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Hersha Hospitality Prices Public Offering of Common Shares

^{Published on 2010-10-19 06:00:42 - Market Wire}
 

PHILADELPHIA--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT), owner of upscale, mid-scale and extended stay hotels in major metropolitan markets, today announced the pricing of its public offering of 25,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, at a price of $5.80 per share. Hersha has granted the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 common shares to cover overallotments, if any. Gross proceeds from the offering will be approximately $145.0 million (or approximately $166.8 million if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option in full). The Company intends to use the 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. The co-lead managers for the offering are: Raymond James and UBS Investment Bank. The co-managers for the offering are: FBR Capital Markets; JMP Securities; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods; and Stifel Nicolaus Weisel.

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 Hershaa™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.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance to differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statement. For a description of these factors, please review the information under the heading aRisk Factorsa included in Hersha Hospitality Trusta™s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering.