Company: PEB
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001474098-25-000062
Chunk: 19

Company: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Filing Date: 2025-04-07
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 19
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 of an incentive share option but may claim a federal income tax deduction on account of certain dispositions of shares acquired under an incentive share option.

The affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, is required to approve this proposal, provided that the total vote cast on this proposal represents more than 50% of all the Common Shares entitled to vote on this proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect as votes against this proposal, unless holders of more than 50% of the votes entitled to be cast vote, in which event broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.

| þ |     | The Board of Trustees recommends that you vote “FOR” on Proposal 4 – Approval of an Amendment to the 2009 Equity Incentive Plan. |

| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE INFORMATION |

The Board is responsible for providing governance and oversight of the strategy, operations, and management of the Company on behalf of our shareholders. In addition to our Declaration of Trust, the Board has adopted the following key documents that form the governance framework for the Company. We review each of these documents periodically and update them as needed:

• Bylaws;

• Corporate Governance Guidelines;

• Code of Business Conduct and Ethics;

• Charter of the Audit Committee;

• Charter of the Compensation Committee;

• Charter of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; and

• Whistleblower Policy.

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We make these documents available under the Investor Relations section of our website at www.pebblebrookhotels.com . Printed copies of these documents are also available free of charge upon written request to Investor Relations at investors@pebblebrookhotels.com or by phone at (240) 507-1306.

| CORPORATE GOVERNANCE HIGHLIGHTS |

We have a history of supporting and implementing strong, sound corporate governance practices and policies that best serve the interests of our shareholders, and we remain committed to continuing that tradition. Throughout each year, our management team typically meets with shareholders responsible for over 75% of the Common Shares, discussing our governance practices and hearing shareholders’ perspectives. Our practices and policies include, among other things, the following:

| Governance Practice, Policy |     |                                                                 |     | Description                                                                                                                                                                           |
| þ                           |     | Shareholder Right to                                            
 Proxy Access                                                    
 (“3/3/20/20”)                                                   |     | •  Adopted in 2016 after