0001062993-24-003993.txt : 20240221 0001062993-24-003993.hdr.sgml : 20240221 20240221174109 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001062993-24-003993 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20240216 FILED AS OF DATE: 20240221 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20240221 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gormsen Christopher Andrew CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001566546 ORGANIZATION NAME: FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35169 FILM NUMBER: 24661290 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O RLJ LODGING TRUST STREET 2: 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1000 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RLJ Lodging Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001511337 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] ORGANIZATION NAME: 05 Real Estate & Construction IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7373 WISCONSIN AVE STREET 2: SUITE 1500 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 BUSINESS PHONE: 301-280-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7373 WISCONSIN AVE STREET 2: SUITE 1500 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 4 1 form4.xml STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES X0508 4 2024-02-16 0001511337 RLJ Lodging Trust RLJ 0001566546 Gormsen Christopher Andrew C/O RLJ LODGING TRUST 7373 WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 1500 BETHESDA MD 20814 0 1 0 0 Chief Accounting Officer 0 Common Shares 2024-02-16 4 A 0 23504 11.70 A 176108 D Common Shares 2024-02-17 4 F 0 4395 11.70 D 171713 D These restricted shares, vesting ratably over three years on the yearly anniversary of the date of grant, were granted to the reporting person pursuant to the RLJ Lodging Trust 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Reflects common shares surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of the restricted common shares previously granted. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Chad Perry, Attorney-in-Fact 2024-02-21 EX-24.1 2 exhibit24-1.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Leslie D. Hale and Chad Perry, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or trustee of RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 21st day of February, 2024.

/s/ Christopher A. Gormsen       
Christopher A. Gormsen