SUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES, INC. (NASDAQ:SMMTP) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01.
| Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement | 
Extension of Closing Date of Purchase Agreement
  As previously disclosed by Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (Summit)
  in a Current Report on 8-K filed on February16, 2016, Summit
  Hotel OP, LP, the operating partnership of Summit and certain
  affiliated entities (collectively, the Company) and American
  Realty Capital Hospitality Portfolio SMT ALT, LLC (ARCH
  Purchaser), an affiliate of American Realty Capital Hospitality
  Trust,Inc. (ARCH) entered into a letter agreement (the
  Reinstatement Agreement) to reinstate the Real Estate Purchase
  and Sale Agreement, dated as of June2, 2015, (the Purchase
  Agreement) in its entirety, except as modified by the
  Reinstatement Agreement.
  to the Purchase Agreement, the ARCH Purchaser has the right to
  acquire from the Company fee simple interests in the eight hotels
  listed below containing a total of 741 guestrooms for an
  aggregate purchase price of $77.2 million with a closing that was
  required to occur by December30, 2016.
| Hotel | Location | Number of Rooms | ||||
| Residence Inn | Jackson, MS | |||||
| Courtyard by Marriott | Germantown, TN | |||||
| Courtyard by Marriott | Jackson, MS | |||||
| Fairfield Inn Suites | Germantown, TN | |||||
| Residence Inn | Germantown, TN | |||||
| Staybridge Suites | Ridgeland, MS | |||||
| Homewood Suites | Ridgeland, MS | |||||
| Courtyard by Marriott | El Paso, TX | |||||
  On December 30, 2016, the Company and the ARCH Purchaser entered
  into a letter agreement to extend the required closing date of
  the Purchase Agreement to January 10, 2017.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits | 
| (d) | Exhibits | 
| 10.1 | Letter Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2016, by and among Summit Hotel OP, LP and certain affiliated entities, and American Realty Capital Hospitality Portfolio SMT ALT, LLC. | 
Forward Looking Statements
  The Current Report on Form 8-K contains statements that are
  forward-looking statements 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 Companys expectations and are not guaranteed to occur.
  Investors should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking
  statements. These statements relate to, among other things, the
  Companys pending sale of the remaining eight hotels to the ARCH
  Purchaser to the Purchase Agreement. No assurances can be given
  that the sale of the remaining eight hotels to the ARCH Purchaser
  to the Purchase Agreement will be completed when expected, on the
  terms described or at all. The completion of the sale of the
  remaining eight hotels to the Purchase Agreement is subject to
  certain conditions, 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 Companys periodic reports and
  other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the SEC). Copies are available on the SECs website,
  www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to
  update these statements after the date of this Current Report on
  Form 8-K.
 
                



