Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
OnJanuary 5, 2021 , in connection with the commencement of an at the market offering program through whichChatham Lodging Trust (the "Company") may sell up to$100,000,000 of its common shares of beneficial interest, par value$0.01 per share (the "Common Shares"), from time to time, the Company andChatham Lodging, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership") entered into a Sales Agreement (the "Sales Agreement") withCantor Fitzgerald & Co. ,Barclays Capital Inc. ,BMO Capital Markets Corp. ,BofA Securities, Inc. ,BTIG, LLC ,Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ,Regions Securities LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated andWells Fargo Securities, LLC (each an "Agent" and collectively the "Agents"). In accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer to sell Common Shares having a maximum aggregate offering price of up to$100,000,000 from time to time through the Agents, acting as the Company's sales agents. Sales of Common Shares, if any, will be made by means of ordinary brokers' transaction on theNew York Stock Exchange , in negotiated transactions (including block transactions) or in any other transaction that is deemed to be an "at the market offering" as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, including sales at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices subject to certain minimum prices, and/or any other method permitted by law, including in negotiated transactions (including block transactions). The Agents are entitled to compensation of up to 2.0% of the gross sales price per share for any Common Shares sold by them. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Agents will use their commercially reasonable efforts to sell on the Company's behalf any Common Shares to be offered by the Company under the Sales Agreement. The offering of Common Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (a) the sale of all the Common Shares subject to the Sales Agreement, and (b) the termination of the Sales Agreement by the Agents or the Company. The Company and theOperating Partnership made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants concerning the Company, theOperating Partnership and the Common Shares in the Sales Agreement and also agreed to indemnify the Agents against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. The Common Shares sold under the Sales Agreement will be offered and sold pursuant to the Company's shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-251600) filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") onDecember 22, 2020 , which was declared effective by theSEC onJanuary 5, 2021 , a base prospectus datedJanuary 5, 2021 and a prospectus supplement filed with theSEC onJanuary 5, 2021 . This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of Common Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. The foregoing description of the material terms of the Sales Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement by and among the Company, theOperating Partnership and the Agents, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference. An opinion ofVenable LLP with respect to the validity of common shares that may be offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus is filed herewith as Exhibit 5.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits Exhibit No. Description 1.1 Sales Agreement, datedJanuary 5, 2021 , by and amongChatham Lodging Trust ,Chatham Lodging, L.P. and Cantor
Inc.,BMO Capital Markets Corp. ,BofA
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. , Regions
Company, Incorporated andWells Fargo Securities, LLC . 5.1 Opinion ofVenable LLP regarding legality of shares. 23.1 Consent ofVenable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). Cover page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL 104 document).
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