Apple Hospitality REIT Inc

The enclosed proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the Courtyard New York World Trade Center Area, located at 100 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10006, on Monday, May 19, 2025 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. Your proxy may be revoked at any time before being voted at the Annual Meeting, either by a written notice of revocation that is received by the Company before the Annual Meeting or by conduct that is inconsistent with the continued effectiveness of the proxy, such as delivering another proxy with a later date or attending the Annual Meeting and voting in person.

Unless your proxy indicates otherwise, all shares represented by a proxy that you sign and return will be voted "FOR" the nominees listed in proposal 1, "FOR" proposals 2, 3 and 4, and in accordance with the best judgment of the proxy holders for any other matters properly brought before the Annual Meeting.

Record holders of the Company’s Common Shares at the close of business on March 21, 2025 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. This Proxy Statement, the Company’s Annual Report, and the proxy card are first being made available, and the Notice of Internet Availability is first being mailed, to shareholders on or about April 3, 2025.

As permitted by the rules of the SEC, the Company is making this Proxy Statement and its Annual Report available to its shareholders electronically via the Internet. The Company believes that this process expedites receipt of its proxy materials by shareholders, while lowering the costs and reducing the environmental impact of the Annual Meeting. If you received the Notice of Internet Availability by mail, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability instructs you on how to access and review all of the important information contained in the Proxy Statement and Annual Report. The Notice of Internet Availability also instructs you on how you may submit your proxy over the Internet. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of the proxy materials, please follow the instructions for requesting printed materials contained in the Notice of Internet Availability.

At the close of business on the Record Date, a total of 238,858,327 Common Shares were issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on all matters, including those to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting. Each Common Share is entitled to one vote. The presence in person or by proxy of a majority of the Common Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

In the event that a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting, it is expected the meeting will be adjourned or postponed in order to solicit additional proxies.

The Company is furnishing its Proxy Statement, proxy and the Annual Report to you electronically via the Internet, instead of mailing printed copies of those materials to each shareholder. The Company has sent to its shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials that provides instructions on how to access its proxy materials on the Internet, how to request and receive a paper copy of the Proxy Statement, Annual Report and proxy for the Annual Meeting and future meetings of shareholders, and how to vote online atwww.proxyvote.com. Shareholders can also call 1-800-579-1639 to request proxy materials or 1-800-690-6903 to vote by telephone. Additionally, this Proxy Statement and the Annual Report are available athttps://materials.proxyvote.com/03784Y. Please read the enclosed information carefully before submitting your proxy.

Information: The Notice of Internet Availability, this Proxy Statement and related proxy materials are being mailed or made available to shareholders on or about April 3, 2025. Copies of this Proxy Statement, the Company’s proxy card and its Annual Report on Form 10-K are available athttps://materials.proxyvote.com/03784Y.