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RLJ Lodging Trust

For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 4, 2026.

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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 4, 2026

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

  1. General

Organization

RLJ Lodging Trust (the "Company") was formed as a Maryland real estate investment trust ("REIT") on January 31, 2011. The Company is a self-advised and self-administered REIT that owns primarily premium-branded, rooms-oriented, high-margin, focused-service and compact full-service hotels located within heart of demand locations. The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2011.

Substantially all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are held by, and all of its operations are conducted through, RLJ Lodging Trust, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. As of March 31, 2026, there were 152,746,742 units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership ("OP units") outstanding and the Company owned, through a combination of direct and indirect interests,99.5% of the outstanding OP units.

As of March 31, 2026, the Company owned 93 hotel properties with approximately 20,800 rooms, located in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The Company, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, owned a 100% interest in 91 of its hotel properties, a 95% controlling interest inone hotel property, and a 50% non-controlling interest in an entity owningone hotel property. The Company consolidates its real estate interests in the 92 hotel properties in which it holds a controlling interest, and the Company records the real estate interest in theone hotel property in which it holds an indirect 50% non-controlling interest using the equity method of accounting. The Company leases 92 of the 93 hotel properties to its taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRSs"), of which the Company owns a controlling financial interest.

  1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 27, 2026 (the "Annual Report"), contains a discussion of the Company's significant accounting policies. Other than noted below, there have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies since December 31, 2025.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") and in conformity with the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable to financial information. The unaudited financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature that are necessary, in the opinion of management, to fairly state the consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), statements of changes in equity and statements of cash flows.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in the Annual Report.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, the Operating Partnership and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and joint ventures in which the Company has a majority voting interest and control. For the controlled subsidiaries that are not wholly-owned, the third-party ownership interest represents a noncontrolling interest, which is presented separately in the consolidated financial statements. The Company also records the real estate interest inone hotel property in which it holds a 50% non-controlling interest using the equity method of accounting. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts in these financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation with no impact to net (loss) income and comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity or cash flows.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of certain assets and liabilities and the amounts of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires public entities to disclose, on an annual and interim basis, disaggregated information about certain income statement expense line items in the notes to the financial statements. Public entities are required to apply the guidance prospectively and may elect to apply it retrospectively. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements, which clarifies and enhances hedge accounting guidance. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company utilizes interest rate derivative instruments, typically interest rate swaps, to mitigate exposure to interest rate changes. The Company is currently evaluating this ASU to determine its impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

  1. Investment in Hotel Properties

Investment in hotel properties consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Land and improvements$1,122,057$1,123,123
Buildings and improvements4,210,1334,199,471
Furniture, fixtures and equipment879,506873,410
6,211,6966,196,004
Accumulated depreciation(2,130,652)(2,083,617)
Investment in hotel properties, net$4,081,044$4,112,387

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized depreciation expense related to its investment in hotel properties of approximately $47.0 million and $45.7 million, respectively.

  1. Sales of Hotel Properties

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company executed a purchase and sale agreement to sell a hotel property with a carrying value of $16.4 million. An impairment loss of $3.6 million was recognized to adjust the hotel property to its fair value, with this loss included in (loss) gain on sale of hotel properties, net, in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss). Fair value was determined using the contractual sales price, classified as a Level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy. The sale is expected to close during the second quarter of 2026.

On March 6, 2025, the Company sold the 181-room Courtyard Atlanta Buckhead hotel property in Atlanta, Georgia for a sales price of $24.3 million. The Company recorded a net gain of $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 in

connection with the sale of this hotel property.

