homewood Suites	7/22/2021		77
Richmond	VA	SpringHill Suites	7/22/2021		103
Vancouver	WA	SpringHill Suites	7/22/2021		119
Total					2,493

Excluding gains on sale of real estate, the Company’s consolidated statements of operations include operating loss of approximately $(11.1) million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, relating to the results of operations of the 23 hotels sold in 2021 noted above for the period of ownership. The sale of these properties does not represent a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results, and therefore the operating results for the period of ownership of these properties are included in income from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The net proceeds from the sales were used to pay down borrowings under the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions of hotel properties.

Loss on Impairment of Depreciable Real Estate Assets

During the first quarter of 2021, the Company identified 20 hotels for potential sale and, in April 2021, entered into a purchase contract with an unrelated party for the sale of the hotels for a gross sales price of $211.0 million. As a result, the Company recognized impairment losses totaling approximately $9.4 million in the first quarter of 2021, to adjust the carrying values of four of these hotels to their estimated fair values. The fair values of these properties were based on broker opinions of value using multiple methods to determine their value, including but not limited to replacement value, discounted cash flows and the income approach based on historical and forecasted operating results of the specific properties. These valuations are Level 3 inputs under the fair value hierarchy. The Company completed the sale of the hotels in July 2021.

Additionally, during the first quarter of 2021, the Company identified the Overland Park, Kansas SpringHill Suites for potential sale and, in February 2021, entered into a purchase contract with an unrelated party for the sale of the hotel for a gross sales price of $5.3 million. As a result, the Company recognized an impairment loss totaling approximately $1.3 million in the first quarter of 2021, to adjust the carrying value of the hotel to its estimated fair value less cost to sell, which was based on the contracted sales price, a Level 1 input under the fair value hierarchy. The Company completed the sale of the hotel in April 2021.

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4. Debt

Summary

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company’s debt consisted of the following (in thousands):

	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Revolving credit facility	$	76,500	$	76,000
Term loans and senior notes, net		865,672		865,189
Mortgage debt, net		491,041		497,569
Debt, net	$	1,433,213	$	1,438,758

The aggregate amounts of principal payable under the Company’s total debt obligations as of March 31, 2022 (including the Revolving Credit Facility, term loans, senior notes and mortgage debt), for each of the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

2022 (April - December)	$	238,774
2023		296,214
2024		338,597
2025		245,140
2026		74,649
Thereafter		244,616
		1,437,990
Unamortized fair value adjustment of assumed debt		950
Unamortized debt issuance costs		(5,727	)
Total	$	1,433,213

The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate risk on a portion of its variable-rate debt. Throughout the terms of these interest rate swaps, the Company pays a fixed rate of interest and receives a floating rate of interest equal to the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate for a one-month term (“one-month LIBOR”). The swaps are designed to effectively fix the interest payments on variable-rate debt instruments. See Note 5 for more information on the interest rate swap agreements. The Company’s total fixed-rate and variable-rate debt, after giving effect to its interest rate swaps in effect at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, is set forth below. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

	March 31, 2022			Percentage			December 31, 2021			Percentage
Fixed-rate debt ⁽¹⁾	$	1,311,490			91	%	$	1,318,046			91	%
Variable-rate debt		126,500			9	%		126,000			9	%
Total	$	1,437,990					$	1,444,046
Weighted-average interest rate of debt		3.46	%					3.38	%

(1)	Fixed-rate debt includes the portion of variable-rate debt where the interest payments have been effectively fixed by interest rate swaps as of the respective balance sheet date. See Note 5 for more information on the interest rate swap agreements.

Credit Facilities

$850 Million Credit Facility

The Company utilizes an unsecured “$850 million credit facility” comprised of (i) a $425 million revolving credit facility with an initial maturity date of July 27, 2022 (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and (ii) a $425 million term loan facility consisting of two term loans: a $200 million term loan with a maturity date of July 27, 2023, and a $225 million term loan with a maturity date of January 31, 2024, both funded in July 2018. Subject to certain conditions including covenant compliance and additional fees, the Revolving Credit Facility maturity date may be extended up to one year if certain criteria are met at the time of extension. The Company may make voluntary prepayments in whole or in part, at any time. Interest payments on the $850 million credit facility are due monthly and the interest rate, subject to certain exceptions, is equal to an annual rate of the one-month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.35% to 2.25%, depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio, as calculated under the terms of the credit agreement. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had availability of $348.5 million under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Company is also required to pay quarterly an unused facility fee at an annual rate of 0.20% or 0.25% on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, based on the amount of borrowings outstanding during the quarter.

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$225 Million Term Loan Facility

The Company also has an unsecured $225 million term loan facility that is comprised of (i) a $50 million term loan with a maturity date of August 2, 2023, which was funded on August 2, 2018, and (ii) a $175 million term loan with a maturity date of August 2, 2025, of which $100 million was funded on August 2, 2018 and the remaining $75 million was funded on January 29, 2019. The credit agreement contains requirements and covenants similar to the Company’s $850 million credit facility. The Company may make voluntary prepayments in whole or in part, at any time, subject to certain conditions. Interest payments on the $225 million term loan facility are due monthly and the interest rate, subject to certain exceptions, is equal to an annual rate of the one-month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.35% to 2.50%, depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio, as calculated under the terms of the credit agreement.

2017 $85 Million Term Loan Facility

On July 25, 2017, the Company entered into an unsecured $85 million term loan facility with a maturity date of July 25, 2024, consisting of one term loan that was funded at closing (the “2017 $85 million term loan facility”). The credit agreement, as amended and restated in August 2018, contains requirements and covenants similar to the Company’s $850 million credit facility. The Company may make voluntary prepayments in whole or in part, at any time, subject to certain conditions. Interest payments on the 2017 $85 million term loan facility are due monthly, and the interest rate, subject to certain exceptions, is equal to an annual rate of the one-month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.30% to 2.10%, depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio, as calculated under the terms of the credit agreement, for the remainder of the term.

2019 $85 Million Term Loan Facility

On December 31, 2019, the Company entered into an unsecured $85 million term loan facility with a maturity date of December 31, 2029, consisting of one term loan funded at closing (the “2019 $85 million term loan facility”). Net proceeds from the 2019 $85 million term loan facility were used to pay down borrowings under the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility. The credit agreement contains requirements and covenants similar to the Company’s $850 million credit facility. The Company may make voluntary prepayments in whole or in part, subject to certain conditions. Interest payments on the 2019 $85 million term loan facility are due monthly and the interest rate, subject to certain exceptions, is equal to an annual rate of the one-month LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.70% to 2.55%, depending upon the Company’s leverage ratio, as calculated under the terms of the credit agreement.

$50 Million Senior Notes Facility

On March 16, 2020, the Company entered into an unsecured $50 million senior notes facility with a maturity date of March 31, 2030, consisting of senior notes totaling $50 million funded at closing (the “$50 million senior notes facility” and, collectively with the $850 million credit facility, the $225 million term loan facility, the 2017 $85 million term loan facility and the 2019 $85 million term loan facility, the “unsecured credit facilities”). Net proceeds from the $50 million senior notes facility were available to provide funding for general corporate purposes. The note agreement contains requirements and covenants similar to the Company’s $850 million credit facility. The Company may make voluntary prepayments in whole or in part, at any time, subject to certain conditions, including make-whole provisions. Interest payments on the $50 million senior notes facility are due quarterly and the interest rate, subject to certain exceptions, ranges from an annual rate of 3.60% to 4.35% depending on the Company’s leverage ratio, as calculated under the terms of the facility.

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As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the details of the Company’s unsecured credit facilities were as set forth below. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

			Outstanding Balance
	Interest Rate ⁽¹⁾	Maturity Date	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
Revolving credit facility ⁽²⁾	LIBOR + 1.40% - 2.25%	7/27/2022 ⁽⁴⁾	$	76,500		$	76,000

Term loans and senior notes
$200 million term loan	LIBOR + 1.35% - 2.20%	7/27/2023		200,000			200,000
$225 million term loan	LIBOR + 1.35% - 2.20%	1/31/2024		225,000			225,000
$50 million term loan	LIBOR + 1.35% - 2.20%	8/2/2023		50,000			50,000
$175 million term loan	LIBOR + 1.65% - 2.50%	8/2/2025		175,000			175,000
2017 $85 million term loan	LIBOR + 1.30% - 2.10%	7/25/2024		85,000			85,000
2019 $85 million term loan	LIBOR + 1.70% - 2.55%	12/31/2029		85,000			85,000
$50 million senior notes	3.60% - 4.35%	3/31/2030		50,000			50,000
Term loans and senior notes at stated value				870,000			870,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs				(4,328	)		(4,811	)
Term loans and senior notes, net				865,672			865,189

Credit facilities, net ⁽²⁾			$	942,172		$	941,189
Weighted-average interest rate ⁽³⁾				3.10	%		2.97	%

(1)	Interest rates on all of the unsecured credit facilities increased to 0.15% above the highest rate shown for each loan during the Extended Covenant Waiver Period (as defined below) from March 1, 2021 through July 28, 2021.

(2)	Excludes unamortized debt issuance costs related to the Revolving Credit Facility totaling approximately $0.6 million and $1.0 million as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, which are included in other assets, net in the Company's consolidated balance sheets.

(3)

Interest rate represents the weighted-average effective annual interest rate at the balance sheet date which includes the effect of interest rate swaps in effect on $770.0 million of the outstanding variable-rate debt as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. See Note 5 for more information on the interest rate swap agreements. The one-month LIBOR at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 was 0.45% and 0.10%, respectively.

(4)	Subject to certain conditions including covenant compliance and additional fees, the Revolving Credit Facility maturity date may be extended up to one year, to July 27, 2023, if certain criteria are met at the time of extension.

Credit Facilities Covenants and Amendments

The credit agreements governing the unsecured credit facilities (collectively, the “credit agreements”), contain mandatory prepayment requirements, customary affirmative and negative covenants, restrictions on certain investments and events of default. The credit agreements contain the following financial and restrictive covenants:

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A ratio of Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Consolidated EBITDA (“Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio”) of not more than 6.50 to 1.00 (subject to a higher amount in certain circumstances);

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A ratio of Consolidated Secured Indebtedness to Consolidated Total Assets of not more than 45%;

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A minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of approximately $3.2 billion plus an amount equal to 75% of the Net Cash Proceeds from issuances and sales of Equity Interests occurring after the Closing Date, July 27, 2018, subject to adjustment;

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A ratio of Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges ("Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio") of not less than 1.50 to 1.00 for the trailing four full quarters;

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A ratio of Unencumbered Adjusted NOI to Consolidated Implied Interest Expense for Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness ("Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio") of not less than 2.00 to 1.00 for the trailing four full quarters;

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A ratio of Consolidated Unsecured Indebtedness to Unencumbered Asset Value (“Maximum Unsecured Leverage Ratio”) of not more than 60% (subject to a higher level in certain circumstances); and

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A ratio of Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness to Consolidated Total Assets of not more than 10%.

