Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) (the “Company” or “Apple Hospitality”) today announced results of operations for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Justin Knight, Chief Executive Officer of Apple Hospitality, commented, “Demand trends across our broadly diversified portfolio of select-service hotels have remained strong, and we are pleased to report solid year-over-year improvements in occupancy, ADR and RevPAR for the quarter. With a fundamental shift in consumer spending, leisure demand continues to be robust, driving strong weekend occupancies and allowing for continued rate growth, while steady improvement in business travel has bolstered mid-week occupancy and rate, further lifting overall portfolio performance. Second quarter 2023 Comparable Hotels RevPAR improved by more than 5%, ADR increased by approximately 5% and Occupancy was up by nearly 1% as compared to second quarter 2022. With portfolio occupancy still below pre-pandemic levels, RevPAR was up 7% relative to second quarter 2019, our highest quarterly Comparable Hotels RevPAR growth relative to 2019 since the onset of the pandemic. Although inflationary challenges and a tough labor environment persist, our continued growth in ADR and our efficient operating model have enabled us to achieve strong margins."

Mr. Knight continued, “We are pleased to have acquired the Courtyard Cleveland University Circle during the quarter and continue to underwrite numerous potential opportunities. The transaction market, while still relatively quiet, seems to be opening up, and we anticipate deal volume will increase as the year progresses. We have tremendous transaction experience which, combined with our liquidity position and deep industry relationships, positions us to drive incremental shareholder value by enhancing and growing our portfolio when conditions are optimal. We continue to execute against our proven investment strategy and are confident we are well positioned for continued outperformance."

Hotel Portfolio Overview

As of June 30, 2023, Apple Hospitality owned 220 hotels with an aggregate of 28,929 guest rooms located in 87 markets throughout 37 states.

Second Quarter 2023 Highlights

• Strong operating performance: For the second quarter 2023, Comparable Hotels RevPAR was $126, a 5% increase over second quarter 2022; Comparable Hotels ADR was $161, a 5% increase over second quarter 2022; and Comparable Hotels Occupancy was 78%, a nearly 1% increase over second quarter 2022. Comparable Hotels Occupancy, ADR and RevPAR exceeded industry averages as reported by STR. Based on preliminary results for the Company's portfolio for the month of July 2023, Comparable Hotels Occupancy was approximately 77%, in line with July 2022, with growth in Comparable Hotels ADR as compared to July 2022.
• Strong bottom-line performance: The Company achieved Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA of approximately $142 million, a 2% improvement over second quarter 2022. The Company achieved Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Margin of approximately 39%, down 160 bps to second quarter 2022.
• Acquisition activity: On June 30, 2023, the Company acquired the Courtyard by Marriott Cleveland University Circle in Cleveland, Ohio, for a gross purchase price of $31 million. The Company currently has two additional hotels under contract for purchase for an anticipated combined gross purchase price of approximately $175 million.
• Share repurchases: The Company purchased, under its Share Repurchase Program, approximately 0.2 million of its common shares at a weighted-average market purchase price of approximately $14.47 per common share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $3 million.
• Balance sheet: The Company has maintained the strength and flexibility of its balance sheet. At June 30, 2023, the Company’s total debt to total capitalization, net of cash and cash equivalents, was approximately 29%.
• Monthly distributions: During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company paid distributions totaling $0.24 per common share. Based on the Company’s common stock closing price of $15.01 on August 2, 2023, the current annualized monthly cash distribution of $0.96 per common share represents an annual yield of approximately 6.4%.