  1. Revenue

The Company recognized revenue from the following geographic markets (in thousands):

For the three months ended March 31, 2026For the three months ended March 31, 2025
Room RevenueFood and Beverage RevenueOther RevenueTotal RevenueRoom RevenueFood and Beverage RevenueOther RevenueTotal Revenue
South Florida$44,568$6,547$3,210$54,325$40,587$6,142$3,036$49,765
Northern California44,6604,4932,35951,51235,1113,4622,01340,586
Southern California30,3274,8334,24639,40630,8764,6673,43838,981
Houston13,9678981,09615,96113,2091,1081,17515,492
New York City13,1921,74598815,92512,2901,64979614,735
Charleston9,0323,3571,03713,4268,5962,72289812,216
Louisville8,1914,40380813,4029,0214,57991514,515
Washington, DC11,75121253712,50012,70916579113,665
Austin9,6041,67679512,07510,0461,46190012,407
Chicago8,8061,79271411,3128,7001,87462711,201
Other81,1599,7619,213100,13386,5099,6848,363104,556
Total$275,257$39,717$25,003$339,977$267,654$37,513$22,952$328,119
  1. Debt

The Company's debt consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Senior Notes, net$996,992$996,401
Revolver Outstanding——
Term Loans, net1,018,4141,020,057
Mortgage loans, net174,964180,760
Debt, net$2,190,370$2,197,218

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company completed a series of refinancing transactions that consisted of four components: (i) an extension of the Company’s Revolver (as defined below), (ii) the upsize and recast of an existing term loan, (iii) the issuance of a newseven-year term loan, and (iv) the refinancing of mortgage debt previously scheduled to mature in 2026. The Company intends to use the incremental borrowings from these transactions to repay the 3.75% senior notes due 2026 (the "2026 Senior Notes") prior to maturity in July 2026. As a result of these transactions, the Company’s next scheduled debt maturity (after extension options) occurs in 2029.

Senior Notes

The Company's senior notes (collectively, the "Senior Notes") consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

Carrying Value at
Interest RateMaturity DateMarch 31, 2026December 31, 2025
2029 Senior Notes (1)4.00%September 2029$500,000$500,000
2026 Senior Notes (1)3.75%July 2026500,000500,000
1,000,0001,000,000
Deferred financing costs, net(3,008)(3,599)
Total senior notes, net$996,992$996,401

(1) Requires payment of interest only through maturity.

The indentures governing the Senior Notes contain customary covenants that limit the Operating Partnership’s ability and,

in certain instances, the ability of its subsidiaries, to incur additional debt, create liens on assets, make distributions and pay

dividends, make certain types of investments, issue guarantees of indebtedness, and make certain restricted payments. These

limitations are subject to a number of exceptions and qualifications set forth in the indentures.

A summary of the various restrictive covenants for the Senior Notes are as follows:

CovenantComplianceMarch 31, 2026
Maintenance Covenant
Unencumbered Asset to Unencumbered Debt Ratio> 150.0%Yes
Incurrence Covenants
Consolidated Indebtedness less than Adjusted Total Assets< .65xYes
Consolidated Secured Indebtedness less than Adjusted Total Assets< .45xYes
Interest Coverage Ratio> 1.5xYes

Revolver and Term Loans

The Company has the following unsecured credit facilities in place:

$600.0 million revolving credit facility with a scheduled maturity date of February 11, 2030 and either aone-year extension option or up totwo six-month extension options if certain conditions are satisfied (the "Revolver");

$500.0 million term loan with a scheduled maturity date of September 24, 2027 and up totwo one-year extension options if certain conditions are satisfied (the "$500 Million Term Loan Maturing 2027");

$300.0 million term loan with a scheduled maturity date of April 3, 2028 and up totwo one-year extension options if certain conditions are satisfied (the "$300 Million Term Loan Maturing 2028");

$569.0 million delayed draw term loan with a scheduled maturity date of February 11, 2031 (the "$569 Million Term Loan Maturing 2031"), of which $225.0 million has been funded and $344.0 million of commitments remain available to be drawn by the Company; and

$150.0 million delayed draw term loan with a scheduled maturity date of February 11, 2033 (the "$150 Million Term Loan Maturing 2033"), of which $150.0 million of commitments remain available to be drawn by the Company.

