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*
Becker Stuart J.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2701 SOUTH MINNESOTA AVE., STE. 2

(Street)
SIOUX FALLS SD 57105

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. [ INN ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP, CFO and Treasurer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
04/25/2012
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/25/2012 A 18,075(1) A $0 20,575 D
Common Stock 04/25/2012 A 13,556(2)(3) A $0 34,131 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)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares of restricted common stock granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Board of Directors under a time-based stock award agreement. 25%, 25% and 50% of the restricted shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as an employee of the Issuer, on December 31, 2012, December 31, 2013, and December 31, 2014, respectively.
2. Represents shares of restricted common stock granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Board of Directors under a performance-based stock award agreement. The restricted shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable in one-third increments on January 1, 2013, January 1, 2014 and January 1, 2015, if the reporting person remains in the continued service as an employee of the Issuer and the Issuer's total stockholder return ("TSR") in each one-year period commencing January 1, 2012 equals or exceeds the total return of the SNL U.S. Lodging REIT Index (the "Index Return") for the same period. Two-thirds of the shares (reduced by the number of shares (reduced by the number already vested) shall vest on January 1, 2014 if the Issuer's TSR for the two-year period commencing January 1, 2012 equals or exceeds the Index Return for the same period. All of the shares (reduced by the number already vested) shall vest on January 1, 2015 if the Issuer's TSR for the three-year...
3. period commencing January 1, 2012 equals or exceeds the Index Return for the same period.
Remarks:
/s/ Christopher R. Eng, as Attorney-in-Fact 06/22/2012
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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