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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-25-075787"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APLE"
cik: "0001418121"
company_name: "Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T22:20:42.905712+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apple Hospitality extends share repurchase program to $262.6M; shareholders approve ESPP

## Summary
- Shareholders reelected all nine director nominees at May 19 annual meeting.
- Shareholders approved Employee Stock Purchase Plan reserving 600,000 common shares.
- Board extended share repurchase program through July 2026, authorizing up to $262.6M in repurchases.
- Repurchases may be made via open market, 10b5-1 plans, or private transactions.
- Ratified KPMG as independent auditor for fiscal 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-25-075787
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APLE
- cik: 0001418121
- company_name: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000095017025075787/0000950170-25-075787-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000095017025075787/aple-20250519.htm

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