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As a result of COVID-19 and the associated disruption to the Company’s operating results, the Company entered into amendments in June 2020 that suspended the testing of the Company’s existing financial maintenance covenants under the unsecured credit facilities. These amendments imposed certain restrictions regarding the Company’s investing and financing activities that were applicable during a specified waiver period, including, but not limited to, limitations on the acquisition of property, payment of distributions to shareholders (except to the extent required to maintain REIT status), capital expenditures and use of proceeds from the sale of property or common shares of the Company, that applied during such testing suspension period. On March 1, 2021, as a result of the continued disruption from COVID-19 and the related uncertainty with respect to the Company’s future operating results, the Company entered into further amendments to each of the unsecured credit facilities (the “March 2021 amendments”) to extend the covenant waiver period for all but two of the Company’s existing financial maintenance covenants until the date that the compliance certificate was required to be delivered for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022 (unless the Company elected an earlier date) (the “Extended Covenant Waiver Period”). The testing for the Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio was suspended until the compliance certificate was required to be delivered for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022 (unless the Company elected an earlier date). The March 2021 amendments provided for continued restrictions on the Company’s ability to make cash distributions, except for the payment of cash dividends of $0.01 per common share per quarter or to the extent required to maintain REIT status.

In addition to the modifications and restrictions imposed during the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, the March 2021 amendments modified the calculation of the existing financial covenants for the first three quarterly calculations subsequent to the end of the Extended Covenant Waiver Period to annualize calculated amounts based on the period beginning with the first fiscal quarter upon exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period through the most recently ended fiscal quarter, and provided for an increase in the LIBOR floor under the Revolving Credit Facility from 0 to 25 basis points for Eurodollar Rate Loans (as defined in the credit agreements) and established a Base Rate (as defined in the credit agreements) floor of 1.25% on the Revolving Credit Facility.

The March 2021 amendments also modified certain of the existing financial maintenance covenants to less restrictive levels upon exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period as follows (capitalized terms are defined in the amended credit agreements):

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Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio of 8.50 to 1.00 for the first two fiscal quarters, 8.00 to 1.00 for two fiscal quarters, 7.50 to 1.00 for one fiscal quarter and then a ratio of 6.50 to 1.00 thereafter;

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Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.05 to 1.00 for the first fiscal quarter, 1.25 to 1.00 for one fiscal quarter and then a ratio of 1.50 to 1.00 thereafter;

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Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio of no less than 1.25 to 1.00 for one fiscal quarter, 1.50 to 1.00 for one fiscal quarter, 1.75 to 1.00 for one fiscal quarter and a ratio of 2.00 to 1.00 thereafter; and

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Maximum Unsecured Leverage Ratio of 65% for two fiscal quarters and 60% thereafter.

Except as otherwise set forth in the amendments described above, the terms of the credit agreements remain in effect.

In July 2021, the Company notified its lenders under its unsecured credit facilities that it had elected to exit the Extended Covenant Waiver Period effective on July 29, 2021 pursuant to the terms of each of its unsecured credit facilities. Upon exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, the Company is no longer subject to the restrictions described above regarding its investing and financing activities that were applicable during the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, including, but not limited to, limitations on the acquisition of property, payment of distributions to shareholders (except to the extent required to maintain REIT status), capital expenditures and use of proceeds from the sale of property or common shares of the Company. Those restrictions, including the restriction on payment of distributions to shareholders, were still in place throughout the second quarter of 2021.

Mortgage Debt

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had approximately $491.5 million in outstanding mortgage debt secured by 28 properties with maturity dates ranging from August 2022 to May 2038, stated interest rates ranging from 3.40% to 5.00% and effective interest rates ranging from 3.40% to 4.97%. The loans generally provide for monthly payments of principal and interest on an amortized basis and defeasance or prepayment penalties if prepaid. The following table sets forth the hotel properties securing each loan, the interest rate, loan assumption or origination date, maturity date, the principal amount assumed or originated, and the outstanding balance prior to any fair value adjustments or debt issuance costs as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 for each of the Company’s mortgage debt obligations. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

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Location	Brand	Interest Rate ⁽¹⁾			Loan Assumption or Origination Date	Maturity Date	Principal Assumed or Originated		Outstanding balance as of March 31, 2022			Outstanding balance as of December 31, 2021
Seattle, WA	⁽²⁾		4.00	%	8/16/2021	8/16/2022	$	56,000	$	56,000		$	56,000
Grapevine, TX	Hilton Garden Inn		4.89	%	8/29/2012	9/1/2022		11,810		8,980			9,075
Collegeville/Philadelphia, PA	Courtyard		4.89	%	8/30/2012	9/1/2022		12,650		9,619			9,720
Hattiesburg, MS	Courtyard		5.00	%	3/1/2014	9/1/2022		5,732		4,503			4,550
Kirkland, WA	Courtyard		5.00	%	3/1/2014	9/1/2022		12,145		9,541			9,640
Rancho Bernardo/San Diego, CA	Courtyard		5.00	%	3/1/2014	9/1/2022		15,060		11,831			11,954
Seattle, WA	Residence Inn		4.96	%	3/1/2014	9/1/2022		28,269		22,181			22,412
Anchorage, AK	Embassy Suites		4.97	%	9/13/2012	10/1/2022		23,230		17,776			17,959
Somerset, NJ	Courtyard		4.73	%	3/1/2014	10/6/2022		8,750		6,830			6,903
Tukwila, WA	Homewood Suites		4.73	%	3/1/2014	10/6/2022		9,431		7,362			7,440
Huntsville, AL	Homewood Suites		4.12	%	3/1/2014	2/6/2023		8,306		6,403			6,473
Prattville, AL	Courtyard		4.12	%	3/1/2014	2/6/2023		6,596		5,085			5,141
San Diego, CA	Residence Inn		3.97	%	3/1/2014	3/6/2023		18,600		14,299			14,456
Miami, FL	Homewood Suites		4.02	%	3/1/2014	4/1/2023		16,677		12,860			13,000
New Orleans, LA	Homewood Suites		4.36	%	7/17/2014	8/11/2024		27,000		21,776			21,981
Westford, MA	Residence Inn		4.28	%	3/18/2015	4/11/2025		10,000		8,246			8,320
Denver, CO	Hilton Garden Inn		4.46	%	9/1/2016	6/11/2025		34,118		29,161			29,415
Oceanside, CA	Courtyard		4.28	%	9/1/2016	10/1/2025		13,655		12,244			12,318
Omaha, NE	Hilton Garden Inn		4.28	%	9/1/2016	10/1/2025		22,681		20,338			20,460
Boise, ID	Hampton		4.37	%	5/26/2016	6/11/2026		24,000		21,557			21,680
Burbank, CA	Courtyard		3.55	%	11/3/2016	12/1/2026		25,564		21,908			22,098
San Diego, CA	Courtyard		3.55	%	11/3/2016	12/1/2026		25,473		21,830			22,019
San Diego, CA	Hampton		3.55	%	11/3/2016	12/1/2026		18,963		16,251			16,392
Burbank, CA	SpringHill Suites		3.94	%	3/9/2018	4/1/2028		28,470		25,651			25,845
Santa Ana, CA	Courtyard		3.94	%	3/9/2018	4/1/2028		15,530		13,992			14,098
Richmond, VA	Courtyard		3.40	%	2/12/2020	3/11/2030		14,950		14,371			14,447
Richmond, VA	Residence Inn		3.40	%	2/12/2020	3/11/2030		14,950		14,371			14,447
Portland, ME ⁽³⁾	Residence Inn		3.43	%	3/2/2020	3/1/2032		33,500		30,500			33,500
San Jose, CA	Homewood Suites		4.22	%	12/22/2017	5/1/2038		30,000		26,024			26,303
							$	572,110		491,490			498,046
Unamortized fair value adjustment of assumed debt										950			1,010
Unamortized debt issuance costs										(1,399	)		(1,487	)
Total									$	491,041		$	497,569

(1)	Interest rates are the rates per the loan agreement. For loans assumed, the Company adjusted the interest rates per the loan agreement to market rates and is amortizing the adjustments to interest expense over the life of the loan.

(2)

On August 16, 2021, the Company acquired the fee interest in the land at the Seattle, Washington Residence Inn, previously held under a finance ground lease, for a purchase price of $80.0 million, consisting of a $24.0 million cash payment and a one-year note payable to the seller for $56.0 million.

(3)	Loan was amended effective March 1, 2022, in conjunction with a $3.0 million prepayment of loan principal. In addition, the maturity date of the loan was extended by two years to March 1, 2032.

5. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Except as described below, the carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.

Debt

The Company estimates the fair value of its debt by discounting the future cash flows of each instrument at estimated market rates consistent with the maturity of a debt obligation with similar credit terms and credit characteristics, which are Level 3 inputs under the fair value hierarchy. Market rates take into consideration general market conditions and maturity. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, both the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Company’s debt were approximately $1.4 billion. Both the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Company’s debt (as discussed above) are net of unamortized debt issuance costs related to term loans, senior notes and mortgage debt for each specific year.

