Apple REIT Ten, Inc. (which is referred to below as the “Company” or as “our”) is filing this report in accordance with Item 5.02.

Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective July 5, 2011, pursuant to the bylaws of the Company, the Board of Directors elected David J. Adams to fill the vacancy on the Board of Directors created by the resignation of Ronald A. Rosenfeld on June 9, 2011. Mr. Adams will serve as a director until our Annual Meeting of Shareholders in 2012, or until his successor is otherwise elected. Mr. Adams will serve on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. The following provides additional information on Mr. Adams.

David J. Adams (age 48) was the founder, President and CEO of InteliTap, LLC from 2005 through 2011. InteliTap is the global leader of inventory and supply chain solutions for the hospitality and brewing industry. Additionally, from 2008 through 2010, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BridgeGate International, a company that provides data integration platforms to healthcare and government organizations. From 2002 through 2005, Mr. Adams served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Technology of TrenStar, Inc., a company that provides asset tracking and management solutions to its clients, who are primarily in the brewing, synthetic rubber, manufacturing/industrial parts and equipment, and air cargo industries. From 2001 to 2002, he served as Vice President, McKesson Medical Surgical Inc. Previous experience includes several years of service to Pepsi-Cola in purchasing and logistics. Mr. Adams also served as an Operations Officer for the United States Navy. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Virginia Military Institute, a Master of Business Administration from Troy State University and a Master of Science degree in systems analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Mr. Adams, like the other non-employee directors of the Company, will participate in the Company’s 2010 Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”). Under that Plan, Mr. Adams received, on July 5, 2011, options to purchase 5,500 Units at an exercise price of $11.00 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share and one Series A preferred share.