The $500 Million Term Loan Maturing 2027, the $300 Million Term Loan Maturing 2028, the $569 Million Term Loan Maturing 2031, and the $150 Million Term Loan Maturing 2033 are collectively referred to as the "Term Loans."

The Company's unsecured credit facilities consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

Carrying Value at
Interest Rate at March 31, 2026 (1)Maturity DateMarch 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Revolver (2)—%February 2030$—$—
$500 Million Term Loan Maturing 20274.89%September 2027 (3)500,000500,000
$300 Million Term Loan Maturing 20285.41%April 2028 (3)300,000300,000
$569 Million Term Loan Maturing 2031 (4)5.41%February 2031225,000225,000
$150 Million Term Loan Maturing 2033 (5)—%February 2033——
1,025,0001,025,000
Deferred financing costs, net (6)(6,586)(4,943)
Total Revolver and Term Loans, net$1,018,414$1,020,057

(1)Interest rate at March 31, 2026 gives effect to interest rate hedges.

(2)At both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there was $600.0 million of borrowing capacity on the Revolver. In February 2026, the Company amended its Revolver. The amendment extends the maturity date of the Revolver to February 2030. The Company has the ability to extend the maturity date for an additionalone-year period or up totwo six-month periods ending February 2031 if certain conditions are satisfied.

(3)This term loan includestwo one-year extension options at the Company's discretion, subject to certain conditions.

(4)In February 2026, the Company refinanced this term loan to extend the scheduled maturity date to February 2031 and upsize it to a $569.0 million delayed draw term loan, of which $225.0 million has been funded and $344.0 million of commitments remain available to be drawn by the Company.

(5)In February 2026, the Company entered into a new $150.0 million delayed draw term loan which matures in February 2033. The Company had not drawn on this term loan as of March 31, 2026.

(6)Excludes $7.5 million and $2.2 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, related to deferred financing costs on the Revolver, which are included in prepaid expense and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Also excludes $5.5 million as of March 31, 2026 related to deferred financing costs on the undrawn commitments of the $569 Million Term Loan Maturing 2031 and the $150 Million Term Loan Maturing 2033, which are included in prepaid expense and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

The Company paid approximately $6.0 million in lender fees and legal costs in connection with the Revolver refinancing and approximately $8.0 million in lender fees and legal costs in connection with the term loan refinancing transactions in February 2026.

The Revolver and Term Loans are subject to various financial covenants. A summary of such covenants is as follows:

CovenantComplianceMarch 31, 2026
Leverage ratio (1)<= 7.25xYes
Fixed charge coverage ratio (2)>= 1.50xYes
Secured indebtedness ratio<= 45.0%Yes
Unencumbered indebtedness ratio (3)<= 60.0%Yes
Unencumbered debt service coverage ratio>= 2.00xYes

(1)Leverage ratio is net indebtedness, as defined in the Revolver and Term Loan agreements, to corporate earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA"), as defined in the Revolver and Term Loan agreements.

(2)Fixed charge coverage ratio is Adjusted EBITDA, generally defined in the Revolver and Term Loan agreements as EBITDA less furniture, fixtures and equipment ("FF&E") reserves, to fixed charges, which is generally defined in the Revolver and Term Loan agreements as interest expense, all regularly scheduled principal payments, preferred dividends paid, and cash taxes paid.

(3)The maximum level may be increased to 65.0% for up to four quarters following a material acquisition.

