SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KNIGHT GLADE M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

306 E MAINS T

(Street)

RICHMOND

23219

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Apple REIT Eight, Inc. [ NONE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chairman and CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/01/2014

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Series B Preferred	03/01/2014		J⁽¹⁾		65,601	D	$0⁽¹⁾	174,399	D
Series B Preferred	03/01/2014		D		174,399	D	$0⁽²⁾	0.0000	D
Units⁽³⁾	03/01/2014		D		10,536	D	$0⁽⁴⁾	0.0000	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The reporting person previously agreed to assign certain benefits (if any) to certain officers, family members and other employees of the issuer associated with 65,601 Series B Preferred Shares, including the right of conversion upon the occurrence of certain events, including a merger of the issuer. On March 1, 2014, the issuer merged (the 'Merger') with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Apple REIT Nine, Inc., now called Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. ('Apple Nine').

2. Disposed of pursuant to merger agreement between issuer and Apple Nine in exchange for 3,583,094.024 Apple Nine Common Shares. There is no active trading market for Apple Nine Common Shares as of the date of this report. In the joint proxy statement/prospectus sent to the issuer's shareholders for approval of the Merger, the preliminary estimate of the fair value of Apple Nine Common Shares as of 9/30/2013 for purposes of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements was $10.00 per Apple Nine Common Share.

3. Consisting of One Common Share and One Series A Preferred Share

4. Disposed of pursuant to merger agreement between issuer and Apple Nine in exchange for 8,956 Apple Nine Common Shares. There is no active trading market for Apple Nine Common Shares as of the date of this report. In the joint proxy statement/prospectus sent to the shareholders of the issuer for approval of the Merger, the preliminary estimate of the fair value of Apple Nine Common Shares as of 9/30/2013 for purposes of the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements was $10.00 per Apple Nine Common Share.

	Kelly C. Clarke, Attorney-in-fact	03/04/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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