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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001474098-26-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEB"
cik: "0001474098"
company_name: "Pebblebrook Hotel Trust"
filed_at: "2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T03:52:24.193514+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pebblebrook Hotel Trust elects Nina Jones and Bill Bayless to board; adopts refreshment framework

## Summary
- Nina P. Jones elected to board effective March 1, 2026; former T. Rowe Price VP and portfolio manager.
- Bill Bayless elected to board, expected to join in Q4 2026; co-founded American Campus Communities (ACC).
- Ron E. Jackson retiring at 2026 annual meeting; another trustee expected to depart by 2027 meeting.
- New board refreshment framework targets avg independent trustee tenure ≤12 years by 2027 annual meeting.
- Jones also serves on boards of Simon Property Group (SPG) and Equity Residential (EQR).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001474098-26-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEB
- cik: 0001474098
- company_name: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
- filed_at: 2026-02-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000007/0001474098-26-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000007/peb-20260205.htm

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