Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) (the “Company”) today announced that
it has successfully executed a new 7-year, $100 million term loan. The
term loan matures in April 2022. The interest rate on the unsecured term
loan is based on a pricing grid with a range of 170 to 255 basis points
over LIBOR, determined by the Company’s leverage ratio. In conjunction
with the new unsecured term loan, the Company has fixed LIBOR over the
7-year period. At the Company’s current leverage level, the interest
rate on the unsecured term loan will be 3.46 percent. The term loan also
includes an accordion option that allows the Company to request
additional lender commitments up to a total of $200 million.
“We are pleased with the favorable terms of this fixed-rate loan, as we
further extend our debt maturities,” commented Raymond D. Martz, Chief
Financial Officer for Pebblebrook Hotel Trust. “The additional capital
will be used to support future financing activities such as paying down
the Company’s unsecured revolving credit facility, capital reinvestments
in renovations and repositionings, and potential future acquisition
opportunities as they may arise.”
The Company’s $100 million unsecured term loan is jointly led by U.S.
Bank and Capital One, N.A. U.S. Bank serves as the Administrative Agent,
Capital One, N.A. serves as the Syndication Agent, and Raymond James
Bank, N.A. serves as the Managing Agent.
About Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is a publicly traded real estate investment
trust (“REIT”) organized to opportunistically acquire and invest
primarily in upper-upscale, full-service hotels located in urban markets
in major gateway cities. The Company owns 35 hotels, including 29 wholly
owned hotels with a total of 6,948 guest rooms and a 49% joint venture
interest in six hotels with a total of 1,775 guest rooms. The Company
owns, or has an ownership interest in, hotels located in 11 states and
the District of Columbia, including: San Francisco, California; Los
Angeles, California (Hollywood, Santa Monica, West Hollywood and
Westwood); New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; San Diego,
California; Portland, Oregon; Buckhead, Georgia; Seattle, Washington;
Washington, DC; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Miami, Florida; Columbia
River Gorge, Washington; Nashville, Tennessee; Bethesda, Maryland and
Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information, please visit us at www.pebblebrookhotels.com
and follow us on Twitter at @PebblebrookPEB.
This press release contains certain “forward-looking” statements
relating to, among other things, potential incurrence of indebtedness.
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” or other similar words or expressions. 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, 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 and the supply of hotel properties, 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,
2014. 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.
For further information about the Company’s business and financial
results, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors”
sections of the Company’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to,
its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,
copies of which may be obtained at the Investor Relations section of the
Company’s website at www.pebblebrookhotels.com.
All information in this release is as of April 13, 2015. The
Company undertakes no duty to update the statements in this release to
conform the statements to actual results or changes in the Company’s
expectations.
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