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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-241917"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APLE"
cik: "0001418121"
company_name: "Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-27T20:15:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T20:18:30.734205+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apple Hospitality REIT extends share repurchase program to July 2027 with $242.5M authorization

## Summary
- Board extended share repurchase program through July 2027, authorizing up to $242.5M in common share buybacks.
- Repurchases may be executed via open market, 10b5-1 plans, or private transactions, subject to market conditions.
- At the May 22, 2026 Annual Meeting, all eight director nominees were elected; KPMG ratified as auditor; say-on-pay passed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-241917
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APLE
- cik: 0001418121
- company_name: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-27T20:15:15+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312526241917/0001193125-26-241917-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312526241917/aple-20260522.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-241917.txt

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