Securities Registration (section 12(b)) (8-a12b)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

SUMMIT HOTEL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland		27-2962512
(State of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

13215 Bee Cave Parkway, Suite B-300 Austin, Texas		78738
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class to be so registered		Name of each exchange on which each class is to be registered
5.875% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share		New York Stock Exchange

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. o

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. o

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates (if applicable): 333-231156

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

A description of the 5.875% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series F Preferred Stock”), of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (“the Registrant”) to be registered hereunder is contained in the section entitled “Description of the Series F Preferred Stock” in the Registrant’s prospectus supplement dated August 5, 2021, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2021 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and in the section entitled “Description of Common and Preferred Stock” in the accompanying prospectus dated January 6, 2021, which sections are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description

3.1		Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 28, 2012).

3.2		Articles Supplementary designating the Company’s 9.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed by on October 28, 2011).

3.3		Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. designating the Company’s 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2012).

3.4		Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. designating the Company’s 7.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 19, 2013).

3.5		Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. prohibiting election under Sections 3-803, 3-804(a), 3-804(b) and 3-805 of the MGCL without stockholder approval (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2016).

3.6		Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. designating the Company’s 6.45% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on June 24, 2016).

3.7		Articles of Amendment of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2017).

3.8		Articles Supplementary of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2017).

3.9		Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. designating the 6.25% Series E Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on November 8, 2017).

3.10†		Articles Supplementary to the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. designating the 5.875% Series F Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share.

3.11		Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 19, 2017).

† Filed herewith.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.