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      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>06/30/2026</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.</issuerName>
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          <com:stateOrCountry>TX</com:stateOrCountry>
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        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>Bahnhofstrasse 45 PO Box CH-8021, Zurich, Switzerland
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        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>This statement on Schedule 13G is being filed by UBS Group AG on behalf of itself and its wholly owned subsidiaries UBS Financial Services Inc.,UBS Securities LLC,UBS AG London Branch and UBS Switzerland AG
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &amp;#167; 240.14a-11.

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      <reportingPersonName>UBS Group AG</reportingPersonName>
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        <signature>Andrew Johnson</signature>
        <title>Director</title>
        <date>08/05/2026</date>
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      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Anjali Tiwari</signature>
        <title>Associate Director</title>
        <date>08/05/2026</date>
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