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Derivative Instruments

Currently, the Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate risk on variable-rate debt. Throughout the terms of these interest rate swaps, the Company pays a fixed rate of interest and receives a floating rate of interest equal to the one-month LIBOR. The swaps are designed to effectively fix the interest payments on variable-rate debt instruments. These swap instruments are recorded at fair value and, if in an asset position, are included in other assets, net, and, if in a liability position, are included in accounts payable and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The fair values of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash receipts, which is considered a Level 2 measurement under the fair value hierarchy. The variable cash receipts are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves. The following table sets forth information for each of the Company’s interest rate swap agreements outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

						Fair Value Asset (Liability)
Notional Amount at March 31, 2022		Origination Date	Effective Date	Maturity Date	Swap Fixed Interest Rate	March 31, 2022			December 31, 2021
Active interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges at March 31, 2022:
$	100,000	4/7/2016	9/30/2016	3/31/2023	1.33%	$	445		$	(955	)
	75,000	5/31/2017	7/31/2017	6/30/2024	1.96%		725			(1,902	)
	10,000	8/10/2017	8/10/2017	6/30/2024	2.01%		83			(268	)
	50,000	6/1/2018	1/31/2019	6/30/2025	2.89%		(742	)		(3,123	)
	50,000	7/2/2019	7/5/2019	7/18/2024	1.65%		846			(894	)
	50,000	8/21/2019	8/23/2019	8/18/2024	1.32%		1,264			(457	)
	50,000	8/21/2019	8/23/2019	8/30/2024	1.32%		1,283			(455	)
	85,000	12/31/2019	12/31/2019	12/31/2029	1.86%		2,361			(3,277	)
	25,000	12/6/2018	1/31/2020	6/30/2025	2.75%		(263	)		(1,442	)
	50,000	12/7/2018	5/18/2020	1/31/2024	2.72%		(401	)		(1,965	)
	75,000	8/21/2019	5/18/2020	5/18/2025	1.27%		2,663			(458	)
	75,000	7/31/2020	8/18/2020	8/18/2022	0.13%		251			79
	75,000	8/21/2019	5/18/2021	5/18/2026	1.30%		3,196			(391	)
$	770,000					$	11,711		$	(15,508	)

The Company assesses, both at inception and on an ongoing basis, the effectiveness of its qualifying cash flow hedges. As of March 31, 2022, all of the 13 active interest rate swap agreements listed above were designated as cash flow hedges. The change in the fair value of the Company’s designated cash flow hedges is recorded to accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders’ equity in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reclassified to interest and other expense, net as interest payments are made or received on the Company’s variable-rate derivatives. The Company estimates that approximately $0.2 million of net unrealized gains included in accumulated other comprehensive income at March 31, 2022 will be reclassified as a decrease to interest and other expense, net within the next 12 months.

The following table presents the effect of derivative instruments in cash flow hedging relationships in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):

	Net Unrealized Gain Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income				Net Unrealized Loss Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Interest and Other Expense, net
	Three Months Ended March 31,				Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021		2022			2021
Interest rate derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships	$	24,464	$	13,367	$	(2,755	)	$	(2,715	)

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6. Related Parties

The Company has, and is expected to continue to engage in, 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. There have been no changes to the contracts and relationships discussed in the 2021 Form 10-K. Below is a summary of the significant related party relationships in effect during the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Glade M. Knight, Executive Chairman of the Company, owns Apple Realty Group, Inc. (“ARG”), which receives support services from the Company and reimburses the Company for the cost of these services as discussed below. Mr. Knight is also currently a partner and Chief Executive Officer of Energy 11 GP, LLC and Energy Resources 12 GP, LLC, which are the respective general partners of Energy 11, L.P. and Energy Resources 12, L.P., each of which receives support services from ARG.

The Company provides support services, including the use of the Company’s employees and corporate office, to ARG and is reimbursed by ARG for the cost of these services. Under this cost sharing structure, amounts reimbursed to the Company include both compensation for personnel and office related costs (including office rent, utilities, office supplies, etc.) used by ARG. The amounts reimbursed to the Company are based on the actual costs of the services and a good faith estimate of the proportionate amount of time incurred by the Company’s employees on behalf of ARG. Total reimbursed costs allocated by the Company to ARG for both the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled approximately $0.2 million and are recorded as a reduction to general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

As part of the cost sharing arrangement, certain day-to-day transactions may result in amounts due to or from the Company and ARG. To efficiently manage cash disbursements, the Company or ARG may make payments for the other company. Under this cash management process, each company may advance or defer up to $1 million at any time. Each quarter, any outstanding amounts are settled between the companies. This process allows each company to minimize its cash on hand and reduces the cost for each company. The amounts outstanding at any point in time are not significant to either of the companies. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, total amounts due from ARG for reimbursements under the cost sharing structure totaled approximately $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and are included in other assets, net in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

The Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Apple Air Holding, LLC, owns a Learjet used primarily for acquisition, asset management, renovation and investor and public relations purposes. The aircraft is also leased to affiliates of the Company based on third-party rates, which leasing activity was not significant during the reporting periods. From time to time, the Company utilizes aircraft, owned by an entity which is owned by the Company’s Executive Chairman, for acquisition, asset management, renovation and investor and public relations purposes, and reimburses this entity at third party rates. Total costs incurred for the use of these aircraft during the three months ended March 31, 2021 were less than $0.1 million and are included in general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The Company did not use these aircraft during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

7. Shareholders’ Equity

Distributions

For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company paid distributions of $0.06 per common share for a total of $13.7 million. No distributions were paid during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Additionally, in March 2022, the Company declared a monthly cash distribution of $0.05 per common share, totaling $11.4 million, which was recorded as a payable as of March 31, 2022 and paid on April 18, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, a quarterly distribution of $0.01 per common share declared in December 2021 totaled $2.3 million and was paid on January 18, 2022. These accrued distributions were included in accounts payable and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Issuance of Shares

The Company has entered into an equity distribution agreement pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, up to an aggregate of $300 million of its common shares under an at-the-market offering program (the “ATM Program”). Since inception of the ATM Program in August 2020 through March 31, 2022, the Company has sold approximately 4.7 million common shares at a weighted-average market sales price of approximately $16.26 per common share and received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $76.0 million and proceeds net of offering costs, which included $0.9 million of commissions, of approximately $75.1 million. The Company used the net proceeds from the sale of these shares to pay down borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions of hotel properties. As of March 31, 2022, approximately $224.0 million remained available for issuance under the ATM Program. No shares were sold under the Company’s ATM Program in the first quarter of 2022. The Company plans to use future net proceeds from the sale of shares under the ATM Program to continue to pay down borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility (if any). The Company plans to use the corresponding increased availability under the Revolving Credit Facility for general corporate purposes which may include, among other things, acquisitions of additional properties,

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the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures, improvement of properties in its portfolio and working capital. The Company may also use the net proceeds to acquire another REIT or other company that invests in income producing properties.

Share Repurchases

In May 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-year extension of its existing share repurchase program, authorizing share repurchases up to an aggregate of $345 million (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Share Repurchase Program may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company and will end in July 2022 if not terminated earlier or extended. The Company has a written trading plan as part of the Share Repurchase Program that provides for share repurchases in open market transactions that is intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). During the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company did not repurchase common shares under its Share Repurchase Program. Past repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program have been funded, and the Company intends to fund future repurchases, with cash on hand or availability under its unsecured credit facilities, subject to applicable restrictions under the Company’s unsecured credit facilities (if any). The timing of share repurchases and the number of common shares to be repurchased under the Share Repurchase Program will also depend upon the prevailing market conditions, regulatory requirements and other factors.

8. Compensation Plans

The Company annually establishes an incentive plan for its executive management team. Under the incentive plan for 2022 (the “2022 Incentive Plan”), participants are eligible to receive incentive compensation based on the achievement of certain 2022 performance measures, with one-half (50%) of incentive compensation based on operational performance goals and metrics and one-half (50%) of incentive compensation based on shareholder return metrics. With respect to the shareholder return metrics, 75% of the target will be based on shareholder return relative to a peer group and 25% will be based on total shareholder return metrics over one-year, two-year, and three-year periods. With respect to the operational performance measures, 25% of the target will be based on modified funds from operations per share (as defined within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) and 75% of the target will be based on operational performance goals including: management of capital structure; environmental, social and governance goals; evaluation and pursuit of accretive transactions; effective execution of capital renovation plans; and management of operating expenses to maximize Adjusted Hotel EBITDA (as defined within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q). At March 31, 2022, the range of potential aggregate payouts under the 2022 Incentive Plan was $0 - $25.0 million. Based on performance through March 31, 2022, the Company has accrued approximately $3.7 million as a liability for potential executive incentive compensation payments under the 2022 Incentive Plan, which is included in accounts payable and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022 and in general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Approximately 25% of target awards under the 2022 Incentive Plan, if any, will be paid in cash, and 75% will be issued in common shares under the Company’s 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, approximately two-thirds of which will be unrestricted and one-third of which will vest in December 2023.

Under the incentive plan for 2021 (the “2021 Incentive Plan”), the Company recorded approximately $2.9 million in general and administrative expenses in its consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Share-Based Compensation Awards

The following table sets forth information pertaining to the share-based compensation issued under the 2021 Incentive Plan and the incentive plan for 2020 (the “2020 Incentive Plan”).

	2021 Incentive Plan			2020 Incentive Plan
Period common shares issued	First Quarter 2022			First Quarter 2021

Common shares earned under each incentive plan		868,079			555,726
Common shares surrendered on issuance date to satisfy tax withholding obligations		245,597			117,647
Common shares earned and issued under each incentive plan, net of common shares surrendered on issuance date to satisfy tax withholding obligations		622,482			438,079
Closing stock price on issuance date	$	17.79		$	14.03
Total share-based compensation earned, including the surrendered shares (in millions)	$	15.4	⁽¹⁾	$	7.8	⁽²⁾
Of the total common shares earned and issued, total common shares unrestricted at time of issuance		338,032			160,216
Of the total common shares earned and issued, total common shares restricted at time of issuance		284,450			277,863

Restricted common shares vesting date	December 9, 2022			December 10, 2021
Common shares surrendered on vesting date to satisfy tax withholding requirements resulting from vesting of restricted common shares	n/a				108,292

(1)

Of the total 2021 share-based compensation, approximately $12.9 million was recorded as a liability as of December 31, 2021 and is included in accounts payable and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2021. The remaining $2.5 million, which is subject to vesting on December 9, 2022 and excludes any restricted shares forfeited or vested prior to that date, will be recognized as share-based compensation expense proportionately throughout 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company recognized approximately $0.6 million of share-based compensation expense related to restricted share awards.

(2)

Of the total 2020 share-based compensation, approximately $1.9 million, which vested on December 10, 2021, was recognized as share-based compensation expense proportionately throughout 2021. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company recognized approximately $0.5 million of share-based compensation expense related to restricted share awards.

9. Subsequent Events

On April 18, 2022, the Company paid approximately $11.4 million, or $0.05 per common share, in distributions to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2022.