Mortgage Loans

The Company's mortgage loans consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

Carrying Value at
Number of Assets Encumbered · Interest Rate at March 31, 2026 · Maturity Date · March 31, 2026 · December 31, 2025
Mortgage loan (1)24.94%(3)April 2029$68,300$69,750
Mortgage loan (1)45.05%(3)April 202981,10085,000
Mortgage loan (2)15.06%January 202926,02226,112
7175,422180,862
Deferred financing costs, net(458)(102)
Total mortgage loans, net$174,964$180,760

(1)In January 2026, the Company amended these mortgage loans, extending the initial maturity date to April 2029, withtwo one-year extension options at the Company's discretion, subject to certain conditions. The Company paid down approximately $5.4 million in principal in January 2026 in connection with the amendments. In April 2026, the Company received additional proceeds of $23.4 million on the $68.3 million mortgage loan with the addition of another hotel property previously unencumbered, while paying down $8.4 million on the $81.1 million mortgage loan, resulting in new principal balances of $91.7 million and $72.7 million, respectively. The hotels encumbered by each mortgage loan are cross-collateralized and require payments of interest only through maturity.

(2)Includes $1.0 million and $1.1 million at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, related to a fair value adjustment on this mortgage loan from purchase price allocation at hotel property acquisition. This mortgage loan requires payments of interest only through maturity.

(3)Interest rate at March 31, 2026 gives effect to interest rate hedges.

Certain mortgage agreements are subject to various maintenance covenants requiring the Company to maintain a minimum debt yield or debt service coverage ratio ("DSCR"). Failure to meet the debt yield or DSCR thresholds is not an event of default, but instead triggers a cash trap event. At March 31, 2026, all mortgage loans were in compliance with the relevant maintenance covenants and were not subject to any cash trap events.

Interest Expense

The components of the Company's interest expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

For the three months ended March 31,
20262025
Senior Notes$9,688$9,688
Revolver and Term Loans13,97013,534
Mortgage loans2,1272,355
Amortization of deferred financing costs1,8921,831
Non-cash interest expense related to interest rate hedges—144
Total interest expense$27,677$27,552
  1. Derivatives and Hedging Activities

The following interest rate swaps have been designated as cash flow hedges (in thousands):

Notional value at · Fair value at
Hedge typeSwaprateEffective DateMaturity DateMarch 31, 2026December 31, 2025March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR0.56%July 2021January 2026$—$50,000$—$146
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR2.95%April 2024April 2027125,000125,000987697
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR2.85%April 2024April 202765,00065,000587453
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR2.75%April 2024April 202760,00060,000611501
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.70%July 2024July 202725,00025,000(22)(147)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.45%July 2024July 202725,00025,00061(48)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.71%July 2024July 202725,00025,000(24)(150)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.10%July 2025July 202725,00025,00017687
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.20%January 2025January 202825,00025,00017743
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.40%January 2025January 202825,00025,00087(60)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.30%October 2025October 202825,00025,000148(9)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.30%January 2025January 202925,00025,000155(5)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.19%January 2026January 202925,00025,00023164
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.25%January 2026January 202950,00050,00037839
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.29%January 2026January 202950,00050,000320(22)
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.00%April 2026April 202925,00025,000370183
Swap-cash flow-Daily SOFR3.05%April 2026April 202925,00025,000334147
$625,000$675,000$4,576$1,919

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of the interest rate swap assets of $4.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively, was included in prepaid expense and other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2025, the aggregate fair value of the interest rate swap liabilities of $0.4 million was included in accounts payable and other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there was approximately $4.6 million and $1.9 million, respectively, of unrealized gains included in accumulated other comprehensive income related to interest rate swaps. There wasno ineffectiveness recorded during the three month periods ended March 31, 2026 or 2025. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, gains of approximately $0.8 million and $2.8 million, respectively, included in accumulated other comprehensive income were reclassified into interest expense for the interest rate swaps. Approximately $3.2 million of the unrealized gains included in accumulated other comprehensive income at March 31, 2026 is expected to be reclassified into earnings within the next 12 months.

  1. Fair Value

Fair Value Measurement

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in the principal or most advantageous market. The fair value hierarchy has three levels of inputs, both observable and unobservable:

Level 1 — Inputs include quoted market prices in an active market for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs are market data, other than Level 1, that are observable either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted market prices in an inactive market, and other observable information that can be corroborated by market data.

