Apple Hospitality REIT Inc

The Company intends to comply with Code Section 409A, or an exemption to Code Section 409A, with regard to Awards hereunder that constitute nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Code Section 409A. To the extent that the Company determines that a Grantee would be subject to the additional twenty percent (20%) tax imposed on certain nonqualified deferred compensation plans pursuant to Code Section 409A as a result of any provision of any Award granted under the Plan, such provision shall be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary to avoid application of such additional tax. The nature of any such amendment shall be determined by the Committee.

To record adoption of the Plan by the Board as of March 23, 2024, effective upon and subject to approval of the Plan by the Company’s shareholders on May 23, 2024, the Company has caused its authorized officer to execute the Plan.

APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC 814 EAST MAIN STREET RICHMOND, VA 23219 Logo SCAN TO VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 17, 2023. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years. VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions. Vote by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 17, 2023. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: V05137-P84013 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. APPLE HOSPITALITY REIT, INC. For All Withhold All For All Except To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark "For All Except" and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below.The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following: 1. Election of Directors Nominees:01) Glenn W. Bunting 02) Jon A. Fosheim 03) Kristian M. Gathright 04) Carolyn B. Handlon 05) Glade M. Knight 06) Justin G. Knight 07) Blythe J. McGarvie 08) L. Hugh Redd 09) Howard E. Woolley The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals 2 and 3: 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to serve for 2023. 3. Approval on an advisory basis of executive compensation paid by the Company. For Against Abstain The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 Year on the following proposal 4: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 4. Approval on an advisory basis on the frequency of the advisory vote on executive compensation NOTE: In their discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com. Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. Annual Meeting of Shareholders May 18, 2023 9:00 AM EDT This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors This proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors. The undersigned hereby appoints Justin Knight and Matthew Rash as Proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated below, all common shares of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. held by the undersigned on March 20, 2023, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders at the Courtyard and Residence Inn Richmond Downtown, located at 1320 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219, on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 9:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, or any adjournment thereof. If one of the director nominees specified on the reverse side ceases to be available for election as a director, discretionary authority may be exercised by the Proxies named herein to vote for a substitute. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1, "FOR" PROPOSALS 2 AND 3, AND "1 YEAR" FOR PROPOSAL 4, AND ACCORDING TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE NOMINEES LISTED IN PROPOSAL 1, "FOR" PROPOSALS 2 AND 3, AND "1 YEAR" FOR PROPOSAL 4, AND ACCORDING TO THE DISCRETION OF THE PROXY HOLDERS ON ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS. Continued and to be signed on reverse side