LaSalle Hotel Properties Board of Trustees Reaffirms Support for Blackstone Transaction

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) (“LaSalle” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has determined that the proposal from Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) (“Pebblebrook”) received on June 11, 2018 to acquire the Company (the “Pebblebrook Proposal”) does not constitute, and could not reasonably be expected to lead to, a “Superior Proposal” as defined in LaSalle’s definitive agreement with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII (the “Blackstone Merger Agreement”). Under the terms of the Blackstone Merger Agreement, which the Company entered into on May 20, 2018, Blackstone will acquire all outstanding common shares of beneficial interest of LaSalle for $33.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $4.8 billion.