In April 2022, the Company declared monthly cash distributions of $0.05 per common share for the month of May 2022. The distribution is payable on May 16, 2022, to shareholders of record as of May 3, 2022.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by use of statements that include phrases such as “may,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “project,” “target,” “goal,” “plan,” “should,” “will,” “predict,” “potential,” “outlook,” “strategy,” 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 the Company to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Currently, one of the most significant factors that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from the Company’s forward-looking statements continues to be the adverse effect of COVID-19, including resurgences and variants, on the Company’s business, financial performance and condition, operating results and cash flows, the real estate market and the hospitality industry specifically, and the global economy and financial markets generally. The significance, extent and duration of the continued impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence at this time, including the scope, severity and duration of the pandemic, the extent and effectiveness of the actions taken to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact, the efficacy, acceptance and availability of vaccines, the duration of associated immunity and efficacy of the vaccines against variants of COVID-19, the potential for additional hotel closures/consolidations that may be mandated or advisable, whether based on increased COVID-19 cases, new variants or other factors, the slowing or potential rollback of “reopenings” in certain states, and the direct and indirect economic effects of the pandemic and containment measures, among others. Moreover, investors are cautioned to interpret many of the risks identified under the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s 2021 Form 10-K as being heightened as a result of the ongoing and numerous adverse impacts of COVID-19. Additional factors include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to effectively acquire and dispose of properties and redeploy proceeds; the anticipated timing and frequency of shareholder distributions; the ability of the Company to fund capital obligations; the ability of the Company to successfully integrate pending transactions and implement its operating strategy; changes in general political, economic and competitive conditions and specific market conditions; reduced business and leisure travel due to travel-related health concerns, including the COVID-19 pandemic or an increase in COVID-19 cases or any other infectious or contagious diseases in the U.S. or abroad; adverse changes in the real estate and real estate capital markets; financing risks; changes in interest rates; litigation risks; regulatory proceedings or inquiries; and changes in laws or regulations or interpretations of current laws and regulations that impact the Company’s business, assets or classification as a REIT. 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 Quarterly 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 REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including but not limited to those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the 2021 Form 10-K. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes speaks only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly 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.

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the information contained in the 2021 Form 10-K.

Overview

The Company is a Virginia corporation that has elected to be treated as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. The Company is self-advised and invests in income-producing real estate, primarily in the lodging sector, in the U.S. As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned 219 hotels with an aggregate of 28,747 rooms located in urban, high-end suburban and developing markets throughout 36 states. Substantially all of the Company’s hotels operate under Marriott or Hilton brands. The hotels are operated and managed under separate management agreements with 17 hotel management companies, none of which are affiliated with the Company. The Company’s common shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “APLE.”

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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Company and Hospitality Industry

The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the U.S. and global economies and financial markets. The effect of COVID-19 on the hotel industry has been unprecedented and has dramatically reduced business and impacted leisure travel, which adversely impacted the Company’s business, financial performance, operating results and cash flows, beginning in March 2020.

Since the beginning of the pandemic and through the first quarter of 2022, the Company, with the support of its management companies and brands, has taken steps to minimize costs and cash outflow to operate efficiently and maximize performance. The Company has implemented cost elimination and efficiency initiatives at each of its hotels by adjusting operations to manage total labor costs, reducing or eliminating certain amenities and reducing rates under various service contracts; enhanced its sales efforts by strategically targeting available demand and maximizing performance; reduced capital improvement projects in 2020 and 2021; and entered into amendments to its unsecured credit facilities that provided for the temporary waiver of financial covenant testing for the majority of its financial maintenance covenants until June 30, 2022 (the Company exited the waiver period in July 2021 due to improved financial performance). Cost reduction initiatives, including those discussed above have not, and are not expected to, materially offset revenue losses from COVID-19.

The extent and duration of the COVID-19 effects continue to remain unknown, and these uncertainties continue to make it difficult to project the depth and the duration of revenue declines compared to pre-pandemic levels for the industry and the Company. The Company has experienced significant improvement in its business during the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 and through the first quarter of 2022 driven by strength in leisure and small group demand. While the Company has seen continued improvement in business demand, it does not expect a full recovery in results to pre-pandemic levels until business travel improves.

Hotel Operations

As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned 219 hotels with a total of 28,747 rooms as compared to 233 hotels with a total of 29,855 rooms as of March 31, 2021. Results of operations are included only for the period of ownership for hotels acquired or disposed of during the current reporting period and prior year. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company did not acquire or dispose of any properties. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company acquired one newly constructed hotel on February 18, 2021 and sold one hotel on February 25, 2021 and one hotel on March 16, 2021.

In evaluating financial condition and operating performance, the most important indicators on which the Company focuses are revenue measurements, such as average occupancy, average daily rate (“ADR”) and revenue per available room (“RevPAR”), and expenses, such as hotel operating expenses, general and administrative expenses and other expenses described below.

The following is a summary of the results from operations of the Company’s hotels for their respective periods of ownership by the Company:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands, except statistical data)	2022			Percent of Revenue			2021			Percent of Revenue			Percent Change
Total revenue	$	260,478			100.0	%	$	158,713			100.0	%		64.1	%
Hotel operating expense		154,002			59.1	%		103,740			65.4	%		48.4	%
Property taxes, insurance and other expense		18,679			7.2	%		19,688			12.4	%		-5.1	%
General and administrative expense		9,638			3.7	%		8,119			5.1	%		18.7	%

Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets		-						10,754					n/a
Depreciation and amortization expense		45,324						48,710						-7.0	%
Gain on sale of real estate		-						4,484					n/a
Interest and other expense, net		14,654						18,513						-20.8	%
Income tax expense		179						108						65.7	%

Net income (loss)		18,002						(46,435	)				n/a
Adjusted Hotel EBITDA ⁽¹⁾		87,936						35,427						148.2	%

Number of hotels owned at end of period		219						233						-6.0	%
ADR	$	137.03					$	99.19						38.1	%
Occupancy		67.1	%					55.5	%					20.9	%
RevPAR	$	91.98					$	55.09						67.0	%

(1)	See reconciliation of Adjusted Hotel EBITDA to net income (loss) in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

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The following table highlights the Company’s quarterly ADR, Occupancy, RevPAR, net income (loss) and adjusted hotel earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization for real estate (“Adjusted Hotel EBITDA”), which has been impacted by COVID-19, during the last five quarters (in thousands except statistical data):

	1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter			1st Quarter
	2021			2021			2021			2021			2022

ADR	$	99.19		$	120.56		$	140.02		$	131.04		$	137.03
Occupancy		55.5	%		70.7	%		71.5	%		67.5	%		67.1	%
RevPAR	$	55.09		$	85.28		$	100.14		$	88.43		$	91.98
Net income (loss)	$	(46,435	)	$	20,283		$	31,759		$	13,221		$	18,002
Adjusted Hotel EBITDA ⁽¹⁾	$	35,427		$	94,814		$	105,423		$	84,609		$	87,936

(1)	See reconciliation of Adjusted Hotel EBITDA to net income (loss) in “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

While the Company experienced its most significant decline in operating results (driven by the impact of COVID-19) during 2020 and the first quarter of 2021, occupancy and RevPAR have since shown improvement with a RevPAR increase of 67.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. Although the Company expects continued recovery in rate and occupancy, it is difficult to project the depth and duration of revenue declines compared to pre-pandemic levels and future revenues and operating results could be negatively impacted by, among other things, historical seasonal trends, new COVID-19 variants, state and local governments and businesses reverting to tighter mitigation restrictions, deterioration of consumer sentiment, labor shortages, supply chain disruptions or inflationary pressures.

Comparable Hotels Operating Results

The following table reflects certain operating statistics for the Company’s 219 hotels owned as of March 31, 2022 (“Comparable Hotels”). The Company defines metrics from Comparable Hotels as results generated by the 219 hotels owned as of the end of the reporting period. For the hotels acquired during the reporting periods shown, the Company has included, as applicable, results of those hotels for periods prior to the Company’s ownership using information provided by the properties’ prior owners at the time of acquisition and not adjusted by the Company. This information has not been audited, either for the periods owned or prior to ownership by the Company. For dispositions, results have been excluded for the Company’s period of ownership.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022			2021			Percent Change
ADR	$	137.03		$	99.98			37.1	%
Occupancy		67.1	%		55.4	%		21.1	%
RevPAR	$	91.98		$	55.34			66.2	%

Same Store Operating Results

The following table reflects certain operating statistics for the 211 hotels owned by the Company as of January 1, 2021 and during the entirety of the reporting periods being compared (“Same Store Hotels”). This information has not been audited.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022			2021			Percent Change
ADR	$	136.62		$	99.80			36.9	%
Occupancy		67.7	%		55.8	%		21.3	%
RevPAR	$	92.49		$	55.64			66.2	%

As discussed above, hotel performance is impacted by many factors, including the economic conditions in the U.S. as well as each individual locality. COVID-19 has been negatively affecting the U.S. hotel industry since March 2020. The Company’s revenue and operating results improved during the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021, which is consistent with the overall lodging industry. However, as a result of COVID-19, the Company’s revenue and operating results have declined as compared to 2019. While the Company anticipates further improvement to RevPAR compared to 2021, the Company can give no assurances as to the amount or period of improvement due to the uncertainty regarding the duration and long-term impact of COVID-19.

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Revenues

The Company’s principal source of revenue is hotel revenue consisting of room, food and beverage, and other related revenue. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had total revenue of $260.5 million and $158.7 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, Comparable Hotels achieved combined average occupancy of 67.1% and 55.4%, ADR of $137.03 and $99.98 and RevPAR of $91.98 and $55.34. ADR is calculated as room revenue divided by the number of rooms sold, and RevPAR is calculated as occupancy multiplied by ADR.

Compared to the same period in 2021, during the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company experienced increases in ADR and occupancy, resulting in an increase of 66.2% in RevPAR for Comparable Hotels. As compared to the first quarter of 2019 (pre-COVID-19), Comparable Hotels RevPAR for the first quarter of 2022 decreased by 10.9% primarily as a result of a 9.1% reduction in occupancy (due in part to cancellations in January and February attributed to the Omicron COVID-19 variant), as Comparable Hotels ADR decreased by only 2.0%. Revenue recovery in the first quarter of 2022 as compared to the first quarter of 2021 was led by leisure transient and group demand, with increased demand from small corporate business. Suburban markets continued to see stronger demand than urban markets and the Sun Belt generally outperformed other regions of the U.S. Throughout the hospitality industry, demand for upscale and upper mid-scale chain scales have outperformed luxury and upper upscale chain scales and suburban locations have outperformed urban locations. The Company expects improvement to continue, however, future revenues could be negatively impacted by, among other things, historical seasonal trends, an increase in COVID-19 cases, new COVID-19 variants, state and local governments and businesses reverting to tighter mitigation restrictions, or deterioration of consumer sentiment.

