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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 25, 2024

 

LuxUrban Hotels Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-41473   82-3334945

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

212 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 253, Miami, Florida   33137
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 269-5952

 

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☒

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Ticker symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share   LUXH   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

13.00% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock $0.00001

 

  LUXHP   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Effective as of March 25, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of LuxUrban Hotels Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Kim Schaefer, a 30-year real estate and hospitality industry veteran and the former Chief Executive Officer of Great Wolf Resorts, as a member of the Board to fill an existing vacancy. The Board has determined that Ms. Schaefer is an independent director under the listing rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. Giving effect to Ms. Schafer’s appointment, our board of directors is currently comprised of five independent directors (Ms. Schaefer, Elan Blutinger, Jeffrey Webb, Leonard Toboroff, and Aimee Nelson) and one employee-director, Brian Ferdinand (our founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer). Ms. Schaefer’s appointment continues the Company’s previously announced effort to enhance its management and operations teams through the recruitment of talented directors and officers who have meaningful and broad experience in the hotel, online travel services, and hospitality industries, as well as business development expertise.

 

Ms. Schaefer served as the Chief Executive Officer of Alpine Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), from its inception in February 2021 until December 2023, and as a member of Alpine’s Board of Directors from August 2021 to December 2023. From December 2020 to January 2024, Ms. Schaefer was the Chief Executive Officer of Two Bit Circus, an experiential entertainment company. From November 2017 until she assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of that company, Ms. Schaefer served as President of Two Bit Circus. She has also served as an Advisor to Alpine Consolidated, an investment capital firm, since December 2020. During 2016, Ms. Schaefer was a consultant to Two Bit Circus. From 2009 to 2015, Ms. Schaefer served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: WOLF), where she oversaw that company’s growth from a single location to a nationally recognized multi-location water-park vacation destination. Prior to being appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Schaefer served as Great Wolf Resorts’ Chief Operating Officer/Chief Brand Officer from 2005 to 2009. Ms. Schaefer currently serves on the board of Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: HOFV), a resort, entertainment, and media company, and United Parks & Resorts Inc (NYSE:PRKS), a global theme park and entertainment company, and previously served on the board of Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EDR), a collegiate housing REIT. Ms. Schaefer received a B.A. in Accounting from Edgewood College and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

 

As a non-employee director of the Company, Ms. Schaefer will receive a prorated portion (for the period from March 25, 2024 through April 30, 2024) of the annual compensation awarded to all non-employee directors of the Company under the currently effective policy, which, as of the date of this Report, is $180,000 per year comprised of $72,000 in cash and the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock in two semi-annual tranches of $54,000 (each based on the market value of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day prior to the grant of each tranche). Commencing as of May 1, 2024, Ms. Schaefer, together with all other nonemployee directors of the Company, will be compensated a newly adopted nonemployee director compensation policy (which policy replaced the aforementioned existing policy), which provides for a single annual grant of value of $180,000 to each nonemployee director on May 1st of each year in which he or she is serving as a director, payable in cash or shares of the Company’s common stock (based on the market value of the Company’s common stock on the last trading day prior to the date of grant) or a combination thereof (with any stock component comprising at least 25% of the total award value). In addition, under the new policy, committee chairpersons will each be paid an annual cash stipend of $25,000.

 

In addition, the Company has entered into a customary directors indemnification agreement with Ms. Schaefer. Ms. Schaefer has not engaged in any transactions with the Company that are required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 25, 2024, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Ms. Schaefer to the board of directors, a copy of which the Company is furnishing as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information contained in this Item 7.01 and Exhibits 99.1, attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filings.

 

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit   Description
99.1   Press Release
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated:  March 25, 2024 LUXURBAN HOTELS INC.
   
