Exhibit 10.2
CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT
     THIS CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of
the 14th day of December 2009, by and among PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST, a Maryland
real estate investment trust (together with its successors and assigns permitted
under this Agreement (the “Company”), and JON E. BORTZ (the “Executive”).
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, the Company acknowledges that the Executive is expected to make
significant contributions to the growth and success of the Company; and
     WHEREAS, the Company also acknowledges that there exists the possibility of
a Change in Control of the Company; and
     WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that the possibility of a Change in Control
may contribute to uncertainty on the part of the Executive and may result in the
departure or distraction of the Executive from his operating responsibilities;
and
     WHEREAS, outstanding management of the Company is always essential to
advancing the best interests of the Company and its shareholders; and
     WHEREAS, the Company believes that its objective of securing and retaining
outstanding management will be advanced if the Executive is given certain
assurances so that he will not be distracted by personal uncertainties and risks
created by a possible threat or occurrence of a bid to acquire or change control
of the Company;
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of
which is mutually acknowledged, the Company and the Executive (individually a
“Party” and together the “Parties”) agree as follows:
     1. Definitions.
          (a) “Board” shall mean the Board of Trustees of the Company.
          (b) “Cause” shall mean that the Board concludes, in good faith and
after reasonable investigation, that: (i) the Executive has been charged by the
United States or a State or political subdivision thereof with conduct which is
a felony under the laws of the United States or any State or political
subdivision thereof; (ii) the Executive engaged in conduct relating to the
Company constituting material breach of fiduciary duty, willful misconduct
(including acts of employment discrimination or sexual harassment) or fraud;
(iii) the Executive breached his obligations or covenants under Section 4 of
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Agreement in any material respect; or (iv) the Executive materially failed to
follow a proper directive of the Board within the scope of the Executive’s
duties (which shall be capable of being performed by the Executive with
reasonable effort) after written notice from the Board specifying the
performance required and the Executive’s failure to perform within 30 days after
such notice. For purposes of Section 1(b), no act, or failure to act, on the
Executive’s part shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done,
by the Executive not in good faith or if the result thereof would be unethical
or illegal.
          (c) “Change in Control” shall mean a change in control of the Company
which will be deemed to have occurred after the date hereof if:
(1) any “person” as such term is used in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as
modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof except that such term
shall not include (A) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (B) any trustee or
other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company
or any of its affiliates, (C) an underwriter temporarily holding securities
pursuant to an offering of such securities, (D) any corporation owned, directly
or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of the Company’s common shares, or (E) any person
or group as used in Rule 13d-1(b) under the Exchange Act, is or becomes the
Beneficial Owner, as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50%
of the combined voting power or common shares of the Company;
(2) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning
of such period constitute the Board, and any new trustee (other than (A) a
trustee designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the
Company to effect a transaction described in clause (1), (3), or (4) of this
Section 1(c) or (B) a trustee whose initial assumption of office is in
connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not
limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of trustees of the
Company) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s
shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the trustees
then still in office who either were trustees at the beginning of the period or
whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for
any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof;
(3) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct
or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation, other than a
merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the
Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by
remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity or any parent thereof) in combination with the ownership of any
trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, more than 50% of the combined
voting power and common shares of the Company or such surviving entity or any
parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or

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(4) there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company
of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (or any transaction having a
similar effect, including a liquidation) other than a sale or disposition by the
Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, more
than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power and common shares of which
is owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as
their ownership of the common shares of the Company immediately prior to such
sale.
          (d) “Date of Termination” shall mean the effective date of the
termination of the Executive’s employment.
          (e) “Earned Bonus” shall mean the average bonus paid for the three
most recent fiscal years pro rated for the portion of the year elapsed. If the
calculation is as of a time after the end of a fiscal year but prior to the
actual payment of the bonus for such fiscal year, then the Earned Bonus shall
mean (i) 100% of the average bonus paid for the three most recent fiscal years
plus (ii) the average bonus paid for the three most recent fiscal years pro
rated for the portion of the then current year elapsed. For example, if the
calculation is as of February 15, 2014, and the Company has not then paid a
bonus for fiscal year 2013, then the Earned Bonus would be (i) the average bonus
paid for fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012 plus (ii) the average bonus paid for
fiscal years 2010, 2011 and 2012 pro rated for the portion of 2014 then elapsed.