Hotel Operating Expense

Hotel operating expense consists of direct room operating expense, hotel administrative expense, sales and marketing expense, utilities expense, repair and maintenance expense, franchise fees and management fees. Hotel operating expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 totaled $154.0 million and $103.7 million, respectively, or 59.1% and 65.4% of total revenue for the respective periods. Comparatively, prior to COVID-19, hotel operating expense was 57.8% of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The impact of the pandemic has varied and will continue to vary by market and hotel. With the support of its brands and third-party management companies, the Company has worked to reduce costs associated with operating hotels in a lower occupancy environment than that experienced prior to COVID-19. As occupancy has increased, adding staff to meet increased demand has been challenging, and while the Company’s hotels made progress in filling open positions through the first quarter of 2022, they have often done so at higher wage rates as compared to 2021. Likewise, supply chain disruptions and broader inflationary pressures throughout the overall economy and global tensions have driven shortages and cost increases for materials and supplies such as food and equipment. The Company continues to work with its management companies to realize operational efficiencies and mitigate the impact of cost pressures resulting from supply chain shortages, inflation and staffing challenges. The Company will continue to evaluate and work with its management companies to implement adjustments to the hotel operating model in response to continued changes in the operating environment and guest preferences including evaluating staffing levels at its hotels to maximize efficiency.

Property Taxes, Insurance and Other Expense

Property taxes, insurance, and other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $18.7 million and $19.7 million, respectively, or 7.2% and 12.4% of total revenue for the respective periods, which is consistent with Comparable Hotels expense as a percentage of revenue for the same period. The decrease in expenses from 2021 to 2022 was primarily due to decreases in property taxes in certain localities as well as the net reduction of the hotel portfolio by 15 properties during 2021. Although the Company will continue to aggressively appeal tax assessments in certain jurisdictions in an attempt to minimize tax increases, as warranted, and will continue to monitor locality guidance as a result of COVID-19, it does not currently anticipate significant decreases in property taxes in 2022 as compared to 2021.

General and Administrative Expense

General and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $9.6 million and $8.1 million, respectively, or 3.7% and 5.1% of total revenue for the respective periods. The principal components of general and administrative expense are payroll and related benefit costs, legal fees, accounting fees and reporting expenses. The increase in general and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 over the three months ended March 31, 2021 includes increased accruals of $0.8 million for executive incentive compensation related to anticipated higher shareholder return in 2022 as compared to 2021.

Loss on Impairment of Depreciable Real Estate Assets

The Company did not recognize any loss on the impairment of depreciable real estate assets for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets was $10.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021,

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consisting of impairment losses of $1.3 million for the Overland Park, Kansas SpringHill Suites and $9.4 million for four hotel properties identified by the Company in the first quarter of 2021 for potential sale. See Note 3 titled “Dispositions” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for additional information concerning these impairment losses.

Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $45.3 million and $48.7 million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense primarily represents expense of the Company’s hotel buildings and related improvements, and associated personal property (furniture, fixtures, and equipment) for the respective periods owned. The decrease was primarily due to the hotel dispositions completed throughout 2021, partially offset by acquisitions completed throughout 2021.

Interest and Other Expense, net

Interest and other expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 was $14.7 million and $18.5 million, respectively. Interest and other expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2022 is net of approximately $0.2 million of interest capitalized associated with renovation projects. Additionally, interest and other expense, net for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 includes approximately $1.5 million and $2.9 million, respectively, of interest recorded on the Company’s finance lease liabilities.

Interest expense related to the Company’s debt instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2022 decreased compared to the three months ended March 31, 2021 as a result of both lower average borrowings and lower average interest rates as the Company exited the Extended Covenant Waiver Period in July 2021. The Company anticipates interest expense to be lower for the remainder of 2022 compared to the same period of 2021 due to reduced average borrowings and lower interest rates compared to the same period of 2021 as a result of exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period (as discussed below under “Liquidity and Capital Resources”). See Note 4 titled “Debt” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for additional discussion of the Company’s amended unsecured credit facilities. In addition, interest on the Company’s finance leases decreased $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 compared to the same period in 2021 due to the August 16, 2021 purchase of the fee interest in the land at the Company’s Seattle, Washington Residence Inn that was previously under a ground lease.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company considers the following non-GAAP financial measures useful to investors as key supplemental measures of its operating performance: Funds from Operations (“FFO”), Modified Funds from Operations (“MFFO”), Earnings Before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (“EBITDA”), Earnings Before Interest, Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate (“EBITDAre”), Adjusted EBITDAre (“Adjusted EBITDAre”) and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered along with, but not as alternatives to, net income (loss), cash flow from operations or any other operating GAAP measure. FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA are not necessarily indicative of funds available to fund the Company’s cash needs, including its ability to make cash distributions. Although FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as calculated by the Company, may not be comparable to FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as reported by other companies that do not define such terms exactly as the Company defines such terms, the Company believes these supplemental measures are useful to investors when comparing the Company’s results between periods and with other REITs.

FFO and MFFO

The Company calculates and presents FFO in accordance with standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Nareit”), which defines FFO as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets (including gains and losses from change in control), extraordinary items as defined by GAAP, and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, plus real estate related depreciation, amortization and impairments, and adjustments for unconsolidated affiliates. Historical cost accounting for real estate assets implicitly assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since real estate values instead have historically risen or fallen with market conditions, most real estate industry investors consider FFO to be helpful in evaluating a real estate company’s operations. The Company further believes that by excluding the effects of these items, FFO is useful to investors in comparing its operating performance between periods and between REITs that report FFO using the Nareit definition. FFO as presented by the Company is applicable only to its common shareholders, but does not represent an amount that accrues directly to common shareholders.

The Company calculates MFFO by further adjusting FFO for the exclusion of amortization of finance ground lease assets, amortization of favorable and unfavorable operating leases, net and non-cash straight-line operating ground lease expense, as these expenses do not reflect the underlying performance of the related hotels. The Company presents MFFO when evaluating its

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performance because it believes that it provides further useful supplemental information to investors regarding its ongoing operating performance.

The following table reconciles the Company’s GAAP net income (loss) to FFO and MFFO for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Net income (loss)	$	18,002	$	(46,435	)
Depreciation of real estate owned		44,560		47,088
Gain on sale of real estate		-		(4,484	)
Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets		-		10,754
Funds from operations		62,562		6,923
Amortization of finance ground lease assets		759		1,617
Amortization of favorable and unfavorable operating leases, net		99		98
Non-cash straight-line operating ground lease expense		40		44
Modified funds from operations	$	63,460	$	8,682

EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA

EBITDA is a commonly used measure of performance in many industries and is defined as net income (loss) excluding interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. The Company believes EBITDA is useful to investors because it helps the Company and its investors evaluate the ongoing operating performance of the Company by removing the impact of its capital structure (primarily interest expense) and its asset base (primarily depreciation and amortization). In addition, certain covenants included in the agreements governing the Company’s indebtedness use EBITDA, as defined in the specific credit agreement, as a measure of financial compliance.

In addition to EBITDA, the Company also calculates and presents EBITDAre in accordance with standards established by Nareit, which defines EBITDAre as EBITDA, excluding gains and losses from the sale of certain real estate assets (including gains and losses from change in control), plus real estate related impairments, and adjustments to reflect the entity’s share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated affiliates. The Company presents EBITDAre because it believes that it provides further useful information to investors in comparing its operating performance between periods and between REITs that report EBITDAre using the Nareit definition.

The Company also considers the exclusion of non-cash straight-line operating ground lease expense from EBITDAre useful, as this expense does not reflect the underlying performance of the related hotels (Adjusted EBITDAre).

The Company further excludes actual corporate-level general and administrative expense for the Company from Adjusted EBITDAre (Adjusted Hotel EBITDA) to isolate property-level operational performance over which the Company’s hotel operators have direct control. The Company believes Adjusted Hotel EBITDA provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding operating performance and is used by management to measure the performance of the Company’s hotels and effectiveness of the operators of the hotels.

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The following table reconciles the Company’s GAAP net income (loss) to EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre and Adjusted Hotel EBITDA by quarter for the last five quarters (in thousands):

	1st Quarter			2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter			4th Quarter		1st Quarter
	2021			2021		2021			2021		2022
Net income (loss)	$	(46,435	)	$	20,283	$	31,759		$	13,221	$	18,002
Depreciation and amortization		48,710			46,386		44,217			45,158		45,324
Amortization of favorable and unfavorable operating leases, net		98			98		98			99		99
Interest and other expense, net		18,513			18,618		15,977			14,640		14,654
Income tax expense		108			87		114			159		179
EBITDA		20,994			85,472		92,165			73,277		78,258
(Gain) loss on sale of real estate		(4,484	)		864		(44	)		68		-
Loss on impairment of depreciable real estate assets		10,754			-		-			-		-
EBITDAre		27,264			86,336		92,121			73,345		78,258
Non-cash straight-line operating ground lease expense		44			43		41			41		40
Adjusted EBITDAre		27,308			86,379		92,162			73,386		78,298
General and administrative expense		8,119			8,435		13,261			11,223		9,638
Adjusted Hotel EBITDA	$	35,427		$	94,814	$	105,423		$	84,609	$	87,936

Hotels Owned

As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned 219 hotels with an aggregate of 28,747 rooms located in 36 states. The following tables summarize the number of hotels and rooms by brand and by state:

Number of Hotels and Guest Rooms by Brand
	Number of	Number of
Brand	Hotels	Rooms
Hilton Garden Inn	40		5,592
Hampton	37		4,953
Courtyard	33		4,653
Homewood Suites	30		3,417
Residence Inn	29		3,548
Fairfield	10		1,213
Home2 Suites	10		1,146
SpringHill Suites	9		1,245
TownePlace Suites	9		931
Hyatt Place	3		411
Marriott	2		619
Embassy Suites	2		316
Independent	2		263
AC Hotels	1		178
Aloft	1		157
Hyatt House	1		105
Total	219		28,747

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Number of Hotels and Guest Rooms by State
	Number of		Number of
State	Hotels		Rooms
Alabama		13		1,246
Alaska		2		304
Arizona		13		1,776
Arkansas		2		248
California		26		3,721
Colorado		4		567
Florida		22		2,844
Georgia		5		585
Idaho		1		186
Illinois		7		1,254
Indiana		4		479
Iowa		3		301
Kansas		3		320
Louisiana		3		422
Maine		3		514
Maryland		2		233
Massachusetts		3		330
Michigan		1		148
Minnesota		3		405
Mississippi		2		168
Missouri		4		544
Nebraska		4		621
New Jersey		5		629
New York		4		554
North Carolina		8		881
Ohio		2		252
Oklahoma		4		545
Oregon		1		243
Pennsylvania		3		391
South Carolina		5		590
Tennessee		11		1,337
Texas		27		3,328
Utah		3		393
Virginia		12		1,722
Washington		3		490
Wisconsin		1		176
Total		219		28,747

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The following table summarizes the location, brand, manager, date acquired or completed and number of rooms for each of the 219 hotels the Company owned as of March 31, 2022.

City

State

Brand

Manager

Date

Acquired or

Completed

Rooms

Anchorage

Embassy Suites

Stonebridge

4/30/2010

169

Anchorage

Home2 Suites

Stonebridge

12/1/2017

135

Auburn

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

3/1/2014

101

Birmingham

Courtyard

LBA

3/1/2014

Birmingham

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

9/12/2017

104

Birmingham

Home2 Suites

LBA

9/12/2017

106

Birmingham

Homewood Suites

McKibbon

3/1/2014

Dothan

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

6/1/2009

104

Dothan

Residence Inn

LBA

3/1/2014

Huntsville

Hampton

LBA

9/1/2016

Huntsville

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

3/1/2014

101

Huntsville

Home2 Suites

LBA

9/1/2016

Huntsville

Homewood Suites

LBA

3/1/2014

107

Mobile

Hampton

McKibbon

9/1/2016

101

Prattville

Courtyard

LBA

3/1/2014

Rogers

Hampton

Raymond

8/31/2010

122

Rogers

Homewood Suites

Raymond

4/30/2010

126

Chandler

Courtyard

North Central

11/2/2010

150

Chandler

Fairfield

North Central

11/2/2010

110

Phoenix

Courtyard

North Central

11/2/2010

164

Phoenix

Hampton

North Central

9/1/2016

125

Phoenix

Hampton

North Central

5/2/2018

210

Phoenix

Homewood Suites

North Central

9/1/2016

134

Phoenix

Residence Inn

North Central

11/2/2010

129

Scottsdale

Hilton Garden Inn

North Central

9/1/2016

122

Tempe

Hyatt House

Crestline

8/13/2020

105

Tempe

Hyatt Place

Crestline

8/13/2020

154

Tucson

Hilton Garden Inn

Western

7/31/2008

125

Tucson

Residence Inn

Western

3/1/2014

124

Tucson

TownePlace Suites

Western

10/6/2011

124

Agoura Hills

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

125

Burbank

Courtyard

Huntington

8/11/2015

190

Burbank

Residence Inn

Marriott

3/1/2014

166

Burbank

SpringHill Suites

Marriott

7/13/2015

170

Clovis

Hampton

Dimension

7/31/2009

Clovis

Homewood Suites

Dimension

2/2/2010

Cypress

Courtyard

Dimension

3/1/2014

180

Cypress

Hampton

Dimension

6/29/2015

110

Oceanside

Courtyard

Marriott

9/1/2016

142

Oceanside

Residence Inn

Marriott

3/1/2014

125

Rancho Bernardo/San Diego

Courtyard

InnVentures

3/1/2014

210

Sacramento

Hilton Garden Inn

Dimension

3/1/2014

153

San Bernardino

Residence Inn

InnVentures

2/16/2011

San Diego

Courtyard

Huntington

9/1/2015

245

San Diego

Hampton

Dimension

3/1/2014

177

San Diego

Hilton Garden Inn

InnVentures

3/1/2014

200

San Diego

Residence Inn

Dimension

3/1/2014

121

San Jose

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

140

Index

City

State

Brand

Manager

Date

Acquired or

Completed

Rooms

San Juan Capistrano

Residence Inn

Marriott

9/1/2016

130

Santa Ana

Courtyard

Dimension

5/23/2011

155

Santa Clarita

Courtyard

Dimension

9/24/2008

140

Santa Clarita

Fairfield

Dimension

10/29/2008

Santa Clarita

Hampton

Dimension

10/29/2008

128

Santa Clarita

Residence Inn

Dimension

10/29/2008

Tustin

Fairfield

Marriott

9/1/2016

145

Tustin

Residence Inn

Marriott

9/1/2016

149

Colorado Springs

Hampton

Chartwell

9/1/2016

101

Denver

Hilton Garden Inn

Stonebridge

9/1/2016

221

Highlands Ranch

Hilton Garden Inn

Dimension

3/1/2014

128

Highlands Ranch

Residence Inn

Dimension

3/1/2014

117

Boca Raton

Hilton Garden Inn

Dimension

9/1/2016

149

Cape Canaveral

Hampton

LBA

4/30/2020

116

Cape Canaveral

Homewood Suites

LBA

9/1/2016

153

Cape Canaveral

Home2 Suites

LBA

4/30/2020

108

Fort Lauderdale

Hampton

Dimension

6/23/2015

156

Fort Lauderdale

Residence Inn

LBA

9/1/2016

156

Gainesville

Hilton Garden Inn

McKibbon

9/1/2016

104

Gainesville

Homewood Suites

McKibbon

9/1/2016

103

Jacksonville

Homewood Suites

McKibbon

3/1/2014

119

Jacksonville

Hyatt Place

Crestline

12/7/2018

127

Miami

Courtyard

Dimension

3/1/2014

118

Miami

Hampton

HHM

4/9/2010

121

Miami

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

162

Orlando

Fairfield

Marriott

7/1/2009

200

Orlando

Home2 Suites

LBA

3/19/2019

128

Orlando

SpringHill Suites

Marriott

7/1/2009

200

Panama City

Hampton

LBA

3/12/2009

Panama City

TownePlace Suites

LBA

1/19/2010

103

Pensacola

TownePlace Suites

McKibbon

9/1/2016

Tallahassee

Fairfield

LBA

9/1/2016

Tallahassee

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

3/1/2014

Tampa

Embassy Suites

HHM

11/2/2010

147

Atlanta/Downtown

Hampton

McKibbon

2/5/2018

119

Atlanta/Perimeter Dunwoody

Hampton

LBA

6/28/2018

132

Atlanta

Home2 Suites

McKibbon

7/1/2016

128

Macon

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

3/1/2014

101

Savannah

Hilton Garden Inn

Newport

3/1/2014

105

Cedar Rapids

Hampton

Aimbridge

9/1/2016

103

Cedar Rapids

Homewood Suites

Aimbridge

9/1/2016

Davenport

Hampton

Aimbridge

9/1/2016

103

Boise

Hampton

Raymond

4/30/2010

186

Des Plaines

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

9/1/2016

252

Hoffman Estates

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

9/1/2016

184

Mettawa

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

11/2/2010

170

Mettawa

Residence Inn

HHM

11/2/2010

130

Rosemont

Hampton

Raymond

9/1/2016

158

Skokie

Hampton

Raymond

9/1/2016

225

Warrenville

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

11/2/2010

135

Index

City

State

Brand

Manager

Date

Acquired or

Completed

Rooms

Indianapolis

SpringHill Suites

HHM

11/2/2010

130

Merrillville

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

9/1/2016

124

Mishawaka

Residence Inn

HHM

11/2/2010

106

South Bend

Fairfield

HHM

9/1/2016

119

Overland Park

Fairfield

Raymond

3/1/2014

110

Overland Park

Residence Inn

Raymond

3/1/2014

120

Wichita

Courtyard

Aimbridge

3/1/2014

Lafayette

Hilton Garden Inn

LBA

7/30/2010

153

Lafayette

SpringHill Suites

LBA

6/23/2011

103

New Orleans

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

166

Marlborough

Residence Inn

Crestline

3/1/2014

112

Westford

Hampton

Crestline

3/1/2014

110

Westford

Residence Inn

Crestline

3/1/2014

108

Annapolis

Hilton Garden Inn

Crestline

3/1/2014

126

Silver Spring

Hilton Garden Inn

Crestline

7/30/2010

107

Portland

AC Hotels

Crestline

8/20/2021

178

Portland

Aloft

Crestline

9/10/2021

157

Portland

Residence Inn

Crestline

10/13/2017

179

Novi

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

11/2/2010

148

Maple Grove

Hilton Garden Inn

North Central

9/1/2016

121

Rochester

Hampton

Raymond

8/3/2009

124

St. Paul

Hampton

Raymond

3/4/2019

160

Kansas City

Hampton

Raymond

8/31/2010

122

Kansas City

Residence Inn

Raymond

3/1/2014

106

St. Louis

Hampton

Raymond

8/31/2010

190

St. Louis

Hampton

Raymond

4/30/2010

126

Hattiesburg

Courtyard

LBA

3/1/2014

Hattiesburg

Residence Inn

LBA

12/11/2008

Carolina Beach

Courtyard

Crestline

3/1/2014

144

Charlotte

Fairfield

Newport

9/1/2016

Durham

Homewood Suites

McKibbon

12/4/2008

122

Fayetteville

Home2 Suites

LBA

2/3/2011

118

Greensboro

SpringHill Suites

Newport

3/1/2014

Jacksonville

Home2 Suites

LBA

9/1/2016

105

Wilmington

Fairfield

Crestline

3/1/2014

122

Winston-Salem

Hampton

McKibbon

9/1/2016

Omaha

Courtyard

Marriott

3/1/2014

181

Omaha

Hampton

HHM

9/1/2016

139

Omaha

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

9/1/2016

178

Omaha

Homewood Suites

HHM

9/1/2016

123

Cranford

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

108

Mahwah

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

110

Mount Laurel

Homewood Suites

Newport

1/11/2011

118

Somerset

Courtyard

Newport

3/1/2014

162

West Orange

Courtyard

Newport

1/11/2011

131

Islip/Ronkonkoma

Hilton Garden Inn

Crestline

3/1/2014

166

New York

Independent

Highgate

3/1/2014

208

Syracuse

Courtyard

Crestline

10/16/2015

102

Syracuse

Residence Inn

Crestline

10/16/2015

Mason

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

9/1/2016

110

Index

City

State

Brand

Manager

Date

Acquired or

Completed

Rooms

Twinsburg

Hilton Garden Inn

Aimbridge

10/7/2008

142

Oklahoma City

Hampton

Raymond

5/28/2010

200

Oklahoma City

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

9/1/2016

155

Oklahoma City

Homewood Suites

Raymond

9/1/2016

100

Oklahoma City (West)

Homewood Suites

Chartwell

9/1/2016

Portland

Hampton

Raymond

11/17/2021

243

Collegeville/Philadelphia

Courtyard

Newport

11/15/2010

132

Malvern/Philadelphia

Courtyard

Newport

11/30/2010

127

Pittsburgh

Hampton

Newport

12/31/2008

132

Charleston

Home2 Suites

LBA

9/1/2016

122

Columbia

Hilton Garden Inn

Newport

3/1/2014

143

Columbia

TownePlace Suites

Newport

9/1/2016

Greenville

Hyatt Place

Crestline

9/1/2021

130

Hilton Head

Hilton Garden Inn

McKibbon

3/1/2014

104

Chattanooga

Homewood Suites

LBA

3/1/2014

Franklin

Courtyard

Chartwell

9/1/2016

126

Franklin

Residence Inn

Chartwell

9/1/2016

124

Knoxville

Homewood Suites

McKibbon

9/1/2016

103

Knoxville

SpringHill Suites

McKibbon

9/1/2016

103

Knoxville

TownePlace Suites

McKibbon

9/1/2016

Memphis

Hampton

Crestline

2/5/2018

144

Memphis

Hilton Garden Inn

Crestline

10/28/2021

150

Nashville

Hilton Garden Inn

Dimension

9/30/2010

194

Nashville

Home2 Suites

Dimension

5/31/2012

119

Nashville

TownePlace Suites

LBA

9/1/2016

101

Addison

SpringHill Suites

Marriott

3/1/2014

159

Arlington

Hampton

Western

12/1/2010

Austin

Courtyard

HHM

11/2/2010

145

Austin

Fairfield

HHM

11/2/2010

150

Austin

Hampton

Dimension

4/14/2009

124

Austin

Hilton Garden Inn

HHM

11/2/2010

117

Austin

Homewood Suites

Dimension

4/14/2009

Austin/Round Rock

Hampton

Dimension

3/6/2009

Austin/Round Rock

Homewood Suites

Dimension

9/1/2016

115

Dallas

Homewood Suites

Western

9/1/2016

130

Denton

Homewood Suites

Chartwell

9/1/2016

107

El Paso

Homewood Suites

Western

3/1/2014

114

Fort Worth

Courtyard

LBA

2/2/2017

124

Fort Worth

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

11/17/2021

157

Fort Worth

Homewood Suites

Raymond

11/17/2021

112

Fort Worth

TownePlace Suites

Western

7/19/2010

140

Frisco

Hilton Garden Inn

Western

12/31/2008

102

Grapevine

Hilton Garden Inn

Western

9/24/2010

110

Houston

Courtyard

LBA

9/1/2016

124

Houston

Marriott

Western

1/8/2010

206

Houston

Residence Inn

Western

3/1/2014

129

Houston

Residence Inn

Western

9/1/2016

120

Lewisville

Hilton Garden Inn

Aimbridge

10/16/2008

165

San Antonio

TownePlace Suites

Western

3/1/2014

106

Shenandoah

Courtyard

LBA

9/1/2016

124

Index

City

State

Brand

Manager

Date

Acquired or

Completed

Rooms

Stafford

Homewood Suites

Western

3/1/2014

Texarkana

Hampton

Aimbridge

1/31/2011

Provo

Residence Inn

Dimension

3/1/2014

114

Salt Lake City

Residence Inn

Huntington

10/20/2017

136

Salt Lake City

SpringHill Suites

HHM

11/2/2010

143

Alexandria

Courtyard

Marriott

3/1/2014

178

Alexandria

SpringHill Suites

Marriott

3/28/2011

155

Charlottesville

Courtyard

Crestline

3/1/2014

139

Manassas

Residence Inn

Crestline

2/16/2011

107

Richmond

Independent

Crestline

10/9/2019

Richmond

Courtyard

White Lodging

12/8/2014

135

Richmond

Marriott

White Lodging

3/1/2014

413

Richmond

Residence Inn

White Lodging

12/8/2014

Suffolk

Courtyard

Crestline

3/1/2014

Suffolk

TownePlace Suites

Crestline

3/1/2014

Virginia Beach

Courtyard

Crestline

3/1/2014

141

Virginia Beach

Courtyard

Crestline

3/1/2014

160

Kirkland

Courtyard

InnVentures

3/1/2014

150

Seattle

Residence Inn

InnVentures

3/1/2014

234

Tukwila

Homewood Suites

Dimension

3/1/2014

106

Madison

Hilton Garden Inn

Raymond

2/18/2021

176

Total

28,747

Related Parties

The Company has, and is expected to continue to engage in, 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. See Note 6 titled “Related Parties” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for additional information concerning the Company’s related party transactions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Capital Resources

The Company’s principal short term sources of liquidity are the operating cash flows generated from the Company’s properties and availability under its Revolving Credit Facility. Over the long term, the Company may receive proceeds from strategic additional secured and unsecured debt financing, dispositions of its hotel properties and offerings of the Company’s common shares, including pursuant to the ATM Program. Macroeconomic pressures including inflation, increases in interest rates and general market uncertainty could impact the Company’s ability to raise debt or equity capital to fund long-term liquidity requirements in a cost-effective manner.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had $1.4 billion of total outstanding debt consisting of $491.5 million of mortgage debt and $946.5 million outstanding under its unsecured credit facilities, excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had available corporate cash on hand of approximately $0.6 million as well as unused borrowing capacity under its Revolving Credit Facility of approximately $348.5 million. The credit agreements governing the unsecured credit facilities contain mandatory prepayment requirements, customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default. The credit agreements require that the Company comply with various covenants, which include, among others, a minimum tangible net worth, maximum debt limits, minimum interest and fixed charge coverage ratios, and restrictions on certain investments.

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financial maintenance covenants until the date that the compliance certificate was required to be delivered for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2022 (unless the Company elected an earlier date) (the “Extended Covenant Waiver Period”). The testing for the Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Minimum Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio was suspended until the compliance certificate was required to be delivered for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022 (unless the Company elected an earlier date). The March 2021 amendments provided for continued restrictions on the Company’s ability to make cash distributions, except for the payment of cash dividends of $0.01 per common share per quarter or to the extent required to maintain REIT status.

●

Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.05 to 1.00 for the first fiscal quarter, 1.25 to 1.00 for one fiscal quarter and then a ratio of 1.50 to 1.00 thereafter;

●

Maximum Unsecured Leverage Ratio of 65% for two fiscal quarters and 60% thereafter.

Except as otherwise set forth in the amendments described above, the terms of the credit agreements remain in effect.

In July 2021, the Company notified its lenders under its unsecured credit facilities that it had elected to exit the Extended Covenant Waiver Period effective on July 29, 2021. Upon exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, the Company is no longer subject to the restrictions described above regarding its investing and financing activities that were applicable during the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, including, but not limited to, limitations on the acquisition of property, payment of distributions to shareholders (except to the extent required to maintain REIT status), capital expenditures and use of proceeds from the sale of property or common shares of the Company. Those restrictions, including the restriction on payment of distributions to shareholders, were still in place throughout the second quarter of 2021.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company met the applicable financial maintenance covenants based on the results of the twelve months ended March 31, 2022 at the levels required for the fourth fiscal quarter tested upon exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period as described in Note 4 titled “Debt” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The unsecured credit facilities do not provide the Company the ability to re-enter the Extended Covenant Waiver Period once it has elected to exit.

See Note 4 titled “Debt” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for a description of the Company’s debt instruments as of March 31, 2022.

The Company has a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-262915) that was automatically effective upon filing on February 23, 2022. The Company may offer an indeterminate number or amount, as the case may be, of (1) common shares, no par value per share; (2) preferred shares, no par value per share; (3) depository shares representing the Company’s preferred shares; (4) warrants exercisable for the Company’s common shares, preferred shares or depository shares representing preferred shares; (5) rights to purchase common shares; and (6) unsecured senior or subordinate debt securities, all of which may be issued from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Future offerings will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company, including market conditions, the trading price of the Company’s common shares and opportunities for uses of any proceeds.

The Company has entered into an equity distribution agreement pursuant to which the Company may sell, from time to time, up to an aggregate of $300 million of its common shares under the ATM Program under the Company’s prior shelf registration statement and the current shelf registration statement described above. Since inception of the ATM Program in August 2020 through March 31, 2022, the Company has sold approximately 4.7 million common shares at a weighted-average market sales price of approximately $16.26 per common share and received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $76.0 million and proceeds net of offering costs, which included $0.9 million of commissions, of approximately $75.1 million. The Company used the net proceeds from the sale of these shares primarily to pay down borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility and for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions of hotel properties. As of March 31, 2022, approximately $224.0 million remained available for issuance under the ATM Program. No shares were sold under the Company’s ATM Program in the first quarter of 2022 or the first quarter of 2021. The Company plans to use future net proceeds from the sale of shares under the ATM Program to continue to pay down borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility (if any). The Company plans to use the corresponding increased availability under the Revolving Credit Facility for general corporate purposes which may include, among other things, acquisitions of additional properties, the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures, improvement of properties in its portfolio and working capital. The Company may also use the net proceeds to acquire another REIT or other company that invests in income producing properties.

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Capital Uses

The Company anticipates that cash flow from operations, availability under its credit facilities, additional borrowings and proceeds from hotel dispositions and equity offerings will be adequate to meet its anticipated liquidity requirements, including required distributions to shareholders, share repurchases, capital improvements, debt service, hotel acquisitions, lease commitments, and cash management activities.

Distributions

The Company generally must distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, subject to certain adjustments and excluding any net capital gain, in order to maintain its REIT status. During the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, as a requirement under the amendments to its unsecured credit facilities, the Company was restricted in its ability to make distributions except for the payment of cash distributions of $0.01 per common share per quarter or to the extent required to maintain REIT status. As discussed above, in July 2021, the Company notified its lenders under its unsecured credit facilities that it had elected to exit the Extended Covenant Waiver Period effective on July 29, 2021. As a result, upon exiting the Extended Covenant Waiver Period, the Company is no longer subject to the restrictions on distributions that were applicable during the Extended Covenant Waiver Period. On February 22, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors reinstated its policy of distributions on a monthly basis, with the first monthly cash distribution paid on March 15, 2022. On March 18, 2022, the Company declared a monthly cash distribution of $0.05 per common share for the month of April, paid on April 18, 2022, to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2022. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company paid distributions of $0.06 per common share for a total of $13.7 million.

