Summit Hotel Properties Declares Second Quarter 2016 Dividends

AUSTIN, Texas, July 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) ("the Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016, of $0.1325 per share of common stock of the Company and per common unit of limited partnership interest in Summit Hotel OP, LP, the Company's operating partnership.  The common dividend represents an annualized dividend yield of 3.8 percent based on the closing price of shares of the common stock on July 28, 2016.

The Board of Directors also authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend of $0.578125 per share of the Company's 9.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on August 31, 2016; a cash dividend of $0.4921875 per share of the Company's 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on August 31, 2016; a cash dividend of $0.4453125 per share of the Company's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on August 31, 2016; and a cash dividend of $0.28219 per share of the Company's 6.45% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on August 31, 2016.  The Series D preferred stock cash dividend reflects the time period of June 28, 2016 to August 31, 2016.

The dividends are payable August 31, 2016, to holders of record as of August 16, 2016.

About Summit Hotel Properties

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc., is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust focused primarily on owning premium branded, select-service hotels in the Upscale segment of the lodging industry. As of June 30, 2016, the Company's portfolio consisted of 80 hotels with a total of 10,716 guestrooms located in 23 states.

For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.shpreit.com and follow the Company on Twitter at @SummitHotel_INN.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "potential," "intend," "expect," "seek," "anticipate," "estimate," "approximately," "believe," "could," "project," "predict," "forecast," "continue," "plan," "likely," "would" or other similar words or expressions. These forward-looking statements relate to the payment of dividends. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and can include future expectations, future plans and strategies, financial and operating projections or other forward-looking information. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, not all of which are known to the Company and many of which are beyond the Company's control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the state of the U.S. economy, supply and demand in the hotel industry and other factors as are described in greater detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. Unless legally required, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SOURCE Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.