2013 Press Releases

Date Title   05/08/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Reports First Quarter 2013 Results ...  04/26/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Sets Dates for First Quarter 2013 Earnings Release and Conference Call BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 26, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ), today announced it will report financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, after the markets close on May 8, 2013. The Company will host a conference call on May 9, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The Company recommends that you dial in approximately 10 minutes before the call. The conference call can be accessed by dialing (877) 7...  04/15/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Promotion of Leslie D. Hale to Executive Vice President BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 15, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced the appointment of Leslie D. Hale to Executive Vice President. Ms. Hale will serve in a dual role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She will continue to oversee all financial matters, investor relations, and the execution of all transactions. In her new role, her responsibilities will be expanded to include additional inves...  03/25/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Option to Purchase Additional Shares and Subsequent Closing of Public Offering of Common Shares BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 25, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced the completion of its underwritten public offering of 15,870,000 common shares of beneficial interest at a public offering price of $21.60 per share. The total shares sold include 2,070,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional common shares. Net proceeds from the public offering after deduct...  03/20/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Acquires Two Premium-Branded Hotels and One Planned Hotel Conversion in Downtown Houston for $79.5 Million BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 20, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that it acquired the historic Humble Oil Building complex in downtown Houston, for a purchase price of $79.5 million, or approximately $151,000 per key based on a combined forward room count of 528 keys. The Humble Oil Building is a three-tower complex that occupies an entire city block in downtown Houston. The complex consists of an ...  03/20/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering of 13.8 Million Common Shares BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 20, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced it has priced an underwritten public offering of 13,800,000 common shares of beneficial interest at a public offering price of $21.60 per share, for net proceeds of approximately $284.8 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated offering costs. The offering was upsized from an original amount of 11,500,000 shares t...  03/19/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Public Offering of Common Shares BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 19, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 11,500,000 common shares of beneficial interest. The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,725,000 common shares. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund potential acquisitio...  03/15/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Announces Dividend for the First Quarter 2013 BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 15, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that its Board of Trustees declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.205 per common share of beneficial interest. The dividend is payable on April 15, 2013, to shareholders of record as of March 28, 2013. Based on the Company’s common stock closing price of $22.11 on March 14, 2013, the annualized dividend represents a 3.7% yield. ...  03/06/13 CORRECTING and REPLACING RLJ Lodging Trust Sets Key Dates for 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeting BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 5, 2013-- Third graph, first sentence of release dated March 5, 2013, record date should read: March 18, 2013 (sted March 13, 2013). The corrected release reads: RLJ LODGING TRUST SETS KEY DATES FOR 2013 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that it will host its Annual Shareholder Meeting. The time and venue of the 2013 Annu...  03/05/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Sets Key Dates for 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeting BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 5, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced that it will host its Annual Shareholder Meeting. The time and venue of the 2013 Annual Shareholder Meeting are as follows:       Date: ...  02/27/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Results ...  02/22/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Sets Dates for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Earnings Release and Conference Call BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ), today announced it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012, after the markets close on February 27, 2013. The Company will host a conference call on February 28, 2013, at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The Company recommends that you dial in approximately 10 minutes before the call. The conferenc...  01/30/13 RLJ Lodging Trust Announces 2012 Dividend Income Tax Information BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2013-- RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”) (NYSE: RLJ) today announced the 2012 tax classification of the dividend distributions made to the Company’s holders of its common shares of beneficial interest. The income tax classification as expected to be reported on Form 1099-DIV for the Company’s common shares, CUSIP number 74965L101, is as follows: ...