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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 27, 2022

 

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Maryland (Sotherly Hotels Inc.)

Delaware (Sotherly Hotels LP)

001-32379 (Sotherly Hotels Inc.)

001-36091 (Sotherly Hotels LP)

20-1531029 (Sotherly Hotels Inc.)

20-1965427 (Sotherly Hotels LP)

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

306 South Henry Street, Suite 100

Williamsburg, Virginia

 

23185

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (757) 229-5648

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Sotherly Hotels Inc.    Sotherly Hotels LP    

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Sotherly Hotels Inc.    Sotherly Hotels LP    

 

 


 

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

SOHO

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

8.0% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value

SOHOB

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value

SOHOO

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

8.25% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value

SOHON

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

 

 

 

 


 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 27, 2022, Sotherly Hotels Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited  partnership of which the Company is the sole general partner (the “Operating Partnership”), and MHI Hospitality TRS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership (the “TRS” and, together with the Company and the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries, “we”, “our” and “us”) entered into a Third Amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the Master Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) with Our Town Hospitality LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“Our Town”), as well as amendments (the “Hotel Amendments”) to each of the individual hotel management agreements (the “Hotel Agreements”) for the management of the Company’s hotels.

 

Pursuant to the Third Amendment the initial term of the Master Agreement was extended by ten years, from March 31, 2025 to March 31, 2035 and, pursuant to the Hotel Amendments, the initial term of each Hotel Agreement was also extended by ten years, from March 31, 2025 to March 31, 2035.  The other material terms of the Master Agreement and the Hotel Agreements remain unchanged.

 

Following a transaction effective as of March 31, 2022 Mr. Folsom, our President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors, directly or indirectly, owns 5.7% of the outstanding membership interests in Our Town and Mr. Sims, our Chairman and a member of our Board of Directors, directly or indirectly, owns 94.3% of the outstanding membership interests in Our Town.  Each of Mr. Folsom and Mr. Sims also serve on the Our Town board of directors.  The Company’s audit committee considered and approved the Third Amendment and the Hotel Amendments and the related party aspects of those transactions arising from Mr. Folsom’s and Mr. Sims’ collective ownership of Our Town and their positions on Our Town’s board of directors.

 

The foregoing summary description of the Third Amendment, including the material terms thereof, does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Third Amendment, which is filed herewith and incorporated by reference hereto as Exhibit 10.27.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

10.27

 

Third Amendment to Master Agreement by and among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP, MHI Hospitality TRS, LLC, and Our Town Hospitality LLC.

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  April 27, 2022

 

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Anthony E. Domalski

 

 

 

Anthony E. Domalski

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by its General Partner,

 

 

 

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Anthony E. Domalski

 

 

 

Anthony E. Domalski

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.27

THIRD AMENDMENT TO

MASTER AGREEMENT

 

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO MASTER AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made this 27th day of April, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and among SOTHERLY HOTELS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Owner”); SOTHERLY HOTELS INC., a Maryland corporation and general partner of the Owner (the “REIT”) (the Owner and REIT are hereinafter referred to as the “Company”); MHI HOSPITALITY TRS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lessee”), and OUR TOWN HOSPITALITY LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“Our Town” or the “Manager” and collectively with the Company, and the Lessee, the “Parties”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Parties entered into that certain Master Agreement dated September 6, 2019, that certain Amendment to Master Agreement dated December 13, 2019, and that certain Second Amendment to Master Agreement dated June 4, 2021 (as amended, the “Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement to extend the term by ten (10) years to March 31, 2035.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Owner, REIT, and Lessee hereby agree as follows:

 

1.

The first sentence of Section 6 (Term) is hereby modified to read in its entirety as follows:

The term (“Term”) of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and unless terminated prior to its expiration as provided below, shall expire on March 31, 2035 provided, however, that the term of this Agreement shall continue beyond such date for such period of time as any Management Agreement for a Current or Additional Hotel remains in effect.  

 

2.

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Agreement and the related Exhibits remain in full force and effect.

 

 

3.

This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without deference to conflicts of laws principals.

 

 

4.

The Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts.  All of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement (or other document) and shall become effective (unless otherwise therein provided) when one or more counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to the other Party.

 

 


 

 

 

5.

This Amendment may be transmitted for execution by facsimile or e-mail and, therefore, signatures transmitted by facsimile or e-mail shall be acceptable and binding.

 

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.]

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THIS Amendment is executed by the parties effective as of the date and year first above written.

 

 

SOTHERLY HOTELS, LP,

a Delaware limited partnership

 

By:  SOTHERLY HOTELS, INC., its General Partner,

a Maryland corporation

 

By: ___David R. Folsom____________________

Name: ___David R. Folsom__________________

Title: __President and CEO__________________

 

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.,

a Maryland corporation

 

 

By: __David R. Folsom_____________________

Name: __David R. Folsom___________________

Title: __President and CEO__________________

 

MHI HOSPITALITY TRS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

 

 

By: _____David R. Folsom___________________

Name: ___David R. Folsom__________________

Title: ___Manager__________________________

 

OUR TOWN HOSPITALITY LLC

a Virginia limited liability company

 

 

By: __Todd Felsen_________________________

Name: ____Todd Felsen_____________________

Title: __President and CEO__________________

 

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