Martz Raymond D Form 4 Pebblebrook Hotel Trust / Raymond D Martz ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Martz Raymond D

(Last) (First) (Middle)

7315 WISCONSIN AVE,

SUITE 1100 WEST

(Street)

BETHESDA MD 20814

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust [ PEB ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Exec VP, CFO, Treasurer, Secre

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/10/2016

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Shares	02/10/2016		A		12,854(1)	A	$0.00	163,956	D
Common Shares	02/10/2016		A		5,864	A	(2)	169,820	D
Common Shares	02/10/2016		F		1,881(3)	D	$23.81	167,939	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. All of these shares are restricted common shares that were granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Board of Trustees (the "Board"). 4,285, 4,285, and 4,284 of these shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as an employee of the Issuer or an affiliate, on January 1, 2017, January 1, 2018, and January 1, 2019, respectively.

2. The Common Shares were issued to the reporting person upon certification by the Board of the extent to which the performance objectives of the performance-based equity incentive award made in December 2013 to the reporting person had been achieved for the measurement period ended December 31, 2015. For that measurement period, the reporting person earned 9.97% of the target number of Common Shares issuable pursuant to the award. For more information on the performance-based equity incentive award, including the performance objectives and measurement period, see the Issuer's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014.

3. Represents Common Shares sold to the Issuer as payment of tax withholding due upon vesting of 5,864 Common Shares.

Remarks:

	/s/ Andrew H Dittamo, as attorney-in-fact for Raymond D Martz	02/12/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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