UNITED STATES
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
 
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
January 9, 2014
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
Supertel Hospitality, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
Virginia
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
1-34087
52-1889548
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1800 West Pasewalk Avenue, Suite 200
 
Norfolk, NE
68701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(402) 371-2520
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
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Item 3.02.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
 
On January 9, 2014, Supertel Hospitality, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a loan agreement with Real Estate Strategies L.P., a Bermuda Partnership (“RES”) whereby the Company may borrow up to $2,000,000 from time to time in revolving loans, subject to the conditions therein.  In the event the Company does not complete a rights offering of common stock on or before April 15, 2014, RES has the option until July 9, 2015, the maturity date of the loan agreement, subject to any ownership limitations RES may then be subject to, to convert the loan up to $2,000,000 into a number of shares of common stock of the Company (the “Loan Conversion”) determined at the rate per share equal to the greater of (a) the average weighted price of the common stock of the Company for the five trading days preceding the day RES exercises the Loan Conversion, or (b) the greater of book or market value of the common stock at the time, and as determined, with respect to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(d).  The shares, if issued, will be issued in reliance on an exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 

 
 

 


SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Supertel Hospitality, Inc.
   
Date:  January 15, 2014
By:  /s/ Kelly A. Walters
 
Name: Kelly A. Walters
 
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer