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SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE: INN) (the aCompanya) today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares. The shares will be offered pursuant to the Companyas effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Company will contribute the net proceeds of the offering to Summit Hotel OP, LP, its operating partnership (the aOperating Partnershipa), which will use the net proceeds to fund, in part, the cash portions of the purchase prices for the previously announced hotel acquisitions it has under contract: an eight-hotel portfolio of unencumbered Hyatt hotels (total of 1,043 rooms; located in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland and Texas), a 98-room Hilton Garden Inn in Fort Worth, Texas; and a 178-room Residence Inn in Salt Lake City, Utah. Prior to consummating the acquisitions of these hotel properties, the Operating Partnership intends to use a portion of the net proceeds to repay debt outstanding under the Companyas senior secured revolving credit facility, which amounts can be re-borrowed to fund the closings of the acquisitions.

Deutsche Bank Securities, Citigroup, Baird and RBC Capital Markets are acting as book-running managers for the offering.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, or any solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The offering is being made solely by means of the prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus supplement, forming part of the effective shelf registration statement.

Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and base prospectus relating to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and, when available, can be obtained by contacting: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-2836, or by calling (800) 503-4611, or by e-mail at [ prospectus.cpdg@db.com ]; Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220, or by calling (800) 831-9146, or by email at [ batprospectusdept@citi.com ]; Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate Department, 777 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, or by calling (800) 792-2413, or by email at [ syndicate@rwbaird.com ]; or RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th floor, New York, New York 10281-8098, or by calling (877) 822-4089.

About Summit Hotel Properties

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring and owning premium-branded select-service hotels in the upscale and upper midscale segments. As of September 26, 2012 the Companyas hotel portfolio consisted of 73 hotels with a total of 7,533 guestrooms located in 20 states.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are aforward-looking statementsa within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws.These forward-looking statements are based upon the Companyas expectations, but these statements are not guaranteed to occur.Investors should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements.These statements relate to the Companyas common stock offering and the anticipated use of the net proceeds.No assurance can be given that the common stock offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described, or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Completion of the common stock offering on the terms described, and the application of net proceeds, are subject to numerous conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including, without limitation, general economic conditions, market conditions and other factors, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Companyas periodic reports and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the aSECa). Copies are available on the SECas website, [ www.sec.gov ]. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements after the date of this release.