Summit Hotel Properties Announces Exercise Of Underwriters' Option To Purchase Additional Shares And Subsequent Closing Of Public Offering Of Common Stock

AUSTIN, Texas, May 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) (the "Company") today announced that it has completed its underwritten public offering of 10,350,000 shares of its common stock, which includes 1,350,000 shares issued pursuant to the underwriters' full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares.  The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the offering, after underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses will be approximately $163.8 million.

The Company contributed the net proceeds from the offering to Summit Hotel OP, LP, its operating partnership, which intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repayment of borrowings under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility and acquisitions of additional hotel properties, which may include the 261-guestroom Courtyard by Marriott the Company has under contract to purchase for $85.0 million in the second quarter of 2017.

Raymond James, Deutsche Bank Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, and Baird acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.  The senior co-managers for the offering were KeyBanc Capital Markets and PNC Capital Markets LLC.  BB&T Capital Markets and Canaccord Genuity acted as co-managers.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was declared effective.  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 was made solely by means of the prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus supplement, forming part of the effective shelf registration statement.

Copies of the final prospectus supplement and base prospectus for the offering may be obtained by contacting Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Equity Syndicate, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716 or by email at prospectus@raymondjames.com or by telephone at (800) 248-8863, by contacting Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 or by email at prospectus.cpdg@db.com or by telephone at (800) 503-4611, by contacting BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 North College Street, 3^rd Floor, NC1-004-03-43, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001 or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com, by contacting RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, Brookfield Place, 200 Vesey Street, 8^th Floor, New York, New York 10281-8098, or by email at equityprospectus@rbccm.com or by telephone at (877) 822-4089, by contacting Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate Department, 777 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 or by email at syndicate@rwbaird.com.

About Summit Hotel Properties

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly traded real estate investment trust focused on owning primarily premium-branded, select-service hotels.  As of May 15, 2017, the Company's portfolio consisted of 75 hotels with a total of 10,444 guestrooms located in 22 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 estimated amount of offering-related expenses and the anticipated use of the net proceeds. The statements are based upon the Company's present expectations but 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 Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements after the date of this release.

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SOURCE Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.