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BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB):

Note: See tables later in this press release for a description of Same-Property information and reconciliations from net income (loss) to non-GAAP financial measures used in the table above and elsewhere in this press release.

Third Quarter and Year-to-Date Highlights

“One of the most encouraging developments in the third quarter was the continued improvement in pricing power across our portfolio,” noted Mr. Bortz. “Healthy business and leisure transient demand supported an 8.5% increase in transient ADR, while group ADR also increased despite softer convention calendars in several markets. Importantly, demand remained strong throughout the third quarter, reaccelerating in September. Together, these trends reinforce the broad strength of underlying travel demand beyond the early-quarter major events.”

Pebblebrook’s hotel operators and asset management team continued to convert stronger revenues into greater profitability through disciplined expense control and comprehensive operating efficiency initiatives. Same-Property Total Revenues increased 6.9%, well above the high end of the Company’s outlook, while Same-Property Total Expenses rose just 4.0%, or 2.7% on a per-occupied-room basis. This drove a robust 15.1% increase in Same-Property Hotel EBITDA and 205 basis points of margin expansion. The improvement reflects stronger pricing from increased confidence and more compression days, better demand mix, less discounting, healthy on-property spending, and continued productivity gains across the portfolio.

Year-to-date, Same-Property RevPAR climbed 8.7% and Total Revenues increased 7.1%, compared with expense growth of just 4.4%, driving 14.7% growth in Same-Property Hotel EBITDA and approximately 190 basis points of margin expansion. These year-to-date results demonstrate that the sustained benefits of improving demand, stronger rate realization, and the Company’s strategic operating efficiency initiatives extend well beyond any single quarter.

Update on Strategic Dispositions

On October 8, 2026, Pebblebrook completed the sale of The Hotel Zags, a 174-room hotel in Portland, Oregon, for $10.0 million. The property generated negative EBITDA of $0.6 million for the trailing-twelve-months ending August 31, 2026. The sale reduces the Company’s exposure to Portland to just one hotel and provides additional liquidity for debt reduction and opportunistic common and preferred share repurchases.

In connection with The Hotel Zags sale and the Company’s ongoing evaluation of additional dispositions, $77.3 million of non-cash impairment charges were recorded in the third quarter.

Over the past year, the Company has completed nearly $170 million of property dispositions at an aggregate 17.4x EBITDA multiple and a 3.9% net operating income capitalization rate based on trailing-twelve-month performance prior to each respective sale and a capital reserve of 4.0% of total hotel revenues. These sales provide transaction-based support for the portfolio’s underlying private-market valuation and enable the Company to recycle capital into debt reduction and share repurchases at attractive prices. The valuation metrics do not include additional capital investments that buyers may undertake following acquisition.

The Company has also increased its estimated net asset value (“NAV”) per common share by $1.00, to a range of $23.50 to $27.50, reflecting improved property performance, recent transaction evidence, and the benefits of common and preferred share repurchases.

Capital Investments

During the third quarter, the Company invested $14.8 million in capital improvements across its portfolio. Year-to-date, capital investments across the portfolio totaled $39.3 million.

For the full year, the Company anticipates investing $60 to $70 million, a $5 million reduction at the midpoint from its prior outlook of $65 to $75 million, primarily reflecting project timing, with a portion of planned spending shifting into 2027. With the Company’s multi-year redevelopment program largely completed, capital investing has settled at a lower, more normalized level that supports higher discretionary free cash flow for debt reduction and opportunistic repurchases of common and preferred shares. The Company expects this lower level of capital investment to continue into 2027.

Balance Sheet and Share Repurchases

The Company’s deleveraging trend continued in the third quarter, driven by stronger operating results and lower net debt. Net debt-to-trailing 12-month corporate EBITDA declined to 5.1x as of September 30, 2026, from 5.9x at December 31, 2025.

