8-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, 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: July 21, 2014

SUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland	001-35074	27-2962512
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

12600 Hill Country Boulevard, Suite R-100
Austin, Texas 78738
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(512) 538-2300
(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 16, 2014, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, appointed Jeffrey W. Jones and Kenneth J. Kay as directors of the Company.  The Board has determined, based on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, that each appointee is independent in accordance with the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange.  In connection with Messrs. Jones and Kay appointments, the size of the Board was increased from six to seven.  The two new directors join Kerry W. Boekelheide, the Company’ s Executive Chairman of the Board, Daniel P. Hansen, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Bjorn R. L. Hanson, Thomas W. Storey and Wayne W. Wielgus as members of the Board.

Mr. Jones will serve on the Audit and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board.  Mr. Kay will serve on the Audit and the Compensation Committees of the Board.  The Board, on the recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Goverance Committee, has determined that each of the appointees meets the requirements for serving on such committees.  The following table depicts the composition of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Company following the appointment of Messrs. Jones and Kay to the Board.

Director	Audit	Compensation	Nominating and Corporate Governance
Bjorn R. L. Hanson	✓(Chair)	✓	✓
Wayne W. Wielgus		✓(Chair)	✓
Thomas W. Storey	✓		✓(Chair)
Jeffrey W. Jones	✓		✓
Kenneth J. Kay	✓	✓

Messrs. Jones and Kay will participate in the Company’s non-employee director compensation programs.  On July 21, 2014, Messrs. Jones and Kay each received a stock award pursuant to the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, consisting of 5,984 fully vested shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company has entered into an indemnification agreement with each of Messrs. Jones and Kay in the form entered into with other directors and executive officers of the Company.

Item 7.01.    Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 21, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Messrs. Jones and Kay to the Board.

A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statement and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued July 21, 2014.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		SUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES, INC.
		(Registrant)
		By:	/s/ Christopher R. Eng
				Christopher R. Eng
				Senior Vice President, General Counsel,
Date:	July 21, 2014			Chief Risk Officer and Secretary

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press release issued July 21, 2014.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Summit Hotel Properties Appoints Two Independent Directors with Substantial Public Company Experience

AUSTIN, Tesas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 2014--Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (NYSE:INN) (the “Company”) today announced Mr. Jeffrey Jones and Mr. Kenneth Kay have been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, which now includes seven members, five of whom are independent, including Messrs. Jones and Kay. Mr. Jones has been appointed to the Audit and Nominating Committees; Mr. Kay has been appointed to the Audit and Compensation Committees.

“On behalf of the board of directors and the executive management team, we are thrilled to welcome Jeff and Ken to our team,” said Dan Hansen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Summit Hotel Properties. “Their extensive public company experience and capital markets expertise will enhance our board as we continue to create shareholder value.”

Jeffrey Jones most recently held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:MTN), where he also served as a member of the Vail Resorts Board of Directors and as President of Lodging, Retail and Real Estate. Mr. Jones held overall responsibility for the finance, accounting, treasury and investor relations functions, as well as operations oversight of the lodging, retail, and real estate segments, of this publicly-traded mountain resort operator. Mr. Jones joined Vail Resorts in 2003 and retired from his positions in December 2012. Prior to Vail, Mr. Jones was CFO of multiple companies primarily in the retail sector.

Mr. Jones currently serves on the Boards of Noodles & Company, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDLS), where he chairs the Audit Committee, and Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, a privately held company where he chairs the Audit and Finance Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Advisory Board of U.S. Bank and is the Executive in Residence and a member of the Board of Directors at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. Mr. Jones is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Kenneth Kay was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) from December 2008 to July 2013, a leading global developer of destination properties, where he was responsible for all worldwide financial, planning, procurement, technology and risk aspects of the company.

Immediately prior to Las Vegas Sands, Mr. Kay was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) (“CBRE”), a global commercial real estate services firm, from June 2002 to December 2008.

Mr. Kay began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, primarily focusing his efforts on large, publicly owned multinational companies. After leaving public accounting, his career included senior financial and operational roles at Ameron International, Systemed Inc., Universal Studios and, just prior to CBRE, as Chief Financial Officer of Dole Food Company, Inc. (formerly NYSE:DOLE).

Mr. Kay is currently a Managing Director of Raven LLC, an investment and advisory services firm located in Las Vegas, Nevada, a position he has held since co-founding the firm in 2012. Raven LLC provides debt and equity capital and management consulting and advisory services to small and medium sized businesses.

Mr. Kay is a member of the Board of Governors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center and The Board of Advisors of the USC Leventhal School of Accounting. Mr. Kay is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

About Summit Hotel Properties

Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust focused primarily on acquiring and owning premium-branded select-service hotels in the upscale and upper midscale segments of the lodging industry. As of July 21, 2014, the Company’s portfolio consisted of 90 hotels with a total of 11,353 guestrooms located in 22 states.

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

CONTACT:
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc.
Elisabeth Eisleben, 512-538-2306
Director of Investor Relations
eeisleben@shpreit.com