Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. Enter Into Definitive Merger Agreement Combined Portfolio Will Include 234 Hotels in 33 States Combined Enterprise Value of Approximately $5.7 Billion Transaction Maintains Apple Hospitality’s...Definitive Merger Agreement • April 14th, 2016 • Apple REIT Ten, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts
RICHMOND, VA, April 14, 2016 – Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE, “Apple Hospitality”) and Apple REIT Ten, Inc. (“Apple Ten”), collectively the “Pro Forma Combined Company,” announced today that the boards of directors of both companies have approved a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will create one of the largest select service lodging REITs in the industry. The transaction joins two highly complementary select service hotel portfolios with a combined asset base consisting of 234 hotels with 30,017 guestrooms geographically diversified across 94 MSAs throughout 33 states. The Pro Forma Combined Company will have an enterprise value of approximately $5.7 billion and a total equity market capitalization of approximately $4.4 billion, based on the 20 Day VWAP (volume weighted average price) of Apple Hospitality’s common shares ending April 12, 2016.
