The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. The prospectus is not an offer to sell the securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY 1, 2017
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS
PROCACCIANTI HOTEL REIT, INC.
Maximum Offering of $602,375,000 in Shares of Common Stock
Procaccianti Hotel REIT, Inc. is a Maryland corporation formed on August 24, 2016 to acquire and own a diverse portfolio of hospitality properties consisting primarily of existing select-service, extended-stay, and compact full-service hotel properties throughout the United States. We may also make investments in distressed debt and preferred equity where the intent is to acquire hotel properties underlying such investments. We are externally managed by Procaccianti Hotel Advisors, LLC, which we refer to as our advisor. Our advisor is an affiliate of Procaccianti Companies, Inc., which we refer to as our sponsor or Procaccianti Companies. We intend to elect to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2017, or, if later, the first year in which we commence material operations.
We are offering up to $602,375,000 in shares of our common stock, including $552,375,000 in shares of our common stock pursuant to our primary offering, consisting of the following four share classes: Class A common stock, which we refer to as common shares, at an initial offering price of $10.00 per share (up to $52,375,000 in shares), Class I common stock, which we refer to as I Shares, at an initial offering price of $9.50 per share (up to $125,000,000 in shares), Class K common stock, which we refer to as K Shares, at an initial offering price of $10.00 per share (up to $125,000,000 in shares), and Class T common stock, which we refer to as T Shares, at an initial offering price of $10.00 per share (up to $250,000,000 in shares), and $50,000,000 in shares of our common stock pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan, which we refer to as the DRIP, at $9.50 per I Share (up to $12,500,000 in shares), $9.50 per K Share (up to $12,500,000 in shares) and $9.50 per T Share (up to $25,000,000 in shares). “Best efforts” means that our dealer manager is not obligated to purchase any specific number or dollar amount of shares. We reserve the right to reallocate the shares of common stock we are offering among the different share classes and between our primary offering and DRIP. We are not offering common shares pursuant to our DRIP. Our shares of common stock are being offered on a “best efforts” basis through S2K Financial LLC, our dealer manager. I Shares, K Shares and T Shares will rank pari passu to each other and will rank senior to the common shares and B Shares (as defined below and not offered in this offering), with respect to dividend rights and rights on our liquidation, winding-up, and dissolution.
On September 30, 2016, we commenced a private offering of K Shares and units comprised of four K Shares and one common share, or Units, with a targeted maximum offering of $150,000,000 in K Shares (including K Shares sold as part of a Unit) to accredited investors only pursuant to confidential private placement memorandum. As of ____, 2017, we had sold approximately $_____ in K Shares pursuant to the private placement offering. We will terminate the private offering upon or prior to commencement of this offering. Due to the proceeds raised in our private offering and our existing operations, there is no minimum number of shares we must sell before accepting subscriptions in this offering.
We will use the proceeds from the sale of common shares in the offering to fund selling commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees, the difference between $10.00 per share and the $9.50 per share initial purchase price of I Shares purchased in our primary offering, the difference between any discounted purchase price and the initial offering price of I Shares, K Shares and T Shares (excluding volume discount purchases), and other organization and offering expenses payable in connection with common shares, I Shares, K Shares and T Shares.
Our advisor and its affiliates and affiliates of our dealer manager have agreed to purchase common shares at $10.00 per common share in this offering, for which no selling commissions, dealer manager fees or other organization and offering expenses are payable, in order to provide us with funds sufficient to pay the selling commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees, the difference between $10.00 per share and the $9.50 per share initial purchase price of I Shares purchased in our primary offering, the difference between any discounted purchase price and the initial offering price of I Shares, K Shares and T Shares (excluding volume discount purchases), and other organization and offering expenses related to the I Shares, K Shares and T Shares in this offering, to the extent proceeds from the sale of common shares sold in this offering does not provide sufficient proceeds to pay such organization and offering expenses.
We will provide you with an initial estimated net asset value, or NAV, per share of each class of our common stock based on a valuation as of a date no later than 150 days from the second anniversary of the date this registration statement is declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, although we may provide an estimated NAV per share based on a valuation prior to such date. If we provide an estimated NAV per share prior to the conclusion of this offering, our board of directors may determine to modify the public offering prices to reflect the estimated per share NAV.
We are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements. Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should only purchase these securities if you can afford a substantial loss of your investment. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page
53 of this prospectus for a discussion of the risks which should be considered in connection with your investment in our common stock, including:
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This is an offering of a newly formed entity with limited operating history, and an investment in our shares is speculative. You should consider this prospectus in light of the risks, uncertainties and difficulties frequently encountered by companies that are, like us, in their early stages of development.
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No public market currently exists for our securities, and we have no current plans to list our securities on a national securities exchange. If you are able to sell your shares, you would likely have to sell them at a discount from the price at which you purchased them from us.
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You should consider your investment in our shares a long-term investment. If we do not successfully implement a liquidity event, you may suffer losses on your investment, or your shares may continue to have limited liquidity. We are not required to provide for a liquidity event.
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The initial offering price of our shares has been arbitrarily determined and is not intended to reflect the net value of our assets. Until such time as our shares are valued by our board of directors, the offering price of our shares is not intended to reflect the net asset value of our shares.
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Our advisor, Procaccianti Hotel Advisors, LLC, and its affiliates will face conflicts of interest, including significant conflicts created by our advisor’s and its affiliates’ compensation arrangements with us, including compensation which may be required to be paid to our advisor if our advisor is terminated.
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Conflicts of interest may also arise in connection with other investment vehicles sponsored by our sponsor, Procaccianti Companies, or its affiliates, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our stockholders, including decisions relating to the allocation of investment opportunities among us and such other investment vehicles.
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We do not have any employees and will rely entirely upon our advisor to manage our business and our property manager or third parties to manage hotels we acquire. The key personnel of our advisor and property manager will face conflicts of interest regarding the amount of time they allocate between our business and other businesses for which they perform services.
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In order to qualify as a REIT, we may not operate our hotel properties, and our returns will depend on the management of our hotel properties by our property manager, which is also an affiliate of Procaccianti Companies.
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Our property management agreements will require our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRSs, which are fully taxable corporations in which we hold interests, to bear the operating risks of our hotel properties. Any increases in operating expenses or decreases in revenues may have a significant adverse impact on our TRSs and thus our earnings and cash flow.
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We will depend on our advisor and its affiliates to conduct our operations, and we will depend on our dealer manager and its affiliates to conduct this offering and certain administrative functions for us; thus, adverse changes in their financial health or our relationship with them could cause our operations to suffer.