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TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment relates to the following registration statement on Form S-3 (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc. (formerly known as Apple REIT Nine, Inc.), a Virginia corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
The offering pursuant to the Registration Statement has been terminated. The Registrant hereby removes from registration any of the securities registered under the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the filing date of this Post-Effective Amendment.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, State of Virginia, on May 13, 2015.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.