Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Fisher Thomas Charles (Last) (First) (Middle) 4747 BETHESDA AVE SUITE 1100 (Street) BETHESDA MD 20814 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Pebblebrook Hotel Trust [ PEB ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Co-President, C Investmt Ofcr
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/15/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	02/15/2024		A		40,606(1)	A	$0	254,449	D
Common Shares	02/15/2024		A		21,696	A	$0(2)	276,145	D
Common Shares	02/15/2024		F		10,255(3)	D	$16.13	265,890	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
LTIP Class A Units	(4)							(4)	(4)	Common Shares	9,469		9,469	D
LTIP Class B Units	(5)							(5)	(5)	Common Shares	250,852		250,852	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. All of these shares are time-vesting restricted common shares that were granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Board of Trustees (the "Board") under an RSU award agreement. 13,536, 13,535, and 13,535 of these shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as an employee of the Issuer or an affiliate, on January 1, 2025, January 1, 2026, and January 1, 2027, respectively.

2. The Common Shares were issued to the reporting person upon certification by the Compensation Committee of the Board of the extent to which the performance objectives of the performance-based equity incentive award made in February 2021 to the reporting person had been achieved. The reporting person earned 65.5% of the target number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to the award. For more information on the performance-based equity incentive award, including the performance objectives and measurement period, see the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2022.

3. Represents Common Shares sold to the Issuer as payment of tax withholding due upon vesting of 21,696 Common Shares.

4. Represents units of limited partnership interest ("LTIP Class A Units") in Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. All LTIP Class A Units upon achieving parity with the Operating Partnership's common units pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement, may be exchanged at any time, at the election of the holder, for Operating Partnership units on a one-for-one basis or, at the Operating Partnership's option, an equivalent amount of cash. The LTIP Class A Units were issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan as amended and restated.

5. Represents units of limited partnership interest ("LTIP Class B Units") in Pebblebrook Hotel, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. All LTIP Class B Units upon achieving parity with the Operating Partnership's common units pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement, may be exchanged at any time, at the election of the holder, for Operating Partnership units on a one-for-one basis or, at the Operating Partnership's option, an equivalent amount of cash. The LTIP Class B Units were issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan as amended and restated.

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew H. Dittamo, as attorney-in-fact, for Thomas C. Fisher	02/20/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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