AUSTIN, Texas, April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. INN (the "Company"), announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018, of $0.18 per share of common stock of the Company and per common unit of limited partnership interest in Summit Hotel OP, LP, the Company's operating partnership.  The Company's first quarter common dividend represents an annualized dividend yield of 4.9 percent based on the closing price of shares of the common stock on April 27, 2018.

The Board of Directors has also authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend of $0.403125 per share of the Company's 6.45% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on May 31, 2018 and a cash dividend of $0.390625 per share of the Company's 6.25% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on May 31, 2018.

The dividends are payable on May 31, 2018 to holders of record as of May 16, 2018.

About Summit Hotel Properties

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust focused on owning premium-branded hotels with efficient operating models primarily in the upscale segment of the lodging industry.  As of March 31, 2018, the Company's portfolio consisted of 83 hotels with a total of 12,242 guestrooms located in 26 states.

For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.shpreit.com and follow the Company on Twitter at @SummitHotel_INN.

Forward Looking Statements

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