0001185185-16-004975.txt : 20160912 0001185185-16-004975.hdr.sgml : 20160912 20160713163836 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001185185-16-004975 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160713 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001418121 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 261379210 STATE OF INCORPORATION: VA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 814 EAST MAIN STREET CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 BUSINESS PHONE: 804.344.8121 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 814 EAST MAIN STREET CITY: RICHMOND STATE: VA ZIP: 23219 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Apple REIT Nine, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20071109 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm
APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.
814 East Main Street
Richmond, VA  23219

July 13, 2016


VIA EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS

Ms. Jennifer Gowetski
Senior Counsel, Office of Real Estate and Commodities
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
Re:
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
   
Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-211564)
Request for Acceleration of Effective Date
 
 
Dear Ms. Gowetski:

Pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby respectfully requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) accelerate the effective date and time of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) and declare the Registration Statement effective as of 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Friday, July 15, 2016, or as soon thereafter as practicable.  The Company also requests that the Commission confirm such effective date and time in writing.
In connection with this request for acceleration, the Company acknowledges that:
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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and
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the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.


[Signature page follows]
 
 

  Very truly yours,  
     
  Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  
     
/s/ Justin G. Knight                                    
By:   Justin G. Knight
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer