0001062993-22-019892.txt : 20220923 0001062993-22-019892.hdr.sgml : 20220923 20220923160642 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001062993-22-019892 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220913 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220923 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220923 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bardenett Thomas CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001636740 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-35169 FILM NUMBER: 221262394 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EXTENDED STAY AMERICA, INC. STREET 2: 11525 N. COMMUNITY HOUSE ROAD, SUITE 100 CITY: CHARLOTTE STATE: NC ZIP: 28277 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RLJ Lodging Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001511337 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 BUSINESS PHONE: 301-280-7777 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER STREET 2: SUITE 1000 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20814 3 1 form3.xml INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES X0206 3 2022-09-13 0 0001511337 RLJ Lodging Trust RLJ 0001636740 Bardenett Thomas C/O RLJ LODGING TRUST 3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 1000 BETHESDA MD 20814 0 1 0 0 EVP and COO Common Shares 244845 D Includes 155,152 restricted shares granted under the RLJ Lodging Trust Equity Incentive Plan that are subject to time-based vesting. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Anita Cooke Wells, Attorney-in-Fact 2022-09-23 EX-24 2 exhibit24.htm EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Leslie D. Hale and Anita Cooke Wells, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or trustee of RLJ Lodging Trust (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2022.


/s/ Thomas Bardenett          
Thomas Bardenett