The Company, as it has done historically due to seasonality, may use its Revolving Credit Facility to maintain the consistency of distributions, taking into consideration any acquisitions, dispositions, capital improvements and economic cycles. Any distribution will be subject to approval of the Company’s Board of Directors and there can be no assurance of the classification or duration of distributions at any particular distribution rate. The Board of Directors monitors the Company’s distribution rate relative to the performance of its hotels on an ongoing basis and may make adjustments to the distribution rate as determined to be prudent in relation to other cash requirements of the Company. If cash flow from operations and the Revolving Credit Facility are not adequate to meet liquidity requirements, the Company may utilize additional financing sources to make distributions. Although the Company has relatively low levels of debt, there can be no assurance it will be successful with this strategy, and it may need to reduce its distributions to minimum levels required to maintain its qualification as a real estate investment trust. If the Company were unable to extend its maturing debt in future periods or if it were to default on its debt, it may be unable to make distributions.

Share Repurchases

In May 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a one-year extension of its existing share repurchase program, authorizing share repurchases up to an aggregate of $345 million (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Share Repurchase Program may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company and will end in July 2022 if not terminated or extended earlier. The Company has a written trading plan as part of the Share Repurchase Program that provides for share repurchases in open market transactions that is intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act. Past repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program have been funded, and the Company intends to fund future purchases, with cash on hand or availability under its unsecured credit facilities, subject to applicable restrictions under the Company’s unsecured credit facilities (if any). The timing of share repurchases and the number of common shares to be repurchased under the Share Repurchase Program will also depend upon prevailing market conditions, regulatory requirements and other factors.

Capital Improvements

Management routinely monitors the condition and operations of its hotels and plans renovations and other improvements as it deems prudent. The Company is committed to maintaining and enhancing each property’s competitive position in its market. The Company has invested in and plans to continue to reinvest in its hotels. Under certain loan and management agreements, the Company is required to place in escrow funds for the repair, replacement and refurbishing of furniture, fixtures, and equipment, based on a percentage of gross revenues, provided that such amount may be used for the Company’s capital expenditures with respect to the hotels. As of March 31, 2022, the Company held approximately $30.9 million in reserve related to these properties. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company invested approximately $8.1 million in capital expenditures. The Company anticipates spending approximately $55 to $65 million during 2022, which includes various renovation projects for approximately 20 to 25 properties, however, inflationary pressures or supply chain shortages, among other issues, may result in increased costs and delays for anticipated projects. The Company does not currently have any existing or planned projects for new property development.

Upcoming Debt Maturities and Debt Service Payments

The Company has approximately $311.9 million of principal and interest payments due on its debt over the next 12 months. Included in this total is $76.5 million due under the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility, which matures on July 27, 2022, but the facility can be extended up to one year, subject to certain conditions including covenant compliance and additional fees. The Company presently has the ability to exercise this extension. Also included in the total above is approximately $180.4 million of mortgage loans

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maturing in the second half of 2022 and first quarter of 2023, which the Company plans to pay off using borrowings under its Revolving Credit Facility and/or new financing. See Note 4 titled “Debt” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Hotel Purchase Contract Commitments

As of March 31, 2022, the Company had one outstanding contract, which was entered into during 2021, for the potential purchase of a hotel in Madison, Wisconsin for an expected purchase price of approximately $78.6 million. The hotel is currently under development and is expected to be completed and opened for business in early 2024, as a 260-room Embassy Suites. 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 closing on this hotel will occur under the outstanding purchase contract. The Company plans to utilize its available cash or borrowings under its unsecured credit facilities available at closing to purchase the hotel.

Cash Management Activities

As part of the cost sharing arrangements discussed in Note 6, titled “Related Parties” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, certain day-to-day transactions may result in amounts due to or from the Company and ARG. To efficiently manage cash disbursements, the Company or ARG may make payments for the other company. Under the cash management process, each company may advance or defer up to $1 million at any time. Each quarter, any outstanding amounts are settled between the companies. This process allows each company to minimize its cash on hand and reduces the cost for each company. The amounts outstanding at any point in time are not significant to either of the companies.

Business Interruption

Being in the real estate industry, the Company is exposed to natural disasters on both a local and national scale. Although management believes the Company has adequate insurance to cover this exposure, there can be no assurance that such events will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

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. Generally, occupancy rates and hotel revenues for the Company’s hotels are greater in the second and third quarters than in the first and fourth quarters. However, due to the effects of COVID-19, these typical seasonal patterns have been disrupted since the first quarter of 2020, although the Company experienced some seasonal decrease in demand in the first and fourth quarters of each year. To the extent that cash flow from operations is insufficient during any quarter due to temporary or seasonal fluctuations in revenue, the Company expects to utilize cash on hand or available financing sources to meet cash requirements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the Company’s financial statements, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods and the related disclosures in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto. The Company has discussed those policies and estimates that it believes are critical and require the use of complex judgment in their application in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2022. There have been no material changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies or the methods or assumptions we apply.

New Accounting Standards

See Note 1 titled “Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for information on the adoption of recently issued accounting standards in the first quarter of 2022.

Subsequent Events

On April 18, 2022, the Company paid approximately $11.4 million, or $0.05 per common share, in distributions to shareholders of record as of April 4, 2022.

In April 2022, the Company declared a monthly cash distribution of $0.05 per common share for the month of May 2022. The distribution is payable on May 16, 2022, to shareholders of record as of May 3, 2022.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As of March 31, 2022, the Company’s financial instruments were not exposed to significant market risk due to foreign currency exchange risk, commodity price risk or equity price risk. However, the Company is exposed to interest rate risk due to possible changes in short term interest rates as it invests its cash or borrows on its Revolving Credit Facility and due to the portion of its variable-rate term debt that is not fixed by interest rate swaps. As of March 31, 2022, after giving effect to interest rate swaps, as described below, approximately $126.5 million, or approximately 9% of the Company’s total debt outstanding, was subject to variable interest rates. Based on the Company’s variable-rate debt outstanding as of March 31, 2022, every 100 basis points change in interest rates will impact the Company’s annual net income by approximately $1.3 million, all other factors remaining the same. With the exception of interest rate swap transactions, the Company has not engaged in transactions in derivative financial instruments or derivative commodity instruments.

As of March 31, 2022, the Company’s variable-rate debt consisted of its unsecured credit facilities, including borrowings outstanding under its Revolving Credit Facility and $820 million of term loans. Currently, the Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its interest rate risk on a portion of its variable-rate debt. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had 13 interest rate swap agreements that effectively fix the interest payments on approximately $770.0 million of the Company’s variable-rate debt outstanding with swap maturity dates ranging from August 2022 to December 2029. Under the terms of all of the Company’s interest rate swaps, the Company pays a fixed rate of interest and receives a floating rate of interest equal to the one-month LIBOR. See Note 5 titled “Fair Value of Financial Instruments” in the Company’s Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for a description of the Company’s interest rate swaps as of March 31, 2022.

In addition to its variable-rate debt and interest rate swaps discussed above, the Company has assumed or originated fixed interest rate mortgages payable to lenders under permanent financing arrangements as well as one $50 million fixed-rate senior notes facility. The following table summarizes the annual maturities and average interest rates of the Company’s mortgage debt and borrowings outstanding under its unsecured credit facilities at March 31, 2022. All dollar amounts are in thousands.

	April 1 - December 31, 2022			2023			2024			2025			2026			Thereafter			Total		Fair Market Value
Total debt:
Maturities	$	238,774		$	296,214		$	338,597		$	245,140		$	74,649		$	244,616		$	1,437,990	$	1,390,985
Average interest rates⁽¹⁾		3.4	%		3.5	%		3.8	%		3.9	%		3.8	%		3.7	%

Variable-rate debt:
Maturities	$	76,500		$	250,000		$	310,000		$	175,000		$	-		$	85,000		$	896,500	$	877,671
Average interest rates ⁽¹⁾		3.1	%		3.3	%		3.7	%		4.1	%		4.1	%		3.8	%

Fixed-rate debt:
Maturities	$	162,274		$	46,214		$	28,597		$	70,140		$	74,649		$	159,616		$	541,490	$	513,314
Average interest rates		4.0	%		3.9	%		3.9	%		3.8	%		3.7	%		3.7	%

(1)	The average interest rate gives effect to interest rate swaps, as applicable.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Senior management, including the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on this evaluation process, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2022. There have been no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

The Company is or may be a party to various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not currently involved in any litigation nor, to management’s knowledge, is any litigation threatened against the Company where the outcome would, in management’s judgment based on information currently available to the Company, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following is a summary of all share repurchases during the first quarter of 2022.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
	(a)		(b)		(c)		(d)
Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (in thousands) ⁽¹⁾
January 1 - January 31, 2022		-	-			-	$	345,000
February 1 - February 28, 2022		-	-			-	$	345,000
March 1 - March 31, 2022 ⁽²⁾		248,151	$	17.79		-	$	345,000
Total		248,151				-

(1)

Represents amount outstanding under the Company's authorized $345 million Share Repurchase Program. This program, which was announced in 2015 and most recently extended in May 2021, may be suspended or terminated at any time by the Company and will end in July 2022 if not terminated earlier or further extended.

(2)	Represents common shares surrendered to the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations associated with the issuance of common shares awarded to employees.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description of Documents
3.1		Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q (SEC File No. 001-37389) filed August 6, 2018)

3.2		Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q (SEC File No. 001-37389) filed May 18, 2020)

31.1		Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FILED HEREWITH)

31.2		Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FILED HEREWITH)

31.3		Certification of the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FILED HEREWITH)

32.1		Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (FURNISHED HEREWITH)

101		The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 formatted in iXBRL (Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) related notes to these financial statements, tagged as blocks of text and in detail (FILED HEREWITH)
104		The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

By:	/s/ Justin G. Knight	Date: May 5, 2022
	Justin G. Knight,
	Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

By:	/s/ Elizabeth S. Perkins	Date: May 5, 2022
	Elizabeth S. Perkins,
	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

By:	/s/ Rachel S. Labrecque	Date: May 5, 2022
	Rachel S. Labrecque,
	Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)