Level 3 — Inputs are unobservable and corroborated by little or no market data.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company used the following market assumptions and/or estimation methods:

Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash reserves, hotel and other receivables, accounts payable and other liabilities — The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for these financial instruments approximate fair value because of their short term maturities.

Debt — The Company estimated the fair value of the Senior Notes by using publicly available trading prices, which are Level 1 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The Company estimated the fair value of the Revolver and Term Loans by using a discounted cash flow model and incorporating various inputs and assumptions for the effective borrowing rates for debt with similar terms, which are Level 2 and Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy. The Company estimated the fair value of the mortgage loans by using a discounted cash flow model and incorporating various inputs and assumptions for the effective borrowing rates for debt with similar terms and the loan to estimated fair value of the collateral, which are Level 3 inputs in the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of the Company's debt was as follows (in thousands):

March 31, 2026December 31, 2025
Carrying ValueFair ValueCarrying ValueFair Value
Senior Notes, net$996,992$967,500$996,401$970,000
Revolver and Term Loans, net1,018,4141,025,0001,020,0571,013,892
Mortgage loans, net174,964168,573180,760178,457
Debt, net$2,190,370$2,161,073$2,197,218$2,162,349

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2026 (in thousands):

Fair Value at March 31, 2026
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Interest rate swap asset$—$4,622$—$4,622
Interest rate swap liability—(46)—(46)
Total$—$4,576$—$4,576

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for those financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

Fair Value at December 31, 2025
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Interest rate swap asset$—$2,360$—$2,360
Interest rate swap liability—(441)—(441)
Total$—$1,919$—$1,919

The fair values of the derivative financial instruments are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including a discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows for each derivative. The Company determined that the significant inputs, such as interest yield curves and discount rates, used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and that the credit valuation adjustments associated with the Company’s counterparties and its own credit risk utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties. As of March 31, 2026, the Company assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of its derivative positions and determined that the credit valuation adjustments were not significant to the overall valuation of its derivatives. As a result, the Company determined that its derivative valuations in their entirety are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

  1. Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases, and for net operating loss ("NOL"), capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. The deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted income tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be realized or settled. The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period when the new rate is enacted. However, deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is more likely than not that they will be realized based on consideration of all available evidence, including the future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, future projected taxable income and tax planning strategies. Valuation allowances are provided if, based upon the weight of the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company is continuing to provide a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets related to the NOL carryforwards of RLJ Lodging Trust Master TRS, Inc., the Company's primary TRS.

The Company hadno accruals for tax uncertainties as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

  1. Commitments and Contingencies

Restricted Cash Reserves

The Company may be obligated to maintain cash reserve funds for future capital expenditures, real estate taxes, insurance, and other items. The management agreements, franchise agreements and/or mortgage loan documents require the Company to reserve cash ranging typically from 4.0% to 5.0% of the individual hotel’s revenues for future capital expenditures (including the periodic replacement or refurbishment of FF&E). Any unexpended amounts will remain the property of the Company upon termination of the management agreements, franchise agreements or mortgage loan documents. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, approximately $34.4 million and $31.9 million, respectively, was available in the restricted cash reserves for future capital expenditures.

Litigation

Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is currently involved in any regulatory or legal proceedings that management believes will have a material and adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Management Agreements

As of March 31, 2026,92 of the Company's consolidated hotel properties were operated pursuant to management agreements with initial terms ranging from three to 25 years. This number includes 36 consolidated hotel properties that receive the benefits of a franchise agreement pursuant to management agreements with Hilton, Hyatt, or Marriott. Each management company receives a base management fee between 1.5% and 3.5% of hotel revenues, except for those management agreements that include the benefits of a franchise agreement, which incur a base management fee between 2.0% and 7.0% of hotel revenues. The management companies are also eligible to receive an incentive management fee if hotel operating income, as defined in the management agreements, exceeds certain thresholds. The incentive management fee is generally calculated as a percentage of hotel operating income after the Company has received a priority return on its investment in the hotel.