Beginning this quarter, the Company is providing monthly performance detail for its Comparable Hotels with comparisons to the respective periods of 2022. In prior quarters, the Company provided full portfolio actual results with comparisons to the respective periods in the prior year as well as 2019. As a result of the industry's general recovery from the impact of COVID-19 on hotel operations, the Company believes timing is appropriate to generally transition away from comparisons to 2019. The following table highlights the Company’s Comparable Hotels monthly performance during the second quarter of 2023 as compared to the second quarter of 2022 (in thousands, except statistical data):

Portfolio Activity

Acquisition

As previously announced, on June 30, 2023, the Company acquired the newly renovated, 154-room Courtyard by Marriott Cleveland University Circle in Cleveland, Ohio, for a gross purchase price of $31 million.

Contracts for Potential Acquisitions

During the second quarter 2023, the Company entered into a contract for the purchase of a Motto by Hilton to be developed in Nashville, Tennessee, for an anticipated total purchase price of approximately $97 million with an expected 256 rooms upon completion of construction. Assuming all conditions to closing are met, the Company anticipates acquiring the Motto in Nashville following completion of construction, which is expected to occur in 2025.

As previously announced, the Company has an outstanding contract for the purchase of an Embassy Suites by Hilton in Madison, Wisconsin, for an anticipated total purchase price of approximately $79 million. The Embassy Suites in Madison is currently under development and expected to include 260 rooms upon completion of construction. Assuming all conditions to closing are met, the Company anticipates acquiring the Embassy Suites in Madison following completion of construction, which is expected to occur in early 2024.

There are many conditions to closing on each of these hotels that have not yet been satisfied, and there can be no assurance that closings on these hotels will occur under the outstanding purchase contracts.

New York Independent Boutique Hotel Lease

During the second quarter 2023, the Company entered into an operating lease for an initial 15-year term with a third-party hotel operator at its independent boutique hotel in New York, New York, for all hotel operations of the hotel's 210 hotel rooms. Lease revenue from this property is recorded in other revenue in the Company's consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. As a result of the lease agreement, this property is excluded from the Company's hotel and room counts effective May 2023 and is considered a non-hotel property through the end of the lease term.

Capital Improvements

Apple Hospitality consistently reinvests in its hotels to maintain and enhance each property’s relevance and competitive position within its respective market. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company invested approximately $28 million in capital expenditures. The Company anticipates investing approximately $70 million to $80 million in capital improvements during 2023, which includes comprehensive renovation projects for approximately 20 to 25 hotels.

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

Summary

As of June 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $1.4 billion of total outstanding debt with a current combined weighted-average interest rate of approximately 4.3%, cash on hand of approximately $6 million and availability under its revolving credit facility of approximately $626 million. Excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and fair value adjustments, the Company’s total outstanding debt as of June 30, 2023, was comprised of approximately $287 million in property-level debt secured by 15 hotels and approximately $1.1 billion outstanding under its unsecured credit facilities. The number of unencumbered hotels in the Company’s portfolio as of June 30, 2023, was 205. The Company’s total debt to total capitalization, net of cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2023, was approximately 29%, which provides Apple Hospitality with financial flexibility to fund capital requirements and pursue opportunities in the marketplace. As of June 30, 2023, the Company’s weighted-average debt maturities were 4.1 years.

On July 19, 2023, the Company entered into an amendment of its $225 million term loan facility, which extended the maturity date of the existing $50 million term loan by two years to August 2, 2025.

Capital Markets

Share Repurchase Program

The Company has in place a Share Repurchase Program that provides for share repurchases in open market transactions. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company purchased, under its Share Repurchase Program, approximately 0.5 million of its common shares at a weighted-average market purchase price of approximately $14.34 per common share, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $7 million. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $335 million remaining under its Share Repurchase Program for the repurchase of shares. Shares were repurchased in open market transactions under the Share Repurchase Program, including pursuant to written trading plans intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

ATM Program

The Company also has in place an at-the-market offering program (the “ATM Program”). As of June 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $224 million remaining under its ATM Program for the issuance of shares. No shares were sold under the ATM program during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Shareholder Distributions

During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company paid distributions totaling $0.24 per common share. Based on the Company’s common stock closing price of $15.01 on August 2, 2023, the current annualized monthly cash distribution of $0.96 per common share represents an annual yield of approximately 6.4%. While the Company currently expects monthly distributions to continue, each distribution is subject to approval by the Company’s Board of Directors. The Company’s Board of Directors, in consultation with management, will continue to monitor the Company’s distribution rate and timing relative to the performance of its hotels, capital improvement needs, varying economic cycles, acquisitions, dispositions, other cash requirements and the Company’s REIT status for federal income tax purposes, and may make adjustments as it deems appropriate.

