AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) (the “Company”) today
announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of
13,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The
Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day
option to purchase up to an additional 1,950,000 shares. The shares will
be offered pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
The Company will contribute the net proceeds of the offering to Summit
Hotel OP, LP, its operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”),
which will use the net proceeds to fund (i) the cash purchase price for
the acquisition of a three-hotel portfolio of unencumbered Hyatt Place
hotels (total of 426 rooms; located in Orlando Florida (two hotels) and
Chicago, Illinois), a 93-room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Minneapolis,
Minnesota and a 97-room Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Minneapolis,
Minnesota and (ii) the Company’s initial capital contribution to a
proposed joint venture for the acquisition, renovation and ownership of
a 252-room Holiday Inn Express in San Francisco, California. Prior to
consummating these transactions, the Company intends to use a portion of
the net proceeds to reduce the outstanding balance under its revolving
credit facility which amounts can be re-borrowed to fund the closings of
these transactions. The Company will use the balance of the net proceeds
for general corporate purposes, including repayment of debt and
acquisitions of additional hotel properties.
Deutsche Bank Securities, Raymond James, Baird and RBC Capital Markets
are acting as book-running managers for the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, or any
solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities in any state or
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state or jurisdiction. The offering is being made solely by means
of the prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus supplement,
forming part of the effective shelf registration statement.
Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and base prospectus
relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and, when available, can be obtained by contacting: Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New
York, NY 10005-2836, or by calling (800) 503-4611, or by e-mail at prospectus.cpdg@db.com;
or Raymond James & Associates, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St.
Petersburg, Florida 33716, or by calling toll-free at 1-800-248-8863, or
emailing prospectus@raymondjames.com;
or Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate Department,
777 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, or by calling (800)
792-2473, or by email at syndicate@rwbaird.com;
or RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate, Three World
Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th floor, New York, New York
10281-8098, or by calling (877) 822-4089.
About Summit Hotel Properties
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.
is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on
acquiring and owning premium-branded select-service hotels in the
upscale and upper midscale segments. As of January 7, 2013 the Company’s
hotel portfolio consisted of 84 hotels with a total of 9,019 guestrooms
located in 21 states.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains statements that are “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws.These
forward-looking statements are based upon the Company’s expectations,
but these statements are not guaranteed to occur.Investors
should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements.These
statements relate to the Company’s common stock offering and the
anticipated use of the net proceeds.No assurance can be given
that the common stock offering discussed above will be completed on the
terms described, or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering
will be used as indicated. Completion of the common stock offering on
the terms described, and the application of net proceeds, are subject to
numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the
Company, including, without limitation, general economic conditions,
market conditions and other factors, including those set forth in the
Risk Factors section of the Company’s periodic reports and other
documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements after
the date of this release.
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.
Stuart J. Becker, Chief Financial
Officer, 512-538-2303
sbecker@shpreit.com
Source: Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.