          (f) “Effective Date” shall mean the initial closing date of the
Company’s initial public offering of its common shares.
          (g) “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
          (h) “Good Reason” shall mean the occurrence, without the Executive’s
prior written consent, of any of the following in connection with or within one
year after a Change in Control: (i) any material reduction of the Executive’s
base salary or material reduction of the Executive’s target bonus as a
percentage of base salary; (ii) any material adverse change in the Executive’s
duties or responsibilities, including assignment of duties inconsistent with his
position, significant adverse alteration of the nature or status of
responsibilities or the conditions of employment or any material diminution in
authority, duties, or responsibilities, including, without limitation, any such
material adverse change that results from a transaction pursuant to which the
Company ceases to be a Reporting Lodging REIT (as defined below); (iii) a
material diminution in the authority, duties, or responsibilities of the
supervisor to whom the Executive is required to report including, without
limitation, any material diminution that results from a transaction pursuant to
which the Company ceases to be a Reporting Lodging REIT; or (iv) relocation of
the Company’s headquarters and/or the Executive’s regular work address to a
location which requires the Executive to travel more than fifty (50) miles from
the Executive’s residence. The parties acknowledge that a significant and
material part of the duties and responsibilities of the Executive, and of the
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Executive may be required to report, as applicable, derives from the fact that
the Company is a Reporting Lodging REIT.
          (i) “Reporting Lodging REIT” shall mean a lodging or hospitality
company that is qualified as a real estate investment trust for purposes of
federal income taxation, that is subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and that has shares of common equity
listed on a securities exchange registered as a national securities exchange
pursuant to Section 6 of the Exchange Act.
     2. Term.
          The Term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and
end on the third anniversary of the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, the Term of this Agreement shall automatically be renewed
and extended for an additional year on an annual basis beginning on the first
anniversary of the Effective Date and each subsequent anniversary of the
Effective Date unless the Board provides notice to the Executive six months
prior to the applicable anniversary of the Effective Date that the Term of this
Agreement will not be extended; provided, however, that (i) if a Change in
Control occurs during the Term, the Term shall end on the later of such third
anniversary of the Effective Date or one day after the first anniversary of such
Change in Control occurs, and (ii) the Term may be terminated earlier as
provided in Section 3 below. If during the Term of this Agreement the Executive
becomes entitled to benefits under this Agreement, such benefits shall be paid
notwithstanding the subsequent expiration of the Term of this Agreement.
     3. Termination of Employment.
          (a) Termination of Employment by the Company for Cause. The Company
may terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause during the Term upon at least
30 days’ prior written notice to the Executive which specifically identifies the
basis for such Cause. If following the termination of the Executive’s employment
the Executive disputes the existence of Cause, the issue of whether Cause exists
shall promptly be submitted to arbitration in accordance with Section 13. If the
arbitrator or arbitrators conclude that Cause did not exist, the Executive shall
be treated as having been terminated without Cause and the Executive shall be
entitled to receive the benefits described in Section 3(b) (with the amount of
such benefits dependent on whether a Change in Control has occurred). If the
arbitrator or arbitrators conclude that Cause did exist, the Executive shall be
treated as having been terminated for Cause and the Executive shall be entitled
to receive the benefits described in this Section 3(a).
If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, the Term
shall end as of the Date of Termination and the Executive shall thereupon be
entitled solely to the following:

  (1)   base salary, and accrued vacation time (if any) earned but not paid
prior to the Date of Termination, payable in a lump sum in accordance with the

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      regular withholding practices of the Company as in effect from time to
time, within two business days after the Executive’s termination of employment;
and     (2)   such other benefits, if any, as are provided under applicable
plans, programs and/or arrangements of the Company;

provided; however, that in the event the Executive is terminated for Cause as
defined in subsection (1)(b)(i) and the Executive is subsequently acquitted of
the act or acts referred to therein, then the Executive shall be deemed to have
been terminated without Cause (and shall be entitled to receive the benefits
described in Section 3(b), with the amount of such benefits dependent on whether
a Change in Control has occurred), as of the date he was originally terminated.
          (b) Termination of Employment by the Company Without Cause. The
Company may terminate the Executive’s employment without Cause during the Term
upon written notice to the Executive. If the Executive’s employment is so
terminated by the Company in connection with, or within one year after, a Change
in Control, the Executive shall thereupon be entitled to the following:

  (1)   base salary, Earned Bonus and accrued vacation time (if any) earned but
not paid prior to the Date of Termination, payable in a lump sum in accordance
with the regular withholding practices of the Company as in effect from time to
time, within two business days after the Executive’s termination of employment;
    (2)   a cash amount equal to the product of 3.0 times the sum of (x) the
Executive’s annual base salary (based on the annual base salary in effect on the
Date of Termination), plus (y) the greater of (i) the bonus most recently paid
to the Executive or (ii) the average amount of the bonuses paid to the Executive
with respect to the three most recent fiscal years ending before the Date of
Termination, payable in a lump sum in accordance with the regular withholding
practices of the Company as in effect from time to time, within two business
days after the Executive’s termination of employment;     (3)   a lump sum
payable in accordance with the regular withholding practices as in effect from
time to time, within two business days after the Executive’s termination of
employment, equal to 3.0 times the annual premium or cost (including amounts
paid by the Executive) for the Executive’s health, dental, disability and life
insurance benefits as in effect on the date of the Executive’s termination of
employment; and     (4)   such other or additional benefits, if any, as are
provided under applicable plans (including, but not limited to, the Company’s
equity incentive plan), programs and/or arrangements of the Company.

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If the Executive’s employment is so terminated by the Company without Cause, but
there has not been any Change of Control, the Executive shall thereupon be
entitled to: (i) the amount described in (1) above; (ii) a lump sum payment,
payable in accordance with the regular withholding practices of the Company as
in effect from time to time within two business days after the Executive’s
termination of employment equal to the sum of (x) the Executive’s annual base
salary (based on the annual base salary in effect on the Date of Termination),
plus (y) the greater of (i) the bonus most recently paid to the Executive or
(ii) the average amount of the bonuses paid to the Executive with respect to the
three most recent fiscal years ending before the Date of Termination; (iii)
one-third of the amount described in (3) above; and (iv) the amount described in
(4) above.
          (c) Termination of Employment by the Executive for Good Reason. The
Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason during the Term upon at
least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Company which specifically identifies
the basis for such Good Reason. The Company shall have 30 days to remedy the
condition that the Executive asserts constitutes Good Reason. If the condition
described in the Executive’s notice is timely cured by the Company to the
satisfaction of the Executive, the Executive’s notice shall become null and void
and the Executive’s employment shall not terminate. If the condition is not
timely cured to the satisfaction of the Executive, the Executive’s employment
shall terminate with Good Reason effective as of the later of the last day of
the 30 day cure period or the date specified in the Executive’s notice and the
Executive shall be entitled to receive the benefits described in this
Section 3(c). If following the Executive’s termination of employment the Company
disputes the existence of Good Reason, the issue of whether Good Reason exists
shall promptly be submitted to arbitration in accordance with Section 13. If the
arbitrator or arbitrators conclude that Good Reason did not exist, the Executive
shall be treated as having terminated his employment hereunder without Good
Reason and the Executive shall be entitled to receive the benefits described in
Section 3(d) and must promptly pay to the Company any benefits that the
Executive received under this Section 3(c) that exceed the benefits payable
under Section 3(d). If the arbitrator or arbitrators conclude that Good Reason
did exist, the Executive shall be treated as having terminated his employment
hereunder with Good Reason and the Executive shall be entitled to receive the
benefits described in this Section 3(c). Upon the termination of the Executive’s
employment by the Executive for Good Reason, the Executive shall be entitled to
the same payments and benefits as provided in the second sentence of Section
3(b) above, i.e., as if the Company terminated the Executive’s employment
without Cause within one year after a Change in Control; provided, however, that
if the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason based on a material
reduction in his annual base salary, then the annual base salary to be used in
determining the salary payments in accordance with Section 3(b)(2) above shall
be the annual base salary in effect immediately prior to such reduction.
