---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-265853"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APLE"
cik: "0001418121"
company_name: "Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-10T20:15:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T20:21:41.798875+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Apple Hospitality appoints CFO Perkins as principal accounting officer following death of Labrecque

## Summary
- Elizabeth S. Perkins, SVP and CFO, assumed the additional role of principal accounting officer effective June 10, 2026.
- Prior principal accounting officer Rachel Labrecque passed away on June 9, 2026.
- No changes to Perkins' compensation or any compensatory arrangements as a result of the appointment.
- Perkins has no family relationships with directors/executives and no reportable transactions under Item 404(a).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-265853
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APLE
- cik: 0001418121
- company_name: Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T20:15:16+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312526265853/0001193125-26-265853-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312526265853/aple-20260610.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elizabeth S. Perkins was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer at Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer
  source text: On June 10, 2026, Elizabeth S. Perkins, the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was appointed as, and assumed the additional role of, the Company’s principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312526265853/0001193125-26-265853-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rachel Labrecque departed as principal accounting officer at Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc..
  - Action: passed away
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: Ms. Labrecque passed away on June 9, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1418121/000119312526265853/0001193125-26-265853-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.