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Risk Overview Q2, 2026
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- Corporate Activity and Growth - Risk 1Our financial and operating results may suffer if we are unsuccessful in integrating JW Marriott Desert Ridge with our existing assets, and integrating JW Marriott Desert Ridge may be more difficult, costly or time-consuming than expected.
If we are unable to successfully integrate JW Marriott Desert Ridge with our other assets in an efficient and effective manner, the anticipated benefits of the JW Marriott Desert Ridge transaction may not be fully realized, or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected and may not meet estimated growth projections or expectations. Further, we may not achieve the projected efficiencies and synergies once we have fully integrated JW Marriott Desert Ridge into our operations, which may lead to additional costs not anticipated at the time of the JW Marriott Desert Ridge transaction. An inability to realize the full extent of the anticipated benefits of the JW Marriott Desert Ridge transaction or any delays encountered in the integration process could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. The ongoing integration of JW Marriott Desert Ridge with our other assets requires the dedication of significant management resources, which may distract management's attention from day-to-day operations. Phoenix, Arizona is a new market for us, and our relative unfamiliarity with the market may result in our having to devote additional time and expense to gain familiarity with the market and effectively manage this asset. Many of these factors will be outside of our control and any one of them could result in delays, increased costs, decreases in revenue and diversion of management's time and energy from ongoing business concerns, which could materially affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 50
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1The market price of our common stock may vary substantially based on changes in market interest rates and other factors.
The trading prices of equity securities issued by REITs have historically been affected, including in recent quarters, by changes in market interest rates and other factors. One of the factors that may influence the market price of our common stock is the annual yield from distributions on our common stock as compared to yields on other financial instruments. The U.S. has experienced, and may continue to experience, increases in market interest rates. Further increases in market interest rates, or a decrease in our distributions to stockholders, may lead prospective purchasers of our shares to demand a higher annual yield and choose other investments, which could reduce the market price of our common stock. Further, rising interest rates may reduce our available cash flow and diminish our ability to reinvest in our assets, which may harm our business. Other factors that could affect the market price of our common stock include the following: - actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly results of operations;- changes in market valuations of companies in the hotel or real estate industries;- changes in expectations of future financial performance or changes in estimates of security analysts;- fluctuations in stock market prices and volumes;- issuances of common stock or other securities in the future;- disputes with our hotel managers;- the addition or departure of key personnel;- announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, investments or strategic alliances; and - unforeseen events beyond our control, such as terrorist attacks, travel related health concerns including pandemics and epidemics, political instability, regional hostilities, increases in fuel prices, imposition of taxes or surcharges by regulatory authorities, travel related accidents and unusual weather patterns, including natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tornadoes.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2The ownership limitations in our Charter may restrict or prevent stockholders from engaging in certain transfers of our common stock.
To qualify and remain qualified as a REIT, no more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include various kinds of entities) during the last half of any taxable year. To assist us in qualifying as a REIT, our Charter contains a share ownership limit. Generally, any of our shares owned by affiliated owners will be added together for purposes of the share ownership limit. This share ownership limit provides that (subject to certain exceptions) no person may beneficially own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution provisions of the Code, more than 9.8%, in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our capital stock, or any class or series of our capital stock. If anyone transfers shares in a manner that would violate the share ownership limit or prevent us from qualifying as a REIT, those shares instead will be transferred to a trust for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary and will be either redeemed by us or sold to a person whose ownership of the shares will not violate the share ownership limit or we will consider the transfer to be null and void from the outset, and the intended transferee of those shares will be deemed never to have owned the shares. Our Charter also prohibits the ownership of shares by any person or entity if such ownership would violate or otherwise be inconsistent with federal communications laws or regulations pertaining to the ownership of television or radio stations, cable television or other radio authorizations by (i) foreign persons or entities, (ii) persons or entities having interests in television or radio broadcast stations, newspapers or cable television systems, and (iii) entities seeking direct or indirect control of us without prior federal regulatory approval. In the event of a transfer that would result in a violation or inconsistency with federal communications laws or regulations, we may refuse to permit the transfer, suspend the rights of share ownership as necessary to prohibit the violation or inconsistency, or redeem the shares. Anyone who acquires shares in violation of the share ownership limit or the other restrictions on transfer in our Charter bears the risk of suffering a financial loss when the shares are redeemed or sold if the market price of our shares falls between the date of purchase and the date of redemption or sale. In addition, these ownership limitations may prevent an acquisition of control of us by a third party without the approval of our board of directors, even if our stockholders believe the change of control is in their interest.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3Our organizational documents and Delaware law could make it difficult for a third party to acquire control of us.
Our Charter and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws contain provisions that could delay, deter or prevent a change in control of our company or our management. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for stockholders to elect directors and take other corporate actions. These provisions: - impose restrictions on transfer and ownership of our common stock that are designed to assist us in maintaining our status as a REIT;- authorize us to issue "blank check" preferred stock, which is preferred stock that can be created and issued by our board of directors, without stockholder approval, with rights senior to those of common stock;- establish advance notice requirements for submitting nominations for election to our board of directors and for proposing matters that can be acted upon by stockholders at meetings;- provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called only by our chairman or by a majority of the members of our board of directors;- prohibit stockholder actions taken on written consent; and - impose restrictions on ownership of common stock by certain persons (including non-United States persons) due to our ownership of a radio station. We are subject to anti-takeover provisions under Delaware law, which could also delay or prevent a change of control. Together, our Charter, Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, and Delaware law may discourage transactions that otherwise could provide for the payment of a premium over prevailing market prices for our common stock, and also could limit the price that investors are willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 4The ability of our board of directors to revoke our REIT qualification, without stockholder approval, may cause adverse consequences to our stockholders.
Our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation ("Charter") provides that the board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate the REIT election, without the approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT. If we cease to be a REIT, we will not be allowed a tax deduction with respect to distributions to our stockholders in computing our taxable income, and we will be subject to federal and state income tax at regular corporate rates and state and local taxes, which may have adverse consequences on our stock price, distributions, and total return to our stockholders.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 5As a REIT, failure to make required distributions to our stockholders would subject us to federal and state corporate income tax.
Prior to 2012, we had not paid a cash distribution on our common stock since 1999. Beginning in 2013 we declared, and we intend to continue to declare when appropriate, cash dividends, the amount of which will be determined, and will be subject to adjustment, by our board of directors. Our board of directors has approved a dividend policy pursuant to which we will make minimum dividends of 100% of REIT taxable income annually, subject to the board of directors' future determinations as to the amount of any distributions and the timing thereof. Our dividend policy may be altered at any time by our board of directors, and certain provisions of our debt agreements may prohibit us from paying dividends in accordance with any policy we may adopt. To qualify as a REIT, we are generally required to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding net capital gains) each year to our stockholders. If our cash available for distribution falls short of our estimates, we may be unable to maintain the proposed quarterly distributions that approximate our taxable income and may fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT. In addition, our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to fund required distributions as a result of differences in timing between the actual receipt of income and the recognition of income for federal and state income tax purposes, or the effect of nondeductible expenditures. To the extent that we satisfy the 90% distribution requirement but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to federal and state corporate income tax on our undistributed taxable income. In addition, we will be subject to a 4% nondeductible excise tax if the actual amount that we pay out to our stockholders for a calendar year is less than a minimum amount specified under the Code.
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