          (d) Voluntary Termination of Employment by the Executive Without Good
Reason. If the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment without Good
Reason during the Term, the Executive shall thereupon be entitled to the same
payments and benefits as provided in Section 3(a) above. A termination of the
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employment under this Section 3(d) shall be effective upon 30 days prior written
notice to the Company and shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement.
          (e) Stay Bonus. If a Change in Control occurs during the Term, and if
the Executive is still employed by the Company on the first anniversary of such
Change in Control, the Executive shall thereupon be entitled to a cash bonus
payment equal to the sum of (x) the Executive’s annual base salary (based on the
annual base salary in effect on such anniversary), plus (y) the greater of
(i) the bonus most recently paid to the Executive or (ii) the average amount of
the bonuses paid to the Executive with respect to the three most recent fiscal
years ending before such anniversary and such amount shall be payable in a lump
sum in accordance with the regular withholding practices of the Company as in
effect from time to time, within two business days after such first anniversary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall not be entitled to receive
such payment if, on or before such first anniversary of such Change in Control,
the Executive is terminated for Cause or becomes entitled to payment under
Section 3(b) or 3(c) above.
          (f) General Release by Executive. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, the Executive acknowledges and agrees that the
obligation of the Company to pay any compensation and benefits under
Sections 3(a), 3(b) and 3(c) is expressly conditioned upon the Executive’s
timely execution and non-revocation of an agreement to be bound by a general
release of any and all claims arising out of or relating to the Executive’s
employment and termination of employment, which shall have become fully
effective . Such general release shall be made in a form satisfactory to the
Company and shall run to the Company, its affiliates and their respective
officers, trustees, employees, agents, successors and assigns.
     4. Prohibited Activity.
          (a) The Executive covenants and agrees that (i) during the Term, and
(ii) during the one-year period following the Company’s termination of the
Executive for Cause or the Executive’s voluntary termination of his employment
without Good Reason, he shall not at any time, without the prior written consent
of the Company, directly or indirectly, whether for his own account or as a
shareholder (other than as permitted by Section 4(c) below), partner, joint
venturer, employee, consultant, lender, advisor, and/or agent, of any person,
firm, corporation, or other entity, solicit, recruit, hire or cause to be hired
any employees of the Company or any of its affiliates or persons who have worked
for the Company or any of such affiliates, or solicit or encourage any employee
to leave the employment of the Company or any of such affiliates, as applicable.
          (b) The Executive declares that the foregoing time limitations are
reasonable and properly required for the adequate protection of the business and
the goodwill of the Company. In the event any such time limitation is deemed to
be unreasonable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the Executive agrees to
the reduction of such time limitation to such period which such court shall deem
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          (c) The Parties acknowledge that in the event of a breach or
threatened breach of Section 4(a) or 4(b) above, the Company shall not have an
adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in the event of any breach or threatened
breach of Section 4(a) or 4(b) above, the Company shall be entitled to such
equitable and injunctive relief as may be available to restrain the Executive
and any business, firm, partnership, individual, corporation or entity
participating in the breach or threatened breach from the violation of the
provisions of Section 4(a) or 4(b) above. Nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed as prohibiting the Company from pursuing any other remedies available
at law or in equity for breach or threatened breach of Section 4(a) or 4(b)
above, including the recovery of damages.