  By: /s/ Shanoop Kothari
    Name: Shanoop Kothari
    Title: Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

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EX-99.1 2 luxurban_ex99-1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

LuxUrban Hotels Appoints Kimberly K. Schaefer, Former CEO of Great Wolf Resorts, to Board of Directors

 

MIAMI, FL, - March 25, 2024 - LuxUrban Hotels Inc. (“LuxUrban” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LUXH), a hospitality company which utilizes an asset-light business model to lease entire hotels on a long-term basis in partnership with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, today announced the appointment of Kimberly (Kim) K. Schaefer, a 30-year real estate and hospitality industry veteran and the former CEO of Great Wolf Resorts, to the Company’s Board of Directors effective March 25, 2024.

 

From 2020-2024, Ms. Schaefer was the Chief Executive Officer of Two Bit Circus, Inc., an experiential entertainment company, previously serving as President from 2017 to 2019 and as a consultant in 2016. Ms. Schaefer served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., a family entertainment resorts company, beginning in 2009 until its acquisition by Centerbridge Partners LP in 2015. Ms. Schaefer was instrumental in the expansion of Great Wolf Resorts, growing the company from one cabin to 13 mega indoor waterpark resorts. Prior to being appointed Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Schaefer served as Chief Operating Officer/Chief Brand Officer from 2005 to 2009. Ms. Schaefer has served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Alpine Acquisition Corporation and as an Advisor to merchant bank Alpine Consolidated since 2018.

 

Ms. Schaefer currently serves on the board of Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: HOFV), a resort, entertainment, and media company, and United Parks & Resorts Inc. (NYSE:PRKS), a global theme park and entertainment company.  She served on the board of directors of Education Realty Trust, one of the nation's largest developers, owners, and managers of high-quality collegiate housing communities, from 2016 until its acquisition by Greystar Real Estate Partners in 2018.

 

Ms. Schaefer received a B.A. in Accounting from Edgewood College and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

 

“Kim’s appointment to the board reflects our ongoing commitment to increasing industry representation across the enterprise as we continue to evolve and mature as a company,” said Brian Ferdinand, Chairman of the Board. “Kim has spent her career building brands into premier destinations and growing businesses in a creative, structured, and forward-thinking manner. Her nearly 30 years of experience in real estate, hospitality management and finance will be of great benefit to LuxUrban and we welcome her with great enthusiasm.”

 

Ms. Schaefer commented, “I am honored to join LuxUrban’s board and look forward to applying my history across the hospitality landscape – from start-ups to established brands – as we advance the Company’s innovative business model and elevate the guest experience.”

 

 


 

LuxUrban Hotels Inc.

LuxUrban Hotels Inc. utilizes an asset light business model to secure the long-term operating rights for entire hotels through Master Lease Agreements (MLA) and rents out, on a short-term basis, hotel rooms to business and vacation travelers. The Company is aggressively building a portfolio of hotel properties in destination cities by capitalizing on the dislocation in commercial real estate markets and the large amount of debt maturity obligations on those assets coming due with a lack of available options for owners of those assets. LuxUrban’s MLA allows owners to hold onto their assets and retain their equity value while LuxUrban operates and owns the cash flows of the operating business for the life of the MLA. Through its partnership with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the largest hotel company in the world by rooms, LuxUrban gains several competitive advantages including joint branding for marketing, sales, and distribution, capital allocation from Wyndham for each hotel it acquires, and ongoing customer support and training across its portfolio.

 

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Generally, the words “anticipates,” “believes,” “continues,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plans,” “possible,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “would” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this release may include, for example, statements with respect to the success of the Company’s collaboration with Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, scheduled property openings, expected closing of noted lease transactions, the Company’s ability to continue closing on additional leases for properties in the Company’s pipeline, as well the Company’s anticipated ability to commercialize efficiently and profitably the properties it leases and will lease in the future. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are based on current expectations and belief concerning future developments and their potential effect on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results of performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in our public filings with the SEC, including in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and any updates to those factors as set forth in subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or other public filings with the SEC. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information and/or forward-looking statements that are contained or referenced herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

 

Contact  
Shanoop Kothari Devin Sullivan
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer Managing Director
LuxUrban Hotels Inc. The Equity Group Inc.
shanoop@luxurbanhotels.com dsullivan@equityny.com
   
  Conor Rodriguez, Analyst
  crodriguez@equityny.com