The Special Meeting will be held virtually at
Subject to shareholder approval at the Special Meeting, Hersha anticipates that the transaction will close in the fourth quarter of 2023, contingent upon the satisfaction or waiver of the other remaining closing conditions.
More information about the Special Meeting and voting is included in the definitive proxy statement filed with the
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In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company has filed relevant materials with the
Participants in the Solicitation
The Company and its trustees and certain of its executive officers may be deemed, under
Additional information regarding the identity of participants in the solicitation of proxies, and a description of their direct or indirect interests in the proposed transaction, by security holdings or otherwise, are set forth in the definitive proxy statement and other materials filed with the
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements containing the words, “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “continue,” “intend,” “should,” “may,” “could,” “will,” “would,” “forecast,” “project,” “potential,” “likely,” or the negative of these words and words of similar import. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events, the Company’s plans, strategies, prospects and future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks that are difficult to predict, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and which could materially affect its actual results, performance or achievements or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers should specifically consider the various factors identified in this press release and other reports filed by the Company with the
Statements regarding the following subjects are forward-looking by their nature: the Company’s business or investment strategy; the Company’s projected operating results; the Company’s ability to generate positive cash flow from operations; the Company’s distribution policy; the Company’s liquidity and management’s plans with respect thereto; completion of the proposed transaction; the Company’s ability to maintain existing financing arrangements, including compliance with covenants and its ability to obtain future financing arrangements or refinance or extend the maturity of existing financing arrangements as they come due; the Company’s ability to negotiate with lenders; the Company’s understanding of its competition; market trends; projected capital expenditures; the impact of inflation and the change in interest rates; the potential effects of a pandemic or epidemic; the supply and demand factors in the Company’s markets or sub-markets, or a potential recessionary environment; the Company’s access to capital on the terms and timing expected; the restoration of public confidence in domestic and international travel; permanent structural changes in demand for conference centers by business and leisure clientele; and the Company’s ability to dispose of selected hotel properties on the terms and timing expected, if at all.
Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s beliefs, assumptions, projections and expectations, taking into account all information currently available. These beliefs, assumptions, projections and expectations are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, and which can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to the Company. If a change occurs, the Company’s business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Important factors that the Company thinks could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results are summarized below. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict which factors will arise. In addition, the Company cannot assess the impact of each factor on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
The following non-exclusive list of factors could also cause actual results to vary from our forward-looking statements: the ability to complete the proposed transaction on the proposed terms or on the anticipated timeline, or at all, including risks and uncertainties related to securing the Company’s shareholder approval and satisfaction of other closing conditions to consummate the proposed transaction; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement relating to the proposed transaction; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts the Company’s current plans and operations or diverts the attention of the Company’s management or employees from ongoing business operations; the risk of potential difficulties with the Company’s ability to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with third parties as a result of the proposed transaction; the failure to realize the expected benefits of the proposed transaction; the risk that the proposed transaction may involve unexpected costs and/or unknown or inestimable liabilities; the risk that the Company’s business may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed transaction; the risk that shareholder litigation in connection with the proposed transaction may affect the timing or occurrence of the proposed transaction or result in significant costs of defense, indemnification and liability; effects relating to the announcement of the transaction or any further announcements or the consummation of the transaction on the market price of the Company’s common shares; general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of the Company’s common shares; changes in the Company’s business or investment strategy; availability, terms and deployment of capital; changes in the Company’s industry and the market in which it operates, interest rates, or the general economy; decreased international travel because of geopolitical events, including terrorism and current
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond our control, also could harm our results, performance or achievements.
All forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth above. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company disclaims any obligation to update publicly any of these statements to reflect actual results, new information, or future events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable laws. If the Company updates one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
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