     5. Assignability; Binding Nature.
          This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Parties and their respective successors, heirs (in the case of the Executive)
and assigns. The rights or obligations of the Company under this Agreement may
not be assigned or transferred by the Company, except that such rights or
obligations may be assigned or transferred pursuant to a merger, consolidation
or reorganization in which the Company is not the continuing entity, or the sale
or liquidation of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;
provided, however, that the assignee or transferee is the successor to all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, and such assignee or transferee
assumes the liabilities, obligations and duties of the Company as contained in
this Agreement, either contractually or as a matter of law.
     6. Representation.
          The Company represents and warrants that it is fully authorized and
empowered to enter into this Agreement and that the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement will not violate any agreement between it and
any other person, firm or organization. The Executive represents and warrants
that no agreement exists between him and any other person, firm or organization
that would be violated by the performance of his obligations under this
Agreement.
     7. Entire Agreement.
          This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement between
the Parties concerning the subject matter hereof and, subject to the occurrence
of the Effective Date, supersedes all prior agreements, understandings,
discussions, negotiations and undertakings, whether written or oral, between the
Parties with respect thereto.
     8. Amendment or Waiver.
          No provision in the Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is
agreed to in writing and signed by the Executive and an authorized officer of
the Company with the title of Executive Vice President or above. No waiver by
any Party of any breach by another Party of any condition or provision contained
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be performed by such other Party shall be deemed a waiver of a similar or
dissimilar condition or provision at the same or any prior or subsequent time.
Any waiver must be in writing and signed by the Executive and an authorized
officer of the Company with the title of Executive Vice President or above.
     9. Severability.
          In the event that any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be
determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, in whole or in part,
the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall be unaffected thereby and shall
remain in full force and effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
     10. Survivorship.
          The respective rights and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall
survive any termination of the Executive’s employment to the extent necessary to
the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.
     11. Beneficiaries/References.
          The Executive shall be entitled, to the extent permitted under any
applicable law and under the terms of any applicable plan or program, to select
and change a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive any compensation or benefit
payable hereunder following the Executive’s death by giving the Company written
notice thereof. In the event of the Executive’s death or a judicial
determination of his incompetence, reference in this Agreement to the Executive
shall be deemed, where appropriate, to refer to his beneficiary, estate or other
legal representative.
     12. Governing Law/Jurisdiction.
          This Agreement shall be governed by, construed and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without reference to
principles of conflict of laws.
     13. Resolution of Disputes.
          Any disputes arising under or in connection with this Agreement shall
be resolved by binding arbitration, to be held in Bethesda, Maryland, in
accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association
(the “AAA”). The Company and the Executive will each select an arbitrator, and a
third arbitrator will be selected jointly by the arbitrators selected by the
Company and the Executive within 15 days after demand for arbitration is made by
a Party. If the arbitrators selected by the Company and the Executive are unable
to agree on a third arbitrator within that period, then either the Company or
the Executive may request that the AAA select the third arbitrator. The
arbitrators will possess substantive legal experience in the principle issues in
dispute and will be independent of the Company and the Executive. The Company
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pay all expenses (including the reasonable expenses of the Executive, including
his reasonable legal fees) incurred in connection with arbitration and the fees
and expenses of the arbitrators and will advance such expenses from time to time
as required. Except as may otherwise be agreed in writing by the Parties or as
ordered by the arbitrators upon substantial justification shown, the hearing for
the dispute will be held within 60 days of submission of the dispute to
arbitration. The arbitrators will render their final award within 30 days
following conclusion of the hearing and any required post-hearing briefing or
other proceedings ordered by the arbitrators. The arbitrators will state the
factual and legal basis for the award. The decision of the arbitrators will be
final and binding and not subject to judicial review and final judgment may be
entered upon such an award in any court of competent jurisdiction, but entry of
such judgment will not be required to make such award effective.
     14. Notices.
If to the Company:
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 112
Bethesda, MD 20817
Telephone: (301) 765-6045
Facsimile:                     
If to the Executive:
c/o Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
10319 Westlake Drive, Suite 112
Bethesda, MD 20817
Telephone: (301) 765-6045
All notices of termination must be in writing and be specific as to this
Agreement and the rationale or clause/section of this Agreement.
