Hersha Hospitality Announces Public Offering of Common Shares 2010-10-19
October 19, 2010 - Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT), owner of upscale, mid-scale and extended stay hotels in major metropolitan markets, today announced the commencement of a public offering of 21,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share.
Hersha intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,150,000 common shares to cover over-allotments, if any. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its revolving line of credit and for general corporate purposes.
The joint book running managers for the offering are BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank Securities and Goldman, Sachs & Co. Raymond James and UBS Investment Bank are acting as co-lead managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to these common shares has been filed with and declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Hersha's common shares, nor shall there be any sale of these common shares or a solicitation of an offer to buy these common shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
Offers for the common shares will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus forming part of the registration statement. A prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to these common shares, when available, may be obtained from: BofA Merrill Lynch, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, Attn: Prospectus Department or email dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attn: Prospectus Department or email prospectus@morganstanley.com; Barclays Capital Inc. c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or email Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; Deutsche Bank Securities, 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, NJ 07311, Attn: Prospectus Department or email prospectus.cpdg@db.com; or Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attn: Prospectus Department or email prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
About Hersha Hospitality Trust
Hersha Hospitality Trust is a self-advised real estate investment trust, which owns interests in 76 hotels, totaling 10,071 rooms, primarily along the Northeast Corridor from Boston to Washington D.C. Hersha also owns hotels in Northern California and Scottsdale, Arizona. Hersha focuses on upscale, mid-scale and extended stay hotels in major metropolitan markets.
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