Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016, of $0.1625 per share of common stock of the Company and per common unit of limited partnership interest in Summit Hotel OP, LP.

The Board of Directors also authorized, and the Company has declared, a cash dividend of $0.4921875 per share of the Company's 7.875% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on February 28, 2017; a cash dividend of $0.4453125 per share of the Company's 7.125% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on February 28, 2017; and a cash dividend of $0.403125 per share of the Company's 6.45% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock for the dividend period ending on February 28, 2017. The dividends are payable February 28, 2017, to holders of record as of February 14, 2017.