     15. Headings.
          The headings of the sections contained in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not be deemed to control or affect the meaning or
construction of any provision of this Agreement.
     16. Gross-Up Payment.
          If in the opinion of tax counsel (from a major accounting firm not
affiliated with the Company) selected by the Executive and reasonably acceptable
to the Company, the Executive has or will receive any compensation or recognize
any income (whether pursuant to this Agreement or any plan, agreement or other
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Company and whether or not the Term or the Executive’s employment with the
Company has terminated) which will constitute an “excess parachute payment”
within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (the
“Code”) (or for which a tax is otherwise payable under Section 4999 of the Code
or any successor provision thereto), then the Company shall pay the Executive an
additional amount (the “Additional Amount”) equal to the sum of (i) all taxes
(including any applicable interest and penalties) payable by the Executive under
Section 4999 of the Code with respect to all such excess parachute payments and
any such Additional Amount, plus (ii) all federal, state and local income,
employment and excise taxes (including any applicable interest and penalties)
payable by Executive with respect to any such Additional Amount. Any amounts
payable pursuant to this Section 16 shall be paid by the Company to the
Executive within 30 days of each written request therefor made by the Executive.
     17. Mitigation.
          Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment
provided for pursuant to this Agreement by seeking other employment and shall
not be required to mitigate the amount of any such payment if he does obtain
other employment, and there shall be no mitigation by the Company of any such
payment if he does obtain other employment.
     18. Counterparts.
          This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.
     19. Section 409A.
          This Agreement and the amounts payable and other benefits hereunder
are intended to comply with, or otherwise be exempt from, Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code (“Section 409A”). This Agreement shall be administered,
interpreted and construed in a manner consistent with Section 409A. If any
provision of this Agreement is found not to comply with, or otherwise not to be
exempt from, the provisions of Section 409A, it shall be modified and given
effect, in the sole discretion of the Board or Compensation Committee thereof
and without requiring the Executive’s consent, in such manner as the Board or
Compensation Committee determines to be necessary or appropriate to comply with,
or to effectuate an exemption from, Section 409A. Each payment under this
Agreement shall be treated as a separate identified payment for purposes of
Section 409A. The preceding provisions shall not be construed as a guarantee by
the Company of any particular tax effect to the Executive of the payments and
other benefits under this Agreement.
          With respect to any reimbursement of expenses of, or any provision of
in-kind benefits to, the Executive, as specified under this Agreement, such
reimbursement of expenses or provision of in-kind benefits shall be subject to
the following conditions: (1) the expenses eligible for reimbursement or the
amount of in-kind benefits provided in one taxable year shall not affect the
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in-kind benefits provided in any other taxable year, except for any medical
reimbursement arrangement providing for the reimbursement of expenses referred
to in Section 105(b) of the Internal Revenue Code; (2) the reimbursement of an
eligible expense shall be made no later than the end of the year after the year
in which such expense was incurred; and (3) the right to reimbursement or
in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another
benefit.
          If a payment obligation under this Agreement arises on account of the
Executive’s separation from service (as defined under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h)) while the Executive is a “specified employee”
(as defined under Section 409A of the Code and determined in good faith by the
Compensation Committee), any payment of “deferred compensation” (as defined
under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(1), after giving effect to the
exemptions in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.409A-1(b)(3) through (b)(12)) that
is scheduled to be paid within six months after such separation from service
shall accrue without interest and shall be paid on the first day of the seventh
month beginning after the date of the Executive’s separation from service or, if
earlier, within 15 days after the appointment of the personal representative or
executor of the Executive’s estate following his death.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

            PEBBLEBROOK HOTEL TRUST
      By:   /s/ Jon E. Bortz         Name:   Jon E. Bortz        Title:  
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer        JON E. BORTZ
      /s/ Jon e. Bortz    

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