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About Park and Safe Harbor Disclosure
About Park Hotels & Resorts Inc.
Park (NYSE: PK) is the second largest publicly traded lodging real estate company with a diverse portfolio of market-leading hotels and resorts with significant underlying real estate value. Park’s portfolio
consists of 51 premium-branded hotels and resorts with over 30,000 rooms, primarily located in prime U.S. markets with high barriers to entry. Visit www.pkhotelsandresorts.com for more information.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to Park’s current expectations regarding the performance of its business, financial results, liquidity and capital
resources, the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations, the expected completion of anticipated acquisitions and dispositions, the declaration and payment of future
dividends, statements about the benefits of the proposed transaction involving Park and Chesapeake and statements that address operating performance, events or developments that Park expects or
anticipates will occur in the future, including but not limited to statements regarding anticipated synergies and G&A savings, future financial and operating results, plans, objectives, expectations and
intentions, expected sources of financing, anticipated asset dispositions, anticipated leadership and governance, creation of value for stockholders, benefits of the proposed transaction to customers,
employees, stockholders and other constituents of the combined company, the integration of Park and Chesapeake, cost savings and the expected timetable for completing the proposed transaction,
and other non-historical statements. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts, and in some cases, can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such
as the words “outlook,” “believes,” “expects,” “potential,” “continues,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seeks,” “projects,” “predicts,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or the negative version of
these words or other comparable words.
Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements for various reasons, including risks
associated with Park’s ability to consummate the proposed transaction and the timing of the closing of the proposed transaction; the ability to satisfy conditions necessary to close the proposed
transaction; applicable regulatory changes; the availability of financing; risks associated with acquisitions generally, including the integration of the combined companies’ businesses; risks associated with
execution of anticipated asset dispositions; risks associated with achieving expected revenue synergies or cost savings; as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Park’s filings
with the SEC. You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and Park urges investors to carefully review the disclosures Park makes concerning risk and uncertainties in Item 1A:
“Risk Factors” in Park’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as such factors may be updated from time to time in Park’s periodic filings with the SEC, which are
accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as required by law, Park undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
Additional Information about the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find It
In connection with the proposed transaction, Park intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a proxy statement of Chesapeake and also constitutes a prospectus of
Park. Park and Chesapeake also plan to file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be sent to Chesapeake’s shareholders. Investors may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement/prospectus (if and
when it becomes available) and other relevant documents filed by Park and Chesapeake with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed by Park with the SEC will be
available free of charge on Park’s website at http://www.pkhotelsandresorts.com or by contacting Park’s Investor Relations at (571) 302-5591. Copies of the documents filed by Chesapeake with the SEC
will be available free of charge on Chesapeake’s website at http://www.chesapeakelodgingtrust.com or by contacting Chesapeake’s Investor Relations at (571) 349-9452.
Chesapeake and its trustees and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed
transaction. Information about trustees and executive officers of Chesapeake is available in the proxy statement for its 2019 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on April 30, 2019. Other
information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus
and other relevant materials filed with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction when they become available. Investors should read the proxy statement/prospectus carefully before making any voting
or investment decisions when it becomes available before making any voting or investment decisions. Investors may obtain free copies of these documents from Park or Chesapeake using the sources
indicated above.
This communication and the information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.