As of September 30, 2026, cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash had grown to $298 million, with an additional $641 million of available capacity on the Company’s $650 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility and $90 million of available capacity on its senior unsecured 2031 term loan. Combined with the Company’s lower normalized capital investments, this enhanced balance sheet position increases financial flexibility for capital allocation decisions. The Company’s consolidated debt and convertible notes currently carry an estimated weighted-average interest rate of 4.2% and a weighted-average debt maturity of 2.5 years, with 89% of the debt effectively fixed and 98% unsecured.

Repayment of the Company’s $350 million of convertible notes maturing in December 2026 is expected to be fully funded by existing cash, expected free cash flow, and available term loan capacity. There are no other debt maturities until 2028.

During the third quarter of 2026, the Company repurchased 1.2 million common shares for $20.9 million, at an average share price of $18.12, bringing year-to-date 2026 repurchases to 2.1 million shares at an average price of $16.09 per share. Since October 2022, the Company has repurchased 20.6 million common shares, approximately 16% of outstanding shares, at an average price of $13.64, representing a 47% discount to the midpoint of the Company’s updated NAV range. The reduced share count is visible in per-share results: third-quarter Adjusted FFO per diluted share increased 23.5%, compared with 18.9% growth in Adjusted FFO.

The Company also repurchased 0.4 million preferred shares during the third quarter for $7.2 million at an attractive 23% average discount to liquidation preference, reducing total outstanding preferred equity securities to $707.8 million, bringing 2026 total repurchases through the third quarter up to 1.9 million preferred shares.

Common and Preferred Dividends

On September 15, 2026, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.01 per share on its common shares and a regular quarterly cash dividend for the following preferred shares of beneficial interest:

• $0.39844 per 6.375% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share;
• $0.39375 per 6.3% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share;
• $0.39844 per 6.375% Series G Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share; and
• $0.35625 per 5.7% Series H Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Share.

2026 Outlook

Third-quarter results reinforced Pebblebrook’s key 2026 earnings drivers: healthy premium business and leisure travel, strengthening pricing power, resilient guest spending beyond the room, well-controlled expense growth, and continued recovery across urban markets led by San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston. The sustained momentum through September, beyond early-quarter major events and the ongoing benefits of the Company’s strategic operating initiatives, further supports the portfolio’s earnings growth outlook.

The Company raised its 2026 Outlook to reflect both stronger-than-expected third-quarter results and improved expectations for the fourth quarter. Of the $16.3 million increase in the Adjusted EBITDAre midpoint, $13.4 million reflects third-quarter results above the prior third-quarter outlook midpoint, and $2.9 million reflects higher fourth-quarter expectations. The change in the full-year GAAP net loss outlook primarily reflects the third-quarter non-cash impairment charges, partially offset by the improved operating outlook.

Current demand and booking trends remain constructive, supported by resilient business and leisure travel activity, while the Company remains mindful of shorter booking windows and macroeconomic, policy, and geopolitical uncertainties. The updated Outlook reflects the sale of The Hotel Zags Portland and assumes no acquisitions and no additional dispositions.

Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Call

The Company will conduct its quarterly analyst and investor conference call on Friday, October 30, 2026, beginning at 9:00 AM ET. Please dial (877) 407-3982 approximately ten minutes before the call begins to participate. A live webcast of the conference call will also be available through the Investor Relations section of www.pebblebrookhotels.com. To access the webcast, click on https://investor.pebblebrookhotels.com/news-and-events/webcasts/default.aspx ten minutes before the conference call. A replay of the conference call webcast will be archived and available online.

About Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and the largest owner of urban and resort lifestyle hotels and resorts in the United States. The Company owns 42 hotels and resorts, totaling approximately 10,800 guest rooms across 14 urban and resort markets. For more information, visit www.pebblebrookhotels.com and follow @PebblebrookPEB on X.

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For further information about the Company’s business and financial results, please refer to the "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained at the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.pebblebrookhotels.com.

All information in this press release is as of October 29, 2026. The Company undertakes no duty to update the statements in this press release to conform the statements to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations.

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