Updated 2023 Outlook

The Company is updating its operational and financial outlook for 2023. This outlook, which is based on management’s current view of both operating and economic fundamentals of the Company's existing portfolio of hotels, does not take into account any unanticipated developments in its business or changes in its operating environment, nor does it take into account any unannounced hotel acquisitions or dispositions. As compared to previously provided 2023 guidance, the Company is adjusting: Net income by decreasing the low end of the range by $2 million and decreasing the high end of the range by $7 million; Comparable Hotels RevPAR Change, which is the change in Comparable Hotels RevPAR in 2023 compared to 2022, by increasing the low and high ends of the range by 100 bps; Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Margin % by increasing the low and high ends of the range by 10 bps; and Adjusted EBITDAre by decreasing the high end of the range by $5 million while decreasing the low end of the range by $3 million. The reduction in the midpoint of the Company's guidance for Net Income and Adjusted EBITDAre is primarily a result of higher anticipated general and administrative expenses associated with outperformance of the Company's relative shareholder return metrics, which are components of the Company's incentive plans. Comparable Hotels RevPAR Change guidance and Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA Margin % guidance include properties acquired as if the hotels were owned as of January 1, 2022, exclude dispositions and assets held for sale since January 1, 2022, and exclude one non-hotel property leased to third parties. For the full year 2023, the Company anticipates its 2023 results will be in the following range:

Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call

The Company will host a quarterly conference call for investors and interested parties at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 4, 2023. The conference call will be accessible by telephone and the internet. To access the call, participants from within the U.S. should dial 844-825-9789, and participants from outside the U.S. should dial 412-317-5180. Participants may also access the call via live webcast by visiting the Investor Information section of the Company's website at ir.applehospitalityreit.com. A replay of the call will be available from approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Time on August 4, 2023, through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 18, 2023. To access the replay, the domestic dial-in number is 844-512-2921, the international dial-in number is 412-317-6671, and the passcode is 10180136. The archive of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for a limited time.

About Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (NYSE: APLE) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that owns one of the largest and most diverse portfolios of upscale, rooms-focused hotels in the United States. Apple Hospitality’s portfolio consists of 220 hotels with more than 28,900 guest rooms located in 87 markets throughout 37 states as well as one property leased to third parties. Concentrated with industry-leading brands, the Company’s hotel portfolio consists of 97 Marriott-branded hotels, 119 Hilton-branded hotels and four Hyatt-branded hotels. For more information, please visit www.applehospitalityreit.com.

Apple Hospitality REIT 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 FFO (“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 Hotel EBITDA; Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA; and Same Store Hotels 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, Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA and Same Store Hotels 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, Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA and Same Store Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, as calculated by the Company, may not be comparable to FFO, MFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, Adjusted Hotel EBITDA, Comparable Hotels Adjusted Hotel EBITDA and Same Store Hotels 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. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to net income (loss) are provided in the following pages.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by use of 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.

Such 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 (including the potential effects of inflation or a recessionary environment); reduced business and leisure travel due to geopolitical uncertainty, including terrorism, travel-related health concerns, including COVID-19 or other widespread outbreaks of infectious or contagious diseases in the U.S.; inclement weather conditions, including natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires; government shutdowns, airline strikes or other disruptions; 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 press release 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. Readers should carefully review the risk factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. Any forward-looking statement that the Company makes speaks only as of the date of this press release. 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.

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