Management fees are included in management and franchise fee expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company incurred management fee expense of approximately $9.8 million and $9.5 million, respectively.

Franchise Agreements

As of March 31, 2026,53 of the Company’s consolidated hotel properties were operated under franchise agreements with initial terms ranging fromone to 30 years. This number excludes 36 consolidated hotel properties that receive the benefits of a franchise agreement pursuant to management agreements with Hilton, Hyatt, or Marriott. In addition, three hotels are not operated with a hotel brand so they do not have franchise agreements. Franchise agreements allow the hotel properties to operate under the respective brands. Pursuant to the franchise agreements, the Company pays a royalty fee between 2.0% and 6.0% of room revenue, plus additional fees for marketing, central reservation systems and other franchisor costs between 1.0% and 4.3% of room revenue. Certain hotels are also charged a royalty fee of 3.0% of food and beverage revenues.

Franchise fees are included in management and franchise fee expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company incurred franchise fee expense of approximately $15.3 million and $15.7 million, respectively.

  1. Equity

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest

During both the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.15 per common share.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company did not repurchase and retire any common shares. As of May 4, 2026, the Company's share repurchase program approved in 2025 had a remaining capacity of $245.7 million.

On April 24, 2026, the Company's board of trustees approved a new share repurchase program to acquire up to an

aggregate of $250.0 million of common and preferred shares from May 9, 2026 to May 8, 2027 (the "2026 Share Repurchase

Program"). The terms of the 2026 Share Repurchase Program are the same as the share repurchase program approved in 2025

that expires on May 8, 2026.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company repurchased and retired approximately 2.2 million common shares for approximately $20.8 million.

Series A Preferred Shares

During both the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.4875 on each Series A Preferred Share.

The Series A Preferred Shares are convertible, in whole or in part, at any time, at the option of the holders into common shares at a conversion rate of 0.2806 common shares for each Series A Preferred Share.

Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Joint Ventures

The Company consolidates the joint venture that owns The Knickerbocker hotel property, which has a third-party partner that owns a noncontrolling 5% ownership interest in the joint venture. The third-party ownership interest is included in the noncontrolling interest in consolidated joint ventures on the consolidated balance sheets.

Noncontrolling Interest in the Operating Partnership

The Company consolidates the Operating Partnership, which is a majority-owned limited partnership that has a noncontrolling interest. The outstanding OP units held by the limited partners are redeemable for cash, or at the option of the Company, for a like number of common shares. As of March 31, 2026,770,930 outstanding OP units were held by the limited partners. The noncontrolling interest is included in the noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership on the consolidated balance sheets.

  1. Equity Incentive Plan

The Company may issue share-based awards to officers, employees, non-employee trustees and other eligible persons under the RLJ Lodging Trust 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2021 Plan"). The 2021 Plan provides for a maximum of 6,828,527 common shares to be issued in the form of share options, share appreciation rights, restricted share awards, unrestricted share awards, share units, dividend equivalent rights, long-term incentive units, other equity-based awards and cash bonus awards.

On April 24, 2026, the Company's shareholders approved the RLJ Lodging Trust 2026 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2026 Plan"). The maximum number of common shares that will be available for issuance under the 2026 Plan will be equal to the sum of (1)4,763,000 common shares, (2) the number of shares available for future awards under the 2021 Plan as of the effective date of the 2026 Plan and (3) the number of shares related to awards outstanding under the 2021 Plan as of the effective date of the 2026 Plan that thereafter terminate by expiration or forfeiture, cancellation, or otherwise without the issuance of such shares or that would again be available for issuance under the 2021 Plan. Other than the maximum number of common shares available for issuance under the 2026 Plan, there were no significant changes from the 2021 Plan.

Share Awards

From time to time, the Company may award unvested restricted shares as compensation to officers, employees and non-employee trustees. The issued shares vest over a period of time as determined by the board of trustees at the date of grant. The Company recognizes compensation expense for time-based unvested restricted shares on a straight-line basis over the vesting period based upon the fair market value of the shares on the date of issuance, adjusted for forfeitures.

Non-employee trustees may also elect to receive unrestricted shares as compensation that would otherwise be paid in cash for their services. The shares issued to non-employee trustees in lieu of cash compensation are unrestricted and include no vesting conditions. The Company recognizes compensation expense for the unrestricted shares issued in lieu of cash compensation on the date of issuance based upon the fair market value of the shares on that date.

A summary of the unvested restricted shares as of March 31, 2026 is as follows:

2026
Number ofSharesWeighted-AverageGrant DateFair Value
Unvested at January 1, 20261,971,739$9.51
Granted927,6988.23
Vested(720,917)10.27
Forfeited——
Unvested at March 31, 20262,178,520$8.71

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized approximately $2.1 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense related to restricted share awards. As of March 31, 2026, there was $16.7 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested restricted share awards and these costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years. The total fair value of the shares vested (calculated as the number of shares multiplied by the vesting date share price) during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was approximately $5.8 million and $6.1 million, respectively.

Performance Units

The Company aligns its executive officers with its long-term investors by awarding a significant percentage of their equity compensation in the form of multi-year performance unit awards that use both absolute and relative total shareholder return as the primary metrics. The performance units vest at the end of athree year period (the “performance units measurement period”).

The performance units granted in 2024 and 2025 may convert into restricted shares at a range of 0% to 200% of the number of performance units granted contingent upon the Company achieving a relative shareholder return over the measurement period at specified percentiles of the peer group, as defined by the awards. These performance units are subject to modification based on the Company's absolute total shareholder return performance as follows: (1) if at the end of the measurement period the relative total shareholder return performance exceeds target and absolute total shareholder return is less than zero, payouts will be reduced by 25%, but not below target and (2) if the absolute total shareholder return is down more than 15% during the entire measurement period, the maximum payout will be capped at 115% of target. The performance units granted prior to 2024 may convert into restricted shares at a range of 0% to 200% of the number of performance units granted contingent upon the Company achieving an absolute total shareholder return (25% of award) and a relative shareholder return (75% of award) over the measurement period at specified percentiles of the peer group, as defined by the awards.

At the end of the performance units measurement period, if the target criterion is met,100% of the performance units that are earned will vest immediately. The fair value of the performance units was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation. The Company estimates the compensation expense for the performance units on a straight-line basis using a calculation that recognizes 100% of the grant date fair value over three years.

A summary of the performance unit awards is as follows:

Date of AwardNumber ofUnits GrantedGrant Date FairValueConversion RangeRisk Free Interest RateVolatility
February 2023 (1)574,846$16.900% to 200%4.33%66.70%
February 2024703,325$15.130% to 200%4.43%35.60%
March 2025832,322$11.450% to 200%4.01%31.10%

(1) In February 2026, following the end of the measurement period, the Company met certain threshold criterion and the performance units converted into approximately 362,000 restricted shares, all of which vested immediately. The total fair value of the vested shares related to the conversion of the performance units (calculated as the number of vested shares multiplied by the vesting date share price) during the three months ended March 31, 2026 was approximately $2.8 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized approximately $1.6 million and $2.0 million, respectively, of share-based compensation expense related to the performance unit awards. As of March 31, 2026, there was $8.5 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to the performance unit awards and these costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.

As of March 31, 2026, there were 365,961 common shares available for future grant under the 2021 Plan, which includes potential common shares that may convert from performance units if certain target criterion is met.

  1. Earnings per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period excluding the weighted-average number of unvested restricted shares and unvested performance units outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, plus any shares that could potentially be outstanding during the period. The potential shares consist of the unvested restricted share grants and unvested performance units, calculated using the treasury stock method, and convertible Series A Preferred Shares, calculated using the if-converted method. Any anti-dilutive shares have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.

Unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating shares and are considered in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. If there were any undistributed earnings allocable to the participating shares, they would be deducted from net income attributable to common shareholders used in the basic and diluted earnings per share calculations.

