WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Oct. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHO) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors
has authorized, and the Company has declared, a quarterly cash dividend of $0.095 per common share of beneficial
interest. The quarterly dividend will be paid on January 11, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 15, 2016. The common
dividend represents an annualized yield of approximately 7.6 percent based on the closing price of the Company’s common shares on
October 21, 2016.
The Board of Directors also authorized, and the Company has declared, a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50
per share of beneficial interest of the Company’s 8.0% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock. The quarterly
preferred dividend will be paid on January 17, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 30, 2016.
About Sotherly Hotels Inc.
Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a self-managed and self-administered lodging REIT focused on the
acquisition, renovation, upbranding and repositioning of upscale and upper-upscale full-service hotels in the Southern United
States. Currently, the Company’s portfolio consists of investments in twelve hotel properties, comprising 3,011 rooms. Most of
the Company’s properties operate under the Hilton Worldwide, InterContinental Hotels Group and Starwood Hotels and Resorts brands.
Sotherly Hotels Inc. was organized in 2004 and is headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia. For more information, please visit
www.sotherlyhotels.com.
Contact at the Company: Scott Kucinski Sotherly Hotels Inc. 410 West Francis Street Williamsburg, Virginia 23185 (757) 229-5648
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