Exhibit 2.2

FIRST AMENDMENT

TO

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of January 15, 2015, is made by and among theSellers signatory hereto (collectively, jointly and severally, “Seller”), and MCR DEVELOPMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Purchaser”). Seller and Purchaser are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party”, and collectively as the “Parties”.

RECITALS:

A.The Parties are parties to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December 15, 2014 (the “Agreement”), governing the purchase and sale of nineteen hotels more fully described in the Agreement.

B.The Parties wish to amend the Agreement to extend the Title and Survey Review Deadline as more particularly provided herein.

AGREEMENT;

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby amend the Agreement as follows:

1.The second (2nd) sentence of Section 5.3(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

If Purchaser shall have notified Seller and the Title Company of all Title Exceptions and Survey Defects to which it objects on or prior to January 5, 2015 (the “Title and Survey Objection Deadline)”, but is not able to obtain Pro Forma Title Policies or Title and Survey Side Letter acceptable to Purchaser, in its sole and absolute discretion, on or prior to January 20, 2015 (the “Title and Survey ReviewDeadline”), Purchaser shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, in which case the Earnest Money shall be refunded to Purchaser, and the Parties shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement, except those which expressly survive such termination.

2.All other terms and conditions of the Agreement not specifically modified or supplemented by this Amendment, shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.  This Amendment (a) shall be governed, construed and enforced under the laws of the State of New York, (b) contains the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the provisions of the Agreement amended and supplemented hereby, (c) may not be modified except by a writing signed by all of parties hereto and (d) and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Agreement and the terms of this Amendment, the terms of this Amendment shall control.

3.A Party may deliver executed signature pages to this Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission to any other Party, which facsimile or other electronically transmitted copy shall be deemed to be an original executed signature page. This Amendment may be executed in any number of

counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which counterparts together shall constitute one agreement with the same effect as if the Parties had signed the same signature page.

(Signature page follows)

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date set forth above.

PURCHASER:

MCR DEVELOPMENT LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By:      /s/ Russell Shattan          

Name: Russell Shattan

Title:   Authorized Representative

SELLER:
Courtyard, Alexandria, LA:	SUNBELT-CAL, LLC,
	An Alabama limited liability company
	By:  Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its Managing Member
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Hilton Garden Inn, West Monroe, LA:	APPLE NINE HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Homewood Suites, Cincinnati, OH:	APPLE SEVEN HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Courtyard, Jackson, MS:	APPLE NINE HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President

Hampton Inn, Savannah, GA:	APPLE EIGHT HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Hampton Inn, Bowling Green, KY:	APPLE EIGHT HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Hampton Inn, Charlotte, NC:	APPLE EIGHT NORTH CAROLINA, L.P.,
	a Virginia limited partnership
	By: Apple Eight NC GP, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its General Partner
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Courtyard, Brownsville, TX:	APPLE SEVEN HOSPITALITY TEXAS, L.P.,
	a Virginia limited partnership
	By:  Apple Seven Texas GP, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its General Partner
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President

Hampton Inn, Dunn, NC:	APPLE EIGHT NORTH CAROLINA, L.P.,
	a Virginia limited partnership
	By:  Apple Eight NC GP, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its General Partner
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Hampton Inn Suites, Pueblo, CO:	APPLE NINE HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Hampton Inn, Concord, NC:	APPLE EIGHT SPE CONCORD, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
TownePlace Suites, Jacksonville, NC:	APPLE NINE NORTH CAROLINA, L.P.,
	a Virginia limited partnership
	By:  Apple Nine NC GP, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its General Partner
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President

Hampton Inn, Troy, AL:	Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
TownePlace Suites, San Antonio, TX:	Apple Seven Hospitality Texas, L.P.,
	a Virginia limited partnership
	By:  Apple Seven Texas GP, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its General Partner
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
TownePlace Suites, Huntsville, AL:	Sunbelt-THA, L.L.C.,
	An Alabama limited liability company
	By:  Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, Managing Member
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Hampton Inn Suites, Tulsa, OK:	Apple Eight Hospitality Ownership, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President

Courtyard, Troy, AL:	SUNBELT-CTY, LLC,
	An Alabama limited liability company
	By:  Apple Nine Hospitality Ownership, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, its Managing Member
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
TownePlace Suites, Columbus, GA:	SUNBELT-TCG, L.L.C.,
	An Alabama limited liability company
	By:  Apple Seven Hospitality Ownership, Inc.,
	a Virginia corporation, Managing Member
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President
Fairfield Inn & Suites, Rogers, AR:	APPLE EIGHT HOSPITALITY OWNERSHIP, INC.,
	a Virginia corporation
	By:  /s/ David Buckley
	Name: David Buckley
	Title: Vice President

REAFFIRMATION AND AGREEMENT OF APPLE

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Apple”) hereby (i) reaffirms all of its obligations under the Apple Joinder attached to the Agreement, (ii) consents to the foregoing Amendment, and (iii) agrees that its obligations under the Apple Joinder shall not be affected by the foregoing Amendment.

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC.,

a Virginia corporation

By:      /s/ David Buckley                                           

Name: 

Title: