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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001474098-26-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEB"
cik: "0001474098"
company_name: "Pebblebrook Hotel Trust"
filed_at: "2026-10-01T20:18:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:24:04.000892+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Appoints Bill Bayless to Board, Expanding Board to Eight Trustees

## Summary
- Bill Bayless joined Pebblebrook Hotel Trust's Board of Trustees effective October 1, 2026, serving until the 2027 annual meeting.
- Bayless is CEO of Maslow Campus Communities; he co-founded American Campus Communities and helped lead its roughly $13 billion sale to Blackstone in 2022.
- Over more than 35 years, Bayless has been involved in nearly $30 billion in real estate transactions, per the company.
- Pebblebrook's board increased from seven to eight trustees; Bayless received a one-time $50,000 common share award vesting in one-third annual increments over three years.
- Bayless will receive the same fees as Pebblebrook's other independent trustees, with first cash payment pro-rated from his October 1, 2026 start date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001474098-26-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEB
- cik: 0001474098
- company_name: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T20:18:22+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000063/0001474098-26-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1474098/000147409826000063/peb-20261001.htm

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