The limited partners’ outstanding OP units (which may be redeemed for common shares under certain circumstances) have been excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation as there was no effect on the amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, since the limited partners’ share of income would also be added back to net income attributable to common shareholders.

The computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share is as follows (in thousands, except share and per share data):

For the three months ended March 31,
20262025
Numerator:
Net (loss) income attributable to RLJ$(141)$3,362
Less: Preferred dividends(6,279)(6,279)
Less: Dividends paid on unvested restricted shares(327)(286)
Less: Undistributed earnings attributable to unvested restricted shares——
Net loss attributable to common shareholders excluding amounts attributable to unvested restricted shares$(6,747)$(3,203)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of common shares - basic and diluted149,323,243150,909,513
Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders - basic and diluted$(0.05)$(0.02)

For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, an aggregate of 380,362 and 257,792, respectively, of unvested restricted shares and performance units were excluded from diluted weighted-average number of common shares, as their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

  1. Segment Information

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) is the President and Chief Executive Officer.

The CODM separately evaluates the performance of each of the Company’s hotel properties and each hotel property is an operating segment. However, because each of the hotels has similar economic characteristics, facilities, and services, the hotel properties have been aggregated into a single reportable segment.

The hotel segment revenues are derived from the operation of hotel properties. The hotel segment generates room revenue by renting hotel rooms to customers at the Company’s hotel properties. The hotel segment generates food and beverage revenue from the sale of food and beverage to customers at the Company’s hotel properties. The hotel segment generates other revenue from parking fees, resort fees, gift shop sales and other guest service fees at the Company’s hotel properties.

The CODM assesses performance for the hotel segment and decides how to allocate resources based on Hotel EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. Hotel EBITDA is defined as net income or loss excluding: (1) interest expense; (2) income tax expense; and (3) depreciation and amortization expense, adjusted for corporate-level expenses, certain non-cash items, and certain other items that the Company considers outside the normal course of operations.

The following table presents information about profit or loss for the hotel segment:

For the three months ended March 31,
20262025
Revenues
Room revenue$275,257$267,654
Food and beverage revenue39,71737,513
Other revenue25,00322,952
Total revenues339,977328,119
Operating expenses
Room expense72,73270,851
Food and beverage expense30,76229,289
Management and franchise fee expense25,07425,202
Other operating expenses96,42691,711
Total operating expenses224,994217,053
Property tax, insurance and other26,97227,203
Other, net (1)(1,912)(2,048)
Hotel EBITDA$89,923$85,911

(1) Includes miscellaneous hotel segment income, as well as adjustments for corporate-level expenses, certain non-cash items, and certain other items that the Company considers outside the normal course of operations.

The following table provides a reconciliation of the hotel segment profit and loss to the Company’s consolidated totals:

For the three months ended March 31,
20262025
(Loss) income before income tax expense$(85)$3,466
Depreciation and amortization47,19545,788
Interest expense, net of interest income24,73924,297
General and administrative12,97912,646
Loss (gain) on sale of hotel properties, net3,647(1,321)
Other, net1,4481,035
Hotel EBITDA$89,923$85,911

A measure of segment assets is not currently provided to the CODM and has therefore not been included herein.

  1. Supplemental Information to Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands)
For the three months ended March 31,
20262025
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves
Cash and cash equivalents$353,084$347,526
Restricted cash reserves34,37524,868
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reserves$387,459$372,394
Interest paid$35,621$35,618
Income taxes paid (refunded)$155$(56)
Operating cash flow lease payments for operating leases$3,222$3,436
Supplemental investing and financing transactions
In connection with the sales of hotel properties, the Company recorded the following:
Sales price$—$24,250
Transaction costs(28)(107)
Operating prorations—(22)
Proceeds from sales of hotel properties, net$(28)$24,121
Supplemental non-cash transactions
Accrued capital expenditures$10,748$23,967
Distributions payable$30,516$30,346
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